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Small business meets women in cannabis marketing! Episode 120 is joined by Olivia Castaldy, founder of OCM Digital and Women in CannaBusiness podcast. From secretly consuming in high school to founding their own individual cannabis marketing businesses, McCarter and Olivia have a lot to bond over. This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

California-based cannabis industry leaders Jocelyn Sheltraw and Claudio Miranda discuss technology meeting cannabis conscious-consumption. The partners in life and business, with a combined 40+ years in the industry, teamed up to start Budist: the first dedicated social review platform for cannabis products and brands. These back-to-back conversations shed serious light onto culture and connoisseurship, how tech and social media shape the industry, and keeping cannabis information censor-free.

Jon Spadafora, founder of cannabis gummy brand Flower Union, joins the podcast to share some exciting news about the expansion of Flower Union! We discuss how and why water-soluble cannabis is changing the industry and direction of infused products.

Disrupting the Colorado cannabis scene one rosin gram at a time. Karan Patel, owner and founder of In House, joins McCarter for episode 117 to discuss his family's personal history, and how he got into the cannabis industry in Colorado. This episode is sponsored by Bomb Erigs! With precise temperature control, detachable air pathway and big clouds, Bomb's quality erigs are perfect for dab lovers. Right now you can save using my code "MCCARTER" at BombOfficial.com.

Introducing one of the coolest moms you will ever meet: Courtney Mathis! From growing up with nearly nothing in Louisiana, to changing communities for the better in Colorado and companies across the country, Courtney is, simply, the best it gets. We discuss how she has embodied the change she wants to see through connecting cannabis brands to nonprofits and projects benefitting their communities through her company formerly called "Cannabis Doing Good," now "Companies Doing Good." This episode is sponsored by Bomb Erigs! With precise temperature control, detachable air pathway and big clouds, Bomb's quality erigs are perfect for dab lovers. Right now you can save using my code "MCCARTER" at BombOfficial.com.

Our favorite hash lord is a dad! Mikey Morris comes on the podcast for a fourth time to share some big life changes: fatherhood, professional changes and so much more. We just couldn't stop talking! This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

Double Blind psychedelic magazine co-founder Shelby Hartman jolts us with knowledge in episode 114. Hard launching her new book "The Double Blind Guide to Psychedelics," co-wrote with Madison Margolin, we dive into our own experiences with entheogens like psilocybin and acid. This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

Brad Bogus, cannabis activist, punk, storyteller, and host of Find the Helpers podcast, graces us with some full-stomach laughs and electrifying empathy in episode 113 to chat about getting banned from LinkedIn, standing up to the man and holding people (and companies) accountable. This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

A conversation with Max Vansluys, President of Dialed In Gummies, the rosin brand that's taken off! Their products are available in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Missouri and Ohio, find more information at DialedInGummies.com. This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

Briefly stepping away from cannabis to chat about laser-tattoo removal! McCarter chats with Mike Panic from Removery, the partner for her tattoo removal journey. This episode is brought to you by Gentleman Quinn's Blunt Company, High Class Big Ass Blunts. Every blunt is hand-rolled in Denver in custom hemp-wraps, whole bud only — no trim, shake, or tobacco. Just clean, Colorado grown flower from trusted and tested cultivators. Find them at select locations across Colorado: Organic Alternatives, Cookies Commerce City and All-Pro. Full list and orders at GentlemanQuinns.com.

*Hemp* blunts are back, we mean! With the same nostalgia as a traditional blunt but none of the tobacco, Gentleman Quinns Blunt Co. is celebrating 10 years of bringing the best "blunts" to Colorado. Gage Quinn, head roller of Gentleman Quinns, sits down with McCarter for a lively discussion from moving away from tobacco, what it takes to be in business as a cannabis brand for ten years and McCarter's former hand-modeling days. Find more information at GentlemanQuinns.com or on Instagram @gentlemanquinnsbluntco. This episode is sponsored by Healthy Honeys ~ McCarter's favorite THCA Rosin pens that can be shipped nationwide (certain state restrictions apply). Use code "MCCARTER" to save at HealthyHoneys.shop!

John Shute joins the podcast for a serendipitous episode 109, a long way from episode 9 together in 2020! John, Co-Founder and CEO of PufCreativ, an award-winning, community-focused cannabis marketing agency based out of Denver, CO, discusses all the ways the cannabis industry has changed over the last five years, in Colorado and across the country. This episode is sponsored by Healthy Honeys ~ McCarter's favorite THCA Rosin pens that can be shipped nationwide (certain state restrictions apply). Use code "MCCARTER" to save at HealthyHoneys.shop!

MSU Denver Cannabis professor Shannon Donnelly comes back for a second time to blow McCarter's mind! Hemp is cannabis, cannabis is hemp. This episode is a deep dive on the difference between how the plant is labeled, and how the government will use that to their advantage. This episode is sponsored by Healthy Honeys ~ McCarter's favorite THCA Rosin pens that can be shipped nationwide (certain state restrictions apply). Use code "MCCARTER" to save at HealthyHoneys.shop!

In the final episode of 2025, McCarter chats with Orion Hurley, owner of Boulder Built, cannabis dispensary and flower brand based in Boulder, Colorado. Orion explains growing up in Boulder in the 1980s, and the unconventional path that shaped his future. Orion shares what it was like being raised by a father who grew cannabis long before legalization, and how those early experiences sparked his cannabis-fueled entrepreneurial mindset. He walks us through the transition from underground culture to a fully legal business, the challenges of operating in a highly regulated industry, and what it takes to build something authentic while staying true to your roots. This is a candid conversation about family, risk, resilience, and turning passion into a legitimate brand. High Minded with McCarter is sponsored by Good Trees, McCarter's favorite rosin brand in Colorado! They press their rosin with stainless steel, never nylon, so you don't have to worry about micro-plastics. Find more information at TheGoodTreesCo.com or on Instagram @youcantteachgoodtaste.

The esteemed Jordan Wellington joins the podcast for episode 106! Jordan is a true scholar, but mainly a Deadhead with a law background who helped Colorado cannabis legalization become what it is today. Jordan is policy consultant and partner at Strategies64, along with Mason Tvert from episode 98. For a deeper dive into cannabis policy with Jordan, check out his podcast "Weed Wonks." High Minded with McCarter is sponsored by Good Trees, McCarter's favorite rosin brand in Colorado! They press their rosin with stainless steel, never nylon, so you don't have to worry about micro-plastics. Find more information at TheGoodTreesCo.com or on Instagram @youcantteachgoodtaste.