Pot Lucky: A Weed Sommelier Podcast

As it turns out, there are some pretty neat people you can meet online. This is the first episode of the People Of Tinder series, where one driven podcast host meets with fellows stoners using an app not designed for this purpose. Discussed with week: 3D chips, Gundam, model making, Magic Cake, the Bittoford Smoke Shop, The Might be Giants, Homestar Runner, Whitest Kids U Know, and more! Shoot us an email at potluckypodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Stephanie Harmon, the vibrant owner of Hustle and Flow®, embodies a unique blend of entrepreneurship and mindful living. An enthusiast of mushroom micro-dosing, she explores the realms of consciousness with intention and grounded energy. Stephanie's playful spirit infuses every aspect of her life, from her deep love for her community to her passion for movement and energy flow. With an intentional and mindful approach to everything she does, Stephanie hopes to inspire those around her to embrace life's joys with a zestful heart and a mindful presence. Discussed this week: Starting mushrooms at 40, being the owner of Hustle and Flow, a fitness and dance studio, micro dosing,  extra salty chips and garlic hummus, Tajin and watermelon, heart opening feelings, watermelon after midnight, coconut sugar, turkey tail immunity, shiitake mushroom, whole ass adult carrots, fruits and veggies, foraging for mushrooms with a special foraging knife, going big before going micro, beautiful visions, every raindrop is a miracle, existing as a beam of light, level gummies, raspberry pomegranate and blueberry, the symbolism of fruit, John f****** Milton, practicing gratitude, collaborations with Level,  planning a gentle yoga class, expressions of the body, people hanging around after, micro-dosing and yoga, feeling Sparky, Hustlercising,  choreographed dance classes on Tuesday nights in Portland, mushrooms: not just for pizza and salads, plant medicine and more! Links: www.hustleflowstudio.com Schedule: https://hustleandflow.punchpass.com/classes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Austen Zombres, originally from Sonoma Valley, has been collecting recycled cardboard and paper in SanFrancisco for over a decade. With a colorful library of found cardboard, he meticulously hand cuts intricate collages. His detailed pop culture, food and floral still life’s barely resemble collages. These hand cut upcyled assemblages read more as paintings. People are surprised to learn found trash can be something beautiful or even seem delicious. Discussed this week: a decade plus of collecting colorful cardboard, Tajin seasoning and watermelon, mango, working with weed, recycled collage work, being a lifelong weed consumer, elevating life by doing drugs, smoking 10-30 spliff a day, going dry I'm New York, starting at 15, drug rugs, trauma relief in sour candies, emergency Terri's, being Neuro-spicy neuroplasticity, Spy Kids, Antonio Banderas, Zorb, White Walling the Bong, weed as a vaso dialator and tobacco as a vaso constrictor, forcing your body to shut down with whippets, hiking into a field of weed, locals don't do alcatraz, weed as a tool, Grabba, the source of creativity, clean lines, collage with photographs, the cleanest art you can do, texture and brush strokes, breaking things into shapes, being on the Today Show, making bird characters, Marlboro red vs coke red, the potential for a book, how breakdancing got its break, and more! Find Austen on Instagram: @austenzombres --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

My good buddy, Josh, did me a real solid by filling in as my guest this week! We play another alphabet game, but this time, we have to take a rip between letters while the other person explains what they're bringing to a destination. We went to the wonderful land of Oz, Baybeeeee! Just a fun little way to pass the time with a good pal. Try this at home, or at a friend's house, and see how far you can get through the alphabet before you forget what you were doing entirely. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Ah! The prophecy has been fulfilled! We've released a second (audio only) edition of Feeling Lucky, the game show pallete swap of the show! Discussed this week: Wizard or Antidepressant, Vegan-Gluten-Free-Neither-or-Both, License Plate Backronyms, What Weed Where, and May I Have An Eighth of Blank, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

“Mary (she/her) is a self-proclaimed eccentric moth girl. When she isn’t writing poetry she’s spending her time cozied up with her four cats. Mary’s passion for poetry has been a new-founded one, she discovered the magic at @portlandpoetsociety over a year ago and has been hooked ever since. Her poetry aims to bring out deep emotions, to peel back the layers of feeling to find the raw & vulnerable center. You can find Mary on instagram at @marybrackett and for more poetry at @marypoetic Discussed this week: having asthma, microwave nachos, turkey pot pie, Cold Start, penmanship, being a pen snob, smoking daily, ashtma flareups, smoking with your dad, Sunday River, Sugarloaf, getting into poetry, sestinas, cultivating vulnerability, lexicological recursion, Loanership, poetry snaps, starting a wave, editing, untitled poetry, Steven Universe, the invention of women, and more! Find Mary on Instagram @marybrackett, @mary.poetic, and some Tuesdays at Lincolin's speakeasy on Market Street in Portland, Maine :') --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

G (they/them) is an interdisciplinary poet, performer, collaborator, shapeshifter, meaning-maker, freelancer, thrift-lover, mover, shaker, and friend everlasting living & working in Southern Maine. They usually have a few projects going at once and a few books in their bag. G is the creative strategist (and enthusiast) of the Portland Poets’ Society, performing poetry live every month. You can also find them serving drinks at SPACE Gallery. G self-publishes their work on weird corners of the internet. Scope out Awake and Undead on Substack to keep up. Discussed this week: Being an independent weed smoker, a weed sting up, dress up dolls, Maine root ginger beer, root beer, making your own Ginger soda, brewing your own beverages, grass, the Maine Women's Connection, the energy of grass, Thai basil, basil salad, Nova Labs, 2une, Sneaky Petes, Rugged Roots apples and bananas strain, laundry day, weed bullet, grassy knoll, 11/22/63, James Franco mini series, basket weaving, making things out of wood, refurbishing, ghosts, corrupting older boyfriends, Pikmin go, yellow pepper, paper joints with herbs, getting people to smoke catnip with me, white sage and Lion's Tail, degrees of cool and uncool, watching failed businesses become dispensaries, being a poet and proving it, Portland Poet's Society, Lincoln's speakeasy, today and I are running late together, poems, substack, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Justin and I volunteered at the Naine Women's Connection event Sparkle and Soul this past weekend. In an effort to further support these radical ladies, I went around asking people their favorite word for weed. In hindsight, I would also have asked them something they do to take care of their mental health, but mistakes are how we learn the best lessons. We're working on batch recording the back half of season 8, and we'll be going on hiatus for about a month after the next episode so we can refocus and strategies for PortFringe and other game show experience! Stay tuned:') --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Coco Poley has bylines on the Stack Overflow blog, How-to Geek, Sidequest Zone, and Women Write About Comics. An ex-vangelical, divorcee, queer human, and former homeschool kid, Coco has a lot to share and many stories to tell. Discussed this week: Blurbing, quick and easy cheddar quesadillas, breaking veg, Bear fruit snacks, pufferfish vs elephant values, Bear collecting cards, getting stick bug-ed on, Greens, Browns, dust, spiritual helium, NYC Sex Museum, operating heavy equipment, stale Peeps, Philadelphia in 2010, attending punk and metal shows, having chemical imbalances, a purple joint and a typewriter, edibles before exiting, working from home as a writer, Blazy Susan, Georgia O’Keefe, being g a y, being published, first drafts just having to exist; man. Stack Overflow Blog, retaining info via handwriting, If a Cat Could Read a Book, portal points to creativity, missing the Facebook Notes feature, bisexual sitting, a private poetry reading among comrades, and more! https://linktr.ee/youcancallmecoco --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Hey-o! This episode consists of clips from season seven of the Weed Word of the Week segment. Dracula is my special guest this week, and by golly, does he have some things to say about weed. Remember the thing I say about pending absolute foulness? Dracula goes there in the end. You've been warned. Check out the Instagram! @potluckypodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Ben Astarb is a comedy man recently based in Maine but originally from Ocean City, Maryland. Astarb (with a hard 'ass') has a colorful history of video production, filmmaking, visual arts, acting, music video editing, live-streaming, and more recently: comedy. Ben is always up to something new, so if you're into that wonky weird stuff, definitely stay tuned 🤡 @benastarb on Instagram Discusses this week: producing and editing content, being a technical director, Geeb, gravity bongs, the shhot version of weed, Seth Rogen's weed turner, yellow's stats as a color, being addicted to diet cola and salt and vinegar chips, DnD, Gabe, vaccume technology, small significances, Baltimore, The Antlers, a fidget room, summer sleepovers, treating yourself better, thanking past Liz, Maine Rec, improv, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Asha Fenn lives in coastal Maine, a hermit for art, leveraging creativity to live in flow and love as much as her body can. Creating a practice of art for survival and comfort, Asha pours her life into letter and line. If you want to help the artist keep making art, please like, follow, and share on social media - or, if possible, you can become a patron through patreon.com/ashafenn/ -@ashafenn on Instagram Discussed this week: being a kickass artist of multiple mediums, a single banana, Kristi Shaw, North East Growing Company, @wickedgoodfire, Kristi Shaw, 10 year friendship, eight years on weed, havinging necrotic bones, possessing child sized hips, Richard Dean Anderson's MacGyver, facial paralysis, swallowing issues, thick water, applesauce gang, honking bobos, sanitized lemons, having an older brother Valium paranoia, intractable chronic pain, getting a full hysterectomy, Gen X, starting weed in your 40s art, getting a contact high, riding a lubricated slide into artistic flow, practicing art every day, living in wet ink, owning gastric issues, gastroparesis, running an art studio, having an Amazon writer's page, the CD of suffering, the gift of being relentless, learning to love moving from breath to breath, having a voice, tit-curdling pain, glasses as an accomodation no one thinks about, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

https://www.gofundme.com/f/paul-bolmers-stroke?fbclid=PAAaahgWIFOEoVTvRZ7T8opP6gRRbzwG8dv2OrP-23CrTnIWoqEDrG45_doUk_aem_AVYp7RMh4SVGsA1Cn_X6SpjPvrjsgSEn-MMJJecLA8JOf_bcMIoi2EU59mCKDZVzqO4 Dr. Mohamed ElSalhy obtained his Bachelor of Dental Medicine (B.D.M.) degree from Kuwait University in 2007. He then completed a Master of Science in Medical Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University in 2011. Dr. ElSalhy earned his first Ph.D. in Odontology from the University of Turku, Finland in 2015, followed by a second Ph.D. in Medical Sciences - Dentistry from University of Alberta, Canada in 2018. Dr. ElSalhy completed his Dental Public Health residency and Master of Public Health degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in June 2018. He is a Member of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr. ElSalhy's research interests include accuracy of caries detection and diagnosis, innovative methods for caries prevention and management, and community-based preventive interventions. Discussed this week: Oral health risks associated with cannabis consumption, smoking's impact on your health, Dr Muhammad alsahlhe, the University of New England's oral health center, student dentists, shave free dental practices, good health hygiene practices, irreversible damage, Candida, fungal infections in the mouth, dirty bong water, karyogenic snacks, the dangers of dry mouth, entertaining yourself during toothbrush time, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Meghan is the Assistant Store Manager of Rose Mary Jane at 327 Saint John Street. Her favorite way to partake is either live resin or live rosin sativa vapes. She hosts trivia on behalf of RMJ every other Thursday at Coal's in Portland, and in her spare time enjoys collaging (@maxwillstabyou on IG), reading, and going to the movies.  Discussed this week:Afterglow Chocolate, Blue Sky Sky Rockets, Cheetah Piss, Dragon Berry 1:1 cart, ESOG x Rocket Fuel, Foul Mouth, Green Fire OG, Hash, Ice Cream (Astronaut), Jar Co. Distillate Carts, Kalikori Galactic Donuts (Superboof flower 2g x .5g Alpine Guava or Critical Cheese hash rosin), LEUNE, Mystique of Maine 200 MG gummies, Night-time CLDZ gummies, Open early, open late, Piescream, Quick-acting Botanist gummies, the Rubber band ball, Sour Amnesia Haze, Tinctures, Utterly great customer service, Vanilla Frosting, Wynk, X-tremely supportive of local arts, Yani, Zkittlez, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Tesseract is an artist and writer. From making music to doing art commissions, she enjoys expressing creativity every day. Currently, Tesseract is writing a science fiction novel about a post-apocalyptic group of cybernetically enhanced humans trying to create a new world that can thrive and survive the harshness of the desolated planet. Tessa uses cannabis to fuel her creativity, ease chronic pain, and relax at the end of the day. Discussed this week: The Mountain Goat's concert in Portland 12.3.23, pineapple you cut yousrelf, tidying your friends lists on birthdays, 5 Oreos and a up of milk, the achillies heel crunch of the not soggy part of the Oreo, a Digital Spliff, having a tobacco allergy, getting The Gigs, Portland/Portsmouth, Mass weed, Nature's Remedy, glassy eyes, being members of the Chronic Pain Gang, being in a wheelchair, handicap parking beefs, No Children, Free Palestine, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction written by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean, string theory, multiple dimensions, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Dawson opened the first locally owned caregiver storefront in Maine. He did it against the state's will and thought he would soon have others behind me, but it took four years until the 2nd caregiver storefront opened up, and it’s a crazy story. It's so crazy that it would take a book to explain, so that’s exactly what he's doing! Dawson Julia's book should be printed by the next Dawsonstock in June of 2024. Discussed this week: having no sense of taste or smell, disconnected nerves, a traumatic brain injury, extra sharp white cheddar, Galaxy, Dawsonstock, vacationing in the Bahamas, Exuma, a $250,000 life flight back to the US, flatlining upon landing, a two-month coma, going upta camp, Medical Misfits, the Humane Society, becoming a cannabis landlord, letting the cops in, a Martin Luther-esque moment with a printer, Up Dawson's Creek Without a Paddle, the Maine Cannabis Union, 30 bags of cone joint tubes, and more! Dawson Julia can be found on Facebook and Instagram @dawsonjulia7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Assistant Manager Rebecca lives in Portland, where she enjoys getting outside and practicing yoga. She’s passionate about helping people live with more comfort and ease. When not working at the little Aframe of Atlantic Farms, you can find her teaching yoga and promoting her budding business Well of the Woods. Discussed this week: Animal Mints Cake, Blueberry, Cadillac Rainbow, Dante's Inferno, Euphoria Preroll, Farm Blend Infused Preroll, Glue Dog Preroll, Huckleberry Space Queen Live Resin Vape Cartridge, Julia Live Resin Vape Cartridge, Kosher Kush Badder, Laughing Buddha Temple Ball, Moon Rocks, Night Preroll 7 Pack, Orange Rollz Preroll 3 Pack, Pure Michigan, Querkel Cured Resin Vape Cartridge, Royal Island Kush Cured Resin Disposable Vape, Strawberry Frost Cookies High Terp Vape Cartridge, The Fudge, Uplift Gummies, Vegan Gummies, Watermelon Thunder Snow Live Resin Vape Cartridge, 800mg Raspberry Lime EliXer, Pinapple CherrY Gummies, Z Face Grape Live Hash Rosin, and more! Grab some gas for your lungs or for your car at Atlantic Farms, otherwise know as my favorite g(r)as(s) station in Portland, Maine! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Discussed this week: Slops, the idea of sausage, reclaim dabs, Possum Living by Dolly Freed, bottom of the barrel having a basement, elementary school glue rules, edamame, Lobster Legs and Hotdog Soup, sustainable practices in the cannabis industry, recycling and waste management in Maine, and more! We're on hiatus through the month of November to get interviews together! Shoot me a message on Instagram @potluckypodcast to get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Jacob Wall is a musician, writer, editor, and cannabis enthusiast. Coming from Maine, Jacob has spent his life getting outside and exploring his backyard through hiking, biking, and the occasional road trip to nowhere. Cannabis Connections of Maine magazine is his primary focus, where he advocates for the education of cannabis to consumers and industry members alike. Check him out in Cannabis Connections magazine or Skyline Drive on Spotify today!  (We also both work for Craft Maine: Beer, Wine, and Spirits, but that wasn't germane to the conversation.) Discussed this week: Skyline Drive, being a Space Cadet, Viking Gummies, coordinating content as the Content Coordinator, print journalism, CRAFT, Cheeze-itz snack mix, honeynut squash, a guy handing out weed cookies like they were going out of style, growing weary of Runtz crossbreeds, the 55+ weed demographic, the curl crown, Dead and Co concert, sock pockets, hiding things in your hair, a drummer with a pinner, spooking peeps with the Beats Pill, two-gallon bags of shake, using a lint roller to pick up weed, Maine might as well being Canada, sentimental lighters, personal joints, getting burnt on the mouth, coin op slots that are the easiest to win, building creative stamina, Detective Noir/Vert, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support

Alex Giampapa began performing stand-up comedy in Boston at 19 and soon became popular across New England. He’s performed with comedians like Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, Ilana Glaser, Sarah Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Gary Gulman, Adam Devine and Erik Griffin. Alex headlines shows nationwide and has been featured in many comedy festivals, including The Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI), The Big Pine Comedy Festival (Flagstaff, AZ), The Boston Comedy Festival, and The Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit, MI). Discussed this week: Being a weed comedian, residence performances, pork rinds, the barter system, it tastes like a carb, Helga Pataki's nightmares, Gorilla Glue, PUD, Girl Scout cookies the strain, Girl Scout cookies the edible, going from casual weed to chronic pain, legality changes, graduating in 2010, Manifesto memo pads, people reacting to you in real-time, riffing jokes, pitching ideas to audiences, rewinding arguments, only being able to practice stand up on stage, shouting into the void equaling stand up, s******* to get better, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Maria Bamford, Judah Friedlander, the 2020 democratic primary, improv and stand up existing as rival camps, satirical social commentary, and more! More about Alex here: https://www.alexgiampapa.com/#bio-section --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potluckypodcast/support