High Touch with Jake & Duffy
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Podcast Overview
<p><b>High Touch with Jake & Duffy</b> dives into how today’s cannabis businesses create emotional impact and real-world value—from seed to software, and store design to storytelling. Hosted by two cannabis tech founders who’ve seen it all (and still have questions), each episode brings candid conversations with the founders, creatives, and operators shaping the industry's future. Whether you're in the biz or just curious, expect human stories, hard-won insights, and maybe even a little lift along the way.</p>
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Publishing Since
7/9/2025
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Recent Episodes
May 14, 2026
The Last Five Feet | Jamie Lipowitz
Every cannabis brand is fighting for shelf space. But Jamie Lipowitz realized early on that shelf space was never the point—the person standing in front of it was. Jake and Duffy sit down with Jamie Lipowitz, founder and CEO of High Buds Club, who built a 7,000-member budtender community from scratch with $5,000 and zero outside funding. It started with a single moment in a Venice Beach dispensary, when a budtender flipped her purchase decision in thirty seconds flat. She flew home to Toronto...
April 23, 2026
A Higher Calling | Jesse Redmond
Some people find cannabis through opportunity. Jesse Redmond found it through his father—a man who spent decades managing chronic pain with opioids before cannabis changed everything. That personal story became the thread that pulled Jesse out of a successful finance career and into an industry he couldn't walk away from. Jake and Duffy sit down with Jesse Redmond, Chief Strategy and Investor Relations Officer at Leef Brands, to talk about one of the more unlikely origin stories in cannabis. ...
April 16, 2026
Deals, Distress & What It Actually Takes to Win | Seth Yakatan
Cannabis has no shortage of storytellers. What it's short on is people who can turn those stories into assets that actually get priced, sold, and survived. In this episode, Duffy sits down with Seth Yakatan—dealmaker, capital raiser, and one of the loudest voices in the room when it comes to what's real versus what just sounds good on a slide deck. Seth has spent 30 years closing deals across pharma, biotech, CPG, and cannabis. He's raised over a billion dollars, sold more than 20 companies, ...
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- What is High Touch with Jake & Duffy?
<p><b>High Touch with Jake & Duffy</b> dives into how today’s cannabis businesses create emotional impact and real-world value—from seed to software, and store design to storytelling. Hosted by two cannabis tech founders who’ve seen it all (and still have questions), each episode brings candid conversations with the founders, creatives, and operators shaping the industry's future. Whether you're in the biz or just curious, expect human stories, hard-won insights, and maybe even a little lift along the way.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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