What Are You Smoking? Episode 23: Gettin’ Scientific About Cannabis

Leafly PodcastsPublished on January 24, 2018 · Last updated July 28, 2020

What Are You Smoking? features Leafly experts Jeremiah Wilhelm, Bailey Rahn, Will Hyde, and Brett Konen, as well as guests from all corners of the cannabis industry reviewing strains, test-firing products, offering up pro tips, and answering your toughest cannabis questions.

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What Are You Smoking?

Episode 23: Gettin’ Scientific About Cannabis

In this episode:

Leafly’s chief scientist, Nick Jikomes, joins Will and Jeremiah to discuss the latest in scientific research surrounding cannabis.

What questions are researchers asking? What problems do scientists face when studying cannabis? What role could cannabis play in helping to stem the opioid epidemic?

This episode, you’ll get answers to all these questions and more, as well as finding out what our favorite neuroscientist is smoking these days and what he looks for in a flower.

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Strains & Products on This Episode:

Blackberry Kush by Raven Grass

Guess who's getting blended ☯️ Blackberry Kush × Gilda coming to smokes and Pure Cannabis Concentrate this week 👌 . . . #organiccannabis #cbdblends #weedstagram #weedpics #weshouldsmoke #teamcbd #kush #pushmag #weedwomen #plantsonpink #nugshots
A post shared by Raven (@ravengrass) on Nov 1, 2017 at 2:23pm PDT

Sour Diesel by Nebula Gardens

Wednesday canopy dive! #canopydive #sourdiesel #cannabis #colas #nebulalife #nebulagrown
A post shared by Nebula Gardens (@nebulagardens) on Sep 13, 2017 at 10:29am PDT

Lavender Honey Crystal by Oleum

I am terrible at math, but I know good numbers when I see them. . . . . . #terps #terpenes #cannabis #cannabiscommunity #weedstagram #concentrates #dab #dabs #710 #oil #honeycrystal #passionoverposition #oleum #oleumextracts #oleyum
A post shared by Jeremiah Wilhelm (@jfswilhelm) on Jan 16, 2018 at 9:28pm PST

Meet Your Show Hosts

Jeremiah Wilhelm is a strain researcher and subject matter expert at Leafly. A former budtender, Jeremiah is the site’s reigning beard champion and self-proclaimed Office Garden Gnome.

Bailey Rahn is an editor at Leafly specializing in cannabis strains and health. When she’s not at Leafly, you’ll likely find her smoking her way up a mountain or playing dress-up with her cats.

Will Hyde is a subject matter expert, strain specialist, and digital producer at Leafly. He spends his free time traveling and exploring creative outlets as a DJ, digital artist, and film producer.

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Brett Konen is an editor at Leafly specializing in lifestyle content. She’s fascinated by parallels between alcohol and cannabis, and is very bad at writing while high.

About Our Music:

Music for “What Are You Smoking” is provided by Lusine. “Ticking Hands” is from his album Sensorimotor. “Two Dots” is from A Certain Distance. For more about Lusine, check out Ghostly.com.

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