Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean.

And welcome back for another episode of great moments in weed history.

We have got a fantastic guest for this episode. Her name's Jessamine Stanley, and she is a self-described

fat black queer woman breaking down barriers in the world of American yoga since she first started posting

about her personal practice on Instagram back in 2012.

She's the author of Everybody Yoga and has a new book called Yoke My Yoga of Self-acceptance

out this month.

She hosts the podcast, Jesiman explains it all and has created the yoga app,

the underbelly, and most importantly, she is a stoner and a cannabis advocate. She also founded

the activist organization We Go High in North Carolina to push for an end to cannabis

arrests and a social justice-based approach to legalization.

What an awesome guest, huh Bean?

Yeah, this is the kickoff of a series of episodes we're going to do for Pride Month.

You know, the history going between the LGBTQ community and the cannabis community has always been intertwined.

If you understand how cannabis, and especially medical cannabis, came to be legalized in this country,

you understand that.

And if you don't, no worries, because we're going to actually repost a couple of our foundational season one episodes on this subject later this month.

But we really thought it would be great to kick things off with Jessamine.

She is an exemplar of people breaking down all kinds of boundaries at this moment in our history. She's somebody who,

and we talk a lot about this, lives in a prohibition state who has a very high visibility

because of her work instructing people on yoga, but has chosen nonetheless to essentially come out and talk about her use of

cannabis, how it integrates into her yoga practice.

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