Heady Vermont

In this episode of Unhidden, we talk with Matt Aaron from Crazy Calm CBD Coffee. Many of the challenges inherent in running any kind of cannabis-based business in the current national patchwork quilt of legalization involve the fact that without federal legalization, financial management is an extremely difficult proposition. From the challenge of obtaining basic banking services to the inability to raise capital - or even process payments - cannabis business are often desperately hamstrung by the inability to manage their finances in a safe and secure way. Fortunately for Matt, he’d spent time in the cryptocurrency world, and saw the potential for electronic currencies like Bitcoin to help do an end run around this problem.

In this episode we chat with attorney Laura Subin, who runs both the Vermont Coalition To Regulate Marijuana as well as the Pennywise Foundation. A fierce advocate for criminal justice reform, Laura has been working since 2014 for comprehensive cannabis legalization in Vermont which creates both a vibrant, locally-based cannabis economy as well as abundant participation opportunities for those most heavily impacted by prohibition and the War On Drugs. Find her at regulatevermont.org and pennywisefoundation.org. ___ As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode we chat with Susan Snowden, a professional costume designer, horticulturalist, herbalist, and creator of a CBD Salve Stick which won the topicals category in the first Headies, Heady Vermont's cannabis cup. Susan created her salve in an effort to heal significant neuropathic pain from a near-total pelvic reconstruction. Susan has a professional certificate in Cannabis Science and Medicine from The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont Department of Pharmacology, and co-founded the Vermont Cannabis Organization, a coalition of professionals committed to outreach and partnership in Vermont’s newly emerging cannabis industry. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

This episode, sponsored by Vermont Hempicurean, is a conversation with 71 year old medical cannabis patient Becky Cassel about how she uses cannabis to manage her pain and sleep better. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

This episode is a conversation with Joshua Decatur, CEO of Trace, a tech company which uses blockchain technology to track hemp from seed to shelf. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

This episode is an (accidentally) one-sided chat with Kristen Nichols, editor at "Hemp Industry Daily," and keynote speaker for Heady Vermont's Hemp Fest. Kristen talks about the ongoing arc of hemp legalization, and where she sees the industry headed. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

This is a special nugget episode of Unhidden. The winner of the topicals category for the inaugural edition of The Headies, Heady Vermont’s cannabis cup was a woman named Susan Snowden. Susan is from the Middlebury Vermont area and she has a long and varied career as a ballet dancer, a costume designer, a landscaper and an herbalist. She's also a medical cannabis patient with a crazy personal history working on a fall episode with her but given that there has been a national escalation of banning certain CBD products, New York and Louisiana being the most recent examples. We wanted to share a brief moment of the conversation with Susan in which she outlines some of the background of how we got here with CBD. --- As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode, host Kathryn Blume gets the microphone turned around on her with an appearance on WGDR's Mother Cell Radio with Ruth Wilder. Kathryn talks about her own history with cannabis, her work with Heady Vermont, and her hopes for how cannabis can help make us better humans and the world a better place. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode, Kathryn talks with Lizzie Post, co-president of the Emily Post Institute, about her new book "Higher Etiquette: A Guide To The World Of Cannabis, From Dispensaries To Dinner Parties," and what the intersections are between cannabis culture, and maintaining good manners (hint - it's a lot about compassion, honesty, and respect). As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode, insurance agent Josh Macduff talks about his journey from getting busted for selling cannabis out of his college dorm room to building a career as a passionate advocate for the well-being of the businesses in the cannabis industry. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode, Kathryn talks with Larisa Bolivar, M.A., founder and CEO of Bolivar Hemp Company, a hemp-based line of topical and skincare products. She has over 18 years’ experience in the cannabis space, leading in multiple capacities, and is a recognized industry pioneer in Colorado by Sensi Magazine. Larisa will also be the keynote speaker at the Vermont Cannabis and Hemp Convention on Saturday, May 18, 2019. --- As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

Heady Vermont Cofounder and Cannabist Lobbyist Eli Harrington provides an update on the legislative and practical political status of cannabis in the State House related to medical marijuana, hemp, and tax-and-regulate policy. 0:00 - Medical Marijuana 15:05 - CBD and Hemp 31:57 - Tax and Regulate 40:06 - Full House Government Operations Committee Discussion of Prohibited Products, including testimony from CVD Executive Director and briefly at the end, Legislative Council attorneys explaining public record exemptions.

Phish tribute band, The Lizards are back on the road doing what they do best; recreating the authentic Phish experience for their dedicated phans. Complete with their own light show directed by the infamous TG5, The Lizards’ ever changing setlists bring people to their feet wherever they play. They're playing Saturday, April 20 at Nectar’s in Burlington and Heady Vermont's Eli Harrington caught up with them for a chat about their music. The Lizards: Phish Tribute 21+ // 9pm doors $10 ADV // DOS

With only a few weeks left in the 2019 legislative session, time is running out for Vermont's latest tax-and-regulate cannabis bill, S.54, to receive a vote before the session adjourns. In this interview, host Eli Harrington speaks to Dave Silberman, Middlebury-based pro bono cannabis reform advocate and attorney about the current status of the tax-and-regulate bill, if there's enough time to pass a bill in 2019, whether we'll see saliva-testing for potentially-stoned drivers as part of this bill, and he'll tell us how and why he passed out edibles to the members of the Vermont House Committee on Government Operations.

In this episode, recorded at the second annual Cannabis In The Capitol advocacy day at the Vermont Statehouse, Dr. Elaine Young, talks about the course she'll be teaching on marketing cannabis, and her impressions, from outside the cannabis community, of how legalization is progressing and how the attitudes of people who've been negatively influenced by decades of prohibition and stigma are shifting. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode, Heady Vermont co-founder Eli Harrington interviews local cannabis legend Billy Greer. In 1991, Greer was arrested for being part of a major international hash smuggling ring. While he and his colleagues were caught with 54 tons of Pakistani hashish with a street value of about $700 million, this was an activity they’d been at for years. While Greer served close to 2 decades in both Canadian and US prison, he remains gleefully unrepentant about his activities, and in this rare live interview, he tells a fairly unexpurgated version of his life on the other side of the legal line… As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

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Danny Danko is a High Times cultivation columnist. cannabis cup judge, and the author of "Cannabis: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Marijuana", a new book that he's written to help people grow their own high quality cannabis -- simplified instructions from a true OG, highly recommend! Heady Vermont cofounder Eli Harrington met with Danny at the High Times headquarters in New York City and specifically discussed his experience as a High Time Cup judge, how he judges and ranks cannabis, respect for the Prohibition warriors who have brought us to today's paradigm, and why it's more important than ever that newcomers to the cannabis community learn to grow their own. For more information about The Headies, Vermont's Cannabis Cultivation Cup, check out www.headyvermont.com and follow @HeadyVermont

In this short episode, recorded at the second annual Cannabis In The Capitol advocacy day at the Vermont Statehouse, small business owner - and cannabis enthusiast - Claire McAfee talks about her experiences with medical cannabis - including treating a friend who was a cancer patient, and giving her son, who is autistic, cannabis to ease his more severe social and emotional challenges. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

Heady Vermont’s Eli Harrington has a chat with Eli Jager, marketing director for TRACE seed-to-sale software. TRACE is holding a cannabis symposium this Friday, February 22 from 6-9pm at the Karma Birdhouse Gallery at 47 Maple Street in Burlington, Vermont. The casual event will include food, free beer, networking, and four 'Pecha Kucha'-style presentations featuring: + Aimee Burke of Phylos Bioscience, speaking about the state of genetic testing and research in the cannabis universe. + Joe Veldon of Seven Leaf Organics, speaking about "selective hemp breeding to keep Vermont farmers competitive."  + Justin Decatur of Wintermute, will be giving a simple anecdotal talk about his experience making compost tea and how it has lead to some pretty unreal results and challenged his own vegan lifestyle.  + Kamani Jefferson of the Massachusetts Recreational Council will be speaking about the recreational council's experience in Mass advocating for consumers, in particular, how happy, informed consumers create stronger industries, especially within cannabis.

In this episode, we chat with Cindy Kleh, Vermont native, a resident of Colorado during their legalization process, a medical patient, and also the former wife of a veteran with a serious case of PTSD. Cindy feels that if he'd been a drinker, instead of a pot smoker, she wouldn't be alive today. She also has some choice words for the Vermont politicians working on a tax and regulate system. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world. In this episode, Heady Vermont co-founder Eli Harrington interviews Devan Walsh, the General Manager of the dispensary Grassroots Vermont, about their recent adoption of a debit app created specifically for the cannabis industry called CanPay. Grassroots Vermont is now able to accept payments via an application (similar to ‘Venmo’) instead of relying on cash.

In this episode, people visit the story booth at the Heady Vermont Holiday Hemp/CBD Farmers Market to tell their favorite cannabis stories. Listen for tales of the Cannabis Tooth Fairy, smoking with an undercover cop, fending off attacks from Connecticut, fighting Sickle Cell and asthma, growing apples in federal prison, and more! This episode sponsored by Vermont Hempicurean. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

Guest contributor - bi-gender Vermont author James-Beth Merritt - tells the story of purchasing cannabis (in female mode) at the NETA dispensary in Northampton.

Heady Vermont co-founder Eli Harrington interviews Southern Vermont resident Alex Beck about his experience buying legal cannabis in Massachusetts, and his feelings about the value of a commercial cannabis market in Vermont.

Radio commercial to recruit judges for The Headies, Vermont's first grower's cup.

In this episode Canada makes history on October 17, 2018 as the largest country in the world (shout out to Uruguay) to legalize cannabis for all adults, and the Heady Vermont team travels two hours north from our headyquarters in Burlington, Vermont to Montreal, Quebec to check out the scene. We speak with Canadian citizens of all ages about what legalization meant to them, visit Montreal's downtown dispensary location -- or at least the huge line surrounding it -- and capture the historic atmosphere in Quebec's largest city. As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

"The Headies" is Vermont's first legal cannabis growers' cup and is accepting entries through Thanksgiving 2018 with judging and awards taking place December 2018 - January 2019. For more information about The Headies, visit www.headyvermont.com and follow @HeadyVermont This radio advertisement was produced and sponsored by Good Stuff and Good Stuff Grow and features Kathryn Blume.