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The Young Jurks
by Mike Crawford
Boston, Massachusetts politics. Led by Mike Crawford AKA Mike Cann. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support
Episodes
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Big cannabis runs Connecticut?
Big cannabis runs Connecticut? With guests, Louis J. Rinaldi and Kristin Souza
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Why is Maine medical cannabis the best?
Why is Maine medical cannabis the best? With guests: Dalton, owner of Grove Cannabis, a medical caregiver delivery service in Maine; and Derek Shirley, @gettinghighwithcats on Instagram. https://weedmaps.com/deliveries/grove-cannabis-co?
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Sound Museum calls out city of Boston for stealing their business
A cultural institution, the Sound Museum calls out the city of Boston, Mayor Wu, and the Mayors Office for Arts and Culture (MOAC) for stealing their business. Audio from Katherine Desmond's recent testimony before the Boston City Council, where she says the city empowered a competing group "to...
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Cannabis worker hazards and resources
Mike Crawford is live with a guest, Liz who is a health and safety professional, and an authorized OSHA outreach trainer. She has a background in industrial safety, including experience as a health & safety manager at a Massachusetts cannabis operating facility. Liz joins us to discuss: hazards…
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Trulieve buys social equity award from Minorities 4 Medical Marijuana?
Trulieve buys social equity award from Minorities for Medical Marijuana? RSVP for our free organizing event on Tuesday night. Also discussion of the latest Leafly expose and audio from Edward "Lefty" Grimes in NJ vs a town government blocking the will of their voters on cannabis! RSVP for our…
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Verano AKA Zen Leaf, MUV refuses to recognize UFCW 1445
Multi-state operator, Verano, a cannabis cultivator in Sharon, Massachusetts refuses voluntary recognition of UFCW Local 1445.
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Mass Cannabis Control Commission responds to our worker safety petition!
Mass Cannabis Control Commission responds to our worker safety petition! Mike Crawford hosts with guests Danny Carson and Zactly @nhcannapatient on twitter, discussing the historic, first ever, a near hour of discussion on worker safety at a public Mass CCC hearing. We will play the audio and…
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Century of Lies: The Marijuana Industry and Workplace Safety
This week on Century of Lies: The Marijuana Industry and Workplace Safety. Host Doug McVay speaks with Mike Crawford, a Massachusetts journalist and host of the award-winning podcast THE YOUNG JURKS, about activism, the marijuana industry, and the death of Lorna McMurrey. Sign the petition Mike…
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Sign cannabis worker safety petition!
Sign our new cannabis worker safety petition! Thank you to those who have signed our petition! https://change.org/Lornamcmurrey Please sign and share to support cannabis worker safety! NECANN Awards please consider nominating “The Young Jurks” for best podcast and best news source. Awards that...
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Big cannabis Craig Spadafora Malden cannabis dispensary shenanigans
Big cannabis Craig Spadafora Malden cannabis dispensary shenanigans with guests who are suing the city of Malden. NECANN Awards please consider nominating “The Young Jurks” for best podcast and best news source. Awards we’ve won in the past, would love your support once again to get more of our...
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Mold at HEKA, Inc, Westfield, MA dispensary
Employees speak out on powdery mildew, spider mites and other unsafe conditions at HEKA, Inc dispensary in Westfield, Massachusetts. Growing cannabis in moldy dirt. Intro Audio from Western Mass News.
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Arlington Police Department racial profiling
Arlington, Massachusetts Police Department racial profiling. Interview with author of DigBoston's "Arlington Police Detained the Wrong Man. Then They Added Insult To Injury", written by LAURA KIESEL https://digboston.com/arlington-police-detained-the-wrong-man-then-they-added-insult-to-injury/
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Election night with US Rep Seth Moulton
Mike Crawford & Lauren Pespisa host a live election night show with US Rep Seth Moulton. We discuss cannabis, election deniers, the lack of security protection for elected members of Congress, and much more.
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Election Voting special with State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Rahsaan Hall for DA, Mayor Paul Heroux for Sheriff and more
Election Voting special hosted by Mike Crawford and Lauren Pespisa with State Senator Diana DiZoglio (Democrat nominee for MA State Auditor), Rahsaan Hall for Plymouth County DA, Attleboro Mayor Paul Heroux (Democratic Nominee for Bristol County Sheriff), Jenny Armini for MA State Rep, Laura…
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Farmer Tom & Kristen Yoder of Cynical Stoner Podcast
Discussion on how to cure big cannabis of toxic and dangerous workplaces with Farmer Tom & Kristen Yoder of Cynical Stoner Podcast.
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Mike Crawford discusses Lorna McMurrey’s Trulieve death
Mike Crawford discusses Lorna McMurrey's Trulieve death on The Fine Print show. Please subscribe, review and rate The Young Jurks on iTunes!
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Toxic and dangerous big cannabis cultivation work conditions, what can be done?
Toxic and dangerous big cannabis cultivation work conditions? What changes can be made to protect cannabis workers from dangerous workplace conditions? What toxic work conditions could have contributed to the death of Lorna McMurrey? We speak to Tess Eidem, Ph.D., PCQI, Microbiologist…
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Trulieve blames dead worker, Lorna McMurrey
Trulieve blames dead worker, Lorna McMurrey. We speak to a friend of Lorna, McCartney Ford about Trulieve's awful press releases and we review recent news stories from local reporters: Dan Adams of the Globe, Shira Schoenberg with Commonwealth Magazine and Eric Casey in Worcester.
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Trulieve union-busting after Lorna McMurrey worker death
Trulieve union-busting after Lorna McMurrey worker death, UFCW1445 is filing charges with the labor board for employee intimidation, illegal surveillance, and wrongful termination.
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Mass CCC has been investigating Trulieve for a year?
The timeline of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission not protecting workers at Trulieve Holyoke or anywhere else! Lorna McMurrey took ambulances out of Trulieve Holyoke in Nov 2021 and then finally in January 2022 and had complained of the work conditions and asthma from the workplace…
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Lorna McMurrey's mom, "It has to stop now!"
Lorna McMurrey's mom, "It has to stop now!", “this should have never happened to her”. “I’m so thankful for the support of everybody speaking out”. We speak to her and whistleblowers from other big cannabis operators, Parallel and INSA on the Trulieve worker who passed after a work-shift. We also...
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Mass Cannabis Control Commission is a cover-up agency
Mike Crawford guests on a VT podcast, THE FINE PRINT discussing the Trulieve death of Lorna McMurrey. He calls out the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission as a cover-up agency. What would you call virtual investigations of mold?
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Danny, co-worker of Trulieve's Lorna McMurrey
After we broke the story of the death of Trulieve's Lorna McMurrey, workers are speaking out to local media. In this episode, we hear from Danny, a co-worker of Lorna McMurrey. Danny describes the toxic work culture and the dangerous Trulieve work environment. We also take a call from another MSO...
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“Trulieve, I want them shutdown” Lorna McMurrey discussion
Mike Crawford is a guest on Lefty’s New Jersey based show. Crawford wants Trulieve shut down. He also says the CCC has blood on their hands. Lorna McMurrey discussion on Ignorance is No Excuse show, also discussion of other dispensaries with known mold issues, NETA and Holistic Industries AKA...
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National & local media runs our Trulieve worker death coverage
National and local media (High Times, Leafly, Commonwealth Magazine and many more) picks up our Trulieve worker death coverage, we open with a discussion of the tragic death of Lorna McMurrey. Cannabis Round Table with Drew Weisse of UFCW 1459, Devin Alexander of Rolling Releaf, and…
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Kim Napoli (MA State Cannabis Advisory Board) and Caroline Pineau (Owner of Stem Haverhill)
Kim Napoli (MA State Cannabis Advisory Board) and Caroline Pineau (Owner of Stem Haverhill) are our guests. Kim Napoli is a licensed labor and employment attorney in Massachusetts, the co-founder of the Hempest, and a Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board member. She served as Director of…
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Laura Saylor for MA State Senate
Laura Saylor for Senate is our guest, we discuss last night's call and take a new call from Dave, the step-dad of Lorna McMurrey, the Trulieve Holyoke cannabis cultivation worker who passed away in January. We also discuss OSHA, workers rights, the misconduct of Mansfield Police Chief Ron Sellon...
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Are THE YOUNG JURKS pay-to-play?
Responding to allegations are THE YOUNG JURKS pay-to-play? No, we are not! With our old station owner, Bryan Murphy.
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Cannabis Stakeholders Summit
Live show with guests representing cannabis stakeholders, Shaleen Title (social equity), Chris Goldstein (patients and consumers), and Adian Coffey of labor union international UFCW (workers). We discuss the SHIP Act, labor peace agreements, a cannabis workers bill of rights, price gouging and…
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CJ Fitzwater for MA State Rep
Live with 1st Essex GOP primary advancer C.J. Fitzwater (who defeated extremist Samson Racioppi). We discuss his plans for the communities of Salisbury, Merrimac, Amesbury, and, Newburyport. We also ask Fitzwater if he supports lowering the sky-high cannabis tax to bring it more in line with…
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Primary election preview with Rep. Tami Gouveia and other candidates
Mike Crawford and Lauren Pespisa host a live get-out-the-vote primary special broadcast. Announcing our endorsements, and taking calls from candidates, campaigns, and listeners. We take calls from MA State Rep Tami Gouveia, Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Essex County Sheriff…
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State Senator Diana DiZoglio
Massachusetts State Senator Diana DiZoglio joins us for a live show with calls from Ed DeSousa of RiverRun Gardens, Shaleen Title of the Parabola Center, Warren Lynch, and Just Bill. Discussing DiZoglio's campaign for Mass State Auditor, cannabis policy in Massachusetts, her fight against NDA's…
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Anthony Amore for State Auditor
Live show with our first Republican candidate for office since 2017, Anthony Amore running for Massachusetts State Auditor will be a live guest on The Young Jurks. Anthony Amore brings more than 30 years of experience in investigations, audits, and inspections to his campaign for Massachusetts...
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Patriot Front gets run out of Malden
Patriot Front gets run out of Malden with guest, Rod Webber discussing Mayor Michelle Wu, DA Rachael Rollins, the Federal response and the Patriot Front white supremacy hate cult leader, Thomas Rousseau.
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Mara Dolan for Governor's Council
Live show with Mara Dolan for Governor's Council. Dolan has worked with children, young and emerging adults, and adults in the District, Superior, and Juvenile Courts. She has stood beside defendants as they faced a judge thousands of times representing clients in Lawrence, Springfield, and...
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Rayla Campbell, candidate for MA Sec of State spreads sick child sex-ed conspiracy theory
Rayla Campbell, Massachusetts Republican nominee for Secretary of State recently said a bunch of sick stuff during her nomination speech, "Well, I don’t think it’s nice when they’re telling your five-year-old that he can go and suck another five-year-old’s dick. Do you? This is what they’re…
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Kyle Davis for MA Senate
Kyle Davis running for State Senate in Massachusetts is our guest discussing public healthcare, housing, reducing overzealous regulations in the cannabis industry and much more. https://www.kyledavisforma.com/
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Remembering cannabis hero, Mickey Martin
Remembering cannabis hero, Mickey Martin with his friend Josh from Mohawk Glass.
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Remembering Mass cannabis heroes, Part 1, Kyle Corrao, aka Elmo
Remembering Elmo, Part one of our new series with Catherine and Glenn Lewis, Chris Shamanic, and Jen Grue. Remembering Massachusetts cannabis heroes, Michael Malta, Mickey Martin, Kyle Corrao, and Glenn Prescott to kick it off…
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Do Russian Oligarchs own Curaleaf? Part 1: Boris Jordan’s Killer business in Russia #msogang
Do Russian Oligarchs own Curaleaf, a large cannabis multi state operator? Part 1: Boris Jordan’s Killer business in Russia #msogang https://time.com/3706700/killer-business-in-russia/
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Barrett Brown on Peter Thiel's private intelligence influence network assets
Live The Young Jurks show with guest, whistleblower Barrett Brown, who won a national magazine award from federal prison related to the info he unearthed with the help of anonymous hackers on private intelligence corporations their likely crimes: illegal data mining/scraping, persona management...
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NH to legalize cannabis without home-grow?
Zactly discusses two cannabis legalization bills in NH, one which would allow legal home-grow and another that would legalize through NH state cannabis stores only. http://zactly.us
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Gary Chambers for US Senate smokes cannabis in first campaign ad
Gary Chambers for US Senate (challenging US Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican) smokes cannabis in his first campaign ad. Watch the video on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj_FD25oREY
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Michael Malta for NECANN Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 New England Cannabis Community Awards Nominations are open! Michael Malta for Lifetime Achievement! Or Kyle Corrao, Mickey Martin, Red Blaza!...
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Strane, Big cannabis mold with Chris Goldstein & Dawson Julia
Strane, Holistic Industries big cannabis mold discussion, cannabis episode with guests, Chris Goldstein, Lauren Pespisa & Dawson Julia. Police getting rich off legal cannabis. We also discuss solutions and strategies, including price controls.
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NJ consumer complaint against Curaleaf in New Jersey, Chris Goldstein
Chris Goldstein on his consumer complaint that he filed against Curaleaf in New Jersey for price gouging medical patients. With TYJ Host, Mike Crawford and Guests, Lauren Pespisa and Dawson Julia.
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Massachusetts women's prison moratorium with Lauren Pespisa
Live episode of The Young Jurks discussing Massachusetts women's prison abolition with Lauren Pespisa we both support a moratorium on building a new women's prison in Massachusetts. We also discuss fascists, with the Boston Police and Fire Departments and fascists Alex Jones and Hal Turner.…
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Curaleaf Execs, "Our biggest problem, competition is Drug Dealers"
Chairman of Curaleaf (large cannabis dispensary chain, multi-state operator), Boris Jordan, on CNBC sounding like Big Daddy Cannabis: "Our competition isn't the other cannabis companies... the competition for us is the DRUG DEALERS pedaling non-regulated product"...
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Moldy cannabis from our dispensary, "Just stick it in the oven!"
Big Daddy Cannabis CEO responds to mold complaints, "Just stick it in the oven", Mold is good. Is this real? #parody #msogang #satire #moldmongers
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We bought Haverhill 7 cop cars to bust the black market, Cannabis CEO
“We bought Haverhill 7 cop cars to bust the black market” Big Daddy Cannabis. Controversial statements from cannabis owner. “Snitch on your dealer support legal cannabis!” #msogang #satire #parody #isthisreal
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