Good PizzZa Podcast

Good PizzZa Podcast – Hosted by JP Peace, love, and loud vibes. The Good PizzZa Podcast is where legacy cannabis culture meets real-life storytelling — served up unfiltered, funny, and full of flavor. Join JP, your favorite Cannabis Cugine from the NJ/NYC streets, as he kicks back with OGs, creatives, hustlers, healers, and hip-hop legends. From rolling up to leveling up, every episode is a smoke session meets soul session — full of laughs, insight, and game. Expect: Raw convos with rappers, growers, & legacy voices Cannabis culture from the heart, not the hype Deep thoughts, real stories, wild memories A slice of life, East Coast-style Whether you’re lighting up or just listening in, welcome to the vibe. Grab a slice, burn one, and tap in. Peace, Love, and Good PizzZa.

Good PizzZa Podcast is a society podcast hosted by JPeezy, with 201 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #196

  Episode 196: Ted’s Budz: From a South Central Prop 215 Shop to Top Flower Brand in California!

  Aug 18, 20261h 18m

  Ted Lewis built Ted's Budz into California's top flower brand. He started with no money, no corporate background, and a distribution license he wasn't sure what to do with. Ted Lewis grew up between Omaha, Nebraska and half a dozen cities across California, attended six high schools, and landed at Cal State Northridge on a biology track before a Bay Area roommate showed him what the game actually looked like. He opened a Prop 215 dispensary in South Central, lost around $60,000 learning the hard way, slept on a futon in the back to hold it down, got broken into twice, and never stopped. What came after is the real story. Ted pivoted to growing in a Victorville rental house with 15 lights and his cousin Trey, chased genetics obsessively through online seed communities, connected with Dubz Garden and Backpackboyz, and handed Juan a Cookie sample through a car window that changed everything, and eventually landed a California distribution license with zero corporate experience and one mandate: only sell what you would smoke yourself. He did his own driving. Thursday routes from LA to San Diego, 4am runs north to the Bay, a MacBook in hand for manifest corrections at every shop. That footwork built the budtender relationships that still hold Ted's Budz up today. On this episode, Ted breaks down how he built a cannabis distribution company from nothing: the three-way collab with Dubz and the Goonies that produced the Horchata and Oreoz jars in 2020, how meeting Doja Pak through Hi Tek changed the direction of the brand, the QC process behind every drop, the marketing philosophy that nobody in the industry predicted would work, and why putting his grandfather's name on the bag means he cannot afford to put out anything subpar. He also gets into his music, his plans for retail and a members-only concept, and exactly what he thinks is wrong with the industry right now. This is what Good PizzZa Podcast is built for: the full story, told by the person who lived it. Chapters below. Connect with Ted Lewis: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedsbudzco_Websites: https://tedsbudzgoods.com/https://tedsfest.com/Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GoodPizzzaInstagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 CHAPTERS 00:00 Ted Lewis and Ted's Budz: Intro and Zalympix Sellout Story 04:05 Growing Up in Omaha: Segregation, Mids Culture, and Nebraska Pride 05:50 Six High Schools and a Nomadic Childhood Between Nebraska and LA 11:18 Cal State Northridge, the Bay Area Roommate, and the Turn 20:10 Opening a Prop 215 Shop in South Central as Husker Boy Associates 25:35 Grow House Life: Victorville, 15 Lights, and Cousin Trey 30:37 Genetics Obsession: Thug Pug, Peanut Butter Breath, Backpackboyz, and the Cookie Wreck Handoff 36:39 Going Legal: Applying for Cultivation and Distribution Licenses 43:00 The Three-Way Collab: Dubs, the Goonies, Horchata, and Oreoz 47:45 Ted Was the Driver: Thursday Routes, 4AM NorCal Runs, and MacBook Manifests 59:09 Ted's Budz Today: 15 Strains a Week, QC Process, and a Team of 18 01:05:44 Marketing, Music, Acting, and the DMX Energy Behind the Brand Y’all know what time it is… Roll ’em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants — do what you gotta do… because we’re about to take this journey with Ted! ✌❤️ JP ⸻ Big up my sponsors! @dr.dabber @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCBofficial @grovebags Please help our brother Jade with Buck Mountain fight his battle against cancer! Anything helps. Much love! https://gofund.me/e27f086a1 Get a DISCOUNT at: www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ Dr Dabber Discount www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 GRAB SOME SWAG www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @ _goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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  Episode #195

  Episode 195: Michigan Growers Beat All of California: Growing Pains Wins the Proper Smoke League

  Aug 11, 20261h 46m

  Michigan's Growing Pains bred and grew the Banana Taffy, entered it last minute, and beat every California grower in the Proper Smoke League. Tom and Seth of Growing Pains came up through Michigan basements, illegal caregiver traps, and the gray market years before a single license existed in the state. They built a 300-light indoor operation, bred their own genetics, and then flew to California and won. This is the full story. In this episode, JP sits down with the Proper Smoke League champions to unpack what it actually took to get here. They break down why the Banana Taffy nearly did not get entered, how harvest timing and their in-house dueling process shaped a Michigan craft cannabis operation that now competes with the best growers in the country, and what separates a craft cultivator from a production farmer in the current market. If you have ever wondered how Michigan cannabis growers stack up against California, you will have your answer by the end of the first hour. Tom tells the real GMO origin story on record for the first time: three Chem Cookies seeds popped by his buddy Billy in a Michigan basement, the corn-stalk structure that gave it the name, and why Ann Arbor dispensaries refused to sell anything called GMO and renamed it Garlic Cookies. They also get into the Motorbreath 15 history, the genetics game-changer moment that shifted Seth's entire growing approach, and what the cannabis industry loses when people consume the product wrong. This episode covers the craft, the business, and the culture that built Growing Pains from the ground up. Good PizzZa documents real cannabis culture, the growers, the breeders, the legacy operators, and the stories that do not get told anywhere else. Growing Pains is exactly what this show exists for. Chapters below. Connect with Growing Pains: Website: growingpainsofficial.com Instagram: @growingpainsofficial Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: youtube.com/@GoodPizzza Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263#GrowingPains #ProperSmokeLeague #MichiganCraft CHAPTERS 00:00 Growing Pains Michigan: Proper Smoke League Champions 01:48 LANTZ Rosin Pen and First Impressions of the Grow 05:15 Building a Cannabis Team: Empowering People to Own Their Role 08:12 Tom's Origin Story: Ohio, Skateboarding, and Action Sports Sales 12:45 Learning to Grow Illegally: Michigan Basements and the Code of Silence 17:45 The Decision That Built Growing Pains: Doubling Down on Cannabis 21:50 Work Ethic, Delayed Gratification, and Turning Down $10 Million 34:03 Seth's Origin Story: Tennis Instructor to Michigan Cannabis Grower 39:44 First Warehouse, City Politics, and Linking Up with Tom 47:00 Connecting with California: Zalympix Michigan and the Genetics Shift 50:44 Harvest Timing, the Flush Debate, and Growing at 300 Lights 55:10 How Long Does Great Weed Last: Strain Longevity and Preservation 56:28 The Real GMO Origin Story: Michigan Basement, Three Seeds, Two Names 01:01:15 Motorbreath 15 Michigan History and Legacy Genetics 01:02:48 Terpene Profiles, Regional Taste, and Joe's Genetics Library 01:10:00 White Ash, Water Activity, and What Actually Measures Quality 01:17:15 Sacramento, North Jersey, and Growing Pains Reacts to NorCal 01:20:45 Top 3 Strains of All Time: Old School, Desert Island, and New 01:26:43 Cannabis Industry Pet Peeves: Pay Your Bills and Mean What You Say 01:29:05 Mary Jane Berlin, International Markets, and the Hash Conversation 01:34:08 Resurrect One Person from the Industry: A Question from the Last Guest 01:41:00 Cannabis Education, Pheno Hunt Parties, and Why Community Matters 01:42:32 Final Life Lessons and Where to Find Growing Pains LINKS Connect with the guest: Website: growingpainsofficial.com Instagram: @growingpainsofficial Retail: Refinery, Detroit / Kalamazoo / New Buffalo, Michigan Partners: King of Buds, Bloomery, Vibe, Herb, Cake House, Da Cut, Bo's, Jars, Puff Bodega Spotify: Good PizzZa Podcast | Apple Podcasts: Good PizzZa Podcast Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com | Instagram @goodpizzza and @goodpizzzapodcast #GrowingPains #ProperSmokeLeague #MichiganCraft Y’all know what time it is… Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Tom and Seth from Growing Pain! ✌❤️ JP ⸻ Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @OCB @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @ _goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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  Episode #194

  Episode 194: From Costa Rica to Cannabis Club Manager: How Helga Built a Global Training Program

  Aug 10, 202653 min

  Helga built a global budtender training program in 8 countries. Here's how she got there, and why the culture needs more people like her. Helga is a Costa Rican-born cannabis educator who worked her way from restaurant manager to cannabis club manager in Barcelona before launching Global Budtender Training, a worldwide certification program built in partnership with Oaksterdam University. In under a year she has trained over 100 budtenders across more than 8 countries, and the world tour is not close to finished. In this episode, recorded live at Mary Jane Berlin 2026, Helga and JP go deep on the gap between what the top of the cannabis industry knows and what actually reaches the person standing behind the counter. They break down the THC percentage myth and how lab manipulation pushes quality cultivars out of production. They talk through what day one for a new budtender should actually look like, why tasting the product is non-negotiable, and why a budtender is part psychologist, part pharmacist, and part friend all at once. Helga also tells the full story of how a stranger in a wheelchair at Spannabis handed her a cannabis university scholarship that changed everything. JP brings the legacy side: the original Cheese strain and why more people should be asking for it back, the history of piff and New York haze culture before Sour Diesel and Cookies took over the Northeast, and why passion for the plant is the only thing that keeps operators standing when the business gets hard. Good PizzZa is built to document conversations like this one. Educators, cultivators, legacy operators, and the people who love the plant enough to build something real around it. Chapters below. Connect with Helga: Website: www.globalbartendertraining.com Instagram: @globalbartendertraining YouTube: Global Bartender Training Follow Good PizzZa: YouTube: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @_goodpizzza_ | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDToApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 CHAPTERS 00:00 Global Budtender Training Program Introduction 01:43 Costa Rica Cannabis Culture and Helga's Background 05:06 Costa Rica Rosin, Hash, and the Path Toward Legalization 07:36 How Helga First Got Into the Cannabis Industry 08:55 Barcelona Cannabis Clubs and Starting as a Budtender 12:24 Spannabis, the Scholarship, and the Moment That Changed Everything 14:31 Cannabis University, Certified Budtender for Spain, and Launching Global Bartender Training 17:22 How the Global Bartender Training Curriculum Works 19:33 THC Percentage Myth and How Lab Testing Hurts the Culture 25:01 Growing Up in Cannabis Culture: JP's Mom Still Grows at 73 30:17 Day One Budtender Advice: Tasting Products and Building Team Culture 35:55 Original Cheese Strain, Piff, and New York Haze History 47:44 Ted's Budz and the California Rec Market 50:51 Follow Your Dreams: Where to Find Global Bartender Training Find upcoming dates and registration at www.globalbartendertraining.com or on Instagram at @globalbartendertraining. LINKS Connect with the guest: Instagram: @globalbartendertraining Website: www.globalbartendertraining.com YouTube: Global Bartender Training Spotify: Good PizzZa Podcast | Apple Podcasts: Good PizzZa Podcast Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com | Instagram @goodpizzza and @goodpizzzapodcast Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Helga! ✌❤️ JP ⸻ Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @ _goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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  Episode #193

  Episode 193: From Fugitive to Award-Winning Breeder | The Mile High Dave Story

  Aug 4, 202657 min

  Some of the best cannabis stories are about redemption. This episode was filmed at Mary Jane Berlin from the incredible Mills Nutrients activation, where JP sat down with Mile High Dave for an honest conversation about one of the wildest journeys in cannabis. Growing up in Southern California, Dave’s passion for the plant led him down a path that eventually put him on the run from law enforcement for nearly a decade. During those years, he continued cultivating, refining his craft, and developing the obsessive attention to detail that would later define his reputation as a grower. When cannabis legalization opened new doors in Colorado, Dave made the decision to face his past, clear his outstanding legal issues, and build a new life around the plant he always believed in. Today, he’s known as an award-winning breeder and cultivator whose genetics have earned respect across the cannabis community. His celebrated Dante’s Inferno #6 phenotype has won multiple competitions, and he’s become known for meticulous pheno hunting and selecting elite keeper cuts. Now living in Minnesota with his wife and two children, Dave continues hunting exceptional genetics while watching the next chapter of legal cannabis unfold. In this episode, we get into: Growing up in Southern California Living on the run for nearly 10 years Turning a difficult past into a successful cannabis career The move to Colorado and starting over through legalization The story behind Dante’s Inferno #6 and elite pheno hunting Building a reputation as a breeder and cultivator The emerging Minnesota cannabis market Why passion, persistence, and patience always win Dave’s story is about more than cannabis. It’s about second chances, dedication to your craft, and proving that your past doesn’t have to define your future. This is one of those conversations that reminds you why we document these stories. ⸻ Y’all know what time it is… Roll ‘em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants—do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Mile High Dave! ✌❤️ JP ⸻ Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at: http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 ⸻ GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com #GoodPizzZaPodcast #MileHighDave #MaryJaneBerlin #MillsNutrients #DantesInferno #CannabisPodcast #CannabisGenetics #PhenoHunting #CannabisBreeding #ColoradoCannabis #MinnesotaCannabis #LegacyCannabis #PremiumFlower #CannabisCulture #WeedCulture Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @ _goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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  Episode #192

  Episode 192: He Went Broke 3 Times Before Building a Global Cannabis Nutrients Empire. Mike Mills

  Jul 28, 202646 min

  Mills Nutrients founder Mike built a top-5 global cannabis brand from the streets of Amsterdam. Here is how he actually did it. Mike from Mills Nutrients grew up in the center of Amsterdam, skateboarding behind trams, hustling in the red light district, with a father and grandfather who were bouncers. After Dutch Green Beret service and 5 years in the Foreign Legion, he came home, started growing, and saw a problem: the nutrients market was overcomplicated, confusing, and nobody had simplified it for the people actually using it. In 2010 he built Mills Nutrients, went broke 3 times along the way, and eventually built one of the top-5 cannabis fertilizer brands in the world, operating across 5 continents. In this episode, recorded live at Mary Jane Berlin, JP sits down with Mike for a conversation that covers how the Dutch cannabis industry actually got its start (Americans taught them, not the other way around), what it took to crack the US market from Holland with no connections and no money, why Mills deliberately stayed small while competitors scaled up and burned out, and the story of chartering 2 KLM Boeing 747 cargo planes during the COVID port lockdown to make sure his customers never ran dry. The episode also gets into the new Mills Salads dry nutrient powder line, what 94% team retention actually looks like in practice, and what Mike would tell his younger self the day before he jumped into the game. This is what Good PizzZa is built to document: the operators who built something real, the decisions that looked crazy at the time, and the culture behind the brand that nobody covers in the trade press. CHAPTERS 00:00 JP Intro: Recording Live at Mary Jane Berlin 01:35 East Berlin History and the Mary Jane Show Origins 03:57 Growing Up in Amsterdam: Streets, Skateboarding, Red Light District 05:18 Dutch Green Berets, Foreign Legion, and Finding Cannabis 05:47 Who Actually Invented Indoor Cannabis Hydroponics 06:53 The Idea Behind Mills: 4 Color-Coded Bottles for Stoners 08:19 Mills Nutrients Founded in 2010 and Early European Struggles 09:14 From 2 Pallets to Containers: Cracking the California Market 10:07 Where the Name Mills Comes From: Dutch Windmills and Delft Blue 13:54 Grove Bags Sponsor Read 14:18 California as the Center of the Cannabis Universe 16:55 Building a Loyal Small Team: 94% Retention and Family Culture 19:23 Staying Small on Purpose: Agility as a Competitive Strategy 20:33 New Mills Salads Dry Nutrient Powder Line: 4 Years in Development 22:49 Mills Organics Line and Keeping Plants Green Through Week 9 24:00 Why Small Batch Growers Are the Heart of the Culture 25:33 5 Continents: Global Expansion and South America Agro Projects 27:38 Giving Back: Supporting Small Grower Cups With No Strings Attached 28:51 Mills Salads Sponsor Read 29:27 Advice to Entrepreneurs: Military Discipline and Going Broke 3 Times 32:28 DNA Genetics Collab and the First Fertilizer-Seed Company Partnership 33:27 The COVID Cargo Plane Story: 2 Boeing 747s to Supply His Customers 35:23 How Mike Smokes: Flower, Old School Hash, and the First Dab Story 38:39 Strain Talk: White Widow, Tangie, and Desert Island Pick Enemy of the State 42:33 Mike's 5-Year Plan and the Question for the Next Guest 44:44 Closing Jewels: Believe in Yourself and Call Me Connect with Mills Nutrients: Website: millsnutrients.com Instagram: @mills_nutrients Follow Good PizzZa: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @goodpizzza | @goodpizzzapodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HHXF0ijATYi8eHIq0rDTo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-pizzza-podcast/id1622059263 Y’all know what time it is… Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we’re about to take this journey with Mike From Mills Nutrients! ✌❤️ JP ⸻ Big up my sponsors! @grovebags @buckmountaincannabis @cadre.verde @bambinas.sac @millspaysthebillsamsterdam @flowermillusa @dr.dabber Get a DISCOUNT at http://www.grovebags.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA Grab a Flower Mill with the Good PizzZa discount: https://www.flowermillusa.com/discount/GOODPIZZZA?ref=GOODPIZZZA Promo Code: GOODPIZZZA ⸻ Dr Dabber Discount http://www.drdabber.com PROMO CODE: GOODPIZZZA15 ⸻ GRAB SOME SWAG http://www.goodpizzza.com Support the show Shop Merch: goodpizzza.com Instagram: @ _goodpizzza_ Instagram: @goodpizzzapodcast Show some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

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