For 15 years I've been trying to figure out how to stem the tide of suicides taking my teammates — and today's guest is on the front line of that fight. Jonathan Dickinson is the CEO and co-founder of Ambio Life Sciences, the world's leading ibogaine clinic, and this conversation gave me more genuine hope than anything I've encountered.

What you'll hear:

• David breaks down why he calls this the most meaningful episode in show history

• Jonathan explains the Stanford study published in Nature Medicine — and the 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms

• Why the "signature wound" of the GWOT era was brain damage misread as PTSD

• What ibogaine actually restores: "a choice where you didn't have a choice before"

• How Ambio protects a sacred Gabonese tradition while scaling from 4 patients a week to 40

• The April 2026 executive order that moved this medicine from the underground to the White House

Jonathan Dickinson is a Mexico-licensed psychologist with 15+ years working with ibogaine in clinical and ceremonial contexts. His book, "Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind," releases September 8 — preorder at jonathandickinson.ca.

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🕘 Timestamps:

00:00 – Preview

00:30 – The Stanford study: what magnesium–ibogaine did to 30 operators

08:11 – It was never just PTSD: blast waves and the brain

14:08 – Addiction, agency, and "a choice where you didn't have a choice"

22:39 – Identity, transition & why people die when they retire

26:38 – Protecting the ritual while scaling

31:55 – Malta: Europe's first physician-led ibogaine clinic

34:57 – The executive order, new clinics & the risks

40:28 – Gabon, Bwiti & the Nagoya Protocol

44:24 – The bicameral mind, SSRI's, subjectivity

53:10 – Writing the book & stewarding the medicine

59:34 – How to support Ambio + book preorder

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Former Navy SEAL and CIA officer David Rutherford sits down with active-duty Green Beret Gabe Gaines — the man who dove across a Special Forces qualification course finish line at 2:59:59 with a core temperature of 107.8°, a number that kills Olympic athletes.

But the ruck isn't the story. What happened in the hospital bed afterward is: the moment Gabe buried the quitter he'd been his whole life. You'll hear how a preacher's kid and former missionary nearly lost his faith in the dark underbelly of SOF, how his father's stroke planted a "root of offense" with God, and how pain became the mercy that brought him back.

David and Gabe break down the audit process Gabe uses to kill inherited limiting beliefs — the same process that took him from high school dropout in remedial math to the top 1% on his GED and a 137 GT score — and why he tells every young soldier to go through their career "with your eyes open." Gabe Gaines is an 11-year Special Forces veteran, former ODA team sergeant, and writer. Find him on X and Substack.

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00:00 – Introduction

03:17 – Why Gabe started writing

07:39 – His father's stroke and a crisis of faith

17:18 – Lessons from his father: mercy and perspective

22:51 – The Q Course ruck march and heat stroke

38:12 – Pain, purpose, and mentoring young soldiers

54:07 – Overcoming limiting beliefs

1:00:38 – Finding peace, family, and what's next

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Former Navy SEAL and CIA officer David Rutherford breaks down the week two separate wars became one — and why he recognized the exact waterway where it happened. Ukraine just launched drone strikes on an Iranian cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea — a supply corridor David personally helped surveil during his Agency years in Azerbaijan. In this week-in-review, David maps the full escalation picture: US strikes on IRGC facilities inside Iran, Iranian attacks reaching American platforms in Egypt and Jordan, Saudi Arabia entering the fight, Russia striking Zelensky's hometown, and Poland scrambling jets as NATO stands up an $800 billion rearmament. You'll learn why every major superpower is now committed on one side or another, what the loss of Lindsey Graham means for the Senate as midterms approach, and what Netanyahu's and Zelensky's same-week White House visits were really about. Then David turns to the Fauci hearing — the Fifth Amendment on repeat, the autopen pardon, and what the accountability vacuum is doing to the American mindset.

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🕘 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:47 – Lindsey Graham's funeral and the Senate power shift

05:10 – Netanyahu and Zelensky at the White House

13:46 – Iran War 28:01 – Fauci pleads the Fifth

37:57 – The breaking point — and what to do with it

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David Rutherford sits down with Army Ranger veteran David Giralt, the 35-year-old taking on a ten-way primary for Wyoming's at-large seat in Congress, to ask the question every veteran is asking: why is Washington looking at veterans' benefits and public lands as the pay-for on the national debt? You'll learn why Giralt says the "revenue problem" narrative is garbage, how the death tax is ending family ranching legacies in Wyoming, what four and a half years inside the House Armed Services Committee taught him about how DC actually works, and where he stands on Iran, the MOU, China, and rebuilding America's defense industrial base. David Giralt served 12 years in the U.S. Army, including the 75th Ranger Regiment, and finished his service as a congressional fellow to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He grew up in Wyoming and is running to represent the state he was raised in.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Preview

00:43 -  Ten candidates, one seat, why Giralt is different

05:57 - Post Military Experience In Congress

08:20 - Lobbyists, temptation, and staying accountable

12:03 - Wyoming's top four issues

14:55 - Public Lands

20:34 - The debt, and who DC wants to pay it

25:36 - Rural Health Care

29:53 - WY Economic Development

32:29 - Energy, permitting, and the death tax

35:24 - David’s Incredible Video

38:13 - Lessons From Combat

43:54 - Iran, the MOU, and the end of endless wars

50:52 - How To Support

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David Rutherford breaks down the question he's been chasing since the COVID mental health crisis exploded: is it possible to find peace when you're consumed by pain? You'll learn why peace and pain aren't opposites but coexisting forces, what three male lions stalking a buffalo herd taught David about patience under pressure, and how to find "the center" — the point where you can perceive peace as clearly as you perceive pain — in your own daily grind. David also shares the conversation about suffering with his friend Dr. Dan Luna that set the whole journey in motion. This one launches a theme you'll be seeing a lot more of on the show: The Center.

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David Rutherford sits down with Mark Lamb — "America's Sheriff" and former Pinal County Sheriff — now running for Arizona's 5th Congressional District, just days before the July 21st election.

Lamb traces his path from small-town sheriff to national conservative figure, taking on cartels and human trafficking on the front lines of Arizona's border, a 2024 U.S. Senate run against Kari Lake, and now his campaign for Congress. He and David dig into what it will actually take to crush the cartels Lamb calls transnational criminal terrorist organizations, including a diplomatic game plan for Mexico and the missed opportunity he sees in the aftermath of the Maduro operation.

They also get into DC's consultant class and lobbyist capture, the surveillance state creeping in through FISA 702 and license plate readers, Arizona's data center boom and its strain on power and water, and why Lamb argues real accountability is what will finally restore trust for a frustrated younger generation.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - Welcoming Mark Lamb

3:20 - Trump's Border Wins vs. Congress's Failures

9:38 - DC's Consultant Class & Lobbyist Control

13:16 - Divide and Conquer: How Politicians Keep Power

19:17 - Crushing the Cartels as Terrorist Organizations

26:48 - A Diplomatic Game Plan for Mexico

33:24 - Missed Shots: Maduro, Iran & Cuba

34:24 - Arizona's Economy, Data Centers & the Youth Vote

42:43 - Surveillance State: FISA 702 & License Plate Readers

49:22 - Real Accountability for DC Corruption

55:39 - How to Support Mark Lamb's Campaign

 

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David Rutherford sits down with Matt Barnett — "Matt Explodes Stuff" on Instagram, with over 250,000 followers — who's turned a lifelong love of blowing things up into a career, a media brand, and his own training ranch. Matt traces his path from an oilfield internship he hated, into unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and freelance demolitions work, becoming one of the most recognizable faces in explosives.

He and David compare notes from opposite corners of the industry and dig into how massive and overlooked it really is — mining, infrastructure, aerospace, entertainment, and the regulatory tangle of the ATF and DOT.

They also get into Matt's West Texas property, Porto Sol Ranch, built for small-group training and events for corporate teams, SWAT units, and veterans — complete with UXO capability, live ordnance, tanks, and a demolition range modeled after a military base — plus how Matt stumbled into being an "explosives influencer" almost by accident.

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🕘 Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - Welcoming Mark Lamb

3:20 - Trump's Border Wins vs. Congress's Failures

9:38 - DC's Consultant Class & Lobbyist Control

13:16 - Divide and Conquer: How Politicians Keep Power

19:17 - Crushing the Cartels as Terrorist Organizations

26:48 - A Diplomatic Game Plan for Mexico

33:24 - Missed Shots: Maduro, Iran & Cuba

34:24 - Arizona's Economy, Data Centers & the Youth Vote

42:43 - Surveillance State: FISA 702 & License Plate Readers

49:22 - Real Accountability for DC Corruption

55:39 - How to Support Mark Lamb's Campaign

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Former Navy SEAL Patrick Toz spent his career as the "quintessential team guy" — until a green-team dream ended and he had no plan. David sits down with Pat to break down how he rebuilt himself through metal: custom motorcycles, hand-forged art, and a hard-won understanding of what actually quiets an operator's mind. You'll hear why Pat calls his shop time "mental health," how art therapy at a TBI clinic changed how he saw his own work, and why he now teaches kids trauma-aid and craftsmanship for free through the Summer Brave Academy. David and Pat get into the transition every veteran feels and few can name — the "I feel lost" moment — and what it takes to want, to suffer, and to build again

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:14 - Falling in love with bikes

02:44 - Funny Fight Story

03:59 - Getting his first bike

09:20 - Losing friends and honoring them

12:40 - Transitioning out

16:27 - Peace through focus

22:37 - The birth of Summer Brave

34:46 - Finding purpose through work

39:14 - Incredible bike builds

44:59 - Summer Brave Academy & Teaching The Craft

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Dr. Andrew Huff — the EcoHealth Alliance insider who went public on the Wuhan gain-of-function pipeline — walks David through how the biodefense complex actually works: who gets recruited, who signs off, and why the accountability everyone's waiting for is never coming. The differentiating move is that Huff spends half the episode dismantling the conspiracy framing on his own side — the 120 foreign bio labs, the Ukraine labs, "one health" — while landing a harder claim underneath it: the system is too big to fail, nobody's going to jail, and the real threat has already moved past gain-of-function to synthetic biology that no regulation touches.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro To Andrew Huff

01:59 - The Tucker Interview and Why Huff Spoke Out

05:16 - Surviving The Blowback & Psychological Operations

12:27 - Being Used By Political Voices & Playing The Long Game

16:34 - DARPA, biodefense, and the 40-year history nobody explains

27:17 - Gain of Function: Myth vs. Reality

33:43 - 120 Biolabs Exposed By Tulsi & Why The Truth Is Nuanced

43:54 - Being Recruited & Understanding The Biodefense Org Structure

57:05 - What Conspiracy Theorists Get Wrong

01:05:00 - Accountability & The Too Big To Fail System

01:12:08 - New Technologies In Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology & Quantum

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Professor David Clements returns to make his case that a handful of 2026 Supreme Court decisions have reshaped what a president can do on elections without waiting for Congress.

David and Clements break down three rulings — the mail-in ballot deadline case, the Slaughter decision on presidential removal power, and the birthright citizenship ruling — and Clements lays out his argument for how each one connects to executive authority under Article II. You'll hear his read on the Youngstown war-powers framework, the Election Assistance Commission, and why he believes the legal terrain has shifted. 

Professor David Clements is a former law professor and election-integrity advocate featured in the documentary [S]election Code.

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Timestamps:
00:00 — The SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling
07:41 — Youngstown and Article II war powers
17:59 — The Slaughter removal-power decision explained
19:56 — The Election Assistance Commission
25:59 — The Dominion/Lindell settlement
33:14 — Tina Peters Is Being Used
42:13 — Where Clements sees the next three months heading
52:31 — Voter Rolls
57:28 — Iran War Strategy, Trump's Legacy & Lloyd's of London Play
1:06:41 — What Clements is working on next

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