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Immerse yourself in the vibe of this special episode of Cannabis Man, where we journey from the lush landscapes of Maui to the vibrant vibes of Illinois' cannabis scene. Reflecting on a memorable trip, we delve into Hawaii's welcoming medical cannabis program for out-of-state patients and draw comparisons with flower from Northern California's famed Emerald Triangle. Discover the latest in cannabis culture with event highlights and product reviews from IllinoisNewsJoint.com. Don't miss our exclusive chat with Armon Vakili of Green Thumb Industries, discussing the innovative "Outta My Head" strain, born from a unique collaboration with the band State Champs and GTI's Rhythm flower. Plus, uncover insights into GTI's product philosophies, fueled by a team of passionate cannabis enthusiasts. We wrap up with compelling discussions on the shifting cannabis paradigms among youth and the ongoing stigma affecting older generations. Tune in for a blend of personal reflections, industry insights, and the latest cannabis trends!

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It’s a Q&A on this fourth and final installation of our chat with Mean Gene of Freeborn Selections. He explains the lineage, history and traits of Grape Soda Skunk. Mean Gene tells his experience on the benefits of sharing seeds and noticing the subtleties of your plants. And which one plant he’d like to bring back from the dead. If you’re ready to grow some of Mean Gene’s most popular strains, shop genetics at AlpineSeedGroup.com.

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In Part Three of our deep dive with the legendary Mean Gene from Mendocino, founder of Freeborn Selections, the guys talk through his breeding methodology for selecting the best males to cross with particular females. And the benefits of breeding things apart and then back together. Cannabis breeders can appreciate and apply the thought process Mean Gene shares about developing the cult classic Cherry Pie strain.

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The deep dive continues with Mean Gene, founder of Freeborn Selections and one of the most highly regarded breeders in the cannabis scene. Part Two is about that Hindu. You’ll also hear stories of Hollywood weed hitching a ride to the Emerald Triangle and Mean Gene sniffing out the OG’s. He also sprinkles in words of wisdom and cautionary tales you cannabis breeders and growers will appreciate.

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When California voters legalized cannabis, growers vowed a break from decades of worker exploitation in the state’s agricultural industry. A Times investigation found otherwise.

Today, where it all went wrong and what’s being done to stop it. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times investigative reporter Paige St. John

More reading:

Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work

Meet Canna Country’s legacy cannabis farmers to understand the ramifications of the corporate cannabis trade-off of quality for quantity. We explore our favorite plant through the experience of farmers whose bond with cannabis and the land runs three generations deep. Not only do we get harvest tips for our personal grows, but we also discuss the art of cultivation and shopping for cannabis. And the tough conversations and family sacrifice involved in maintaining their way of life.

And while you’re here, shop potcast affiliates and score Casually Baked discounts while supporting the show. 

• From the reproductive years through menopause, the Green Women's Guide is for any woman seeking the most up-to-date science-based information on how to - or not to - incorporate Cannabis into her life. Save 25% on the course using promo code CASUALLYBAKED
• Looking For High-Quality Cannabis-Delivery in the Bay Area? Try getsava.com + use promo code CASUALLYBAKED and SAVE $30 off your first order.
• If you do not live in a cannabis-legal state, find hemp-derived THCV aka "Skinny Weed" at TejasHemp.com 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱
• MJ Relief is Ph.D. formulated for what aches and pains you. It's the CBD muscle rub I co-created with Dr. Monica Vialpando. Always save 10% using promo code: casuallybaked   --> Purchase here.
• Shop Dr Love CBD- SAVE 15% using promo code: casuallybaked ✌️💚 at drlovecbd.com
• Elevate and Simplify Your Gardening Game with SLOWDIRT 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 slowdirt.com
• SAVE 20% on Dr. Fossum’s Pet Care for cats, dogs, and horses using promo code: CasuallyBaked20 ✨
• Shop More Potcast partner brands on casuallybaked.com and receive discounts on products like Aspen Green CBD where you save 20% using promo code CB20.
• For that crunchy cough, try the platinum cured silicone MouthPeace & MouthPeace Mini for germ free smoking and Activated Carbon MouthPeace Filters for cleaner, better-tasting hits. Try code casuallybaked at checkout for 15% off any Moose Labs product.
• Get access to unique content and discounts in the Casually Baked online store (while supporting Jo's efforts) by becoming a $5/month Potcast Patron at patreon.com/casuallybaked.
• FB Group - Highly Responsible Canna Consumers here.
• Subscribe to Casually Baked on YouTube and catch the potcast videos when available.
• Connect on Social: @casuallybaked

When you shop with potcast affiliates you save money on things you want which in turn supports the production of this show. One thing I know for sure is that showing up for your community is the smoke circle of life. So, however you decide to support our highly responsible cannabis movement, thanks for doing your part to puff puff pass it on.

While you’re here, shop potcast affiliates and score Casually Baked discounts while supporting the show. 

• MJ Relief is Ph.D. formulated for what aches and pains you WITHOUT THC. Always save 10% using promo code: casuallybaked   --> Purchase here.
• From the reproductive years through menopause, the Green Women's Guide is for any woman seeking the most up-to-date science-based information on how to - or not to - incorporate Cannabis into her life. Save 25% on the course using promo code CASUALLYBAKED
• Looking For High-Quality Cannabis-Delivery in the Bay Area? Try getsava.com + use promo code CASUALLYBAKED to SAVE $40 off your first order.
• If you do not live in a cannabis-legal state, find hemp-derived THCV aka "Skinny Weed" at TejasHemp.com 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 TEJAS TONIC drinkable now available!
• Elevate Your Garden's Soil Health + Organic Pest Defense with SLOWDIRT soil amendment 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 slowdirt.com
• SAVE 20% on Dr. Fossum’s Pet Care for cats, dogs, & horses using promo code: CasuallyBaked20 ✨
• Shop More Potcast partner brands on casuallybaked.com and receive discounts on products like Aspen Green CBD where you save 20% using promo code CB20.
• For that crunchy cough, try the platinum cured silicone MouthPeace & MouthPeace Mini for germ free smoking and Activated Carbon MouthPeace Filters for cleaner, better-tasting hits. Try code casuallybaked at checkout for 15% off any Moose Labs product.
• Get access to unique content and discounts in the Casually Baked online store (while supporting Jo's efforts) by becoming a $5/month Potcast Patron at patreon.com/casuallybaked.
• FB Group - Highly Responsible Canna Consumers here.
• Subscribe to Casually Baked on YouTube and catch the potcast videos when available.
• Connect on Social: @casuallybaked

California voters legalized cannabis in 2016, and one of the issues that was supposed to be solved was the violence and environmental wreckage associated with the drug’s illegal trade. But that hasn’t happened.

Inside California’s famed “Emerald Triangle,” a region north of San Francisco known for its weed, there’s an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 illegal cannabis farms alone. The under-the-radar cultivation is messing with once-peaceful communities. Today, we get into this issue. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times investigative reporter Paige St. John

More reading:

Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California

Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

A spoon full of Maple Syrup helps the medicine go down says Miss Mary Puffins! She tells Don about her journey to become a cannabis entrepreneur which took her from LA to the Emerald Triangle to the Midwest. Her pre-rolled, designer and vegan cones are guaranteed to spice up your smoke! Don's Strain of the Week is Slurricrasher and a disturbing trend in cannabis arrests on the Marijuanalogues. Plus the Illinois News Joint Wrap and more!

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We’re continuing our Mendo summer farm tour this week at Radicle Herbs in Covelo, CA. I had the pleasure of walking and talking with the farmers as they tended their garden on a market day. We talk chop and drop crops and farming tips that even the backyard gardener will appreciate. We take a peek at the business of farming food versus farming cannabis. The importance of community supported agriculture and the drawbacks of a centralized cannabis system and the corporatization of our lives. 

Visit tendingthegardenfilm.com to support the documentary featuring Radicle Herbs and get the t-shirt. For you big spenders out there, know that your donation is tax deductible and includes a private farm tour that will blow your mind. 

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• Looking For High-Quality Cannabis-Delivery in the Bay Area? Try getsava.com + use promo code CASUALLYBAKED and SAVE $30 off your first order.
• If you do not live in a cannabis-legal state, find hemp-derived THCV at TejasHemp.com 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱
• MJ Relief is Ph.D. formulated for what aches and pains you. It's the CBD muscle rub I co-created with Dr. Monica Vialpando. Save 10% using promo code: casuallybaked  --> Purchase here.
• Shop Dr Love CBD- SAVE 15% using promo code: casuallybaked ✌️💚 at drlovecbd.com
• Up Your Gardening Game with SLOWDIRT 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 slowdirt.com
• SAVE 20% on Dr. Fossum’s Pet Care for cats, dogs, and horses using promo code: CasuallyBaked20 ✨
• Shop More Potcast partner brands on casuallybaked.com and receive discounts on products like Aspen Green CBD where you save 20% using promo code CB20.
• For that crunchy cough, try the platinum cured silicone MouthPeace & MouthPeace Mini for germ free smoking and Activated Carbon MouthPeace Filters for cleaner, better-tasting hits. Use code casuallybaked at checkout for 15% off any Moose Labs product.
• Get access to unique content and discounts in the Casually Baked online store (while supporting Jo's efforts) by becoming a $5/month Potcast Patron at patreon.com/casuallybaked.
• FB Group - Highly Responsible Canna Consumers here.
• Subscribe to Casually Baked on YouTube and catch the potcast videos.
• Connect on Social: @casuallybaked | @radicleherbs

When you shop with potcast affiliates you save money on things you want which in turn supports the production of this show. One thing I know for sure is that showing up for your community is the smoke circle of life. So, however you decide to support our highly responsible cannabis movement, thanks for doing your part to puff puff pass it on.

While you’re here, shop potcast affiliates and score Casually Baked discounts while supporting the show. 

• MJ Relief is Ph.D. formulated for what aches and pains you WITHOUT THC. Always save 10% using promo code: casuallybaked   --> Purchase here.
• From the reproductive years through menopause, the Green Women's Guide is for any woman seeking the most up-to-date science-based information on how to - or not to - incorporate Cannabis into her life. Save 25% on the course using promo code CASUALLYBAKED
• Looking For High-Quality Cannabis-Delivery in the Bay Area? Try getsava.com + use promo code CASUALLYBAKED to SAVE $40 off your first order.
• If you do not live in a cannabis-legal state, find hemp-derived THCV aka "Skinny Weed" at TejasHemp.com 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 TEJAS TONIC drinkable now available!
• Elevate Your Garden's Soil Health + Organic Pest Defense with SLOWDIRT soil amendment 🌱 Save 15% using code CB15 at checkout 🌱 slowdirt.com
• SAVE 20% on Dr. Fossum’s Pet Care for cats, dogs, & horses using promo code: CasuallyBaked20 ✨
• Shop More Potcast partner brands on casuallybaked.com and receive discounts on products like Aspen Green CBD where you save 20% using promo code CB20.
• For that crunchy cough, try the platinum cured silicone MouthPeace & MouthPeace Mini for germ free smoking and Activated Carbon MouthPeace Filters for cleaner, better-tasting hits. Try code casuallybaked at checkout for 15% off any Moose Labs product.
• Get access to unique content and discounts in the Casually Baked online store (while supporting Jo's efforts) by becoming a $5/month Potcast Patron at patreon.com/casuallybaked.
• FB Group - Highly Responsible Canna Consumers here.
• Subscribe to Casually Baked on YouTube and catch the potcast videos when available.
• Connect on Social: @casuallybaked

Today we are talking to Guy, the CEO of Papa & Barkley, a company known for their RELEAF balms and oils, best used for pain relief and joint care, but also tincture, edibles, all in the name of Whole Plant and Full Spectrum. He’s swept Emerald Cups, but you wouldn’t know it by how grounded Guy is. 

Guy has been in the weed industry for a minute and has full credentials to support – but one of the things that really stood out to me was how he came to the party without an EGO. He went from being a cannabis advocate – I would though, still call him an advocate, to working to provide standardized and, well, really great product, so that people could experience cannabis in a positive way, the way it was intended to be enjoyed. He thinks that developing your cannabis palette not only helps you find a tailored regimen, but also, we owe it to the plant! I cant tell you how much I really enjoyed speaking with him and hearing about his experiences, and how they have helped to shape Papa & Barkley into what they are today. 

Back to P&B Kitchen one of the three brands under the P&B umbrella–Guy is the CEO for Papa and Barkley and has been on the team since the brand started. He is at the forefront, along with the Chocolatier and Gummy Artisan, Jonah and Lindsay, in launching their two new products…. Dun dun dun…. Chocolate bars and gummies! Let’s tune in and find out more!

KEEP blazing and stay AMAZING!

We told you that in year 2  we were things to the next level and were hear to deliver! For the first episode this week Donovan and Lila sit down with writer, journalist, filmmaker, and former American outlaw Seth Ferranti! We talk with Seth about serving his 21 year prison sentence and starting his writing career while in. Seth discusses being a film maker and his current and projects including: White Boy currently on Netflix, Night Life,  Tangled Roots to name a few and much more.  On this episode we smoke some Lemon Pound Cake and Peyote flower. 

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• Road tripping and camping down the coast 
• On our way to Nevada City 
• Welcome to L-Town 
• An orgy in the woods?
• Where the road takes a 90 degree turn 
• The darkness begins 
• We're stuck here 
• The tow truck driver 
• Meet Chuck 
• That's f*cked uuup! 
• The mechanic 
• Charles Manson?!
• The devil's in the tarot cards 
• Should we have guns? 
• The apple story 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Gary Snyder
• Brene Brown's interview on On Being

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

This is part two of three of our series with alternative energy visionary John Schaeffer.  In this episode we learn how the marijuana and solar industries grew symbiotically in the hills of Mendocino County, CA.  

Special thanks to John Schaeffer, Mackenzie Bell, Laurel Near and to Maria Gilardin at TUC Radio for helping us get Ralph Nader's Audio from his speech in 2000 at the Solar Living Institute.

Written, produced, and edited by Quinn VanAntwerp

This week's episode is a special one. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their most disturbing travel story. Crime. Drugs. Sabotage. Charles Manson. It's a small town with a dark past and a malevolent secret. Make yourself a warm drink and curl up (but maybe keep the lights on), let's get into it!

Listen to this episode and explore:

• Road tripping and camping down the coast (3:45)
• On our way to Nevada City (14:52)
• Welcome to L-Town (19:08)
• An orgy in the woods? (21:16)
• Where the road takes a 90 degree turn (25:05)
• The darkness begins (33:26)
• We're stuck here (42:47)
• The tow truck driver (50:34)
• Meet Chuck (58:55)
• That's f*cked uuup! : (1:09:29)
• The mechanic (1:13:53)
• Charles Manson?! (1:21:20)
• The devil's in the tarot cards (1:27:09)
• Should we have guns? (1:31:50)
• The apple story (1:38:32)

Mentioned in this episode:

• Gary Snyder
• Brene Brown's interview on On Being

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• Leave a review on itunes
• Donate to the FAR OUT podcast
• Share this episode with others! :D

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Credits:

Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald

Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa
www.krackatoa.com