MAX Afterburner

In this powerful episode, Whiz brings listeners up to speed on groundbreaking progress within both the No Fallen Heroes Foundation and Sacred Warrior Fellowship. He shares details about an upcoming sacred ceremony where six veterans will sit with the sacrament to begin or deepen their healing journey.

Whiz also previews a potential transformational healing opportunity for the survivors of the Camp Mystic tragedy in Texas, revealing how supporters can help fund their healing - and, in turn, experience healing themselves through service and connection.

Drawing from five years of deep personal and collective lessons, Whiz offers insight into what this sacred work truly entails - its challenges, its beauty, and its divine purpose.

This is more than an update - it’s a call to action and awakening.
A must-listen for anyone called to heal, serve, or understand the deeper mission behind No Fallen Heroes and Sacred Warrior Fellowship.

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Whiz has a VERY special guest on this podcast (his beautiful bride Suzi) who debriefs her journey with the medicine. She briefs the factors (mainly Whiz) that led to the medicine calling her, the preparation phase, the journey, and her integration. Suzi talks about navigating her journey and how any darkness wasn't really darkness once she let go, "everything is fine, it's always fine." Once again we learn that the power of healing is available to everyone, at any time, and that true love is eternal. 

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Fresh off a powerful healing retreat with veterans at Sacred Warrior Fellowship, Whiz returns to a world rocked by darkness - the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska and the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk. In this hard-hitting episode, he digs deep into both of these horrific tragedies, calling out for truth - because only the truth will set us free.
This one is not for the faint of heart. Whiz confronts the chaos and pain head-on, but he doesn’t leave us there. He reminds us that no matter what is happening in the world, each of us is responsible for our healing. No one else can do it for us.
We are the pilot-in-command of our own aircraft. We are called to return home to the divine within.
If more of us embraced that truth, the world - and our country—would be a far better place.

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In this amped up episode, Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a U.S. Navy TOPGUN fighter pilot turned founder of the Sacred Warrior Fellowship, reacts to a landmark legal victory for religious liberty and why it’s reason for both celebration and vigilance. A federal judge ruled that Singularism, a small entheogen-based faith community in Utah, has its sacramental use of psilocybin protected under Utah’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The court blasted the state’s actions as “offensively broad,” “ironic,” and tantamount to harassment, ordering the return of sacramental psilocybin seized in a controversial raid.
For Whiz, who served 15 years defending the Constitution, this is more than a legal win, it’s a frontline moment in the battle to protect the First Amendment. As the judge noted, true religious freedom must protect unfamiliar faiths as fiercely as familiar ones, and sincerity of belief - not tradition - is the key criterion.
Through the lens of Sacred Warrior Fellowship, Whiz explains how this precedent strengthens protections for entheogenic churches across the nation. The message is clear: stand down for now, but keep your powder dry. Government overreach can appear without warning, and when it does, he’ll be ready to fight again.

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In this powerful episode of MAX Afterburner, Kentucky native and retired U.S. Army veteran Derek R. Poor shares his deeply personal journey from the high-stakes world of Special Operations to profound healing and transformation. Derek served over two decades in uniform, beginning as an Aircraft Armament Repairman and Missile Systems Maintainer for the OH-58D Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter before being selected for the elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the legendary “Night Stalkers.” Providing critical ground support for America’s most sensitive missions, Derek carried the weight of years of service, leadership, and sacrifice, along with the invisible wounds of a traumatic brain injury sustained in the line of duty.
Like too many of his brothers-in-arms, Derek faced the crushing reality of TBI symptoms, PTSD, and the devastating loss of friends to suicide, including one the day after he returned from his first ibogaine journey. Determined to find a path forward, Derek turned to powerful entheogenic sacraments: ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT. These sacred medicines not only brought him profound personal healing, but also transformed the life of his wife, Jennifer, who had battled debilitating autoimmune conditions for years.
In this conversation, Derek opens up about his service with the Night Stalkers, the toll of TBI, and the healing potential of sacred plant medicines. He shares lessons learned from both the battlefield and his journey home, along with his mission to help other veterans struggling in silence. Derek’s story is one of courage, resilience, and hope - proof that there is a way through the darkness, and that no warrior has to walk that path alone.

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Suzi and Teresa sit down for a heartfelt and eye-opening conversation about the rising call toward plant medicine and why so many are feeling drawn to these sacred healing modalities right now. Together, they explore the deeper reasons people are seeking out ceremonies and sacraments, like those held within the Sacred Warrior Fellowship, from emotional healing and spiritual connection to relief from trauma, depression, and anxiety.
They also address the questions and fears many people have. Their compassionate, grounded dialogue offers clarity for those who are curious but cautious.
Importantly, Suzi and Teresa unpack the cultural stigma that has surrounded plant medicine for decades and how misunderstanding, fear, and even political agendas contributed to its demonization. They offer context around its sacred indigenous roots and how science is finally catching up to what many cultures have known for centuries: these plants are powerful tools for healing when used with intention, integrity, and reverence.
Whether you’re just beginning to explore or have been called to this path for a while, this conversation invites you to listen with an open heart and discover what it means to heal in sacred communion with nature’s medicine.

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This powerful episode is the unveiling of something holy, years in the making, born of pain, held in grace, and reborn through healing into sacred service. Whiz unveils the foundation of Sacred Warrior Fellowship, a Florida based 508(c)(1)(A) organization. He briefs its Statement of Faith, Constitution, and Beliefs, and why this church isn’t about dogma, but direct communion. From divine freedom to the healing power of entheogenic sacraments, this conversation opens the door to a new spiritual path rooted in truth, remembrance, and radical liberation. If you’ve ever questioned the old systems or longed for something deeper, this is your invitation. Welcome to the Sacred Warrior Fellowship. 

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In this Rerun of episode 7 of the MAX Afterburner Podcast Whiz details both his ibogaine and 5 MEO DMT experiences and how they changed his life. Whiz attempts to put words to the indescribable and how for the first time in decades he healed from pain and trauma in his life. Now Whiz serves as a self-proclaimed 'disciple', putting the ladder down to help other fighter pilot veterans potentially heal with psychedelic-assisted therapy.  

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In Episode 127 of the MAX Afterburner podcast, Whiz opens with a powerful celebration of progress in the healing space. He highlights Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent statement to Congress, where the HHS secretary boldly called for psychedelic therapies to be made available to veterans within the next 12 months. Whiz also spotlights a landmark five-year study from The Ohio State University showing that a single heroic dose of psilocybin helped 67% of participants recover from depression—with no relapse.

Whiz then offers a transparent debrief on why the No Fallen Heroes Foundation didn’t attend the Psychedelic Science conference in force - 'a self licking ice cream cone & echo chamber'. He expresses concern over the commercialization of the healing movement and directly calls out several for-profit ibogaine clinics in Mexico for price gouging vulnerable veterans and families in crisis. “Healing shouldn’t come with a luxury price tag,” he says.

The episode takes a deeper turn as Whiz addresses recent criticism surrounding Operation Midnight Hammer and the perceived contradiction of “celebrating war” while preaching healing. He responds with clarity and conviction, saying he is against all war—calling it the ultimate failure of human consciousness. But, he argues, if war must happen, it should be so brutal and unforgiving that it deters future conflict. He also shares a powerful reflection on the archetype of “the man who wanted to be left alone,” framing it as a cautionary tale for a world that pushes healed warriors too far.

Finally, Whiz reflects on the last four years of his own journey—filled with setbacks, breakthroughs, and relentless work. He declares this moment “the end of the beginning”—and affirms that the real mission, the deeper healing and transformation, begins now.

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Suzi sits down with Teresa Noach to explore her powerful journey of healing and spiritual awakening through plant medicine.
In this intimate and heartfelt conversation, Teresa shares how sacred medicine helped her restore balance to her mind, body, and spirit—leading her to a deeper, more personal relationship with Jesus.

Together, Suzi and Teresa reflect on the intersection of trauma, transformation, and divine connection. Teresa opens up about how plant medicine became a catalyst not just for healing, but for rediscovering her purpose and the sacred truth within.

This episode is a beautiful exploration of what it means to come home to yourself—and to God—through the ancient wisdom of the earth.

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