Welcome to the High Times Podcast with Josh Kesselman. This is not a conversation you will hear anywhere else.

In this powerful episode, Josh sits down with Sister Kate and Sister Hilda of The Sisters of the Valley, the internationally known order of activist nuns who grow cannabis and make medicine.

Sister Kate shares her incredible journey, revealing how losing everything forced her to trade a life of corporate consulting for an soulful outlaw cannabis collective in California. This is a story of radical reinvention, spiritual awakening, community building and the brutal reality of fighting the state.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The Origin of the Sisterhood: How a political protest at an Occupy meeting sparked the creation of a modern, eco-feminist order of nuns.
• The Shootout at the Farm: Sister Kate details the terrifying night she guarded a $5,000 RV and her first CBD crop against machine-gun-wielding tweakers just weeks before harvest, and how that trauma solidified their mission.
• The Spiritual Science: A deep dive into the Sisters' beliefs, including making medicine by the cycles of the moon (the "90-Day Rule"), the importance of blessing the medicine against "grubby hands," and why their "Rikers-to-Redemption" journey is fueled by survivor’s guilt.
• Josh’s Core Belief: Hear Josh Kesselman's reaction to the Sisters' activism and his belief that entrepreneurship is the last free act that can break the corporate mold.
• Mushrooms for the Soul: The Sisters reveal their personal journey with psilocybin microdosing, explaining the "highway" theory of brain patterns and how mushrooms became essential for breaking bad habits and sparking creativity.

This conversation is a chaotic, funny, and deeply profound look at why the true spirit of cannabis has always been about community, resilience, and living free.

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