All Episodes

#152 - Bootstrapping to $100M in California Cannabis with Big Oil Co.’s John LaFata

TWICL (9/4/26) - Hemp Gets a One-Month Lifeline, M&A Power Plays & Michigan’s Tax Reality

#151 - Cannabis Business News Roundup w/ Ben & AnnaRae: De-cluttering, DEA & PPP

TWICL (8/28/26) - 2,500 Pages of Rescheduling Testimony, $CURA vs. $ACB, and New York's High Art

#150 - Cannabis Investing Realities with Tiby Erdely of Key Investment Partners

TWICL (8/21/26) - Hostile Takeovers, EU Export Goldmine & Congress Presses the White House

#149 - Building a Hemp Beverage Empire Inside Alcohol: Jason Dayton of Trail Magic

#148 - How CAM Built a $73M California Cannabis Brand with Anna Willey

#147 - Reclaiming California’s Cannabis Market with DCC Director Clint Kellum

#146 - Building Anti-Fragile Cannabis Culture, Multi-State M&A, and the DEA's Schedule III Hearings

TWICL (7/17/26) - DEA Hearing, Senate Dems Refile the CAOA, Pennsylvania Punts (Again) + Kiva x Conan

#145 - Shifting Trends, AI, & State Markets with Leah Spokojny, CRO at BDSA

TWICL (July 10, 2026) - What Actually Happened at the DEA Hearings + Virginia's 2027 Timeline

#144 - Betting Big on One Brand: Ohio’s Market Leader w/ Zach Weprin (Certified)

#143 - How Eddie Brennan Built ayrloom’s $75M Empire (Plus DEA Hearing Update)

TWICL (June 26,2026) - Another Nasdaq Moment, Questions about DEA Fairness, and more

IgniteIt Chicago Replay: AI, M&A, and Policy Blitz

#142 - Is California Cannabis Going Global? Glass House Brands President Graham Farrar on NYSE Up-listing & Schedule III

#141 - Cannabis Biz News Roundup: CANRA Insights, Trulieve’s NYSE Debut & AI Labels w/ Ben & AnnaRae

#140 - Unlocking the Power of Minor Cannabinoids: Proving the Science of CBN with Alleh Lindquist of FloraWorks

TWICL(May 29, 2026) - NY's $10M for Seed-to-Sale, Curaleaf's Reverse Split & SAM Gets Tossed

#139 - Discernment, Reinvention and Becoming Media People in Cannabis with Ben & AnnaRae

#138 - Unmasking Cannabis Pathogens with TUMI Genomics CEO Melanie Nash

TWICL (May 15, 2026) - DEA Registration Wave, GA's Medical Milestone & What Earnings Season Told Us

#137 - The $11B THC Beverage Roadmap with Jason Zelinski (NielsenIQ)

#136 - Rescheduling Financial Deep Dive with Gail Rand & Michael Harlow

TWICL ( May 1, 2026) - Cannabis Rescheduling: What We Still Don't Know

#135 - The Rescheduling Order: A Legal Deep Dive

TWICL (Apr 17, 2026) - 4/20 & Rescheduling — Medical Cannabis Goes Federal

#134 - Centralized Strategy, Local Execution: Inside the iAnthus MSO Turnaround w/ CEO, Richie Proud

TWICL (Apr 17, 2026) - $110 Oil, Falling Eighths, and the Hemp Legislation Rollercoaster

#133 - The Future of THC Beverages: A Policy Deep Dive with Dawson Hobbs of WSWA

#132 - Scaling a Cannabis Empire: Boston Dickerson of Show Me Organics on Missouri and Kentucky Success

#131 - Sex, Drugs, and MSOs: Tanya Griffin on Illinois Retail & Radical Authenticity

#130 - Market Spotlights & Disciplined Growth: Elliot Lane on the Future of IgniteIt

TWICL (Mar 13, 2026) - Cannabis Earnings Season, Florida Legalization Stalls, + Michigan’s $3B Market

#129 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: Tilray’s BrewDog Bet & AI Regulatory Enforcement

TWICL (Mar 6, 2026) - Is New York the New Cannabis Capital? $4.6B Projections, SCOTUS Gun Rights, & Brand Power Shifts

#128 - Redefining Medicine & Schedule 6 w/ Steph Sherer of Americans for Safe Access

#127 - $3 Billion In: What Cannabis Lenders Look For w/ Steven Ernest of Chicago Atlantic

TWICL (Feb 20, 2026) - Farm Bill Drafts, German M&A, and the "Social" Retail Revolution

#126 - Beyond THC: Dr. Riley Kirk on Smell, Science, and Cannabis Education

#125 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: Ohio MSO Lawsuit, Texas Medical Growth, and FDA Countdown

TWICL (Feb 6, 2026) - Cannabis, Congress, And The Olympic Moment

#124 - Building THC Beverages That Actually Scale w/ Rick Schepp & Charles Bieler

#123 - Operating While the Ground Is Moving w/ Thomas Winstanley of Edibles.com

TWICL (Jan 23, 2026) - Rescheduling Reality Check

#122 - Signals from the Middle: Ashwin Raj on Cannabis’ Next Phase

#121 - Why Wyld and Grön Joined Forces w/ Aaron Morris and Draper Bender

This Week in Cannabis Live (Jan 2, 2026) - Predictions: Buying Year or Waiting Game?

#120 - Cannabis by the Numbers: Cy Scott, CEO of Headset on Rescheduling & 2026 Signals

#119 - Year-End Wrap Up Part 2: Predictions, Policy Reality, & Fire Horse Energy

This Week in Cannabis Live (Dec 19, 2025) — Rescheduling, Rulemaking & What Comes Next

#118 - Year-End Wrap Up Part 1: Media Meltdown & 2026 Predictions

#117 - Live from Las Vegas with Cultivated Media & Cannabis Musings Part 2

#116 - Live from Las Vegas with Cultivated Media & Cannabis Musings Part 1

#115 - Holiday Hiatus & High Spirits News

#114 - What Comes Next for Hemp THC Beverages w/ Martín Caballero, Managing Editor at BevNET.com

#113 - From Blueberries To Regenerative Cannabis: How Coastal Sun Built A Profitable, Planet-First Brand w/ Darren Story

#112 - Mapping Cannabis Patents, Power, And The Coming Wave Of Lawsuits w/ Dr. Ruth Fisher

#111 - How Hemp Beverages Are Rewriting Adult Drinking w/ Jeff Cantalupo of Listen Ventures

#110 - High-Risk, High Fees: Why Cannabis Payments Are Still Broken w/ Aubrey Amatelli of PayRio

#109 - How Uncle Arnie’s Is Scaling from Cannabis Cool to National Brand w/ Theo Terris, CEO

#108 - Government Shutdown, Michigan's 24% tax hike, and Ben's Ode to California | Cannabis Business News Round-up

#107 - How to Buy Back Your Brand: The Levia Comeback Story w/ Kristin and Eric Rogers

#106 - Weed for the People—Taxed or Otherwise: Elliot Lewis Unfiltered

#105 - From Oregon to New York: Brand Expansion w/ Marianne Cursetjee, CEO of Alibi Cannabis

#104 - Unlocking Global Cannabis: Global Growth & Tourism w/ Cameron Clarke, CEO of Kanha

#103 - The Queen of New York Cannabis: Lulu Tsui on Revelry, Community, and Culture

#102 - The Exit Interview: 20 Years of Cannabis Advocacy w/ Aaron Smith of NCIA

#101 - From Music to Marijuana: Building Iconic Brands in Cannabis w/ Rama Mayo of Hall of Flowers

#100 - You Asked, We Answered: High Spirits at 100 w/ Ben & AnnaRae

#099 - How Ayrloom Is Dominating NY’s Cannabis Market with a 100+ Year Legacy w/ Mack Hueber, President of Ayrloom

#098 - From TikTok Experiment to Multi-Million Dollar Hemp Marketplace w/ Kimmie Gamez of Soberish

#097 - High Stakes: The Numbers Behind New York & New Jersey w/ Rick Bashkoff, CEO of Lit Alerts

#096 - Fixing California Cannabis: Taxes, Reform & What Comes Next w/ Amy O'Gorman Jenkins

#095 - Smelly Frog Soup & Big Ugly Bills: TX, NC, CA and DC Get Topsy Turvy with Hemp & Cannabis w/ Ben & AnnaRae

#094 - The Leadership Journey: From Prop 215 to Pioneering CEO with AnnaRae Grabstein and Sabrina Noah

#093 - From Wharton to Weed: Tiffany Chin's Journey with Snoop and Death Row

#092 - How Leaders are Failing Themselves and their Teams w/ Andrea Baillo

#091 - Cannabis at a Crossroads: Where We Go from Here w/ Ben & AnnaRae

#090 - The Great Reshuffle: Hemp, Alcohol, and the Future of THC Access w/ Andrew Livingston

#089 - This Industry Is Overly Optimistic: Cannabis Realism w/ Marc Hauser

#088 - Why C-Stores Could Shape the Future of Cannabis & Hemp Beverages w/ Melissa VonderHaar, Managing Director of iSee TradeWorks

#087 - From Hedge Funds to Hash: Inside Cannabis IR with Jesse Redmond

#086 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: DEA gets a new head, Organigram acquires Collective Projects, SBA loans for hemp & more!

#085 - 4/20 By The Numbers and Data-Driven Decision Making w/ Kris Walker, President & CCO @ Hoodie Analytics

#084 - Less Hype, More Grit: Mitchell Osak on the Cannabis Industry

#083 - From Bongs to Beverages: Leading in Cannabis Through 20 Years of Change w/ Dave Daily, Founder of Grav

#082 - How The Tariff War Will Reshape the Cannabis Industry w/ Ben & AnnaRae

#081 - How Will Alcohol Regulations Impact the Future of THC Drinks? w/ Neil Willner, Counsel at Vicente.

#080 - The Cannabis Industry is in a Knife Fight - Who Survives? w/ Jerry Derevyanny, Partner @ Bengal Capital

#079 - Launching a THC Beverage with Hippie Water ft. CEO, Sasha Pieterse Sheaffer, and CPO, Taylor Eileen Sewell

#078 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: Tariff Impacts, Business Fundamentals, MSOs Hedge with Hemp Bev, and the Texas Hemp Ban

#077 - Multi-State Brand Building with Miss Grass w/ CEO and Co-Founder, Kate Miller

#076 - High Tech, High Returns: The Evolution of Cannabis Retail w/ Chris Violas, CEO of Blaze

#075 - Legacy of Cannabis Cultivation and Bringing Sungrown to Market w/ Scott Vasterling of Humboldt Family Farms

#074 - Understanding Receivership & Bankruptcy in Cannabis & Hemp w/ Ted Lanes

#073 - Reaching Peak Performance in 2025 w/ Melanie Curtis, Performance Coach and World Record-Holding Pro Skydiver

#072 - Flying High with Hemp Beverages in 2025 w/ Craig 'Lewie' Lewis, CEO of Flyers Cocktail Co.

#071 - End of Year Wrap-Up: Vireo's Bold Moves, Rise of Hemp Beverages, and 2025 Predictions

#070 - MJBizCon Recap: Ben & AnnaRae catch-up on everything from Disneyland Magic to THC-Infused parties

#069 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: MN fumbles social equity, GTI bets big on bev, Senate draft of Farm Bill drops, and more | November 21, 2024

#068 - The Future of Cannabis Tech w/ Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of Jane Technologies

#067 - Election Recap w/ Returning Guest, Hirsh Jain of Ananda Strategy

#066 - At the Helm of North America's #1 Edibles Brand w/ Joe Hodas, President at Wana Brands

#065 - Launching the Coalition of Adult Beverage Alternatives w/ Diana Eberlein

#064 - The Watchful Eye of Seth Yakatan

#063 - CEO Roundtable at Benzinga w/ Sunderstorm, Prelude, Speedwell, Wolf Meyer, & Vertosa

#062 - Blunt Banter with Ben & AnnaRae | Meadowlands, Hemp Beverages, Reinventing Yourself, Harborside, Port Workers Strike, Trulieve Defamation Suit

#061 - Cannabis Business News Roundup w/ Guest Co-Host, Jeremy Berke

#060 - Howdy! The Texas Hemp Takeover w/ Ben Meggs, CEO of Bayou City Hemp, Howdy, 8th Wonder...

#059 - Demystifying Metrc and the Multi-Sided Platform Business w/ CEO, Michael Johnson

#058 - The First 30 Days After Launch 🚀 w/ Tahir Johnson, CEO of Simply Pure Trenton

#057 - Blunt Banter with Javier Hasse of Benzinga & El Planteo

#056 - Building and Rapidly Scaling in Public with Brēz w/ CEO and Founder, Aaron Nosbisch

#055 - Devil's Lettuce Went Down to Georgia w/ Judson Hill of Fine Fettle

#054 - Cannabis Business News Round-up | August 7 2024 | Harris-Walz, OH Rec Opens, No MO Hemp

#053 - What Kamala Means for Cannabis and Criminal Justice Reform w/ Jason Ortiz of The Last Prisoner Project

#052 - Hemp v. Cannabis is Bigger in Texas w/ Nico Richardson of Texas Original

#051 - Who is the Cannabis Media Council? w/ Amy Deneson, Executive Director

#050 - The Far-Reaching Implications of the Chevron Ruling w/ Leah Heise of Wolf Meyer

#049 - Gaining Clarity on Mainstream THC Distribution w/ Scott O'Malley, CEO of Clarity Company

#048 - Cannabis Business News Roundup: Vape Gate Part Deux? Pardon Me?! + HBD to us!

#047 - Deploying Capital in Today's Cannabinoid Landscape w/ Heather Molloy of Speedwell Partners

#046 - Boardroom Dynamics in Cannabis w/ Wendy Berger, Board Member at Green Thumb Industries (GTI)

#045 - Triumphs and Challenges of California Cannabis Retail w/ Lauren Carpenter of Embarc

#044 - Breaking News: Farm Bill Flux and Fragmentation of Hemp Regulation w/ Michelle Bodian of Vicente LLP

#043 - Blunt Banter with Ian Dominguez of Delta Emerald Ventures

#042 - Leading the Charge: From Michigan to DC w/ Chris Jackson, Chair of NCIA

#041 - Cannabis Business News Round-up: Schedule III, the Farm Bill, and CAOA part deux

#040 - Expansion Strategies for Cannabis and Hemp Brands w/ Colin Keeler of Kiva

#039 - Branding and Growing Craft Cannabis w/ Joyce Cenali

#038 - How To Go Tax Free with an ESOP w/ Darren Gleeman of MBO Ventures

#037 - The Rapid Rise of Retail in Hemp THC w/ David Gonzalez of Hemp House

#036 - Conservative Cannabis: The Red Wave w/ Hirsh Jain of Ananda Strategy

#035 - Betting on Hemp Beverages with Mindset Capital's Aaron Edelheit

#034 - The Art of Data Driven Sales Success w/ Krista Raymer

#033 - The Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA): What You Need to Know

#032 - Cannabis Experts & Consumer Reviews with Budist’s Jocelyn Sheltraw & Claudio Miranda

#031 - Infusing Trust & Leadership into the Cannabis Supply Chain w/ Dr. Harold Han & Ben Larson of Vertosa

#030 - Cannabis Business News Round-up: THC Beverages, Pennsylvania's Legalization, Gallup Poll Results: America Loves Cannabis

#028 - The Complexity of Cannabis Distribution w/ Will Brophy of Nabis

#027 - Corporate Responsibility, Expungement, and the New Jersey Update w/ Chirali Patel

#026 - Inside Minnesota's Cannabinoid Revolution w/ Leili Fatehi & Laura Monn Ginsburg

#025 - How Hemp Will Reshape Cannabis in 2024 w/ Bob Hoban & Xavier Jaillet

#024 - EOY Cannabis Business News Round-up | December 28, 2023

#023 - Leveraging AI to Increase Cannabis and Hemp Sales w/ Ben York of Genetica

#022 - What You Thought You Knew About Terpenes w/ Max Koby & Dr. Oswald of Abstrax

#021 - How to Build an Iconic Cannabis Brand like Old Pal w/ Rusty Wilenkin

#020 - Live from Las Vegas! ft. Michael Cooper (MadisonJay Solutions) and Chris Lindsey (ATACH)

#019 - Ben & AnnaRae's Gratitude Episode

#018 - Oh. Hi. Oh! And what you need to know. w/ Erin Gore from Garden Society

#017 - From Big Bev to Big Cannabis, and Back Again w/ Paul Weaver

#016 - Why Washington State is a Different Kind of Cannabis Market w/ Dr. Jordan Zager

#015 - Decoding the Science and Strategy of Hemp Derived Cannabinoids w/ Dave Neundorfer

#014 - Secrets to Earning Press & Thought Leadership in Cannabis w/ Rosie Mattio

#013 - Cannabis Business News Round-up | October 12, 2023

#012 - Cannabis Beverage and the Legacy Consumer with Ave Miller from Uncle Arnie's

#011 - NY Cannabis Chaos: Insights from Two Licensed CEOs w/ Karli Miller-Hornick and Brittany Carbone

#010 - Cannabis Business News Round-up | September 14, 2023

#009 - Unraveling the Complex World of Hemp Laws w/ Rod Kight & Gary Kaminsky

#008 - Pamela Epstein on Cannabis, Hemp, Beverages and More

#007 - Getting Real About THC Potency & Quality Control w/ Josh Wurzer

#006 - Traceability Landscape and All Things Cannabis Data w/ Joe Khoury

#005 - Cannabis Business News Round Up | August 10, 2023

#004 - What Does Rescheduling Mean for My Cannabis Business? w/ Khurshid Khoja

#003 - Cannabis Business News Round Up | July 14, 2023

#002 - Navigating Seasonal Products, Pride and Identity Politics w/ Kristi Palmer & Jake Bullock

#001 - The New Titans of Cannabis: Understanding Market Consolidation