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Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design

I"m Alex D.—a photographer, a designer specializing in botanical jewelry, including cannabis-to-metal casting techniques. As a member of the Canadian Jewellers Association and Craft Ontario, I"ll give you an unfiltered look at how art is created, studio techniques, and design thinking in each episode. Live every week from my artist’s studio on the St. Lawrence River in South Eastern Ontario Canada, Cannabis Goldsmith is a solo deep dive into art & design in all its forms. We explore everything

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00:30:58

Survival Guide: Jewelers vs. Record Metal Prices

Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design ·

2026/02/04

Gold prices are downright scary now and silver looks like it has been seized by meme traders like GameStop stock once was. Data suggests that retail jewelry sales globally are down well over 20%. What are jewelers to do?In this episode I give four counterintuitive tips on how to communicate with your clients to close sales in spite of the high precious metals prices. I talk about non-precious metals, plating, and why a better plan is probably clear communications and leveraging what your clients

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00:31:09

Stewart Brand on How Buildings Learn - A Rabbit in...

Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design ·

2026/01/28

I accidentally discovered an incredible BBC documentary series from 1997 by Stewart Brand on the relationship between humans and buildings called How Buildings Learn. It is a six part series that Stewart has put on youtube and it is truly worth watching. I learned so much about architecture, building design, and the relationship between artists and their spaces. There is a new rabbit in the woodshed I have named Snowflake.Start with the first episode of How Building Learn,

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00:33:39

Sights - How Natural Diamonds Enter the Marketplace

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2026/01/21

In this show, I describe how the De Beers sight and sightholder system works. It’s an old process (dating back to the 1930s) where a hand-picked buyer is put in a room with hand-picked, uncut stones and intense sales pressure is applied. That system worked well for decades, but its future is now in doubt, as factory-made diamonds are dramatically compressing natural diamond prices.I also talk about how mines could skip the middlemen — and even the cutters — and sell giant raw diamonds directly to

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00:28:56

Yes Greenland has Rubies and Sapphires - The Raccoon

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2026/01/14

Greenland has some nice rubies and sapphires and they are some of the oldest in the world. The colors of the corundum mined there tend to be in the pink to red color spectrum due to the geology and how the crystals were formed. They would look great in jewelry I think, but that is not the only reason you should consider using them in a design.A Norwegian company set up a ruby mine in Greenland and has mined some nice stones for the jewelry trade. In this show I explain how micro-fractures in the

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00:32:27

American Dictator - The United States Goes Crazy

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2026/01/07

In a year, the United States has turned into a terrorist state and their president into a despotic dictator. Canadians must rely on ourselves. Let's meet each other, let's get to know our next door neighbors (in Canada), so when the shit hits the fan you can help your neighbor or they can help you. We have to buckle down and get ready. Our Prime Minister is spending more and more time away from Canada and this is not comforting at all. Who will stand up to crazy America? Eventually, someone

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00:41:40

2026 AI Bubble Burst and Market Crash Prediction

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2025/12/31

I’m an artist, so I can make exotic predictions.There’s a lot of political and media analysis in this episode, but if that’s not your thing, you can skip straight to the last 7 minutes.I’m horribly sick with the flu, and I talk about how sick I am of Canada’s Prime Minister and his pandering to the US President. There is something seriously wrong with a Canadian Prime Minister who won’t wear a Canadian flag on his lapel, yet will proudly wear a special tie for Donald. Yuck.I’m exhausted by politics,

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00:33:06

What is Photojournalism - Ekati Diamond Mine Re-Opens...

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2025/12/24

What are photojournalists and why are they important? What do photojournalists seek to accomplish with their art? I give three examples of different approaches to photojournalism, from the political to the cultural, and encourage you to listen to two interviews with photojournalists Simon Townsley on Battle Lines and Chris Anderson on IMPOLITIC at the links below.On the second part of the show I outline the challenges facing Burgundy as they try to market diamonds from Canada's recently tax

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00:36:44

Funding Your Art Part 1 - Canadians Avoid USA Travel

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2025/12/17

I'm going to document my experience seeking funding for a book of photography and for a documentary film. I am hoping it will help others who are seeking to fund art. It will be journalism, but also provide the steps I will take to secure or fail to secure funding for my projects. This first part of the series is about getting your thinking clear and straight about what you want to fund and why, before you even think about how much money you will need for your projects.It turns out the USA

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00:32:10

How Swallowed Treasure is Recovered - Faberge...

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2025/12/10

So you've swallowed a Faberge Egg and figure you've committed a perfect crime, but you are no match for an intern with a stick and a bucket, or Drugloo, the space age contraband recovery toilet manufactured in Texas.I speculate why many of the podcast listeners are in Australia and Germany...(Cannabis Goldsmith Listener Stats: 1. Australia 2. Canada 3. USA 4. Germany)Drugloo - Ranger contraband recovery toilethttps://www.drugloo-international.com/copy-of-our-units-1TRIBE – Custom Made

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00:36:14

Maitland Tower - How Licensing Creative Work Helps...

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2025/12/03

Is it a restoration? An art project? The Maitland Tower is an incredible historical riverfront property being developed into community art and event spaces by Philip Ling. I went upriver to have a look, and learned how this project combines the modern and the old in new ways that will grow art in South Eastern Ontario.I also talk about why it's important to license creative work from artists instead of stealing it for commercial purposes.The Maitland Tower Websitehttps://maitlandtower.caTRIBE –

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00:32:50

Hardfork Podcast Sells Out – Producing Content for AI...

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2025/11/26

As podcasts I once trusted for news, journalism, and truth become chat shows or mouthpieces for a handful of US tech companies trying to justify their extreme valuations, I take a step back and consider if I really need their advertorial content or banter. I am cutting them out of my life becausethey are spreading slop now too. It’s time to focus on truth, art, and the real.I talk about how emotionally trying it can be for an artist to look at work they produced when young. There are a lot of

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00:33:05

Petr Válek and THE VAPE Synthesizers - Big Diamond...

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2025/11/19

One of the greatest human experiences you can have is when you resonate with an artist's work, or it resonates with you on some almost unconscious level. Petr Válek's synthesizers are hand-built from found materials and embellished with designs coming from a very deep place in a rural area in the Czech Republic. They are also fun and comical. How can an art object contain such multitudes? How can I buy one of these for my own studio?In the second half of the show I talk about all the big

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00:34:45

Your Podcast Feed Got Enshitified By Corey Doctorow’s...

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2025/11/12

Media Literacy 101. The American media pundits are coming into Canada to sell books and influence our politics. They are appearing on our state funded current affairs shows as "news” but this is not news, it is US marketing funded by Canadian tax dollars. The first part of this episode describes the hypocrisy of American media pundits who use marketing, disinformation or polarization to sell more books and podcast subscriptions to Canadians and Europeans, while capitalizing on their own

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00:31:01

How Canadian Journalism Died – The House of Boivin...

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2025/11/05

I describe the difference between the news media space in Canada and the United States, and why I believe most Canadian journalism is now state funded government propaganda. I describe how I get my news from a variety of non-Canadian sources to kludge together a view of what is going on in my own country.I talk about an incredible brooch from the house of Boivin that was designed in the 1950’s, auctioned in 2013, and then completely vanished into a private collection. Perhaps whoever bought it can

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00:32:27

I Wrote the Prime Minister

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2025/10/29

My Mom taught me how to write a decent letter of complaint, so I wrote one to our Prime Minister, Mark Carney, who seems to have moved on from the impressive date-specific unaccomplished achievements he promised to Canadians just a few short months ago, in order to get elected. I gave him some suggestions and told him Canada needs a sales and marketing focus to increase foreign exports, not political speeches. We can already sell into non-US markets so why aren’t we doing that? I don’t expect a

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00:30:46

The Jewel Heist Show!

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2025/10/22

Let's speculate about who stole Marie-Louise's emerald necklace and why.If you have information on the Louvre jewel heist, please contact the French police or Interpol:French Police: https://www.police-nationale.interieur.gouv.fr/ContactsINTERPOL stolen art unit: https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2025/Louvre-Museum-theft-Stolen-jewels-added-to-INTERPOL-s-Stolen-Works-of-Art-databaseTRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of

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00:30:13

Questions for Geoffrey Hinton About AI - Why You Need...

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2025/10/15

Geoffrey Hinton has to stop doing these interviews where he is warning us about the dangers of his own invention. Or, hosts should ask him how much money Hinton made from the development of this technology which he now says can take our life savings or destroy the world. He must man up and take responsibility for his horror.I am hunkering down for a winter of design, and it will be fabulous!Douglas Rushkoff on

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00:30:20

Calgary Stampede 2026 Sterling Silver Trophy Buckle...

Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design ·

2025/10/08

I’m already designing a Canadian themed Sterling Silver trophy belt buckle for the 2026 Calgary Stampede, based around a Sugar Maple leaf from my own tree in the front yard. This silver masterwork will be packed with cultural and national symbolism. Who will wear it to the Stampede next year?It is just too sad to watch the USA spiraling toward civil war or becoming a failed state. It‘s not doing me any good listening to US pundits because they have no answers, and I will try to focus on my own land

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00:32:31

Suzanne Belperron Auction - Finding Treasure Under Water

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2025/10/01

Heads Up: There's a Suzanne Belperron Auction in December!My favorite designer has a few pieces coming up for auction in December. I talk about her work and how she became head of a major French jewelry Maison at the age of 24, and how her designs transcend the materials they are constructed from and sometimes appear to have been designed in the future or by aliens. My treasure hunting hobby paid off nicely this week.Suzanne Belperron December Auction Chalcedony

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00:31:12

Learn From Nature - A Hard Pivot Away From America

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2025/09/24

The animals know the score. Winter is coming fast and it's not only about the seasons, it is about the closing of trade routes and markets. We can learn from the critters as they prepare for a brutal winter ahead.Custom Corporate Commissions by TRIBEA custom commissioned sterling silver belt buckle by TRIBE is more than a prize or gift- it's a story, an experience, and a lasting legacy. Whether for fundraising auctions, charity events, or corporate recognition, these pieces show commitment

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