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FANTI

The Highs & Lows of Weed (ft. Chris Ball)

FANTI

Maximum Fun

Jarrett Hill, Culture, Fanti, Comedy, Tre'vell Anderson, Journalists, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

**Get tickets to watch the FANTI live stream at the London Podcast Festival on Sunday, Sept. 5th. It’s at 8:30pm in London, 3:30pm ET and 12:30pm PT.** This week, reefer gets the FANTI treatment, and Jarrett and Tre’Vell are joined by Ball Family Farms CEO Chris Ball. The plant that put food on his table and money in his pocket also put the former pro football player in prison. Of course, that was before weed was legal. Chris explains how he got into cultivating marijuana, and some of the struggles that cannabis growers face, and in particular Black and brown growers. Plus, what is going on over there at Sony? Why did it take so long for Mike Richards to get fired?

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0:00.0

I love beautiful people welcome to fan side of the podcast for all those complex and complicated conversations about the great areas in our lives

0:10.0

I've been saying candy man's name in the mirror all week and still here alone dreaming of you Jared Hill

0:15.0

What is happening?

0:19.0

I'm trying to do it

0:21.0

I thought I could get a candy man reference and throw in a little Selena at the end

0:24.0

I can't, I can't, not be the be the bomb bomb Jesus

0:28.0

Who are you man? Go on.

0:33.0

I'm just Travelle air to say regular, regular, regular, you know how it is

0:36.0

Thank y'all for coming listen to the show this week coming up we are getting into the weeds of it all

0:43.0

All right, but first we've got our top our past the popcorn this week

0:49.0

You've all seen the news on the internet as it relates to the jeopardy of it all

0:54.0

Long story short the white guy who was the executive producer Mike Richards

0:59.0

He gave himself the job of being the new host then stepped down as host but was still executive producer of jeopardy and wheel of fortune

1:07.0

And this week he has been fired

1:11.0

From both of those positions

1:13.0

He's been fired from both of those positions and listen inquiring mind inquiring minds wants to know what the hell is going on over there at the

1:21.0

jeopardy folks also

1:23.0

Well, so what's interesting to me about this story is like I know that you look at this and you're like

1:28.0

So the girl hired herself and then we'll fire herself

1:32.0

So

1:33.0

That is how it comes across to a lot of folks

1:36.0

And to be clear like the people at Sony had to be a part of this decision making right so like

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