Runner's High with Guardian and Vice Investigative Reporter Josiah Hesse

A fun and fascinating exploration on the benefits of cannabis in running performance and enjoyment. Josiah Hesse is a freelance journalist in Denver, Colorado. He writes about politics, marijuana and evangelical culture and theology, and is a regular contributor to the Guardian and Vice. His work has appeared in Esquire, and he’s had bylines in Politico, High Times, and The Denver Post, He’s currently the senior editor of the Denver arts and literature magazine Suspect Press.

1:45 his thoughts on the Microdose Wonderland Psychedelic medicine conference
4:00 why he wrote runners high
6:38 Why did such a fascinating topic fall through the cracks? With such popularity why has there not been more coverage?
13:20 what is it chemically about the cannabis that makes you actually love running
16:51 we all have endogenous cannabinoid‘s already inside us!
21:27 It’s not endorphins that are getting you high when you exercise!
25:02 The importance of dispassionate observation
28:14 The default mode network
30:15 all of Josiah’s contact info
33:42 cannabis helps with the connective tissue
33:55 cannabis and pain alleviation
35:21 competition can be beautiful if it’s approached in the right way and cannabis helps facilitate that type of approach
38:39 cannabis and CTE’s
40:08 cannabis as a neuro protectant
47:01 David Goggins
50:33 Endogenous cannabinoids and receptors and what they regulate
51:14 The Endo cannabinoid system is Involved in nearly all human diseases
53:00 the myriad benefits of cannabis for our health
57:10 cannabis versus oxycodone
58:55 why would like to and anesthesia that is damaging to my brain when I can do cannabis for my pain which is actually also a Nuro protective
59:13 research on cannabis and improved cognition and focus
1:02:26 Josiah does not recommend trying new things when high
1:02:58 really good for when you’re already good at something in understanding the fundamentals then it is great for Focus
1:05:22 are there any protocols with cannabis that will help to make the transition from a glucose burner to a Keytone burner without the keto flu?
1:06:50 the science of making your own
1:07:40 the intersection of intermittent fasting and cannabis
1:09:40 anecdotal stories of body transformation physical transformation, spiritual transformation, emotional transformation, mental transformation
1:10:44 The Janessa Leah story.
1:11:19 Rick Simpson oil
1:14:00 the infamous carrot cake story
1:19:30 when Maureen Dowd went to Colorado and got way too high!