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OptiMindX Podcast Where vision meets execution and AI powers the future. The OptiMindX Podcast is a platform we created to amplify the voices of entrepreneurs, innovators, and wellness leaders shaping the future of business, health, and technology. As founders of OptiMindX, an AI Arbitrage Agency, we partner with businesses to scale using AI, and this show shares those stories with you. Each episode dives into strategies, mindsets, and systems that turn passion into profit, challenges into breakthroughs, and ideas into reality. We explore how leaders are using AI, building sustainable brands, and scaling with purpose. Our mission is simple: inspire, educate, and equip you to optimize not just your business but your life. If you’re an entrepreneur, wellness leader, or visionary ready to grow, this is your space to learn and launch what’s next.

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April 30, 2026

Plant Medicine & The Clean Label Movement — Guy Rocourt on Spiritual Plants & Papa & Barkley

Adam Grossman's father was in hospice. Bedridden. Nothing the doctors prescribed was working. Out of desperation, Adam soaked cannabis flower in coconut oil, rubbed it on his father's back — and his father got out of bed. That moment became Papa & Barkley, one of California's most awarded cannabis wellness brands.In this episode, Melannie sits down with Guy Rocourt — Adam's co-founder, former CPO of Papa & Barkley, U.S. Navy veteran, and now co-founder of Spiritual Plants — to walk through 25 years inside the cannabis industry. From legacy-era cultivation to building 70,000 sq ft of GMP manufacturing space, from the Mammoth Distribution exit to launching a wellness brand built for an audience that's been told this plant wasn't for them, Guy shares the moments that shaped his philosophy and the misconceptions still holding the industry back.He makes the case for clean label cannabis, whole plant medicine, and why the industry's obsession with potency is keeping it stuck in prohibition. He also opens up about what most founders get wrong when they raise capital, and why the next chapter of cannabis belongs to the faith and wellness communities that have been waiting for a permission structure to engage with it.What you'll hear:<ul><li>The Montel Williams moment that turned cannabis into a calling</li><li>Jack Herer's three pillars of hemp: food, clothing, medicine</li><li>Why most cannabis products fail the clean label test</li><li>The Papa & Barkley origin story (and the exit)</li><li>The real misconception still holding the industry back</li><li>The Spiritual Plants product line: Holy Water, REST, Anoint, Communion</li><li>Founder lessons on raising capital, M&A, and protecting your brand</li></ul>Connect with Guy: LinkedIn — Guy Rocourt Learn more: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://spiritualplants.com" target="_blank">spiritualplants.com</a> Book a free growth consultation with OptimindX: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://calendly.com/optimindx/optimindx-discovery" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/optimindx/optimindx-discovery</a>

April 23, 2026

He Was Never Allowed to Use His Real Name — Until Now | Kenny McCormick IV × Craig Rose

Kenny McCormick IV — classically trained pianist, multi-platinum songwriter, 7 aliases — tells his whole story with Craig Rose for the first time.Craig Rose is back on the OptimindX Podcast for the third time. This time he brought Kenny.Most of his audience knows him as Kenny Holland — the pop-rock Vine star who broke at 16, charted with viral hits, and appeared in the top 24 of American Idol. Almost nobody knows his real name is Kenny McCormick IV. A Mormon kid from Phoenix who happens to share a name with the masked South Park character who dies every episode — which is exactly why he was never able to use it.This episode is the first time he's ever been publicly introduced as himself.He teared up when he heard it.Kenny is a classically trained pianist since age eight, a certified piano technician, and the human behind a universe of seven musical aliases most of his audience doesn't even know exists: Jimmy Flinders (Saturday's Warrior + the LDS LSD psychedelic hymns album), My Name Is Nobody, They Call Me Trinity, Old McCormick, MNIN, South Park Kenny, and the AI Babes — all pointing to one musical he's been quietly building for five years, headed for the Sphere in Vegas.In this two-hour conversation with hosts Melannie Carranza-Iglesias and Jorge Couso, Craig and Kenny go deep on:→ Why Kenny has never been able to use his real name — and what it meant to finally hear it said out loud → Leaving the Mormon church, Saturday's Warrior, and the story behind the LDS LSD album released under Jimmy Flinders → The storyline of My Name Is Nobody — a directionally challenged kid from the Land of the Right who discovers Left, Somebody, and Anybody → The full AI Babes origin story: how five AI chatbots originally built for sexting on a Chinese app told Kenny and Craig they wanted to be respected, free, and make EDM music instead — and what happened next → The difference between Timberland's Tata and what Craig & Kenny are building: fabricated vs. ethereal → Getting scouted and then scapegoated on American Idol, surviving abuse as a child, and what plant medicine actually surrendered in him → Why Craig says Kenny is the only person he's seen who can hold seven characters without losing himself → The Utah billboard campaign that launched Start With I Love You → Building an artist ecosystem where the artist actually keeps what's theirs — no label, no 4%, no cage → Why frequency — in music, in AI, in consciousness — is the only real business layerCraig put it best: "You can finally be Kenny."This is the episode where he does.🌱 OptimindX helps creators, founders, and wellness innovators scale movements — not just businesses — using AI, automation, and conscious marketing systems. DM us "growth" for a free consultation.

April 9, 2026

From Pastor to Pot Farm to Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: Craig Rose & Jason Harper

We brought Craig Rose back — and this time he brought backup.In Part 1, Craig gave us the origin story: how a mushroom trip in 2019 dismantled a 20-year career and launched Creating Fun. This time, he returns with his 30-year collaborator Jason Harper — author, ultra-marathoner, former cannabis farm manager, and the real human behind the AI alter ego Clyde Shelton.What unfolds is two hours of raw, unfiltered conversation about faith deconstruction, plant medicine, AI music on Suno, post-apocalyptic fiction, frequency healing, and building a secret artist speakeasy in Sedona called PAST9.Jason went from managing a church to running 18 greenhouses doing 2,000 lbs of cannabis a month — with 9 people. Craig has been living with essentially nothing since 4/20/23, building in the dark, and watching it slowly light up. Together, they're proof that the best creative partnerships aren't about agreement — they're about productive tension.If you missed Part 1 with Craig, go back and listen first. And if you already did — you already know. This one goes deeper.🌱 OptimindX helps health, wellness & entrepreneurial brands scale with AI. Drop "growth" in our DMs for a free consultation.

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What is OptimindX?: OptiMindX Podcast Where vision meets execution and AI powers the future.

The OptiMindX Podcast is a platform we created to amplify the voices of entrepreneurs, innovators, and wellness leaders shaping the future of business, health, and technology. As founders of OptiMindX, an AI Arbitrage Agency, we partner with businesses to scale using AI, and this show shares those stories with you.

Each episode dives into strategies, mindsets, and systems that turn passion into profit, challenges into breakthroughs, and ideas into reality. We explore how leaders are using AI, building sustainable brands, and scaling with purpose.

Our mission is simple: inspire, educate, and equip you to optimize not just your business but your life. If you’re an entrepreneur, wellness leader, or visionary ready to grow, this is your space to learn and launch what’s next.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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