Montel speaks with Jennifer Conforti on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Jennifer thought she would never have children, and then was blessed with a surprise pregnancy at age 42. Shortly after the birth of their beautiful baby girl, they learned she had a congenital brain defect and she was later given a secondary diagnosis of severe autism. When her behavior developed into self harm, no doctors or therapists had the answers that would help their child. They tried thirty different pharmaceuticals and none of them worked. That’s when they learned about medical cannabis, and everything changed.
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A GOLDEN STATE | NISHANT REDDY
On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with Nishant Reddy, a CEO and Founder who is widely recognized as an expert within the cannabis sector.
Leveraging a successful career in institutional finance with a focus on investment banking and private equity, he has built one of the most respected and financially successful cannabis enterprises in the US, Satya Capital. He is regularly featured as a thought leader in Forbes, Business Insider and Bloomberg, and is considered an outspoken advocate of social justice and sustainability.
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CANNABIS, CROHNS & 5 STAR EDIBLES | DAVID YUSEFZADEH
On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Michelin Star Chef David Yusefzadeh. David was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2011 and has been utilizing cannabis to allow him to function in his everyday life. He is a Michelin Star Chef and food designer who spent the majority of his career working eighty hours a week in fine dining restaurants and hotels around the world. Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mario Batali and Richard Ekkebus are just a few of the chefs that he has spent time with professionally. He is currently the CEO and Founder of Plant Jam, a cannabis edibles company based in Massachusetts.
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OHIO CANNABIS SUMMIT | MARCIA PLEDGER
Montel talks with Marcia Pledger on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Marcia is the co-founder of the Ohio Cannabis Health & Business Summit, an annual educational event in Cleveland aimed at both the general public and people in the cannabis industry. She is a freelance business journalist, content creator and author with 30 years-experience covering local and national stories on topics as diverse as cannabis and technology, to opinion pieces and small business challenges and she covers various aspects of the cannabis industry in her “Blunt Talk” blog.
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CHICAGO CRAFT CANNABIS | AKELE PARNELL
Montel talks with Chicago cannabis entrepreneur Akele Parnell on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Akele earned his masters degree in public health and doctorate of law degree from Washington University. He served as in-house counsel at Green Thumb Industries Inc., one of the largest publicly traded cannabis companies in the U.S. There, he worked across finance, securities, corporate governance, commercial transactions, real estate, M&A, corporate transactions and social equity to assist the company’s market expansion and business development activities. Today he is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ÜMI Farms, a Chicago-born craft cannabis company. He is the recipient of the Clio Award for the Community Benefits Agreement with Nature’s Care Dispensary West Loop and BCB Mastermind’s Trailblazer in Social Equity He is also a member of the board of directors of Chicago NORML, and the Cannabis Equity Illinois Coalition where he co-led the negotiation and implementation of the cannabis industry’s first community benefits agreement.
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CANNABIS CBGa & AUTISM | MIKE ROBINSON
On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel welcomes Mike Robinson back to the show to discuss how CBGa has helped his daughter who suffers with Autism. Mike is the founder of the Global Cannabinoid Research Center and a three time cancer surviver who has utilized cannabis to treat cancer, as well as his epilepsy, PTSD and Chronic Lyme disease. He is the former Director of Consumer Affairs at the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, a journalist and former civil rights lobbyist.
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CANNABIS DELTA-8 | CHRIS BOUCHER
On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with Hemp-OG Chris Boucher about the potential pitfalls of Delta-8 products on the industry. Chris has been involved in the hemp industry since the early 1990’s globally. In 1994, he became the first person in modern times permitted to legally grow a hemp crop in the US, at the USDA Research Center in Brawley, California. In 2014, he established a large, sustainable hemp farm in California to support his educational, commercial, and advocacy activities and now today, he is CEO of Farmtiva, Inc. which breeds and sells CBD fiber and grain seeds and co-founder of Juicetiva Hemp CBDA Powder.
In recent years, the oversupply of CBD extracted from US grown-hemp caused the price of CBD to plummet, and some CBD producers began to experiment. The result was the emergence of Delta-8 products being widely marketed and sold across the country with no regulatory oversight and limited laboratory testing. Most products sold as delta-8-THC typically contain a high percentage of delta-8-THC and small amounts of other cannabinoids, including delta-9-THC, and reaction by-products. Some of the cannabinoids are not naturally found in cannabis. In most cases, nothing is known about the health effects of these impurities.
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NFL TO CANNABIS OPERATOR | RUBEN LINDO
On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with serial entrepreneur, financier and former professional football player Ruben Lindo. Ruben broke into the cannabis industry in 2015 as a consultant and then began a national CBD company in 2018. The following year he founded Blak Mar Farms, which today is present in three states and growing. After ten years in professional football, he also started coffee and cigar companies, restaurants, tech firms and has worked in construction management and nonprofits. Herbn Couture is a lifestyle Brand that falls under the Blak Mar Farms Cannabis brand. Over the past several years Ruben has hosted the Herbn Couture Luxury Cannabis Networking Gala to give regular people access to the cannabis industry, bringing together cannabis executives, lawyers, accountants , investors and current and future cannabis operators.
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MISS GRASS | KATE MILLER
Montel talks with Kate Miller, co-founder and CEO of Miss Grass, on this episode of Let’s be Blunt. Miss Grass is a brand on a mission to help the world get good at weed. Inspired by her stint working at a dispensary in college and powered by a decade-long career in entertainment where she worked alongside Ben Silverman and led brand partnerships for Lorne Micheals’ Broadway Video, Kate is dedicated to rewriting the pervasive and shameful narrative around the plant and building a community of conscious cannabis consumers.
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