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First Smoke of The Day

Blackleaf & PackGodsshows.acast.com

Welcome to First Smoke of the Day – The Ultimate Cannabis Industry Podcast!


First Smoke of the Day is your go-to podcast for Exclusive insider Access to Cannabis Culture, Cultivation, Entrepreneurship, and more. Tune in for behind-the-scenes interviews with Cultivators, Hashmakers, Breeders, Brand owners, Athletes, Musicians, Smugglers, and the Fearless Hustlers shaping the cannabis industry. Discover Untold stories, expert tips, and valuable lessons from cannabis legends and innovators. From navigating underground movements to uncovering entrepreneurial success stories, we bring you real stories, hard truths, and actionable insights from the people driving cannabis culture forward.


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 •   Hear Stories from Industry Disruptors & Legends

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Thank you so much for tuning into First Smoke of The Day. A cannabis and culture podcast giving you insight into the mind and lives of growers, extractors, playmakers, street brands, and underground culture in the global cannabis industry. Be sure to subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you consume podcasts. Make sure to also leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Instagram.

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Episodes

Boo Johnson: A Personal Journey, Ayahuasca & Medicine, Pharmacy Boardshop, Health is Wealth

Face of Pro Skateboarding & Weed, Ayahuasca Ceremony, DGK x RAW Collab, Launching Business’s It’s that time! Roll up, today we have Boo Johnson pro skateboarder and the face of cannabis culture X skateboarding combined. We dive deep into Ayahuasca Ceremonies and the lessons they leave with you. Talking about the first time Boo ever smoked cannabis and what it was like on those early skate trips as a teen. Getting deep into the skate scene and getting signed by the Powell-Peralta team. Boo’s ...

Oct 02, 20231 hr 56 min

Kyle Kushman: Strawberry Cough Chronicles, Legacy in Media, Teaching Grow Lessons

The Legend of Strawberry Cough, High Times Magazine, Traveling the Globe for Weed, Veganic Growing It’s Time to pull that vintage jar of head stash out because we have an OG cannabis personality on today. An Ex-High Times OG writer, Veganic Grower, and someone synonymous with the famous strain Strawberry Cough. It’s going to be a good one, an all around cultivation enthusiast the Kushman on FSOTD today. Welcome Kyle Kushman on with some “greens” big bong rips and we start with a deep dive into t...

Sep 18, 20231 hr 52 min

Nicky Diamonds: Lessons on Building a Global Brand, Hot Sauce, Footwear, Fairfax Legacy

Skateboarding to Building Global Brands, Diamond Cannabis, Launching Hot Sauce w/ Kardashians, Designing Diamond Supply First Smoke family we have a big episode, Roll Up ! Nicky Diamonds the founder of Diamond Supply Co. a Global skateboard apparel and accessories company. Nick started the company in 1998, at the age of 19 with just $500. Today, Diamond Supply Co. is a multimillion-dollar business with a global reach. Diamond Supply Company has been in the streetwear and skateboard communities f...

Sep 04, 20233 hr 2 min

Dragonfly Earth Medicine: Plants Have Intelligence, Food as Medicine, Teaching Organics

Plants with Intelligence, Natural Death & Birth, Food as Medicine, What’s DEM certified?! What is Regenerative Growing and Farming!? Why do we want to eat and breathe in plants that are grown organically, what is proper nourishment and using regenerative natural practices!? Get your bongs & Snodgrass pipes out for this one, we get into so many topics with the “Dragonfly Earth Medicine” family. We dive into sharing crops, sharing genetics and sharing energy. Why growing in natural practic...

Aug 21, 20233 hr 12 min

Cozmo: Grammy Nominated Music, Producing Hits, Berner, LaCoz Cannabis, Dubz Garden

Producing for Berner, Dubz Garden, Grammy Nominated, La Coz Cannabis Roll Up, we have the pleasure sitting down today with Grammy Nominated music producer “Cozmo”. Bay Area legendary producer and cannabis business owner. We get into how he is a second generation recording musician and now with his son being in the business it’s now 3 generations of recording musicians including Cozmo’s father. We dive into other cannabis centric businesses like Dubz Garden and La Coz brands. Cozmo gives us insig...

Aug 07, 20231 hr 53 min

GreenBodhi: Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Peru Shaman Journey, Breeding Cannabis, Finding Balance

Peru Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Rare Psychedelics & A Lifetime of Breeding Cannabis Roll Up, Today we sit down with Green Bodhi the world renown Breeder, Grower, & Psychedelics Enthusiast. We roll up some special flowers today bred by Green Bodhi himself and he starts to take us on a wild journey he calls LIFE. From Psychedelic Ceremonies in Peruvian Inca Ruins, Ayahuasca in the Jungle all the way to meeting his Shaman and experiencing ego death along with life teachings. We get to hear about...

Aug 01, 20232 hr 25 min

Desto Dubb: Awful Lot of Cough Syrup, $450 1/8th Korea, Lil Pump Tour, Building Brands

Korea $450 eighth, Lil Pump Tour, Drakeo, Building Million Dollar Brand From selling small batch clothes in a parking lot in downtown Los Angeles to becoming one of LA’s most sought after brands. This is a story that starts with passion, hustle, and focus with determination built a multi million dollar streetwear brand. Today we welcome Desto Dubb to First Smoke of the Day podcast owner and face of “Awful Lotta Cough Syrup.” We dive into Desto’s early background and how he hustled a street Dream...

Jul 24, 20231 hr 59 min

Glass House: Largest Grow in California, Police Background, Big Pharma Battle

Founders Police background, BIG Pharma, Alcohol, & Tobacco United against Cannabis, & Ghost Distro’s Today we have Glass House Brands a massive vertically integrated cannabis brand that focuses on all aspects of the cannabis process. Very controversial episode and we are here to ask tough questions. Glass house currently has the largest greenhouse cannabis cultivation in the United States. Boasting one million square feet of canopy and another four million of canopy in reserves they are ...

Jul 19, 20232 hr 13 min

Adam iLL: Running the LA Marathon while Smoking, Blunt Rosin, Leaving BRealTV

Running LA Marathon Blazing Blunts, Highest Host Ever, Smoking Pounds, Leaving B-Real TV In today's episode of "First Smoke of the Day," we have a special guest joining us known by many aliases but we call him Adam Ill. Huge First Smoke family welcome to the Highest Host aka Mr. “WHAAAAAAAT.” Adam talks about his early beginnings with cannabis and starting to smoke at an early age. Passion for being on stage and hosting events as well as shows from early cannabis days. Now fast forward to being ...

Jul 10, 20232 hr 3 min

Jimi Devine: Cannabis on Every Continent, TransBay Competition, Traveling for Weed

Connect with Jimi Devine IG Site FSOTD Sponsors Dr. Dabber | IG Grow Generation | IG Drip Hydro | IG FSOTD Links Website | Patreon | YouTube Make sure to tell all your friends and family to subscribe! Go register on the website or Patreon for all the exclusive ad-free content, BTS, tutorials, and more! Please leave a 5-Star review! We appreciate your support, First Smoke Family! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 03, 20231 hr 41 min

B-Real: Banned from Saturday Night Live, Paintball Passion, Dr. Greenthumb

Growing Up in Gangland, Paintball Passion, Becoming Dr Greenthumb, LAFC soccer, Platinum Records We celebrate episode 100 today with the OG of OG’s. It was only right for this special occasion we hunted him down in the Lab and welcomed Dr Greenthumb aka B-Real on today's First Smoke of the Day Podcast. Special vibes and Big Kush smoke for this interview while smoking and getting to know B-Real a lot better. Diving into his passion for paintball so much so they started a serious tournament team. ...

Jun 26, 20232 hr 11 min

Friendly Brand: Resin Revolution, Real Vs Fake Terps, Surviving Prop215, Extraction

Live Resin Revolution, Surviving the Cannabis Market, East Coast the new Wave?, Real Terps are Dying Today we make a Terpy welcome to Darren of Family Brand to First Smoke of the Day podcast. We get into real Live Resin extracts and how much we miss them. Why some strains will never yield in rosin so we lost genetics. Why has the market changed so much over the past 3-5 years with heavy bias on hydrocarbon based extracts? Getting into the new market we speak about dispensaries paying bills with ...

Jun 22, 20231 hr 24 min

Anwar Carrots: Unique Collabs, Fairfax Kids, Designing Around Your Passions, Why Carrots?

Crocs, Smokers Club, Fidel’s, Dr Dabber, Champion, & Canada Dry Collabs, LA Streetwear Culture Roll Up & get in a creative space today we have a successful designer and streetwear brand owner who has collaborated with companies like Champion, Croc’s, Fidel’s, Dr. Dabber, Smokers Club, Canada Dry, Healing of the Nations and so many more.. Hailing from Trenton, New Jersey, Anwar Carrots founded peas & carrots international in 2007. A streetwear brand but more intently a creative collec...

Jun 19, 20231 hr 10 min

Zombie Juice: Flatbush Zombies, Jewice aka Juice, Talking Terps, Making Music

Bud Bundy aka Jewice, Knowing Good Weed, Talking Terps, Growing up in Flatbush NYC Get ready with that Headstash smoke today because we have a special guest! Some know him as Jewice or Bud Bundy and others by his stage name Zombie Juice. Welcome Zombie Juice of the Flatbush Zombies to First Smoke of the Day podcast. Juice the American rapper of Jamaican / Trinidadian descent originally from Brooklyn, New York enters a smoke filled FSOTD studio to sit down with us for a long awaited intervie...

Jun 12, 20231 hr 22 min

Charly’s: Oklahoma & Texas Cannabis, Sold Out Drops, Building a Family Business

Oklahoma & Texas Cannabis, Selling Out Before the Drop, Belief in Your Passion, Working with Family Today we have a special featured episode with CHARLY’S Cannabis. A high end flower brand based out of Oklahoma who’s truly making big waves. From their hands on production of top tier cannabis flowers to their full line of products pre-selling completely out before they even get to shelves. The demand for really good flowers all over the world IS REAL !! Let’s roll one up as we sit down with t...

Jun 08, 20231 hr 51 min

Nature’s Lab Extracts: Engineering to Cannabis Extraction, Is BHO Hash Dead ?!

What Happened to the Hash Market, From Engineering to Cannabis Extracts, Multi-State Hash Making From an engineering degree to running a top level cannabis extraction company in multiple states. Let’s get dabs ready and welcome Marcus from Nature's Lab Extracts to the First Smoke of the Day Podcast. Marcus goes back to prop 215 days and we speak on seeing the market change so much over the past 15 + years. What happened to BHO? And reason rosin is the hottest thing out right now. Let’s get into ...

Jun 05, 20231 hr 21 min

Terp Mansion: Marijuana Mansion in Humboldt, Growing Up in the Business, Emerald Kid

From the Heart of NorCal we welcome The Emerald Kid to First Smoke. A young entrepreneur, grower, businessman, family man, and many more hats. We go into what it’s like running a massive multi acre cultivation. Being a fully functional single sourced farm from the cultivation all way to finished flowers, rosin & hash holes. The Terp Mansion also does tours and consulting services so we get into what it’s like running all these different facets of the industry all at once. Especially for such...

May 29, 20231 hr 4 min

Pizza Pusha: Cannabis Lounges in NYC, Coney Island Cannabis, Stoney Brand

Today we are in New York City at the Stoned Lounge with the one and only Pizza Pusha. We are recording in one of his various NYC lounges that are one of a kind immersive (food x weed) experiences. Hospitality and New York go hand in hand so what’s the next level of this ?! An entrepreneur like Pizza Pusha opening various experience based eateries around the city with different themes. Matching themed menus with venues and plenty of medicated options with big vibes. How does someone with no hospi...

May 22, 202349 min

Styles P: Strain Gang, The LOX, Versus Battles, Smoking Worldwide, Platinum Records

Pour up some fresh juice and roll one up from this musician's ventures “Juices for Life” and “Strain Gang.” We welcome Styles P originally from Bed-Stuy, New York to the First Smoke of the Day Podcast. Highly accredited musician and writer with platinum records. Known for many ventures over his career like being in the world famous group “The Lox” and accredited writing for Bad Boy records. Smash singles like We get high, Money Power Respect, We’ll always love Big Poppa, and so many more. Styles...

May 15, 20231 hr 18 min

Astor Club: New York & LA Lounges, Piff & Haze History, Thailand after 9/11

Astor Club based in the Mecca of hospitality New York, NY. One of the largest consumer states for connoisseur cannabis smokers, so what’s the cross collaboration?! A chill place in a city that never sleeps. This haven for smokers and artists from all over is called the Astor Club NYC. A meeting place for every walk of life that have a passion for cannabis in common. A daily pop into the club and see brand owners, celebs, artists, musicians, sports players and “in the know” travelers. Cannabis br...

May 08, 20231 hr 32 min

Zackwoods: Harvard Hustling, Growing Up in Compton, No-Tray No-Play

Straight from Los Angeles we welcome Zackwoods to First Smoke of the Day. A highly creative and collaborative brand that started out of a smokers passion. From a rough upbringing in Los Angeles we get into Zackwoods journey that spans years and states. His collaborations with artists from all over and special style of branding is unique to the Zackwoods brand. Branding popular strains while his team cooks up the new flavors for the drops we speak about the hustle and passion to keep creating. Th...

May 01, 20232 hr 32 min

Wonderbrett: Strain Flavor Factory, Color Palette of Unique Genetics, Xzibit Friendship

A Terpy smoke filled welcome to Brett of Wonderbrett. We talk about being an OG in the “OG” cannabis game growing up in the Mecca of the strain Og Kush. Being on scene for some famous cannabis history. Brett speaks of growing up with two successful artist parents who were financially well off to then a drastic life change that began a family struggle that impacted Brett’s life and we talk about what life was like through those times. We get into how Brett met Xzibit 20+ years ago and how their f...

Apr 24, 20232 hr 12 min

Wooksauce Winery: World Renown Hash, Grape Gas, Winning Emerald Cup, Brazilian Culture

Today on First Smoke we welcome the head Wooks of Wooksauce Winery & founder of Girls in Green. We dive deep about the hash maker and grower journey that has brought them around the globe multiple times. This duo has traveled and Won multiple awards for their Full melt Hashish and top tier rosin. Known all over for their single sourced top grade hash and sought after collaborations. Alice of Girls in Green and Wooksauce is a Brazilian who made her way to Humboldt also tells her journey and h...

Apr 17, 20231 hr 59 min

Let's Breed Some Cannabis | Bradly from Raw Genetics | Zephyr Zeeds | FSOTD Ep. 89

A huge Smoke filled welcome to Raw Genetics a breeder based in Southern California. We get into some of his famous crosses (Stuffed French Toast, White Zlushiez, Galaxy Glaze, Strawberry Strudel, Strawberry Fritter, and many more) We talk breeding males to females and also what it takes to reverse a female plant to pollinate another female plant. Raw genetics has genetic collabs with brand a like Tiki Madman, Zephyr, Katsu, and Blackleaf. A fun episode for information on breeding and what it’s l...

Apr 10, 20231 hr 32 min

Rick Ross: High Tolerance Collab, Collins Ave Strain, Wingstop Munchies, Miami HEAT

Friends call him "Rozay" others know him as the “Biggest Boss” Miami rapper Rick Ross meets in Miami for a special First Smoke of the Day. Ross, a Florida native who grew up in Carol City, Florida. Rick Ross lights up and talks about living his businesses, living his brands and making music. Picture It’s 2006, and Ross drops the “Port of Miami" album and BOOM it hits No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 albums chart and makes "Hustlin'" a Huge breakout hit. Fast forward to now Seventeen plus + ye...

Apr 03, 202351 min

Trufflez Inc - Episode 87

Huge First Smoke welcome to Trufflez owner and serial entrepreneur. We get into some great business lessons and knowledge gems dropped throughout the podcast about cannabis and real estate. We dive into multi million dollar real estate deals all the way to a multi million dollar cannabis company, and the business lessons learned as well as passed on to our listeners and Us at first smoke. We always get to absorb so much hands on knowledge from our guests and lessons throughout life this was one ...

Mar 27, 20231 hr 45 min

Sour Wavez: Making Wild Memes, Growing for Decades, Hustle Culture & Comedy

Sour Waves is a name that either makes you laugh and smile or have a full on Instagram meltdown. A Professional level meme maker and as we learn lifelong growers with a deep history in the cannabis space. We get to hear first hand about the man “waves”, from living in Northern California for years chasing his true passion. Years of cannabis cultivation experience that many of his followers have yet to fully hear about the journey. This was a fun podcast that really helps showcase how much is beh...

Mar 20, 20231 hr 56 min

Champelli: Years on the Run, Champagne Strain, Mac Dre, Bay Area Legend

Champelli sits down with FSOTD today and we get to hear the official “Champagne” strain history and Champelli’s unbelievable journey. The journey of Champelli hasn’t been an easy one, with years of being on the run in multiple foreign countries to come back years later and still face a cannabis case. Before the crazy times Champelli talks about what it was like at the top when it was all champagne dreams. Bay Area cannabis legend and renowned music producer for artists like (Mac Dre). Champelli ...

Mar 13, 20232 hr 20 min

Bodega Boys: Valuable Business Lessons, Passion for Cannabis, Family Legacy

Today we have a special guest “Paras”, the owner and founder of the Bodega Boyz. We start off with a warm smoke filled welcome and get into the impressive and extensive business experience that Paras Aka Bodega Boyz has.  From before starting into the cannabis business his experience is decades in the making. From operating over 20+ of the top retail phone stores in New York to packing his whole team and family up with a move to Oklahoma for the Green Rush. The business experience that Para...

Mar 06, 20231 hr 45 min

Dr. Dabber: Poker Tour Dreams, Advanced Smoking Devices, Florida Roots

Crazy enough the First Smoke of the Day hosts were there when the brand Dr Dabber was formed many years ago. Being able to witness first hand the formation and brand identity into the growth they have today is overwhelmingly inspiring. Blackleaf and Jamie from Dr Dabber go all the way back to their college days together. The growth over a decade of the Dr Dabber brand including the launch of many portable devices has been inspiring.  Jamie, one of Dr Dabber’s owners originally from south Fl...

Feb 27, 20231 hr 54 min
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