In this episode of Your Highness Podcast, Diana and Miss Cadabra from the Smoke-to-Smoke podcast discuss their favorite cannabis-related products, including Demeter's cannabis-scented fragrance line and THC Design's hash-infused pre-rolls, as well as recent regulatory changes in Colorado's cannabis market. The episode also covers interview techniques and the balance between professional and personal interactions within the cannabis industry. Additionally, listeners are provided with essential tips on podcast guest etiquette, such as preparation, understanding the podcast's dynamics, and the use of proper equipment to ensure a quality recording. The hosts emphasize the importance of mutual promotion between hosts and guests and the need for specialized knowledge to be conveyed accessibly to the audience.
In this episode of Your Highness Podcast, Diana and Miss Cadabra from the Smoke to Smoke podcast discuss their favorite cannabis-related products, including Demeter's cannabis-scented fragrance line and THC Design's hash-infused pre-rolls, as well as recent regulatory changes in Colorado's cannabis market.
The episode also covers interview techniques and the balance between professional and personal interactions within the cannabis industry. Additionally, listeners are provided with essential tips on podcast guest etiquette, such as preparation, understanding the podcast's dynamics, and the use of proper equipment to ensure a quality recording. The hosts emphasize the importance of mutual promotion between hosts and guests and the need for specialized knowledge to be conveyed accessibly to the audience.
0:16- Welcome to Your Highness Podcast
0:53 - Fave Pot
6:45 - Fave Not Pot
11:36 - Main Segment
This episode is sponsored by Mitragaia.com
00:16 - Diana (Host)
Welcome to your Highness Podcast. I'm your host, Diana, and today I am joined again by the lovely Miss Kadabra. How are you doing today?
00:28 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
I'm doing quite all right, today, how you doing, I'm doing all right, I'm always happier when I'm talking to you.
00:33 - Diana (Host)
And I forgot to say of Smoke to Smoke podcast, right, yeah, yeah, so we'll be talking more about that in a minute, but before we start with our episode, we're going to do our segment that we do every episode and it's just a little bit of an icebreaker and it's called Fave Pot Fave, not Pot. So if you're new to the show, that's where we talk about our favorite cannabis related thing and our favorite non-cannabis related thing at the moment, and I'm going to start, if you don't mind. All right. So I recently did a Mother's Day gift guide on our sub stack, um, which feels like it was so long ago but it really wasn't right, um.
01:19
So, anyway, I was sent a set by this company called Demeter I hope I'm pronouncing it correctly. They are a fragrance company and they make these really cool scents that are like the scent of a library or, you know, fresh rain or I mean there's like literally a scent for everything on this website. So when they told me about their cannabis scented line line, I was I was a bit skeptical because I was like, look, I love the smell of it, but do I want to smell like it even more than I already do? Yeah, that's a good question. So I said, okay, send me it. Um okay, and I was really pleasantly surprised, surprised.
02:04 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
I was pleasantly surprised.
02:06 - Diana (Host)
Um, because doesn't. To me it doesn't smell like cannabis. It smells like kind of like CK1. I don't know if you remember that from in the 90s, but it kind of reminds me of the days when I was in high school trying to cover up the smell of cannabis with my CK1 and my my white musk from the body shop.
02:26 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Um like, oh, I'm basic is it long, though, or is it like a very mellow scent to it? It's mellow yes, it's not to me.
02:38 - Diana (Host)
It doesn't smell they. They sent me body lotion, and then there was a body wash, and then there was a fragrance spray um and so I sprayed it. At first I was like let me see how. And I was like oh, I like this. It smells really nice. It's subtle. The first spray might be, you know, a little bit more vibrant, but it's. It fades very quickly, like not fate, it stays on you. But you know what I'm saying it's not overwhelming, it's.
03:04
It's a nice smell um, and I I'm, I'm a big fan of it so and I like, I like their um. I guess it's their motto, I don't know. They say be yourself, please yourself, reveal everything, reveal nothing, inhale, repeat, relax, imagine anything. So I'm like, yeah, all right, I'll get down with that oh okay, I like it. I like it, yeah. Yeah, they have a lot of cool scents, so check that out. But anyway, what's your fave pot right now? Um my, fave pot.
03:35 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
so, um, I was actually just kind of noticing a shift within the cannabis culture out here in Colorado. It seems like dispensaries, slowly but surely, are starting to get a little bit more freedom and leeway with things, which every time I've gone to a dispensary in the past few years, I've been like, well, there's always like snacks and drinks, but they're all infused. And now it seems like, hopefully soon in the next few months, we're going to actually have some non-infused, um retail items that can be sold within dispensaries alongside cannabis products, which seems like very basic which it is, but it's like a basic necessity of like. I should be able to like buy like some like soda or chips, especially if it's a long trip to certain dispensaries, I don't know. It just saves you the extra gas of having to make another stop somewhere else. But that's not the only thing that came along with the bill. There were some other cool things. Let me see, because I got. I got it pulled up on the side here. But so now, instead of having to renew their license every year, businesses can renew every two years, which gives them a lot more time to build themselves and build the capital before they go into another license and learn the landscape a lot better before.
04:58
The pressure to have to immediately, like, renew Permits also seem to empower the state marijuana enforcement division to ditch a requirement for the RFID tags on regulated marijuana products.
05:13
So for people who don't work retail, it's basically just something to mitigate, shrink and make sure that there is a lack of theft within the industry and certain products that are high risk and that's good for, like shirts and shoes and makeup, it's just not really feasible in the same way for, like, a plant product.
05:41
So now they don't really have to worry about having that additional regulation on top of everything else going on, since there already are some pretty good regulations to make sure that we're not losing a whole bunch of flour. I mean, we have plenty out here. It allows products to also be retested if they fail the test in the first place, which means again, we're going to have a lot more flour because not having to get rid of it and dish it if it pops a little bit too high or doesn't pass one of the tests right away, it gives people a lot more freedom to continue to grow better out here. And also interstate trade of genetic materials, which means new genetics, more things to learn and just a lot more experiences for the growers and the people who hold this community together to continue to make great products. So very excited as a consumer out here.
06:37 - Diana (Host)
That's exciting. I'm excited for you. You, I can't wait to visit someday. Um, anyway, so my fave not pot right now is I switched it. I just realized in my head as I'm looking I'm like, wait a minute the, even though it says cannabis scent, the cannabis scented lotion and everything that was supposed to be my fave, not pot. And then I had let's pretend like I'm I'm talking about. We'll just make them both pot related, okay, um, so I'm actually going to talk about actual cannabis.
07:23
Uh, because I was going to do that with the fave pot. So anyway, sorry to confuse you, I confused myself there, okay. So thc design sent me an ice water, hash infused pre-roll and, yeah, that's exactly what I said. I was like, oh, I did a little dance, you know. Okay, tell us about it. It's a sativa, but it's very high in limonene and for me that means that it doesn't really give me like too much energy, it just makes me feel really good, it gets me in that sweet spot so that I can, you know, be creative and get things done. And um, not only did they send me this beautiful pre-roll which was huge, it was one gram and um, the flower I'm not mentioning the flower here, it's crescendo the string, oh, okay, oh, so you know about that, I do know that okay, they also sent me a really cool um I don't know what they're calling them now like a pre-roll holder.
08:36
I don't have it to show you, but it was so like a clamp? Yes, yes, that and then a little teeny tiny ashtray and a little tiny hemp wick. So it was like perfect for just like a one little smoke in this thing and I mean it's it was so thoughtful and cute and I was really really happy to receive that. So that was my fave pot 2.0. I don't know. My fave pot, not pot pot. What's your fave, not pot right now?
09:08 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Okay, so my fave not pot, and I can also do a pot 2.0 if necessary. But as far as not pot is concerned, I got my husband and I wouldn't have on a Nintendo Switch. I've always wanted one for years and finally now I got one because I'm like, okay, I know enough about video games. Now I feel like I'm not just going to have like one game. It's like great.
09:32
I spent 300 bucks for one thing, but I've been able to play a lot more with him now, since he plays a lot of video games, but I've never been able to like really get into it, but it's been able for me. I'm getting back into platformers and then a lot of super smash ultimate, and he's never played that before. So now we're kind of just um, enjoying a little bit of both of our childhoods and things that like both games we like to play when we were growing up, and it's been a really cool bonding experience and very nice, since I've been offline and like really just traveling a lot. So I've got the switch on me and a couple controllers, so yeah, we've been having a lot of fun.
10:10 - Diana (Host)
I love that. That is so cool and that is one of those things you can do and it's like, doesn't matter how long you've been married, you have some new stories, because you're like, oh, this reminds me of when I blah, and even if you've already told that story 50 times, it can still be fun to like. You know, just just have that little nostalgic moment. That is so cool. I love that. I love that for you ever feel like life's stress gets to be too much. Welcome to meet your gaia, your natural wellness partner. We are the number one rated provider of kratom, 100% natural plant-based solution used in Asia for centuries to help increase focus, energy and relaxation. Want to know more? Use the code YHPOD to get 10% off your first order today. First order today, that's meetyourgaiacom and code YHPOD for 10% off. So switching gears a little bit. Oh, you see what I did there. Hey, okay, nintendo Switch Never mind, I'm being a nerd.
11:45
Okay, so it might seem a little strange to be talking about being a podcast guest on a cannabis industry focused podcast, but, as you can attest, um, this industry is different and it's unique. Right, it's different and unique. That's superfluous. It's still considered a young industry and there are a lot of people who are doing it themselves, doing all the jobs themselves. I don't even want to say solopreneur, because it doesn't really encapsulate how everybody is doing things in this industry, right, Like there's a lot of doing your years. I have had a lot of people pitch themselves to me for to be a guest on either one of our shows, or I've had publicist pitch me, as I'm sure you have, um, and you might want to add a little note about, like, your experience with that before we begin.
13:05 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
All right.
13:07
I would say personally from what I've seen from doing interviews on and off in the past two and a half years.
13:15
Now, there's such a wide range of individuals within this industry people who have prior business knowledge but may not have prior people knowledge.
13:26
People who are really good at promoting themselves in a way that's fun and a content creator sense, to where they can get out to wide audiences but not really connect to them in a personal level on a microphone and a one-on-one chat.
13:44
A lot of people they either can't switch into business mode to actually break out of their shell and show their personality and properly promote their business, or they can't break out of business mode and you can't actually see their personality, because you've heard that you can get a discount on their website, like the past, like 20 times within six minutes. So yeah, but what we're doing today we're trying to give tips to people one regardless of your experience level within the cannabis industry, which is really what I've tried to do on my show is just like spreading knowledge in general trying to give that information to you regardless of the path you've taken within this cannabis community to where you can be better prepped to hop on a show and talk about yourself, feel comfortable and not really just feel like you've done yourself a disservice or done the show a disservice.
14:44 - Diana (Host)
Right, because even if you are a seasoned expert in whatever field you're in, even if you've given thousands of interviews, there are things that can be gleaned from what we're about to discuss, I feel. I think that I think everyone can learn something with this. Everyone can learn something with this, and that's why this will be a template of sorts. But if you have no interest in ever being a guest on any show ever, then feel free to skip ahead of this episode. So I'm going to start with something that may seem obvious, but my experience would illustrate otherwise.
15:30
Before you go on a show, whether it be podcast or a live show, whatever the situation is, do at least 15 minutes of research before pitching yourself. I should say before. I don't even know how to count the amount of emails I've received. I would say I lost count, but I never. I wouldn't even know how to quantify it because it's so many over the years where people just cut and paste. You can tell they're cut and pasting or they say things like this is all of the experience my client has or I have, and then nothing else, like nothing about my show or who I am or what they want to bring to the show. It's just just just. This is who I am. You know like, do you just 15 minutes of research? I would even say, if you're so so, so busy that you can't do 15 minutes, at least five minutes, because you can get a lot from a five minute Google search five minutes, because you can get a lot from a five minute google search, right?
16:39 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
yeah, um, because I mean and that goes both ways too, oh for sure, as far as somebody may come guns blazing on, I want to be on your show um, here's what I do and then realize that their potential alignment within the community may not be something you actively promote on the show. I haven't had this issue myself because I like to talk about hemp and cannabis, but there have been some people who will go onto a cannabis show and then just bash hemp or vice versa, come on there talking about hemp and not realizing that the host hates any type of alternative cannabinoids um, I've seen those awkward interactions, and it's just there's so many different cannabis shows. You might want to figure out what one you really want to be on.
17:24 - Diana (Host)
Yes, or you just pick one exactly. I mean we're going to get into this a little bit more, but it's that is, uh, very poignant with what we're doing, because when we say cannabis, we're broad stroking. It's a broad stroke, but if you actually do 15 minutes of research on cannabis podcasts out there, you'll find that there are ones that are science-based, that only want to talk about the science. There are ones that are science-based, that only want to talk about the science. There are some that want you to do bong rips and just talk about your high thoughts. There are some that you know, just like ours. We talk about the industry, the state of the industry, and that can mean so many different things and it has over the years it's taken a lot of different shapes it has.
18:15
over the years it's taken a lot of different shapes, but that also means that if somebody's coming on my show and they're they're already high before they come on and thinking that I'm already going to be high, then it's not going to be a good episode, right? Like like don't assume just because it's a cannabis and you know, podcast either I this is kind of like an addendum to this but don't just assume because it says the word cannabis that they want you to smoke while you're on the show or already have consumed beforehand.
18:45 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Yes, and with the new addition on my show of Shroom to Shroom, even more so. I like when guests take holistic mushrooms and they come on the show. Lion's mane, reishi, that's cool, but do not set yourself up with a fist full of psilocybin before we go to record um I just.
19:06
I've had that happen so many times I've been mildly confused by it because I I like I'm not saying guests can't come on with with without taking whatever substance makes them comfortable at the same rate, know yourself. Yes, I tried to like I'll have my vape nearby, but the more I've gotten comfortable with talking to people like the main point I was smoking before the show in the first place was to settle my nerves right. So it was a certain point where I had smoked before the show and then realized I couldn't keep up with my questions and I was like, well, maybe it's time to just to set the joint down while I'm recording.
19:44 - Diana (Host)
Oh yeah, I've done that too. I mean, it does it definitely, but also just trying to figure out, like, what does that host like, what is that host about? You know what? What makes them comfortable, like what, um, and so that kind of goes into the next one, which is listen to at least half of an episode please, even if you're just listening to bits, like I have even done. You know, a five minute episode preview here, five minute episode there, just so I can kind of get an idea, like in the beginning, in the end, if I don't have time for a full episode, then I want.
20:20
I want to know how they started off. I want to know what was their icebreaker. Do they have one? How do they end it? Do they have certain segments?
20:27 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
that sort of a thing yeah, yeah, um, there's been people I've collaborated with who have invited me on their show. I believe you were one of those people where you may not hear from me for the first little bit because I want to make sure I have time to actually listen to the show and make sure I'm the right fit for what you want to have. On that, my style of comedy really fits in with the way you engage in conversations or our views don't align to the point where I feel like this would be an argument podcast and I don't think that's good for us. Um, but yeah, it's, just do, do research and even if you don't have 15 minutes, if you've got five, if you've got a little bit of time, to at least read reviews on the show.
21:15 - Diana (Host)
Yeah, skim the transcript at the very least, like while you're eating your breakfast or whatever it is.
21:26 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Like, just if you don't have time to listen, transcripts are everywhere, or at least they should be. Yeah of you. Would hope your interviewer would do at least a little bit of research before having you on there, because you don't want them asking you questions about things that are very obviously already stated within the mission statement of what you do, or it's basically clear as day. You could do a five second google search like why did you ask me that question? Or putting you in a comfortable position with asking things that just are very distasteful based off of your prior experiences. Like you, everybody's got to do research.
22:02
So, while this is definitely tips for podcasters too, I would say but, also for the people who are coming on those podcasts, because some of those people are podcasters themselves.
22:16 - Diana (Host)
That is true, that is true, and if you want to hear more about that, we will do more about that, because I feel like this could keep going. But anyway, speaking of podcasters, okay, so if you're going on a show and the podcaster says here are the requirements to come on here, please wear headphones, please wear earbuds. Um, turn off the light six times I'm just joking, no, but I have had many experiences where people act almost offended because they have the best laptop on the market or you know, the best microphone or whatever it is, and I'm like this isn't, this isn't something I'm. I'm not trying to shade you. This is because, um and I'm not the one who does the audio editing you can speak to this more, but I know that if you don't have the headphones in, it causes a lot more echo, and those people can't hear the echo, so they don't understand it at at the time.
23:24 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Right like it's yeah something that you only can hear when you're doing the editing yeah, the amount that you catch after the fact editing is quite insane. And that's where you pick up, especially if you're editing your own audio on wow. I say this particular phrase a lot, or I have this tick, or I suck my teeth a lot, or I start my show with and like. It's so frustrating when you try to politely communicate to get just certain things like please don't connect with airpods, um, or, depending on the editing software you're using, it's like I know you may have gone on x, y and z show on a phone and that worked, but with what I'm using, please don't do that, right?
24:08
Yeah, it's, different situations call for different accommodations and if you don't have the equipment, you can always ask the podcaster themselves if they know any resources out there of really good microphones for very cheap. Like I got my blue ice microphone for, let's say, 15, 20 bucks, just because, like a certain deals around the times of the year, you can get them about like 80 off. So, yeah, I it's like whenever I am editing and I hear after the fact that, like oh, somebody was outside because I hear the cicadas or there's apparently they have dogs in another room, it's like certain things, like different lifestyle things you can't just be, like no babies allowed, no dogs, Like that's kind of ridiculous, but reasonable accommodations like that. And also like no crumply things nearby, like no chips.
25:13 - Diana (Host)
Bangles. That's a big one, people wearing like dangly jewelry and it's banging up against the microphone.
25:20 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Yeah, yeah and it's just there's so many different things, um, but I mean, ultimately we can't help everything. We can't just be on high alert with right, because then you won't be focusing on what you're saying or what the person's saying to you, but still just try to go in there with a little bit of a courteous mindset right.
25:38 - Diana (Host)
I mean if the podcaster has like a 12 point you know instruction manual before you're good, like that's a bit ridiculous. But I'm saying if they say something in bold or they just have one you know prerequisite, like please wear headphones or please don't do this on your phone or whatever it is, yeah, then say OK. If you can't accommodate that, say maybe we need to reschedule. Don't wait until the actual session and say oh well, I have a really good, I have a MacBook Air. So you know I'm in a coffee shop but it's like really quiet, you know. Like no, just don't.
26:19 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Yeah, it's like wow, Wow, wow, wow.
26:22
Yeah, no, I had somebody trying to record and they were using like hands-free mode. But it's like, yeah, no, I don't want to. I can hear the audio of the road. I don't want to hear that because I'm hearing people honking, I'm hearing other people's music from their cars and maybe we should reschedule. It never hurts to say can we reschedule if you suddenly find yourself in a very loud active situation. So it's like if you don't have the equipment, or suddenly you're out of town and you need Wi-Fi, you need your equipment. You don't have it with you, just reschedule. Trying to improvise too much is not a good thing.
27:02 - Diana (Host)
No, it absolutely is not, especially for seasoned listeners. And so that brings me to one that now I forgot what we were talking about. Oh goodness gracious, okay. So, um, yeah, just pay attention to what the instructions are and just try to reschedule if you can't, because you know it takes a lot of time to put these episodes together and even if it seems like it's not that big of a deal, it might be a big deal to have to move things around, especially if somebody has to go into a studio or whatever the scenario is.
27:55
So my next one is a little bit of a personal hang-up I have, because I get this a lot and and I only get it in the cannabis industry, yeah, you're like oh, don't ask about the show's monthly downloads or unique website visitors or audience numbers unless you're willing to share the same information and you're willing to do something with that information, because why else would you need that, right, I mean? And also it seems to me kind of like a slap in the face if you pitch yourself to my show. I go through the trouble of setting up the interview, recording it, it, doing the research, all of that, and then afterwards you're asking me how many people listen monthly. Where do they listen? That is something that we could have had a conversation about before we began, but also why are we having that conversation?
29:00
Yeah, I don't know, the more I think about it, because I've had that question a lot and I've never really thought of it as like it's weird, but Maybe I'm too sensitive, but I feel like it's kind of like you're asking someone for like their phone number after you already went on a date with them.
29:18 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
I don't know, maybe that's not the right analogy, but I think I think it's because, for me, when a lot of people are pitching the products on, if they're pitching their product or their brand, they want to know what is your main demographic, because I don't want to come on there if my product is like a lady product and you have a dude show.
29:37
Um, so that's where I've, like, I've understood that question kind of but if somebody's asking about demographics, that's a little bit, yeah, yeah but if somebody's like, oh, if you don't get this many streams or if you're not on this, that and the other, I'm not gonna be on the show, I that's yeah. No, that's a head scratcher to me. That's really that feels that feels slightly entitled. I don't want to be rude about it, but that's a little that's a head scratcher to me. That's really that feels that feels slightly entitled. I don't want to be rude about it, but that's a little.
30:03 - Diana (Host)
That's a little bogus yeah, well, I'm just I'm. It's a head scratcher for me because it often happens after the fact and I'm just like, why are you asking me now?
30:14 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
yeah what?
30:14 - Diana (Host)
what does it matter? But I way before or after. It's a weird question because it's like, are you trying to see if it's worth your time? Because I will say this, 99.9% of the time, the people who ask those questions are the ones that don't share the episode in any kind of a way. So yeah, which is another thing that you need to do share the episode.
30:44 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Check in with the socials, you know, see what the hosts, you know what their preferred method is for sharing before you record, you know yeah, um, because I can only do so much promotion and you can attest to this as well as one person or one brand, um, we're not like a multi-million dollar, even a multi-thousand dollar, marketing agency like um. We can get the word out as grassroots, and our fans, who are very supportive and have been supportive since day one, they'll do their part too. Yeah, but you also got to do your part. If you were on a show like oh snap, you can catch me here. Here's the links to it. Um, check out their socials and cross promotion, because that's how you build in this industry is by supporting one another.
31:36
Um, some of the like not some of the all the best episodes I have are from people who then go back and promote that they were on the show. It's been like that with tical arkansas, with fat nugs magazine, with mycelium limited out here that, like the mushroom geneticist, like you gotta like, support yourself. In the same way you want us to support you because you got fans too. They may not know that our show exists. So, in the same way, you've now created a new audience of people who are aware of you. You bring that connection back and then now they're able to tell their friends. Oh, here's my buddy, or here is this business I really like. And here's, finally, a recording of them talking about what they do. Like it's, it grows, like that it should be mutually beneficial.
32:26 - Diana (Host)
I mean honestly, because if you're looking at it like you're doing the podcast or a favor, then that's not the right mentality yeah, um, I recently was dealing with this issue since 420.
32:43 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
We've had some issues with some event promotion, mostly because I've been really busy myself with my mother, family issues, a lot of health complications. It's finally settled down but, um, there's been some strong contention about that that I've been dealing with and I don't at any point feel like I'm entitled to come in and um I I don't feel like I'm entitled to come in and promote. In the same way, you shouldn't feel entitled to come in on my show and feel like you're doing a favor by gracing somebody with your presence, like the interviewee shouldn't feel that way and the interviewer should definitely not feel that way, right yes, no, no, you should feel like you're both value valuing each other's time.
33:33 - Diana (Host)
Yes, equal way. Yes, um, because it does take a lot of time and I do appreciate the time that people take to come on the show. But, like you said, when you have that imbalance, it affects the whole thing. It affects the episode, the flow of your season, your audience trust, because they have a trust that you'll bring a certain you know that certain degree of interview or whatever you want to call it. Um, and so if you're not doing that and you're just kind of getting through it because you're like, okay, well, it's already, we're already here, we might as well you know what I mean and that doesn't make.
34:12
That's not good for anyone, um. So this is one I know you can definitely relate to. If a host or producer creates an outline, take the time to read it.
34:27 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Ooh yeah, I've had some great guests love them to death. But when we get to the fun questions, they always never have anything to do. I try to have them on purpose, have nothing to do with cannabis, so that we can learn more about you as a person. And so when you don't read these questions and prep because a lot of them wouldn't be something you could answer within five seconds it may be a question about your favorite movie from your childhood or why this particular season resonates with you, or why a particular song does. It's meant to kind of make you think and express a little bit more of yourself, and if you feel like you can express your personality on the drop of a dime like that, that's cool. But you really should just set yourself up better to again eloquently show who you are and it also accommodates the neuro spiciness of the host.
35:28 - Diana (Host)
Right, because I know you're a lot like me and you want to know what we're getting into before we get into it. We're not going fast and loose because our brains don't work that way. And in just in the same vein, I've had guests that are like I don't do games.
35:42 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
You know, I don't want to be or I don't want to be put on the spot and so then, it's like, okay, well, then read my outline and then we'll both be on this, because I've had people like I've had people read the outline like, hey, I really don't want to do this particular segment. Can we swap it out? And, of course, thank you for letting me know ahead of time and not like an hour before or literally while we're recording, because that's a very awkward thing for me to try to pivot and we usually can because there's a lot to talk about but if you are coming on the show and I've had a lot of people who are extremely intelligent trying to come on the show explaining concepts behind particular scientific nuances of whatever product they may be making and they don't actually do the research, in a way to where it's- accessible for every person.
36:44 - Diana (Host)
Yeah, that was, that was the other thing I was going to say, but it ties into this next one, I guess a little bit, is that if you are coming on to a show and you're full of knowledge and you're you're ready to go, that's all well and good and great and I love that.
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But what you need to do is take it a step further and think about how will people listen to you, how will that come across to everybody, not just your intended audience, because sometimes people come on with an agenda and they're like this is the message I have and this is for this group of people. But if you have more of a general show which you and I do, we go, we get a little bit more general then you want it to be accessible for anybody who just decides I'm gonna listen to an episode of this. Yeah, see what I learned? Um, and we. We have that sometimes with guests where it's like they get so in here and I do it myself, I've done it before you get so in your head that you don't realize how it may sound or how entertaining it might be, or just even just something as simple as understanding it Right, like, can anybody understand what you're saying?
38:01 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
yeah, so you said a lot of words very fast, yeah like I'm gonna need to actually look at the transcript on this one.
38:11
You know, yes we got a thesaurus out here. We're gonna have the transcript slightly different. Slightly different, yes, but um, yeah, I I find myself running into that issue all the time when I go on to shows, and it's a part of my hesitance with going on to other shows, because with mine I have such a general, a generalized outline of what I'm going to say to where, if I veer too much off of it, I always know when to cut myself off. But when I'm answering a question, sometimes I get into ramble town and it's just I don't really know how to actually express myself in a way where I'm not just completely in a cyclical manner, saying the same thing over and over. Yeah, but it's just a part of the learning experience of being on more shows and talking to more people and trying to build out of that, because just because we give you these tips today, it doesn't mean you're going to have a perfect interview right after that.
39:16 - Diana (Host)
Yeah.
39:16 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Yeah.
39:17 - Diana (Host)
And I mean it will be more perfect.
39:22
Yes, phenomenal now, yeah, yeah and I mean, it will be more perfect. Yes, phenomenal. Now, um, and I would just end with one thing which was kind of piggybacking on what we were just talking about um, and that's to be mindful of the language the host used. That is very true, or I should say it is very applicable to this industry because, uh, there are a lot of different takes on which words should be used, what the terminology, you know, is currently um, what is even? I don't know what the word I'm looking for is. Now, see, I'm not even. I can't even find the word. But if the host, for example, doesn't use the term black market or marijuana, you might want to understand why they don't use those terms and also, if you decide that you're going to use them anyway, think about how that will play with their audience.
40:21 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
Yeah, because I mean you got a lot of folks out there that will be ready to jump down your throat because you said marijuana or you're like describing everything in the most Nixon way, reagan way, possible. I guess there's so many different terms out there. You might need to again just ask as many questions before going on the show to figure out if you need to change your terminology a little bit or if that will be the right show for you in the first place, because, again, as I said way back earlier, some people want to come on and they want to talk about cannabis and they're talking about hemp, but some people within the industry don't feel as though that's the same thing, and then we get into arguing about the politics or legalities. So there's just so many different levels to it or consumption preferences.
41:13 - Diana (Host)
They'll come on and be like don't smoke, smoking is bad, and you're like wait what? No, I, I'm sorry, hold on. Did you? Did you listen to this show? No obviously you haven't.
41:25 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
So it's like no, uh, unfortunately, this is the smoke to smoke. Smoke to smoking exactly.
41:36 - Diana (Host)
And I would say one more since we're saying listen to the show, put a review up of the show. Review the show even if you listen to a half of an episode, because that means everything to us as podcasters and we will always return the favor and that's more just like a little um embellishment pretty, please on the end.
42:02 - Miss Cadabra (Guest)
It definitely does not hurt to leave a review because it helps get the publicity of your show out there more if more people can find that there's good podcasts out there to listen to and you can even go back and review your episode if you want to listen to it. I have some guests that don't want to do that because they don't like the sound of their voice, but, um, still give it a rating give it five stars. You're not hurting anybody, yeah give it a five stars because you're on there.
42:24 - Diana (Host)
You like your episode yeah exactly that's only going to make everybody else flourish. You know, like let's just support each other in whatever ways that we can, and I think reviews are one of those things that we we know are impactful, but we don't always think about doing them. So, no, yeah, I think that's enough for today.
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