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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Cali High episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Cali High for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Cali High episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
02/22/22 • 50 min
Cali High joins Brett Feldman of WonderBrett at the WonderBrett facilities in Long Beach for an enlightening interview on the history of WonderBrett and the future of cannabis. We talk about growing up in the San Fernando Valley and his early days attending Humboldt State University, and procuring the good herb to bring back to the 818. Brett recalls hanging out with Dre and Snoop, and how he was gifted the original OG Kush, which led to such strains as Orange Sunset and Pink Picasso, as well as others. The discussion flows to the preservation of strains, how long to keep a mother, and what to look for in a male. Brett describes the new five-acre farm in Santa Barbara and reveals a new line of WonderBrett seeds coming soon. We also talk artwork and cultural influences behind the iconic brand.
02/15/22 • 81 min
As planting season draws near, we talk with Nat Pennington about the new strains at Humboldt seed company, the selection and process for making a stabilized strain, improved quality of auto-flower strains, how to save a phenotype with tissue culture, trends in strain popularity and commercial vs. personal seed choices. We also talk about the current problems with the legalization of cannabis in California, and more. Coming from a science background, Nat is one of best-informed people in cannabis breeding, and as in our previous interviews with him, he lays out a cornucopia of valuable knowledge before us in this must-see episode.
Nat also appears in Cali High Episodes 39 and 23!
01/21/22 • 33 min
Considering recent media reports which have described a collapsing cannabis industry in California, due to unfair, over-taxation, we reach out to the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance’s Executive Director, Michael Katz, for an update on this potentially devastating news. We find out why the cannabis community of legacy farmers in Northern California are up in arms about cultivation and excise taxes and other challenges they face. We talk about the Equity Grant Program and the difficulties it is having due to mismanagement and understaffing in Mendocino County. Katz has many years of experience in the cannabis industry and the PR industry and is the MCA’s first full-time executive director.
01/06/22 • 26 min
Happy New Year from Cali High! 2021 is coming to a close and we’ve put together a little montage of memorable moments from our incredibly talented musical guests! We are immensely grateful to all them for sharing their stories with our audience. And we are grateful to our followers and listeners for the thoughtful interactions we’ve had!
If you’ve been a little remiss as to watching full length videos, here’s a good place to start. This is a true Cali High classic adorned with a little video clip of each guest as well. Most are from the Cali High backyard series and a few long-distance Zooms from Jamaica, Mt. Piños CA and Florida.
As Cali High starts 2022, we look back at the year that was in the cannabis industry. We talk with three growers, two NORML people, Two CEO’s, and a fellow podcaster! We speak with Armen Paronyan and Chris Koljan from LA Cannabis Co, Chiah Rodriques of Arcanna Flowers, River Txai Farm and Chaos Herbals as well as the herb documentary, Lady Buds. We speak with Nat Pennington of Humboldt Seed Company about the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, and incredible win for the Native peoples of Northern California as well as for Northern California itself. We learn a lot from Ellen Scanlon of How to Do the Pot podcast and Peter G of Pete’s Garden! Then we also check in with CA NORML and LA NORML’s Ellen Komp and Ian Rassman about patient advocacy in a recreational cannabis California. Quite an entertaining and informative episode if we do say so ourselves!!
Episode 37 Revisited: Rocky Dawuni
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12/27/21 • 72 min
Rocky Dawuni, our guest for episode 37, has just been nominated for a 2022 Grammy. And so, we are revisiting our episode with Rocky for your holiday entertainment! After our interview with Rocky, his latest album, Voices of Bunbon, was nominated for a 2022 Grammy in the category of Best Global Music Album, and this is his second Grammy nomination.
Dawuni is a Ghanaian singer songwriter and while his roots are in the African styles of High Life and Afrobeat, he often plays reggae as well- and his 2015 album, Branches of the Same Tree was nominated for Best Reggae Album.
Dawuni is a statesman and a humanitarian as well as a singer/songwriter. His videos are cinematic masterpieces, and we feature two in this episode. We talk about his music, growing up in Ghana, the first time he ever heard a Bob Marley song, his muses for certain tunes, and his videos. Dawuni is eloquent and thoughtful, and this interview is a classic! Watch it now! Happy Holidays from Cali High! Stay blessed!
11/30/21 • 73 min
This week we have a very enlightening conversation with Steven Scott Smalley, aka Scotty, who I have known since kindergarten, and who has remained a friend of mine for 60 years. Scotty has orchestrated over 100 movie scores including Batman and Robocop and started professionally at age 21 arranging for the hit TV show, Charlie’s Angels.
He developed an orchestration technique which he taught for ten years at UCLA’s extension and started the Film Music Institute, teaching a worldwide network of enthusiasts for 21 years. We speak of our early days selling the high quality cannabis in the 818 and the effect the herb had on the Hollywood music scene. Scotty also describes how cannabis enlightens the mind and inspires creativity as well as boosting productivity! This is an episode not to miss!
10/18/21 • 56 min
This week we catch up with CEO Armen Paronyan and Master Grower Chris Koljan of LA Cannabis Co, for an update on the state of the cannabis business, locally and statewide. We include tips on drying and curing. We talk about the Hemp Regulation bill AB45, which most cannabis associations here in California were against and what the remedies were. We discuss the social justice aspect of cannabis licensing here in LA as well as the streamlining of the departments that oversee cannabis here in Los Angeles and California. Also on the menu of topics are the new strains available at LA Cannabis Co. This episode is packed full of up-to-date beneficial information for cannabis entrepreneurs as well as helpful hints for all you cultivators out there! Follow the links in the bio ☝️
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07/18/21 • 67 min
In this episode, we talk with Nat about his successful 25-year-long effort to get the Spring Chinook declared endangered in the Klamath river and its tributaries, as well as his work with numerous state agencies, the Klamath tribes, including the Yuroc, Karuk, Hupa, Shasta, and Klamath nations and Pacificorp, which is owned by Warren Buffet, to get four dams removed along the Klamath river.
When finished in 2024 it will be the world’s largest river restoration project. The dams removal will restore the river and bring back healthy salmon runs, which in turn restores one of the tribes’ most important resources and will benefit the fishing industry as well.
The deed to the dams has been transferred and is no longer in the hands of Pacificorp. This is an extraordinary story of hope in a world gone astray.
10/05/23 • 32 min
After enlisting in the US Navy and spending a year at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, in Millington Tennessee, I managed to get stationed close to home at the Naval Air Station Point Mugu’s Search and Rescue Division. While there, I put a band together with three friends and three female Thai background singers.
During my fourth year in the Navy, and a few years with the band, I got orders to a munitions ship that would be going to the first Gulf War. I found this turn of events unacceptable according to what I believed and applied for discharge as a conscientious objector.
This episode has been one of the most difficult to write and read due to the heaviness of the material and so I tried not to edit that heaviness out.
This story deals with internal struggles in the band and a personal relationship that developed as well as my ordeal with the United States Navy.
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How many episodes does Cali High have?
Cali High currently has 68 episodes available.
What topics does Cali High cover?
The podcast is about Cannabis, Music, Podcast, Podcasts, Weed and California.
What is the most popular episode on Cali High?
The episode title 'Episode 67: Catching Up with Armen' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Cali High?
The average episode length on Cali High is 44 minutes.
How often are episodes of Cali High released?
Episodes of Cali High are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Cali High?
The first episode of Cali High was released on Feb 13, 2020.
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