Season finales are supposed to mean something… and this one absolutely does ☕️🍃

For Episode #80 of Coffee & Cannabis, Dr. Beast sits down with Bridget Papino — co-founder of We Are Jersey Magazine, real estate professional, entrepreneur, creative, and true Jersey connector — for an honest conversation about business, community, cannabis, spirituality, and what it really takes to build lasting relationships in this industry and beyond.

Over coffee and some gas, the ladies dive into:

🏡 The evolving housing market & cannabis-friendly renting practices

🌿 The mind, body & spiritual connection to cannabis

🤝 Why long-term partnerships and authentic relationship building matter more than clout

💨 Breaking the stigma around women who consume cannabis

📍How dispensaries and cannabis culture are impacting local communities, property demand, and neighborhood development

✨ Entrepreneurship, creativity, media, branding, and building platforms that actually represent the people

This episode brings New Jersey front and center — highlighting the creatives, culture shifters, entrepreneurs, and everyday consumers helping redefine what modern cannabis culture really looks like.

From real estate to representation… from wellness to weed… this conversation is layered, insightful, funny, grounded, and very Jersey.

A perfect way to close out the season. ❤️

WE ARE JERSEY.

🎥 Tune in Monday at 11AM

📍Coffee & Cannabis Podcast hosted by Dr. Beast

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We took Coffee & Cannabis on the road to Boston and tapped directly into the community with Raesia Straker — founder of Diaspora, a culture-forward space rooted in connection, creativity, and intention.

Over coffee and some gas, we got into A LOT… and we promise you….this one is really for the culture.

But not just vibes — this is for the builders, the operators, the ones creating community-driven work while staying grounded in the reality of business structure, strategy, and the understanding that collaboration is everything.

We break down the story behind Diaspora in its 3rd iteration - a community hub and future consumption lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts, perfectly positioned near two dispensaries and built to be the go-to space for co-working, creatives, students, and anyone looking to tap in and catch a vibe.

This wasn’t a polished, buttoned-up interview or staged in any way. This was real.

You can literally feel the city moving in the background - people walking, life happening - while two women entrepreneurs sit down and give real game on what it takes to navigate this crazy cannabis industry.

From vision… to execution… to what it actually looks like to chase your dreams in real time.

This is an honest, on-the-ground conversation about building something meaningful — not just for profit, but for people.

We’re outside, in the Massachusetts market, and this one is different 🎙️

This episode of ☕️ & 🍃 is a special one.

Dr. @beast.rod sits down with her former shipmate and brother-in-arms, Sage McDonald (@sage_a_wiseman_ ) — a 5x combat #veteran with extensive time spent in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

Over coffee and some gas from @highprophecy (a veteran woman-owned cannabis brand), they get into it… service, separation, and what life really looks like after the uniform comes off.

From their shared love of the #UAE and #Dubai the pain of watching it from afar… to the very real challenges of navigating the VA system and fighting for fair disability ratings… to the politics in New Jersey and the lack of meaningful support for veterans — NOTHING was off limits.

This is a raw, honest conversation that sheds light on the realities veterans face as they transition back into civilian life.

Since both being out over the past few years and now witnessing first hand what performative Veteran support experience is like…. they share their experience in an expeditionary combat unit, their journey transitioning out, the support given once you are out, the struggles asking for help, the identity shifts… and most important, the strength it takes to keep going.

If you have a veteran in your life, this episode is an eye opener and hopefully a call to do better in how we support those who have served 🪖🎖️

#veterans #njvererans #hudsoncountyveterans #jerseycity #leadership #dubai #dubailife #cannabiseducation #cannabisreform #cannabis #coffee #Drbeast