Josh Burton spent 23 years in U.S. Army Special Operations, serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment (RRD), and as a Delta Force Operator. Today, he’s the founder of Elevated Operator, which makes organic wellness products focused on enhancing mental well-being. In this interview, we cover the psychology of taking life and how it changed his outlook on humanity, the Maduro raid in Venezuela, Billy Lavigne, Syria, and the personal cost of war — including trauma, mental health, and what it takes to move forward.

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00:00 | Intro

02:00 | Shooting

06:10 | Pistols

08:22 | Funny Brent Tucker Story

10:42 | Childhood

29:17 | Profile The Unit Looks For

31:01 | Ability to Switch Gears Mentally

37:52 | Killing

58:39 | RRD

01:12:13 | First Kill

01:33:55 | SEAL Team 6

01:45:32 | Big Missions in the News

01:50:47 | Delta Selection

02:06:02 | OTC

02:18:13 | Skull & Brain When Shot

02:22:14 | Hand to Hand

02:25:46 | Intuition on Target

02:31:21 | Dogs

02:36:15 | Billy Lavigne

03:05:15 | Venezuela/ Maduro Operation

03:10:19 | Delta Revealed in the News Immidiately

03:16:45 | CIA Intel

03:24:20 | NY Post Article on Energy Weapon Used by Delta Force in Maduro Raid

03:29:56 | Regime Change Implications

03:41:52 | Syria

03:51:41 | Mental Health

04:18:36 | Elevated Operator

04:26:18 | Outro

Dr. Brian Hoeflinger is a board certified Neurosurgeon with over 25 years of experience. In this episode, we discuss brain surgery, the afterlife, dreams, grief, end of life decisions, and the loss of his son Brian. We’re also joined by Dr. Cindy Hoeflinger, a former forensic pathologist.

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00:00 | Intro

12:19 | Panic attacks

23:43 | Flow State

32:35 | Brian’s Mother’s Brain Cancer 

35:03 | How to Make Hard End of Life Decisions

46:05 | Ethical Scenario

49:22 | Training & Residency

55:31 | Brain Surgery (Step By Step)

01:22:02 | Compartmentalization

01:27:05 | Brain Aneurysms

01:31:24 | Staying Calm in Chaos

01:36:43 | Average Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon

01:42:10 | The Wild Reason Brain Surgeons Keep Patients Awake During Surgery

01:46:56 | Brain Mysteries & Consciousness

01:55:27 | Dreams

01:58:27 | Top 3 Tips to Improve Brain Health

02:00:38 | Giving Families Bad News

02:13:59 | What Matters in the End

02:17:07 | Brian’s Death

02:35:00 | Grief

03:03:19 | Brian & Dalton Debate Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

03:14:05 | How to Be Less Afraid of Death

03:17:08 | Afterlife

03:19:03 | Near Death Experiences

03:28:08 | Cindy Hoeflinger

03:45:10 | How to Move On

03:57:16 | Parting Ways With The Life You Imagined

04:00:58 | Insane Forensic Pathology Story

04:08:21 | How to Do an Autopsy

04:13:23 | Outro

Ben Stoeger is a world champion competition shooter and practical shooting instructor. In this episode, we cover the entire timeline of the Sig Sauer P320 controversy, Ben’s cancer diagnosis & USPSA ban, training Tier 1 Units, training with Russian oligarchs, and much more.

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00:00 | Intro

03:35 | Childhood & Getting Into Shooting

08:41 | Competitive Shooting

20:22 | Managing Stress

31:52 | USPSA Ban

39:09 | World Championship Win & Cancer Diagnosis

45:22 | How to Compartmentalize

58:13 | Training in Iraq

01:03:04 | Tier 1 Units

01:06:17 | Matt Pranka

01:09:34 | Training a Russian Oligarch

01:14:03 | Most Impressive Units

01:18:50 | How to Tell Which Instructors Aren’t Grifters

01:23:44 | Full Breakdown of P320 Controversy 

01:51:56 | Staccato

01:54:18 | Compensators

02:00:55 | Switching From Irons to Red Dots

02:04:39 | How to Get Into Competitive Shooting

02:06:39 | Dry Fire & Trigger Press

02:10:30 | #1 Drill To Improve Skill

02:22:14 | Outro

Lisa Phillips is a survivor of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking network. Today, she uses her platform to advocate for change, support other survivors, and bring transparency to how the network operated.

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00:00 | Intro

02:37 | Modeling

13:44 | Oliver Stone

23:17 | The Island

52:15 | Jean-Luc Brunel

01:06:50 | Reconnecting with Epstein

01:18:14 | Trafficked

01:49:43 | Final Meeting

01:58:40 | Girls in Box Truck Story

02:02:25 | Richest Person in the World

02:25:40 | Intelligence

02:29:48 | The List

02:33:13 | Trump

02:39:41 | Epstein’s Death

02:51:29 | Trafficked To A-List Movie Star

03:00:54 | Outro

John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.

John’s Links:

Substack: https://johnkiriakou.substack.com

X: https://x.com/johnkiriakou?lang=en

IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/

Deep Focus: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepFocuswithJohnKiriakou

DeProgram: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow

Previous interview with John:

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/P1kOwRMd3o8?si=DozbstsbQWTYjO6p

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/ynMg7-QfL10?si=4h-yt_wZuWyFRtNk 

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00:00 | Intro

03:31 | What is a CIA Operations Officer (Spy)?

17:56 | Recruiting a terrorist bomb maker

25:13 | How to tell if you’re being followed (SDR)

37:50 | Advanced CIA Technology 

43:42 | Palantir

45:36 | John Brennan’s Tuesday Morning Kill List

52:44 | Private Intelligence 

01:00:03 | Blackwater assassination program

01:07:54 | John’s work on Bruno with Sacha Baron Cohen

01:20:36 | Jordanian Intelligence Service

01:27:45 | CIA Ground Branch/ Special Activities

01:40:06 | CIA’s Infiltration of Podcasts/ Media Propaganda

01:49:27 | The National Endowment for Democracy

01:56:14 | The Craziest Thing John Ever Saw at the CIA

02:09:43 | MK Ultra & Remote Viewing

02:14:32 | Vault 7 Technology

02:17:25 | Manipulating People Psychologically

02:33:05 | Recruiting an Engineer 

02:42:25 | The Mossad

03:00:25 | Mossad Dubai Hit

03:17:55 | CIA GRS

03:19:35 | Yemen

03:24:17 | Meeting Anwar al-Awlaki

03:29:53 | The 3 Saudi Princes Who Were in Abu Zubaydah’s Contacts

03:33:52 | Kidnapping and Torture of CIA Officer Bill Buckley

03:36:39 | Mike Spann 

03:38:45 | Dasht-i-Leili Massacre

03:44:13 | John Kerry 

03:56:42 | Bizarre Meeting with Joe Biden

04:03:53 | John on how to be a great story teller and become more articulate 

04:15:57 | Outro

Clark Fredericks spent 5 years in prison for killing the man who abused him as a child. Now free, he shares his story to raise awareness about healing and freeing yourself from trauma.

#crime #podcast #story 

Clark’s Links:

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Scarred-Memoir-Childhood-Stolen-Reclaimed/dp/1668018659

Clark’s Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@clarkfredericks3309

IG: @clarkfredericks

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00:00 | Intro

03:21 | Childhood

10:43 | Abuser Dennis Pegg

12:31 | Start of Grooming Process

19:06 | Specific Grooming Tactics & Psychology

28:03 | Abuse #1 

34:13 | Abuse #2 

57:14 | I Hated Myself

01:10:32 | Gambling Addiction

01:24:00 | Getting Into a Life Threatening Debt With The Mob

01:40:36 | Depression

01:45:54 | Triggered By Seeing Dennis in Deli With Young Boy

01:56:47 | Confronting Dennis

02:03:13 | Violent Confrontation 

02:11:48 | Getting Arrested

02:38:55 | Sentencing

02:40:57 | Prison

02:48:26 | How to Control Your Thoughts

03:07:50 | Getting Out of Prison

03:08:34 | Advocating for Change in Statute of Limitations Law

03:18:10 | Do You Have to Forgive to Heal?

03:30:18 | Final Message

Scott Payne is a retired FBI Special Agent who spent twenty-eight years in law enforcement investigating cases against drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers, outlaw motorcycle clubs, gangs, public corruption, and domestic terrorists. He was an FBI SWAT team operator and instructor for firearms, tactics, and undercover operations.

#fbi #podcast #story 

Scott Links:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/scottpaynebigcountry/
Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Code-Name-Pale-Horse/Scott-Payne/9781668032909?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacBlsV515eJ-FhJNbutr_sBgDjg_PgNPXO1LQD1Dh-FF1a0fiD4noRFZlfqjQ_aem_T74QDY0A8GPVU60fjPkOyQ

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00:00 | Episode Intro
01:44 | What to do in an Active Shooter Scenario 
15:32 | Childhood
19:25 |  Scott’s Start in Law Enforcement
29:29 | Ads
31:47 | Going to FBI
38:11 | Psychological Evaluations
41:34 | 9/11
57:40 | Cartels
01:21:30 | FBI Undercover School & Training
01:42:17 | How to make friends & connect to people
01:55:34 | Biker Gangs
01:59:25 | Infiltrating The Outlaws Biker Gang
02:07:46 | What is Entrapment
02:16:31 | Strip Searched While Wearing a Wire
02:31:31 | Crashing Out
02:48:53 | Knoxville Assignment
02:51:07 | Opioid Epidemic 
03:02:11 | Undercover Murder For Hire Cases
03:10:22 | The Base (US Extremist Group)
03:22:34 | Murder Plot
03:27:18 | How Good Are They Tactically?
03:52:24 | Goat Sacrifice
03:57:09 | SWAT
04:01:14 | Outro

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Rick Spence is a historian and retired University of Idaho professor specializing in espionage, true crime, he occult, and secret societies.

#cia #podcast #story 

Rick’s Links:
https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/richard-b-spence
https://www.youtube.com/@StrangeAsItSeemsPodcast/

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00:00 | Intro
02:43 | Scientology
10:07 | Misinformation vs. Disinformation
14:58 | Do CIA Officers Kill?
20:16 | Private Intelligence
25:27 | Ads
27:32 | Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego
32:11 | The Most Capable Intelligence Agency
38:37 | Do Agencies Burn Their Own Agents?
48:56 | Blackmail 
58:00 | Epstein
01:53:18 | Charles Manson, Manson Murders
02:34:03 | MK Ultra
02:53:45 | Bohemian Club
03:11:07 | Skull & Bones Society
03:21:16 | Bilderbergers
03:31:25 | The Occult
03:51:29 | Outro

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Sean Langan is an award-winning British war journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for his work in dangerous and volatile environments. In 2008, he was kidnapped by the Taliban for 3 months when making a film about their training camps. In this interview, we dive deep into his kidnapping, and other projects including ‘The Hostage Takers’ where he goes to Syria to sit down with 2 ISIS members that held captive and beheaded his good friend James Foley. This interview is incredibly intense, hilarious, and heavy. Enjoy.

#story #podcast #war 

Sean’s Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Sean-Langan/dp/B0CW4RTRF4

https://www.filmplatform.net/product/the-hostage-takers/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637841/

https://x.com/seanlangan2?lang=en

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00:00 | Intro

05:22 | Kashmir

12:03 | First Taliban project

18:41 | Seeing Osama bin Laden

25:39 | Hilarious Executioner Story & Sean’s closest moment to death

33:45 | Taliban public executions

43:11 | Iraq

48:47 | Stepping on an IED

01:00:31 | Firing Squad

01:04:15 | Ads

01:12:07 | Sean’s kidnapping

01:27:06 | Hostage survival techniques

01:40:19 | Feeling connected to loved ones

01:42:23 | Writing a goodbye letter to his sons

01:46:00 | Refusing to give Taliban names of his children

01:52:31 | Letter from Siraj Haqqani

02:15:40 | Execution

02:34:02 | Coming home was harder than captivity

02:43:59 | Hilarious Taliban Story USAID

02:52:08 | The Hostage Takers (ISIS)

02:54:53 | Jihadi John

03:04:03 | El Shafee Elsheikh 

03:11:52| Alexanda Kotey

03:12:51 | Kayla Mueller

03:17:57 | James Foley’s goodbye letter to his family

03:32:53 | Ukraine War

03:55:16 | Wagner Group

04:00:06 | Bucha

04:06:04 | Russian Spetsnaz

04:16:50:04946 | Outro

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Mariana van Zeller is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist, and the host & executive producer of National Geographic’s Emmy Award-winning series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. The show, now in its fifth season, is an unprecedented and nuanced look at global black markets and trafficking networks. 

#story #podcast #cartel 

Mariana’s Links

Watch all 4 seasons of Trafficked on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/670262ba-abc0-4d91-b0ce-7dae17db4767

Instagram & X - @marianavz

Facebook - Mariana Van Zeller

https://muck.media

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00:00 | Episode Preview

02:00 | China  

10:22 | 9/11  

22:19 | Fentanyl

33:51 | The Cartel Presence in America

50:21 | Fake Pharmaceuticals

01:09:48 | Black Thursday

01:16:20 | Watching Fentanyl Cross the Border

01:28:43 | Stuck In Niger During A Military Coup

01:51:53 | Terror

02:01:00 | Migrant Smuggling

02:09:49 | Dirty Bombs

02:18:28 | Gangs In US

02:28:06 | Interviewing a Hitman

02:38:35 | The New Wave of the Fentanyl Crisis

02:52:20 | Rehab Industry Corruption