Every Sunday

1 / Introduction to Podcast / Patient Experience 

Featuring Berta Kaguako & Shazia Elahi (EthVida Co-Founders) 

An introduction to the EthVida platform, the Co-Founders Shazia & Berta and their patient experience as people using cannabis based medical products to manage their health and wellbeing. 

2 / Substance Misuse vs CBMPs

Featuring Ezra Ben-Ysrael (Substance Misuse Specialist)

Discussions with a substance misuse expert discussing cannabis misuse in the UK. self-medicating, psychological dependency etc…​

3 / What is Medical Cannabis?

Featuring Dr Luisa Searle (Consultant Psychiatrist and CBMPs prescriber)

Discussion around the medication, including how to use it, side effects and adverse reactions to look out for.

4 / THCP vapes

Featuring AJ Mishra (Recruitment @ Lumino)

Exploring concerns around THC vapes explosion in the recreational market.  

5 / Changing the Face of Medicine UK

Jon Nadler (CBPM advocate & Entrepreneur)

Discussions around Jon’s journey as a patient advocate, opening the first cannabis clinic and the future of medical cannabis in the UK.​

6 / Medical Cannabis App (Canndr)

Featuring Adam Windish (Managing Director @ Canndr) 

Discussions around supporting patients to evidence medical cannabis prescription to authorities and 3rd parties

7 / Release my Meds

Featuring Alex Fraser (Patient Lead @ Grow) 

Exploring patient’s rights services, with regard to confiscation of medications and how patients can access support services.

8 / Challenging the Stigma: against all odds

Featuring Hannah Deacon (Director @ Maple Tree Consultant) 

Discussions around Hannah’s journey as a mother fighting for her son’s life and appropriate medical intervention, paving the way for the legalisation of CBMPs in the UK.​

9 / Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

Featuring Tara Oliphant-McCue (Social Work Manager) 

Discussions around children’s and family’s perspective of safe usage of sedating medications and safe storage etc

10 / Patient Experience 

Featuring Lydia Donaldson (Patient Advocate) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives and wellbeing.

11 / All about Hemp!

Featuring Rebekah Shamam (Hemp Expert) 

We are joined by a hemp cultivator and expert in all thing’s hemp, to explore more on the HEMP plant itself. We explore the lesser-known territory of the HEMP, and gain a bit more of an understanding of Hemps contribution to the industry.

12 / Thermidor & Lobsterpot Podcast

Featuring Dave Barton (Co-Founders of Thermidor) 

Discussions around Dave around his journey in the medical cannabis community, and the formation of Lobsterpot Podcast, one of the biggest medical cannabis podcasts in the UK.

13 / Advancements in CBPMs

Featuring James Smith (Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer @ 4C Labs) 

Discussions around improvements in potency of CBMPs to support patients with reducing consumption and saving on costs.

14 / Patient experience

Featuring Rebecca Allen-Tapp (Business Development @ Paralab) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives, Rebecca is also a industry professional and echoes a holistic approach to managing your health and wellbeing.

15 / Rehabilitation and CBPMs

Featuring Dr Vicki Williams (Rehab/Pain Consultant & CBMPs prescriber) 

Discussions around using the medication to improve of your health and wellbeing via care-planning and risk assessing.

16 / CBMPs & Women's Health 

Featuring Dr Shabnam Sarshar (Nisa Health) 

Exploring the medication as an herb, and how this ‘alternative medicine’ responds in the body and improves on women’s health. 

17 / Patient Experience / EmpowHer Cannabis Society

Featuring Heidi Whitman (Global business development and strategy officer) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives, Heidi is also the founder of Empowher, UK leading women’s society.​

18 / Psychiatry and CBPMs

Featuring Dr Luisa Seale (Consultant Psychiatrist and CBMPs prescriber)

We welcome back Dr Searle for discussions around professional experience of treating patients with CBMPs for psychiatry and how they can use their medications to improve on their mental health and overall wellbeing.

19 / Patient Experience

Featuring Joséphine McFarlane (Marketing Lead @ Grow Group) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives.

20 / Cannabis Health

Featuring Sarah Sinclair (Freelance Journalist) 

Discussion with former editor of cannabis health, now freelance journalist predominantly in medical cannabis sector and her exciting role in supporting and education patients and the masses on CMBPs.

21 / Patient Experience 

Featuring Nikki Lawley (Patient Advocate & Industry Professional) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives.​

23 / Cannabinoid Pandemic

Featuring David Parkinson (Substance Misuse Practitioner) 

Following the CBD and Hemp legalisation, the market has seen a rise in CBD products, specifically cannabinoids marketed as legal products? Are we on the brinks of a cannabinoid pandemic? We chat to Substance Misuse Practitioner, who explores these concerns and more.

24 / Law & legal practise

Featuring Sarah Clover (Barrister - licensing, planning & regulatory) 

We sit with regulatory barrister within the cannabis sector:  who explores how we can use the legal framework to support with creating awareness for CBMPs.

25 / Women & Cannabis

Featuring Melanie Wentzel (Global Leader & Author)

We sit down with co-author of Women Making a Difference, and discuss her newly released book titled, Cannabis Queens.

26 / Patient Experience 

Featuring Nicole Buffong (National Events Director) 

Exploring personal journey’s with CBMPs and the impact it has had to their lives.​

27 / Patient Experience & Entrepeneur

Featuring Julie Fry (CBMPs Entrepreneur)

We explore Julie’s experience as a patient, and what motivated her to create a safe space (retreat) for plant medicines in Jamaica.​