Pot Lucky: A Weed Sommelier Podcast

Russell F. is a Canadian-American currently living in Portland Maine. A voracious hobby collector, he can be found climbing the buildings of the city, sparring with longswords, or being far to dramatic in a roleplaying game. Discussed this week: globetrotting, Canada, Mexico, London and the US, superior English chocolate, the persistence of boiled eggs, Mom's room temp cookie eggs, hassleback potatoes, Kanopy streaming service, bodybuilders eating eggshells intentionally, umeboshi plum rice meal with avocado and sesame seeds, chocolate, Hot Dog Soup, snow caps and popcorn, classic popped corn, Scrapetown, sushi as a movie snack in a deli bag, stunt mic, Nicholas Reno, hot vs cold bong water, Cough Drop, your introduction to weed having a standardizing effect on the body, grav bongs, bodily expectations, shit talking edibles, DARE, weed going from subtle plug to sweet hug, being excellent to each other, and more!

https://writebloody.com/products/good-girl-and-other-yearnings-by-isabelle-correa ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state living in Mexico City with her partner and their three dogs. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University, is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and is the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus. She is the winner of the 2024 Jack McCarthy Book Prize with Write Bloody Publishing for her debut full-length collection, Good Girl and Other Yearnings, which you can pre-order now. Her work has appeared in Hobart, Pank, The Rebis, and more. Find her on Instagram: @isabellecorreawrites and on Substack: A Poem Is A Place. Discussed this week: creative writing for fiction and literary magazines, Good Girl and Other Yearnings, the Excel poem, Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus, having 12 siblings, older sisters, TBLTs, Chapbook, Washington State, Western Washington, living in Mexico for 3 years and Vietnam for 6 before that, the ease of access of Mexican mushrooms and other drugs, Bruce Beasley, Dianne Seuss poet, slam poetry the class, 1960s lit, Buddy Wakefield, AWP conference, Taylor Mali, Button Poetry, Frank O'Hara, Kim Addonzio, Ocean Vuong, the importance of PREORDERS BEFORE APRIL 18TH, desire, poems into songs, pronouncing silences, writing poems on company time, loathing your salaried job, the Jack McCarthy award, the evolution of books, Shel Siverstein, ruderal species, Isabelle's news letter and Substack, and more!

Matt Shore enjoys turning the mundane things in life into hilarious, high-energy pop bangers. With topics ranging from dealing with anxiety, trying to pay student loans, protecting yourself from Boston's wild turkeys, and more, he's got the song you didn't know you needed. Matt's setup includes a keyboard, laptop, loop station, guitar, and with his trusty ironing board as a table for it all, he can make any venue feel like your parents' basement. Discussed this week: being musical comedians and comical musicians, Pop Corners, Cottage Cheese and Grapes, imbibing infrequently, starting acoustic guitar in second grade, abstinence only tape metaphor, a gummy, Keif soda, Matt's height necessitating an ironing board as a stand, Mike Burbiglia, Tig Notaro, 300+ people at open mic night, liking your work, a guy at CVS with a bluetooth headset, diverse ages at shows, Costco, keyboard, drums, bass, Cheech Marin- school bus driver, Blue in Portland ME, Portsmouth NH, taking audience suggestions, and more! IG and TikTok : @mattshore__ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mattshore_?si=WUL23cxFBfShDviD Website:https://www.mattshorecomedy.com

These joints were an absolute blessing btw Katy Christie is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Chill Karen Wellness medical cannabis grow and the Owner and Founder of mov(e)volve: yoga, movement, and well-being! She has a Master's Degree in Biotechnology, is a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, health coach and has over 20 years of dance and fitness teaching experience. She is also a burlesque performer in her “free time.” Katy is passionate about all things well-being related, including the cannabis that she sells to all of their Maine-based patients. Nathaniel Butler is a talented software engineer and the Founder, Owner, and Head Cultivator for Chill Karen Wellness medical cannabis grow. Nathaniel has been growing clean, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, spray-of-any-kind free cannabis for over ten years. He began growing for himself as a patient so that he was sure of what was going into his body and then branched out and created Chill Karen in 2023. Nathaniel is passionate about bringing the cleanest conceivable cannabis to as many people as possible throughout Maine who may need it. Discussed this week: saltines, Pop Corners, Kettle Chips, cheddar, Swiss, honeyed goat cheese, hairy nugs, Illinois pot heads, lids as ashtrays, the Jpint Humidor, bad pot, freshman year of college burn runs, weed and PCOP, watch glass, and more! Links: https://chillkaren.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/chillkarenprints https://movevolve.com/ Where to find Chill Karen Products: Directly Through Katy (with Med Card) - kchristie@chillkaren.com Maine Only Bridgton - https://www.maineonlybridgton.com/ Local Leaf - https://localleafme.com/ Valley Purveyors - https://www.valleypurveyors.com/ Sticky Bud Farms - https://stickybudfarms.com/

Paul is a glass enthusiast, event coordinator & owner of BongBoysLLC ! Discussed this week: Indomie ramenegg, brix, glass enthusiams, glass pendants, borasillicate, Boy Boys, heady glass, 1g snaps, Zero Grav, Hash Bash, sounding like Elliot Kalan, Mille Fois, Heady, Digimon 2000, Sable Haze, disc golf, and more! You can find info on Paul & the BongBoys on www.BongBoys.Org

Jada is an artist, poet, and hair dresser that enjoys making people look pretty and smoking Indica after work. Discussed this week: A dropped pitcher, strawberries and honey and cinnamon, Mom's Chilli, Fried, haircare, the importance of regular trims, Schrodinger's hair, adjusting your style, the dangers of a Gravity Bong, weed trades, humans as a canvas, Salon Synergy, being a Beiber fan, Aunt's car smell, magnifried, crystal wand poem, being sex positive, and more! Catch Jada on Instagram at --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

A scrum master by day, Chris enjoys the higher things in life when he isn't working. His favorite strain is peanut butter breath, and his favorite edible is nerd ropes. Chris loves to smoke and have a good time with friends. Discussed this week: being a garage smoker with Swifty sensibilities, nerds rope, cran-brulee, Lunch Box, Taylor Swift, listening to Midnights with your little cousin, chips, salsa, and popcorn, snacktivities, Scrum Master, novelty vs tools, DC weed, lobbiests, rolling joints, art existing through music, and more! Find Chris on Instagram @chris_no_1_liked_my_old_name --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Finn (Jack for this episode) is a creative Maine island recluse, improvizer, occultist, digital artist and strange community organizer for “all the other lost & lonely lover-dreamers wandering the desert of the real on the dark night if the soul…or something like that”. They run interactive community building games locally & online as @7strange7loop7labyrinth on instagram. Their current work is a weird multiproject artistic sigil “to contain Captain Capitalism”, a thoughtform they unleashed. Finn is a rambling scrambling community organizer, and a proudly hopeless failure. They survived the dashed dreams of a failed startup company, but claim to have lost their mind and soul to the occult after a series of unfortunate events involving “too many ethenogens for healing”; they also teach improv to children. Discussed this week: Fractals, Domino's, harm reduction, trip sitting the cooldown tent, sushi, frozen crappie, Peak's Island, Little Debbie Fancy Cakes, bad food, GERD, rhizomes, Kevin Smith movies, Rosario Dawson, body dysmorphia, ARG's, superheroes as mythology, magik, the Adventure Zone novels, escape rooms, isolated folks, symbolism, Three of Cups, the Empress, and Fortune, the polarity of fortune, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

My brother is the talented editor for this show and the engine behind this episode. Could Paul Blart, noted incompetent white man, survive Freddy Fazbear's various pizza parlors? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Blurbo is a Maine raised pirate who's purpose is to spread whimsy and wealth, often times via hidden treasure. Discussed this week: Pirate voice, chewwy Chips Ahoy, Burger King. Soupy, being flashy, color pops, Hand Crumble, Peeps swordfighting to the death, America's Funniest Home Videos, Ska, minty fresh bongs, scratch pads, hiding weed, mozzarella sticks, Vegas weed, flight of weed, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Stephanie is a NH Native who currently lives in Maine working in the Cannabis industry. She has been foraging mushrooms since 2008 and loves to share her love and passion for fungi with fellow mushroom enthusiasts. Discusses this week: North Spore, 286 grams of Lion's Mane from two flushes, Fantastic Forage, being New Hampshire natives, photographing a good year for mushrooms, foraging since 2008, college clubs, West Coast mushroom culture, the ninth year hosting fantastic forage the last weekend in September, cookie dough cookies, eating sunflowers, perfect circles, wood loving fungi, grow blocks, shitalkie, mushrooms cultivating mold, Lion's Mane, Bear's Head, toothed mushrooms, decomposers, beech trees, honey mushrooms, yellowing, 70 to 80% humidity, shelf life, paper bags, mycology, destroying angel, mushrooms sweating, button mushrooms loving dirt, Matterhorn Apothecary, Maine Women's Connection, Ghost Pipes as a plant without chlorophyll, toxic mushrooms, mushroom forest preferences, hen of the woods, oak trees, nor cross breeding mushrooms, cow patties as psilocybin clubs, manure as substrate, mushroom tinctures, insect activity and more! @fantasticforage on Instagram Www.fantasticforage.com Join us for our 10 year anniversary next year Save the date, Sept 27th and 28th 2025! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

"The Maine Women's (neé Cannabis) Connection is a dynamic collective based in Maine with a steadfast commitment to fostering the growth and success of female entrepreneurs while uplifting minorities within our community. Our primary focus is on community building and the celebration of local achievements. Recognizing the substantial contributions of women in business, we aim to amplify their hard work and dedication by providing a platform that highlights their accomplishments. Through a supportive network, we strive to create an inclusive space where everyone, regardless of background, can thrive and be acknowledged for their valuable contributions. In line with our dedication to community empowerment, we have established a meaningful initiative to give back. We are proud to introduce a grant specifically designed for women in business, with the intention of fostering community development. A portion of our event profits, 7%, will be allocated to this grant, ensuring that aspiring entrepreneurs have the financial support needed to pursue their goals. Additionally, we will dedicate 3% of the profits to community awards, recognizing and celebrating outstanding achievements within our local neighborhoods. Through these endeavors, we aim to create a positive impact, empowering individuals and contributing to the collective prosperity of our community." Haley Knaub and Hallie Mitchell are entrepreneurs from Portland, Maine. Together, they founded the Maine Women's Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women and underrepresented groups through support, networking, and community-building initiatives. Games played this week: License Platitudes, Town in Maine or Located Elsewhere, What Weed Where, Vacation Rental or Weed Strain, Weed Family Trees, and Hello, I'd Like an Eigth of Blank, Please. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Allie lives in the Portland area working behind the scenes as a stagehand to put on all of your favorite live shows. Her favorite hobbies include making her friends and family beg her to leave the beach because she's hyper-fixated on sea glass hunting, dressing up for themed dance nights around Portland in which she always prefers to close a place down, napping at the air conditioned library while her children pile books on her, and collecting captivating conversations with fellow humans. Discussed this week: doing weed illicitly, being an uncool weed-doer, Billy's Chowder House in Wells and it's filthy, filthy parking lot, Bird's Eye frozen fried veggies, uni, ISF trading in Portland near Becky's, mommy's nighttime medicine, matte black, pineapple weed, Paul's Boutique, shitty dirt plants that save the world,, yolk energy, getting slipped weed chocolate bars by our mom, taking edibles and wrapping presents, Housu, One Cut of The Dead, Big Brain thoughts, Catholic aftershocks and Christian earthquakes, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

M.J. is a British born cosplayer that enjoys chatting and meeting people. She enjoys sampling different strains of weed,as well as come up with stoner snacks and THC infused dishes. She looks forward to attending new conventions and sharing new recipes and ideas. Discussed this week: being a friendly neighborhood cheery goth, cosplay, Green Smoke, papers, Spencer's Gifts, the Maine Mall, shouting out to John who makes edibles, Baltimore, Steven Universe, popcorn and waffles, stoned sweet teeth, club crackers, cream cheese, fruit spreat, balogna and nilla wafers, cold sesame noodles, buttered radishes capers, growing meat in the Arby's vat, fusion cusisine, pineapple fried rice, England, Arizona, 420 cleaner, ice water hoookah, impossible burger smokehouse biscut, and more! Find MJ on Instagram @thecheerygoth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Well Lit is a physician assistant, queer women owned medically licensed cannabis company based in Southern Maine.  Our focus is to empower patients with knowledge of cannabis and hemp to help them discover the right balance of medicine for themselves.  We focus on cultivating 1:1 THC: CBD ratio flower that provides patients with the positive attributes of cannabis while decreasing anxiety or paranoia.  "Weed Without the Wierd" Doing college, patient perspectives, RSO heart wipe, growing, having an autoimmune disease, Hurkle, growing near a greyhound, weed without the weird, balanced medleys, Miley Cyrus, Pennywise preroll, salty snacks, the right grind, quality control, prerolls to order, one to one ratios of THC to CBD, feeling even keeled, Seattle chronic seed, Durbin Poison, Verins G, medicinal attributes, we'd as breakfast, one to one is for everyone, dose dependent, Revelry, paranoia's origins, the fear center, the amgydila, brother burn cruse, Happy Pride, Christine, shotgunning smoke, edibles and smoking, RSO gummies, flavonoids taking a one month break for a drug test, starting in college, illness is not a moral issue, feeling functional, functional medicine, being a steward of medicine and a musician at heart,  percentage chasers, collective pharmaceuticals, community stigmas, changing stigma, well lit meaning balanced and educational, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Howdy, all! This week's episode is a recording of the game show I hosted at Three Of Strobg Spirit on 6.27.24. It was a blast and a half and will definitely require some recovery time. Discussed this week: Racehorse Name or Weed Strain, Weed Family Trees, Anamorphology, License Platitudes, May I Have An 8th of, and more! P.s Glaze Gummies are f*cking delicious, pass it on. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

TICKETS ON SALE NOW Howdy, y'all! This week's episode is coming to you late due to my preparations for Fringe Fest in Portland. Don't miss my show at Three of Strong Spirits at 9:00 on June 27th, a humble Thursday. Tickets are $15 and $5 if extra if you'd like to compete. If you've been on the show before, that last fee is waived due to my gratitude and desperate need for contestants. Discussed this week: Stoner Storytime at Free St bar with the Women's Cannabiz gang, You Are An Invitation To Kiss, I'm Not Happy Baby, Lincolin's Speakeasy on Market St, Happy Birthday, A List of Thing I Do When I Get Lonely, I'm Heart Beating Myself Up, and more! This episode was made possible thanks to the lovely: Jennifer Whetzel, Theresa Nguyen, and my good pal Kassie. Bless you all for recording. Free St Bar also gets a kudos, as does Kristi Shaw show was cool enough to sponsor the sesh' at Stoner Storytime with a blessed joint from Northeastern Growing Company. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Michael is a seven year veteran of the Maine cannabis industry. It began primarily developing websites for dispensaries and quickly progressed to brand development, new product development, and wholesale distribution. He enjoys playing guitar and banjo and his newest hobby of foraging for goodies along Maine's trails and woods. He's also a Scorpio, likes Chinese food, the rain, and wasting Chinese food in the rain. Discussed this week: Naan bread, the best selling beer being Bud Light, smalls, 50 years smoking with a 20-year break, Littlefield Confections whiskey caramels, hash rosin and lemon ginger infused sleepy time tea, being a pastry horror, knowing all the bakeries in town, Wheel of Fluff, What the Fluff Fest, sharing in the community, Phish, being a deadhead, jazz interpreting, brickweed, Panama red, Colombian gold, a power hitter, a dense laser of smoke, four dudes on a dirt road, smelling weed on other people, weed anxiety, trying indica, nibbling on an adult cookie, pastafarianism, rugged roots, candy buckets, sleepy brownies, natural decarboxylation, dusty weed, terps being overlooked, the endocannabinoid system, being unique in Maine, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

If you live in the Portland, ME, area, BOY, do I have good news for you! I'm hosting the hit spin-off, Feeling Lucky, for a late night show for Fringe Fest! Tickets are 15$ to watch and an extra 5$ to challenge the current Gram Champ. There will be prizes to be had! Games involving license plates and smashing words together! A good time will be had by all. Check out #portfringe on Instagram for more deets at a later date! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Tiffany Gunning has been an edibles manufacturer for three years. She holds a Master's in Literature and is a Reiki master. When not making chocolates, she's working on her sound healing company, Vibe Aura. Discussed this week: FECO, starting at 15, getting as close as you can to the plant without smoking it, medicated dipped chocolate, flavor pairings, making hummus, frozen corn dogs, eating an onion raw, accidentally making a natural green food dye, Full Extract Cannabis Oil, red wine is healthy, vitamin K, crossbreeding, potion of shit pants, red velvet curtain and smoke, art deco, using sexy women from the 1920s, smoking reefer at Tom Sawyer's cave in Disney, smoke coming through the ivy, giving weed a little chew, staying functional, California learning curves, doing 5mg thrice daily, using every bit of chocolate, having a Masters in Literature, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Stephanie Harmon, the vibrant owner of Hustle and Flow®, embodies a unique blend of entrepreneurship and mindful living. An enthusiast of mushroom micro-dosing, she explores the realms of consciousness with intention and grounded energy. Stephanie's playful spirit infuses every aspect of her life, from her deep love for her community to her passion for movement and energy flow. With an intentional and mindful approach to everything she does, Stephanie hopes to inspire those around her to embrace life's joys with a zestful heart and a mindful presence. Discussed this week: Starting mushrooms at 40, being the owner of Hustle and Flow, a fitness and dance studio, micro dosing,  extra salty chips and garlic hummus, Tajin and watermelon, heart opening feelings, watermelon after midnight, coconut sugar, turkey tail immunity, shiitake mushroom, whole ass adult carrots, fruits and veggies, foraging for mushrooms with a special foraging knife, going big before going micro, beautiful visions, every raindrop is a miracle, existing as a beam of light, level gummies, raspberry pomegranate and blueberry, the symbolism of fruit, John f****** Milton, practicing gratitude, collaborations with Level,  planning a gentle yoga class, expressions of the body, people hanging around after, micro-dosing and yoga, feeling Sparky, Hustlercising,  choreographed dance classes on Tuesday nights in Portland, mushrooms: not just for pizza and salads, plant medicine and more! Links: www.hustleflowstudio.com Schedule: https://hustleandflow.punchpass.com/classes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Austen Zombres, originally from Sonoma Valley, has been collecting recycled cardboard and paper in SanFrancisco for over a decade. With a colorful library of found cardboard, he meticulously hand cuts intricate collages. His detailed pop culture, food and floral still life's barely resemble collages. These hand cut upcyled assemblages read more as paintings. People are surprised to learn found trash can be something beautiful or even seem delicious. Discussed this week: a decade plus of collecting colorful cardboard, Tajin seasoning and watermelon, mango, working with weed, recycled collage work, being a lifelong weed consumer, elevating life by doing drugs, smoking 10-30 spliff a day, going dry I'm New York, starting at 15, drug rugs, trauma relief in sour candies, emergency Terri's, being Neuro-spicy neuroplasticity, Spy Kids, Antonio Banderas, Zorb, White Walling the Bong, weed as a vaso dialator and tobacco as a vaso constrictor, forcing your body to shut down with whippets, hiking into a field of weed, locals don't do alcatraz, weed as a tool, Grabba, the source of creativity, clean lines, collage with photographs, the cleanest art you can do, texture and brush strokes, breaking things into shapes, being on the Today Show, making bird characters, Marlboro red vs coke red, the potential for a book, how breakdancing got its break, and more! Find Austen on Instagram: @austenzombres --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

My good buddy, Josh, did me a real solid by filling in as my guest this week! We play another alphabet game, but this time, we have to take a rip between letters while the other person explains what they're bringing to a destination. We went to the wonderful land of Oz, Baybeeeee! Just a fun little way to pass the time with a good pal. Try this at home, or at a friend's house, and see how far you can get through the alphabet before you forget what you were doing entirely. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Ah! The prophecy has been fulfilled! We've released a second (audio only) edition of Feeling Lucky, the game show pallete swap of the show! Discussed this week: Wizard or Antidepressant, Vegan-Gluten-Free-Neither-or-Both, License Plate Backronyms, What Weed Where, and May I Have An Eighth of Blank, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

“Mary (she/her) is a self-proclaimed eccentric moth girl. When she isn't writing poetry she's spending her time cozied up with her four cats. Mary's passion for poetry has been a new-founded one, she discovered the magic at @portlandpoetsociety over a year ago and has been hooked ever since. Her poetry aims to bring out deep emotions, to peel back the layers of feeling to find the raw & vulnerable center. You can find Mary on instagram at @marybrackett and for more poetry at @marypoetic Discussed this week: having asthma, microwave nachos, turkey pot pie, Cold Start, penmanship, being a pen snob, smoking daily, ashtma flareups, smoking with your dad, Sunday River, Sugarloaf, getting into poetry, sestinas, cultivating vulnerability, lexicological recursion, Loanership, poetry snaps, starting a wave, editing, untitled poetry, Steven Universe, the invention of women, and more! Find Mary on Instagram @marybrackett, @mary.poetic, and some Tuesdays at Lincolin's speakeasy on Market Street in Portland, Maine :') --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

G (they/them) is an interdisciplinary poet, performer, collaborator, shapeshifter, meaning-maker, freelancer, thrift-lover, mover, shaker, and friend everlasting living & working in Southern Maine. They usually have a few projects going at once and a few books in their bag. G is the creative strategist (and enthusiast) of the Portland Poets' Society, performing poetry live every month. You can also find them serving drinks at SPACE Gallery. G self-publishes their work on weird corners of the internet. Scope out Awake and Undead on Substack to keep up. Discussed this week: Being an independent weed smoker, a weed sting up, dress up dolls, Maine root ginger beer, root beer, making your own Ginger soda, brewing your own beverages, grass, the Maine Women's Connection, the energy of grass, Thai basil, basil salad, Nova Labs, 2une, Sneaky Petes, Rugged Roots apples and bananas strain, laundry day, weed bullet, grassy knoll, 11/22/63, James Franco mini series, basket weaving, making things out of wood, refurbishing, ghosts, corrupting older boyfriends, Pikmin go, yellow pepper, paper joints with herbs, getting people to smoke catnip with me, white sage and Lion's Tail, degrees of cool and uncool, watching failed businesses become dispensaries, being a poet and proving it, Portland Poet's Society, Lincoln's speakeasy, today and I are running late together, poems, substack, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Justin and I volunteered at the Naine Women's Connection event Sparkle and Soul this past weekend. In an effort to further support these radical ladies, I went around asking people their favorite word for weed. In hindsight, I would also have asked them something they do to take care of their mental health, but mistakes are how we learn the best lessons. We're working on batch recording the back half of season 8, and we'll be going on hiatus for about a month after the next episode so we can refocus and strategies for PortFringe and other game show experience! Stay tuned:') --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Coco Poley has bylines on the Stack Overflow blog, How-to Geek, Sidequest Zone, and Women Write About Comics. An ex-vangelical, divorcee, queer human, and former homeschool kid, Coco has a lot to share and many stories to tell. Discussed this week: Blurbing, quick and easy cheddar quesadillas, breaking veg, Bear fruit snacks, pufferfish vs elephant values, Bear collecting cards, getting stick bug-ed on, Greens, Browns, dust, spiritual helium, NYC Sex Museum, operating heavy equipment, stale Peeps, Philadelphia in 2010, attending punk and metal shows, having chemical imbalances, a purple joint and a typewriter, edibles before exiting, working from home as a writer, Blazy Susan, Georgia O'Keefe, being g a y, being published, first drafts just having to exist; man. Stack Overflow Blog, retaining info via handwriting, If a Cat Could Read a Book, portal points to creativity, missing the Facebook Notes feature, bisexual sitting, a private poetry reading among comrades, and more! https://linktr.ee/youcancallmecoco --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Hey-o! This episode consists of clips from season seven of the Weed Word of the Week segment. Dracula is my special guest this week, and by golly, does he have some things to say about weed. Remember the thing I say about pending absolute foulness? Dracula goes there in the end. You've been warned. Check out the Instagram! @potluckypodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Ben Astarb is a comedy man recently based in Maine but originally from Ocean City, Maryland. Astarb (with a hard 'ass') has a colorful history of video production, filmmaking, visual arts, acting, music video editing, live-streaming, and more recently: comedy. Ben is always up to something new, so if you're into that wonky weird stuff, definitely stay tuned

Asha Fenn lives in coastal Maine, a hermit for art, leveraging creativity to live in flow and love as much as her body can. Creating a practice of art for survival and comfort, Asha pours her life into letter and line. If you want to help the artist keep making art, please like, follow, and share on social media - or, if possible, you can become a patron through patreon.com/ashafenn/ -@ashafenn on Instagram Discussed this week: being a kickass artist of multiple mediums, a single banana, Kristi Shaw, North East Growing Company, @wickedgoodfire, Kristi Shaw, 10 year friendship, eight years on weed, havinging necrotic bones, possessing child sized hips, Richard Dean Anderson's MacGyver, facial paralysis, swallowing issues, thick water, applesauce gang, honking bobos, sanitized lemons, having an older brother Valium paranoia, intractable chronic pain, getting a full hysterectomy, Gen X, starting weed in your 40s art, getting a contact high, riding a lubricated slide into artistic flow, practicing art every day, living in wet ink, owning gastric issues, gastroparesis, running an art studio, having an Amazon writer's page, the CD of suffering, the gift of being relentless, learning to love moving from breath to breath, having a voice, tit-curdling pain, glasses as an accomodation no one thinks about, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

https://www.gofundme.com/f/paul-bolmers-stroke?fbclid=PAAaahgWIFOEoVTvRZ7T8opP6gRRbzwG8dv2OrP-23CrTnIWoqEDrG45_doUk_aem_AVYp7RMh4SVGsA1Cn_X6SpjPvrjsgSEn-MMJJecLA8JOf_bcMIoi2EU59mCKDZVzqO4 Dr. Mohamed ElSalhy obtained his Bachelor of Dental Medicine (B.D.M.) degree from Kuwait University in 2007. He then completed a Master of Science in Medical Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University in 2011. Dr. ElSalhy earned his first Ph.D. in Odontology from the University of Turku, Finland in 2015, followed by a second Ph.D. in Medical Sciences - Dentistry from University of Alberta, Canada in 2018. Dr. ElSalhy completed his Dental Public Health residency and Master of Public Health degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in June 2018. He is a Member of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr. ElSalhy's research interests include accuracy of caries detection and diagnosis, innovative methods for caries prevention and management, and community-based preventive interventions. Discussed this week: Oral health risks associated with cannabis consumption, smoking's impact on your health, Dr Muhammad alsahlhe, the University of New England's oral health center, student dentists, shave free dental practices, good health hygiene practices, irreversible damage, Candida, fungal infections in the mouth, dirty bong water, karyogenic snacks, the dangers of dry mouth, entertaining yourself during toothbrush time, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Meghan is the Assistant Store Manager of Rose Mary Jane at 327 Saint John Street. Her favorite way to partake is either live resin or live rosin sativa vapes. She hosts trivia on behalf of RMJ every other Thursday at Coal's in Portland, and in her spare time enjoys collaging (@maxwillstabyou on IG), reading, and going to the movies.  Discussed this week:Afterglow Chocolate, Blue Sky Sky Rockets, Cheetah Piss, Dragon Berry 1:1 cart, ESOG x Rocket Fuel, Foul Mouth, Green Fire OG, Hash, Ice Cream (Astronaut), Jar Co. Distillate Carts, Kalikori Galactic Donuts (Superboof flower 2g x .5g Alpine Guava or Critical Cheese hash rosin), LEUNE, Mystique of Maine 200 MG gummies, Night-time CLDZ gummies, Open early, open late, Piescream, Quick-acting Botanist gummies, the Rubber band ball, Sour Amnesia Haze, Tinctures, Utterly great customer service, Vanilla Frosting, Wynk, X-tremely supportive of local arts, Yani, Zkittlez, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Tesseract is an artist and writer. From making music to doing art commissions, she enjoys expressing creativity every day. Currently, Tesseract is writing a science fiction novel about a post-apocalyptic group of cybernetically enhanced humans trying to create a new world that can thrive and survive the harshness of the desolated planet. Tessa uses cannabis to fuel her creativity, ease chronic pain, and relax at the end of the day. Discussed this week: The Mountain Goat's concert in Portland 12.3.23, pineapple you cut yousrelf, tidying your friends lists on birthdays, 5 Oreos and a up of milk, the achillies heel crunch of the not soggy part of the Oreo, a Digital Spliff, having a tobacco allergy, getting The Gigs, Portland/Portsmouth, Mass weed, Nature's Remedy, glassy eyes, being members of the Chronic Pain Gang, being in a wheelchair, handicap parking beefs, No Children, Free Palestine, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction written by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean, string theory, multiple dimensions, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Dawson opened the first locally owned caregiver storefront in Maine. He did it against the state's will and thought he would soon have others behind me, but it took four years until the 2nd caregiver storefront opened up, and it's a crazy story. It's so crazy that it would take a book to explain, so that's exactly what he's doing! Dawson Julia's book should be printed by the next Dawsonstock in June of 2024. Discussed this week: having no sense of taste or smell, disconnected nerves, a traumatic brain injury, extra sharp white cheddar, Galaxy, Dawsonstock, vacationing in the Bahamas, Exuma, a $250,000 life flight back to the US, flatlining upon landing, a two-month coma, going upta camp, Medical Misfits, the Humane Society, becoming a cannabis landlord, letting the cops in, a Martin Luther-esque moment with a printer, Up Dawson's Creek Without a Paddle, the Maine Cannabis Union, 30 bags of cone joint tubes, and more! Dawson Julia can be found on Facebook and Instagram @dawsonjulia7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Assistant Manager Rebecca lives in Portland, where she enjoys getting outside and practicing yoga. She's passionate about helping people live with more comfort and ease. When not working at the little Aframe of Atlantic Farms, you can find her teaching yoga and promoting her budding business Well of the Woods. Discussed this week: Animal Mints Cake, Blueberry, Cadillac Rainbow, Dante's Inferno, Euphoria Preroll, Farm Blend Infused Preroll, Glue Dog Preroll, Huckleberry Space Queen Live Resin Vape Cartridge, Julia Live Resin Vape Cartridge, Kosher Kush Badder, Laughing Buddha Temple Ball, Moon Rocks, Night Preroll 7 Pack, Orange Rollz Preroll 3 Pack, Pure Michigan, Querkel Cured Resin Vape Cartridge, Royal Island Kush Cured Resin Disposable Vape, Strawberry Frost Cookies High Terp Vape Cartridge, The Fudge, Uplift Gummies, Vegan Gummies, Watermelon Thunder Snow Live Resin Vape Cartridge, 800mg Raspberry Lime EliXer, Pinapple CherrY Gummies, Z Face Grape Live Hash Rosin, and more! Grab some gas for your lungs or for your car at Atlantic Farms, otherwise know as my favorite g(r)as(s) station in Portland, Maine! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Discussed this week: Slops, the idea of sausage, reclaim dabs, Possum Living by Dolly Freed, bottom of the barrel having a basement, elementary school glue rules, edamame, Lobster Legs and Hotdog Soup, sustainable practices in the cannabis industry, recycling and waste management in Maine, and more! We're on hiatus through the month of November to get interviews together! Shoot me a message on Instagram @potluckypodcast to get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Jacob Wall is a musician, writer, editor, and cannabis enthusiast. Coming from Maine, Jacob has spent his life getting outside and exploring his backyard through hiking, biking, and the occasional road trip to nowhere. Cannabis Connections of Maine magazine is his primary focus, where he advocates for the education of cannabis to consumers and industry members alike. Check him out in Cannabis Connections magazine or Skyline Drive on Spotify today!  (We also both work for Craft Maine: Beer, Wine, and Spirits, but that wasn't germane to the conversation.) Discussed this week: Skyline Drive, being a Space Cadet, Viking Gummies, coordinating content as the Content Coordinator, print journalism, CRAFT, Cheeze-itz snack mix, honeynut squash, a guy handing out weed cookies like they were going out of style, growing weary of Runtz crossbreeds, the 55+ weed demographic, the curl crown, Dead and Co concert, sock pockets, hiding things in your hair, a drummer with a pinner, spooking peeps with the Beats Pill, two-gallon bags of shake, using a lint roller to pick up weed, Maine might as well being Canada, sentimental lighters, personal joints, getting burnt on the mouth, coin op slots that are the easiest to win, building creative stamina, Detective Noir/Vert, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Alex Giampapa began performing stand-up comedy in Boston at 19 and soon became popular across New England. He's performed with comedians like Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, Ilana Glaser, Sarah Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Gary Gulman, Adam Devine and Erik Griffin. Alex headlines shows nationwide and has been featured in many comedy festivals, including The Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI), The Big Pine Comedy Festival (Flagstaff, AZ), The Boston Comedy Festival, and The Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit, MI). Discussed this week: Being a weed comedian, residence performances, pork rinds, the barter system, it tastes like a carb, Helga Pataki's nightmares, Gorilla Glue, PUD, Girl Scout cookies the strain, Girl Scout cookies the edible, going from casual weed to chronic pain, legality changes, graduating in 2010, Manifesto memo pads, people reacting to you in real-time, riffing jokes, pitching ideas to audiences, rewinding arguments, only being able to practice stand up on stage, shouting into the void equaling stand up, s******* to get better, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Maria Bamford, Judah Friedlander, the 2020 democratic primary, improv and stand up existing as rival camps, satirical social commentary, and more! More about Alex here: https://www.alexgiampapa.com/#bio-section --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

I met Orion through the queer fashion show hosted by Safe Combinations in Portland, Maine! Orion uses she/they pronouns and prefers sativa dominant strains. Orion loves dabs and works at the thrift shop safe combinations! Orion likes to consider themself an adventure time enjoyer

The Maine Women's Cannabis Festival was a smashing success! All these people contributed testimonials or weed words: -Wade, Maine Trees -Kristi, Northeast Growing Company: Lumber -Mia, Good Stock Permanent Jewelry -Anna, Black Maple Piercing in Windham: Megadube -Chef Dread and Sarah, Mind Body Soulfood -Whitney, Black Maple Piercing: Snake in the grass -Erika, Jar and Co -Amanda, Jar and Co: Sin Spinach -Micheal, Bud Tee Co: Paint it black --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Hazel did me a real solid this week by gracing us with their presence. Go out there and do the gayest shit you can think of because life is limited Hazel Johnson (they/them) is a 32year old polyamorus, queer, and trans Nerd. They work as a budtender at Mystique of Maine, and are the Digital Community Coordinator for the Maine Transgender Network. Hazel's favorite stoned pass times are playing Video games, doing puzzles, playing TTRPGs, and petting fuzzy animals. Discussed this week: getting high on every level of a shepherd's pie, peanut Butter filled pretzels, a kiwi with the skin on, Mermaid Confections, being a designated joint roller at a wedding, working in a food truck, a backyard wedding, trying weed in 2010, being a goody two shoes, a gazebo in the middle of a field, a lady who couldn't pass up a bargain, piss being stored in the balls, the ritual of weed, simple spoons, spoons the game with 35 people, Pastafarianism, THC levels skyrocketing, responding to an ad on Indeed, sandwich board signs, 20.99 eigths, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Cursedluver is a queer artist who makes work that encourages creativity, builds a loving community, and shows yourself the love you show others. He is generally found popping up at assorted craft markets across the city and otherwise peddles his artistic wares and shares silly creature drawings on his socials online. Discussed this week: Alexander Fitzgeralds, beer banger, starting in 2018, Glucerna, random lakes in Maine, weed sensation documents, mint chocolate chip ice cream, "dog food" chocolate chips and peanut butter on a silver spoon, owning an axolotl and an Isopod plush, mystery acronyms, the Maine Cannabis Festival, safe spaces and understanding parents, beaker bongs, Flaming Aces (rip), Danny Camp, poetry slams, art needing an audience, tattoo art, sticker design, Slaps, Sticker Orchard, screen printing, Sticker Ninja, Liz Gang, creative and emotional energy working together, Starpions, zines, WAL-E, Steal(ing) Like An Artist, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

We did it, ya'll! I finally bagged a celebrity interview! This is one of my favorite online comic drawers and writers: KC rubber-duckin' GREEN! I finished http://backcomic.com/1 after a few-year hiatus on being current. KC was cool enough to answer my quandaries about this comic and bless the internet with stories tangentially related to weed. This man has given me hours of entertainment, and now it's my turn to bless you with a further entertaining hour. KC Green is a cartoonist in Western Massachusetts. He did the comic Gunshow, which spawned the books “Anime Club”, “Graveyard Quest”, and the meme “This is Fine”.  He's currently doing a gag strip for King Features and looking at old sketchbooks to find out where the problem first started. Discussed this week: making memes, my Mermaid Confections Glass, everything is a meme, 15 to 20 years doing weed, grav bongs and weed soda, decarboxylation, Ben and Jerry's Half-Baked, reliably chunky ice cream, chocolate milk, Cheeze Itz and milk, ice cream and pickles, bread and butter pickles, Rocky Road, Graveyard Quest, Doink, Young King Dave, the song Rascal, smoking big boys in Amish country, Star Trek The Next Generation, the "This is fine" dog, back problems as a cartoonist, Indica anxiety, CBD, pinene, a Ween concert. Tulsa, Oklahoma, frozen banana pipes, Grepe Ape, Calvin and Hobbes, Get Fuzzy, Back, Anthony Clark, Gun Show, Dickbutt, Awkward Zombie, Horribleville, the death of the author, the whale, Moby Dick, starting being the hardest part, John Cleese, getting into a mode of play, cartooning versus animating, the SAG-AFTERA strike, the Wilhelm scream, art theft, AI as a tool, smoking the whole pack, reading as homework, and more! Catch KC at https://kcgreendotcom.com/index.html and @kcgreenn on Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Peter first smoked weed at age 19 and continues to be a very sporadic toker. He enjoys the outdoors and improv comedy. Discussed this week: Being the gram champion, doing voices for a weed cartoon, Cheez-its and chocolate chip cookies, Milk, Milk drink combos, chocolate chips and smart food sea salt popcorn,  vinegar Cape Cod chips, getting Skeeter high, High School, 2048, kitty cat couch, the famous peacock chair, having an intense weed experience the summer after sophomore year of college, orange gnocchi, knocking on a random dudes door, one 10 milligram gummy a year, mushroom gathering, improv incubation, all math and science, a computer class for an art credit, tangerine vitality gummies, CBDA CBGA, improv in Boston, inventing the mop, Ford V Ferrari, the Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling, Silicon Valley, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, getting a hug from Dave Grohl, Jackalopes, lying about having mascot experience on your resumé, moving around a lot, having a Bio degree, The East Ender, Botany, Canada, backpacking through Europe, Jack jackfruit, getting good at not being funny helping with failure, the Woodfords Club, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

This is the audio from my gameshow spinoff of this show: Feeling Lucky! Thank you, Portland Media Center, for facilitating my dreams of becoming a game show host! I NEED CONTESTANTS FOR EPISODES 2 AND 3! Shoot me a message @potluckypodcast@gmail.com or @potluckypodcast on Instagram :'D Games this week: Pokémon Move or Weed Strain, Weed Family Trees, Backronyms, Hey, Can I Get An Eigth of, and Weedia in the Media! Catch the visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0rmIH5S9s0 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Being the president of the Maine Cannabis Union, trail mix, starting at 15, cannabis politics, compassionate caregivers of Maine, the lobstermans union, vaccine injury, showing up to eighth grade baked, the importance of showing up, having an inoperable brain tumor, loving that weed smell, independent farms, daytime versus nighttime capsules, super silver haze, trimming rituals, sugar leaves, testifying in Augusta, dispensary versus caregivers, 500 square foot canopy, curaleaf, New Jersey paying for Maine, testifying against bills, losing the Craftsman, knowing your farmer, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Shannon Hoch is the General Manager of Missouri Meerschaum Company. She has been with company for 8 years. Has a background in Healthcare, Management and Manufacturing. She resides Washington, MO with her husband and children. Discussed this week: baked cheetos, having a father who was a general manager at the same company, having a nursing background, being a safety manager, Human Resources, cornabis pipes, model 690, the legend, hot dog measuring system, two year drying process, affordable pipes, baked chips, being the first company to mass produce corn cob pipes, Heritage breeds of corn, the University of Missouri, food grade corn, distilled spirits, corn spin-offs, different Bowl styles, the Minnetoka, pipe tobacco blends, bench versus straight pipe stems, acrylic, jaw clenchers, pipe craftsmanship, handwork in all products, the room note, pipes replacing cigarettes, pipe testing, the Fonz versus Old MacDonald, plaster of paris, the corn cob pipe Museum in Missouri and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Roux Keyhoe is the owner and head chef of the Pink Waffle food truck! I met Roux through Independent Diamond Broker's cannabis networking events where he is a staple for hungry stoners seeking an EXCELLENT Muchie Moment. Discussed this week: dosing, rebranding, beer Buds and barbecue, growing on your own, loud and local, being a 20-year consumer, Rice Krispie overdose, edible waffles, cornbread and jalapeno waffles with that excellent chimichurri, mayonnaise race barbecue sauce, Alabama white, seasonal vegetables, collard greens, GMO, Chef snacks, first Pride celebrations, door stop, melatonin and THC, Growing Up in Southern California, gum wrapper rolling papers, the ritual of smoking, getting help to fall asleep, in the couch indica, going for Fun and Profit, St John's Wort, strawberries, zucchini, watermelon, rhubarb, teeny tiny radishes, poisonous plants, Chef job notebook, chocolate ice cream redo, vegan ice cream, scoop deck, chopped induced panic attacks, putting things into a waffle iron and seeing what sticks, Funfetti cake waffles churro waffles, out of the box waffles, Inside the Box waffles, rebranding steps, leggy crackers, weed accessibility, destigmatization, trans day of vengeance, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Angela was born and raised in Maine. She was originally working in the traditional medical field before moving on to the medical cannabis industry as a career. Helping people and caring for plants have long been passions of hers. She and Ian met and fell in love at a cannabis liberation festival in 2015. Ian comes from the food industry with a background as a chef, mixologist, and restaurant manager. His work and his passion for adventure led to a lot of travel. Eventually, he settled down in Maine in 2013 with a desire to pursue his love of cannabis legally. He was quick to fall in love with Maine, and soon fell head over heels for Angela as well. Discussed this week: trimming, growing, medibles, nursing, bringing work home with you everyday, working in a restaurant, being straight edge, corrupt girlfriends, mansplaining yourself into an overdose, starting at 25 and 30, significant others, The Big Lebowski, sour sugar, 1500 mg, one and done, Stoney baloney, visual distinctions, Fuego Takis, Pika slices, spiced Tamarind paste in a syringe, challenge edibles, hot and heavy, Nano drops, aloe juice, being a former magician, Chef's kiss, Nanos, cancer patients, economics, buying 20 1 lb lb packages of nerds, low dose full spec, Googling math hands-free, being a street magician, Pearl street, levitating monks, isomalt and Sucralose lollipops, the drying process with edibles, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Michael is a veteran of the US Navy and received his master's degree in biotechnology. He is a cannabis professional with over 5 years of experience in the cannabis space and collectively 10 years in the research and laboratory environment. Michael's experience is largely in super critical fluid extraction and formulation methods for a range of cannabis products. He started his career in Pennsylvania, where he formulated the number 1 selling vape product (for a time), and most recently in Maine, where he and his team took first place in the vape category at NECANN Portland. Mike is interested in designing and bringing novel cannabis products to the medical and adult use markets. John's been in sales all his life working in the hearth and bbq industry as a manufacture representative or in specialty retail shops. He's always always had a passion for cannabis and was lucky enough to land a job at Hightech labs Discussed this week: popcorn, chocolate, green banana honesty, the vacationland bar with blueberries and pine, just do it, live products, brickweed, potatoes, candy, Hi-C, the difference between solvent and solventless, proprietary, being m o f g a certified, homogenization, Liz gang, weed in the Navy piss cleaning drinks, capturing terpenes, steam versus spinning, making Temple Balls traditionally, ice water hash, trichome stocks versus heads, enbrittling trichomes, honey oil, trailer park boys, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support