Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 7: Peptides, Peptides, Peptides

Episode 7: PeptidesHello. SEVENTH episode of Snake Super Health the POD, a discussion on health for people interested in its edge—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, foot yoga, no other types of yoga—but who are otherwise NORMAL. Or who aren’t. Whatever. Subscribe on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts.On this episode…I (Snake) talk with my co-host Josh Feola about the recent spate of mainstream reportage on esoteric peptide usage, these drugs’ Chinese supply chain, whether they’re street drugs, whether they represent something new outright, whether they’re dangerous, which ones people are doing, their evolution out of the gym into the youth world, and how hard it is to find reliable, granular information on these drugs. Follow Snake Super Health on InstagramFollow my ass here @snakesuperhealthShow Notes0:00: Intro—reporting on peptides01:00: What are peptides?01:30: Times story on Silicon Valley peptides, NY Mag story, FT story about supply chain2:30: Peptides as a true… widget3:00: The pharma roots of Chinese peptides4:10: A water-cooler definition of peptides5:30: NYMag story: the youth demand, and the lack of regulation7:00: Brigham Buhler and the Rogan-world peptide head’s case for regulation9:00: Is taking Peptides just looksmaxxing? And is looksmaxxing… Lindy?10:00: What might regulation look like?11:00: Vanity is Lindy; living forever… is not12:00: Possible benefits of acute, casual peptide use13:00: Compounding pharmacy vs. the Chinese WhatsApp route14.00: Is distrust of Chinese markets Sinophobia?15:00: Are peptides… probably fine?16:00: The Chinese bias and Western bias against injections19:00: Moving from gym and skincare sickos to gen pop…21:00: Is a pill GLP-1 a transformative tech?24:00: Peptides as supplement vs. street drug27:00: Everyone’s on the take28:00: Peptides as time saver; health without being a healthy person29:00 Josh one for the road: Sean Geiger’s History of Oral Peptides:34:00: Sami one for the road: Bulgarian ZerchersReading list:* Life on Peptides Feels Amazing By Ezra Marcus for NY Mag* ‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World by Jasmine Sun for NY Times* Jasmine Sun’s China Talk Peptides interview with Hamilton Morris (YT) * ‘I wouldn’t dare take these drugs’: how China supplies untested peptides to the west by Eleanor Olcott for FT* Can Ozempic Cure Addiction? by Dhruv Khullar (MD) for The New Yorker* Brigham Buhler on Rogan (YouTube)* 10 Zercher variations (YT)* Peptides in Snake Super Health* History of Oral Peptides by Sean Geiger* Factories in Shenzhen by Peter Hessler for the New Yorker* Vice News fake sneaker factory capital story (YT)* “Needle Up My Cock” by GG Allin (R.I.P.)Thanks for listening. More to come ALWAYS. SAMI REISS Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe