Ep 6: Russell Dowden of the Texas Hemp Reporter

09/15/21 • 41 min

Jesse and Austin co-host this week as the Lonestar Collective interviews publisher of the Texas Hemp Reporter, Russell Dowden. Russell is also the founder of Patriot Media Group. Russell discusses his background in radio, & print media that later led to being hired as the GM for the kickoff of Infowars Magazine for Alex Jones in 2012. Russell talks about how he went from sales to "on-air" personality & broadcasting that also led to publishing. For more information visit texashempreporter.com and listen to his podcast The Texas Hemp Show at the same link.

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Episode 5: Attorney Andrea Steel

Jesse Williams hosts this episode which features attorney Andrea Steel from Frost Brown Todd Attorneys LLC. Andrea is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as well as a member of the Hemp Industry Team, focusing her practice on both affordable housing and cannabis business law. In the affordable housing area, Andrea represents both for-profit and non-profit developers across the country, including public and private entities, as well as public housing authorities and tax increment reinvestment zones.

Jesse talks with Andrea about the smokable hemp ban, DSHS changing the definition of THC for the state of Texas, and much more. Check out other news at txcannaco.com

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Episode 7: Texas Cannabis Collective Variety Discussion

Jesse and Austin co-host this week to discuss the notion that people are handing out edibles in Halloween candy, as well as the recent FDA and DEA announcements on delta-8.