SKUNK Magazine is a 16 year old global cannabis publication that has been devoted to teaching organic, sustainable cultivation practices and featuring the highest  quality genetics in the world. We have taught millions of people to grow organically at home and are a rich resource of information where all of the best minds and companies in the cannabis industry come together and speak. Our educators are the finest growers, breeders, scientists, craft makers, business owners and activists in the global movement. Skunk is the place that you can come to learn, the things that you want to learn, from the people that you want to learn it from and we will keep bringing the best innovative voices on the leading edge in the cannabis movement as we continue into the future, while also never forgetting our past, our legacies and the sacred traditions that built us. We believe in a renaissance happening in how we do business, how we work with our communities and how we work with our earthly resources. We believe it is important to protect our soils and our waterways while also creating the cleanest and most healing cannabis medicine on the planet. We believe in protecting our communities and doing business in a way that not only benefits ourselves but benefits the entire planet and humankind. We like to show evidence of an evolution taking place at this time, whether it be through organics, permaculture, the leading-edge of technology, regenerative farming, genetics, philanthropy, education, empowered consumerism, holistic health, herbology, psychedelics, philosophy, art, music, sustainable business practices, or new green ethical standards emerging. We are a global media platform that likes to show that we are being the change that we want to see in the world, standing in solidarity with millions of people across the planet, protecting our shared vision of cannabis freedom for every nation, every people and an end to cannabis prohibition once and for all.

                              

Julie Chiariello Co-owner and Editor in Chief SKUNK magazine 01/29/21

Our good friend Jeff Jade Nectar joins us live in the talk studio to discuss his passion preserving and cultivating landrace cannabis in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Jade Nectar grow cannabis seeds from all over the world in the Boulder Creek terroir and infuse the worlds terpenes and rare cannabinoids into California Olive Oil for easy to dose raw sublingual cannabis tinctures.

Jeff - Jade Nectar Landrace Cannabis in SC Mountains 05/14/21

Dave Hodges is the Founder of the Church of Ambrosia and Pastor for Zide Door, the Church of Entheogenic Plants in Oakland. He is known for starting the first medical cannabis club in San Jose and his work with High Dose Mushrooms exploring the origins of religion. Dave has spent the past 15 years fighting legal cases to protect sacred plants he believes in. He is currently preparing for his next major legal fight, a federal lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department for the illegal raid on his Church and their violation of the Churches religious freedom. Dave's work with Mushrooms to explore religion has led him to the high dose work. Mushrooms guided him from doing 5 to 30 dried grams in a signal dose. Dave now does between 15-25 grams about once a month in an attempt to understand religion and the true nature of reality.

Dave Hodges- Church of Ambrosia & Zide Door, Church of Entheogenic Plants 3/11/2022

Today on The Cannabis Connection Christopher Carr welcomes Steve Bloom longtime journalist and author with 35 years in the cannabis community. Steve has been a music journalist since 1978 and served as editor of High Times from 1988-2007. We will discuss how he discovered 420 in 1990, cannabis culture, CelebStoner.com, and the intersection of cannabis and music industry.

Steve Bloom - High Times Editor, Author & Music Journalist 10/6/23

Daniel Morford lives off grid in the mountains of Northern California near where he was born and raised by his "back to the land" parents.  Daniel is a regenerative farmer, author, and father of three.  A lover philosophy, meditation, yoga, and the outdoors.  His writing reflects these passions of farming, spirit, nature, and his family.

twiter @theheartrockpoet
instagram @heartrocks_for_peace

1:40 Wim Hoff Method
3:23 The Seed Office at the Oak Seed Desk
5:20 New Era - Great American Thistle Bowl
6:40 Love Grows Book
12:21 Constellation Poetry Reading
14:30 Self Publishing
15:31 Spiritual Path
16:20 Mouth of God
20:02 Be Love Poetry Reading
22:30 Mother & Fathers Love - Divine Love
25:01 Entertained Enlightened Liberated
27:30 Pure Heart through the cosmos
29:01 Raise your vibration
30:30 Religion vs. Spirituality
33:00 Spirtual practice into action
34:20 The Eve Of reading
37:40 Love Rising Poem Break
44:22 Love Grows Pg 149 
48:50 Ancestral Tree

Daniel Morford - Love Grows 1/26/24

Today on The Cannabis Connection show we welcome our third installment in the Santa Cruz Music Community Mak Nova. 
Mak Nova aka Mak Daddie The Prince, is not your average rapper. She is a true poet; a mystic. Her live and recorded music are often coupled with the words innovative, transformational, and spiritual. She is a sensual, alluring, queer icon.

Mak Nova Live! Santa Cruz Music Showcase 3/1/24

This is our 4th installment of our showcase celebrating #santacruz #music this one been in the works for some time big ups @labratofficial 
LabRat is not just a music producer, he is a sonic architect pushing the boundaries of sound and creativity. With an insatiable curiosity for the uncharted realms of music, LabRat concocts intricate auditory experiments that connect with listeners on an emotional and physical level.

Hailing from the vibrant and eclectic underground music scene of Santa Cruz, LabRat’s journey began at a young age with his involvement in melodic death metal and jazz bands. He was initially exposed to dubstep while attending his first music festival in 2008, captivated by the electronic sounds a new passion was ignited within. His early days were spent honing his craft in dimly lit studios and experimenting with an array of musical genres, from ambient electronica to pulsating dubstep, and everything in between.

Over the years LabRat has cultivated a signature sound - a captivating blend of heavy bass, lush melodies, and meticulously crafted textures woven together with the intention to move people. His productions and live performances possess an uncanny ability to engage audiences at home or on the dancefloor.

LabRat’s multi-faceted productions weave a narrative that resonate with the human experience. The results of ongoing musical experiments have had overwhelmingly positive results for all participants. See y’all in the Lab!

Give thanks to our dear friend Michael Smith for connecting us!

Travis - Labrat on Earth Church w/ Smiley Green KBCZ 89.3 FM 3/7/24

Today on The Cannabis Connection Show we welcome Grant Palmer ⁠@phenothepuppy⁠ CEO of Canna Cruz Dispensaries. ⁠@thecannacruzcollective⁠ started back in 2008 with locations in Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Salinas. Canna Cruz Salinas ⁠@cannacruzsalinas⁠ won 1st place Best Dispensary Central California for the 20th Anniversary Emerald Cup ⁠@theemeraldcup⁠ last weekend. We will explore his ongoing works in serving the people and cultivating award winning flower.

Grant Palmer - CannaCruz Emerald Cup Winner 08/23/24

Today on the show we welcome Genine Coleman!  

We discuss documenting the Legacy of California Cannabis. 

Proposition 64, the California cannabis legalization ballot initiative passed in 2016, created cannabis-specific taxes. A portion of these cannabis tax revenues are used to fund cannabis research initiatives through California’s public universities. On April 25th, 2023 the California Department of Cannabis Control awarded $2.7 million dollars to a group of academic researchers, scientists, and community based organizations to develop a multidisciplinary, community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that will identify, document, and help to preserve the history, value, and diversity of California’s legacy cannabis genetics and the communities that steward them.

Genine Coleman is the founder and Executive Director of Origins Council, a nonprofit education, research and policy advocacy organization that serves some 800 members of California’s legacy cannabis growing regions. Origins Council is dedicated to sustainable rural economic development within legacy cannabis producing regions and establishing nationally and internationally recognized, legally defensible, standards-based, geographic indication systems for cannabis. A former grower, Genine has over 20 years of cannabis cultivation experience. In 2012, she stopped cultivating cannabis to take up cannabis patient and policy advocacy. She is the co-founder of the Mendocino Appellations Project, which is now a regionally sponsored project of Origins Council, and serves on the Board of Directors for the 420 Archive which is devoted to collecting, preserving and sharing the history of cannabis culture and prohibition in the United States. Genine is also a founding board member of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, formed in 2019. From 2017–2020, she served on the Board of Directors of the California Growers Association.

Genine Coleman -  Legacy Cannabis Genetics 8/30/24

Today on the show, we welcome Daniel Sheehan and Michael Smith to discuss a special gathering happening September 21 and new developments with UFO disclosure.

Daniel Sheehan is an acclaimed civil rights attorney at the forefront of the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) disclosure and transparency advocacy movement.  

In 2023, Danny founded the New Paradigm Institute (NPI) as an initiative of the Romero Institute. NPI's mission is to inform the public of the facts surrounding the UAP phenomenon and to mobilize them to secure full and responsible disclosure of the information about UAP technology and non-human intelligence held in secret from the public and even Congress for over 80 years by the Military Industrial Complex. 

Several complex cases argued and won before the Supreme Court, including: 

    The Iran Contra Civil Lawsuit
    The Three Mile Island Litigation
    The Nation's first Sanctuary defense case

Michael Smith is the founder of Points Collected LLC a creative marketing and consulting agency located in Santa Cruz, CA with a focus on event curation & Artist / Brand Development. 

Together they with Heart Tribe Events will host an intimate Intergalactic Gathering of UFO Disclosure & Bass Music featuring Shlump September 21, 2024 at The 418 Project.

Daniel Sheehan & Michael Smith - UFO Disclosure & Bass Music 09/06/24

Bleezy and Old E, two brothers from Mendocino, not only cultivate culture in their original music but were awarded 2024 Emerald Cup Best In Show for their Sun Grown Flower "Headies" at the 20th Annual Emerald Cup. Personal Use Flower 1st Place and 3rd Place for Personal Solventless Concentrate. Their work graced the cover of High Times August 2024 issue, and their farm is in full glory this weekend with an exclusive opportunity to learn from these award-winning farmers and underdog fan favorites. In an exclusive interview, we explore these milestones while going behind the genetics and music leading to long overdue recognition for cultural mavericks Mendo Dope.

Mendo Dope: Cultivating Culture & Best in Show - Emerald Cup Winners Bleezy and Old E 9/17/24

Today on the show, we welcome Jacob Beau. This show is for all those wondering how to reach a larger audience and rise from the shadowbans. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Jacob Beau spent 3 years working on Facebook’s paid ads team, gaining deep insights into how the ad algorithm works. He’s using that knowledge to run highly effective ad campaigns on Meta, particularly in highly regulated markets. Recognized for his expertise, CEO Weekly even called Jacob the “human cheat code” to social media marketing.

Jacob Beau- The "Human Cheat Code" to Social Media Marketing 9/20/24

Daniel Morford comes from a legacy of cannabis breeders and is a third generation ganja farmer with 19 years of experience. Founder of Pride of the Lion Seeds and co-founder with his father of Heartrock Mountain Farm. This family has been saving and breeding seeds for decades in the mountains of Mendocino County. 
Daniel has published a book of poetry Love Grows and continues to write, farm, raise babies and make seeds.

Daniel Morford - Pride of the Lion Seeds & Heartrock Mountain Farm 9/27/24

Matthew is one of the original farmers of the Lemon Tree Organics. Matthew and his brothers farmed Lemon Tree before the name and brand were created, initially called Lemon Diesel. As Prop 215 evolved into Prop 64, Matthew navigated the switch, jumped through the hoops, and successfully ran a fully licensed farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains called Rasta Cruz Farm. He recently crossed the Lemon Tree with Wedding Cake and created Tree Flip. Matthew crossed the Lemon Tree with a GMO, a Garlic Mushroom. Then, those two cultivars crossed on each other, and Lemon Mash was born. Matthew grows organically in living soil and hand waters and hand trims the cannabis. Love is the first ingredient at the Rasta Cruz Farm.

Matthew Huse - Original Farmer Lemon Tree Organics 10/11/24

The Bohemian Chemist was started by Jim Roberts and Brian Adkinson, partners in business and in life.  Jim is a second generation cannabis cultivator, operating his family property Sugar Hill Farm and founder of The Bohemian Chemist, a micro-business showcasing sun-grown flower from Mendocino’s Anderson Valley.  At the farm, Jim has been focusing in on minor cannabinoids and broad cannabinoid profiles as well as preservation work with landrace and heirloom cultivars.  He has been collaborating with the science and medical communities on effects as well as therapeutics.  A lifelong entrepreneur and legacy farmer, Jim is vested in the economic development of Mendocino County’s emerging cannabis marketplace with a focus on building the regions tourism marketshare while being vested in bettering the quality of life for local residents and supporting fellow stakeholders.


Jim Roberts - The Bohemian Chemist 11/1/2024

Today on The Cannabis Connection we welcome Will Moxham of Woodhouse Blending & Brewing.
Woodhouse Blending & Brewing is an evolving project created to bring Santa Cruz more small batch craft beer, and showcase amazing talent and creativity. We want to be a major moving part within our community, and to be a place for everyone to come together and experience all that our beautiful city has to offer! We are a space that celebrates other entrepreneurs and creators - makers in every form from every walk of life.

Will Moxham - Woodhouse Blending & Brewing 11/15/2024

Today on The Cannabis Connection Show we welcome our good friend Jason Matthys of Equilibrium Genetics to discuss helping small farmers, cannabis policy, areas to improve for legacy operators, failing corporate cannabis, oral history’s of cannabis, Hawaiian cannabis culture and more. 
Founded in 2012 by Jason Matthys, Equilibrium Genetics is based in Mendocino County, California. All seeds available from Equilibrium Genetics are the product of years of collecting, preserving and hybridizing rare cannabis genetics from across the globe. These hybrid, heirloom, and landrace cannabis seeds are created with the goal of helping people legally access a wide variety of cannabis genetics for generations to come.coSCuAThe

Jason Matthys - Equilibrium Genetics 11/22/24



This week on The Cannabis Connection Show, we welcome local comedy Sherpa DNA! Over the last 18 years, DNA has presented 2000 comedy shows in Santa Cruz and 11 festivals. Over 80% of these shows were free because he believes in building community through laughter. He recently signed to Punch Line Records and will be recording it at The Kuumbwa in March. DNA was Timothy Leary's chauffeur, a 5x mayoral candidate in Chico, had a hit song on radio stations in NorCal in the 90s, is vegan, a journalist, and recently had his series pitched in LA.


DNA - Stand-Up Comedian and Santa Cruz Legend 11/27/24

Today on The Cannabis Connection Show, we welcome Jason Ortiz of the Last Prisoner Project. Jason Ortiz is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Last Prisoner Project. Jason was arrested for simple cannabis possession at the age of 16 in Norwich, CT, and that experience inspired him to become a cannabis justice advocate. After graduating from the University of Connecticut in Storrs with a degree in Public and Community Engagement, He was one of the founding board Members of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, where he empowered legacy entrepreneurs of color to become policy advocates through the organizing of 5 cannabis policy summits that brought together dozens of stakeholders of color to draft model Social Equity legislation. 

Last Prisoner Project is a national, nonpartisan not-for-profit that works to end Ameica’s discriminatory and counterproductive policy of cannabis criminalization as well as to repair the harms of this unjust and ineffective crusade.equity

Jason Ortiz - Last Prisoner Project 12/13/24

Greg Rose has a long history of fostering software Developer Communities at various large corporations in Silicon Valley. He is currently a Digital Marketing Manager for the New Paradigm Institute, a public policy and law non-profit based in Santa Cruz. The New Paradigm Institute (NPI) is focused on UFO disclosure and transparency. NPI is an initiative of the Romero Institute, which has a 50-year history of seeking justice and holding powerful people and institutions accountable. NHIcom

Greg Rose - "Drones", UFOs, NHI & UAP 12/20/24

For more than two decades, WAMM has provided the world's best working model of a truly compassionate medical cannabis collective. WAMM has also brought healing, relief and integrative care to thousands of chronically and terminally ill members—many who otherwise could not afford this medicine—while helping pass America's first statewide medical marijuana law. They've even survived a DEA raid, and successfully sued the federal government in response. -Dr. Lester Grinspoon

WAMM Show with Valerie Corral-10/09/2015

Mean Gene Aficionado Seed Company’s Chief Breeder.  Mean Gene won this year at the 2015 Emerald Cup for his creation Cherry Limeade and is an overall unparalleled master of his craft.

Mean Gene-Art of Selection 01/22/16

Steve DeAngelo is founder of Harborside Health Center, Cofounder of Steep Hill Labs and Arcview group. He recently wrote his book The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness and will be sharing his experience and expertise.

Steve DeAngelo-The Cannabis Manifesto 2/19/2016

World-renowned expert on indoor, outdoor and greenhouse cultivation, Jorge Cervantes (George Van Patten) concealed his identity from 1983 to 2010 so that he could cultivate, study, write, photograph, and make videos about cannabis without persecution. After 30 years, travel to 5 continents, 20 books, countless articles in 10 languages, and millions of hits on his YouTube videos, Cervantes brings his best work to date in his new book The Cannabis Encyclopedia.


An Evening with Jorge Cervantes 05/06/16

Rick Simpson rediscovered a cure for cancer when he successfully cured his own skin cancer with his signature Cannabis oil.  Hear his story and insight on The Cannabis Connection!

Rick Simpson Special International Broadcast 06/03/16

Dr. Andy Hospodor discusses his projects with using cannabinoids as a treatment for cancer in conjunction with traditional treatments. He shares about his mother's cancer and a patient 0 with aggressive adenocarcinoma that used Dr. Hospodor's approach of ingesting cannabinoids to enhance standard of living while treating terminal illness.

Dr. Andy Hospodor-Cannabinoid Research 10/21/16

Nick Mahmood of Green Source Gardens discusses his process with stewarding his farm in Southern Oregon. Nick and the family at Green Source Gardens were awarded The Regenerative Farm Award at the 2016 Emerald Cup. Jesse Dodd creator of Biovortex also contributed to creating this revolutionary award and shares his ideas about how the future, like the past, is regenerative.

Regenerative Farming-Nick of Green Source Gardens & Biovortex 1/13/17

Ganja Farmer from Emerald Triangle Heirloom Seeds shares his passion and expertise to cultivate cannabis in such a way that farmers are mindful of the earth consciousness involved in planting direct in the ground. We explore organic methods where farmers feed microbes and natural mycelium as a way to breakdown nutrients and making them available to the roots of all plants. By cultivating in this way we can achieve high yields naturally while improving our living soils on our lands to develop a Cannabis permaculture by working with nature.

Ganja Farmer - Emerald Triangle Heirloom Seeds 02/24/17

Richard Nathanson shares his journey of studying entomology at Berkeley learning Integrated Pest Management by the minds that coined the term and sharing strategies to work with nature to keep crops healthy and natural producing the best results in health and vigor.

Richard Nathanson - Integrated Pest Management 07/07/2017

Kagyu shares his 50+ years of growing and breeding expertise stewarding his landrace genetics in the Santa Cruz Mountains since moving to Santa Cruz in the late 50's. A must listen for any grower, breeder or appreciator of landrace heirloom cannabis varietals!

Kagyu - Coastal Seeds  10/27/2017

Duke Diamond- Breeder, Grower and Macguyver of all things Cannabis. Duke sheds light on his story breeding seeds, growing organic cannabis and the long strange trip it's been behind the building block strains that created the powerhouses that dominate the industry today.

Duke Diamond VA 04/20/18

Adam of Annunaki Genetics shares about his work breeding colorful flowers rooted in the legendary Black Cherry Soda line along with shedding light on his experience breeding cannabis and serving the growers in the legal Washington market.

Annunaki Genetics 06/01/18

The Cannabis Research Center is a research group based at the University of California, Berkeley. Our goal is to promote interdisciplinary scholarship on the social and environmental dimensions of cannabis production. Through scientific research and engagement with community, government, and academic entities, we advance understanding of cannabis agriculture in socio-ecological systems at local, national, and global scales.
Cultivator Survey Link: https://www.ucanr.edu/sites/compliance/

Michael Polson & Hekia Bodwitch of UC Berkeley's Cannabis Research Center 07/12/2019

Mel Frank is a legendary Cannabis Breeder, Grower and Photographer. 
The Mel Frank pen name first appeared in 1971 in the New York Flyer of Rolling Stone, where he authored a two-part series on marijuana growing under fluorescent lights. After reading this series, Ed Rosenthal contacted Frank, convincing him to collaborate on a marijuana growing book, culminating in the 1974 publication of the Marijuana Growers’ Indoor/Outdoor Guide, by Level Press, San Francisco.
Todd McCormick has been growing since 1984 and is stewarding legendary lines behind Authentic Genetics. Editor behind Jack Herer's book The Emperor Wears No Clothes and writer for @growmagazine.

Mel Frank & Todd McCormick 07/26/2019

James Loud is our guest he is a prolific and award winning breeder & chef. James Loud’s Green Light Genetics is a new brand created by the founder of Loud Seeds, an international cannabis cup winning seed company and 2013 High Times Hall of Fame inductee. Green Light Genetics is a collaboration project putting together some of the most talented cannabis and hemp breeders with some of the best genetics on the planet.

James Loud-Breeding Cannabis, Hemp, Autoflowers & Award Winning Genetics 08/30/2019

The Cannabis Connection hosted by Christopher Carr provides stimulating conversation with professionals, regulators, researchers, and experts striving to demystify common misconceptions about Cannabis. Our radio broadcast educates and opens a dialogue surrounding the potential Cannabis has to heal ailments, but also our society from a social and economic standpoint. Carr's professional mission is to educate the public on Cannabis stewardship, science, policy, industry, and research. An adviser for Santa Cruz County and Executive Committee Member for Community Prevention Partners, Carr also serves as a Guest Lecturer at Cabrillo College, College of Botanical Healing Arts, and judge for both High Times Cup and The Emerald Cup. Carr represents Santa Cruz in the greater Cannabis Community and has positive rapport with the leading activists in Sacramento and Emerald Triangle. Rooted in the ethics of Compassionate Use Act while engaging the leading minds of the ever evolving California Cannabis Industry, Carr serves the community shaping a local Cannabis movement that reflects the values of Santa Cruz through leadership and compassion.

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