Your Weed Is a Crime Scene featuring Ben Cortez

In this episode of Controlled Burn, Shane and Brandon finally drag OKCTL Lab Director Ben Cortez into the studio to talk mold, microbes, and why Oklahoma humidity is basically a supervillain with a weather app.Ben breaks down the real-world science behind microbial failures, Aspergillus testing, total yeast and mold, facility hygiene, R&D testing, and why “the lab sabotaged me” is usually just mold wearing a trench coat. From grow room cleanup to peroxide dunks, ozone, 70% alcohol, and the eternal war against swamp-air cannabis, this one is part science class, part crime scene investigation, part group therapy for failed COAs.