Give & Toke is a podcast about cannabis, told through the people living and building it.
Hosted by Paul O’Donoghue, each episode features conversations with patients, doctors, advocates and operators, exploring access, regulation, culture and the realities of the industry.
Grounded, curious and at times uncomfortable, the show aims to move beyond headlines and into what actually matters.
Weed, Love and Understanding II: Independence, Shared Purpose and Partnership w/ Ruth & Paul
My wife and Give & Toke’s Creative Advisor, Ruth Cathcart, returns for Weed, Love and Understanding: Part 2.
In our first conversation, Ruth shared what it meant to support my cannabis use and pursuits without being a consumer herself. Since then, she’s become a medicinal cannabis patient, following her own path and making that decision in her own time.
We talk about her experience accessing care, including frustrations with clinics, and what she understands differently through her own treatment. We also get into her work behind Give & Toke, sharing a marriage and a business, and her experiences at Rachel Payne’s Toke the Vote fundraiser and the Cannabiz Awards.
Plus, some surprise listener questions about kebabs, dancing and how she puts up with me.
In this episode:
Ruth’s independent pathway into medicinal cannabis
Accessing care and navigating patient experiences
Marriage and working together behind Give & Toke
Finding connection in the cannabis community
Surprise listener questions and the return of Ruth’s Truths
Find more conversations, articles and our accessories at giveandtoke.com.au (https://giveandtoke.com.au).
20 Sept 2026
The Art of Getting Things Done w/ Sally King (New Zealand Medical Cannabis Council)
Sally King is a member of the New Zealand Medical Cannabis Council (and former Executive Director) and the 2026 Cannabiz Campaigner of the Year.
Since 2019, Sally has helped build Aotearoa New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis sector, working across government, industry, healthcare, research and patient advocacy to turn competing interests into collaborative solutions.
We talk about how cannabis campaigning has evolved, building an industry alongside a new regulatory scheme, the art of getting different stakeholders around the same table, and what Australia and New Zealand can learn from each other.
Plus, Sally’s fellow Campaigner of the Year finalists Melanie Wentzel, and Kristin Viccars join the episode with questions of their own.
A conversation about collaboration, credibility, knowing when to push back, and why we can go further together than we can apart.
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6 Sept 2026
A Reason to Keep Growing w/ Brent Bryksa (Wheelchair Weed Co)
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Brent Bryksa has spent more than 25 years finding another way.
After a car accident at 17 left him with a T4 spinal cord injury, cannabis became part of rebuilding his life. What began as medicine soon became a passion for cultivation, with Brent adapting his grows around life in a wheelchair and eventually turning that experience into Wheelchair Weed Craft Cannabis.
Today, he grows around 700 plants across 12 grow rooms in Powell River, British Columbia.
Brent joins Give & Toke to talk about growing, independence, accessibility, purpose, and the countless things able-bodied people never have to think about.
Plus, we play Helping or Hurting?, putting some well-intentioned wheelchair etiquette to the test.
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Who has been a guest on Give and Toke: Cannabis Conversations
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Melanie Wentzel
Bashar Al-Humrany
Joel Green
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3,057
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
51 ratings
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