On this week’s episode of The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne chat with the Doctor of Dope, the Goddess of Ganja, the Heiress of Hemp….DR. DINA. They talk social justice issues (Dr. Dina heads up a nonprofit called FreedomGrow.org, an organization dedicated to helping people in prison for non-violent, victimless cannabis crimes), as well as about her...erm...unusual entrepreneurial path. She talks candidly about her role in the industry and her struggle to accept the inevitable “corporate suits”...

On this week’s episode of The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne chat with Adrian Sedlin, CEO and founder of Canndescent, on of the most recognizable, ultra-premium flower brands in the cannabis industry. To date, Adrian has raised nearly $30 million in seed capital for CANNDESCENT, and helped establish Canndescent as the first municipally-permitted cultivator south of San Jose. In addition to his work with Canndescent, Adrian serves on the board of the Desert Hot Springs Cannabis Alliance Network...

This week on The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne invite celebrated actor, director, writer, and producer James Hutson onto the podcast to discuss how Hollywood is approaching the rapidly evolving culture shift surrounding cannabis. Winner of 'Best Actor' for his movie at the New York City Cannabis Film Festival, James Hutson was the all-around creator of the independent film Dark Harvest, starring himself and the iconic Cheech Marin. During the conversation, Lewis and Anne chat with James about...

Just in time for 4/20, The Green Rush team has a very special episode for all of our dedicated listeners! With Lewis out at the Cowen Cannabis Conference in Los Angeles, Anne solicits the help of Nick for a very special interview with music and cannabis royalty, Ziggy Marley! Ziggy has been very busy so far in 2018, putting the finishing touches on his new album ‘Rebellion Rises’, which is set to be released worldwide on May 18th, and is getting ready to embark on a North American tour in...

This week on the Green Rush, our hosts talk with the CEO who literally turned the cannabis industry on its head in Kevin Murphy, CEO of Acreage Holdings. Last week (week of 4/9) Kevin and Acreage Holdings announced that former speaker of the House John Boehner and former Mass Governor and the VP candidate for the Libertarian Party in 2016, William Weld to their Board of Directors. Founded in 2014, Acreage Holdings (formerly known as High Street Capital Partners) has the most diverse portfolio...

The Intersection of Pop Culture, the Media and Cannabis with Ricardo Baca - Founder and first Marijuana Editor for The Cannabist

Lewis and Anne are joined by Ben Kovler, Founder and Chairman of Green Thumb industries (GTI).

This week on a very special episode of the Green Rush, Lewis and Anne are joined by the literally the biggest name in cannabis, NBA legend- and cannabis CEO, Al Harrington. Not a user during his playing career and finding inspiration from his grandmother Viola, Al discovered the benefits of CBDs upon retirement, turning to medical cannabis for pain relief and inflammation issues. Recognizing the business opportunity that medical cannabis presented, Al dove headfirst into becoming one of the...

“It’s not as easy as you think.” On this week’s episode of the Green Rush, Lewis and Anne chat with long-time cannabis advocate and now cannapreneur Kris Krane, Co-Founder and President of 4Front Ventures. The Green Rush team explore Kris’ cannabis roots and his journey from activist and advocate to thriving cannapreneur during this week’s conversation. We touch on a number of topics including having to compete against the “Johnny Come Latelys” to the cannabis industry, what he thinks is...

Episode 20 - Making Cannabis the Next Great American Industry with Hadley Ford, Co-Founder and CEO of iAnthus Capital

This week on The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne had the pleasure of speaking with New York State Senator Liz Krueger, one of the greatest advocates for cannabis in the New York state house. Senator Krueger represents the 28th District, which encompasses the Upper East Side of Manhattan and is the primary sponsor of The Marijuana Regulation And Taxation Act, which she first introduce back in 2015. During their conversation, The Green Rush and Senator Krueger touch on a number of issues facing...

This week on The Green Rush, Lewis is flying solo as he sits down with the CEO of one of the fastest growing cannabis media properties, George Jage, CEO of DOPE Media. DOPE Media is a cultural cannabis media company that was founded in 2011 and has quickly become one of the most recognized brands in the industry in large parts due to its magazine, DOPE Magazine, and its events like the DOPE Cup and DOPE Industry Awards. In this week’s episode, Lewis and George discuss George tea industry...

This week on The Green Rush, Nick is back in the host chair as he fills in for Lewis as he and Anne chat with David Sutton, the President & COO of NanoSphere Health Sciences. NanoSphere is a biotech company that has the first and only commercialize nanotechnology platform that essentially allows for the precise dosing for cannabis. During the conversation, Anne and Nick get into the weeds (pun intended) with David on exactly what nanotechnology is and how it is making waves in how...

In honor of Valentine’s Day - we are taking a moment to step back and reflect on the love we have for this industry…. Just kidding. We are doing another “Host Full” episode! In this episode, Anne & Lewis take stock - so to speak - of what’s going in the great state of New Jersey, what’s really “different” in the California market and how language is so important when we are talking about cannabis advocacy.

This week The Green Rush team is joined by Associate Producer Nick Opich as they welcome the President of VividGro, David Friedman. David is a veteran executive with a track record as a thought leader in the indoor agriculture and cannabis industries. During the conversation, Lewis, Anne, and Nick discuss with David a number of subjects including David’s introduction to the cannabis industry, whether cannabis farming can be done in a “green” way and how sunny California will affect his...

This week The Green Rush team welcomes into the studio Medicine Man Technologies’ Chief Cultivation Officer, Josh Haupt. Most well known for his grow strategies and line of nutrients, Josh has literally written THE book on cannabis cultivation called Three A Light, a comprehensive guide detailing all the steps from beginning to end to maximize your yield. During the conversation, Lewis and Anne chat with Josh about his introduction to growing cannabis, the medicinal benefits of the plant and...

Episode 13- Changing Lives Through Medicinal Cannabis with Jason Cranford, Founder of Flowering H.O.P.E. Foundation and South Park Farma

In this week’s episode of The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne are joined by KCSA Managing Director Phil Carlson as they speak with Vivien Azer, the Managing Director, and Senior Research Analyst specializing in the beverage, tobacco and cannabis sectors at Cowen & Company. Vivien is the first senior Wall Street analyst to cover the emerging cannabis sector and her reports have become must-reads for C-suite executives and investors in the industry. During the conversation, the Green Rush team...

Today on Green Rush our hosts are joined by Vivien Azer, the President/Founder of Clover Leaf University. Vivien is a managing director and senior research analyst specializing in the beverage, tobacco, and cannabis sectors. Ms. Azer is the first senior Wall Street analyst to cover the emerging cannabis sector, resulting in notable press coverage across periodicals such as The Economist, Barron’s and Forbes. Ms. Azer’s coverage of the tobacco sector earned her a spot on Institutional...

Today on Green Rush our Hosts are joined by Nick Kovacevich and Ben Wu from Kush Bottles. Nick is a seasoned entrepreneur who has built several successful businesses, including Kush Bottles, a leading compliant packaging solutions provider for the legal cannabis industry, where he currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Ben’s background covers a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, branded consumer products and packaging. In addition to serving as duties...

Today on Green Rush our hosts are joined by California congressman Dana Rohrabacher about the legalization of Cannabis and the laws moving forward in the United States. Rohrabacher and Earl Blumenauer, D-OR, led a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging House and Senate leadership to continue state medical marijuana protections in any legislation to fund the government beyond Dec. 8, 2017. The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer provision prevents the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical...

Today on Green Rush our hosts are joined by Phil Carson, the Managing Director in the investor relations department at KCSA. Phil has developed proactive investor relations and communication strategies for several multi-national micro and small cap companies in diversified industries such as healthcare, alternative energy, oil and gas and technology. Phil is a Wall Street and Investor Relations veteran having worked at such firms as JPMorganChase and Merrill Lynch. His experience includes...

Today on Green Rush our hosts speak with Patrick McManamon, the managing director of Cannasure Insurance Services, LLC. Patrick is a leading voice at the intersection of cannabis and the insurance industry and has most recently been quoted in outlets like Bloomberg and The Cannabist on the Northern California wildfires that affected cannabis growers across the area. Prior to Cannasure, Patrick was the president of McManamon Insurance, a third-generation insurance agency. He started his...

Today on Green Rush our hosts speak with Adam Levin. Adam is the CEO of High Times and Founder and Managing Director and CEO of Oreva Capital. High Times is the most recognized brand in the cannabis industry - transcending the cannabis community and known to people outside of the community. In June of this year, Adam’s LA-based investment firm Oreva purchased the 43-year-old cannabis magazine High Times in a deal valued at $70 million. It was also announced in early 2017 that the magazine...

In this week’s episode of The Green Rush, Lewis and Anne speak with Oregon’s own William Simpson, CEO of Golden Leaf Holdings (OTCQB: GLDFF) and Founder of Chalice Farms. During their conversation, William discusses Golden Leaf’s innovative, vertically-integrated platform, the national debate around opioids, why cannabis may be a potential solution and the challenges of taking over a public company in a highly regulated industry.