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Exploring the political, spiritual, medical, and racialized world of our ancestors’ favorite plant.🌳

12/13/2023

New episode out! Dr. Nik Dickerson is a scholar who talks about the connections between race, masculinity, sport, and of course, our ancestors’ favorite plant.

At the beginning of our interview, Nik shared how he got into sports sociology, how plant users are recognized in pop culture, why athletes use c@nnabis, and the importance of Black men defining their own identity. Unfortunately, this part of our interview is unavailable due to recording issues. We’d love to spend more time talking with Dr. Dickerson about plant-using athletes and stoner movies in the future. For now, please enjoy this interview centered on his recent paper for the Sociology of Sport Journal.

His identity as a Black American man has shaped his research, and he draws on references from Lovecraft Country, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler in order to discuss new ways of thinking about Black masculinity. He also discusses how he uses music in his papers and conferences to retell stories of Black athletes in an honorable way.

We end with him discussing how he relates to his own work as a Black man, and close out with our rapid fire round.

Guest Biography:
Dr Nik Dickerson graduated with a BA in Sport Sociology from Ithaca College in 2005. He then went on to receive an MA in the Cultural Studies of Sport from the University of Maryland (2007), and a PhD in the Cultural Studies of Sport from the University of Iowa (2012). His PhD examined how race, gender, and national identity informed mediated representations of recreational drug use in sport, advertisement, and film. After graduating he served as a lecturer in American Studies at the University of Iowa for three years, and then spent seven years as a Senior Lecturer in Sport Sociology at the University of Lincoln (UK).

He can be found at Fuhr_James83 on twitter.

** Note: This is our last episode of 2023, we will be taking some time to review the latest canna scholarship, travel, and most importantly rest. Happy holidays, please be safe and see y’all in 2024!

12/12/2023

If you have no idea what a cannabinoid is but want to consume for your health, look no further! This episode drops gems on how different compounds in the plant affect our health. There are plenty of resources in the show notes too!

12/12/2023

Want to hear a story of a successful Black business owner? Pivoting from DJ to computer repairman to garden supply store owner, AC of LoudBank tells us a bit about how he started as an entrepreneur and some of the basics of grow science.

12/12/2023

Season 3 is underway! Our first episode (our on all platforms) covers many of the ways we can get the plant into our bodies with Sya Collins, advocate, enthusiast, budtender, and vocalist.

10/10/2023

DID YOU MISS US CAUSE WE MISSED YALL☺️♥️🪴! We're so excited to kick off our 3rd season of Joint Highpothesis!

This season will focus on the science around c@nn@bis. We’ll have people talk about cultivation, patient health and wellness, and what we call “street science.” For our first guest of the season, we're talking with Sya Collins - a vocalist, and c@nn@bis advocate, who loves to help educate people about the plant through her work as a budtender and her engagement with M4MM. Today we're discussing the body's endocannabinoid system, breaking down some of the complex ways in which it creates and responds to different cannabinoids. We'll also get into how these processes can vary with different consumption methods, so if you've ever been curious about what's happening inside your body after you puff a joint or take an edible, be sure to check this one out. She can be found at on Instagram and Sya Collins on Facebook.
If you're interested in more of the biomedical research we were talking about, check out these links below!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandamide

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…sive%20actions

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36330630/ #:~:…rage%20effect

05/17/2023

Much less safe for work than our typical content, this episode still fits under the "Politics of the Marginalized" theme of season two and we speak of entertainment politics. We talk about the cultural wealth created off of a stock image of Donovan that has been featured on the NBA website, a Mr. Beast video, and a ton of other places without him being reasonably compensated.

Additionally, Donovan speaks of his time living in Denver and the availability of craft can++bis in contrast to the corporate style dispensaries that dominate the Missouri market.

This is episode is emotionally headass, where we briefly mention concepts like reparations, gender politics, and cultural appropriation through off the cuff raunchy humor. By the end you will be able to tell how much we all love improv :D

Guest Bio: Too T3rpd is the longest running (and likely the first) "potcast" in Saint Louis. We are joined by Donovan and Tyler, who tell us a bit about their podcast and how it started.

Socials: Too T3rpd on all social media and podcasting platforms!

05/11/2023

Dawn tells listeners to make smart decisions with the plant so that we can be understood as healthy individuals who are medicating. As a patient advocate, she asks questions on behalf of folks who can’t speak directly to a doctor about their consumption because of the years of stigma in medical settings.

We also talk about medicating safely because decriminalization can't prevent folks from getting felonies if they rack up enough fines. Listen for more tips for beginner patients and consumer in this episode, where we talk about administration methods and how medication worked with her pregnancy.

Socials:
Dawn the Can***** Advocate on Facebook and Youtube
Dawn's business line: (314) 465 - 8516

Also, are y'all ready for our season finale?! Episode drops next week and we're very excited to surprise you with our special guests. 😁

05/03/2023

Ball is Life!!🏀⚾️🏈⚽️🎾🏅

Why do we view players like Lebron as an exception? Why do Serena Williams and Sha’Carri Richardson get so much pushback from athletic associations? Why are there so few Black women sports commentators?

So much of it has to do with race, class, and gender. In this episode we talk about everything from sports enhancement drugs to “fan energy” to Saint Louis having no basketball courts. Nadia also asks us to envision a world where we can appreciate the art and melodic motion of Black bodies so that they do not see the need for stimulants.

Guest Biography:
Nadia is from Norman, Oklahoma where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma. Nadia is now a PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis but will be transferring to University of Minnesota’s Sociology PhD program in the
fall. She is broadly interested in the modern manifestations of racism and colorism, the Black experience, and the role sports plays in upholding racialized structures in the United States. She focuses primarily on the ways in which sport, particularly basketball and football, functions as a
paradigm for broader racialized dynamics within American institutions while also examining the intersectional dynamics of gender, class, and body image. She is currently working on a number of projects that include, but are not limited to, her Master’s Thesis, two academic publications, and partnering with local St. Louis sport organizations. Lastly, she is deeply invested in subjects
surrounding racism, athleticism, body image, and athlete-activism.

References:
Patricia Hill Collins - Black Sexual Thought and Black Feminist Thought
HostElle- A Black woman owned hostel in europe
www.hostelle.com/

04/18/2023

In this episode we are joined by Jo Njama of the Sister Struggles podcast. Jo talks about her transition from being a microbiologist and chemist in corporate science to working at a dispensary to eventually organizing a union for dispensary workers. These harsh work environments led her to start the Sister Struggles podcast, dedicated to Black women struggling with people pleasing habits and cycling through toxic relationships.

By dismantling the stereotype of the strong black woman, Jo helps guide us through self care habits that let us live the lives we want, not the roles expected of us. Please join our kiki session as we throw shade and praise to Juneteenth napkins (praise), Abbott Elementary (praise), and being sick and tired of being sick and tired (double shade).

04/12/2023

Episode 5 out now!! In this episode Tea tells their story of connecting to the plant as a means of survival when they were under threat for their high profile activism. We also discuss being “We*d Rich,” infusing chicken, and their history in journalism and organizing.

Longer Description:

Tea is a St. Louis native, born and raised in North City. In 2012, they moved across the state and studied multimedia journalism at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.
After the verdict denied Mike Brown justice, T sprung into action on and off campus creating space for students to start conversations about racism.T continued their community organizing throughout Southwest Missouri, giving voice and space to the most marginalized, from Black folx to trans kids and the homeless.

As 2020 came to a close, burnout and the dangers of organizing in what was once noted as the whitest county in America, pushed T to seek refuge in a remote space west of Springfield. There, they fell in love with canna*is (the plant), and learned to grow from seed to smoke. They obtained their cultivators license and studied the plant as much as possible while contributing to a sizable garden.

Unfortunately T had to take refuge again, and moved back home after 10 years in September 2022. Since being home they've begun revamping their garden and developing canna products like edibles and thc pills.

Branded as Dopeboihealer, T grows all-organic cannabis and is focused on creating medicine, space and access for Black folks to interact and learn about the plant as a portal of consciousness and healing.

Trigger warning: We speak of fugitivity and violence throughout this episode, and there is brief mention of harassment, SA, and death threats.

04/08/2023

In the 1920s, there were more canna*** consumption lounges, aka. "tea pads", in New York City than there are Starbucks locations in the entire state of New York today. Half a century later, cann**** was classified as a Schedule 1 drug under the 1970 Controlled Substance Act. The process in which the plant was stigmatized in the country is heavily intertwined with the objectification and criminalization of Black people, and this connection cannot be ignored as public opinion on the plant continues to shift. In this episode we discuss the nuanced history of social consumption in the United States and why this history warrants a more comprehensive approach to future canna policy.

Guest Bio: Brennan England is a professor for Saint Louis University’s Cann**** science and operations program. He is the founder of St. Louis Canna*** Club, a cannabis resource network connecting the canna*** industry with the culture through events focused on wellness, education, entertainment and economy. For this group he founded the Cola Lounge, a private members club where people can safely consume and learn about the plant. He’s also the Missouri Chapter President of Minorities for Medical Ma*****na, the world’s largest minority advocacy organization for the cannabis industry. He can be reached on socials (IG: , ) and at thecolastl.com

Episode 4 out now!!! Listen here: https://linktr.ee/jointhighpothesispodcast

03/29/2023

Perhaps you’re so excited about episode 3 that it’s got you wondering, where is episode 2???

Well I forgot to post it lol. Here y’all go🥰:

Imagine coming out of your federal housing, and smelling straight loud from the four dispensaries on your block. You can’t consume due to your apartment’s policies (the plant may be legal in your state, but federally, you’re left deserted). Not only that, but you can’t even work at a dispensary due to your lease. So if you partake you go to jail, and you can’t make money off of it. Is the war on drugs over?

Episode description:

Legalization of mar*juana is sweeping across the country. Ayoka Nurse, PhD in Public Policy and Administration, describes these changes as they relate to Black folk and why why legalization isn’t going to remedy any of the damage from the war on drugs. Dr. Nurse's research explains why African Americans are being actively prevented from opening their own dispensaries. She explains Cedric Robinson's definition of racial capitalism and questions if equity can exist in a for profit market.

03/29/2023

An alternative title to this episode would be titled "They Don't Know the Magic that We Do."

Description: This episode is deeply provocative from calling out traditional diversity training for maintaining white supremacy culture to citing the Black church for how it can treat drug users to defending recreational drug users with our whole chest. We also discuss how Black genius is more common than we think, and talk about what racial justice work really looks like in biomedical research spaces.

Guest Bio: Ayize Jama-Everett is a psych*d🍄lics therapist, sci-fi writer, and jack of all trades descending from a long line of healers that he considers left of the Black Panthers. He holds a Master’s in Divinity, a Master’s in Clinical Psychology, and a Master’s in Fine Arts, Creative Writing. Jama-Everett has worked as a bartender, a translator, a drug and alcohol counselor, a stand-up comedian, a script doctor, a ghostwriter, a high school dean, a college professor, and for a brief time, a distiller of spirits. He can be reached on socials and at AyizeJamaEverett.com.

03/13/2023

The first episode of season 2 is out now!
https://linktr.ee/jointhighpothesispodcast
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/joint-highpothesis/our-communities-will-heal-themselves
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mQkay3MUx4wj19EbYID5R?si=55aTV67FTFC2jy0F4QqYKw
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-episode-1-our-communities-will-heal-themselves/id1642113231?i=1000603847837

03/07/2023

And finally... SEASON 2 IS UNDERWAY! Listen to this preview on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/joint-highpothesis/season-2-trailer-politics-of-the-marginalized?si=2ae6dab3835d407fb3d8bfd4ecc31d51&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ssqUYD8OPgNBJgkWmZism?si=0FHFh1keTvm-a1M9FUWubA
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-2-trailer-politics-of-the-marginalized/id1642113231?i=1000603028508

03/07/2023

Season 1 Episode 4: The Swade Guys! Meet three reps from Swade Dispensary and hear what's happening in the world of big business

03/07/2023

Season 1 Episode 3: with Shawn Moses, Guitarist

03/07/2023

Season 1, Episode 2: Plant-Based Munchies Recap!!

03/07/2023

Hi y'all, we're finally on facebook! 😁Episode 1 of Season 1 recapped below. Find us on! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-smoke-your-herbs/id1642113231?i=1000577754330

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