Dr. Tommy Wood is a neuroscientist and physician focused on brain injury and long term cognitive health. This conversation challenges common assumptions about how the brain works and what actually improves it.

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Sam Peltzman, a leading economist known for the Peltzman Effect, explains how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug approval process delays life saving treatments long enough to cost millions of lives. Drawing on decades of research, he shows how regulation often creates unintended consequences, where policies meant to protect the public can reduce overall welfare.

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A grounded discussion on how brain–computer interfaces are moving from research into real clinical use, with a focus on restoring communication and autonomy for ALS patients. Kurt Hagstrom explains the technical constraints, regulatory realities, and why simplicity, scalability, and long-term reliability matter more than hype.

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Former Green Beret Tu Lam joins us for a second time and breaks down the psychological reality of 15 years at war, the loss of identity that followed, and the long path through trauma, discipline, and faith that reshaped his life.

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Tim Green sits down with his children for an unfiltered, deeply personal conversation on family, faith, regret, and legacy, turning the interview into something closer to real family therapy. Through candid questions, Tim reflects on fatherhood, ALS, and what ultimately matters most.

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Ben Brandenburg spent his career behind the scenes in elite college athletics, helping others perform at the highest level. In 2021, he was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive disease that steadily takes away the body’s ability to move.

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Brookings senior fellow Clifford Winston joins Tim and Troy Green for a sharp conversation on political incentives, institutional trust, market competition, and why he believes many government solutions fail the public they claim to help. The discussion ranges from legal deregulation and access to justice to social media, academic honesty, innovation, and what still gives him confidence in America.

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Dr. Shireen Rizvi joins Tim and Troy Green for a deep conversation about dialectical behavior therapy, emotional regulation, trauma, suffering, and hope. She explains what DBT actually is in plain language, why it was created for people who felt life was not worth living, and how its core tension between acceptance and change can help people navigate pain, despair, and everyday emotional struggle.

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Brad Thor, bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series, joins Tim Green for a wide ranging conversation on national security, courage, faith, and the moral gray zones behind the defense of a free society. Drawing from decades of research with intelligence and military professionals, Thor reflects on evil, institutional fragility, social media, and the personal cost of confronting danger.

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Benedict Allen recounts being hunted by illegal gold miners and forced into an unthinkable survival decision, then reflects on fear, solitude, and what it costs the people you love when you choose a life on the edge.

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