The Vance Crowe Podcast

Tony Sansone III started an early recreational cannabis company in Las Vegas, Nevada and within a short time built it into something that could be sold for $22M.  Sansone is a well read entrepreneur, with the long game in mind.  We discuss how marijuana will impact culture, what keeps companies from making a profit in this industry and how the federalist system in the US created experiments for the best way to decriminalize marijuana.   Tony Sansone III is the Principal at Verdant Advisors and is an entrepreneur with extraordinary business sense and tremendous personal discipline.  He has never used cannabis, and hasn't had a drink since he was 17 years old.  Tony Sansone's Twitter: @TonySansone3 People and groups I mentioned that are worth following:Rob Long: @PlantimalsJoscha Bach: @PlinzFarm Hats Facebook Page Follow the Vance Crowe Podcast Vance Crowe Podcast Facebook PageTwitter: @VanceCroweAbout The Vance Crowe Podcast:The Vance Crowe Podcast interviews experts in unexpected fields and gets them to reveal the discoveries that come from having a knowledge of a highly specific discipline.  Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures (www.VanceCrowe.com) a communications strategy company- and he is regularly invited to deliver speeches around the U.S. and Canada teaching audiences how to communicate so that others want to listen, understand and value what you have to say.  

Rita Kuster is a former regulator and banker in the Saint Louis region.  During this conversation Rita discusses how regulators monitor banks, why "Too Big To Fail" may never get fixed and the tension that is created behind the scenes in a loan committee meeting.Rita Kuster's LinkedIn PageSaint Louis Bank WebsiteCarl Lippert's Twitter Kate Crosby's Twitter Follow the Vance Crowe Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2154144194875939&ref=br_rs Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanceCroweAbout The Vance Crowe Podcast:The Vance Crowe Podcast interviews experts in unexpected fields and gets them to reveal the discoveries that come from having a knowledge of a highly specific discipline.  Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures (www.VanceCrowe.com) a communications strategy company- and he is regularly invited to deliver speeches around the U.S. and Canada teaching audiences how to communicate so that others want to listen, understand and value what you have to say.  

Jay Delsing is a PGA golfer that has played in more than 500 professional golf tournaments.  A star athlete from St. Louis, MO Jay entered the PGA straight out of college and then stayed among the top 125 golfers in the world.  We discussed keeping calm under pressure, what it is like to golf with the most powerful CEOs and sports stars in the world, and how meditation and breathing control changed his life.    @JayDelsing on Twitterwww.jaydeslinggolf.comIn 1979, Delsing received a coveted golf scholarship from UCLA where he became a two-time All-American. In 1984, Delsing earned his PGA Tour Card and played in nearly 700 PGA Tour events, earning more than 4 million in prize money. He has 7 professional wins to his credit, including the Fort Smith Classic, The Omaha Classic and the Gerald Ford Invitational in Vail, Colorado.Follow the Vance Crowe Podcast:Facebook @VanceCrowe on Twitter About The Vance Crowe Podcast:The Vance Crowe Podcast interviews experts in unexpected fields and gets them to reveal the discoveries that come from having a knowledge of a highly specific discipline.  Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures (www.VanceCrowe.com) a communications strategy company- and he is regularly invited to deliver speeches around the U.S. and Canada teaching audiences how to communicate so that others want to listen, understand and value what you have to say.  

Jamie Salvatori is a digital entrepreneur that has created a online retail business that sells unorthodox toys, candies and games.  To market his products, Jamie has built a YouTube channel that gets millions of views per video- some of them over 100M views.  Vat19.com is one of the most mesmerizing and fun channels online- and during the interview Jamie discusses how his business was built, how to stay on top of the changing cultural wave of YouTube, and his thoughts on what kids should be allowed to watch on YouTube.Jamie talks about who makes money on YouTube, how YouTubers make money and how advertising revenue compares to mainstream media dollars.Follow Vat19:Facebook: https://facebook.com/vat19Instagram: https://instagram.com/vat19/Twitter: https://twitter.com/vat19Follow the Vance Crowe Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2154144194875939&ref=br_rs Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanceCroweAbout The Vance Crowe Podcast:The Vance Crowe Podcast interviews experts in unexpected fields and gets them to reveal the discoveries that come from having a knowledge of a highly specific discipline.  Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures (www.VanceCrowe.com) a communications strategy company- and he is regularly invited to deliver speeches around the U.S. and Canada teaching audiences how to communicate so that others want to listen, understand and value what you have to say.  

Dwyane Faber is the owner of a 2,000 cow dairy herd with more than 20 employees.  He sits down with Vance Crowe to discuss the difference between organic and conventional milk, vegan activists, fair oaks farms, doing stand up comedy and African Swine Fever.@DFaber84@VanceCroweDwayne is a well known Twitter personality and is a savvy businessman that tries out unconventional strategies and works through finances with a keen eye.  At 34, he is the father of three daughters and pushes himself to learn new skills like stand up comedy. 

Chris Oliver is founder of Go Rails an online computer programming teaching program that teaches developers how to create  new website features. Chris Oliver is an extraordinary thinker, a person that can imagine entirely novel solutions to very complex problems.Find Chris on Twitter @Excid3Find Vance of Twitter @VanceCroweChris Oliver's Go Rails program is used by more than 22,000 people and Oliver is considered an expert in his field, being regularly invited to deliver talks at software developer conferences.Chris, along with Square founder Jim McKelvey, founded Launch Code a nationally recognized pair-programming school that teaches people to code.  Chris uses the mantra "Do things that scare you" which has led him to programming at companies in New York City, Saint Louis, Germany and be regularly recruited by Silicon Valley companies.   Chris Oliver hosts two podcasts "Business Time" a podcast about what it is like to start a business from the perspective of two software developers, and "Remote Ruby" a podcast for Ruby developers.  

Kelly Erdos is a clinical pharmacist that helps geriatric patients manage their medicine as they encounter more complex health conditions.  Erdos answers questions about "why does it take so long to fill my prescription?" and "why can't we automate the pharmacists at drugstores?"  We also discuss what does a pharmacist think about essential oils?  and what does a pharmacist think about CBD?

Connie Diekman is a nationally recognized expert in nutrition and dietetics.  With a specialization cardiovascular nutrition, eating disorders, lipid research and even sport nutrition (with the Saint Louis Rams), Connie has decades of experience at helping individuals establish healthy eating plans.Connie's Twitter: @CBDiekmanFor more information about the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: EatRight.orgVance Crowe's Twitter: @VanceCroweVance's website:  www.VanceCrowe.com During the conversation Connie and Vance discuss controversial nutrition topics; "calories in, calories out"; the ketogenic diet,  "tracking macros" and various diet fads.  Connie also opens up and talks about some of the controversial topics in the world of registered dietitians which has more than 100,000 members.Connie has appeared on Good Morning America, Oprah, and even spoken before the congressional hearings that determine the FDA food guidance like the Food Pyramid and MyPlate.  

Detective Bob Bayes was in the police force for 40 years throughout Saint Louis County.  His teams went undercover, solved murders, conducted drug and prostitution stings, and made some of the biggest arrests in St. Louis history. Det. Bayes helped solve the Cassidy Senter murder, was on the sting that caught county prosecutor George Peach, and went undercover to catch child pornographers and drug dealers.  In this interview, you hear the thoughts and perspectives of a man that dedicated his life to policing St. Louis.  Det. Bayes talks about the challenges of being a father and a detective, his thoughts on gun ownership and even the legalization of drugs and prostitution.  The conversation was intense and shocking.  

Jerry Hayes is an internationally recognized honey bee expert and columnist for the American Bee Journal.  In this interview, Hayes discusses the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the first time he saw Africanized Honey Bees during the autopsy of a 900 lbs. horse, and the fascinating behavior of honey bees.Hayes has been featured on the cover of Wired Magazine, featured in books about bees and at one point worked for Monsanto to try to stop the deadly bee parasite: the Varroa Mite.