Steve Underwood is the co-founder of Good Theater. He is an actor, director, writer, and set designer. His one-person multimedia show, Underwaterguy , premiered at Good Theater and was presented off-off-Broadway in NYC. His newest play, THE HIGH ROAD , a multimedia show about Cannabis, just completed a successful run at St. Lawrence Arts on Portland’s East End. Discussed this week: Blue Diamond almonds, corn, and bean salsa, getting Rosetta stoned, Bear fruit rolls, intersectionality and sexuali...
Mar 07, 2023•57 min•Season 6Ep. 18
PotAdvisor.com was started by two friends in Southern ME, Dan McGarry and Travis Sjurseth. Both have a history of working in the tech space. Dan owns and operates his own web development company, focusing more on backend development, while Travis worked mainly in front-end and marketing throughout his career. Their goal as more states legalize cannabis consumption is to provide a place for new and seasoned cannabis consumers to learn more about ins-and-outs of safe cannabis consumption, includin...
Feb 27, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Jack is a southern transplant in Maine, originally hailing from North Carolina. He fell in love with math education and currently works as a tutor. In his free time you can often find him playing Super Smash Brothers Melee, cooking new recipes, or role-playing in DND. Kudos to Maine Fire Company for the product we examined in this episode! Discussed this week: NC to ME, Being a Math tutor, the "S", weed blackouts, negative numbers, grav bong camping, help to sleep, taking a walk with a joint, sw...
Feb 22, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Abigail comes from a background in economics and finance. She has a bachelor's degree from Lynchburg and a family in the accounting business. She has worked in accounting since 2010 and has owned Old Woods since 2015. Helping people start and manage their small to medium size businesses is fun, and she always looks for a challenge. Helping people overcome their obstacles excites her and keeps her passion going. What Abigail loves most about working with cannabis is setting a standard in this ind...
Feb 14, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 15
I've had a run of bad luck. A snowstorm knocked out my power and internet for over 36 hours last week. On top of being ill with a mysterious malady for the entirety of January, I just tested positive for covid and feel like shit from a butt. Creating content will resume when I can do it without using every spoon I have availible to me.
Jan 29, 2023•1 min
Derek Shirley is originally from Pittsburgh, PA, where he received and still has a felony for 4 ounces of cannabis flower. He is a father of a little boy named Haze and an awesome human partner to Sequoia, who he calls his wife. In his town of Gray, Maine, Derek serves as a municipality official serving as a Zoning Board of Appeals board member. Shirley spends a good chunk of time reading legislation, policy, and bill and then writes and delivers public testimony based on his feelings. He gets l...
Jan 18, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Zach is currently an account manager with Coastal Vape Co. He began his cannabis career in 2020 but has been a patient since 2014 and a frequent cannabis user for over a decade. Outside of selling vape hardware, he also grows for his consumption and constantly researches the plant and science behind it. Discussed this week: Vape hardware, cereal, eating things like apples, different consistencies, rosin pod system, SAB, top shelf care, keify coffins, biking to KFC, remembering why you enjoy some...
Jan 11, 2023•50 min•Season 6Ep. 13
*Now, With Music! Jim Berry is the inventor of several cannabis cleaning products, such as Mile High Cleaner, the Cannamag, and the triple brush. Why use products like 420 cleaner that have no ingredients listed? MHC is non-toxic, not a hazard to the bacteria in your sink, and literally edible! Would YOU put your mouth near that crunchy blue liquid? Discussed this week: Recording in a bathroom, selling furniture to the government, having a huge sweet tooth, pineapple upside-down pancakes, greek ...
Jan 06, 2023•49 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Michael E, founder of The Maine Cannagar Co., is a hand-rolled super-fan who is passionate about discovering the best ways to roll your cannabis. Discussed this week: ice cream kicks, bunny tracks, Big Smoke, two decades experience rolling, hooked on Blue Bunny, bunny tracks, busy bowls, the preroll market, party bowls, lip holding spots, achieving an even burn, "Big Smoke coming to get you", relegating cigars, huga Jamaican hand rolls, old school wall power vaping, Lyda Rollitup, and more!...
Dec 20, 2022•39 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Greetings! No guest this week and no episode next week as we go on our regularly scheduled hiatus. The poems included in this reading are Training Day, Sexy Cat Poem, Beautiful Beach Goth, Happy Birthday, and (K)no(w) Children. Also, I need guests for the next game show episode! Shoot me a message @potluckypodcast on Instagram!
Nov 30, 2022•18 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Casey found out about the pod and asked to share his experience with cannabis on the show! This behavior is encouraged- I always need people to interview! He's a medical patient, a lover of cannabis, and a purveyor of new things from new places. Catch him at nickcasey25 on Instagram, and check out @MarksOrganics and @Audreyhartburn while you're at it. My sincere apologies for the audio quality and issues in sound consistency. We're working on it, and your patience is appreciated. If I could shar...
Nov 23, 2022•43 min•Season 6Ep. 9
I discovered Nico, the owner of The Mushroom Hut, at the Wells farmers market this past summer- who wouldn't want to chat up the guy with a reliable source for Lion's Mane mushrooms? Nico recently returned from Alaska and is currently spending this winter hunting for Black Trumpet mushrooms beside a river near you! Discussed this week: Smoking out of a LEGO head, Orville Redenbacher, toasty Cheez-It's, 10mm mysteries, fruit smell, the pain ( Schmidt's sting pain index) scale, Coyote Peterson, Ca...
Nov 16, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 8
This week's guest is Krist Shaw! She is a native Mainer in the hometown of Saco, Maine, on the Maine Cannabis Industry Association board, and a member of the Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine. Kristi has spent twenty-and-change years growin' the green and is a mum of two with her husband, Jody. Discussed this week: Nana's Church Van, behind the Redwood Curtain, dabbling in herbalism, tea, peanut butter spoons, Cannafam, shoulder shelves, cannabis story hour, incubating ideas, the Women's Can...
Nov 11, 2022•32 min•Season 6Ep. 7
I went to Medible Delights in Lewiston, Maine, and spent some quality time with Kasey, a very knowledgeable budtender, and Cameron, co-owner of this excellent, good-smelling bakery! If you're interested in reading more about these fine folks, I wrote about them in the October/November issue of Cannabis Connections of Maine to celebrate their going-on seven years of serving the patients in their community. Discussed this week: Angel Funk Flower, Bonbons, Caramels, Deer In Headlights flower, E-rig...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 6
Joe's lived in New England most of his life. He's an avid boater, skier, and biker who loves good times with good people and any second he can spend outside. Joe loves seeing his nieces and nephews and enjoys vacationing with them in Maryland and North Carolina. He moved back to the Portland area about a year ago after living in Vermont for eleven years. He's a big Patriots and Red Sox fan. Before CRS, Joe worked in sales and marketing in the ski industry, and he feels lucky to be working in ano...
Oct 25, 2022•47 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Poetry! Passion! Social Betterment! As a longtime medical cannabis patient, Victoria Littman brings a deep and personal understanding of the cannabis plant and its use to her legal practice and advocacy. She is a founding member of the Psychedelic Bar Association and a member of the Religious Use and Legalization and Regulation Committees and a member of the International Cannabis Bar Association and its Amicus Committee. Victoria is based outside of Providence, Rhode Island and licensed to prac...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Bong Beetles may not be real, but the danger your bong water poses to your health is. Change your water at least once a day, and be spared the horrible fate of Philo P. Pharmsworth. If you'd like to know more about the scourge of sluggish stoners, check out this episode with MCR Labs (https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1ofb2p) or read all about it in the November-December edition of Cannabis Connections of Maine!
Oct 11, 2022•3 min
After 34 years in the printing industry, Patrick Grenier needed a new challenge, so he joined the PreRoll-ER company, and since then, it's been a blast! The cannabis world is full of opportunities and so active ... not a day passes without a smile here. Discussed this week: living in French Canada, a smattering of French vocab, PTSD and CBD, having a kick-ass wife, ten pills a day, potato chips, disappointing subway sandwiches, winter squash, Botch , alcoholic confectionaries, dos leche, bubbleg...
Oct 03, 2022•38 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Mike Esposito is a microbiologist and plant nerd who has worked with cannabis for nearly a decade and has been a consumer for about 15 years. His background is in Plant, Soil, and Insect sciences, and working in a cannabis testing lab has allowed him to combine his favorite field of study with his favorite plant. Having worked in various cultivation sites across Massachusetts, Mike is interested in using scientific approaches to improve cannabis quality for consumers and safety for cultivators a...
Sep 28, 2022•48 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Fraktal cannabis is a family business out of Acton, Maine, that focuses on hunting and growing unique genetics using heavy organic inputs. We believe the best weed is created by blending data-driven, high-tech agricultural techniques with old-school, organic techniques to boost soil health and terpene profiles. Our immediate family controls every aspect of the process, from seed to sale, to ensure our high standards. We produce flower, solvent-less concentrates, and old-school hashish sold in sh...
Sep 21, 2022•45 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Nate, the owner and only full-time employee of Upward Organics, loves learning outside his comfort zone. He lives in 500 sq ft above a garage with two dogs, three cats, and fiance/partner Kate. A 3-time national human dogsled champion. Where he found enough willing humans to make a dogsled, we may never know. Discussed this week: cool jobs and shit jobs, Seaweed Co, getting a contact high from a hands-on approach, head radio, herbal blends nutritional yeast, Smokehouse almond milk, cereal dust, ...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Gang, I can finally check this bad larry off my vision board. I FINALLY managed to procure an exclusive interview with Caroline Crasnick of Green Truck Farms! This has been a goal since before episode zero happened. They're THE name in cannabis in my neck of the wood, and it truly feels like an accomplishment to be able to hit publish on this episode. Caroline is a constant, chummy face at the Growers Marketplace hosted by Independent Diamond Brokers on the first Thursday of most months. She has...
Aug 22, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Richard Stanley is an award-winning wooden boatbuilder from Southwest Harbor, Maine. He has collected and made tools all his life, inventing Klipeaz smoking clips along the way. He became full owner of the family boatbuilding business in 2010, after working there full time since 1982, and continues to work on wooden boats. Lorraine Stanley is an artist and entrepreneur. She graduated from Hampshire College in 1994 and has had all kinds of jobs, from digging footers in North Carolina and roofing ...
Aug 17, 2022•47 min•Season 5Ep. 18
**Editor's note: It was too hot to record inside, and we didn't have a stage to record on, soooooo the audio has pool-filter-inspired white noise and sometimes gets louder for no reason! We'll fix this next time, but you have been warned.** This is the inaugural episode of Truth or Dab or Dab! Joining me in this episode are Drew (@moosemandrew) and Kyle (@tjaekazuta), and the Poly Packet: Meshila (@taking.the_high_road), Victoria (@cakeskoolaid), and Tyler (open a bad of sweet chili Doritos and ...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Born'n'raised in Maine, Em and Duncan started loud & local in 2018 with 2 pallets of dirt, many peanut butter sandwiches, and some hopes and dreams. Four years later, their organically grown cannabis is making a name for itself in the medical market. Em is a nonbinary human who loves plants, animals, rolling joints, and sighing deeply. Discussed this week: eating stems raw, childhood photos, farmers' markets, Smoking a Bone, hemp plastic dube-tubes, hugging daikons, the intersectionality of ...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Zack has been blowing glass since 2013. You might find him swimming with Amy or skateboarding when he is not making beautiful art. Zack loves all animals and has two cats with Amy. Amy has been helping Zack with his glass since 2015 by adding delicate sandblasted designs to his art. In her free time, she loves to prepare food. She also loves going bike riding and snowboarding with Zack. She is also an animal lover. Her favorite animal is the raccoon. Discussed this week: Glassblowing, sandblasti...
Jul 26, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 15
No matter what you grow or how you grow it, High Wire Hydroponics wants to be the one to grow with you, our special guest Jeff included :) Discussed this week: local jokers and salesman, plants not taking a day off, cannabis out of context, IDB vs. IMDB, the snack that smiles back, an unfortunate baking situation, Orlean's fries, homebrew, plant maintenance, transcriptions, brick hash, Black Dog Kush, GMO Haze, the most potent name you can drop in conversation, the circus, skunk incarnations, pi...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Josh is one cool dude. Not only have we been friends since High School, but he's also the dude that got me back into weed in college! What would this show be without generosity of Josh? Discussed this week: eating straight flour, nametag pranks, pizza, Snargento, peasant breggfast, grocery store sniffs and bug spray huffs, birthday floor spit, a 3Ds as a laptop, green out, painting buildings, free art, brutal architecture, and more!
Jul 12, 2022•33 min•Season 5Ep. 13
This is the first episode of a new game dubbed All Your Bases Covered. Those of you learned in the alphabet game- i.e., "I'm going to the Zoo and with me, I'm bringing..."- will find this familiar. With the help of trusty budtender J.T, we went through the alphabet with weed strains, products from their inventory, and some key features about them. Does your local dispensary have all its bases covered? Vetted sure did!: Asphalt, Banana Macaroon, CBG, CBD tincture, Durban, Entourage preroll, Flowe...
Jul 05, 2022•21 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Derek Lundstedt founded symbiotic Cultures to strive toward sustainability while maintaining competitive quality. After seeing firsthand the lack of sustainable practices, unnecessary waste, and high carbon footprint in the commercial industry, Derek was determined to create a cultivation system that was less detrimental to our planet. This led him to his decision to grow in living soil using energy-efficient LEDs and environmental control equipment. He and his team also run greenhouses in the s...
Jun 28, 2022•43 min•Season 5Ep. 11