A special episode with the co-founder of acclaimed cannabis lubricant brand Velvet Swing. Chelsea Cebara wasn’t a cannabis consumer when she arrived in Seattle as a Florida transplant. Trained in the scientific method, Cebara came to the creation of her product through unorthodox avenues.

• Cebara entered the cannabis industry while teaching sex education various Seattle weed and sex shops.
• A week prior to Washington State legalization, a painful endometriosis attack brought her to the cannabis plant. 
• Cebara co-founded her brand with the dominatrix and writer Mistress Matisse (Episode 20) 

Chelsea Cebara on Twitter

Velvet Swing

Golfer Laura Baugh, Chelsea's mother

Mistress Matisse on Twitter

How taming endometriosis started another woman's cannabis journey

Alex Halperin’s Cannabis Dictionary

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Our first Freezer Stash release is an interview with Sister Kate, who declared herself a nun in 2014 and has dedicated herself to compassionate activism. 

• Sister Kate and the Sisters of the Valley make the grow hemp in a spiritual environment, specifically a farm outside of Merced, California.
• The documentary Breaking Habits covers Sister Kate's fascinating pre-cannabis life.
•  The sisters' production calendar is based on the cycles of the moon. The company is based outside of Merced, California.

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For our final installment of this series, we bring you our once-exclusive 2019 discussion with the culture editor at Weedmaps. Nic joins Alex and Donny in talk about:

• Our rapidly changing cannabis culture
• Creating content for Weedmaps, and the bravery of writing about weed.
• The refreshingly unglamorous portrayal of marijuana in Broad City.

Nicolas Juarez on Twitter

Alex’s Halperin on bongs

David Cross on cannabis culture

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WeedWeek Council member Tammy Pettigrew is best known as Instagram educator @thecannabiscutie — one of the fresh voices out of Orange County weed. Alex and Donnell chat with Pettigrew about weed's place post-quarantine, and how microdosing edibles has been a recent key to pleasant parenting.

• An educator and cannabis advocate, Tammy Pettigrew also has a MBA.
• Pettigrew, who first appeared on Episode 49 of this podcast, has taken her home classroom to her garden, to further de-stigmatize the  cannabis for her children.
• She said weed should not be viewed as a remedy to the recent rise in domestic violence issues.

Tammy Pettigrew on Instagram

Key cannabis legislation likely shelved for 2020

Alex Halperin’s Cannabis Dictionary

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Dan Herer’s father crashed the hemp movement into existence with his self-published 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. A new ebook edition is out, and the pioneer’s son explains why hemp’s sacred text is more relevant than ever.

• A post-divorce convert to cannabis, Jack Herer clashed with the established legalization movement
• In 1980, the senior Herer was cited for “violation of the sedition” act for protesting pot prohibition and served 15 days in federal prison. It was there that he wrote the book, which was published on news print.
• When a fan developed the “Jack Herer” strain, the man himself was present

The Emperor Wears No Clothes (ebook) and Green Market Report review.

Jack Herer Brands on Instagram

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In the early months of California legalization, Donny traveled to Oakland for a conversation with 4&20 Blackbirds CEO Chip Moore, also known as a mainstay of the He Ain't Heavy Alliance. The two discuss:

• Oakland's proud weed history and the role of activism like the Munchie Movement in it. 
• The evolution of Moore's delivery service-turned-community organization 4&20 Blackbirds.
• The origins and future of social equity in California.

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This week Alex and Donnell sit down with LGBTQ activist and cannabis entrepreneur Buck Angel to talk about the queer community's role in cannabis legalization, Buck's experience being the first trans man in LA to have hormone replacement therapy, and how he made his way from porn star to public figure. Plus, CBD is on the rise. Pride Wellness: https://pridewellness.netLos Angeles LGBT Center: Https://Lalgbtcenter.OrgBuck Angel On What Every Trans Man Should Ask His Gynecologist: Https://Bust.Com/Sex/195055-Trans-Man-Gyneologist-Advice-Buck-Angel.HtmlMore about Buck's Story: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/a-conversation-with-buck-angel-the-self-professed-tran-pa-and-man-with-a-pussy-2CBD deodorant and more: https://www.businessinsider.com/unilever-is-the-latest-consumer-giant-to-break-into-the-potentially-16-billion-hemp-and-cbd-space-with-a-new-line-of-deodorants-2019-4If you love WeedWeek and want to support us, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have awesome thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you will get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you will get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine from Banana Bros (bananabros.com), a $129 value. Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

Swami Select founders Nikki Lastreto and Swami Chaitania met in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, coupled in 1980, and started their Mendocino County farm in 2003. The couple share their transition from globe-trotting seekers to practitioners of regenerative farming. 

Swami Select 

Why cannabis growers are looking to regenerative farming?

“Corona Love,” Sheltering with Swami

Big Brother & the Holding Company

Alex Halperin on The Dworkin Report

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One day past 4/20, we reciprocate our podcast swap with Portland’s Wondering Jews. This time, Alex and Donny quiz Roy and Josh on how they came to effortlessly blend Talmudic study and cannabis love. Plus: The Man Who Legalized Cannabis.Alex and Donny Join the WJ’s “What Jew Talkin’ About?”http://wonderingjews.buzzsprout.com/385243/3340495-episode-21-orange-cream-wondering-with-weedweekAlex Halperin's Cannabis Dictionarywww.amazon.com/Cannabis-Dictiona…rin/dp/1784726605Sign up for free WeedWeek newsletters, to get weekly info on North America’s most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletter Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: twitter.com/weedweeknews instagram.com/weedweeknews