High Functioning Podcast

Jason Reposa
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High Functioning Podcast is hosted by Jason Reposa, founder and CEO of Good Feels, a Massachusetts-based cannabis-infused beverage company. Join Jason as he dives into candid conversations with industry experts, innovators, and thought leaders from the cannabis world. Each episode explores the stories behind the people shaping the future of cannabis, from business practices to wellness trends. Whether you’re curious about the cannabis industry, looking to learn from the best, or simply want to stay informed, this podcast offers high-level insights with a dose of positivity.

  1. 4d ago

    Ep. 101: Marc Brownstein, the Rock Star Lobbyist (The Disco Biscuits, HeadCount)

    Before Pennsylvania had medical cannabis, Marc Brownstein and a few musician friends hired a lobbyist with their own money and walked Harrisburg one senator's office at a time. He tells Jason Reposa how it got done, why calling your elected officials works, and why "the complacent get beat," a warning that lands a week before Massachusetts votes on Question 8. Marc is the co-founder and bassist of The Disco Biscuits, the band that fused jam-band improvisation with electronic dance music, and in 2004 he co-founded HeadCount, the nonpartisan nonprofit that registers voters at concerts. They also get into the band's three drummer eras, the sound younger bands now take to Madison Square Garden, how a jam band talks without words, and the band's first-ever Halloween movie reveal ahead of the Worcester Palladium shows on October 30 and 31. HeadCount: https://headcount.org Free weekly cannabis operator brief: https://tr.ee/hfnewsletter More episodes: https://highfunctioning.show

  2. Oct 20

    Ep. 100: Did Beverage Bros Break Hemp? with Laura Beohner of The Healing Rose

    Jason Reposa makes hemp beverages, so he asked Laura Beohner the question directly: knowing where hemp has ended up, are we the problem? Her answer: "Oh, yeah." Laura is CEO and founder of The Healing Rose, an organic hemp wellness company in Newburyport, Massachusetts. After ten years with no investors and no debt, her topicals are in 150 Massachusetts dispensaries, and her best-selling salve does six figures a year. She also founded the Massachusetts Hemp Coalition and serves as treasurer of MassCann. They get into what the federal hemp changes could mean for minor cannabinoids, the per-serving limit she would write into the law, why she expects No to win on Question 8, and why she thinks most cannabis brands have no face behind them. Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehealingrose_/ Laura on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-beohner/?isSelfProfile=false More episodes: https://highfunctioning.show

  3. Oct 15

    Nick Lazzaro on Polite Corruption, Question 8 and the 7th Worcester District

    Nick Lazzaro, Democratic candidate for state representative in Massachusetts' 7th Worcester District, says there is "polite corruption" at the State House. He breaks down who is funding Question 8 and why voters face nine ballot questions this November. Nick was on the Millbury school board at 18, now serves on the Millbury Select Board, and runs a mobile car detailing business staffed by students. He's running against a 30-year incumbent seeking his 16th term. Jason and Nick talk about following the money on Question 8, the repeal of legal adult-use cannabis in Massachusetts, the 2024 audit question, public records, Question 1, why cannabis banking is broken, and why Nick says he has no plans to become a career politician. Free weekly cannabis operator brief: https://tr.ee/hfnewsletter Save 15% on Good Feels THC beverages: https://getgoodfeels.com/ (code HF15) CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:28 Why He Stepped Up 05:16 Inside the 7th Worcester District 07:27 Not a Career Politician 11:22 Running a Business While Running for Office 19:37 Cannabis Banking Is Insane 25:32 Follow the Money on Question 8 32:54 The Audit and Public Records 36:39 Yes on Question 1 39:58 Why Your Ballot Has So Many Questions GUEST Nick Lazzaro, candidate for State Representative, 7th Worcester District (Millbury, Auburn, North Oxford, parts of Charlton and Leicester) Website: https://nicklazzaro.com Socials: @ElectNickLazzaro HOST Jason Reposa, Founder and CEO, Good Feels Show: https://highfunctioning.show Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. For adults 21+ where legal. Opinions are the guest's own. Nothing in this episode is medical, legal or voting advice.

  4. Oct 13

    Connor Murray: 23, a Hard No on Question 8, and Four Terms Max

    I sat down with Connor Murray, a 23-year-old running for state rep in the 18th Essex District, which covers my old hometown of Tewksbury. I ask him why he opposes Question 8's repeal of adult-use cannabis, how campaigns decide which doors to knock, why his district is split across so many reps, what it costs to run, and why he's pledged to serve no more than four terms. He also shares the first bill he wants to carry, on workers' comp retaliation. (00:00) Intro (01:29) From Activist to Candidate (02:59) Why Run for Office at 23? (05:42) Why He's a Hard No on Question 8 (10:40) How Campaigns Decide Which Doors to Knock (13:47) The Home of Gerrymandering (15:18) The Ballot Questions That Didn't Make It (20:33) Only One Got 150 Signatures (23:41) Four Terms, Then Out (25:58) His Day-One Bill (27:24) Fired for Weekend Cannabis Use (29:56) Do You Consume? (33:58) What It Really Costs to Run Instagram: @murray4ma More episodes: highfunctioning.show

  5. Oct 6

    Chris Porter on Two Decades of Touring, Weed on the Road and Where the Money Comes From

    Chris Porter started stand-up at 19 because he was too shy to talk to women. By 23 he was on the road. By 26 he was on NBC's Last Comic Standing, buying his parents a big-screen TV so they'd stop asking about college. Two decades later, 95% of his income still comes from touring, and he hasn't even turned on social media monetization. Chris and Jason get into what nobody tells you about the comedy business: why there's no career ladder anymore, why YouTubers filling clubs actually help young comics, and why he left LA for Kansas City. He's also honest about cannabis. Weed helped him survive the loneliness of hotel rooms and 2 AM television, but a few months ago he stopped smoking before his first show because it was costing him presence on stage. Plus the night he and Justin Verlander ended up playing beer pong with Mumford & Sons at his parents' house, and Carlin's rule for writing high. Chris plays Springfield, MA on October 10 and Boston on October 11. His new special, Middle Rage, is out now. For adults 21+ where legal. Nothing in this episode is medical advice. New episodes every Tuesday. Follow High Functioning so you don't miss the next one.

  6. Sep 29

    He Left Film for a Dispensary Counter: Cameron Morton on Budtenders, AI, and Question 8

    Cameron Morton spent years as an assistant director on films like American Hustle and Joy. Then he walked away to start his own production company, PLAN R Pictures, and he funds it with a shift lead job at Native Sun. From behind that counter he sees something most of the industry is missing: by his estimate, eight out of ten customers have no idea legal cannabis is on the Massachusetts ballot this November. His pitch for a better campaign ad is simple. Take the stores away and the sale moves to parking lots. Jason and Cameron get into why film productions are moving crews to Prague and Canada, how a 160-page script turned into a movie, and what cannabis use actually looks like on a film set. Then they go behind the dispensary counter: what budtenders recommend first, why brand pop-ups help most on busy days, and why a neighborhood store and a suburban store sell so differently. Cameron also explains why he calls generative AI plagiarism, and where a small cannabis brand with no budget should start with content. 00:00 Cold open 01:59 From film sets to his own company 08:34 Why film crews are leaving America 12:36 How a 160-page script became a movie 32:42 Cannabis on film sets 35:06 The budtender is the last step before the sale 49:29 Is generative AI plagiarism? 1:02:40 Question 8 at the counter 1:11:16 Where a small brand should start with content 1:24:49 The No on 8 ad he wants to make This episode is for adults 21+ where cannabis is legal. Nothing here is medical or legal advice. Follow High Functioning for weekly conversations with the people building the legal cannabis industry, and find every episode at highfunctioning.show.

  7. Sep 22

    Half the Edibles Batch Was Waste | Giovanni Estrella, Estrella Technologies

    Waste on the edibles line at one of the biggest cannabis companies in America was running around 50%. The freezers were stacked to the ceiling, and nobody on the floor was putting a number on it until one engineer did. The company's response wasn't to fix the process. It was to cut brownies out of the lineup entirely. That's the story Giovanni Estrella tells about being Trulieve's first engineer, and it sets up everything he does now. Giovanni left Navy flight school in Pensacola to get into cannabis, took the first engineering job at a major MSO during COVID, then went to Harvard Business School and started a functional mushroom tea company out of a commercial kitchen. Today he runs Estrella Technologies, consulting with tier-two and tier-three Massachusetts cultivators and manufacturers on their data. He explains why MSOs hire process people they won't listen to, why compliance tracking captures room movements but not the work in between, why labor cost is the number almost nobody tracks, and why small brands should co-pack before chasing their own license. He and Jason also get into how Atomic Fungi landed on dispensary shelves, and the story of bringing Berner to Harvard. 21+ where legal. Business conversation only. Nothing here is medical, legal, or investment advice, and cited figures are the guest's recollection. Listen on your podcast app or watch at highfunctioning.show.

  8. Sep 15

    They Drilled a Hole in a Plug. Now It's in 50 Stores | Nancy Domenichelli & Diana Langle, TarTubes

    Nancy Domenichelli and Diana Langle met at a letter-writing campaign for a local candidate. They were the only two who showed up. Between letters they found out they lived six blocks apart in Springfield, and at 4:20 they found out something else. One morning Diana reached for a cigarette with a filter on it, Nancy reached for a pre-roll, and the pre-roll would not fit. That mismatch became TarTubes. The first working version was a plastic plug from Diana's husband's workshop with a hole drilled through it. Fourteen months later the product is on close to 50 shelves across five states, and 80% of those dispensaries have reordered twice. Nancy and Diana are the co-founders of TarTubes LLC, a filter adapter that lets a standard disposable filter attach to a pre-roll. In this conversation with Jason Reposa they walk through the whole build: the tissue paper and cardboard failures, the university engineering lab that drew the first 3D print and cannot be publicly credited because federal grant money is on the line, the second designer who made it look like a product, and the Flower Expo soft launch where they gave away thousands of samples. They get specific about distribution. Why bud tender education is the actual sales mechanism, what a display case costs a store, how DTC stacks up against wholesale, and what a brand rep's word of mouth did to their shelf count. They close on Massachusetts Question 8 and why the repeal is a no vote. 21+ only where legal. Nothing here is medical advice, and claims about tar and filtration are the guests' own statements, not verified by the show. Listen at highfunctioning.show.

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High Functioning Podcast is hosted by Jason Reposa, founder and CEO of Good Feels, a Massachusetts-based cannabis-infused beverage company. Join Jason as he dives into candid conversations with industry experts, innovators, and thought leaders from the cannabis world. Each episode explores the stories behind the people shaping the future of cannabis, from business practices to wellness trends. Whether you’re curious about the cannabis industry, looking to learn from the best, or simply want to stay informed, this podcast offers high-level insights with a dose of positivity.

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  • Creator
    Jason Reposa
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    129
  • Rating
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    © Jason Reposa
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