The Gentleman Toker Podcast

The Stoner's Guide to Sex w/Reba "The Diva" Thomas | The Gentleman Toker Podcast Ep 40

The Gentleman brings you up to speed on the US Pharmacopeia's plan to issue medical cannabis guidelines, why a major alcohol industry association has thrown its support behind federal legalization, and the first license granted to grow psilocybin in the US. Plus! This episode our guest Reba "The Diva" Thomas, owner & founder of Sexpert Consultants, will offer you advice for spicing up your bedroom with sinsemilla, psychedelics, and cannabinoid-infused lubes.

Picking Up the Habit: Meet Sisters of the Valley, the Hemp Growing Nuns! | The Gentleman Toker Podcast Ep 39

In this episode, the Gentleman brings you up to speed on weed news from around the globe! We'll look at legalization moving forward in Germany, Curaleaf's connections to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Czech courts shutting down the leading publication advocating for cannabis reform there. Our guest this week is Sister Kate, one of the founders of Sister of the Valley. SoTV is a New Age order of nuns that draws its roots not from the Catholic Church, but the Beguin movement of Western Europe between the 13th - 16th centuries. The Sisters live together in California’s Central Valley, growing hemp and creating CBD products by hand in harmony with the moon cycles.

Risky Business: Insuring the Weed, Hemp, & Psychedelic Industries | The Gentleman Toker Podcast Ep 38

In this episode, the Gentleman brings you up to speed on Oregon's experiment decriminalizing all drugs, the release of the last Californian in prison for violating federal law by running a licensed medical dispensary, and new research that indicates CBD could aid tobacco smoking cessation. Plus we'll talk with Eric Schneider of AlphaRoot to learn more about how insurance works given the disconnect between state & federal laws on cannabis & entheogenic medicines, its influence on cannabis lounge laws & psilocybin treatment centers, whether you can get insured against robbery (since dispensaries are still prohibited from working with banks), and much more.

Stoners vs Cops: Best Practices for Bad Situations w/Lonny Bramzon | The Gentleman Toker Podcast Ep 37

The Gentleman Toker Podcast returns on 4/17! In this episode, we seeking the counsel of criminal defense attorney turned cannabis market mogul Lonny "The Street Lawyer" Bramzon for practical advice on how cannabis patients, consumers, employees, & business owners should interact with law enforcement on those occasions it becomes necessary. We'll discuss the validity of common advice we've seen on social media, how you should handle yourself during interrogation, how LE exploits probable cause, raids against unlicensed weed shops, and much more. Plus! The Gentleman lays out likely hemp industry changes coming up in this year's Farm Bill, backsliding on legalization in Virginia, & a Columbia University study into whether sungrown weed is better than indoor.

The Garden Laboratory: Lighting, Hydroponics, & Practical Horticulture w/Erica Hernandez

This week we're speaking with a graduate of Cornell's lauded Horticulture program about the results of her home-growing experiments with cannabis. Erica Hernandez helps us better understand how to use & measure lighting in our own gardens, how lessons gleaned from growing lettuce & tomatoes can be applied to weed, and the importance of scientific literacy as research into our favorite plant ramps up. Plus! The Gentleman looks at Colorado's CROP plan to reduce energy use by cultivators, the DEA's decision on THC-O products, & Twitter's new policy to allow advertising from licensed brands.