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.
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.
29 Sept 2026
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.
22 Sept 2026
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.
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