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Episode 207: Skateboarding Taught Him Everything About Business Then He Built a Cannabis Farm Empire

2026-11-0301:52:05

Craig Nejedly built Satori Wheels and Talking Trees Farms with no money, no blueprint, and no business school. Here is how he actually did it. Craig Nejedly, known in skate circles as Jedi, co-founded Satori Wheels after dropping a UGA scholarship to chase skateboarding. He funded the early operation through Humboldt cannabis grows, lived in a San Francisco warehouse while running the brand alone, and eventually raised his daughter as a single parent while operating up to 12 businesses simult...

Episode 206: Ken Estes: The True Origin Story of Granddaddy Purple

2026-10-2701:49:32

Ken Estes discovered Granddaddy Purple in 2003. Here is exactly how it happened, who gave it to him, and what it cost. Ken Estes is one of the few people in cannabis history who can say they received a legendary strain from a Native American medicine man, named it on the spot, and turned it into a national phenomenon while simultaneously fighting off federal raids, winning every case, and building a 20-store dispensary network before most states had even heard of medical cannabis. This conve...

Episode 205: They Built 20 Years of Cannabis and Hip-Hop With No Label and No Legal Farm.

2026-10-2002:01:18

Mendo Dope Boys built 20 years in cannabis and hip-hop from the mountains of Mendocino. Here is the full story. OE and Bleezy of Mendo Dope Boys have been doing this since before the legal market existed and most people knew what to call it. Born and raised in the mountains of Mendocino, they started trimming at 16 and 18, came up selling pounds in Sacramento, and connected with Bay Area rap legend Reek Daddy at a gas station. Reek gave them their names, put them on his label NOYB Records, an...

Episode 204: From Freight Trains to Bob Marley's Official Strain | Ben, Humboldt Seed Company

2026-10-1301:49:08

Ben of Humboldt Seed Company rode freight trains for a decade, then built Bob Marley's official cannabis strain from the ground up. Ben co-founded Humboldt Seed Company after spending nearly a decade hopping freight trains across America, funding every mile through cannabis. Now he is building official Bob Marley strains from Lamb's Bread genetics in Nine Mile, Jamaica, documenting hash cultures that predate written history, and figuring out how a California seed company operates ethically on...

Episode 203: Fake Toad, Real Lessons: Preferred Gardens Founder Dave on the Grind Behind the Brand

2026-10-0601:54:06

Episode 203: Fake Toad, Real Lessons: Preferred Gardens Founder Dave on the Grind Behind the Brand Preferred Gardens' Dave tells the full Fake Toad story, breaks down building a 70-person team, and reveals what's next for the red brand. Dave is the founder and lead cultivator behind Preferred Gardens, a Sacramento-based cannabis brand running three cultivation sites, roughly 70 people across four states, and one of the most recognized identities in the craft cannabis space. He has been build...

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