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DIVERSITY IN ACTION | SUCCESS CENTERS
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Success Center is a community-based organization that was founded 35 years ago by Superior Court Judges in San Francisco to provide education and employment opportunities to youth in juvenile detention facilities. The program has recently expanded to include Equity for Industry training and workshops for those interested in the cannabis industry. Liz Jackson-Simpson, CEO of Success Centers, and Angela White, Program Manager for Equity for Industry, talk with Montel about the program and the challenges minorities face when looking to enter the cannabis industry, and how their programs address those challenges.

 https://youtu.be/w8Dtf9dHX7k

ENTERTAINMENT & CANNABIS | JEFF WELSH
After several years of touring and recording professionally as a saxophonist, Jeffrey decided his skill set would be best served on the business side of the entertainment industry, and headed to Law School. Jeffrey is now a partner at Vicente Sederberg LLP, where he focuses his practice on advising companies, brands, entertainment and media properties, other law firms, and investors on how to navigate the California cannabis marketplace. He is also the co-founder a full-service creative agency, Composite. Composite helps guide and grow brands in the legal cannabis industry and specializes in creative & content production, marketing research & strategy, and product development.

 https://youtu.be/0wRu_1fm428

Part 2 TAKING A KNEE | NATE BOYER
Montel talks with Nate Boyer, former active-duty Green Beret, world traveler, philanthropist, community leader, and a former member of the Seattle Seahawks. Nate counseled Colin Kaepernick to take a knee in peaceful protest during the national anthem, a respectful way to bring attention to his cause as opposed to sitting on the bench. Nate has served multiple tours around the world and expresses how that experience has made him appreciate what we all have in common regardless of race, culture or religion.

 https://youtu.be/QmnxQtXGX_A

PART 1 TAKING A KNEE | NATE BOYER
Montel talks with Nate Boyer, former active-duty Green Beret, world traveler, philanthropist, community leader and a former member of the Seattle Seahawks. Nate counseled Colin Kaepernick to take a knee in peaceful protest during the national anthem, a respectful way to bring attention to his cause as opposed to sitting on the bench. Nate has served multiple tours around the world, and expresses how that experience has made him appreciate what we all have in common regardless of race, culture or religion.

 https://youtu.be/jtvY7v0i0PU

CANNABIS NURSE | JANNA CHAMPAGNE
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Janna's introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient who happens to be a nurse when she suffered a debilitating immune health collapse in 2012.
Janna credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status against all odds.
Janna is also known for her daughter's cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017. Nurse Janna has educated thousands of patients, helping them optimize their cannabis therapy outcomes through an individualized and well-informed approach. Janna has gained extensive clinical application knowledge through her work, including individual considerations of cannabis therapy, and which products might best fit a patient's situation. Janna founded Integrated Holistic Care is a Southern Oregon non-profit medical and health education organization dedicated to providing quality health counseling and education services to help clients optimize their health.

 https://youtu.be/yMHfMNBXexg

CANNABIS NEWS | JJ MCKAY
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Montel chats with JJ McKay, the Founder, and Publisher of the award-winning lifestyle platform, The Fresh Toast.
The Fresh Toast provides information about culture, weed, celebrity, tech, and medical marijuana.
With a mission that includes making the cannabis conversation mainstream, The Fresh Toast is the premier, comprehensive destination for discovering everything you’ve ever wanted to know about marijuana for the canna-curious, canna-newbie, or medical patient.

 https://youtu.be/pITr1rddpJM

HOW TO GET A BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP | MICHAEL BREUS, PHD
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Montel talks with Dr. Michael Breus about the importance of sleep to our overall health, how to deal with a lack of sleep from too much stress, and his tips for getting a good night's rest. Michael Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders, is one of only 168 psychologists in the world with his credentials and distinction. Dr. Breus is on the clinical advisory board of The Dr. Oz Show and appears regularly on the show. he has authored three books, The Power of When The Sleep Doctors Diet Plan and Good Night: The Sleep Doctors 4-week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health.

 https://thesleepdoctor.com

 https://youtu.be/Z2cwh8VRMhE

COVID-19 AND THE TRUMP | JONATHAN FRANKS
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The Federal Government’s COVID-19 Response
In today’s episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks to Jonathan Franks, President of LUCID Strategies and a longtime communications advisor about the Federal Government’s response to COVID-19 and the potential impact on the election. They also discuss the impact of disinformation online and the state of absurdity in which we now find ourselves.


 https://youtu.be/_v4YiFiKZwY