High-Rise Podcasts

A laid-back, data-backed discussion on the cannabis market with notable industry leaders.

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E116-A field report from New York’s cannabis market and California’s interstate letter

E115-Which US states are on deck for legalizing recreational cannabis in 2023?

E114-NYC opens its very first recreational cannabis shop and New Jersey throws a little friendly shade

E113-Q&A Session from Trailblazers X Alpha Root webinar series

112-Hospitality & advocacy experts Sara Stewart and Scot Rutledge give us the goods on how consumption lounges will work in Nevada

E111-Tis the season for holiday specific cannabis products — is this a sign of the industry starting to normalize?

E110-And just like that…Joe Biden signs the medical marijuana research bill into law

E109-Nevada cannabis consumption lounges are about to drop in 2023—imagine the innovation!

E108-New York rolls out regulations and its first set of licenses — we have many questions

E107-‘I’ll stop procrastinating tomorrow’ says US congress about cannabis reform

E106-How will Midterm election results impact cannabis legislation?

105-Talking about cannabis retail with Kyle Sherman founder and CEO of Flowhub

E104-Let’s talk about Germany getting ready to legalize recreational cannabis by 2024

E103-Canopy Growth to close all retail in Canada and now sets its sights on the US

E102-Legends in cannabis policy reform Vicente Sederberg stop by the High Rise

E101-Turns out M&A in cannabis is hard: Verano drops the deal to buy Goodness Growth

E100-Reflections and origin stories around the cannabis industry for our 100th episode!

E99-Biden’s cannabis pardon is a win for criminal justice, does this help accelerate Federal legalization?

E98-The story of Suzan Nickelson, first female and black woman to own a cannabis license in NJ

E97-How the scarcity of capital negatively impacts minority cannabis entrepreneurs

E96-Building a plane while it’s flying a.k.a. Minnesota’s cannabis legalization efforts

E95-NIMBY towns are mistakenly supporting illegal cannabis sales and other sketchy things

E94-Seeing Through the Smoke with Dr. Peter Grinspoon

E93-Benzinga Chicago wrap-up, the upcoming midterm elections, and MK Ultra?

E92-The upside-down world of Republicans out progressing Democrats on cannabis decriminalization in Ohio

E91-Operation Sunburn Cannabis with special guests Danny Moses & Brady Cobb

E90-What’s the strategic rationale behind cannabis companies acquiring vegetable farms?

E89-The mainstreaming of cannabis beverages: the good, the not so bad, and the form factors

E88-Our decompression session: breaking down the comprehensive McGinley episode

E87-The coming headwinds and tailwinds for the cannabis industry with Matt McGinley

E86-A New York State of cannabis MSOs

E85-Post lockdown: analyzing earnings data with growth trends in US cannabis

E84-Let’s talk about ‘weed lite’ aka Delta-8 products

E83-The balance of weed vs greed in the legal cannabis space with journalist Will Yakowicz from Forbes

E82-The curious case of why Canadian growers destroyed 425 million grams of cannabis last year

E81-More cannabis reform updates: don’t worry, it’s actually positive news

E80-Special guest Rick Farman co-founder of Superfly: at the nexus of cannabis and music festivals

E79-Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level—where are we at, what’s it gonna take?

E78-Crowd-growing: part cannabis, part crypto, and part crowd funding—what could go wrong?

E77-High Rise talks shop with Spencer and Mark from Range Marketing

E76-Woody Harrelson has a new pot shop—is it boutique or big business?

E75-Jobs in cannabis, turnover rates, and the impending recession

E74-Washington D.C. legalizes again and Snoop’s latest, ‘Sleepy Joe OG’

E73-Why are we seeing sensationalist journalism around high potency cannabis all of a sudden?

E72-Minnesota just legalized edibles—let’s unpack this

E71-Cannabis activations and music festivals, why is this still a rare thing?

E70-The uniquely American product known as cannabis and the 4th of July holiday

E69-Pre-Roll mania with Bryan Gerber CEO & founder of Hara Supply

E68-The War on Drugs: Federal Government’s latest

E67 - Where does the beverage category go from here?

E66- A short story about Parallel: when investing in cannabis MSOs gets messy

E65 - Ascend Wellness teams up to sue the federal government over 280E and interstate commerce

E64 - Cannabis beverages and The Boston Beer Company

E63-A little events recap, NJ sales crushes in its first month, RI is #19, and DE is the lamest state right now

E62 - Some 420 data, Houseplant’s House, NM & NJ sales, and stocks are still down

E61 - Lines out the door in NJ, sales to begin this fall in NY, Canopy layoffs, and a little poolsides debrief

E60 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Nancy Whiteman from Wana

E59 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Karson Humiston from Vangst

E58 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Brady Cobb from One Plant

E57 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with US Representative Nancy Mace

E56 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Kim Rivers from Trulieve

E55 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Aaron Miles & Sammy Dorf from Verano

E54 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Morgan Paxhia from Poseidon

E53 - High Rise Poolside Sessions with Abner Kurtin from Ascend Wellness Holdings

E52 - Pretty pretty pretty good episode, NJ & NM finally did it, NY does 280E, and 420 the 'high holiday'

E51 - The MORE Act finally passes, earnings season wraps up, and big M&A moves with guest Matt McGinley

E50 - Talking about cannabis jobs, reform, and working in a startup industry with Scott Kenyon

E49 - Poolside sessions - Brett Heyman Founder & Creative Director at Flower by Edie Parker

E48 - Poolside sessions - Tahira Rehmatullah Co-Founder & CEO at Commons and Jacqueline Bennett Co-founder & Managing Partner at Highland Venture Partners

E47 - Poolside sessions - Dustin Moore CoFounder & Chief Strategy Officer of Embarc

E46 - Poolside sessions - Julia Germaine Operating Partner at Kindrun

E45 - Poolside sessions - Mikaela McLaughlin VP Of Business Development at springbig

E44 - Poolside sessions - Aaron Trahan Head of Customer Operations at Texas Original

E43 - Poolside sessions - Valda Coryat Chief Marketing Officer at Trulieve

E42 - Cannabis industry earnings update with Matt McGinley

E41 - The parallels of traditional CPG and cannabis CPG with Joe Bayern

E40 - From Clorox to cannabis: A fun conversation with Troy Datcher

E39 - A Highly Objective take on this week in cannabis with Dai Truong

E38 - Delaware and Wisconsin are starting to legalize, New York has new MMJ rules, and Amazon needs workers

E37 - Twitter Spaces edition with special guest Jason Wild

E36 - Reflections and projections: Looking forward to 2022!

E35 - Ending 2021 on a High-Note with Andrea Cabral

E34 - High-Rise Poolside Sessions: Hall of Flowers Palm Springs coverage, Tilray gets into whiskey, and San Francisco removes city tax

E33 - Matt Hawkins founder and managing partner of Entourage Effect Capital talks about the recent news with Harborside in California

E32 - Terrascend acquires Gage to expand in Michigan, AYR’s earnings and new brand identity, Canopy Growth C-suite shakeup, and giving thanks

E31 - Kim Rivers CEO of Trulieve

E30 - All about the States Reform Act: Will this finally be the end federal prohibition?

E29 - It’s Earnings Season for Q321, big picture trends, the economy’s effects on cannabis, and ‘dank at scale’

E28 - MJBiz article misrepresents data, down 5% is the new flat, and do recent USA election losses affect legalization?

E27 - Back from MJBiz, Columbia Care brings in whole flower to NY, Canna Cabana adopts membership club model, and Indica vs Sativa — a new old take

E26 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Steve Albarran, Co-Founder & CEO, Confident Cannabis

E25 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Rosie Mattio, CEO & Founder, MATTIO Communications

E24 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Kyle Sherman, CEO & Founder, Flowhub

E23 High Rise Poolside Sessions - Graham Farrar, Co-founder, President & Board Director, Glass House Brands

E22 - High Rise Poolside Sessions - Dennis O’Malley, COO, The Parent Company

E21 - Acquisitions abound, AZ vs WA by the numbers, and ‘ankle-biters’?

E20 - The Business of Cannabis in New York and around the industry

E19 - Remote from Hall of Flowers 2021, Challenges for small farmers in CA, and SAFE Banking Act news

E18 - Cannabis markets in Europe: The investment landscape, MSOs, and the future of medical cannabis research

E17 - New Jersey regs, California’s DCC, Nevada consumption lounges, and the state of Florida vs Leafly