Three Interesting Podcasts

We checked in on our friend, Shango Los, @shapingfire on Instagram, to see what he’s been up to lately. Some new episodes of his Shaping Fire podcast have dropped. It’s a great source for keeping up with what’s fresh and current in the world of cannabis.

Episode #127 is out now, The Heartland Series: Full Moon Farms, Humboldt County with guest Nik Erickson. The Emerald Triangle of Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties in Northern California is the heartland of American cannabis. Shango talks with heritage farmer Nik about his family’s property with exciting stories “from the Gold Rush to the Green Rush.” They discuss how “NorCal generational regenerative farms work together to produce the most meaningful flowers available.” @dirtysouthgenetics commented: “Just finished the episode…this industry needs more stories like this. I’m on the outside looking in and I needed that. Thank you.”

A memorial episode was released in February honoring the late Dr. Elaine Ingham. From the Archive, Episode #126 is The Soil Food Web in Practice with world-famous soil biologist Dr. Ingham as Shango’s special guest. They discuss using indigenous microorganisms to optimize plant resilience, choosing companion plants by their function, and beneficial insects as both garden defense and food web antagonist, among several other pertinent topics. 

Another timely episode is available as well: Episode #125 Easy-to-Make Natural Farming Preps, with guest David Hoover. “Natural farming techniques replace our reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides and grow the tastiest flower imaginable.” David is a natural farming educator. He discusses “four fast and easy natural farming fertilizer preparations that you can have ready before your summer garden is even planted.” Spring is on the horizon—get busy!

Of course Shango has some other intriguing posts to peruse. He received the results of the sex tests on 16 Cherry Chem seeds he and his buddy plan on open pollinating in a preservation run. This project dates back to 2017 and a jar of Cherry Chem flowers given to Shango at that year’s Emerald Cup. The intention is to capture as much of the genetic story as possible with only 16 plants from the remaining un-re-crossed seed they have left.