Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKarma Koala Podcast 267: “Opaque” How a rogue laboratory at University of Illinois Chicago got people convicted for driving high
Season 1 Episode 60
In this episode I speak with Maya Dukmasova a senior reporter at InjusticeWatch.org who has just penned a great investigative piece about a rogue lab and cannabis DUI testing methadology and results…
Published on 20 hours ago
Karma Koala Podcast 266: Lisa Pittman – Hemp / Cannabis WTF Is Going On In Texas At the Moment?
Season 1 Episode 59
Great to catch up with Lisa to find out what’s going on in both the hemp & cannabis worlds in Texas.
Lisa explains the ongoing fracas between the senate, the Lt Gov & Gov Abbott on hemp.
Lisa has been …
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Karma Koala Podcast 265: Jesús Alonso Olamendi – ICEERS (The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service) Who they are? What they do? …… and how they share their information
Season 1 Episode 58
Great to speak to Jesus and to get an insight into ICEERS. Who they are? What they do? How they share their knowledge and how they are developing an education aspect to the work they do.
This is what …
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Karma Koala Podcast 264: Jeffrey O’Brien Partner Husch Blackwell – Updates From Michigan & How The State Engaged Properly With THC Beverages
Season 1 Episode 57
I talk to Jeffrey about how Minnesota has walked a steady & I would argue sensible path in dealing with cannabis, hemp for human consumption and how both have worked in conjunction with other industr…
Published on 1 month ago
Karma Koala Podcast 263: Daniel Locke – Owner Medical Cannabis Physician Group In Jacksonville Florida. It’s Everything You’ll Think It’ll Be, But Worse
Season 1 Episode 56
Great commentry on Florida by Daniel. He does know just about everything there is to know about the ever confusing Florida world(s) of cannabis and hemp.
He’s had enough of Trulieve, enough of politic…
Published on 1 month ago
Karma Koala Podcast 262: Daron Hudson, The Sanctuary Garden, 2nd Time Around With The OCM – Things Have Got Better, Not Perfect, But Better
Season 1 Episode 55
Daron comes from a legacy background and whilst on the board of New York Housing Works https://www.housingworks.org/about-us an organisation born out of the AIDS crisis in New York City. Created as a…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Karma Koala Podcast 261: Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi Full-time Commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission – The Cannabis For Personal Consumption In Private Act Is Signed Into The Law… Where Are The Regulations?
Season 1 Episode 54
I speak with Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi about South Africa’s “Cannabis For Personal Consumption In Private Act”
Prof Madlingozi is full-time commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission and …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Karma Koala Podcast 260: Jessica Hanson Symple Seeds: Learning About Homegrow – “A Regulatory Patchwork In The US”
Season 1 Episode 53
Jessica’s business sends legally compliant seeds throughout the US and she talks about the move towards democratizing homegrow.
We dig into some of the details of what homegrow means in the US with re…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Karma Koala Podcast 259: Ryan Zaklin, MD, MA ( Dr Z) What is US Medical Cannabis In 2025, “Selling Access To Product Not Care”
Season 1 Episode 52
In this episode we speak to Dr Z (Ryan Zaklin) a MD with a medical cannabis practice based in Massachusetts and ask what is medical cannabis in the US as it currently stand.
How has it changed from th…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Karma Koala Podcast 258: Max Jackson Wise Guys CA/NJ – Tackling Water Usage Issues In Commercial Growing – More Knowledge Needed For Growers, Investors, Consultants, Legislators, Regulators & Inspectors
Season 1 Episode 51
A great conversation with Max about water usage in the cannabis agri-sector., Not only does he highlight where we are going wrong and need to grow the knowledge base for solutions but he also highlig…
Published on 2 months ago