Episodes
July 12, 2024
Alex Halperin: Illegal Pesticides in Legal Cannabis
Dr. Riley Kirk discusses illegal pesticides found in legal California cannabis products with Alex Halperin, the founder of WeedWeek and one of the main reporters on this topic.
May 25, 2024
Ep 38: #NAPTIME NECANN BOSTON
Welcome back to another episode of #NAPTIME with Dr.Miyabe Shields and Dr. Riley Kirk (host of Bioactive). On these episodes the two stoner scientists recount cannabis industry events and discuss some of the relevant science....
May 18, 2024
EP 37: An Introduction to Cannabis Nutrients with Tanya Funk
In this week’s episode Dr. Riley Kirk and guest Tanya Funk
dive in to the basics of providing nutrients to cannabis plants. This can look many ways depending on how you like to cultivate. The two discuss organic practices, or...
May 3, 2024
Ep 36: Cannabis and Oral Health with Stacy Bobak
Todays episode is all about oral health with the talented
educator and communicator Stacy Bobak. Stacy is a Registered Dental Hygienist and Certified Cannabis Educator in Ontario, Canada. She is the creator and owner of Canna...
April 26, 2024
Ep 35: Standardizing the Cannabis Industry with Darwin Millard
How do we standardize an industry that is known as the wild west? It's definitely difficult to implement standards in the cannabis industry but people like todays guest, Darwin Millard are working hard to ensure standards are...
April 12, 2024
Ep 34: #NAPTIME Nova Scotia, Canada with Dr. Miyabe Shields
The Network of Applied Pharmacognosy is a reserach non-profit formed by Dr. Miyabe Shields and Dr. Riley Kirk. The goal of the nonprofit is to provide a more nuanced and holistic view of cannabis as medicine and emphazie comm...
April 2, 2024
Ep 33: The Lost art of Hashish with Madame Cannoli & Kevin McGovern
Kimberly Hooks, CEO of Frenchy Cannoli Brand and Kevin McGovern owner of First Harvest Hemp join Riley to talk about the history of hashish and the process of making quality product. Kimberly carries on the legacy of her late...
March 29, 2024
Ep 32: Cannabis and End-Of-Life Care with Dr. Rasean Hodge, MD
Where does cannabis play a role in end-of-life care? Today
Riley speaks with Dr. Rasean Hodge, MD. Dr. Hodge has worked with a large diversity of patients and is an open consumer of cannabis products. He has suffered from chr...
March 21, 2024
Ep 31: Wildlife Biology with Jake!
If there's two things Jake and I love talking about its moose and chaga! This episode we finally dive deep into both subjects. Jake talks about his graduate research with moose in Vermont; radio-collaring our of helicopters, ...
March 12, 2024
Ep30: The Science Of Smokeability: Insights on Quantifying the Smoking Experience #CRAPTIME
The Science of Smokeability is a collaboration study between Dr. Allison Justice & Ashley Manning from the Cannabis Research Coalition Dr. Miyabe Shields & Dr. Riley Kirk from The Network of Applied Pharmacognosy & Dr. Markus...
March 9, 2024
Ep29: Everything you need to know about THCA with Liz Peterson from Canvast Supply Co.
The THCA market is taking the US by storm, but what is it? and how is it legal? Todays guest is Liz Peterson who is the head of operations at Canvast Supply Co. in Nashville, TN and also has a background in organic chemistry....
March 5, 2024
Ep28: #NAPTIME Nashville, TN with Dr. Miyabe Shields
This episode is funded by our cannabis reserach and education non-profit called the Network of Applied Pharmacognosy (NAP). If you want to learn more about NAP or donate check out our website with new rebranding (thanks to Ra...
Feb. 23, 2024
Ep27: Cannabis and Metabolism with Dr. Jonathan Fields
Dr. Jonathan Fields discusses the connection of cannabis and metabolism. He recently authored a paper in AJEM
(American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine) discussing the wide range of metabolic effects from cannabis. Nothin...
Feb. 16, 2024
Ep26: Cannabis Advocacy with Karen O'Keefe
Karen O'Keefe is a lawyer and an advocate for cannabis. Karen works for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) that aims to change laws across the US associated with Cannabis. Karen has actively been involved in many states journ...
Feb. 10, 2024
Ep 25: Cannabis & Pharmacy with Dr. Codi Peterson
Nothing in this podcast is EVER medical advice, consult your physician before adding or changing your routine. This episode is all about the pharmacists role in the
cannabis industry with special guest Dr. Codi Peterson. Dr. ...
Feb. 3, 2024
Ep24: NAPTIME with Dr. Miyabe Shields
NAPTIME with Dr. Miyabe Shields. Thank you to MCR labs for sponsoring this episode and donating to NAP: https://mcrlabs.com/ Nothing in this podcast is ever medical advice, consult a medical professional for advice about your...
Jan. 26, 2024
Ep23: DMT and the Visual Cortex with Zeus Tipado
Nothing discussed in this podcast is ever medical advice. Zeus Tipado is a Ph.D. candidate researcher at University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. He is studying DMT and trying to understand what is happening in brain, and...
Jan. 20, 2024
Ep22: Cannabis and Exercise with Dr. Angela Bryan
Nothing discussed in this podcast is EVER medical advice, consult your physician for medical needs. Recent article summarizing Dr. Bryan's reserach: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2024/01/03/study-cannabis-can-make-workouts-m...
Jan. 12, 2024
Ep 21: Adaptogens, Poetry, and Navigating Cannabis with Chase Huff
Welcome back to season 3 of Bioactive! As always, nothing discussed in this podcast is medical
advice, this is only opinion. Consult your doctor for any significant changes to your health. Today’s episode we talk to industry ...
Dec. 22, 2023
Ep20: Cheese Science with Madelyn Varela
Nothing in this podcast is medical advice EVER.
THE LAST EPISODE OF 2023, JUST IN TIME TO MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY CHARCUTERIE BOARD. Thank you all for listening and your support for this new podcast!
If you want to join the patreon for this podcast head to https://www.patreon.com/cannabichem you can j…
Dec. 19, 2023
Ep19: Fiber hemp, narcolepsy, and veteran use with Steven Philpott Jr.
Nothing in this podcast is medical advice, consult your doctor for that. In this episode we learn about some new research with fiber cannabis, veteran use and access to cannabis, narcolepsy, and more with Steven Philpott Jr. ...
Dec. 8, 2023
Ep18: #NAPTIME CBG and anxiety, Vegas, and Survey Data with Dr. Miyabe Shields
In this episode Riley and Miyabe dive into the most recent peer reviewed study on CBG and anxiety, our recent trip to Vegas for the largest cannabis event in the US (MJBizcon), and unveil some of the initial data from the can...
Nov. 22, 2023
Ep17: Poisons and Venoms with Dr. Seth Coleman
Nothing in this podcast is medical advice, personal opinion only. Thank you to the patrons of this podcast for making it possible and everyone who has left a 5 star review. Todays episode dives into the evolutionary biology o...