All Episodes

E172: 420 2026 — Live! Inside the Data on Cannabis's Biggest Weekend

E171: Gelatinous Cubes, Texas Hemp, and the 4/20 Weekend Setup

E170: The Army Wants Stoners Now — And Other Cannabis Contradictions

E169: Vape Pens vs. Flower in California, Texas Hemp Ban & State Market Updates

The $28 Billion Ban: Hemp's Last Stand | The High-Rise Ep. 168

E167 - Bluegrass Bud: Kentucky Medical Cannabis Arrives

E166 - Headset Wrapped 2024 and Looking Ahead to Next Year

E165 - Making cannabis fun again!

E164 - Uber Eats weed burritos

E163 - Hot Hemp

E162 - Welcome back to the High-Rise!

E161 - A Post-Earnings Verano Deep-dive with George Archos and Aaron Miles

E160 - 4/30 is the new 4/20! What we know about Schedule 3

E159 - Florida, man! Look out California, Florida is going to be THE market.

E158 - The Commish!

E157 - What's Ahead for Cannabis in 2024

E156 - ... And that's a wrap on 2023 folks!

E155 - Ohio cannabis officially legal, but... no sharing (maybe)?

E154 - 2600%! Why we're (cautiously) excited about New York again

E153 - Green Wednesday (Live!) and New Vapor Pen Insights

E152 - Whole Day Units, Ohio Data and Green Wednesday

E151 - O(high)O legalization news and Q3 earnings wrap

E150: Cannabis Going Mainstream - Total Wine, Magnolia Bakery & Major Milestones

E149: From Wheat to Weed: Commerce Clause and Cannabis

E148 - Going for a Doobie: Pre-Rolls Take Off in Canada

E147-Missouri brands, Benzinga to Meadowlands, and September metrics

E146 - High-Rise Live at Benzinga Chicago 2023 with Kris Krane

E145 - Tipping Points: Cannabis Movement on Capitol Hill Finally…Maybe

E144 - From Politics, to Crab Cakes, to Pot: Maryland's Evolving Cannabis Narrative

E143 - Let’s talk about August sales numbers—and not so much about cannabis schedule III news

E142 - Green Light or Red Tape? Ohio's Cannabis Vote

E141 - Cannabis Brands and Their Thirst for Beer Ventures

E140 - Exploring Leadership, Strategy, and Growth with John Hartmann, CEO of Ascend Wellness

E139 - Jersey Strong? Social Equity, Curaleaf's Decisions, and Market Dynamics

E138 - C’mon Feel the Illinoise

E137 - It’s time to talk about inflation — THC inflation

E136 - Hold my beer while I throw a ‘Z’ at the end of my product name to avoid trademark infringement

E135 - Summer sales trends: Maryland’s first big weekend and a little 4th of July nuance

E134 - Exploring Maryland's Big Launch: A Conversation with Mitch Trellis, Co-founder of Remedy

E133-Cannabis rescheduling is on the horizon, HERBL shuts down, and how to survive a shakeout

E132 - Looks like medical marijuana has a sweet home in Alabama!

E131 - A conversation with Jeffrey Schultz — how does NY cannabis evolve from here?

E130 - Emily goes to D.C. and gathers intel on the SAFE Banking Act hearings—there's still hope!

E129 - From the archives: Poolside Sessions with Representative Nancy Mace

E128 - Banking is so hot right now—what’s the latest with the SAFE Banking Act?

E127 - The 4/20 no cap recap: what was different in 2023?

E126 - Making sense of what Canadian LPs are doing lately—with special guest Andrew Carter from Stifel

E125 - Get ready for another quarterly earnings power hour with Matt McGinley

E124 - No more ‘gifting for weed’ in Washington D.C. and other interesting reforms

E123 - Why is a coalition of cannabis companies about to sue New York State regulators?

E122 - Regrettably, we have to talk about banking once again

E121 - A fresh look at the Vapor Pen category post ‘Vapor Gate’

E120 - How the eff does the price of cannabis keep getting cheaper during inflationary times?

E119 - So what’s the connection between cannabis, Twitter, and Marvel?

E118 - Cannabis tech talk with Kyla Sirni CEO and co-founder of Dispense

E117 - Missouri ‘the show me state’ shows the nation how to open up a legal cannabis market with efficiency

E116 - A field report from New York’s cannabis market and California’s interstate letter

E115 - Which US states are on deck for legalizing recreational cannabis in 2023?

E114 - NYC opens its very first recreational cannabis shop and New Jersey throws a little friendly shade

E113 - Q&A Session from Trailblazers X Alpha Root webinar series

E112 - Hospitality & advocacy experts Sara Stewart and Scot Rutledge give us the goods on how consumption lounges will work in Nevada

E111 - Tis the season for holiday specific cannabis products — is this a sign of the industry starting to normalize?

E110 - And just like that…Joe Biden signs the medical marijuana research bill into law

E109 - Nevada cannabis consumption lounges are about to drop in 2023—imagine the innovation!

E108 - New York rolls out regulations and its first set of licenses — we have many questions

E107 - ‘I’ll stop procrastinating tomorrow’ says US congress about cannabis reform

E106 - How will Midterm election results impact cannabis legislation?

E105 - Talking about cannabis retail with Kyle Sherman founder and CEO of Flowhub

E104 - Let’s talk about Germany getting ready to legalize recreational cannabis by 2024

E103 - Canopy Growth to close all retail in Canada and now sets its sights on the US

E102 - Legends in cannabis policy reform Vicente Sederberg stop by the High Rise

E101 - Turns out M&A in cannabis is hard: Verano drops the deal to buy Goodness Growth

E100 - Reflections and origin stories around the cannabis industry for our 100th episode!

E99 - Biden’s cannabis pardon is a win for criminal justice, does this help accelerate Federal legalization?

E98 - The story of Suzan Nickelson, first female and black woman to own a cannabis license in NJ

E97 - How the scarcity of capital negatively impacts minority cannabis entrepreneurs

E96 - Building a plane while it’s flying a.k.a. Minnesota’s cannabis legalization efforts

E95 - NIMBY towns are mistakenly supporting illegal cannabis sales and other sketchy things

E94 - Seeing Through the Smoke with Dr. Peter Grinspoon

E93 - Benzinga Chicago wrap-up, the upcoming midterm elections, and MK Ultra?

E92 - The upside-down world of Republicans out progressing Democrats on cannabis decriminalization in Ohio

E91 - Operation Sunburn Cannabis with special guests Danny Moses & Brady Cobb

E90 - What’s the strategic rationale behind cannabis companies acquiring vegetable farms?

E89 - The mainstreaming of cannabis beverages: the good, the not so bad, and the form factors

E88 - Our decompression session: breaking down the comprehensive McGinley episode

E87 - The coming headwinds and tailwinds for the cannabis industry with Matt McGinley

E86 - A New York State of cannabis MSOs

E85 - Post lockdown: analyzing earnings data with growth trends in US cannabis

E84 - Let’s talk about ‘weed lite’ aka Delta-8 products

E83 - The balance of weed vs greed in the legal cannabis space with journalist Will Yakowicz from Forbes

E82 - The curious case of why Canadian growers destroyed 425 million grams of cannabis last year

E81 - More cannabis reform updates: don’t worry, it’s actually positive news

E80 - Special guest Rick Farman co-founder of Superfly: at the nexus of cannabis and music festivals

E79 - Decriminalizing cannabis at the Federal Level—where are we at, what’s it gonna take?

E78 - Crowd-growing: part cannabis, part crypto, and part crowd funding—what could go wrong?

E77 - High Rise talks shop with Spencer and Mark from Range Marketing

E76 - Woody Harrelson has a new pot shop—is it boutique or big business?

E75 - Jobs in cannabis, turnover rates, and the impending recession

E74 - Washington D.C. legalizes again and Snoop’s latest, ‘Sleepy Joe OG’

E73 - Why are we seeing sensationalist journalism around high potency cannabis all of a sudden?

E72 - Minnesota just legalized edibles—let’s unpack this

E71 - Cannabis activations and music festivals, why is this still a rare thing?

E70 - The uniquely American product known as cannabis and the 4th of July holiday

E69 - Pre-Roll mania with Bryan Gerber CEO & founder of Hara Supply

E68 - The War on Drugs: Federal Government’s latest

E67 - Where does the beverage category go from here?

E66- A short story about Parallel: when investing in cannabis MSOs gets messy

E66- A short story about Parallel: when investing in cannabis MSOs gets messy

E65 - Ascend Wellness teams up to sue the federal government over 280E and interstate commerce

E64 - Cannabis beverages and The Boston Beer Company

E63 - A little events recap, NJ sales crushes in its first month, RI is #19, and DE is the lamest state right now

E62 - Some 420 data, Houseplant’s House, NM & NJ sales, and stocks are still down

E61 - Lines out the door in NJ, sales to begin this fall in NY, Canopy layoffs, and a little poolsides debrief

E60 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Nancy Whiteman from Wana

E59 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Karson Humiston from Vangst

E58 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Brady Cobb from One Plant

E57 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with US Representative Nancy Mace

E56 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Kim Rivers from Trulieve

E55 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Aaron Miles & Sammy Dorf from Verano

E54 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Morgan Paxhia from Poseidon

E53 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Abner Kurtin from Ascend Wellness Holdings

E52 - Pretty pretty pretty good episode, NJ & NM finally did it, NY does 280E, and 420 the 'high holiday'

E51 - The MORE Act finally passes, earnings season wraps up, and big M&A moves with guest Matt McGinley

E50 - Talking about cannabis jobs, reform, and working in a startup industry with Scott Kenyon

E49 - Poolside sessions - Brett Heyman Founder & Creative Director at Flower by Edie Parker

E48 - Poolside sessions - Tahira Rehmatullah Co-Founder & CEO and Jacqueline Bennett Chief Growth Officer at Commons

E47 - Poolside sessions - Dustin Moore CoFounder & Chief Strategy Officer of Embarc

E46 - Poolside sessions - Julia Germaine Operating Partner at Kindrun

E45 - Poolside sessions - Mikaela McLaughlin VP Of Business Development at springbig

E44 - Poolside sessions - Aaron Trahan Head of Customer Operations at Texas Original

E43 - Poolside sessions - Valda Coryat Chief Marketing Officer at Trulieve

E42 - Cannabis industry earnings update with Matt McGinley

E41 - The parallels of traditional CPG and cannabis CPG with Joe Bayern

E40 - From Clorox to cannabis: a fun conversation with Troy Datcher

E39 - A Highly Objective take on this week in cannabis with Dai Truong

E38 - Delaware and Wisconsin are starting to legalize, New York has new MMJ rules, and Amazon needs workers

E37 - Twitter Spaces edition with special guest Jason Wild

E36 - Reflections and projections: looking forward to 2022!

E35 - Ending 2021 on a High-Note with Andrea Cabral

E34 - High-Rise Poolside Sessions: Hall of Flowers Palm Springs coverage, Tilray gets into whiskey, and San Francisco removes city tax

E33 - Matt Hawkins founder and managing partner of Entourage Effect Capital talks about the recent news with Harborside in California

E32 - Terrascend acquires Gage to expand in Michigan, AYR’s earnings and new brand identity, Canopy Growth C-suite shakeup, and giving thanks

E31 - Kim Rivers CEO from Trulieve

E30 - All about the States Reform Act: will this finally be the end federal prohibition?

E29 - It’s Earnings Season for Q321, big picture trends, the economy’s effects on cannabis, and ‘dank at scale’.

E28 - MJBiz article misrepresents data, down 5% is the new flat, and does recent USA election losses affect legalization?

E27 - Back from MJBiz, Columbia Care brings in whole flower to NY, Canna Cabana adopts membership club model, and Indica vs Sativa — a new old take

E26 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Steve Albarran, Co-Founder & CEO, Confident Cannabis

E25 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Rosie Mattio, CEO & Founder, MATTIO Communications

E24 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Kyle Sherman, CEO & Founder, Flowhub

E23 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Graham Farrar, Co-founder, President & Board Director, Glass House Brands

E22 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Dennis O’Malley, COO, The Parent Company

E21 - Acquisitions abound, AZ vs WA by the numbers, and ‘ankle-biters’?

E20 - The Business of Cannabis in New York and around the industry

E19 - Remote from Hall of Flowers 2021, Challenges for small farmers in CA, and SAFE Banking Act news

E18 - Cannabis markets in Europe: the investment landscape, MSOs, and the future of medical cannabis research

E17 - New Jersey regs, California’s DCC, Nevada consumption lounges, and the state of Florida vs Leafly

E16 - New Jersey adult-use coming soon, a deep dive into beverages, and some MSO strategy news

E15 - The Q2 earnings episode

E14 - California is expanding, Illinois residents vs non residents, and industry sales numbers are up, but for how long?

E13 - Canada behind on market growth. Cory Booker walks back on banking. U.S. market growth projections highlights from Headset

E12 - Early breakdown of the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act, Harborside & Sublime, and D2C in CA

E11 - Sha'Carri Richardson on the right side of history, SSO investment deals terminated, and Apple making positive moves for cannabis

E10 - The cost of inequity, the cost of prohibition, and the rise of megastores

E9 - The state of the cannabis capital markets, cannabis 2.0 and whats next for 3.0

E8 - Medicine Man + Columbia Care — Connecticut Senate approves legalization — Texas Strong? — Delta 8 THC Issues

E7 High-Rise - MSO opportunity in the midwest — still bullish about California — and not feeding the meme stock myth

E6 High Rise - Amazon an unexpected ally, more on the MORE Act, and Sparc + Besito you are where you sell

E5 High Rise - AYR & Cresco earnings, Gen Z share of wallet & geriatric millennials, and how high tax rates creates looping

E4 High Rise - Republicans & Schumer, MSOs making groovy earnings reports with Spotify, and SPAC-on-SPAC Action

E3-High-Rise Cookies on the Strip a new standard in brand affinity

E2 - Sundial + Inner Spirit, OrganiGram CEO, lending rates for GTI, and ‘Tilapia’ May 7, 2021

E1- Canada’s CBD Strategy and MSO Expansion April 30, 2021