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Brandon Loran MaxwellBiden vs TrumpIn this episode, Brandon returns to host his first live podcast from the new studio in a year! In tonight's episode, Brandon will be discussing the upcoming election between Biden and Trump, analyzing the strength and flaws of each campaign, and sharing thoughts on the ongoing immigration debate. Subscribe below. Daily Chela TVhttps://chelatv.comDaily Chela Newsletterhttps://www.thedailychela.comOfficial Brandonhttps://brandonloranmaxwell.substack.comSupport the showYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/bloranmaxwellTwitter: 2024-05-2930 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaArmy Colonel (Ret) Dr. Philip Blair, MD - Plant Medicine for Dementia and MoreIn this episode we speak with retired Army Colonel, Dr. Philip Blair, MD, a Family Physician, complex disease management consultant and remarkable cannabis medicine expert in the Pacific Northwest providing services globally.
After graduating from West Point he trained as an Army Family Physician, and served as a combat doctor during the 1st Gulf War. He retired from the Army as a Colonel after serving as a medical officer on three continents. In 2014 Dr. Blair began studying, treating, and lecturing about the human endocannabinoid system and the non-impairing parts of the plant, including cannabidiol, CBD.
Dr...2023-11-181h 04
What is Leadership?Episode 48: Making ends Meet with Chela DavisonAre you a service provider struggling financially, despite having a very successful practice? In today’s ‘Dear Chela’, I answer a therapist’s question about how to make ends meet, speaking to: the wider context of the struggling economy and the historical possibility of supporting large families on a single income in comparison to today’s conditions. I offer possible tangible shifts - including reassessing business models and alternative income sources. I encourage seeking support - both seen and unseen - focusing on building relationships, connecting with peers, leaning into their deep spirituality and joining communities of practice. I close with...2023-04-1922 min
What is Leadership?Episode 43: Unhook from unbearable standards and expectationsFeeling personal-developed-OUT? Pounded with ways to progress, longing to just ‘be’? Done with morning routines - burning to pump the brakes on evolving for a single moment - so you can just sip your darn coffee in peace!? Then check out this episode of Dear Chela, as I speak to external expectations and overwhelming standards that have us feeling ‘never enough’. I talk input detoxes, awareness of internal stories and remind you to check intentions when it comes to morning practices. I offer a practice to lean into what’s sufficient and set fire to standards, leaving you with an excerpt...2023-03-0814 min
What is Leadership?Episode 42: Exit Hustle and Grind Culture with Chela DavisonTired of being tired? Does hustle and grind culture have you by the short and curlies? If you’ve set your hopes on regenerative ways of living and working - wondering how you’ll know when you’ve exited cycles of hustling & grinding - this episode is for you! Jacquie read my article ‘Discipline & Heat = Spaciousness & Relief’ and resonated with the quote: ‘I have worked so hard not to work so hard’. After 30+ years grinding, she asks - “How do I know, see, feel - when I’ve shifted away from the grind?” I offer ways to explore her beliefs, behaviours...2023-03-0119 min
What is Leadership?Episode 40: Emotional Range with Chela DavisonRecently, I wrote a blog post called ‘Such a loser’, and had some varied responses. One turned into a beautiful back and forth with a new reader. Part of her response was the question ‘Are you okay?’, which I was so touched by, and further went on to ask - ‘Do some people experience emotions differently?’ - naming that if she’d felt how I had described - she’d be worried. In this episode of Dear Chela, I discuss my own journey developing emotional capacity, speak to what capabilities can be built to expand your own - and how the not-so-p...2023-02-0824 min
What is Leadership?Meet The Call with Chela Davison This episode is part of the Guided Series, where Chela explores the key guiding principles in her work and business. Meet The Call explores what a calling is and how we go about meeting it. Chela speaks to how a calling is part of us, but also beyond us. She names common patterns noticed when heeding a call - both her own and with her clients - including what our callings care about and what they don’t. She speaks to misconceptions - like the notion that aligned callings should feel easy. Chela muses that perhaps our calling is al...2022-08-1034 min
What is Leadership?Post-Capitalist Business with Chela DavisonThis episode is part of the Guided Series, where Chela explores the key Guiding Principles in her work and business. Post-Capitalist Business is the exploration of that as a possibility. She invites us into this conversation of imagination and experimentation, unpacking what is seen - how our planet is ravaged by capitalism and those values are deeply ingrained within us - and what she cannot yet fully see - what would a post-capitalist World look like? If the whole system is not to crumble entirely in our own lifetimes, what is possible now, and what small steps might we...2022-07-1342 min
What is Leadership?Interdependent Emergence with Chela DavisonThis episode is part of the Guided Series, where Chela explores the key guiding principles in her work and business. Interdependent Emergence is the exploration of how through braiding together our individual and collective gifts, we can co-create a world we can belong to and thrive in. Chela discusses how this lens can help us co-create with both seen and unseen forces, enabling us to bring about opportunities and possibilities that our own imaginings simply could not conjure alone. She provides the comforting thought that we are not meant to do it all, and that by leaning into interdependent...2022-06-2240 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Chicanos and Writing With Rubén DegolladoIn this episode, Brandon discusses writing and the publishing industry with Chicano author Rubén Degollado. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-10-0759 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Debating Media With David Carrillo PeñalozaOn this episode, Brandon presents three different statistics regarding three different subjects, then opens up a debate on media, journalism, COVID, police shootings, and more. Guest(s) this episode include David Carrillo Peñaloza of the LA Times, Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee, and Marcos Cabrera who has also written for the USA Today network.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTube2021-10-051h 18
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Sherry Yafai, MD Board Certified ER Physician, Cannabis Clinician, Educator and Researcher at Releaf Institute, Santa Monica, CAIn this episode we catch up with cannabis clinician and educator Dr. Sherry Yafai.
Sherry Yafai MD is a Cannabis and Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician at Providence St. John’s Medical Center since 2009.
In 2017, after adult use cannabis laws had passed in California, Dr. Yafai opened her private Cannabis Clinic, the ReLeaf Institute, where she sees patients referred by physicians for cannabis education and treatment.
Dr. Yafai is a former Co-Vice President and current board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, the previous Director of Research and Development at High Sobriety, a member of the UC...2021-10-0150 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Hispanic Heritage MonthOn this episode, Brandon discusses whether the media is biased against Mexicans and Chicanos. He also discusses Hispanic Heritage Month. Guest(s) include Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee, Daily Chela contributor Marcos Cabrera who has also written for the USA Today network.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela...2021-09-041h 10
Con chela en mano PodcastE6 T1 Afrontando el compromiso de ser solidario en Guatemala con Isa Grajeda Con Chela en ManoComo el compromiso y nuestra responsabilidad con la sociedad, va más allá de lo que el gobierno hace. Que puedo hacer yo y cambiar el mundo. Todo esto y más lo hablamos, Con Chela en Mano2021-08-261h 11Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Mexico and "Latinx"In this episode, Brandon debates the term "Latinx" and discusses the California recall. Other topics include identity and the history of Mexico. Guest(s) include Mexican American Tik Tok influencer "Tokyo Drifter" and Mestizo Coffee founder Carlos Aguilar. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-08-261h 46Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Human Smuggling and the Capitol RiotsIn this episode, Brandon speaks with photographer Erik Herrera who has documented various political events, including human smuggling at the border, the Capitol riots, and massive underground parties.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-08-031h 10Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Media Representation With Julio Ricardo VarelaIn this episode, Brandon discusses the media landscape with Julio Ricardo Varela who is the founder of Latino Rebels and works with Futuro Media. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-08-011h 03Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: What Is A Chicano?What is a Chicano? What does it mean to be a Chicano? What is Chicano culture? Is it a political view? Is it a cultural view? Is it cars? Is it art? Is it fashion? Guests include Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee, Daily Chela contributor Marcos Cabrera who has also written for the USA Today network, and Jose Valle who runs the website Raza Del Soul. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon o...2021-07-221h 18
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Genester Wilson-King, MD: Cannabis Clinician, Educator & Founder of Victory Rejuvenation CenterWe first met Dr. Genester Wilson-King through the Society of Cannabis Clinicians where she is the co-vice president. I had recently become an advocate member of the SCC, a non-profit that works to empower and educate healthcare providers on the use of cannabis medicine. Dr. Wilson-King was presenting on cannabis medicine, pregnancy and breastfeeding - which as you know is not our area of focus but her presentation was incredibly compelling and opened our eyes to new things. Later, we connected in person at CannMed 2019.
Dr. Genester Wilson-King, MD is a Board-Certified Obstetrician and gynecologist with over 25 ye...2021-07-091h 08Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Patriotism vs. NationalismIn the first segment, Brandon discusses the "Foos Gone Wild" phenomenon, and asks whether it has been good or bad for the Chicano community. In the second segment, Brandon discusses patriotism within the Latino community, and draws a distinction between nationalism and patriotism. Other topics include free speech, the Constitution, and cholo fashion. Guests include Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee and Daily Chela contributor Marcos Cabrera who has also written for the USA Today network.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the show...2021-07-051h 56
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Bonni Goldstein, Renowned Cannabis Clinician, Lecturer & Author of "Cannabis is Medicine"We first saw Dr. Bonni Goldstein at CannMed2018 speaking on Treating Pediatric Conditions with Medical Cannabis. But she also treats seniors! Dr. Goldstien is a world renowned doctor, educator and cannabis specialist who has treated thousands of adults and children and seen their quality of life improve with cannabis medicine.
Dr. Goldstein created Canna-Centers Wellness, a medical practice devoted to educating and approving qualifying patients for cannabis treatment. Their Educational Center offers classroom seminars and live webinars about all things cannabis.
Dr. Goldstein’s 2020 book, “Cannabis is Medicine” explains the science of cannabis in easy to under...2021-06-251h 08Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Chicano Park and Defund The PoliceIn this episode, Brandon discusses a number of topics, including Chicano culture in San Diego, as well as the "defund the police" movement with Daily Chela contributor Rob Camacho. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-06-211h 00
Cannabis Helps DementiaJude Thilman, Cannabis Educator, Activist & Owner of Dragonfly Wellness, Mendocino, CAIn this episode, we're connecting with cannabis educator, activist and entrepreneur, Jude Thilman
We first learned of Jude at a conference on cannabis medicine. She wrote a great article about her mother who had lived with Alzheimer's Dementia.
In the article she referenced several studies including the 2016 Salk Institute study that showed micro-doses of THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons and a University of Bonn study of dementia in mice successfully treated with THC!
Jude is a long-time medical cannabis educator, policy leader, and entrepreneur in Mendocino, CA. In 2011 she founded D...2021-06-181h 02Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Debating Hip Hop & Chicano RapIn this live stream episode, Brandon discusses the state of hip hop and Chicano rap with Carlos Aguilar of Mestizo Coffee and Daily Chela contributor Marcos Cabrera who has also written for the USA Today network. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-06-1558 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Melanie Bone, M.D. Medical Director of the Cannabinoid Initiative at MorseLife Health System, FloridaToday we welcome back Dr. Melanie Bone! We spoke with her in the 2020 season and we’re thrilled to connect with her again for an update!
Dr. Bone is a board certified Ob Gyn with 30 years of experience in women’s health care. She started a medical cannabis practice in 2016, treating adults and children. Dr. Bone has a unique background as a cancer survivor, a mother of five children, public speaker, and a women’s health care advocate.
Educating others is key to Dr. Bone’s belief about empowering patients in their own care. We are tota...2021-06-1153 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Peter Grinspoon, M.D. Harvard Educated Physician, Author, Wellness Coach & Medical Cannabis ConsultantFierce advocate, Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and has been involved in cannabis research his entire life.
You might know of his father, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, who was also a Harvard Medical School physician. An Associate Professor of Psychiatry who, in 1971, wrote the revolutionary book that brought science to the modern cannabis legalization movement, “Marihuana Reconsidered.”
Dr. Peter Grinspoon is known as an authority on virtually all aspects of cannabis, including adult and medical uses, as well as political issues and social history as many...2021-06-041h 06Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Pachucas During WW2In this episode, Brandon explores the lesser known history of pachucas and Mexican American women during WW2 with guest Elizabeth Escobedo, who wrote the book, "From Coveralls To Zoot Suits." Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-06-0257 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Debating Hollywood RepresentationIn this episode, Brandon puts together a panel to debate Hollywood representation and the difference between movies like Blood In Blood Out and In The Heights. Is one really worse than the other? Guests include LA Times critic Carlos Aguilar, Rotten Tomatoes critic Rosa Parra, film director Kenneth Castillo, movie line Producer Jordan Michael, and Chicana activist Anasazi Ochoa.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!2021-05-311h 13Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Behind The Scenes Of "American Me"In this episode, Brandon speaks with American Me actor Steve Cisneros who discusses deleted movie scenes. Other topics include: Working with Edward James Olmos and the importance of promoting the arts within disadvantaged communities. Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-05-2456 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Blake Pearson, MD - Ontario, Canada Global Leader in Cannabinoid and Functional MedicineIn this episode we’re connecting with Dr. Blake Pearson in Ontario, Canada. We learned about Dr. Pearson when he was presenting his findings on cannabis medicine in long term care at a National Canadian Medical Cannabis Conference.
In Canada, medical cannabis has been legal for about twenty years, and there are more than 350,000 registered patients. In October of 2018, cannabis became legal nationwide for anyone over 18, but the plant medicine remains highly regulated and controlled at the national and provincial levels.
And you can’t just go ask your regular doctor about it. Because of the...2021-05-2133 min
What is Leadership?Seasons as a Map and Compass with Chela DavisonThis episode is part of the Guided series, where Chela explores the key guiding principles in her work and business. Seasons as a Map and Compass is the exploration of the seasonality of life, work and development. Life and death cycles and how they can show us where we are, what’s needed and what’s coming. Chela discusses bringing this lens to the creative process, business building and executing on projects. She explores the interdependent nature of nature and how looking to seasonality when it comes to project planning and moving through phases or work can bring heaps of w...2021-05-1946 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaNew Episodes on Fridays - May 21st Dr. Blake Pearson, MD - Ontario, Canada Global Leader in Cannabinoid and Functional MedicineIn this episode, dropping Friday May 21st, we’re connecting with Dr. Blake Pearson in Ontario, Canada. We learned about Dr. Pearson when he was presenting his findings on cannabis medicine in long term care at a National Canadian Medical Cannabis Conference.
In Canada, medical cannabis has been legal for about twenty years, and there are more than 350,000 registered patients. In October of 2018, cannabis became legal nationwide for anyone over 18, but the plant medicine remains highly regulated and controlled at the national and provincial levels.
And you can’t just go ask your regular doctor abou...2021-05-1701 min
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Dustin Sulak, D.O. Renowned Integrative Medicine Physician, Cannabis Specialist & Founder of Healer.comIn our season 2 premier episode, we have a great conversation with renowned integrative physician, Dr. Dustin Sulak, D.O from Maine, about easing symptoms of dementia, addressing chronic pain, and sleep issues with the same medicinal plant.
You may know Dr. Sulak from his educational site Healer.com or from the many articles he’s written and lectures he does to help educate people worldwide on cannabis therapeutics. He’s also a board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and Americans for Safe Access.
Like many of our guests, we first met Dr. Dustin Sula...2021-05-141h 14
Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Babak Baban, Ph.D. CBD could fix "underlying reason" for Alzheimer's Disease, Cannabis Helps DementiaDr. Babak Baban is a highly accomplished researcher and has been studying CBD and cannabinoids at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University for years where he is Associate Dean for Research, a professor and immunologist. One of Dr. Baban’s studies on how CBD helps reduce cytokine storms in COVID-19 made headlines last year, and that’s how we first noticed his work.
More recently, I was blown away by a revolutionary study on mice that had severe familial Alzheimer’s Disease. Two weeks of high dose CBD seemed to reset how proteins are made in tho...2021-05-141h 32
What is Leadership?Self-As-Instrument. Work-As-Service with Chela DavisonSelf-As-Instrument, Work-As-Service is our second episode in the series: Guided: An exploration of the Guiding Principles that are fundamental to my business and body of work. This episode dives into the question: What does it mean to be an active participant in our collective evolution? Chela explores how her own personal development and approach to work and business are a means of answering and living this question. She shares what it means to develop ourselves as the instrument of service and change and why that’s fundamental to conscious leadership. She explores various ways of relating to work and wh...2021-05-0434 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: The Art Of Lowriding With John UlloaIn this episode, Brandon discusses the art of lowriding with John Ulloa who is a professor, author, and lowrider historian.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-05-031h 00
Siente la Chela PodcastEp.11 Cerveza RuletaFundados en la Narvarte hace apenas un año y con cinco estilos diferentes, están comenzado a formar su historia dentro del mundo cervecero. ¿Los conoces? Ve a tu refri, sírvete tu chela y dale play porque nosotros te vamos a contar acerca de ellos en este capítulo.2021-04-281h 08Brandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Street Realities With Gil TejadaIn this episode, Brandon discusses police, gangs, prisons, media bias, and political correctness with Gil Tejada who is a former gang member and host of the popular show "American Cholo." Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-04-2656 min
Chela TimeThe Mandela Effect - Chela Time Podcast #20In this episode, the boys test eachother on popular "mandela effect" cases2021-04-1649 min
What is Leadership?Guided by Principles - with Chela DavisonThis episode is the first in a series called Guided: An exploration of the Guiding Principles that are fundamental to my business and body of work. This episode introduces the principles, philosophies and values that are key to her leadership and contribution as she helps leaders grow their capacities, carve their own paths and contribute to societal change. Listen in as she speaks about what it means to listen for and meet your calling, develop your Self-As-Instrument, navigate personal and professional growth through both an Emergent Leadership and Seasonal lens, all while imagining post-capitalist business models for our collective...2021-04-1242 min
Siente la Chela PodcastEp.10 Gambrinus: Rey de la CervezaNos lo hemos topado en la tienda, en el súper, en una fiesta y hasta en nuestras casas...o sea, vivimos con él en forma de botella. ¿Sabes a quién nos referimos? Ve a tu refri, sírvete tu chela y dale play porque nosotros te vamos a contar acerca de él en este capítulo.2021-04-0721 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Film After Covid With Jordan MichaelIn this episode, Brandon discusses the future of film after COVID with Hollywood insider Jordan Michael.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-04-0754 min
Siente la Chela PodcastEp.9 Festivales cheleros¿Has escuchado hablar acerca de Cerveza México o del Ensenada Beerfest? Pues nosotros sí, pero no te preocupes, ve a tu refri, sírvete tu chela y dale play porque nosotros te vamos a contar acerca de ello en este capítulo.2021-03-2455 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Drug Cartels With Ioan GrilloIn this episode, Brandon discusses the relationship between cartels, guns, and the United States government with Mexico City reporter Ioan Grillo.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-03-0856 min
Chela TimeChela Time Gone Wild - Chela Time Podcast # 19In this episode, The guys discuss how they ended up exploring a creepy arcade sex shop when they initially went out that night just for a coffee run.2021-03-0344 minBrandon Loran MaxwellArchive: Debating "Outrage Culture" With Anasazi OchoaIn this episode, Brandon discusses woke culture and outrage culture with student activist Anasazi Ochoa.Sponsor: CJ Pony PartsYour go-to destination for restoration and performance car parts. Check it out!Support the showDon't forget to follow Brandon on social media at the links below!YouTubeTwitterInstagram Daily Chela Newsletter2021-03-0151 min