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High Touch with Jake & Duffy dives into how today’s cannabis businesses create emotional impact and real-world value—from seed to software, and store design to storytelling. Hosted by two cannabis tech founders who’ve seen it all (and still have questions), each episode brings candid conversations with the founders, creatives, and operators shaping the industry's future. Whether you're in the biz or just curious, expect human stories, hard-won insights, and maybe even a little lift along the way.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHigh Touch with Jake & Duffy dives into how today’s cannabis businesses create emotional impact and real-world value, from seed to software, and store design to storytelling. Hosted by two cannabis tech founders who’ve seen it all (and still have questions), each episode brings candid conversations with the founders, creatives, and operators shaping the industry's future.
High Touch with Jake & Duffy is hosted by SparkPlug. The show has published 11 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Last Five Feet | Jaime Lipowitz" (14 May 2026, 49 minutes), "A Higher Calling | Jesse Redmond" (23 April 2026, 57 minutes), and "Deals, Distress & What It Actually Takes to Win | Seth Yakatan" (16 April 2026, 56 minutes).
High Touch with Jake & Duffy publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 11 episodes.
Booking probability for High Touch with Jake & Duffy is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. High Touch with Jake & Duffy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. High Touch with Jake & Duffy's contact route on record: public web form.
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SparkPlug hosts High Touch with Jake & Duffy, a business podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Episode #11
<p>Every cannabis brand is fighting for shelf space. But Jaime Lipowitz realized early on that shelf space was never the point—the person standing in front of it was.</p><p>Jake and Duffy sit down with Jaime Lipowitz...
Episode #10
<p>Some people find cannabis through opportunity. Jesse Redmond found it through his father—a man who spent decades managing chronic pain with opioids before cannabis changed everything. That personal story became the...
Episode #9
<p>Cannabis has no shortage of storytellers. What it's short on is people who can turn those stories into assets that actually get priced, sold, and survived. In this episode, Duffy sits down with Seth...
Episode #8
<p>When people talk about retail disruption, they usually focus on pricing, scale, or e-commerce. But in this episode, we get specific about the thing most operators miss: how hospitality turns a “routine run” into a...
Episode #7
<p>What can cannabis learn from luxury fashion retail? Melissa Hanson, VP of Operations at Flowhub, brings decades of experience leading teams at Michael Kors and scaling cannabis retail at MedMen and Sunburn. Now at...
Episode #6
<p>In cannabis, fast growth used to be the story. Now? It’s all about staying power. In this episode, we sit down with Patrick Rea—investor, mentor, and co-founder of Canopy Boulder—to unpack what staying power actually...
Episode #5
<p>Most cannabis brands obsess over strains, stores, or scale. But Ryan Cook has always approached the industry differently—by designing cannabis businesses from the ground up with intention, precision, and...
Episode #3
<p>When Kristi Ryder stepped into her first dispensary job, she didn’t smoke weed, didn’t know an eighth from a gram, and definitely didn’t see it as a long-term career. Fifteen years later, she’s leading sales and...
Episode #4
<p>When people talk about cannabis marketing, the conversation usually starts and ends with compliance hurdles. But in this episode, we go deeper—into how brands actually earn trust, scale innovation, and show up...
Episode #2
<p>When people talk about cannabis brands, they usually focus on flower, flavor, or maybe THC percentage. But in this episode, we zoom out—and zoom way in—on what makes a brand actually matter.</p><p>Jake and Duffy sit...
Episode #1
<p>When people talk about “experience” in cannabis retail, they usually mean the furniture, the lighting, maybe even the packaging. But in this episode, we zoom in on two overlooked pillars of customer experience...
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