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And it's almost like I 24 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: feel like you're a pastor. I almost feel like I 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: have to be respectful when I say your last name, Pastor. 26 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: The funny thing is, I'm Jewish, so La, I'm He's 27 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: the co founder and the presidents of Bisk, which we're 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: gonna get into. This company bis b i n s 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: k E Binsk Binsk Binsk, an award winning multi state 30 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: cannabis brand that pioneers the premium market through its meticulous 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: focus on quality, standards and consistency. He is responsible for 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: the rapid acceleration of the company's robust pipeline of new 33 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: licensing deals across a mature and emerging market. You guys, 34 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: currently available in California, Florida, and Nevada, Colorado, Washington, Michigan. 35 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: They plan to expand nationally and internationally and very fortunately 36 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: they're gonna be probably near you very soon. Check out 37 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: the website bi nske dot com or on Instagram. It's 38 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 1: b I n s k E Underscore happenings h app 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: e n I n G s to get yourself some 40 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: luxurious cannabis products. Today. Here to tell us all about 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: the company is Alex. Alex, welcome to the show. Brother. 42 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: Appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: before we talk about this company, Alex, that you've created 44 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: this monster. I was on the website as well and 45 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: looking at it, going wow, very colorful, very I felt 46 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: like I was stoned right when I entered it, you 47 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Alison wonderlandish, Willie Wonka ish, very 48 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: cool by the way. Like I went to the website 49 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: and I was like, Wow, this is cool. Things were 50 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: coming at me, characters are flying at me. I love that. 51 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: And I want to talk all about this company, Alex. 52 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: But I want to know who you are, brother, Where 53 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: are you from? And who are you? I found out 54 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: just right now you're Jewish. I didn't know pastor Neck 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: was a Jewish last name. But who are you and 56 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: where are you from? Yeah? Born and raised in Miami, 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: so South Florida is where it all started. Eighteen years 58 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: there and then went to the University of Colorado in Boulder, 59 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: and I, believe it or not, I was actually a 60 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: medical patient in O eight and as we all know, 61 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: Colorado didn't go legal adult use sales till twenty twelve, 62 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: so four years before the first went state went legal, 63 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: I was shopping at dispensaries and Boulder in the Denver 64 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: area as a medical patient. So I've been passionate about 65 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: the industry since high school days. And then after Boulder, 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: ended up in Los Angeles and have been in LA 67 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: for pretty much the last seven years, and recently, as 68 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: you said, relocated from Venice Beach to New York. And 69 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: I'm looking outside of kind of on campus here, like 70 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: right by the campus of NYU and Greenitch Village, so 71 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: right right in the mix. So let's go back to 72 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: you say medical patient. Most people you know in Colorado 73 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: or anywhere for that matter, just get a card because 74 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: of their glaucoma or because of their back pain. Were 75 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: you a real medical patient or did you just like 76 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: smoking weed and said, you know what, I'm going to 77 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: become a medical patient. Tell me that story. It's funny 78 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: enough that you say back pain. I've actually had chronic 79 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: back pain, and unfortunately I'm having surgery in a couple 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: of weeks. On no way, I'm having spinal fusion on 81 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: an L five S one disc in a couple of weeks. 82 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: But I also got diagnosed with ADHD at the ripe 83 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: age of seven, and so since second grade I started 84 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: taking add medicine, you know, for better for worse. Obviously 85 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: realized in high school that I was not enjoying taking 86 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: a synthetic drug every single day to try to maintain 87 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: concentration and try to perform a little bit better on 88 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: the school side of things, and so I ended up 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: moving to plant medicine, and I got into cannabis probably 90 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: a little too early at fifteen sixteen initially, but when 91 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: I was using cannabis as a medical patient in O 92 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:12,559 Speaker 1: eight in Boulder, that was mostly for I would say 93 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: ADHD more than back pain and anything else at that point. 94 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: And so it's been I think I've had insomnias since 95 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: I was probably in my younger twenties had an issue sleeping, 96 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: and so I've used it mostly at night to help 97 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: me sleep since early twenties as a medical patient at Boulder. 98 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: As you mentioned these things, and you start at seven 99 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: when they put you on meds as a child, I 100 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: was actually six when I started smoking weed out, so 101 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: you know, what I mean. I was a little way 102 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: too young. I had a brother that was sixteen. Go figure, 103 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: and you know how that goes down. But Devin, til 104 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: high school you're getting pills, And how did you get 105 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: introduced to plant medicine? As I love that's how you 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: described it. You didn't say somebody gave you weed and 107 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: high school you said you got introduced to plant medicine. 108 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: It's a unique way of saying that you try to 109 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: smoky weed an early age in high school. But your 110 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: choice of words makes me think that you weren't giving 111 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: it recreationally. You were probably were you get I'm just curious, 112 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: were you giving it to you as an alternate or 113 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: was it recreationally? No, it was recreational. But at the time, 114 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: I because I was on all sorts of add medicine, 115 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: from Concerta to dexagrin to riddle in and everything in between. 116 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: At that point I realized that I am getting what 117 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: I need from this plant in a way that you know, 118 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: I was being prescribed at all in a different way. 119 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: And so I don't think at the time I looked 120 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: at it as plant medicine, But now looking back and 121 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: realizing what it was for me, it was the beginning 122 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: of me trying to get off synthetic drugs and not 123 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: trying to take a you know, a prescription pill every 124 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: single day to do better. My really interesting story that 125 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: I'll say real quick. My dad, who's an absolute role 126 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: model of mine and has helped me get to where 127 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: I am today. I remember he said to me at 128 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: one point, you know, Alex, I wear glasses because I 129 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: have trouble seeing you take this pill because you have 130 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: some trouble with concentration and some add stuff. And so 131 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: at the time I thought it made sense. And then 132 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: you know, when you realize I don't have an appetite, 133 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: My palms are sweaty, I have cotton mouth all day, Like, 134 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: what is wrong with me? Growing a tale? Growing a 135 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: tale exactly? I You know, again, my parents are amazing, 136 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: and I obviously know that everything that they did was 137 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: for the best. I just look back now and I 138 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: realized that I'm more I'd rather be on plant medicine 139 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: over pills any day of the week. So I'm happy. 140 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: And to be fair, because I truly feel this way. 141 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: I'm not the advocate that says don't try those pills 142 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: that doctors are saying you need like if that's but 143 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: also look at these plant medicines as an alternative, because 144 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 1: just because a doctor's prescribing you at all or whatever 145 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: it is, as a child, doesn't mean it's right. And 146 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: because you're somebody listening and there you have a kid 147 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: at seven, you know, I have two kids right now 148 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: that are eight and nine, and we chose to give 149 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: my daughter some CBD as they wanted to give my 150 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: daughter a focus pill, you know what I mean. And 151 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: once we look at it and this and that, we 152 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: we still did give a focus pill when needed. But 153 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: we're still using other plant based medicines as well. And 154 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, and I look at it as to try both. 155 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: Don't just pigeon a whole people's selves because as you 156 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: and I'm wondering, Alex, at what stage though, because the 157 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: way you're saying it, as you're older you really realized 158 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 1: did you realize that, okay, I can use this? And 159 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: did you gradually come off these pills or how was 160 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: that transition? I think I just started taking them less 161 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: and less to be, you know, to look at it 162 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: like that, I obviously thought maybe like midterms are coming 163 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: up or a final, maybe I needed to study a 164 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: little bit more and now I'll take it and just 165 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: not as routinely as I was taking it before. And 166 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: then when I got to college, and I just you 167 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: realized that, like everyone's buying these pills, and everyone's you know, 168 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: getting right before finals and midterms in particular, everyone it's 169 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: hard to find adderall because everyone's buying them, and every 170 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: you see kids snorting them in the library. And just 171 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: realize like the demand for these products to help you 172 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: concentrate in what the value of it is. And I 173 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: still today I have friends that will tell me I 174 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: got to get a lot of work done today, I'm 175 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: taking an adderall. It's like, you know, it's still a 176 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: thing in today's world, and you know, obviously today's conversations 177 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: about cannabis and that's where we are. But even thinking 178 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: about the whole notion of SSR eyes and psychedelics trying 179 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: to come in into the SSR eye world. You know, 180 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: But just because these pills have been around forever, that 181 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that that's the best option and the only option. 182 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: And so I think as more and more research comes out, 183 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: I think plants in general, fungus, you know, stuff grown 184 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: on the earth is going to always I think be 185 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: better than any pill pill option. You know, it's funny 186 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: that you say that, because I truly believe that as well. 187 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: And I look at you know, something that you could 188 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: throw a seat on the side of the road and 189 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: it can grow. And I'm going to go that this 190 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: mother Earth has been providing, God's providing, and call it 191 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: what you want, but you know, this land has been 192 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: providing us with natural medicines forever. And when you look 193 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: at the ancient times of people using those medicines, they 194 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: use them for medicines, and maybe you've me use them 195 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: for recreation as well. But you know, you look at 196 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: the Indians, you look at this, and then you look 197 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: at the propaganda where it came out, where it went 198 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: sour and sideways, and it's been always government and propaganda 199 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: that makes it go, oh, this is your brain, this 200 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: is your brain on drugs, or this is whatever use 201 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: the motto and the you know, the trend that you 202 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: wanted to use to make it sound and look so bad, 203 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: or even the ancient Chinese, how you know, somebody in 204 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: the high end took something and he did too much 205 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: and now that's ooh, it's so bad. We're not going 206 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: to use this no more. When you just had a 207 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: bad trip home, it happens sometime for the dose atle 208 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: bit next time exactly, you know what I mean. So 209 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: like you look at these stories that people know the history, 210 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: you know what I'm talking about about it. But it's 211 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: just funny how I agree with you that we're starting 212 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: to have this turn now in twenty twenty three or 213 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: people are really realizing that, you know, plant medicine is 214 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: real because this cannabis plant is phenomenal as you're mentioning 215 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: all these other ones. Right now, psilocybin is doing what 216 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: cannabis was doing ten years ago, right like making the 217 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: impact then. So we'll see where it goes in the 218 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: next ten years. We're gonna take a break real quick, 219 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: Alex and we come back. I want to hear about 220 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: this company, Binsk. Did I say it right again? Binsk? 221 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: And we're gonna talk about the pronunciation, the spelling, and 222 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: how you co founded it. You're the president and co founder. 223 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: It's Cannabis Talk one on one. We'll be right back 224 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: after this break. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter on our website, 225 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one dot com. Welcome back to 226 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: Cannabis You guys know what time it is Baby Dimetime 227 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: Think Higher with Dime Indistries. Find them in California, Arizona, 228 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma. Check out the website. Dime Industries dot com 229 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: are on Instagram Dime dot Industries. Alex is joining us 230 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: today right here on the show. And Alex the company 231 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: Binsk Binsk. Excuse me, I fuck it up that time? 232 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: Here we go. I couldn't do it twice in a row. 233 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: Damn it. I tried, folks, I tried. How did you 234 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: make this company's name so difficult, you bastard. I'm going 235 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: to tell you the story. I think now you'll be 236 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: able to get it down, you know, please let me 237 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: soak it in. So basically, my brother and I grew 238 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: up in South Florida, and we often heard the word 239 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: dubie like everybody else, and started to extend the word 240 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: and you know, play around with it, and we started 241 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: saying Dubinski and Dubinski. Over time got shortened where we 242 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: chopped off the do and we chopped off the ski, 243 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: and Binsk is in the middle of Dubinski. And So 244 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: I told you earlier I was Jewish. You know, the 245 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: last name ends and Ski. There's a lot of skis 246 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: that we grew up with, so douby Dubinski. All of 247 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: a sudden, it was like a play on a Jewish word, 248 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Binsk was our work. 249 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: And so today b I n s k e is 250 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: the name of our multi state cannabis brand, soon to 251 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: be international cannabis brand. Um. The funny thing, though, is 252 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: that you're not wrong here. I mean everyone is mispronouncing it. 253 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: It's oftentimes mispronounced that the word that we hear the 254 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: most is binski. But also like you know, my my mom, 255 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: I had to tell her year two or year three 256 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: of the company, there's no X in the word. It's 257 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: not banks, it's it's not you. He's like, shut up you. 258 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: It's pretty funny. You know. The riddle that I tell 259 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the bud tenders, which is a great riddle for you 260 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: to hear, is when when they say binski, right, b 261 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: I N s k e, and they pronounced the e 262 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: at the end, I say, give me one other word 263 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: in the entire English dictionary that ends with an E 264 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: that you would pronounce the e at the end. And 265 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: then I even give them some words that end with 266 00:13:54,480 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: E at the end, like telephone, revolve smoke, table, phone, bike. Right, 267 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: you don't say bikey, you don't say smokey, you don't 268 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: say phony, So why are we saying bins key? And 269 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: that's when that's really the moment that the bud tenders 270 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: look at me and like, oh shit, it is bince. 271 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: You're not lying. They go shit, just like right now 272 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: I'm having the moment where I go, fuck, I feel 273 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: like an idiot right now. He's so right. You know 274 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: what it is? It's I think the American culture. We 275 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: just don't know what to do with that word, or 276 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: you don't know what to do with a new word 277 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: with an e at the end. It's sitting there and 278 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: it's like, what it's confusing, I don't know what to 279 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: do with it. But it's really just bins It's a 280 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: silent e at the end like moment and you say that, 281 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: it's like there's really not a word hunt because I'm 282 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: like sitting here trying to go I'm a what about 283 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: t oh shit, that's an a. Um. Here here's the rules. Okay, 284 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: see that that's golf teat. Yeah yeah, so here's the rules. Well, 285 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: you can't do any double vowel, so Tea's out. And 286 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: words like Yankee is out, goalie, i E is out. 287 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: So no double vowels, we're gonna do, no, no pronouns, 288 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: no proper now. So Greek god Nike is out Nike 289 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: doesn't count because that's a Greek god. Oh you just 290 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: gave me I could. After the last eight years of 291 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: doing this, we've found four words in the English dictionary 292 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: that actually do have any at the end that you 293 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: do pronounce. But I will literally benmou fifty bucks on 294 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: the spot if you can come up with one of 295 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: the four words before the end of this podcast is over. 296 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: So keep that on the keep that on the table 297 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: in your back pack. Hold on, damn. There's nobody here 298 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: that can do the research for me. You know what, 299 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: if you find those words, give us a call one 300 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: eight four, twenty nineteen eighty. Alex is going to send 301 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: you the money because I'm not gonna look it up. 302 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: That is awesome. So you started this company about eight 303 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: years ago, then, is that what I'm here? Moved to 304 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: Colorado in twenty fifteen. My brother is the one that 305 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: made the initial push and decided to go out there. 306 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: I partnered with him shortly thereafter. The whole idea from 307 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: the beginning was to be non plant touching, to be 308 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: an I P company and be a license or of 309 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: intellectual property, similar to when HBO flipped the script from 310 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: just playing other people's movies on their platform to creating 311 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: Sex in the City and Sopranos and having their own 312 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: intellectual property and starting to license out that IP two 313 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: shows like TBS that are now playing Sex in the 314 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: City and paying HBO a royalty. That was kind of 315 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: the model from day one is let's go to Colorado, 316 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: let's build out products, let's build out IP. Let's become 317 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: a powerhouse of intellectual property, and then set up licensing deals. 318 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: And that's what we did. So we started in Colorado 319 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: with a licensing deal in twenty sixteen. We then signed 320 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: a licensing deal shortly thereafter in Vegas and Nevada for 321 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: twenty late twenty seventeen, early twenty eighteen. Then we did 322 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: Florida where with True Leaven Florida we signed that, we 323 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: turned on early twenty nineteen, and then like you mentioned 324 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: earlier in the call, California came online, Michigan came online, 325 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: Washington came online. We're about to launch throughout the Northeast, 326 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: which is why I just moved to the Northeast. So 327 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: we're looking at a couple of big markets obviously York, 328 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and then some in the 329 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: Midwest as well. And then lastly, we just signed we 330 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: just announced a press release a couple months ago of 331 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: a deal that we did with Intercure out of Tel Aviv. 332 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure if you're familiar, but Intercure is 333 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: the largest operator outside of North America, and so we 334 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: just did a huge licensing deal with them to bring 335 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 1: our genetics and proprietary products to them and the beauty 336 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: is as well. As you know, we don't have interstate 337 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: commerce in the US. We can't even cross state lines 338 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: in Israel. They're exporting to about twelve other countries all 339 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: over the world, So Austria, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Portugal, Colombia, Luxembourg. 340 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: There's a about ten to twelve countries that we can 341 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: immediately turn on as soon as we turn on production 342 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: in Israel. And so I was out there again recently 343 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: and going to be out there again the summer, and 344 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,479 Speaker 1: we are starting to turn on tincture oils over the 345 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks in Israel and then from there 346 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: we'll begin our export and start to ship products out 347 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: of Israel. So it's it's kind of funny. While we're 348 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: battling with what we're battling with in the US and 349 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: the inability to cross state lines and have real economies 350 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: of scale with each state being its own siloed business, 351 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: they were really excited and bullish about our positioning and 352 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the world with this partnership with Intercare 353 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: and what we're going to do with export material around 354 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: the world here pretty soon. It's interesting that you bring 355 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: up Israel because Blue and I have always talked about 356 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: and as we do stories about how Israel is, in 357 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: my opinion, the furthest down the line with doing research 358 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: and being able to have quality. Well, I don't know 359 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: if it's quality. It seems like quality. I'm not there 360 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: enough to be be able to say it's quality, but 361 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: it feels like it is from what I read and 362 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: hearing somebody like you who's a multi state operator doing 363 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: your products and then going there and trying to come 364 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: out with products from there. How are behind are we 365 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: with Israel? As you go there and see what they're 366 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: doing in the advancements of what they're doing out of Israel. 367 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: So on the R and D side and innovation side, 368 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: I can't even begin to speak to that because they 369 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: are so tech savvy and there's so much stuff going on. 370 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: And I also don't even understand, believe it or not. 371 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: At Boulder, I studied engineering, so I do have a 372 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: double engineering degree and nerd out on all this stuff. 373 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: At the same time. You know, I told you about 374 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: my upcoming back surgery. There was this new innovation. There's 375 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: a new invention out of Israel. That was a new 376 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: surgery that I looked at the other day. That was 377 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: a new doctor out of Tel Aviv. That's the only 378 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: guy in the world that's doing this. So what I 379 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: mean Israel, I love it. There's such a tiny little country. 380 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: It's like, how's that possible. It's the Motherland, It's where Jesus, 381 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: it's your people. Come on. And you know, one another 382 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: craziest thing. I saw a chart recently that was percentage wise, 383 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: who smokes the most amount of cannabis in the entire world, 384 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: and Israel was number one by far. The way that 385 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: the population in Israel for them to get that, that's crazy. 386 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: So the population's obviously tiny. It's it's not about population side. 387 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: Is this percentage of population. They were at twenty seven 388 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: percent of the population as a cannabis consumer, and US 389 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: for reference, I think is between thirteen to fourteen percent. 390 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: We're half of Israel. Again, population in the US is 391 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 1: obviously know where it is, just you know, different millions 392 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: times at whatever. But yeah, but it's fascinating and so 393 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: on the tech side, it's a different whole story. On 394 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: the cannabis side. Israel has as a roaring medical market. 395 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: You know, they've been They've got a couple hundred thousand 396 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: medical patients. They have over two hundred dispensaries that are 397 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: called that are called pharmacies in Israel where they're dispensing 398 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: cannabis there. And we are going to be opening Binsk 399 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: branded pharmacies throughout Tel Aviv, and our partner is Pharmaceutical 400 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: Grade EU GMP certified, so that you have the ability 401 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: to export in and out and sorry export out and 402 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: bring imports in. And we're really excited about the international 403 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: piece of this brand and what the future looks like 404 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: in that in that whole you know, part of the company. 405 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: Are you able to go out there and say, like, 406 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: you know, look what our company has done. Look at 407 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: all the awards we've won, from Best Live rosin bape 408 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: Card to Cannabis Cup Michigan, Leafley's Best Edibles, Best Concentraits, 409 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: Best Overall Company. And you know we are also named 410 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: one of the best twenty twenty two Best Cannabis Brands 411 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: in the US by weed Maps. Do you get to 412 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: go out there and drop this type of step internationally 413 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: or do they say keep that ship in the States? No? 414 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I don't love to blow smoke up 415 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: my own skirt, so to speak. But it was more 416 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: they were aware of who we were. You know, I 417 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: was out in Israel, I was actually working with another 418 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 1: group and talking about getting genetics there and ended up 419 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: meeting with these guys. It was an immediate partner. It 420 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: was immediate marriage. You know, these licensing deals for us 421 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: are true marriages. We have to end up working so 422 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: much with each group. And because we're collecting royalties from 423 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: these partners in the way that we do, we don't 424 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: make our money until they make their money. And so 425 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: if our genetics are not forming of our products are 426 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: not in the best form factor, then we're not going 427 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: to be making nearly as much money. So we want 428 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: to work with each and every one of these partners 429 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: in a true type you know we call the marriages. 430 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: They're true, fully integrated partnerships like that. And so they 431 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: were aware what they had under the hood with a 432 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: relationship with us. They've done this with one other brand ever, 433 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: and it was Cookies, and at this point, I believe 434 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: they're betting on Benskin Cookies to be there. There are 435 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: two leaders for genetics and US brands that they believe 436 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: will end up being household name brands, and so we're 437 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: really excited about what we have with our genetics play. 438 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: We acquired only Seedco last year, one of the largest 439 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: genetic libraries from the legacy markets. We brought them into 440 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: the legal market and so we now have over seven 441 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: hundred plus genetics what we believe to be probably one 442 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: of the largest legal libraries in the cannabis industry. The 443 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: only company is the group that created Tropicana Cookies, Tropicana Punch, Papaya, 444 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: Wilson Zero, Zahiti lime, honey, banana, and a bunch of 445 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: legacy genetics. We're really built around washing and solventless and 446 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: so we have as you mentioned earlier, won some awards 447 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: on the rosin side and have shifted our focus to 448 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: be really focused on concentrates and downstream products from these 449 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: really exotic cultivars. And so obviously high testing, high potency 450 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: THHC on the dried cured and then high yielding on 451 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: extracts is the keys to optimizing an optica for increased 452 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: efficiencies and to make everybody more money. So that's really 453 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: what we're focused on and really believe twenty twenty three 454 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: is going to be a massive year for us and 455 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: all of our partners. I didn't realize you guys were 456 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: such a big, massive company like this. I mean, as 457 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: each state you guys are doing flower, edibles, concentrate and 458 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: bait pins. You know, it's crazy. I think that unbiasedly, 459 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: we have the largest portfolio in the cannabis industry. And 460 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: just hear me out for one second. Wanna is the 461 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: gummies where Kiva is too edibles, where cookies is to flour, 462 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: raw garden is to vapes. Right, most brands play in 463 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: a product category. Lane Binsk has different product categories leading 464 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: revenue across the country with different states. So in one state, 465 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: it's our flower one state in California. Our pre rolls 466 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: are dominating. In Florida, it's been edibles and flower. In 467 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: Colorado it's concentrates in bapes. We literally have a true 468 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: portfolio in that sense, right. And when you walk into 469 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: a Gucci store, they have shoes, they have belts, they 470 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: have socks, they have pants, they have shirts, they have jackets, 471 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: they have hats, they have sunglasses. Right, So we believe 472 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: we're in a position to be that one stop shop 473 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: of a true brand that has all products that you 474 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: can trust from a to zine. If you have bomb genetics, 475 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: then you should have bomb downstream products from those genetics, right, 476 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 1: Fire in, fire out. So how could we have bomb 477 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: concentrates and fire bait pens if we don't have good genetics. 478 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: So it all starts with genetics. Obviously, as you know, 479 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: Flower plus pre rolls sometimes makes up sixty five percent 480 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: of the sales in some of these states. So Flower 481 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: still is king Flower Winds. And so we've been working 482 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: with many genetic companies over the years, and this past 483 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: year again about a year ago, we ended up acquiring 484 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: ony Seed Coo And bringing them in house. It was 485 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: really I look at it as like a three prong acquisition, 486 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: we brought in the personnel, we brought in the brand only, 487 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: and then we brought in the genetic library. At the 488 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: genetic library I just told you about, the brand has 489 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: been around for seven plus years, just only in the 490 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: Legacy channels. We just launched only in California. So for 491 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: the first time ever, you can buy Ony with a 492 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: CA symbol on it and the tagline says, this time, 493 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: we're legal. So I hate to use the black white analogy, 494 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: but we just brought a company from legacy to the 495 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: new market, from black to white, the integration. That's so 496 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: cool because to me, like that's what it's about. And 497 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: being able to point that stuff out like that, right, Like, 498 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: let's just talk about call ball ball and a strike 499 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: a strike. I mean, hey, we're legal. Now, that's dope. 500 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: It's a funny tagline that I absolutely love. And as 501 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: soon as my partner Doc said it, it was I 502 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: guess that's it. And then the last piece of this 503 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: acquisition is we let Doc bring in about nine or 504 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: ten people that he thought were all individuals that each 505 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: are the best skilled in that sub subcategory. So let 506 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: me give you one quick example on the Leafly brand 507 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: page for what is live resin. It gives soul credit 508 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: to the creation of the BHO live resin segment to 509 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: a dude named kind Bill William Fender. Well, William Fender 510 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 1: was one of the nine guys that Doc wanted to 511 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: bring in on this whole thing. And William Fenner now 512 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: is our BHO specialist. And so each of these guys 513 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: has a subspecialty from fertility to IPM, to BHO to 514 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: rosin to edibles to Doc himself to Nick Candler. So 515 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: it's a dream come true. You know, for the most part, 516 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: you're either culture or your corporate cannabis. Nobody is really 517 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: doing them both and doing them both well. We have 518 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: one of the most polished corporate cannabis teams that is 519 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: around for eight plus years, led by my brother at 520 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: the CEO, my CFO Kim Our EVP Dave Gruberg. Each 521 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: and every one of our subspecialties on the c suite 522 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: side is just a dynamic individual. And then what we 523 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,239 Speaker 1: did with this zy acquisition is we just acquired the 524 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: culture piece. We just brought in some of the most 525 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: well known ogs of the legacy world and immediately have 526 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: integrated the two. And so what we have we believe 527 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: is a dream team of the perfect crossroads of corporate 528 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: and culture in a way that maybe nobody else is 529 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 1: doing right now. And I love The way to look 530 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: is like I said, when I look at the website 531 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: bottom line, the leaf's coming at me. The sublime. What 532 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: does sublime mean there? I mean, why the big bee 533 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,959 Speaker 1: and sublime bis what does that mean? We're trying to 534 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 1: own the bee. The bees our logo and so that 535 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: Binz can be the whole ideas. As you scroll, if 536 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: you take the cursor up on the page right now, 537 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: you'll see another word that'll keep flowing. So the sublime 538 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: is just one of the landing pages. When you come 539 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 1: to the site, I will tell you that the idea 540 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: here is that when you enter the world of Binsk 541 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: with the plants and animals and elements and algae and 542 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: like you can see the flamingo hat that I'm wearing 543 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: and the humming bird, and everything that we do is 544 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: focused on the Binsk assets, Binskification we used to call it. 545 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: And so the ideas instead of showing somebody with a 546 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: bong in their hand, you can imply that they're on 547 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: the Binsk life with some of these elements and animals 548 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: and plants, and again we're trying to not show just 549 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of dudes smoking a blunt in a parking 550 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 1: lot and trying to elevate the experience through these assets 551 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: that we believe in. So we're actually opening a store 552 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: in Miami coming up that's going to be a non 553 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: THHC store and the whole thing is so esthetically pleasing 554 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: and beautiful and has, you know, a flamingo in the 555 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: middle of the store. It's a the world. The ideas 556 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: you're entering the Binsk world, and that you can now 557 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe someone like my mom, maybe as a 558 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: cannabis fan, is not going to wear a shirt around 559 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: town that just says the name of a cannabis brand 560 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: or it puts it in front of your face. But 561 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: I think we'd leaf. But yeah, exactly like you see 562 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: the guys wearing the Cookies T shirts in New York 563 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: and that's a certain demographic, right, Like, that's not really 564 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: me and my friends in an elevated demographic. And so 565 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: I think the ideas, through some of our assets, you 566 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: could be wearing a Hummingbird shirt, you could be wearing 567 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: our flamingo shirt, and the idea is again not throwing 568 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: it in the face of people that hey I'm stoned, 569 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: and hey I love weed, because I don't think that's 570 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: the best look, and I don't think anyone cares, you know, 571 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: And I gotta tell you, Alex, it's simple little things 572 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: like the flamingo and the whole butterflies in this Miami 573 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: feeling vibe look, the tropical look that I love that 574 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: you're paying homage to where you're from, like you and 575 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: your brother. I'm looking at this and here are your story. 576 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna asking. I'm assuming the reason why 577 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: your decor is like this because of where you're from, 578 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: and you're representing totally, absolutely, because I love that it's 579 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: been not just Miami, because we really were in Venice 580 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: Beach for a while too, so i'd say California, Florida 581 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: vibe together. But absolutely it's who we are and it's 582 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: it's the brand that we created and it's uh, it's 583 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: exactly it. You nailed it is that the look in 584 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: every state too, like of how Banks is going to 585 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: look like it on all the different states. This type 586 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: of packaging I see online. So we're in six states 587 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: in the US right now. Five are recreational one is medical, 588 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: so Florida the medical state. Obviously, the packaging does not 589 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: look the same because it has to be for patients 590 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: in Florida and can't have a lot of the flare 591 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: clear with all the writing, and it's just yeah, it's 592 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: more white glove and more medical obviously. And then things 593 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: like in Michigan, we weren't allowed to have the animals 594 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: on there, so we had to get rid of the 595 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: hummingbird and the flamingo and some of the animals and 596 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears out there come on a good point, um, 597 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: so we had to get rid of the animals in Michigan. 598 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: And then we like, right now we're working on a 599 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: project in Canada and we can't have the hummingbird logo. 600 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: You can't have a you can't have a bird on 601 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: a logo in Canada. So each each territory will be 602 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: a little bit different, but in general that is the 603 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: aesthetic of the brand. And then we'll well, you know, 604 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: Taylor at for each state as we need to do, 605 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: well it looks great. When we come back, we're gonna 606 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: hear all about what the best selling products are in 607 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: different states. It's cannabis talk one oh one. We got 608 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: my guy Alex the co founder of this wonderful company Beings. 609 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: If you want to see you guys v I N 610 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: s k E dot com, go check it out. It's 611 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: Cannabis Talk one on one. 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Discover more at Advanced nutrients dot com. 620 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: I want to thank our whole team that does so 621 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: much around here for doing this. They ain't doing shit 622 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: for this, zoom one, but you know what, they usually 623 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: help out with everything else. Bardhead, Daniel Diego, Caitlin Chance Beca, 624 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: Marcus Michelles, p Funk, Jessica cam Solar actually helped out 625 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: for this. Ali Cousin, Ray Goldie Pitt, Mark Karnes, Chris Frinchino, 626 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: Jennifer Erica and Elvis thank you guys all for doing 627 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: what you do to help us out around here. Alex Pastrinak, 628 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: the co founder and president of BINKSK, Did I hit 629 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: it right again? You're getting better each time you do it. 630 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: It's definitely feel like it's coming there. And I'm almost 631 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: like going thinking of the story of what you said, 632 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: which I love the story great. It's funny how when 633 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: you hear stories about companies, and that's what it's about. 634 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: And that's why I like to ask people who they 635 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: are and where they're from and how they get this, 636 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: so that people can understand the product that they're buying 637 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: and where it comes from. Like it's just not to 638 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: do who came up with a cannabis company? Who never 639 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: liked it? Like, you know, hearing your story of being 640 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: on meds as at a young kid and finding cannabis 641 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: you know, from middle of high school, which we'll get 642 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: into the high five and ask you some other questions, 643 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: but that's deep and deep in a way of like, 644 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: like I say, your answers were medically you know, made 645 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: me think that you look at this a little differently, 646 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: which which I love nothing. You know, it's so funny 647 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: that you bring that up real quick It's like going 648 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: to an Italian restaurant and asking the way or what 649 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: do I get here? And like no, no, no no, I 650 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: don't eat here. It's like if you don't eat here, 651 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: if you don't like these products, and why am I 652 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: eating here? So I meet founders all the time and 653 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 1: owners and cannabis industry that don't consume products and don't 654 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: like there, don't don't know about their products. It's like, 655 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: how how can you push them? And how? Yeah? So 656 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: I just want to throw that out. I agree with 657 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: that too. If you're pushing out a product, you know, 658 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily do you have to use it all and 659 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: you don't have to fuck do concentrates all day and 660 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: do dabs all day by no means, but you know, 661 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: God willing, you're using the medicine somehow, some way, because 662 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: you know that's what it's a about, knowing what it 663 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: does for you. Alex. That being said, what are some 664 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: of the big selling products that you guys have in 665 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: the different states? What does better wear? So Colorado, we're 666 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: known for our concentrates as a whole um. We are 667 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: a BHO leader for many years now in the Colorado market. 668 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: We recently have expanded our footprint and have rolled out 669 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: a pretty a pretty significant push into the rosin market 670 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 1: as well. So concentrates plus Babes makes up a big 671 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: segment of our revenue in Colorado in a monthly basis. California, 672 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: it's been mostly flower in pre roles since we've launched 673 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: in California. We've only been in the California for a 674 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: little over a year, and again it's been primarily pre 675 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 1: rolls in flower products that have done well for us there, 676 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: and then Florida has been edibles and flower products over 677 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: the years as well, and then lastly Nevada, Michigan, in 678 00:34:54,520 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: Washington have all been Babes concentrates flower pre rolls. Again, 679 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:04,240 Speaker 1: we have a huge portfolio and fluctuates from different regions 680 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: of different parts of the states. Dude, you guys are 681 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: in a ton of dispensaries. I'm looking at your list 682 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: on your website right now. This is crazy. Just this 683 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,720 Speaker 1: is a list of all the dispensaries out of here. 684 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 1: Are you guys literally touching all these No, we're in 685 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: about a thousand dispensaries, just shy of a thousand dispensaries 686 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: across six states, and with these new territories we're turning 687 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: on I'm hoping to being around two thousand dispensaries by 688 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: the end of this year, so we have a really 689 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: strong retail footprint in a bunch of these states. Our 690 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: marketing team, kudos to the marketing team led by Alice McDonald. 691 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: We have a unbelievable marketing push that we do to 692 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: help the sales teams in each of these territories, from 693 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: digital to programmatic to in store to bud tender incentive 694 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: to bud tender training. You know, the marketing team, Kudos 695 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: to them because they're helping drive the sales across the 696 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: board in all these different territories. Yeah, I am tripping. 697 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,040 Speaker 1: I mean, harbor Side Debate. I'm just so all the 698 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: big ones. Like I'm literally looking at your list for 699 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: California right now, going damn, you're in all these big ones. 700 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:06,959 Speaker 1: And so many of these guys we've had on the show, 701 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: my guys Sasha from MMD out here in La which 702 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: I love those two crowd out to MMD. There have 703 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: been a huge account of ours and big fans of 704 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: the MMD fam and love those guys. I used to 705 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: live literally down the street from MMD. Marina del Rey 706 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we've been working with them for years, so 707 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,640 Speaker 1: I love those guys. Yeah, I think they got a 708 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 1: new TV show that's about to come out. I just 709 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: talked to them not too long ago, and they were 710 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: doing a bunch of you know, I didn't know you 711 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: guys are in a thousand different dispensaries. Geez, dude, you 712 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 1: guys are massive. Is a really strong footprint for us 713 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: as well. Florida. We're obviously in all the true leaves 714 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,400 Speaker 1: in Florida, Nevada has been. Invada doesn't have nearly as 715 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: many dispensaries, but we've been in bulk of them over 716 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: the years. Michigan, Washington, and then again. I told you 717 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: we are about to turn on roughly six new states 718 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: over the next two to three months, so the number 719 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: could double in the next couple of months. And we're 720 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: beyond pumped. It's uh really believe this is the year 721 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 1: for us to take it to the next level, you know. 722 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I am just in awe with what you 723 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: guys are doing all over Seattle like this and Washington. 724 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you guys are just killing it out there 725 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,760 Speaker 1: in these different states, Tacoma, just so many different spots. 726 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 1: We actually we just want to award this past weekend 727 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: for best best gummy in Washington. So, yeah, Washington has 728 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 1: been on a tear. We've got a partnership there with 729 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: Lucid Lab Group out of Seattle, and we only have 730 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: some select skews in the marketplace. But we're doing well 731 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: and growing month in month out. So do you guys 732 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: have to have just grows everywhere? Like, how does this 733 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: work as a big company like this for you guys? Yeah, 734 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: So it's the biggest disaster of all time in the 735 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 1: cannabis industry where you can't cross state lines. That's what 736 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean. Yeah, any other normal business, if you and 737 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: I were starting a hat company today, we would have 738 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: centralized production for our hats and we would ship all 739 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:57,160 Speaker 1: over nationally and internationally from one centralized location. Right we 740 00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 1: are reproducing all of our products inside of every single 741 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: legal territory that we want to sell. So right now 742 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:08,240 Speaker 1: our products are in their products are being grown in Tallahassee, Florida, 743 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: Las Vegas, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, throughout California, NorCal in Central California, 744 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 1: in Lansing, and throughout Michigan. I mean, the point is 745 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 1: that we have grows labs sales teams, kitchens, distribution teams 746 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: throughout each and every one of these states, and each 747 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: state acts as a siloed business from one another. It 748 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 1: is a headache, to to say it lightly. It's and 749 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,440 Speaker 1: the most frustrating part is that these partners don't I mean, 750 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 1: they don't communicate with each other. Right, They're each their 751 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: own group, So these guys are not the same company. 752 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: So we have one off relationships with each of our 753 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 1: licensees where we are the license or we license our 754 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: IP to them, we manage them. And obviously, um we've 755 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: got a great ops team. We've got a dynamic COO 756 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: and Cameron Wald who sold his company to Columbia Care 757 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,000 Speaker 1: a few years ago and he runs ops for us 758 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: with another gentleman named Michael Evans, and they are savages 759 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: and they're running ops around the country to help manage 760 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: this process. And you know Nick Nolan, our chief product officers, 761 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,840 Speaker 1: same thing, helping manage production and supply chain across the board. 762 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 1: It is. It's a real task for our team. And now, 763 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: as I told you, we're turning on all these new territories. 764 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 1: It's we're in growth mode, hyper growth mode, and a 765 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: storefront and the storefront is going to be just a 766 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: lot of gear. Like you said, close this stuff. Because 767 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: even the website, as I scroll up and down on 768 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 1: just the front page, the vibes, the different words and 769 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 1: the different looks and the eclectic people that you have 770 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,799 Speaker 1: on it, which is dope but memorable. It's that your 771 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,360 Speaker 1: site has become memorable with the little fishes which flying around. 772 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,879 Speaker 1: It's just it's really cool. Man. I'm really impressed with 773 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: the feeling I get when I go there, especially this 774 00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: woman that's just on this swing that's not even facing me, 775 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: so it's not so oh look at me, but yet 776 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: she's so beautiful from the back and they again it's 777 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 1: the idea that she's on Ben's products without having to 778 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: shove it in your face. Did were you able to 779 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: scroll and we're able to see some of the other ones? 780 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, totally, yeah, yeah, some of the other different 781 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: words in the different settings and the right the beach 782 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: with the glitters and you know, se and the words 783 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 1: and yeah, the girl walking down the street with a 784 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,839 Speaker 1: like a feather dress on that says vibes. It's just dope, dude, 785 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: Like a bear comes out of somewhere, Like your site 786 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,920 Speaker 1: is really intriguing where it doesn't look like a cannabis 787 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,520 Speaker 1: site at all. To be honest with you almost be like, 788 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 1: what is this? You know it has like the what 789 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:45,080 Speaker 1: is this bill? We think that the everyday cannabis marketing 790 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,040 Speaker 1: is pretty whack. We think what most of our peers 791 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: are doing on the marketing front of showing bongs and 792 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: smoking blunts is just like it's not it. And we're 793 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,800 Speaker 1: trying to appeal to the masses. We're trying to appeal 794 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 1: to the soccer moms. We obviously already appeal to the 795 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: dad heads, right, we already sell concentrates, already sell rosin. 796 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,280 Speaker 1: That's that's nothing new for us. We want to appeal 797 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: and be a household name Brandon Appeal tomorrow. So we 798 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,799 Speaker 1: think this is a unique strategy and we like where 799 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,000 Speaker 1: we're at with it. It's totally unique. I mean, you 800 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,920 Speaker 1: got people eating sandwiches at the beach for God's sakes, 801 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And it's like an eclectic 802 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: group of folks more like African American settings. Who knows 803 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: where the Bahamas are something which is dope. And then 804 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,239 Speaker 1: you got the lady on the swing that looks who 805 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,440 Speaker 1: knows what she is? Portuguese or whatever and white folks 806 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: at the beach. It's just really cool, man. I I appreciate. 807 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: I applaud it, you know what I'm saying, because you 808 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,440 Speaker 1: don't necessarily see this because on every page that I've 809 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,280 Speaker 1: looked at, and I feel like I've scrolled through everything 810 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,680 Speaker 1: that's just at the beginning of Acturoll. Through the whole website. 811 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 1: Of course, you get into other things where it has 812 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: the flower and the concentrates and all that once you're 813 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,799 Speaker 1: inside and you actually click on those tabs, but to 814 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: get there is, um, it's just fun. This has been 815 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,720 Speaker 1: This has been my brother's baby. And so my brother 816 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,439 Speaker 1: is the CEO of this company, and he is also 817 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,280 Speaker 1: an absolute visionary and he's been working on this website 818 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,160 Speaker 1: and this has been his thing that he wanted to 819 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: do and wanted to do it this way and it 820 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,640 Speaker 1: came out great. So kudos to him. And I agree 821 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: with you. I mean, it's exciting to see this world 822 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,200 Speaker 1: of entering the Binz world and what you can do 823 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,920 Speaker 1: with it. All the banks world is awesome. You guys, 824 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,719 Speaker 1: go check it out. It's now time to do the 825 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,840 Speaker 1: high five with Alex. Alex, I'm just gonna ask you 826 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,960 Speaker 1: five simple questions and like to get your honest answer. 827 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 1: How old you the first time you smoked cannabis? And 828 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: where did you get it from? Like you having an 829 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 1: older brother, I also had an older brother, still do 830 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: The first time I smoked cannabis was with my brother. 831 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,480 Speaker 1: I did the old paper towel relay, so I believe 832 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: I inhaled his exhale because I think I thought that 833 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 1: was gonna get me less high. And shortly thereafter, I 834 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,839 Speaker 1: think I was dancing to big timers. I'm still fly 835 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,839 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes later and got got nice and lit. 836 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: So because you said was dancing, I have to share 837 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: my story with you just a little bit as well. 838 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,240 Speaker 1: My older brother ten years older, a little age difference 839 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: between you and I, because I was literally dancing to 840 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,120 Speaker 1: the double Dutch Bus, my Sugarhill Gang, and like I'll 841 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:23,480 Speaker 1: never forget it too too, do doo du and like 842 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,280 Speaker 1: my parents were out of town. I'm six years old 843 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,960 Speaker 1: and I remember hitting this grenade. It was a big 844 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,480 Speaker 1: old grenade, and you know what I mean, I hit 845 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,279 Speaker 1: it in and oh my god, I just remember, as 846 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 1: you say, you were dancing away. That's exactly how my 847 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,799 Speaker 1: story goes bro like. I literally was dancing after I 848 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,000 Speaker 1: got high. And the best part about it is because 849 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,440 Speaker 1: they were all ten years older. I mean, they're all 850 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,479 Speaker 1: tipping me, like give me a dollar here, and there's 851 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,279 Speaker 1: I went on twelve bucks or whatever it was at 852 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,520 Speaker 1: the time. But you know, I just I'll never forget 853 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,840 Speaker 1: getting high the first time and dancing to the double 854 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,240 Speaker 1: Dutch bus and making some money from my brother's friends. 855 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 1: That was the start of your career as a tripper, right, 856 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,719 Speaker 1: I'm not afraid to shake what my mama made me. 857 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,799 Speaker 1: A question number two of the High five Alex, what's 858 00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: your favorite way to use cannabis? I'm still all fashioned. 859 00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,800 Speaker 1: Love to roll, a good love the art of rolling. 860 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm a big roller. All my friends tell me oftentimes 861 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:21,080 Speaker 1: that I roll the best jay. Why do you think 862 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,880 Speaker 1: that is? Oh, I'm sorry, I gotta call and my 863 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:26,160 Speaker 1: whole thing just went out. I think I think I'm 864 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,319 Speaker 1: just I think I'd spend more time on it. You know, 865 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: I'm a glass filter tip guy. I do the glass 866 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,520 Speaker 1: filter tips. I oftentimes take a nice rosin worm and 867 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,040 Speaker 1: put a nice worm of rosin in between and make 868 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,480 Speaker 1: myself a donut with you know, a little hashold donut, 869 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,640 Speaker 1: and so I think I'm just spent a little bit 870 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 1: more time and attention on it. I also like to 871 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: do I'd like to a role reverse jays where you 872 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,160 Speaker 1: can burn off the excess paper so you're only really 873 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: smoking one full paper all the way around. There's no 874 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,640 Speaker 1: excess paper, you know, just a little bit more care 875 00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 1: a lot about it. You still have the care for 876 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,400 Speaker 1: the art of a real nice joints A couple thousand 877 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,120 Speaker 1: of them later, and I care just as much of 878 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,319 Speaker 1: every single time. So yeah, absolutely, that's a beautiful thing. 879 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,279 Speaker 1: Question number three of the high five craziest place you 880 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 1: ever used or smoked cannabis? Man, Since I know my 881 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,319 Speaker 1: general counsel is going to be listening to this, I 882 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,839 Speaker 1: need to, uh yeah, don't let Dana come back on 883 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,600 Speaker 1: this call right now out of nowhere exactly the craziest 884 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,280 Speaker 1: place you are a bigger style company. I think you're traded, 885 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:35,759 Speaker 1: aren't you private? Still? Okay, I don't even know. It's 886 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:40,320 Speaker 1: somewhere in South America, somewhere I've bali Indonesia, like I've 887 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,440 Speaker 1: smoked weed all over the world, but I don't have 888 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: one right now where you could be arrested forever and 889 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,120 Speaker 1: probably lose your left arm. I'm pretty sure Indonesia has 890 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,200 Speaker 1: the tightest cannabis laws anywhere in the world still today, 891 00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: where they will lock you up. And we scored some 892 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:56,240 Speaker 1: pot in Bali, so I guess Bali is the most extreme. 893 00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:01,360 Speaker 1: But um, you know, Israel getting some old school Israeli hash. 894 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,719 Speaker 1: One time was probably sixteen or seventeen, and I was 895 00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: on a bus in Israel with this random guy. I 896 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,359 Speaker 1: meant to go score some hash at this crazy part 897 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,799 Speaker 1: of town, and the bus drivers like, why are you 898 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,319 Speaker 1: going this way? And so I've gotten myself into some 899 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,879 Speaker 1: you know, sticky situations. The locals don't even go this way. 900 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,959 Speaker 1: I have to drive this way because I drive the bus. 901 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: What the hell are you doing over here? Kids? Right exactly, 902 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,320 Speaker 1: So some situations I probably shouldn't have got myself into. 903 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:27,440 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny, is I really always wanted to 904 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,520 Speaker 1: go to Israel. It's one of those bucket lists of things, 905 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,480 Speaker 1: and honestly, forget the religion aside, the vibes and tell 906 00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:37,759 Speaker 1: Avison just unmatched. It's absolutely insane and highly recommend it. 907 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,000 Speaker 1: I want to go for all the above. I've heard 908 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,719 Speaker 1: the you know, every I want to go for the 909 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,040 Speaker 1: religious side, there's no doubt about that. You know. I 910 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,480 Speaker 1: want to be able to say I walked where Jesus walked, 911 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,440 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like, I just want to 912 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,359 Speaker 1: be able to do that one day. But I hear 913 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,879 Speaker 1: the place is amazing. Yeah, I can't wait to start 914 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,480 Speaker 1: selling some Ben's products for some shekels over there, and 915 00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,160 Speaker 1: I think we'll be on the shelf soon of them later. 916 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:00,640 Speaker 1: And it's a beautiful thing. So I'll be out there 917 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,360 Speaker 1: a bunch at me up when you are ready to 918 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,239 Speaker 1: make it shll, I may need a guide. I hear 919 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:07,040 Speaker 1: they do that a lotto with their question number four 920 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: the high five. What's your go to munchies after you 921 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: get high? You know, I try to eat clean for 922 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:18,320 Speaker 1: the most part, and I'm for the most part pretty healthy, 923 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,680 Speaker 1: and so when I do dabble, I like nothing like 924 00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,560 Speaker 1: some ice cream and gelatto late night. I got a 925 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,640 Speaker 1: spot that I found right by me that is been 926 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,360 Speaker 1: my go to right here, like by in Greenwich Village 927 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:35,560 Speaker 1: called Gelatzaria Genteel, and I've been been going there a 928 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,640 Speaker 1: little too frequently and they've got a I know that feeling. Brother. 929 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,360 Speaker 1: I know, I used to be over three hundred pounds, 930 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,680 Speaker 1: so you know, I know that feeling real. Well, what's 931 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:47,839 Speaker 1: your favorite go to palette tasting one? Right now? I'm 932 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:53,520 Speaker 1: on a banana banana gelatta from them. That's just insane. Banana. 933 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,200 Speaker 1: I like bananas with a little brownie and some caramel. 934 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,319 Speaker 1: Come on, now, don't absolutely I like banana. I like 935 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:02,880 Speaker 1: banana flower two. So full circle, you know. And I 936 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,360 Speaker 1: know you're doing this in the kitchen, so I know 937 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,880 Speaker 1: you got some rubs back there and everything. I love cooking. 938 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:12,520 Speaker 1: You know, I'm still single, and so to go grocery shopping, 939 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,680 Speaker 1: cook clean and do it all yourself is a little 940 00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:16,319 Speaker 1: bit of pain in the ass. But I obviously love 941 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,200 Speaker 1: the art of cooking, just like the art of rolling 942 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,160 Speaker 1: a jay. It's it's a little somewhat zen like for me, 943 00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,439 Speaker 1: and I definitely enjoy it. So I love it too. 944 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,839 Speaker 1: It's so it's so fun and it takes me out 945 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:28,080 Speaker 1: of my element. And this I stopped thinking of anything 946 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,160 Speaker 1: and I'm just cooking and it becomes like my go 947 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:34,120 Speaker 1: too high question number five or the high five. Alex, 948 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,560 Speaker 1: It's been so great to have you on. But if 949 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:40,799 Speaker 1: you could smoke cannabis with anyone, dead, are alive, who 950 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:45,960 Speaker 1: would it be and why? You know? I was at 951 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,799 Speaker 1: this museum the other day in New York and they're 952 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,040 Speaker 1: doing a hip hop They're doing a hip hop exhibit, 953 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,800 Speaker 1: and I saw this just huge picture of Biggie smoking 954 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,200 Speaker 1: of blunt and this picture of jay Z sitting outside 955 00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:01,319 Speaker 1: watching TV that he's set up with this long extension quarter, 956 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,160 Speaker 1: and I was just thinking, how dope it would be 957 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:07,600 Speaker 1: to be able to just have one one blunt in 958 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,360 Speaker 1: rotation with one of those guys. I would say, between 959 00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,920 Speaker 1: the two, maybe Biggie right now. In a previous podcast interview, 960 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,640 Speaker 1: I said, jay Z, but I think old school hip 961 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,399 Speaker 1: hop guys to just understand kind of what they went through, 962 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,480 Speaker 1: and like you just realized that, like Biggie did what 963 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,319 Speaker 1: he did, and he only he died at twenty five 964 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,320 Speaker 1: years old, and so to think about smoking a blunt 965 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,640 Speaker 1: with him at twenty three, twenty four years old, or 966 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,640 Speaker 1: Jay or mac Miller before he passed. Any of these 967 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,240 Speaker 1: guys that I have been listening to for countless hours, 968 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:40,760 Speaker 1: I think would be maybe the closest person or people 969 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:46,120 Speaker 1: like Alex not too look at me styles story, but 970 00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:50,200 Speaker 1: I just want you to see this that was me 971 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,200 Speaker 1: and Biggie and you were three hundred you weren't lying. 972 00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah yeah. So this was this was the 973 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,720 Speaker 1: last interview Biggie did. I literally got to smoke blunts 974 00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:02,440 Speaker 1: with Biggie, kick it with Biggie. I did his last 975 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:07,239 Speaker 1: interview that he ever did. Even the interview that did 976 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,520 Speaker 1: he plays on the tour. That's the interview that he 977 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,719 Speaker 1: did with the Doghouse in San Francisco. I was doing 978 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:16,840 Speaker 1: morning radio out there and that picture was one of 979 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,600 Speaker 1: the last pictures that you know, that he obviously took. 980 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,840 Speaker 1: And I got a chance to interview his son and 981 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:24,799 Speaker 1: I printed that out for his son and I gave 982 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:26,480 Speaker 1: it to him. I was like, you know, I'm sure 983 00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,160 Speaker 1: you don't have this because it's my picture rights. And 984 00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,520 Speaker 1: his son goes, oh my god. I go what's up? 985 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:35,080 Speaker 1: And he's like, I still have that shirt wearing in 986 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,040 Speaker 1: that picture. When was that? It was like three days 987 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,319 Speaker 1: before he died. That was on that trip. Yeah, I'm 988 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,160 Speaker 1: the Cali trip, right before he went to La no Way. 989 00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,000 Speaker 1: So it check goes out. I was literally at this 990 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:50,000 Speaker 1: this museum and they had this blown up oh shit, 991 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I have the virtual background. So 992 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:55,440 Speaker 1: you can't for some reason to see my phone. But 993 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,759 Speaker 1: this thing was blown up to like the original. It 994 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:03,319 Speaker 1: was the original photograh it was. It was a incredible 995 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,840 Speaker 1: exhibit about all this hip hop photography. And they have 996 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,760 Speaker 1: this massive biggie thing, a biggie one smoking a blunt 997 00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,200 Speaker 1: and I was just like wow, to get in rotation 998 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:14,799 Speaker 1: on that blunt, I can't believe. Yeah, I've been in 999 00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,120 Speaker 1: circles that, you know, because I've worked in radio entertainment 1000 00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,719 Speaker 1: for years and like the biggie's and I mean I 1001 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:23,399 Speaker 1: got stories of me and run DMCs and llls and 1002 00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,719 Speaker 1: you know, like Sugar Hill Gang, all these cats that 1003 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,520 Speaker 1: just so many things from the old schools to the 1004 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,680 Speaker 1: new schools of guys. And as we just celebrate fifty 1005 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,200 Speaker 1: years of hip hop, you know, I'm such a hip 1006 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,520 Speaker 1: hop head. And as you say that, you know, I 1007 00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:39,200 Speaker 1: was literally talking to a guy last night as we 1008 00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:43,279 Speaker 1: were talking about hip hop and just it's so impactful 1009 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,600 Speaker 1: and to think of what you know it's done and 1010 00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:49,080 Speaker 1: how it really you want to just be around these 1011 00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,000 Speaker 1: guys in smoke and how it was part of their 1012 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,000 Speaker 1: music and part of the life. And it's just I'm 1013 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,360 Speaker 1: such a biggie fan, dude, when he passed, you know 1014 00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:58,880 Speaker 1: it was him and Prince I was a big Prince 1015 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,320 Speaker 1: fan too, I too. I was like, no, we got friends. 1016 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,919 Speaker 1: Crazy Glorious is one of those too young, way too young, 1017 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,000 Speaker 1: way too young, Alex. Is there anything we missed it? 1018 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,680 Speaker 1: You want to mention our say before we let you go, Bro, 1019 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:16,000 Speaker 1: then we definitely got to slap hands and bring you 1020 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:17,880 Speaker 1: to the studio out in Orange County when you come 1021 00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,120 Speaker 1: back to California again. 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