Apartment 113 Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Podcast

Rob Sanchez · apt113.com

Hang out at Apartment 113 with Rob and a different guest to talk shop about the industry and learn about all of the people that make it possible. Cultivation, manufacturing, extraction, accounting, consulting, media, events, education and more. Listen in for a conversational look at the origins of different businesses and projects in the space along with unique perspectives and occasional tangents.

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Episodes 237

Episode 237 - Lance Asher, Green Elevator
6d ago · 50:50
Episode 237 is the 35th episode of Season 4. Today we're joined by Lance Asher, the founder of Green Elevator Cannabis, a hemp-derived beverage brand out of Minnesota. He found the plant as a teenager and spent time in the legacy market. What followed was a long run in the corporate world, along with a car detailing business he ran. When Minnesota built a regulatory framework around hemp-derived beverages and edibles in August of 2022, he saw a way back in that did not carry the old risk, and he launched Green Elevator in October of 2023 under a tagline his daughter came up with, that an eleva
Episode 236 - Jeremy Ortiz, Cannabis Insurance
13d ago · 45:57
Episode 236 is the 34th episode of Season 4. We're joined today by Jeremy Ortiz, a cannabis insurance and risk management specialist and Ganjier Product Specialist based in Connecticut who works with license holders across 27 legal states. His focus is property and casualty, everything from the building itself to what's inside it, with a team behind him covering employee benefits and ancillary coverages. Jeremy came up through sales. He graduated from UConn in 2005 with degrees in economics and sociology, rode the mortgage boom and moved into financial services in 2009, then joined a Connectic
Episode 235 - Melanie King
20d ago · 1:02:03
Episode 235 is the 33rd episode of Season 4. Today we're joined by Melanie King, a cannabis events producer and marketer whose career has run through some of the industry's most memorable events. She grew up in Massachusetts and followed an unlikely path into cannabis, working in mental health administration at UCSF and Berkeley's Wright Institute, spending time as one of the Internet Archive's earliest employees in late-90s San Francisco and later running her own successful events and wedding planning business in Sonoma. She entered the cannabis industry in 2016 with CannaCraft, helping grow
Episode 234 - Jacob Tell, District 216
27d ago · 44:29
Episode 234 is the 32nd episode of Season 4. Today we're joined by Jacob Tell, founder and self-described Chief Dreamer of District216, a psychedelic social club based in Santa Barbara, California. District216 was created to bring people together through education, community and integration, offering regular gatherings, special events and an online membership for those interested in exploring psychedelics in a thoughtful and supportive environment. Before launching the club, Jacob built a career in marketing, live events and branding through his agency Oniracom while producing festivals, canna
Episode 233 - July 2026 Special
1mo ago · 37:31
Episode 233 is the 31st episode of Season 4. Today for the July special we travel to Panama to sit down with Fidel Muñoz, better known as El Tío, a legacy grower from Panama's Pearl Islands who witnessed firsthand the rise of what the world came to know as Panama Red. Born in 1948, El Tío shares a rare firsthand account of one of cannabis history's most iconic regions, reflecting on a lifetime shaped by the plant, the people who cultivated it and the dramatic changes brought by prohibition. The conversation is conducted through an interpreter, preserving an important piece of cannabis history
Episode 232 - Scott Wright, Wise Rabbit Films
1mo ago · 46:54
Episode 232 is the 30th episode of Season 4. Today we're joined by Scott Wright, president of Wise Rabbit Films and a documentary filmmaker who describes filmmaking as his fourth incarnation. Before film he spent 25 years as a radio DJ under the name Shadow Steele, worked as an executive in the record industry, and later became a winemaker and wine importer, before turning to documentaries and screenwriting later in life. His earlier films include the wine documentary Three Days of Glory and the John Waite music documentary The Hard Way, and he has written five feature screenplays. His newest
Episode 231 - Tyson Cramer, Peak Profit Yields
1mo ago · 59:37
Episode 231 is the 29th episode of Season 4. We're joined today by Tyson Cramer, founder and CEO of Peak Profit Yields, a global cannabis cultivation and operations consultancy. His road to the plant started with humble Mexican brick in rural Pennsylvania and ran through Humboldt State University and years of off-grid homesteading and outdoor growing in the Northern California hills. He later moved to Ontario to help build Greybeard, an ultra-premium craft brand that notched a string of Canadian firsts from live resin to the first export of cannabis to Israel, before the company was acquired b
Episode 230 - Talvin White, canAFarm
1mo ago · 35:11
Episode 230 is the 28th episode of Season 4. We're joined today by Talvin White, founder and CEO of canAFarm an Illinois social equity license holder working to open his first dispensary. Talvin comes from a long line of growers and grew up around family gardens He entered medical cannabis as a patient looking for an alternative to opioids, then won an Illinois license through the state's social equity lottery on a single application he wrote himself. Since then he has added licenses in Minnesota and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Today he owns a building in Kane County and holds permits for sites i
Episode 229 - Alex Eckman, Higher Thoughts Podcast
1mo ago · 47:52
Episode 229 is the 27th episode of Season 4. We're joined today by Alex Eckman, a cannabis chemistry graduate, extraction technician and host of the Higher Thoughts Podcast. Alex has spent about a decade in Michigan cannabis, a path that began when he left the fire service and turned to the plant as a last-resort medicine for chronic health issues. He worked through the state's wild-west caregiver era, then doubled down on the science and earned a cannabis chemistry degree, serving as vice president of his student government and sitting on the curriculum committee along the way. Today he is fo
Episode 228 - June 2026 Special
2mo ago · 47:21
Episode 228 is the 26th episode of Season 4. We're back with another monthly special featuring Dustin Hoxworth, Founder of Fat Nugs Magazine, joining me to break down another busy month in cannabis and psychedelics. With federal policy finally moving, research continuing to accelerate and no shortage of industry drama, there was plenty to unpack. We kick things off with the DEA's rescheduling hearing and what could become one of the biggest moments in modern cannabis policy, before shifting to renewed banking legislation, Illinois expanding possession limits and a handful of new studies challe
Episode 227 - Joshua Tims, HAVEN Cannabis Dispensaries
2mo ago · 55:36
Episode 227 is the 25th episode of Season 4. Joshua Tims is Vice President of Brand Strategy and Vendor Relations at Haven, a California cannabis retailer with ten dispensary locations, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution operations. Over more than two decades in the industry, he's worked nearly every side of cannabis retail, from budtending and purchasing to retail operations, executive leadership and brand strategy. Along the way he's helped open more than 100 dispensaries, trained thousands of employees and built a reputation for connecting brands, retailers and consumers through ed
Episode 226 - Scott Von Heldt, Higher Vibes Solutions & CannaMatch.ai
2mo ago · 1:17:31
Episode 226 is the 24th episode of Season 4. This episode breaks the mold a little bit as we celebrate another 113 episodes of the Apartment 113 Podcast. Instead of focusing on the traditional 100 episode milestone, we've always preferred to celebrate 113. With another 113 episodes now in the books, I'm incredibly grateful for all of the guests, listeners, supporters and friends who have helped make this journey possible. Here's to the next 113. Our first guest is Scott Von Heldt, Founder of Higher Vibes Solutions and creator of CannaMatch.ai. After spending more than a decade building sales o
Episode 225 - Jim Berry, Homegrown
2mo ago · 48:05
Episode 225 is the 23rd episode of Season 4. Jim Berry is the creator of Homegrown with Jim Berry and a longtime Michigan caregiver, cultivator and educator dedicated to helping people grow better cannabis at home. Through his writing with Fat Nugs Magazine and his work as a cultivation consultant, he has become a respected voice advocating for home grow rights and bringing practical, science-driven cultivation advice to growers of all experience levels. His path into cannabis cultivation began through Michigan's medical program while navigating chronic health issues and the realities of opioi
Episode 224 - Vanessa Cuccurullo, Leilala & Watson
2mo ago · 38:39
Episode 224 is the 22nd episode of Season 4. Vanessa Cuccurullo is the Founder and Principal of Mrs. C Botanicals, a New York State licensed cannabis company focused on intentional consumption and premium, low-dose products through its Leilala & Watson brand. Built around the promise of "Low Dose. High Trust," her work is aimed at consumers seeking a thoughtful, predictable approach to cannabis that fits into everyday life rather than around it. Her path into the industry was shaped by personal experience. Following cancer treatment, Vanessa found herself searching for cannabis products she co
Episode 223 - Kelly Riddle, The Canna Joint
3mo ago · 49:50
Episode 223 is the 21st episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Kelly Riddle, Founder and CEO of The CannaJo!nt, a cannabis-focused branding, content and events agency dedicated to bringing together brands, creators, media and industry professionals in more meaningful and collaborative ways. Kelly spent several years helping shape the content and marketing strategy behind MJBiz and MJBizCon, where she launched initiatives including the Content Creator Program and State Takeovers while contributing to the continued growth of the industry's largest business media platform. Today she w
Episode 222 - May 2026 Special
3mo ago · 1:06:00
Episode 222 is the 20th episode of Season 4. We’re back with the May Special featuring Dustin Hoxworth, Founder of Fat Nugs Magazine, and Daniel Crawford, COO of Fat Nugs Magazine. This month we check in on what’s happening across cannabis policy, science, cultivation and the broader industry while catching up with Dustin after a busy stretch of travel and Daniel as he settles into Minnesota and his new role. We start with the House advancing language that could significantly tighten hemp regulations and reshape the future of intoxicating hemp products. From there we explore new research chall
Episode 221 - Chris Kuilan, Stoops NYC
3mo ago · 43:22
Episode 221 is the 19th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Chris Kuilan, Co-Founder of Stoops NYC, a Latinx-owned cannabis dispensary in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Chris joins the show to talk about building a cannabis business rooted in New York culture, community and long-term vision inside one of the toughest regulated markets in the country. Born and raised in New York, Chris saw legalization not just as an opportunity to open a dispensary, but as a chance to help build the foundation of a new industry from the ground up. Stoops NYC was created around the idea of bringi
Episode 220 - Maggie McBain, CULTA
3mo ago · 36:00
Episode 220 is the 18th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Maggie McBain, Indoor Cultivation Manager at CULTA, a Maryland-based cannabis company focused on premium cultivation, retail and cannabis culture. Maggie joins the show to talk about her path through the industry and what it takes to consistently produce quality cannabis at scale. Maggie entered the cannabis industry in 2020 starting out in extraction packaging at CULTA before moving into cultivation. Over the years she worked her way up through the grow, learning every layer of the operation from the ground floor as sh
Episode 219 - Gary Laderman, Sacred Drugs
3mo ago · 57:50
Episode 219 is the 17th episode of Season 4. Returning to the show for the first time since Episode 79 is Gary Laderman, Goodrich C. White Professor of American Religious History and Cultures at Emory University. Gary joins us to discuss his new book Sacred Drugs: How Psychoactive Substances Mix with Religious Life and the deeper relationship between psychoactive substances, spirituality and human culture. We talk about the ways substances ranging from coffee and alcohol to cannabis, psychedelics and pharmaceuticals have historically shaped religious practice, community and personal transforma
Episode 218 - Riel Roussopoulos, Bud Mafia
3mo ago · 51:52
Episode 218 is the 16th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Riel Roussopoulos, Founder of Bud Mafia and a longtime marketer and technologist working across cannabis and other markets. Riel joins the show to talk about storytelling, digital strategy and the challenge of building events and brands in industries where traditional marketing channels are limited. We talk about Riel’s background spanning decades in digital marketing, his work building campaigns and content ecosystems in cannabis and how platforms, SEO and community-driven media play a role in growth. Riel shares his p
Episode 217 - April 2026 Special
4mo ago · 47:10
Episode 217 is the 15th episode of Season 4. We’re back with the April Special featuring Jeremy Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer at Quality Roots as co-host. This month we dig into federal policy shifts, state level dynamics and the broader forces shaping cannabis in 2026. Quick note, we had some connection issues during this recording so the episode is cut a bit short. Appreciate your patience with it. We start with the biggest headline of the month, the year and maybe the decade, the federal government moving medical cannabis to Schedule III. While it marks the first time cannabis is officia
Episode 216 - Willy Vlasic, Vlasic Labs
4mo ago · 44:07
Episode 216 is the 14th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Willy Vlasic, cannabis and hemp entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Vlasic Labs. Willy joins the show to talk about building a modern plant-based wellness brand rooted in one of America’s most recognizable family names and how legacy can evolve into a new industry. We talk about Willy’s path through cultivation, manufacturing and product development before launching Vlasic Labs alongside his father, Rick Vlasic. Willy shares the vision behind creating accessible CBD wellness products, the importance of quality and consistenc
Episode 215 - Jenny Germano, ICS Consulting & Under the Microscope with Jenny
4mo ago · 47:02
Episode 215 is the 13th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Jenny Germano, Founder and President of ICS Consulting and host of Under the Microscope with Jenny. Jenny is a nationally recognized cannabis compliance expert whose career spans from Colorado’s early medical days to today’s highly regulated multi-state market. She joins the show to talk about compliance, operations and what it really takes to build sustainable cannabis businesses. We talk about Jenny’s transition from a 23-year career in hospitality into cannabis in 2009, her rise to COO of a vertically integrated Denv
Episode 214 - Caleb Chen, The Highest Critic
4mo ago · 55:47
Episode 214 is the 12th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Caleb Chen, cannabis researcher, educator and Founder of The Highest Critic. Caleb joins the show to talk about cannabis genetics, global culture and the importance of preserving diversity in the plant as the modern industry continues to evolve. We talk about his journey from enthusiast to respected reviewer and judge, his work with a worldwide network of cannabis critics and what he has learned from farmers and breeders. Caleb also shares insights from his research in the Emerald Triangle, the role of terroir and sun g
Episode 213 - Brian Caine, High End Search
4mo ago · 38:42
Episode 213 is the 11th episode of Season 4. Our guest for this episode is Brian Caine, Founder of High End Search and Rad Recruitment, two firms focused on talent acquisition across cannabis, hemp and psychedelics. Brian joins the show to talk about one of the most overlooked challenges in the industry: finding and keeping the right people. We talk about Brian’s background in biotech and recruiting, how those lessons translate into cannabis and why hiring in this industry is uniquely complex. Brian breaks down how systems, automation and AI are changing the way companies approach recruitment,

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Episode 226 - Scott Von Heldt, Higher Vibes Solutions & CannaMatch.ai

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Episodes 237

Episode 237 - Lance Asher, Green Elevator

Episode 236 - Jeremy Ortiz, Cannabis Insurance

Episode 235 - Melanie King

Episode 234 - Jacob Tell, District 216

Episode 233 - July 2026 Special

Episode 232 - Scott Wright, Wise Rabbit Films

Episode 231 - Tyson Cramer, Peak Profit Yields

Episode 230 - Talvin White, canAFarm

Episode 229 - Alex Eckman, Higher Thoughts Podcast

Episode 228 - June 2026 Special

Episode 227 - Joshua Tims, HAVEN Cannabis Dispensaries

Episode 226 - Scott Von Heldt, Higher Vibes Solutions & CannaMatch.ai

Episode 225 - Jim Berry, Homegrown

Episode 224 - Vanessa Cuccurullo, Leilala & Watson

Episode 223 - Kelly Riddle, The Canna Joint

Episode 222 - May 2026 Special

Episode 221 - Chris Kuilan, Stoops NYC

Episode 220 - Maggie McBain, CULTA

Episode 219 - Gary Laderman, Sacred Drugs

Episode 218 - Riel Roussopoulos, Bud Mafia

Episode 217 - April 2026 Special

Episode 216 - Willy Vlasic, Vlasic Labs

Episode 215 - Jenny Germano, ICS Consulting & Under the Microscope with Jenny

Episode 214 - Caleb Chen, The Highest Critic

Episode 213 - Brian Caine, High End Search

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