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Let"s be Blunt with Montel

Montel Williams

Awarded #1 Cannabis Podcast to Listen to in 2024 Welcome to "Let"s Be Blunt with Montel," the space where cannabis meets conversation, science, and stories. Hosted by the legendary Montel Williams – a trailblazer in cannabis advocacy since long before it became mainstream – this podcast dives deep into the world of cannabis normalization and its therapeutic potential. Montel, whose voice has been pivotal in pushing past the stigma, brings to the table a stimulating mix of episodes exploring the

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00:53:45

THE CANNABIS-CANCER CONNECTION | JOE D. GOLDSTRICH, MD

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2024/01/12

Montel speaks with Dr Joe Goldstrich on tis episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Dr Goldstrich is a board-certified doctor in internal medicine, cardiology and clinical lipidology. He has held academic and teaching appointments at three medical schools and authored four books on nutrition and heart disease prevention. He served as the former National Director of Education and Community Programs for the American Heart Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians

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00:33:19

PSILOCYBIN CULTIVATION & PRODUCTS | CHARLES LAZARUS

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2024/01/05

Montel speaks with Charles Lazarus on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Charles is a Jamaican native who has dedicated his entire adult life to farming and exporting agricultural goods, amassing vast knowledge and expertise in the process. In 2015, he boldly ventured into the uncharted territory of psilocybin mushroom cultivation, which led to commercial sales in 2018. Boasting over 16 years of experience in genetic development, cultivation, extraction, and logistics in the domain of agriculture, his

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00:35:01

CANNABIS TRADESMAN | SAGE WINN

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2023/12/29

Montel talks with Sage Winn on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Sage has an interesting background, from being selected to the US Rugby Union at the young age of 14, to running kitchens at Michelin Star restaurants, to real estate sales to cannabis entrepreneur. He has been working as an executive advisor in the cannabis industry since 2012, specializing in cultivation, manufacturing and product development. To date, he’s built fifteen new facilities and driven over $250 million in revenue for nine

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CANNABIS DESTINATION | TITO JACKSON

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2023/12/22

Montel is on location at Apex Noire in Boston talking with the CEO and Owner, Tito Jackson. Apex Noire is Boston’s first black owned dispensary, and the nation’s first 7- floor experiential cannabis destination. Tito is s a former Boston City Councilor for district 7 where he was the chairman of the education committee and vice chairman of the government operations committee. He ran for mayor of Boston 2017 advocating for change in the cities wealth gap, housing displacement, and access disparities

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00:40:33

NEW YORK CANNABIS CHAOS | KATIE NEER

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2023/12/15

Montel speaks with cannabis regulatory expert Katie Neer on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. New York legalized adult use cannabis in March of 2021. Now two years later, the program is plagued with lawsuits and holdups in licenses, inadvertently leading to the proliferation of the illicit market. Katie Neer specializes as a cannabis regulatory attorney and the go-to expert for cannabis industry players who need help navigating the legal minefield in New York and throughout the Northeast. In 2022, she

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00:44:16

CANNABIS IN GEORGIA | GARY LONG

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2023/12/08

Montel talks with Gary Long on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Gary transitioned from an extensive career in traditional healthcare to the cannabis industry. He held leadership roles at numerous public companies and brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role as the CEO of Botanical Sciences, Georgia’s first physician owned vertically integrated cannabis company.

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00:45:05

INDIGENOUS CANNABIS | ROB PERO & MARY JANE OATMAN

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2023/12/01

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with the founder and executive director of the INDIGENOUS CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Rob PeRo and Mary Jane Oatman. The ICIA uplifts cannabis economic development by advocating for equitable policy reform, empowering communities through education and destigmatization, and building connection through programming that brings together cannabis and hemp industry professionals, Tribal leaders, government officials, and advocacy organizations.

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00:49:32

SEIZURES, CANNABIS & LIVING SOIL CULTIVATION | HELEN...

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2023/11/24

Montel talks with Helen Gomez Andrews on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Helen is a lifelong cannabis enthusiast and advocate, and parent to one of the first medical card holders in New York State. Together with her husband and two kids, she moved from New York City to MA, leaving her Wall Street career behind to launch The High End, a vertically- integrated cannabis company centered around organic living soil cultivation, solventless extraction, and a hospitality and home- grow driven retail

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00:26:48

REGULATING CANNABIS | STEVEN HOFFMAN

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2023/11/17

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel speaks with Steven Hoffman. Mr Hoffman served as the initial Chairman of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission from 2017 – 2022 where he was responsible for standing up a safe and equitable market for recreational cannabis in the state and expanding access to the medical cannabis program. Prior to serving on the Commission, he was a Senior Partner at Bain & Company, the Chief Strategy Officer for Sapient and the CEO of two venture capital backed

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00:57:42

VETERANS CANNABIS PROJECT | STEPHEN JONES

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2023/11/12

On this special Veteran’s Day episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel speaks with the Executive Director of the Veterans Cannabis Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving U.S. military veterans’ quality of life through the opportunity of cannabis. Stephen served in the United States Navy for over 20 years as a Naval Aviator and Commanding Officer. His professional experiences span global development, aviation, organizational development, innovation, macroeconomics, security cooperation,

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00:43:26

CAPITAL CANNABIS | TERESA MATTESON

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2023/11/10

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel is on location at Capital Cannabis in Douglas, MA speaking with the owner-operator Teresa Matteson. Teresa was offered an opportunity to transition into the cannabis business in 2019. She dug in and educated herself on the science and the business of cannabis, and opened Capital Cannabis in 2021. Part of her motivation to enter the industry came from seeing the impact the plant medicine had on a co-workers father who had been given a year to live due to his

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00:54:28

DOC MJ | AARON BLOOM, ESQ

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2023/11/02

Montel talks with Aaron Bloom on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Aaron owned, operated and representedtraditional healthcare companies for over twenty years. He’s nowapplying that experience to helping people find relief throughmedical cannabis and CBD. He is the CEO of DOC MJ, theChairman and Founder of Floridians for Safe Medical CannabisCare and an attorney by trade

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00:27:40

BRANDS PROMOTING EQUITY IN CANNABIS | MADISON SHOCKLEY

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2023/10/26

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel speaks with the Founder of the Cannabis Equity Policy Council and the CEO of Cadre, Madison Shockley. Cadre is a visionary social equity brand that actively advocates for equitable opportunities across the cannabis industry, offering exceptional cannabis products while uplifting marginalized communities.The Cannabis Equity Policy Council is a 501c4 non-profit made up of cannabis equity entrepreneurs and social justice non-profit organizations unified to

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00:36:16

MISS GRASS | KATE MILLER

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2023/10/19

Montel talks with Kate Miller, co-founder and CEO of Miss Grass, on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Miss Grass is a brand on a mission to help the world get good at weed. Inspired by her stint working at a dispensary in college and powered by a decade-long career in entertainment where she worked alongside Ben Silverman and led brand partnerships for Lorne Micheals’ Broadway Video, Kate is dedicated to rewriting the pervasive and shameful narrative around the plant and building a community of

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00:50:24

NFL TO CANNABIS OPERATOR | RUBEN LINDO

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2023/10/12

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with serial entrepreneur, financier and former professional football player Ruben Lindo. Ruben broke into the cannabis industry in 2015 as a consultant and then began a national CBD company in 2018. The following year he founded Blak Mar Farms, which today is present in three states and growing. After ten years in professional football, he also started coffee and cigar companies, restaurants, tech firms and has worked in construction management and

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00:43:40

CANNABIS DELTA-8 | CHRIS BOUCHER

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2023/10/05

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with Hemp-OG Chris Boucher about the potential pitfalls of Delta-8 products on the industry. Chris has been involved in the hemp industry since the early 1990’s globally. In 1994, he became the first person in modern times permitted to legally grow a hemp crop in the US, at the USDA Research Center in Brawley, California. In 2014, he established a large, sustainable hemp farm in California to support his educational, commercial, and advocacy activities

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00:36:36

CANNABIS CBGa & AUTISM | MIKE ROBINSON

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2023/09/28

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel welcomes Mike Robinson back to the show to discuss how CBGa has helped his daughter who suffers with Autism. Mike is the founder of the Global Cannabinoid Research Center and a three time cancer surviver who has utilized cannabis to treat cancer, as well as his epilepsy, PTSD and Chronic Lyme disease. He is the former Director of Consumer Affairs at the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, a journalist and former civil rights lobbyist.

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00:32:38

CHICAGO CRAFT CANNABIS | AKELE PARNELL

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2023/09/21

Montel talks with Chicago cannabis entrepreneur Akele Parnell on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Akele earned his masters degree in public health and doctorate of law degree from Washington University. He served as in-house counsel at Green Thumb Industries Inc., one of the largest publicly traded cannabis companies in the U.S. There, he worked across finance, securities, corporate governance, commercial transactions, real estate, M&A, corporate transactions and social equity to assist the company's

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00:39:52

OHIO CANNABIS SUMMIT | MARCIA PLEDGER

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2023/09/19

Montel talks with Marcia Pledger on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Marcia is the co-founder of the Ohio Cannabis Health & Business Summit, an annual educational event in Cleveland aimed at both the general public and people in the cannabis industry. She is a freelance business journalist, content creator and author with 30 years-experience covering local and national stories on topics as diverse as cannabis and technology, to opinion pieces and small business challenges and she covers various

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00:31:07

CANNABIS, CROHNS & 5 STAR EDIBLES | DAVID YUSEFZADEH

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2023/09/14

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Michelin Star Chef David Yusefzadeh. David was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 2011 and has been utilizing cannabis to allow him to function in his everyday life. He is a Michelin Star Chef and food designer who spent the majority of his career working eighty hours a week in fine dining restaurants and hotels around the world. Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mario Batali and Richard Ekkebus are just a few of the chefs that he has spent time with

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