Podcasts about Marine

What did Travis learn from you? What was his main sport? Was it easy for him? How old was he when he decided to be a Marine? What does "Find Your Brendan" mean? What does "Kindness matters more than you know" mean? What does "Dream big and work hard to get there" mean? What does "Be big in the little things" mean? What does "If not me, then who?" mean? What does it mean to have character?

In this episode of our “Ocean's Natural Cleaning Crew” series, marine scientist Erik Wurz reveals how sponges filter water, recycle nutrients, and quietly sustain marine lifeMost of us think of ocean protection in terms of visible action: removing nets, collecting waste, monitoring habitats. But beneath the surface, nature has its own clean-up teams: organisms that filter water, recycle nutrients, and make marine ecosystems possible.In this episode of our series on marine life that helps keep the ocean clean, we meet one of its most overlooked workers: the sponge.Marine biologist Erik Wurz (University of Helsinki) takes us into a world most people never notice: animals that can look like paper sheets, chimneys, or giant vases, quietly pumping water through their bodies day and night.A football-sized sponge, he explains, could filter up to 30,000 liters of seawater per day, removing bacteria, particles, and dissolved matter and releasing ultra-clean water back into the ocean. But their role goes far beyond filtration.By transforming microscopic organic material into edible particles, sponges effectively kick-start marine food webs, making energy available to fish, invertebrates, and entire ecosystems. Without them, many marine habitats would struggle to sustain life.  In some parts of the deep sea, they even form vast “animal forests,” structures that provide shelter, breeding grounds, and feeding platforms for countless species.And yet, despite their importance, sponges remain largely invisible in public imagination  overshadowed by more charismatic marine animals. That's something Erik hopes to change: “I hope this podcast helps make sponges cool.”The conversation also explores how climate change, sediment disturbance, and bottom trawling can disrupt sponge ecosystems with long-term consequences for fisheries, ocean health, and even potential biomedical discoveries hidden within sponge microbiomes.If Healthy Seas teams remove debris in marine habitats, sponges do something incredibly remarkable too — continuously and silently — by filtering, recycling, and sustaining the ocean from within.This episode invites us to look again at the seabed and many other places and notice the quiet workers already keeping it alive.Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.If you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to subscribe, rate and review it! This helps to boost its visibility. Healthy Seas is a marine conservation organization whose mission is to tackle the ghost fishing phenomenon and turn this waste into an opportunity for a more circular economy. They do this through clean-ups, prevention, education, and working with partners who recycle and repurpose this material. The podcast is hosted by Crystal DiMiceli.

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Send a textThis Daily Drop covers multiple days of movement across the force—and there's a lot to unpack.The Army is integrating AI into doctrine writing, launching drone competitions, and standing up a rapid soldier innovation office. The Navy is chasing new anti-radar missile capability while looking at sailor burnout and at-sea tour changes. The Marine Corps is digitizing the battlefield and pushing hard on mental health messaging.The Air Force? It's a mix of progress and pain. The A-10 depot mission at Hill is officially ending. The B-21 Raider just got a $4.5B acceleration deal targeting 2027. Collaborative combat aircraft are entering armed testing. AI is moving into air operations centers.Space Force is arguing for faster expansion after real-world operational demand in Iran and Venezuela highlighted capability gaps.Plus: VA disability rule backlash, Medal of Honor news, fraud indictments, pet PCS warnings, and why abandoning your dog makes you a terrible human.No hype. Just what's moving.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro and sponsor 02:00 Army using AI in doctrine development 04:00 Drone warfighter competition 06:00 Delayed Purple Heart recognition 08:00 Rapid soldier innovation office 10:30 Pet PCS warning to Korea 12:30 Navy anti-radar missile requirement 14:30 Sailor burnout and at-sea tour review 16:30 Marine digital battlefield push 18:00 Mental health leadership appeal 20:30 A-10 depot mission ends 22:00 B-21 acceleration contract 24:00 Collaborative combat aircraft testing 26:00 Space Force expansion push 28:00 VA disability rule halted 30:00 Medal of Honor recognition

In the past few weeks, the Department of Homeland Security has posted regular lists of criminals it is deporting. Despite the Trump administration's claim that it is focused on the "worst of the worst," data from the nonpartisan TRAC clearinghouse shows nearly 75% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Lisa Desjardins spoke with a Marine veteran whose wife is in federal custody. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Cynthia Garcia's story is one of the most powerful Marine Corps stories you'll ever hear. As a single mom, she ran into a Marine recruiting office seeking protection — and that moment changed her life forever. Today, she's an active-duty United States Marine Staff Sergeant, but her journey through Marine boot camp, recruiting duty, deployment, and motherhood was anything but easy.In today's Urban Valor Episode, we look into what it really takes to become a female Marine, the mental battles of Marine Corps boot camp, the pressure of being a mother in uniform, and how the Marines gave her something she never had before — belonging.Cynthia enlisted in 2014 after struggling with identity, self-doubt, and adversity. She almost quit during the final hike at boot camp. She faced harsh leadership in the fleet. She served on deployment in Africa and the Middle East. She became a Marine recruiter and helped change the lives of dozens of young men and women — some of whom credit her for saving their lives.But this story goes deeper.From nearly stepping out of formation at the Crucible…To becoming the very leader others depend on…To raising a daughter diagnosed with a rare genetic condition while serving on active duty…Cynthia didn't join for glory.She joined because she needed protection.And she never left!

Für Sardellen sind die Gewässer vor der Küste Perus zu warm geworden – und ihre Abwanderung hat der Fischereiwirtschaft des Landes einen Milliardenschaden beschert. Doch weil man marine Hitzewellen vorhersagen kann, lassen sich manche Schäden reduzieren. Seynsche, Monika www.deutschlandfunk.de, Forschung aktuell

Matters Microbial #124: How Bacteria Die in the Microbial Marine Forest February 24, 2026 Today Dr. Anne Thompson, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Portland State University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the small but necessary microbes in our oceans. They are hugely abundant, use strategies that produce the very oxygen we breathe, and live within an unseen marine jungle!   Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Anne Thompson Download MM124 (37 MB MP3, 62 mins) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Here is a wonderful essay about the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, probably the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth. Here is a wonderful presentation about the marine bacterium Pelagibacter, likely the most abundant organism on the planet. Here is a wonderful TED talk by the inspirational Dr. Penny Chisolm of MIT about the wonders of Prochlorococcus.  PLEASE watch this wonderful video by a wonderful and inspiring scientist. A description of the Great Oxidation Event, caused by early cyanobacteria, which changed our planet.  A lovely and fascinating essay about microbial numbers in the ocean and other ecosystems. A video overview of flow cytometry, which was essential to understanding the very small microbes in the ocean. A Scientific American article about the "Invisible Forest" of marine microbes, by Falkowski. A video overview of the picocyanobacteria, including Synechococcus and previously discussed Prochlorococcus. The essential work of Dr. John Waterbury of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and photosynthetic marine microbes. An overview of the predators of the marine picocyanobacteria by Dr. Thompson and collaborators. The work of Dr. Kelly Sutherland of the University of Oregon, who collaborates with Dr. Thompson. A video describing the wonderfully strange choanoflagellates, which may resemble the first multicellular organisms on our planet, discussed on the podcast. The "mucus nets" of the organisms that Dr. Thompson and collaborators study, which may prey upon picocyanobacteria. A very clear overview of the research interests of Dr. Thompson and her coworkers. A nice video by Dr. Thompson about her research. Dr. Thompson's faculty website at Portland State University. Dr. Thompson's wonderful laboratory website. The website for an upcoming book that Dr. Thompson is preparing on the microbial marine forest and its importance to life on Earth. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

In the past few weeks, the Department of Homeland Security has posted regular lists of criminals it is deporting. Despite the Trump administration's claim that it is focused on the "worst of the worst," data from the nonpartisan TRAC clearinghouse shows nearly 75% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Lisa Desjardins spoke with a Marine veteran whose wife is in federal custody. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps dropped one of the realest suicide-prevention messages we've ever seen — no uniform, no script, no cameras — just a Marine speaking from the heart. And while the entire Corps stopped to share his words… too many leaders stopped right there.In this episode, GySgt Demetrius “Meech” Thigpen digs into the uncomfortable truth:Sharing the message is easy.Living the message is where most leaders fail.Meech breaks down how performative leadership, toxic habits, and emotional neglect continue to push Marines into isolation while leaders hide behind perfect uniforms and motivational catchphrases. He exposes the gap between “check on your Marines” and actually giving a damn. And he shares raw personal stories — alcoholism, emotional collapse, a junior Marine who told him “I'm getting out because of you,” and the parking-lot moment that forced him to change.This episode challenges SNCOs, influencers, and leaders at every level to stop posting for optics and start leading with honesty, humility, and humanity. Because Marines don't need another shareable message. They need leaders who live it.In this episode:The impact of SgtMaj Ruiz's suicide-prevention messageWhy young Marines don't seek helpPerformative leadership vs. real leadershipWeaponizing mental-health resourcesEmotional responsibility as a leaderListening without minimizing someone's painTaking care of your Marines by taking care of yourself firstIf you're a Marine, a leader, or someone who's tired of hollow words and fake online “motivation,” this episode will hit you in the chest.Don't just share the message.Be the message.Follow @MeechSpeaks on Instagram.New episodes every Monday.

Welcome back to the Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS, in partnership with Valor Plus. We are on our first stop of the 2026 Blades of Valor Tour. This is our third annual tour, and we are excited to be in the great state of Florida. Today we are with Lt Pilot Drew Nicoletti and Pilot Ron Bloezer from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit. Both are military veterans who bring that experience to one of the most versatile aviation units in the country. We'll take a deep dive into the Bell 429 and why it's such an outstanding platform for the wide range of missions this unit must be ready to handle. The conversation also covers how the aviation unit works closely with specialized teams including SWAT, K9, and Marine units, the extensive training cycle required to stay sharp across so many skill sets, and what emergency preparedness in Florida really looks like-from daily operations to major natural disasters. This is a great discussion on mission readiness, teamwork, aviation done right, so let's get started.Thank you to our sponsors Robinson Helicopter, Rotorcraft Support and Spectrolab.

I've had a hypothesis sitting in the back of my mind for a while. Buy Now, Pay Later has become normal. Sports betting is legal in more states than ever. OnlyFans subscriptions are private, easy, and a click away. None of these things automatically ruins your finances. But I keep wondering what happens when they start stacking. In this episode, Josh Bannerman, Marine veteran and Certified Financial Planner, and I pressure-test my hypothesis: are Buy Now, Pay Later, gambling, and subscription spending creating a perfect storm for military finances? Josh breaks down the difference between investing and binary bets, how leverage and small payments eat into your paycheck, what "fun money" should really look like, and how to build discipline without losing your ability to enjoy life. Josh is a fee-based financial planner and co-founder of the Stacking Benjamins podcast. With over 25 years of experience in financial planning and entrepreneurship, he helps clients create clear plans that balance long-term wealth with real life. https://milmo.co/podcast/financial-perfect-storm-gambling-military For more MILMO, follow at: MILMO.co ItsMILMO on YouTube @itsmilmo on X @itsmilmo Instagram @itsmilmo LinkedIn @itsmilmo Facebook  

How US Marine moms support each other and what graduation day will be like for families.

John Bielinski Jr. built a life many people chase. Marine. Emergency medicine clinician. Endurance athlete. Respected teacher. On paper, everything looked right. Inside, everything started to fall apart. In this episode of The Authority Company Podcast, Joe Pardavila sits down with John to talk about what happens when discipline outruns emotional truth. John opens up about building a life driven by ego, ambition, and achievement, then watching it collapse through burnout, addiction, and the slow breakdown of his marriage and health. He shares how losing control forced him to face a harder question. Who was he becoming when no one was watching? You hear how John learned to stop blaming circumstances and start owning his choices. From getting fired early in his medical career to confronting his drinking, John explains why responsibility, not motivation, became the turning point. The conversation also goes deep into leadership, masculinity, and balance. John explains why strength without humility turns destructive, and how real leadership shows up through service, not dominance. He breaks down how high performers drift into imbalance, where work wins while family, health, and happiness quietly suffer. John also talks openly about fatherhood, missed moments, and the fear of passing broken patterns to the next generation. He shares how he rewrote old narratives rooted in trauma and learned to respond to life instead of reacting from old wounds. This episode centers on one clear truth. You do not change your life by working harder. You change your life by taking responsibility for who you are, how you show up, and why you do what you do. John's book, How to Correct Your Life: Practical Tools for Those Who Lead, Fight, and Build, grows out of this journey. This conversation gives you the real story behind those pages. If you lead, build, or carry the weight of responsibility, this episode speaks straight to you.

Kyle Van Damme, MFC [Marine Tops Unlimited], got together with Mike Boatman [Boatman Marine Canvas], and Justin Jones [SewLong Custom Covers] to talk about branding and rebranding your marine canvas business. The importance of being consistent across your digital and social media platforms to build customer trust and company perception was discussed. Using brand as a tool to take your company to the next level, along with being intentional about your brand at the start of your business was covered.  Plus, tips on when it's important to transition to a rebrand and how making gradual changes is key to rebrand success. 

Send a textA lazy Sunday vibe turns into a sharp conversation about standards, pride, and who pays the price when professionals take shortcuts. We celebrate USA hockey's surge on the Olympic stage, then press into the NBA's tanking problem and why “rest” nights land hardest on the fans who saved up to see stars play. That same tension—expectation versus delivery—fuels a candid debate on military culture, leadership, and accountability.We revisit the senior NCO graduation photos that set comment sections on fire and ask the hard questions: Where did inspections break down? How should responsibility climb from student to instructor to commandant? Are we teaching people to lead peers, or just to correct subordinates? From everyday etiquette—when to speak up about appearances, how to give humane feedback—to high-stakes symbolism—uniforms, promotions, ceremonies—we connect small choices to big culture.Midway through, a Marine advancement course alum jumps in with a bracing contrast. In that environment, consequences arrive on time: show up late, go home; miss the physical standard, go home. The content wasn't the heavy lift; the culture was. We explore how PME can matter again by tightening inspections, selecting and rewarding elite instructors, and delivering leadership education earlier so it shapes habits instead of summarizing them. We close by reframing identity—why “Airman” lands differently than “Marine” or “Soldier,” and why Space Force deserves more respect as the center of future conflict across space and cyber.If you care about winning—on the ice, on the court, or in uniform—you'll find something here to argue with and something to take back to your team. Listen, share with a friend who needs the nudge, and drop a review with the one standard you think we need to enforce tomorrow. Subscribe so you never miss the next conversation that actually moves the needle.

Pascal Obispo est l'auteur-compositeur-interprète le plus prolifique de sa génération, et il va nous le prouver une fois de plus en levant le voile sur un projet ambitieux : une collection de duos sur des titres inédits avec les plus grands noms de la chanson française. On en découvrira une partie au mois de mai. L'artiste de 61 ans s'est confié au micro RTL de Marie Gicquel sur sa passion, sa santé aussi, et lance un appel à Marine, la gagnante de la Star Academy 2024. Ecoutez Laissez-vous tenter avec Anthony Martin du 22 février 2026.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Découvrez notre analyse du jeu vidéo Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 sans spoilers ! Nous décryptons avec Pierre-William Frégonèse et l'autrice, du beau livre L'Art de Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Marine Macq le succès retentissant du jeu des studios Sandfall Interactive. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: A Purim Celebration: Overcoming Fears with Marine Magic Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2026-02-21-23-34-02-he Story Transcript:He: באוניברסיטת תל אביב האווירה הייתה מיוחדת.En: Be'Universitat Tel Aviv the atmosphere was special.He: למרות החורף, השמש זרחה ושמיים כחולים קישטו את העיר.En: Despite the winter, the sun was shining and blue skies decorated the city.He: החגיגות התקרבו וסטודנטים החלו להתלבש בחליפות צבעוניות לקראת פורים.En: The celebrations were approaching, and students began dressing in colorful costumes in preparation for Purim.He: בין המהומה הזו, שלוש סטודנטים התכוננו לכיתה בנושא מדעי הסביבה.En: Amid this commotion, three students prepared for a class on environmental science.He: אליאנה הייתה יושבת בספריה, שקועה בהכנת פרזנטציה על השפעת הזיהום הימי.En: Eliana was sitting in the library, engrossed in preparing a presentation on the effects of marine pollution.He: היא ידועה כאקטיביסטית סביבתית, אבל סלדה מדיבור מול קהל.En: She was known as an environmental activist, but she despised speaking in front of an audience.He: הרבה אנשים לא ידעו על החרדות שלה, חוץ מיעל, החברה הכי טובה שלה.En: Many people didn't know about her anxieties, except for Yael, her best friend.He: יעל התקרבה אליה, עטויה בשמלה צבעונית עם פרחים.En: Yael approached her, dressed in a colorful dress with flowers.He: "אליאנה, את חייבת לנסות את התחפושת שקניתי לך!En: "Eliana, you must try the costume I bought for you!"He: ", היא אמרה בחיוך.En: she said with a smile.He: "זה יעזור לך להשתחרר.En: "It will help you relax."He: "אליאנה נשפה בעדינות, "אני מתה מפחד על הפרזנטציה הזו.En: Eliana gently exhaled, "I'm terrified about this presentation."He: "בינתיים, נעם, סטודנט חדש וחובב ביולוגיה ימית, התלבט איך להשתלב בקבוצה של אליאנה.En: Meanwhile, Noam, a new student and marine biology enthusiast, wondered how to integrate into Eliana's group.He: הוא חיפש חיבור עם סטודנטים במצב הנרגש והקתולי של האוניברסיטה.En: He was looking for connection with students in the excited and eclectic atmosphere of the university.He: השלושה נפגשו בחדר לימוד קטן.En: The three met in a small study room.He: "יש לי רעיון!En: "I have an idea!"He: ", הכריזה יעל.En: Yael announced.He: "בואו נתלבש כמו דמות מסיפור, זה יוסיף עניין ונשבור את הקרח.En: "Let's dress up as characters from a story; it will add interest and break the ice."He: "אליאנה חייכה בקצת פחד אך גם סקרנות.En: Eliana smiled with a bit of fear but also curiosity.He: נעם הציע, "אולי נשתמש בנושאים ימיים מהפרזנטציה ונהפוך את זה לחגיגה סביבתית!En: Noam suggested, "Maybe we can use marine themes from the presentation and turn it into an environmental celebration!"He: "בלילה לפני הפרזנטציה, אליאנה החלה לתרגל.En: The night before the presentation, Eliana began to practice.He: היא לבשה תחפושת של מדוזה שיקרה ויעל עזרה לה להירגע בעזרת תרגילים מצחיקים.En: She wore a jellyfish costume that Noam had made, and Yael helped her relax through funny exercises.He: ביום הפרזנטציה, כשהכל מסביב חגגו את פורים, אליאנה עמדה מול כיתה מלאה בסטודנטים לבושים בצבעים זוהרים.En: On the day of the presentation, while everyone around celebrated Purim, Eliana stood in front of a class full of students dressed in bright colors.He: היא החזיקה את הפתק שלה עם נקודות המדויקות, אבל הראש שלה חשב על איך תוכל להכניס שמחה ורעננות להציג את הנושא החשוב.En: She held her note with precise points, but her mind was on how she could bring joy and refresh the delivery of the important subject.He: אז היא החליטה להניח את הפתק הצידה.En: So she decided to set the note aside.He: היא התמסרה לרגע, שילבה את הקול השובב של יעל ואת ההתלהבות הימית של נעם.En: She immersed herself in the moment, combining Yael's mischievous voice and Noam's marine enthusiasm.He: היא סיפרה סיפור על דולפין קטן שהלך לאיבוד בים מזוהם, אבל בעזרת כוח הטבע הים ניקה את עצמו.En: She told a story about a little dolphin that got lost in a polluted sea, but with the power of nature, the sea cleaned itself.He: בסיום, לקהל לא נותר אלא למחוא כפיים.En: In the end, the audience couldn't help but applaud.He: אליאנה חשה שניצחה, לא רק בפרזנטציה אלא גם את הפחדים שלה.En: Eliana felt she had won, not just in the presentation but against her fears.He: היא אמרה לעצמה, "עכשיו אני יודעת שאני יכולה להתמודד עם כל אתגר.En: She told herself, "Now I know I can tackle any challenge."He: "החורף המשיך, אבל בלב של אליאנה הופיעה ההתרגשות של ניצחון והחברות החדשה שנוצרה.En: The winter continued, but in Eliana's heart appeared the excitement of victory and the new friendship that was formed.He: התחפושות והצחוקים הפכו לפרטים זוהרים בזיכרון של יום מיוחד זה.En: The costumes and laughter became glowing details in the memory of this special day. Vocabulary Words:atmosphere: אווירהcommotion: מהומהengrossed: שקועהanxieties: חרדותexhaled: נשפהenthusiast: חובבintegrate: להשתלבeclectic: קתוליprecise: מדויקותimmersed: התמסרהcuriosity: סקרנותmischievous: שובבpollution: זיהוםcelebration: חגיגהvictory: ניצחוןmemory: זיכרוןdecorated: קישטוcostumes: תחפושותmarine: ימייםactivist: אקטיביסטיתaudience: קהלapproached: התקרבהconnection: חיבורproclamation: הכריזהpresentation: פרזנטציהenvironmental: סביבתיתchallenge: אתגרenthusiasm: התלהבותcostumed: תחפושתvictorious: ניצחהBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

Col. WILLIAM 'BURNER' DUNN, retired Marine and military expert, gives SIMON insight and perspective on the situation in Iran. Tensions are high and expectations are low for this regime to do the right thing regarding their nuclear capabilities and freedom for their people to speak out.

Col. WILLIAM 'BURNER' DUNN, retired Marine and military expert, gives SIMON insight and perspective on the situation in Iran. Then SIMON and MRS. C enjoy some FUN FRIDAY laughs.

Keith's story is proof that constraints breed creativity. With only one hour during his military lunch break to build a business—dealing with 6-hour time zone differences between Hawaii and the mainland—he developed systems that eventually generated $330,000 in net profit.Get Keith's info: https://bit.ly/4adxYeOEpisode Highlights• The emotional cost of military service and why it drove him to real estate• Four years of losses before breaking through• Building deals across 34 states 100% virtually• The three-part profit center of note investing (cash now, cash flow, cash later)• Real-world Florida examples of insurance killing deals• Why killing bad deals is more important than doing deals• Professional underwriting as legal protection• AI and automation replacing 389 manual tasksKey Frameworks Discussed:The Four Variables: Seller needs, investor needs, property's highest use, and market cycleThe Three Currencies: Time, Money, and EnergyReasonable Worst Case Scenario AnalysisKeith now runs REI Automated, offering multiple software solutions for real estate investors including live data scraping, AI valuations, and comprehensive automation systems.Topics: Note Investing, Wholesaling, Fix and Flip, Rental Properties, Subject-to, Wrap Notes, Seller Financing, Real Estate Automation, Military to Entrepreneur(00:00) Introduction(02:15) Missing his children's births(05:30) Rich Dad Poor Dad transformation(08:45) Investing in Hawaii challenges(12:00) One hour lunch break strategy(16:30) Four years of struggles(19:45) Breaking through to $330K(23:15) Wholesaling to fix and flip(27:00) Introduction to notes(30:45) Four variables deal framework(35:20) Florida insurance crisis(39:15) When to kill bad deals(43:00) Saving $40K by killing deals(46:15) Professional underwriting importance(50:30) ARMLO and servicing(54:00) REI Automated software(58:15) 2026 market predictions

In this episode of The Game Time Guru, Shane Larson sits down with professional bare-knuckle fighter Mike "The Marine" Richman for a raw and honest conversation about the fight game—and the mindset behind it. Mike breaks down the unique intensity of fighting in BKFC, why every jab in bare knuckle can change a fight, and how committing to body shots can wear down even the toughest opponents. He shares what it's like competing in front of massive crowds, how he controls his nerves before stepping through the ropes, and the self-affirmations he uses to stay locked in. The conversation goes deeper into adversity—coming back from knockout losses, battling self-doubt, and rebuilding confidence after tough setbacks. Mike opens up about what it takes mentally and physically to stay in the fight game, how he knows when it's time to keep going (or walk away), and the life lessons fighting has taught him that translate directly into business, marriage, and everyday life. If you're an athlete, competitor, or someone chasing big goals, this episode will challenge you to control the chaos, trust your preparation, and remember who you are when things get tough. Subscribe for weekly interviews with sports figures from around the world.

Do you ever feel like your voice as a dad is getting drowned out at home? Screens. Sports. Social media. School pressure. Constant noise. It can feel like the world is shouting—and your influence as a dad is shrinking.   In Part 6 of our From Overwhelmed to Intentional series, we talk about how to be clear when the world is loud. You may not be the loudest voice in your child's life. The good news? You don't have to be.   In this episode, we cover: Why competing with culture is a losing strategy How to lead your kids' hearts, not just their habits The difference between reacting and reframing What Jesus modeled about peace, clarity, and influence How to create "vacuum pockets" of peace in your home Why you don't have zero control—even when it feels like you do   If you've ever thought, "I'm losing my influence," this one is for you. You're not called to out-shout the world. You're called to out-last it. Let's move from overwhelmed to intentional—together. Want to shape the direction of the show this year? Leave us a voicemail and tell us what you're facing as a dad: manhoodjourney.org/podcast Scroll down to "What's Your Story?" and leave us a message!   You're not a father on accident. Go be a father on purpose.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------   Learn more about our new partners here: https://maninthemirror.org/ Download the Iron Circle worksheet here: https://manhoodjourney.org/iron-circle/   We've launched video now! Check out the video version of today's episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v5kD7B5f3cg -----------------------------------------------------------------------   Range Leather: Support the show and upgrade your fatherhood swag. Shop Range Leather and get 15% OFF with code MJ15 Grab some fresh beans! https://rangecoffee.com/   Fatherhood Guard – Help us get to 100 members of the Fatherhood Guard! Connect with dads from over 20 states and at least 2 countries by joining today. Grab your welcome hat at https://manhoodjourney.org/donate/fatherhood-guard/     Buy Kent's latest book "Don't Bench Yourself" on Amazon: https://a.co/d/1qBF3RJ   Read the new State Of Biblical Fatherhood report here: http://manhoodjourney.org/sobf Find tools to share the report here: https://manhoodjourney.org/sobf-tools   Have a topic you want us to touch on? Well, get in touch! Send us an email at: info@manhoodjourney.org   -------------------------------------------------------------------------   About our hosts: Kent Evans is the Executive Director and co-founder of Manhood Journey, a ministry that helps dads become disciple-makers. After a twenty-year career as a business leader, he embarked on biblical Fatherhood ministry projects. He's appeared on television, radio, web outlets and podcasts. He's spoken at parenting and men's events, and authored four books. The first, Wise Guys: Unlocking Hidden Wisdom from the Men Around You, was written to help men learn how to find mentors and wise counsel. The latest, Don't Bench Yourself: How to Stay in the Game Even When You Want to Quit, aims to help dads stay present in their roles as fathers and husbands even when they feel like giving up. Kent's life has been radically affected by godly mentors and his lovely wife, April. They have been married thirty years and have five sons and one daughter-in-law. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.   Lawson Brown is husband to his high school sweetheart, a father of two young adult daughters, has been a business leader since 1995, and is a former Marine. He served as a small group leader for teenage boys for many years, helped start the Christian media ministry City on a Hill Productions, then later Sanctuary – a new church in Kennesaw, GA – where he served as its leader for Men's Ministry. Lawson's journey of faith has always been centered in a grounding from his wife, Audrey, and supported throughout by many men whom he's found as brothers along the way. His family is nearing an empty nest phase and has recently relocated to the Florida Gulf Coast beaches area.  

A retired Marine who served three tours in Vietnam. An investigative journalist racing against time. Seventy-six recording sessions and counting. In this episode, we bring you the story behind one granddaughter's loving determination to capture an aging warrior's memories.

This week we honor a fallen Marine, Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, who was KIA during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, at Abbey Gate in Kabul, on Aug 26, 2021. Our guest is Jared's father, Mark Schmitz, who founded the non-profit organization “The Freedom 13”. He shared his mission and details about the veteran retreat and recreation center being built on a beautiful 171-acre property in the heart of Missouri. We begin with how Jared was born to be a Marine and how the way he lived his life inspired everyone who knew him. Schmitz shared how Jared's impact was felt around the world. In a story that reveals the highest level of heroism, he recalled how at a large event he had a chance encounter with an Afghan refugee, who spoke of being rescued from Kabul by a young Maine with “Schmitz” on his uniform' name badge. During our conversation we talked about the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on the veteran community. Schmitz described how his son and the others who served so bravely that day, inspired him to create a place where veterans, first responders and their families will always have a place to find comfort and healing. We discussed the scenic property in Bourbon, MO, which will feature 13 buildings where vets and their families can stay. Plus a ton of outdoor recreation like; fishing, shooting, pickleball and even all terrain golf carts to explore more of the great outdoors. Schmitz also shared his vision to eventually build more centers in all 50 states. Check out The Freedom 13 Veteran Retreat and Recreation Project here: https://thefreedom13.org/ Support The Freedom 13 here: https://thefreedom13.org/pages/donate-landing-page Connect with CBS Eye on Veterans, Host, Phil Briggs phil@connectingvets.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman join our podcast to discuss how psychedelic policy is actually moving in Washington, DC. Lavasani leads Psychedelic Medicine Coalition, a DC-based advocacy organization focused on educating federal officials and advancing legislation around psychedelic medicine. Kopelman is CEO of Mission Within Foundation, which provides scholarships for veterans and first responders seeking psychedelic-assisted therapy retreats, often outside the United States. The conversation centers on veterans, the VA, and why that system may be the first realistic federal pathway for psychedelic care. Early Themes Lavasani describes PMC's work on Capitol Hill, including hosting events that bring lawmakers, staffers, and advocates into the same room. Her focus is steady engagement. In DC, progress often happens through repeated conversations, not headlines. Kopelman shares his background as a Marine and how his own psychedelic-assisted therapy experience led him to Mission Within. The foundation has funded more than 250 scholarships for veterans and first responders seeking treatment for PTSD, mild traumatic brain injury, depression, and addiction. They connect this work to pending veteran-focused legislation and explain why the VA matters. As a closed health system, the VA can pilot programs, gather data, and refine protocols without the pressures of private healthcare markets. Core Insights A recent Capitol Hill gathering, For Veteran Society, brought together members of Congress and leaders from the psychedelic caucus. Lavasani describes candid feedback from lawmakers. The message was clear: coordinate messaging, avoid fragmentation, and move while bipartisan interest remains. Veteran healthcare is not framed as the final goal. It is a starting point. If psychedelic therapies can demonstrate safety and effectiveness within the VA, broader adoption becomes more plausible. Kopelman raises operational realities that must be addressed: Standardized safety protocols across providers Integration support, not medication alone Clear training pathways for clinicians Real-world data beyond tightly screened clinical trials They also address recent negative headlines involving ibogaine treatment abroad. Kopelman emphasizes the need for shared learning across providers, especially when adverse events occur. Lavasani argues that inconsistency within the ecosystem can slow federal confidence. Later Discussion and Takeaways The discussion widens to federal momentum around addiction and mental health. Lavasani notes that new funding initiatives signal growing openness to innovative treatment models, even if psychedelics are not named explicitly in every announcement. Both guests stress that policy moves slowly by design. Meetings, follow-ups, and relationship building often matter more than public statements. For clinicians, researchers, operators, and advocates, the takeaways are direct: Veterans are likely the first federal pathway Public education remains essential Safety standards must be shared and transparent Integration and workforce development need attention now If psychedelic medicine enters federal systems, infrastructure will determine success. Frequently Asked Questions What do Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman say about VA psychedelic policy? They argue that veteran-focused legislation offers a realistic first federal pathway for psychedelic-assisted care. Is ibogaine currently available through the VA? No. They discuss ibogaine in the context of private retreats and future possibilities, not an existing VA program. Why do Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman emphasize coordination? Lawmakers respond more positively when advocates present aligned messaging and clear priorities. What safety issues are discussed by Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman? They highlight the need for standardized screening, monitoring, integration support, and transparent review of adverse events. Closing Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman provide a grounded look at how psychedelic policy develops inside federal systems. Their message is practical: veterans may be the first lane, but long-term success depends on coordination, safety standards, and sustained engagement. Closing This episode captures a real-time view of how federal policy could shape the next phase of the psychedelic resurgence, especially through veteran-facing legislation and VA infrastructure. Melissa Lavasani & Jay Kopelman argue that coordination, public education, and shared safety standards will shape whether access expands with credibility and care. Transcript Joe Moore: [00:00:00] Hello everybody. Welcome back to Psychedelics Today. Today we have two guests, um, got Melissa Sani from Psychedelic Medicine Coalition. We got Jake Pelman from Mission Within Foundation. We're gonna talk about I bga I became policy on a recent, uh, set of meetings in Washington, DC and, uh, all sorts of other things I'm sure. Joe Moore: But thank you both for joining me. Melissa Lavasani: Thanks for having us. Jay Kopelman: Yeah, it's a pleasure. Thanks. Joe Moore: Yeah. Um, Melissa, I wanna have you, uh, jump in. First. Can you tell us a little bit about, uh, your work and what you do at PMC? Melissa Lavasani: Yeah, so Psychedelic Medicine Coalition is, um, the only DC based Washington DC based advocacy organization dedicated to the advancing the issue of psychedelics, um, and making sure the federal government has the education they need, um, and understands the issue inside out so that they can generate good policy around, around psychedelic medicines. Melissa Lavasani: [00:01:00] Uh, we. Host Hill events. We host other convenings. Our big event every year is the Federal Summit on psychedelic medicine. Um, that's going to be May 14th this year. Um, where we talk about kinda the pressing issues that need to be talked about, uh, with government officials in the room, um, so that we can incrementally move this forward. Melissa Lavasani: Um, our presence here in Washington DC is, is really critical for this issue's success because, um, when we're talking about psychedelic medicines, um, from the federal government pers perspective, you know, they are, they are the ones that are going to initiate the policies that create a healthcare system that can properly facilitate these medicines and make sure, um, patient safety is a priority. Melissa Lavasani: And there's guardrails on this. And, um, you know, there, it's, it's really important that we have. A home base for this issue in Washington DC just [00:02:00] because, uh, this is very complicated as a lot of your viewers probably understand, and, you know, this can get lost in the mix of all the other issues that, um, lawmakers in DC are focused on right now. Melissa Lavasani: And we need to keep that consistent presence here so that this continues to be a priority for members of Congress. Joe Moore: Mm. I love this. And Jay, can you tell us a bit about yourself and mission within Foundation? Jay Kopelman: Yeah, sure. Joe, thanks. Uh, I, I am the CEO of Mission within Foundation. Prior to this, most of my adult life was spent in the military as a Marine. Jay Kopelman: And I came to this. Role after having, uh, a psychedelic assisted therapy experience myself at the mission within down in Mexico, which is where pretty much we all go. Um, we are here to help [00:03:00] provide, uh, access for veterans and first responders to be able to attend psychedelic assisted therapy retreats to treat issues like mild TBI, post-traumatic stress disorder, uh, depression, sometimes addiction at, at a very low level. Jay Kopelman: Um, and, and so we've, we've been doing this for a little more than a year now and have provided 250 plus scholarships to veterans and first responders to be able to access. These retreats and these, these lifesaving medicines. Um, we're also partnered, uh, you may or may not know with Melissa at Psychedelic Medicine Coalition to help advance education and policy, specifically the innovative, uh, therapy Centers of Excellence Act [00:04:00] that Melissa has worked for a number of years on now to bring to both Houses of Congress. Joe Moore: Thank you for that. Um, so let's chat a little bit about what this event was that just, uh, went down, uh, what, what was it two weeks ago at this point? Melissa Lavasani: Yeah. Yeah. It's called For Veteran Society and it's all, um, there's a lot of dialogue on Capitol Hill about veterans healthcare and psychedelics, but where I've been frustrated is that, you know, it was just a lot of. Melissa Lavasani: Talk about what the problems are and not a lot of talk about like how we actually propel things forward. Um, so it, at that event, I thought it was really important and we had three members of Congress there, um, Morgan Latrell, who has been a champion from day one and his time in Congress, um, having gone through the experience himself, um, [00:05:00] at Mission within, um, and then the two chairs of the psychedelic caucus, uh, Lou Correa and Jack Bergman. Melissa Lavasani: And we really got down to the nitty gritty of like w like why this has taken so long and you know, what is actually happening right now? What are the possibilities and what the roadblocks are. And it was, I thought it was a great conversation. Um, we had an interesting kind of dynamic with Latres is like a very passionate about this issue in particular. Melissa Lavasani: Um, I think it was, I think it was really. A great event. And, you know, two days later, Jack Bergman introduced his new bill for the va. Um, so it was kind of like the precursor to that bill getting introduced. And we're just excited for more and more conversations about how the government can gently guide this issue to success. Joe Moore: Hmm. Yeah. [00:06:00] That's fantastic. Um, yeah, I was a little bummed I couldn't make it, but next time, I hope. But I've heard a lot of good things and, um, it's, it sounded like there was some really important messages in, in terms of like feedback from legislators. Yeah. Yeah. Could you speak to that? Melissa Lavasani: Yeah, I mean, I think when, uh, representative Latrell was speaking, he really impressed on us a couple things. Melissa Lavasani: Um, first is that, you know, they really kind of need the advocates to. Coordinate, collaborate and come up with like a, a strategic plan, you know, without public education. Um, talking to members of Congress about this issue is, is really difficult. You know, like PMC is just one organization. We're very little mission within, very little, um, you know, we're all like, kind of new in navigating, um, this not so new issue, but new to Washington DC [00:07:00] issue. Melissa Lavasani: Um, without that public education as a baseline, uh, it's, it's, you have to spend a lot of time educating members of Congress. You know, that's like one of our things is, you know, we have to, we don't wanna tell Congress what direction to go to. We wanna provide them the information so they understand it very intimately and know how to navigate through things. Melissa Lavasani: Um, and secondly. Um, he got pretty frank with us and said, you know, we've got one cha one chance at this issue. And it's like, that's, that's kind of been like my talking point since I started. PMC is like, you have a very limited window, um, when these kind of issues pop up and they're new and they're fresh and you have a lot of the veteran community coming out and talking about it. Melissa Lavasani: And there's a lot of energy there. But now is the time to really move forward, um, with some real legislation that can be impactful. Um, but, you know, we've gotta [00:08:00] be careful. We, we forget, I think sometimes those of us who are in the ecosystem forget that our level of knowledge about these medicines and a lot of us have firsthand experience, um, with these drugs and, and our own healing journeys is, um, we forget that there is a public out there that doesn't have the level of knowledge that we all have. Melissa Lavasani: And, um. We gotta make sure that we're sticking to the right elements of, of, of what needs to happen. We need to be sure that our talking points are on track and we're not getting sideways about anything and going down roads that we don't need to talk about. It's why, um, you know, PMC is very focused on, um, moving forward veteran legislation right now. Melissa Lavasani: Not because we're a veteran organization, but because we're, we see this long-term policy track here. Um, we know where we want to get [00:09:00] to, um. Um, and watching other healthcare issues kind of come up and then go through the VA healthcare system, I think it's a really unique opportunity, um, to utilize the VA as this closed system, the biggest healthcare system in the country to evaluate, uh, how psychedelics operate within systems like that. Melissa Lavasani: And, you know, before they get into, um, other healthcare systems. What do we need to fix? What do we need to pay attention to? What's something that we're paying too much attention to that doesn't necessarily need that much attention? So it's, um, it's a real opportunity to look at psychedelic medicines within a healthcare system and obviously continue to gather the data. Melissa Lavasani: Um, Bergman's Bill emerging, uh, expanding veteran access to emerging treatments. Um, not only mandates the research, it gives the VA authority for this, uh, for running trials and, and creating programs around psychedelic medicines. But also, [00:10:00] one of the great things about it, I think, is it provides an on-ramp for veterans that don't necessarily qualify for clinical trials. Melissa Lavasani: You know, I think that's one of the biggest criticisms of clinical trials is like you're cre you're creating a vacuum for people and people don't live in a vacuum. So we don't necessarily know what psychedelics are gonna look like in real life. Um, but with this expanding veteran access bill that Bergman introduced, it provides the VA an opportunity to provide this access under. Melissa Lavasani: Um, in a, in a safe container with medical supervision while collecting data, um, while ensuring that the veteran that is going through this process has the support systems that it needs. So, um, you know, I think that there's a really unique opportunity here, and like Latrell said, like, we've got one shot at this. Melissa Lavasani: We have people's attention in Congress. Um, now's the time to start acting, and let's be really considerate and thoughtful about what we're doing with it. Joe Moore: Thanks for that, Melissa and Jay, how, [00:11:00] anything to add there on kind of your takeaways from the this, uh, last visit in dc? Jay Kopelman: Yeah, I, I think that Melissa highlighted it really well and there, there were a couple other things that I, I think, you know, you could kind of tie it all together with some other issues that we face in this country, uh, and that. Jay Kopelman: Uh, representative Correa brought up as well, but one of the things I wanted to go back and say is that veterans have kind of led this movement already, right? So, so it's a, it's a good jumping off point, right? That it's something people from both sides of the aisle, from any community in America can get behind. Jay Kopelman: You know, if you think about it, uh, in World War ii, you know, we had a million people serving our population was like, not even 200 million, but now [00:12:00] we have a population of 330 million, and at any given time there might be a million people in uniform, including the Reserve and the National Guard. So it's, it, it's an easy thing to get behind this small part of the population that is willing to sign that contract. Jay Kopelman: Where you are saying, yeah, I'm going to defend my country, possibly at the risk of my l my own life. So that's the first thing. The other thing is that the VA being a closed health system, and they don't have shareholders to answer to, they can take some risks, they can be innovative and be forward thinking in the ways that some other healthcare systems can't. Jay Kopelman: And so they have a perfect opportunity to show that they truly care for their veterans, which don't, I'm not saying they don't, but this would be an [00:13:00] opportunity to show that carrot at a whole different level. Uh, it would allow them to innovate and be a leader in something as, uh, as our friend Jim Hancock will say, you know. Jay Kopelman: When he went to the Naval Academy, they had the world's best shipbuilding program. Why doesn't the VA have the world's best care program for things like TBI and PTSD, which affects, you know, 40 something percent of all veterans, right? So, so there's, there's an opportunity here for the VA to lead from the front. Jay Kopelman: Um, the, these medicines provide, you know, reasonably lasting care where it's kind of a one and done. Whereas with the current systems, the, you know, and, and [00:14:00] again, not to denigrate the VA in any way, they're doing the best job they can with the tools in their toolbox, right? But maybe it's time for a trip to Home Depot. Jay Kopelman: Let's get some new tools. And have some new ways of fixing what's broken, which is really the way of doing things. It's not, veterans aren't broken, we are who we are. Um, but it's a, it's a way to fix what isn't working. So I, I think that, you know, given there's tremendous veteran homelessness still, you know, addiction issues, all these things that do translate to the population at large are things that can be worked on in this one system, the va that can then be shown to have efficacy, have good data, have [00:15:00] good outcomes, and, and take it to the population at large. Joe Moore: Mm-hmm. Brilliant. Thanks for that. And so there was another thing I wanted to pivot to, which is some of the recent press. So we've, um, seen a little bit of press around some, um, in one instance, some bad behavior in Mexico that a FI put out Americans thrive again, put out. And then another case there was a, a recent fatality. Joe Moore: And I think, um, both are tragic. Like we shouldn't be having to deal with this at this point. Um, but there's a lot of things that got us here. Um, it's not necessarily the operator's fault entirely, um, or even at all, honestly, like some medical interventions just carry a lot of risk. Like think, think about like, uh, how risky bypass surgery was in the nineties, right? Joe Moore: Like people were dying a lot from medical interventions and um, you know, this is a major intervention, uh, ibogaine [00:16:00] and also a lot of promise. To help people quite a bit. Um, but as of right now, there's, there's risk. And part of that risk, in my opinion, comes from the inability of organizations to necessarily collaborate. Joe Moore: Like there's no kind of convening body, sitting in the middle, allowing, um, for, and facilitating really good data sharing and learnings. Um, and I don't, I don't necessarily see an organization stepping up and being the, um, the convener for that kind of work. I've heard rumors that something's gonna happen there, and I'm, I'm hopeful I'll always wanna share my opinion on that. Joe Moore: But yeah. I don't know. Jay, from your perspective, is there anything you want to kind of speak to about, uh, these two recent incidents that Americans for Iboga kind of publicized recently? Jay Kopelman: Yeah, so I, I'll echo your sentiment, of course, that these are tragic incidents. Um, and I, [00:17:00] I think that at least in the case of the death at Ambio, AMBIO has done a very good job of talking about it, right? Jay Kopelman: They've been very honest with the information that they have. And like you said, there are risks inherent to these medicines, and it's like anything else in medicine, there are going to be risks. You know, when I went through, uh, when I, when I went through chemo, you know, there were, there are risks. You know, you don't feel well, you get sick. Jay Kopelman: Um, and, and it. There are processes in place to counter that when it happens. And there are processes and, and procedures and safety protocols in place when caring for somebody going through an ibogaine [00:18:00] journey. Uh, when I did it, we had EKG echocardiogram. You're on a heart monitor the entire time they push magnesium via iv. Jay Kopelman: You have to provide a urinalysis sample to make sure that there is nothing in your system that is going to potentially harm you. During the ibogaine, they have, uh, a cardiologist who is monitoring the heart monitors throughout the ibogaine experience. So the, the safety protocols are there. I think it's, I think it's just a matter of. Jay Kopelman: Standardizing them across all, all providers, right? Like, that would be a good thing if people would talk to one another. Um, as, as in any system, right? You've gotta have [00:19:00] some collaboration. You've gotta have standardization, you know, so, you know, they're not called standard operating procedures for nothing. Jay Kopelman: That means that in a, you know, in a given environment, everybody does things the same way. It's true in Navy and Marine Corps, air Force, army Aviation, they have standard operating procedures for every single aircraft. So if you fly, let's say the F 35 now, right? Because it's flown by the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Jay Kopelman: The, the emergency procedures in that airplane are standardized across all three services, so you should have the same, or, you know, with within a couple of different words, the same procedures and processes [00:20:00] across all the providers, right? Like maybe in one document you're gonna change, happy to glad and small dog to puppy, but it's still pretty much the, the same thing. Jay Kopelman: And as a service that provides scholarships to people to go access these medicines and go to these retreats, you know, my criteria is that the, this provider has to be safe. Number one, safety's paramount. It's always gotta be very safe. It should, it has to be effective. And you know, once you have those two things in place, then I have a comfort level saying, okay, yeah, we'll work with this provider. Jay Kopelman: But until those standardized processes are in place, you'll probably see these one-off things. I mean, some providers have been doing this longer than others and have [00:21:00] really figured out, you know, they've, they've cracked the code and, you know, sharing that across the spectrum would be good. Um, but just when these things happen, having a clearing house, right, where everybody can come together and talk about it, you know, like once the facts are known because. Jay Kopelman: To my knowledge, we still don't know all the facts. Like as, you know, as horrible as this is, you still have to talk about like an, has an autopsy been performed? What was found in the patient's system? You know, there, there are things there that we don't know. So we need to, we need to know that before we can start saying, okay, well this is how we can fix that, because we just don't know. Jay Kopelman: And, you know, to their credit, you know, Amio has always been safe to, to the, to the best of my knowledge. You know, I, [00:22:00] I haven't been to Ambio myself, but people that I have worked with have been there. They have observed, they have seen the process. They believe it's safe, and I trust their opinion because they've seen it elsewhere as well. Jay Kopelman: So yeah, having, having that one place where we can all come together when this happens, it, it's almost like it should be mandatory. In the military when there's a training accident, we, you know, we would have to have what's called a safety standout. And you don't do that again for a little while until you figure out, okay, how are we going to mitigate that happening again? Jay Kopelman: Believe me, you can go overboard and we don't want to do that. Like, we don't wanna just stop all care, but maybe stop detox for a week and then come back to it. [00:23:00] Joe Moore: Yeah. A dream would be, let's get like the, I don't know, 10, 20 most popular, uh, or well-known operators together somewhere and just do like a three day debrief. Joe Moore: Hey, everybody, like, here's what we see. Let's work on this together. You know how normal medicine works. And this is, it's hard because this is not necessarily, um, something people feel safe about in America talking about 'cause it's illicit here. Um, I don't understand necessarily how the operations, uh, relate to each other in Mexico, but I think that's something to like the public should dig into. Joe Moore: Like, what, what is this? And I, I'll start digging into that. Um, I, I asked a question recently of somebody like, is there some sort of like back channel signal everybody's using and there's no clear Yes. You know? Um, I think it would be good. That's just a [00:24:00] start, you know, that's like, okay, we can actually kind of say hi and watch out for this to each other. Jay Kopelman: It's not like we don't all know one another, right? Joe Moore: Yes. Jay Kopelman: Like at least three operators we're represented. At the Aspen Ibogaine meeting. So like that could be, and I think there was a panel kind of loosely related to this during Aspen Ibogaine meeting, but Joe Moore: mm-hmm. Jay Kopelman: It, you know, have a breakout where the operators can go sit down and kind of compare notes. Joe Moore: Right. Yeah. Melissa, do you have any, uh, comments on this thread here? And I, I put you on mute if you didn't see that. Um, Melissa Lavasani: all right, I'm off mute. Um, yeah, I think that Jay's hits the nail on the head with the collaboration thing. Um, I think that it's just a [00:25:00] problem across the entire ecosystem, and I think that's just a product of us being relatively new and upcoming field. Melissa Lavasani: Um, uh, it's a product of, you know. Our fundraising community is really small, so organizations feel like they are competing for the same dollars, even though their, their goals are all the same, they have different functions. Um, I think with time, I mean, let's be honest, like if we don't start collaborating and, and the federal government's moving forward, the federal government's gonna coordinate for us. Melissa Lavasani: And not, that might not necessarily be a bad thing, but, you know, we understand this issue to a whole other level that the federal government doesn't, and they're not required to understand it deeply. They just need to know how to really move forward with it the proper way. Um, but I think that it. It's really essential [00:26:00] that we all have this come together moment here so we can avoid things. Melissa Lavasani: Uh, I mean, no one's gonna die from bad advocacy. So like I've, I have a bit of an easier job. Um, but it can a, a absolutely stall efforts, um, to move things forward in Washington DC when, um, one group is saying one thing, another group is saying another thing, like, we're not quite at a point yet where we can have multiple lines of conversation and multiple things moving forward. Melissa Lavasani: Um, you know, for PMC, it's like, just let's get the first thing across the finish line. And we think that is, um, veteran healthcare. And, um, I know there's plenty of other groups out there that, that want the same thing. So, you know, I always, the reason why I put on the Federal Summit last year was I kind of hit my breaking point with a lack of collaboration and I wanted to just bring everyone in the same room and say like, all right, here are the things that we need to talk about. Melissa Lavasani: And I think the goal for this year is, um. To bring people in the same room and say, we talked about [00:27:00] we scratched the surface last year and this is where we need to really put our efforts into. And this is where the opportunities are. Um, I think that is going to, that's going to show the federal government if we can organize ourselves, that they need to take this issue really seriously. Melissa Lavasani: Um, I don't think we've done a great job at that thus far, but I think there's still plenty of time for us to get it together. Um, and I'm hoping with these two, uh, VA bills that are in the house right now and Senate is, is putting together their version of these two bills, um, so that they can move in tandem with each other. Melissa Lavasani: I think that, you know, there's an opportunity here for. Us to show the federal government as an ecosystem, Hey, we, we are so much further ahead and you know, this is what we've organized and here's how we can help you, um, that would make them buy into this issue a bit more and potentially move things forward faster. Melissa Lavasani: Uh, at this point in time, it's, I think that, [00:28:00] you know, psychedelics aren't necessarily the taboo thing that they, they used to be, but there's certainly places that need attention. Um, there's certainly conversations that need to be had, and like I said, like PMC is just one organization that can do this. Um, we can certainly organize and drive forward collaboration, but I, like we alone, cannot cover all this ground and we need the subject matter experts to collaborate with us so we can, you know, once we get in the door, we wanna bring the experts in to talk to these officials about it. Melissa Lavasani: So I. I, I really want listeners to really think about us as a convener of sorts when it comes to federal policy. Um, and you know, I think when, like for example, in the early eighties, a lot of people have made comparisons to the issue of psychedelics to the issue of AIDS research and how you have in a subject matter that's like extremely taboo and a patient population that the government [00:29:00] quite honestly didn't really care about in the early eighties. Melissa Lavasani: But what they did as an ecosystem is really organized themselves, get very clear on what they wanted the federal government to do. And within a matter of a couple years, uh, AIDS research funding was a thing that was happening. And what that, what that did was that ripple effect turned that into basically finding new therapies for something that we thought was a death, death sentence before. Melissa Lavasani: So I think. We just need to look at things in the past that have been really successful, um, and, and try to take the lessons from all of these issues and, and move forward with psychedelics. Joe Moore: Love that. And yes, we always need to be figuring out efficient approaches and where it has been successful in the past is often, um, an opportunity to mimic and, and potentially improve on that. Melissa Lavasani: Yeah. Jay Kopelman: One, one thing I think it's important to add to this part of the conversation is that, [00:30:00] you know, Melissa pointed out there are a number of organizations that are essentially doing the same thing. Jay Kopelman: Um, you know, I like to think we do things a little bit differently at Mission within Foundation in that we don't target any one specific type of service member. We, we work with all veterans. We work with first responders, but. What that leads to is that there are, as far as I've seen, nothing but good intentioned people in this space. Jay Kopelman: You know, people who really care about their patient population, they care about healing, they are trying to do a good job, and more importantly, they're trying to do good. Right? It, it, I think they all see the benefit down the road that this has, [00:31:00] pardon me, not just for veterans, but for society as a whole. Jay Kopelman: And, and ultimately that's where I would like to see this go. You know, I, I would love to see the VA take this. Take up this mantle and, and run with it and provide great data, great outcomes. You know, we are doing some data collection ourselves at Mission within foundation, albeit anecdotal based on surveys given before and after retreats. Jay Kopelman: But we're also working with, uh, Greg Fonzo down at UT Austin on a brain study he's doing that will have 40 patients in it when it's all said and done. And I think we have two more guys to put through that. Uh, and then we'll hit the 40. So there, there's a lot of good here that's being done by some really, really good people who've been doing this for a long time [00:32:00] and want to want nothing more than to, to see this. Jay Kopelman: Come to, come full circle so that we can take care of many, many, many people. Um, you know, like I say, I, I wanna work myself out of a job here. I, I just, I would love to see this happen and then I, you know, I don't have to send guys to Mexico to do this. They can go to their local VA and get the care that they need. Jay Kopelman: Um, but one thing that I don't think we've touched on yet, or regarding that is that the VA isn't designed for that. So it's gonna be a pretty big lift to get the right types of providers into the va with the knowledge, right, with the institutional knowledge of how this should be done, what is safe, what is effective, um, and then it, it's not just providing these medicines to [00:33:00] people and sending them home. Jay Kopelman: You don't just do that, you've gotta have the right therapists on the backend who can provide the integration coaching to the folks who are receiving these medicines. And I'm not just talking, I bga, even with MDMA and psilocybin, you should have a proper period of integration. It helps you to understand how this is going to affect you, what it, what the experience really meant, you know, because it's very difficult sometimes to just interpret it on your own. Jay Kopelman: And so what the experience was and what it meant to you. And, and so it will take some time to spin all that up. But once it's, once it's in place, you know, the sky's the limit. I think. Joe Moore: Kinda curious Jay, about what's, what's going on with Ibogaine at the federal level. Is there anything at VA right now? [00:34:00] Jay Kopelman: At the va? No, not with ibogaine. And, you know, uh, we, we send people specifically for IBOGAINE and five MEO, right? And, and so that, that doesn't preclude my interest in seeing this legislation passed, right? Jay Kopelman: Because it, it will start with something like MDMA or psilocybin, but ultimately it could grow to iboga, right? It the think about the cost savings at, at the va, even with psilocybin, right? Where you could potentially treat somebody with a very inexpensive dose of psilocybin or, or iboga one time, and then you, you don't have to treat them again. Jay Kopelman: Now, if I were, uh, you know, a VA therapist who's not trained in psychedelic trauma therapy. I might be worried [00:35:00] about job security, but it's like with anything, right? Like ultimately it will open pathways for new people to get that training or the existing people to get that training and, and stay on and do that work. Jay Kopelman: Um, which only adds another arrow to their quiver as far as I'm concerned, because this is coming and we're gonna need the people. It's just like ai, right? Like ai, yeah. Some people are gonna lose some jobs initially, and that's unfortunate. But productivity ultimately across all industries will increase and new jobs will be created as a result of that. Jay Kopelman: I mean, I was watching Squawk Box one morning. They were talking about the AI revolution and how there's gonna be a need for 500,000 electricians to. Build these systems that are going to work with the AI [00:36:00] supercomputers and, and so, Joe Moore: mm-hmm. Jay Kopelman: Where, where an opportunity may be lost. I think several more can be gained going forward. Melissa Lavasani: And just to add on what Jay just said there, there's nothing specific going on with Ibogaine at, at the va, but I think this administration is, is taking a real look at addiction in particular. Uh, they just launched, uh, a new initiative, uh, that's really centered on addiction treatments called the Great American Recovery. Melissa Lavasani: And, um, they're dedicating a hundred million dollars towards treating addiction as like a chronic treatable disease and not necessarily a law enforcement issue. So, um, in that initiative there will be federal grant programs for prevention and treatment and recovery. And, um, while this isn't just for psychedelic medicines, uh, I think it's a really great opportunity for the discussion of psychedelics to get elevated to the White House. Melissa Lavasani: Um, [00:37:00] there's also, previous to this announcement last week from the White House, there's been a hundred million dollars that was dedicated at, um, at ARPA h, which is. The advanced research projects, uh, agency for healthcare, um, and that is kind of an agency that's really focused on forward looking, um, treatments and technologies, uh, for, um, a, a whole slew of. Melissa Lavasani: Of issues, but this a hundred million dollars is dedicated to mental health and addiction. So there's a lot of opportunity there as well. So we, while I think, you know, some people are talking about, oh, we need a executive order on Iboga, it's like, well, you know, the, the president is thinking, um, about, you know, what issues can land with his, uh, voting block. Melissa Lavasani: And I think it's, I don't think we necessarily need a specific executive order on Iboga to call this a success. It's like, let's look at what, [00:38:00] um, what's just been announced from the White House. They're, they're all in on. Thinking creatively and finding, uh, new solutions for this. And this is kind of, this aligns with, um, HHS secretaries, uh, Robert F. Melissa Lavasani: Kennedy Junior's goals when he took on this, this role of Health Secretary. Um, addiction has been a discussion that, you know, he has personal, um, a personal tie to from his own experience. And, um, I think when this administration started, there was so much like fervor around the, the dialogue of like, everyone's talking about psychedelics. Melissa Lavasani: It was Secretary Kennedy, it was, uh, secretary Collins at the va. It was FDA Commissioner Marty Macari. And I think that there's like a lot of undue frustration within folks 'cause um, you don't necessarily snap your fingers and change happens in Washington dc This is not the city for that. And it's intentionally designed to move slow so that we can avoid really big mistakes. Melissa Lavasani: Um. [00:39:00] I think we're a year into this administration and these two announcements are, are pretty huge considering, um, you know, the, we, there are known people within domestic policy council that don't, aren't necessarily supportive of psychedelic medicine. So there's a really amazing progress here, and frustrating as it might be to, um, just be waiting for this administration to make some major move. Melissa Lavasani: I think they are making major moves like for Washington, DC These, these are major moves and we just gotta figure out how we can, um, take these initiatives and apply them to the issue of psychedelic medicines. Joe Moore: Thanks, Melissa. Um, yeah, it is, it is interesting like the amount of fervor there was at the beginning. You know, we had, uh. Kind of one of my old lawyers, Matt Zorn, jumped in with the administration. Right. And, um, you know, it was, uh, really cool to [00:40:00] see and hopeful how much energy was going on. It's been a little quiet, kind of feels like a black box a little bit, but I, you know, there was, Melissa Lavasani: that's on me. Melissa Lavasani: Maybe I, we need to be more out in public about like, what's actually happening, because I feel like, like day in and day out, it's just been, you gotta just mm-hmm. Like have that constant beat with the government. Mm-hmm. And, um, it's, it's, it's not the photo ops on the hill, it's the conversations that you have. Melissa Lavasani: It's the dinner parties you go to, it's the fundraisers you attend, you know? Mm-hmm. That's why I, I kind of have to like toot my own horn with PCs. Like, we need to be present here at, at not only on the Hill, not only at the White House, but kind of in the ecosystem of Washington DC itself. There's, it's, there are like power players here. Melissa Lavasani: There are people that are connected that can get things done, like. I mean, the other last week we had a big snow storm. I walked over to my friend's house, um, to have like a little fire sesh with them and our kids, and his next door neighbor came over. He was a member of Congress. I talked about the VA bills, like [00:41:00] we're reaching out to his office now, um, to get them, um, up to speed and hopefully get their co-sponsorship for, uh, the two VA bills. Melissa Lavasani: So, I mean, it, the little conversations you have here are just as important as the big ones with the photo ops. So, um, it, it's, it's really like, you know, building up that momentum and, and finding that time where you can really strike and make something happen. Joe Moore: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Jay, anything to add there? Jay Kopelman: Yeah, I was just gonna say that, you know, I, I, I think the fervor is still there, right? Jay Kopelman: But real life happens. Melissa Lavasani: Yes, Jay Kopelman: yes. And gets in the way, right? So, Melissa Lavasani: yeah, Jay Kopelman: I, I can't imagine how many issues. Secretary Kennedy has every day much less the president. Like there's so many things that they are dealing with on a daily basis, right? It, we, we just have to work to be the squeaky wheel in, in the right way, right. Jay Kopelman: [00:42:00] With the, with the right information at the right time. Like just inundating one of these organizations with noise, it's then it be with Informa, it just becomes noise, right? It it, it doesn't help. So when we have things to say that are meaningful and impactful, we do, and Melissa does an amazing job of that. Jay Kopelman: But, you know, it, it takes time. You know, it's, you know, we're not, this is, this is like turning an aircraft carrier, not a ski boat. Melissa Lavasani: Yeah, Joe Moore: yeah, absolutely. Um, and. It's, it's understandably frustrating, I think for the public and the psychedelic public in particular because we see all this hope, you know, we continue to get frustrated at politics. It's nothing new, right? Um, and we, we wanna see more people get well immediately. [00:43:00] And I, I kind of, Jay from the veteran perspective, I do love the kind of loud voices like, you're making me go to Mexico for this. Joe Moore: I did that and you're making me leave the country for the thing that's gonna fix me. Like, no way. And barely a recognition that this is a valid treatment. You know, like, you know, that is complicated given how medicine is structured here domestically. But it's also, let's face the facts, like the drug war kind of prevented us from being able to do this research in the first place. Joe Moore: You know? Thanks Nixon. And like, how do we actually kind of correct course and say like, we need to spend appropriately on science here so we can heal our own people, including veterans and everybody really. It's a, it's a dire situation out there. Jay Kopelman: Yeah. It, it really is. Um, you know, we were talking briefly about addicts, right? Jay Kopelman: And you know, it's not sexy. People think of addicts as people who are weak-minded, [00:44:00] right? They don't have any self-control. Um, but, but look at, look at the opioid crisis, right? That Brian Hubbard was fighting against in Kentucky for all those years. That that was something that was given to the patient by a doctor that they then became dependent on, and a lot of people died from that. Jay Kopelman: And, and so you, you know, it's, I I don't think it's fair to just put all addicts in a box. Just like it's not fair to put all veterans in a box. Just like it's not fair for doctors, put all their patients in a box. We're individuals. We, we have individual needs. Our, our health is very individual. Like, I, I don't think I should be put in the same box as every other 66-year-old that my doctor sees. Jay Kopelman: It's not fair. [00:45:00] You know, if you, if you took my high school classmates and put us all in a photo, we're all gonna have different needs, right? Like, some look like they're 76, not 66. Some look like they're 56. Not like they're, we, we do things differently. We live our lives differently. And the same is true of addicts. Jay Kopelman: They come to addiction from different places. Not everybody decides they want to just try heroin at a party, and all of a sudden they're addicted. It happens in, in different ways, you know, and the whole fentanyl thing has been so daggum nefarious, right? You know, pushing fentanyl into marijuana. Jay Kopelman: Somebody's smoking a joint and all of a sudden they're addicted to fentanyl or they die. Melissa Lavasani: I think we're having a, Jay Kopelman: it's, it's just not fair to, to say everybody in this pot is the same, or everybody in this one is the same. We have [00:46:00] to look at it differently. Joe Moore: Yeah. I like to zoom one level out and kind of talk about, um, just how hurt we are as a country, as a world really, but as a country specifically, and how many people are out of work for so many. Joe Moore: Difficult reasons and away from their families for so many kind of tragic reasons. And if we can get people back to their families and back to work, a lot of these things start to self-correct, but we have to like have those interventions where we can heal folks and, and get them back. Um, yeah. And you know, everything from trauma, uh, in childhood, you know, adulthood, combat, whatever it is. Joe Moore: Like these things can put people on the sidelines. And Jay, to your point, like you get knee surgery and all of a sudden you're, you know, two years later you're on the hunt for Fentanyl daily. You know, that's tough. It's really tough. Carl Hart does a good job talking about this kind of addiction pipeline and [00:47:00] a few others do as well. Joe Moore: But it's just, you know, kind of putting it in a moral failure bucket. It's not great. I was chatting with somebody about, um, veterans, it's like you come back and you're like, what's gonna make me feel okay right now? And it's not always alcohol. Um, like this is the first thing that made me feel okay, because there's not great treatments and there's, there's a lot of improvements in this kind of like bringing people back from the field that needs to happen. Joe Moore: In my opinion. I, it seems to be shared by a lot of people, but yeah, there's, it's, it's, IGA is gonna be great. It's gonna be really important. I really can't wait for it to be at scale appropriately, but there's a lot of other things we need to fix too, um, so that we can just, you know, not have so many people we need to, you know, spend so much money healing. Joe Moore: Mm-hmm. Jay Kopelman: Yeah. You ahead with that. We don't need the president to sign an executive order to automatically legalize Ibogaine. Right. But it would be nice if he would reschedule it so that [00:48:00] then then researchers could do this research on a larger scale. You know, we could, we could now get some real data that would show the efficacy. Jay Kopelman: And it could be done in a safe environment, you know? And, and so that would be, do Joe Moore: you have any kind of figures, like, like, I've been talking about this for a while, Jay. Like, does it drop the cost a lot of doing research when we deschedule things? Jay Kopelman: I, I would imagine so, because it'll drop the cost of accessing the medicines that are being researched. Jay Kopelman: Right? You, you would have buy-in from more organizations. You know, you might even have a pharma company that comes into this, you know, look at j and j with the ketamine, right? They have, they have a nasal spray version of ketamine that's doing very well. I mean, it's probably their, their biggest revenue [00:49:00] provider for them right now. Jay Kopelman: And, and so. You know, you, it would certainly help and I think, I think it would lower costs of research to have something rescheduled rather than being schedule one. You know it, people are afraid to take chances when you're talking about Schedule one Melissa Lavasani: labs or they just don't have the money to research things that are on Schedule one. Melissa Lavasani: 'cause there's so much in an incredible amount of red tape that you have to go through and, and your facility has to be a certain way and how you contain those, uh, medicines. Oh, researching has to be in a specific container and it's just very cumbersome to research schedule one drugs. So absolutely the cost would go down. Melissa Lavasani: Um, but Joe Moore: yeah, absolutely. Less safes. Melissa Lavasani: Yeah. Joe Moore: Yes. Less uh, Melissa Lavasani: right. Joe Moore: Locked. Yeah. Um, it'll be really interesting when that happens. I'm gonna hold out faith. That we can see some [00:50:00] movement here. Um, because yeah, like why make healing more expensive than it needs to be? I think like that's potentially a protectionist move. Joe Moore: Like, I'm not, I'm not here yet, but, um, look at AbbVie's, uh, acquisition of the Gilgamesh ip. Mm-hmm. Like that's a really interesting move. I think it was $1.2 billion. Mm-hmm. So they're gonna wanna protect that investment. Um, and it's likely going to be an approved medication. Like, I don't, I don't see a world in which it's not an approved medication. Joe Moore: Um, you know, I don't know a timeline, I would say Jay Kopelman: yeah. Joe Moore: Less than six years, just given how much cash they've got. But who knows, like, I haven't followed it too closely. So, and that's an I bga derivative to be clear, everybody, um mm-hmm. If you're not, um, in, in the loop on that, which is hopeful, you know? Joe Moore: Mm-hmm. But I don't know what the efficacy is gonna be with that compared to Ibogaine and then we have to talk about the kind of proprietary molecule stuff. Um, there's like a whole bunch of things that are gonna go on here, and this is one of the reasons why I'm excited about. Federal involvement [00:51:00] because we might actually be able to have some sort of centralized manufacturer, um, or at least the VA could license three or four generic manufacturers per for instance, and that way prices aren't gonna be, you know, eight grand a dose or whatever. Joe Moore: You know, it's, Jay Kopelman: well, I think it's a very exciting time in the space. You know, I, I think that there's the opportunity for innovation. There is the opportunity for collaboration. There's the opportunity for, you know, long-term healing at a very low cost. You know, that we, we have the highest healthcare cost per capita in the world right here in the us. Jay Kopelman: And, and yet we are not the number one health system in the world. So to me, that doesn't add up. So we need to figure out a way to start. Bringing costs down for a lot of people and [00:52:00] at the same time increasing, increasing outcomes. Joe Moore: Absolutely. Yeah. There's a lot of possible outcome improvements here and, and you know, everything from relapse rates, like we hear often about people leaving a clinic and they go and overdose when they get home. Tragically, too common. I think there's everything from, you know, I'm Jay, I'm involved in an organization called the Psychedelics and Pain Association. Joe Moore: We look at chronic pain very seriously, and IGA is something we are really interested in. And if. We could have better, you know, research, there better outcome measures there. Um, you know, perhaps we can have less people on opioids to begin with from chronic pain conditions. Um, Jay Kopelman: yeah, I, I might be due for another Ibogaine journey then, because I deal with chronic pain from Jiujitsu, but, Joe Moore: oh gosh, let's Jay Kopelman: talk Joe Moore: later. Jay Kopelman: That's self inflicted. Some people would say take a month off, but Melissa Lavasani: yeah, Jay Kopelman: I'm [00:53:00] not, I'm not that smart. Joe Moore: Yeah. Um, but you know, this, uh, yeah, this whole thing is gonna be really interesting to see how it plays out. I'm endlessly hopeful pull because I'm still here. Right. I, I've been at this for almost 10 years now, very publicly, and I think we are seeing a lot of movement. Joe Moore: It's not always what we actually wanna see, but it is movement nonetheless. You know, how many people are writing on this now than there were before? Right. You know, we, we have people in New York Times writing somewhat regularly about psychedelics and. Even international media is covering it. What do we have legalization in Australia somewhat recently for psilocybin and MDMA, Czech Republic. Joe Moore: I think Germany made some moves recently. Mm-hmm. Um, really interesting to see how this is gonna just keep shifting. Um Jay Kopelman: mm-hmm. Joe Moore: And I think there's no way that we're not gonna have prescription psychedelics in three years in the United States. It pro probably more like a [00:54:00] year and a half. I don't know. Do you, are you all taking odds? Melissa Lavasani: Yeah. I mean, I think Jay Kopelman: I, I gotta check Cal sheet, see what they're saying. Melissa Lavasani: I think it's safe to say, I mean, this could even come potentially the end of this year, I think, but definitely by the end of 2027, there's gonna be at least one psychedelic that's FDA approved. Joe Moore: Yeah. Yeah. Melissa Lavasani: If you're not counting Ketamine. Joe Moore: Right. Jay Kopelman: I, I mean, I mean it mm-hmm. It, it doesn't make sense that it. Shouldn't be or wouldn't be. Right. The, we've seen the benefits. Mm-hmm. We know what they are. It's at a very low cost, but you have to keep in mind that these things, they need to be done with the right set setting and container. Right. And, and gotta be able to provide that environment. Jay Kopelman: So, but I would, I would love, like I said, I'd love to work myself out of a job here and see this happen, not just for our veterans, [00:55:00] but for everybody. Joe Moore: Mm-hmm. Um, so Melissa, is there a way people can get involved or follow PMC or how can they support your work at PMC? Melissa Lavasani: Yeah, I mean, follow us in social media. Melissa Lavasani: Um, our two biggest platforms are LinkedIn and Instagram. Um, I'm bringing my newsletter back because I'm realizing, um, you know, there is a big gap in, in kind of like the knowledge of Washington DC just in general. What's happening here, and I think, you know, part of PC's value is that we're, we are plugged into conversations that are being had, um, here in the city. Melissa Lavasani: And, you know, we do get a little insight. Um, and I think that that would really quiet a lot of, you know, the, a lot of noise that, um, exists in the, our ecosystem. If, if people just had some clarity on like, what's actually happening or happening here and what are the opportunities and, [00:56:00] um, where do we need more reinforcement? Melissa Lavasani: Um, and, and also, you know, as we're putting together public education campaign, you know. My, like, if I could get everything I wanted like that, that campaign would be this like multi-stakeholder collaborative effort, right? Where we're covering all the ground that we need to cover. We're talking to the patient groups, we're talking to traditional mental health organizations, we're talking to the medical community, we're talking to the general population. Melissa Lavasani: I think that's like another area that we, we just seem to be, um, lacking some effort in. And, you know, ultimately the veteran story's always super compelling. It pulls on your heartstrings. These are our heroes, um, of our country. Like that, that is, that is meaningful. But a lot of the veteran population is small and we need the, like a, the just.[00:57:00] Melissa Lavasani: Basic American living in middle America, um, understanding what psychedelics are so that in, in, in presenting to them the stories that they can relate to, um, because that's how you activate the public and you activate the public and you get them to see what's happening in these clinical trials, what the data's been saying, what the opportunities are with psychedelics, and then they start calling their members of Congress and saying, Hey, there is this. Melissa Lavasani: Bill sitting in Congress and why haven't you signed onto it? And that political pressure, uh, when used the right way can be really powerful. So, um, I think, you know, now we're at this really amazing moment where we have a good amount of congressional offices that are familiar enough with psychedelics that they're willing to move on it. Melissa Lavasani: Um, there's another larger group, uh, that is familiar with psychedelics and will assist and co-sponsor legislation, but there's still so many offices that we haven't been able to get to just 'cause like we don't have all the time in the world and all the manpower in the world to [00:58:00] do it. But, you know, that is one avenue is like the advocates can speak to the, the lawmakers, the experts speak to the lawmakers, and we not, we want the public engaged in this, you know, ultimately, like that's. Melissa Lavasani: Like the best form of harm reduction is having an informed public. So we are not, they're not seeing these media headlines of like, oh, this miracle cure that, um, saved my family. It's like, yes, that can happen psychedelics. I mean, person speaking personally, psychedelics did save my family. But what you miss out of that story is the incredible amount of work I put into myself and put into my mental health to this day to maintain, um, like myself, my, my own agency and like be the parent that I wanna be and be the spouse that I wanna be. Melissa Lavasani: So, um, we, we need to continue to share these stories and we need to continue to collaborate to get this message out because we're all, we're all in the same boat right now. We all want the same things. We want patients to have safe and [00:59:00] affordable access to psychedelic assisted care. Um, and, uh. We're just in the beginning here, so, um, sign up for our newsletter and we can sign up on our website and then follow us on social media. Melissa Lavasani: And, um, I anticipate more and more events, um, happening with PMC and hopefully we can scale up some of these events to be much more public facing, um, as this issue grows. So, um, I'm really excited about the future and I'm, I've been enjoying this partnership with Mission Within. Jay is such a professional and, and it really shows up when he needs to show up and, um, I look forward to more of that in the future. Joe Moore: Fantastic. And Jay, how can people follow along and support mission within Foundation? Jay Kopelman: Yeah, again, social media is gonna be a good way to do that. So we, we are also pretty heavily engaged on LinkedIn and on Instagram. Um, I do [01:00:00] share, uh, a bit of my own stuff as well. On social media. So we have social media pages for Mission within Foundation, and we have a LinkedIn page for mission within foundation. Jay Kopelman: I have my own profiles on both of those as well where people can follow along. Um, one of the other things you know that would probably help get more attention for this is if the general public was more aware of the numbers of professional athletes who are also now pursuing. I began specifically to help treat their traumatic brain injuries and the chronic traumatic encephalopathy that they've, uh, suffered as a result of their time in professional sports or even college sports. Jay Kopelman: And, you know. I people worship these athletes, and I [01:01:00] think that if more of them, like Robert Gall, were more outspoken about these treatments and the healing properties that they've provided them, that it would get even more attention. Um, I think though what Melissa said, you know, I don't wanna parrot anything she just said because she said it perfectly Right. Jay Kopelman: And I'd just be speaking to hear myself talk. Um, but being collaborative the way that we are with PMC and with Melissa is I think, the way to move the needle on this overall. And like she said, if she could get more groups involved in, in these discussions, it would, it would do wonders for us. Joe Moore: Well, thank you both so much for your hard work out there. I always appreciate it when people are showing up and doing this important, [01:02:00] sometimes boring and tedious, but nevertheless sometimes, sometimes exciting work. And um, so yeah, just thank you both and thank you both for showing up here to psychedelics today to join us and I hope we can continue to support you all in the future. Jay Kopelman: Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Joe. It's a pleasure being with you today and with Melissa, of course, always Melissa Lavasani: appreciate the time and space. Joe Moore: Thanks.  

As of January 2024, an estimated 32,882 veterans are experiencing homelessness in the United States. This figure represents nearly an 8% decrease from 2023 and is the lowest number recorded since tracking began in 2009. Despite an overall increase in general homelessness, targeted efforts have reduced veteran homelessness by over 55% since 2010. Veterans account for roughly 5% of all adults experiencing homelessness nationwide, according to Disabled American Veterans.   Jason Bennett is dedicated to ensuring that those who served our country have a safe place to sleep. As the founder of Operation Homes for Heroes, he focuses on creating housing pathways for veterans experiencing homelessness. His approach combines real-world partnerships with a stability-first model, prioritizing safe housing, supportive services, and community accountability.   Jason did not set out to start a nonprofit; he aimed to address a problem that he could not ignore. As a disabled Marine living in Los Angeles, he has witnessed too many fellow veterans struggle with the challenges of rising rents, complicated systems, and the emotional burdens they carry after service. In a city where homelessness is prevalent, it hits differently when the person on the sidewalk is someone who wore the same uniform, took the same oath, and returned home to a country that lacks a clear path back to stability.   Jason understands that this issue transcends policy—it's a deeply personal, human concern. His life's mission is to help veterans in every way possible, beginning with the foundation that makes all other efforts viable: a safe place to live. He is committed to building a mission-driven nonprofit focused on housing solutions for homeless veterans, connecting individuals to resources, advocating for practical pathways to housing, and rallying community partners who strive for real outcomes, not just awareness.   For more information, visit: [Operation Homes for Heroes](https://www.homesforhereos.org/)  To make a donation: [Change Lives](https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-change-lives-7663) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The CJ Moneyway Sh$w, where faith, focus, and leadership collide. Today's guest is Olaolu Ogunyemi — U.S. Marine Officer, mentor, award-winning children's author, and founder of Parent-Child-Connect. Raised in a loving but imperfect home, Olaolu faced the same pressure, doubt, and decisions many young Black men encounter — and chose leadership, service, and fatherhood rooted in purpose. As a father of three and author of Crow From the Shadow, Olaolu's mission is to help parents, educators, and leaders build intentional connections that strengthen the next generation. His work blends real-life military wisdom with emotional intelligence and practical parenting tools. In this episode, we talk about: How to build presence over perfection as a parent Lessons from military leadership applied at home The story behind Crow From the Shadow Why every leader needs vulnerability to thrive Listen now and learn how connection can transform your leadership at home and beyond. Verified Show Notes Links ️ Listen & Follow the Show: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c-j-moneyway-show/id1707761906 Universal Listen Link: https://pod.link/1707761906 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneywayshow8493 Rate & Review the Show: https://ratethispodcast.com/cjmoneyway CJ Moneyway Official Links: Website: https://cjmoneyway.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comm/mynetwork/discovery-see-all?usecase=PEOPLE_FOLLOWS&followMember=corwin-johnson-3b7b51aa PodMatch Profile: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/cjmoneyway3206 Guest Resources: Parent-Child-Connect: https://parent-child-connect.com/about/ Buy Crow From the Shadow (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Crow-Shadow-Overcoming-Self-Doubt-Parent-Child-Connect-ebook/dp/B0921V785J Olaolu Ogunyemi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olaolu-ogunyemi-465ba453 Episode Outline 00:00 – Intro & Guest Context 02:00 – Childhood, Doubt & Discipline 08:30 – Becoming a Marine & Defining Leadership 14:00 – Why Parenting Is a Leadership Assignment 20:00 – Crow From the Shadow & Overcoming Inner Critic 27:00 – Building the Parent-Child-Connect Movement 34:00 – Presence vs. Perfection in Fatherhood 40:00 – Vulnerability, Faith, and Black Fatherhood 46:00 – Final Takeaway & Where to Find Olaolu 49:00 – Outro & CJ's Reflections Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send a textWhat happens when a decorated Marine combat pilot dives into the mysteries of alien technology, mind control, and spiritual awakening?In this transformative episode of the Spiritual Spotlight Series, M.D. Selig—a Marine attack jet pilot turned filmmaker, bestselling author, and deep researcher—shares his extraordinary journey spanning history, covert government agendas, and galactic energy. After witnessing firsthand the confusion and secrecy surrounding Operation Desert Storm, Selig became obsessed with uncovering hidden truths about humanity's covert history, leading him to pen Hush, a gripping psychological thriller rooted in real-world events and alien manipulation.Join host Rachel Garrett, RN, as she and M.D. Selig explore:The intersection of military intelligence and spiritual awakeningHow fiction serves as a vehicle for revealing protected truths about alien technologies and mind controlThe role of benevolent and malevolent extraterrestrial races influencing Earth's collective consciousnessThe urgent rise of feminine energy, heart-centered living, and the Age of AquariusThe power of breaking free from the matrix through personal spiritual practicesInsights on secret space programs, medbeds, and the vast, multidimensional potential of humanityM.D. Selig insists that love is humanity's superpower—and that real disclosure is already accessible for those willing to turn inward, awaken their intuition, and embrace the coming galactic community.Whether you're fascinated by alien conspiracies, spiritual healing, or navigating the explosion of AI and energetic shifts, this episode will challenge your worldview and inspire you to seek deeper truths, both within and beyond.Ready to step into your power and uncover the hidden history shaping our future? Tune in to this timely conversation, and discover practical ways to raise your frequency, balance your energy, and connect with the magic that surrounds us. Support the show

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Today on Joe Oltmann Untamed, Patrick is taking the mic to expose the woke mind virus that's infected every corner of our lives on social media, failing schools, courts, politicians, and beyond. This isn't just cultural rot; it's the front line of a slow-rolling Communist Revolution in America that's been building for decades through indoctrination, organized chaos, and weaponized equity agendas that leave our kids unprepared for reality while pushing them into sexual confusion and obedience. We're watching the system demand compliant citizens hooked on universal basic income and government control exactly what the Communists want.Joe sits down with Chaz Evanson, the unaffiliated firebrand running for Governor who's refusing to play by the establishment's rules. Chaz isn't just another politician; he's a retired Marine veteran with a PhD-level grasp of the issues, zero tolerance for corruption, and a bold vision to reclaim Colorado from one-party rule, woke indoctrination, and government overreach. From restoring parental rights and safe schools to slashing wasteful spending, securing the border, and putting everyday Coloradans first, this interview dives deep into the future of our state and why the status quo is crumbling.We dissect the effects of Communism. Pramila Jayapal's “Trans Bill of Rights” pushing radical gender ideology, New Jersey forcing second-graders into gender identity and sexual health lessons, and anti-American chants from people who admit they're only here for the money. Add skyrocketing remittances to Mexico (64.7 billion USD in 2024, 3.5% of their GDP), Islamic calls to prayer blasting through New York at 5 a.m. under a new mayor, NYC streets buried in feces, Washington Democrats raiding firefighter pensions, and Polis pretending he didn't know Palantir fled Colorado for Florida. The evidence is undeniable that the Commies grip is suffocating us, and it's time to call it what it is: a deliberate takeover.

Episode 437 of Airey Bros Radio is now LIVE on all podcast platforms — originally streamed on ABR YouTube on Feb 3, 2026.We're joined by Jim Giunta, Founder / President & Chairman of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) — the governing body that's helped create college wrestling opportunity for thousands of athletes across the U.S., Canada, and beyond.In this conversation, Jim breaks down what the NCWA is (and isn't), why we should call them teams/programs — not “club teams,” and how wrestlers can start a program at their school the right way (hint: it starts with students, not coaches walking into the AD's office).We also get into NCWA Nationals (massive brackets + big-show atmosphere), transition teams (schools moving divisions who compete through the NCWA), the rise of women's collegiate wrestling (folkstyle + freestyle), and Jim's newest project — the National Collegiate Grappling Association (NCGA/NCGAA) with rules designed to reward real takedowns and action.Powered by Black Sheep Endurance Coaching / ☕ Value-for-value: BuyMeACoffee.com/AireyBrosTime-Stamped Show Notes (Episode 437)0:00 ABR mission: spotlighting opportunities beyond the “Power 4”0:40 Show open + intro: Jim Giunta joins (NCWA Founder/President)1:58 Jim's background + NCWA growth overview (teams, athletes, alumni)3:05 Why the NCWA matters: real opportunity for wrestlers who aren't D1 roster locks3:55 Jim's origin story: Pennsylvania to Texas A&M — “we ain't got no wrestling here”5:58 Starting wrestling in Texas: early club roots + building infrastructure6:39 Why Jim founded the NCWA (late 90s) and how it started with 13 teams8:34 Teams/programs vs “club wrestling” — why language matters9:09 The Apprentice School example + athletic-department funded programs10:02 NCWA as a wrestling-only governing body (not distracted by other sports)11:20 NCWA “D1 vs D2” structure + what “emerging programs” means12:24 “Orphan alumni” and rebuilding programs at schools that dropped wrestling14:04 Want wrestling at your school? How to start a program from scratch15:21 Biggest mistake: coaches pitching the AD first (why that door slams fast)16:06 The blueprint: student-led club → recognition → funding → coach → growth18:23 Why NCWA requires non-student coaches (program stability + continuity)19:24 Developing the next generation of coaches through NCWA pathways20:04 Transition teams: how NCWA helps schools moving divisions compete + recruit21:29 Myth-busting: transition teams don't automatically dominate22:10 Examples + how transition teams elevate the overall wrestling ecosystem24:07 Women's wrestling: NCWA's early push + why “a league of their own” matters27:12 Women's folkstyle + freestyle: why both matter and how NCWA supports both28:25 Launching collegiate grappling (NCGA/NCGAA): goals + vision29:34 New rules: no guard-pulling freebies, push-out emphasis, more action31:00 Grappling culture vs wrestling culture + building a more competitive format32:32 NCGA season timing (spring) + future crossover with wrestling athletes33:35 Wrestlers in MMA: Tony Ferguson + more examples of wrestling translating34:33 Marine biology to education to business: how Jim learned to build organizations36:27 NCWA Nationals: 65-man brackets, big-show production, men + women together37:46 Nationals scale: mats, qualifiers, and what it feels like in the arena39:26 Invitation: ABR broadcasting live from NCWA Nationals40:47 2026 Nationals location: Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana (details + perks)42:02 Conferences across the country + how qualification works43:36 State representation goals + travel/money realities for newer programs44:46 D1/NAIA programs running second rosters in NCWA + the “walk-on” evolution47:03 The Ohio State example + why the rule changed49:46 “What else should the audience know?” — how to contact Jim + parent insight52:04 Magic-wand vision: alumni support, scholarships, keeping programs alive54:08 Fun finish: coffee habits, routines, reading, travel, guilty pleasures1:02:28 Closing: gratitude + where to follow (ncwa.net + NCWA socials)

Send a textIf you've ever walked along a shoreline, spotted trash, and thought, “How did this get here, and what can I do about it?” -- this conversation is for you. Ashley Sullivan, Executive Director of the Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, joins me to unpack the very real problem of marine debris and microplastics, and to remind us that curiosity, community, and “lots of littles” can add up to big change.​We explore how getting kids and adults outside for hands-on cleanups builds empathy and sparks those powerful “aha” moments that lead to action. Ashley explains what microplastics and microfibers actually are, how they move from our homes into rivers, lakes, and the ocean, and why they're now being found in wildlife, soils, air, and even our own bodies. You'll also learn what it's like to live and learn aboard a 60-foot research sailboat in the Gulf of Maine.​Ashley shares her winding career path from a childhood spent sailing in Florida to place-based environmental education and leading a marine conservation nonprofit. This episode is a rich resource for educators, caregivers, and young people imagining future STEM/STEAM and conservation careers, plus it serves up practical ideas and a generous dose of hope.​Chapters 00:48 – Meet Ashley and the Rozalia Project02:30 – Marine debris 101: Where all this trash comes from02:54 – Starting with wonder: cleanups, empathy, and “aha” moments03:56 – Microplastics and microfibers made simple09:49 – The CORA Ball12:04 – American Promise: life and learning on a research sailboat18:25 – “Humans caused it, humans can fix it”22:06 – Place-based learning, philosophy, and the sea30:09 – Climate, storms, and why inland trash still reaches the ocean33:29 – What gives Ashley hopeIf this episode sparked curiosity, here are some next steps to take with your learners, families, or teams.Follow the Rozalia Project.​Support the showShare this episode If this conversation sparked wonder, gave you a helpful strategy, or offered a needed reminder of hope, please share it with a friend or colleague. Subscribe • Download • Review • Tell a friend Stay updated with our latest episodes and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the Adventures in Learning website. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! *Disclosure: I am a Bookshop.org. affiliate.

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This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & The DPC Launch   LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/ Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/ This Dropping Bombs episode features former Marine turned functional medicine PA Courtney Contreras, who's fixing America's broken healthcare system one patient at a time. Courtney exposes why traditional healthcare is failing providers and patients—and reveals her Direct Primary Care (DPC) model disrupting the entire industry.   Courtney breaks down functional medicine, hormone optimization secrets doctors miss, and why entrepreneurs without medical licenses can launch multimillion-dollar DPC clinics. Hear how text-access healthcare beats emergency room chaos, the estrogen black box warning scandal, and actionable steps to escape provider burnout or start your own practice.    Whether you're an entrepreneur ready to disrupt a broken industry or a high-performer who refuses to settle for mediocre care, this conversation delivers the healthcare freedom everyone deserves.  

Send a textPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one's got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel sentenced for sharing classified war plans with a honeypot, and a battalion leader getting four years for secretly recording guests. The Navy manages to collide two ships in the Caribbean, debates doubling ship procurement, and asks for historic funding levels—while the Pentagon eyes a $1.6 trillion defense budget increase. A Marine is declared lost at sea, the Marine Corps passes another clean audit, and an Afghan adoption case survives court. The Air Force wrestles with healthcare access and collaborative combat aircraft software, Space Force pushes quality-of-life fixes, the Coast Guard uses an anti-drone laser near El Paso, and SECDEF skips a NATO meeting while POTUS leans on military leaders for diplomacy. No conspiracy. Just context.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro and sponsor plug 01:10 Army Futures & Concepts Command elevation 02:45 Retired colonel sentenced in honeypot case 04:10 Battalion leader sentenced for secret recordings 05:15 Two Navy ships collide in Caribbean 06:30 Potential increase in ship procurement 07:00 Historic funding push and budget debate 09:30 Marine declared lost at sea 10:10 Marine Corps clean financial audit 11:00 Afghan adoption ruling upheld 12:00 OTS Alabama plug 13:00 Air Force healthcare access complaints 14:20 Collaborative Combat Aircraft advancement 15:20 Coast Guard anti-drone laser use 16:00 SECDEF skips NATO meeting 16:45 POTUS using military leaders in diplomacy 17:30 Syria base handover 18:00 Ongoing counter-narcotics strikes 18:30 Wrap-up

Send a textWhat does it look like for a father to intentionally shape the identity of his sons?In this powerful conversation, Pete Alwinson and Jayson Quiñones sit down with Peter Hamilton, Marine veteran, real estate professional, husband, father of three sons, and grandfather, to explore biblical fatherhood and the lifelong calling of a dad. Peter shares how his Jamaican immigrant parents modeled hard work and faith, how his mother led him to Christ at nine years old, and how his father broke generational cycles by choosing presence over victimhood.The heart of this episode centers on a bold and practical idea every dad can apply. Peter gave each of his sons a defining word over their lives: greatness, excellence, and leadership. He explains why identity must be bestowed by a father, not earned, and how speaking life into your children creates an anchor for their future. The conversation also tackles parenting adult children, transitioning from authority to friendship, loving unconditionally, and maintaining family unity across states and generations.If you are a father, grandfather, or future dad, this episode will challenge you to step into your God given authority, speak blessing over your children, and lead your family with clarity and conviction.

Before he ever wore the uniform, Rolan Smith lived a life of chaos, brotherhood, and near-death experiences that most people wouldn't survive. In this Urban Valor episode, Rolan shares what really led him to enlist in the United States Marine Corps — and how an 85 MPH crash in the middle of the desert nearly ended that path before it began.Raised in Amarillo, Texas, Rolan was the definition of a wild kid. Sports, trouble, loyalty — and a brotherhood with his best friend Price that would take them from Friday night lights to fire teams. This is the story of what happens before the war… when life itself is already throwing punches.

Send a textWho are you when the plan ends?Marine veteran William Philyaw IV shares his journey from overseas embassy security duty to navigating an unexpected injury that forced him to surrender a 20-year vision.Through faith, family, and intentional relationships, William rebuilt his identity and discovered a new mission serving veterans in Virginia.This episode explores transition, purpose, and the quiet courage it takes to start again.Stay unarmored, stay authentic, and stay mentally fit.God bless you all.Chapters:0:00 – Introduction: When the 20-Year Plan Ends 3:14 – Overseas Security and Leadership Growth 6:39 – Injury and Career Uncertainty 9:05 – Turning to Faith for Direction 12:40 – Family Changes and Tough Decisions 15:55 – Networking Breakthrough and New Career Role 19:30 – Rebuilding Identity Through Relationships (adjust if needed) 22:00 – Final Thoughts: Small Faithful Steps 23:30 – Outro: Your Next Step Support the show Become a Member Today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_M2Kfxb2hN1uHdlDKGtuQw/join Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6pF-fF29KO1rqQsabaxHHO1nQQtn5lhd Still Serving, Inc.: www.stillservinginc.com Email: mario@stillservinginc.com

Anthony Madonia is the owner of Brave Enough CrossFit, host of Battle of the Brave CrossFit competition, former Marine and a highly successful Tactical Games athlete.In this episode Anthony gives us insight on why Brave Enough moved locations, why they are no longer hosting the Battle of the Brave event, his predictions for the upcoming CrossFit Games and his future plans in competing in the Tactical Games

Show SummaryOn this episode, we have a conversation Today we're having a conversation with Michael Witt, Community & State Outreach Manager for the DirectEmployers Association. DirectEmployers is a non-profit member association built by employers, for employers, and we talked about how they support their member employers to better serve the military and veteran population as well as how DirectEmployers has worked to become a PsychArmor Veteran Ready OrganizationProvide FeedbackAs a dedicated member of the audience, we would like to hear from you. If you PsychArmor has helped you learn, grow, and support those who've served and those who care for them, we would appreciate hearing your story. Please follow this link to share how PsychArmor has helped you in your service journey Share PsychArmor StoriesAbout Today's GuestMichael Witt is the Community & State Outreach Manager for DirectEmployers Association (DE). DE is a non-profit member association built by employers, for employers. After 21 years of service with Iowa Workforce Development, including Division Administrator of Field Operations, oversight of WIOA federal programs and state workforce programs, he works closely with DE's 1k+ Member companies to implement strategies for improved recruitment and retention of skilled talent across the country.Links Mentioned During the EpisodeDirectEmployers Association WebsiteDirectEmployers VetCentral Webpage PsychArmor Resource of the WeekThis week's PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the Behind the Mission Podcast episode with Lori Adams, in episode 122. During this conversation, Lori and I talk about the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the national organization representing all 50 state workforce agencies, D.C. and U.S. territories. These agencies deliver training, employment, career, business and wage and hour services, in addition to administering the unemployment insurance, veteran reemployment and labor market information programs. You can find the resource here:  https://psycharmor.org/podcast/lori-adams  Episode Partner: Are you an organization that engages with or supports the military affiliated community? Would you like to partner with an engaged and dynamic audience of like-minded professionals? Reach out to Inquire about Partnership Opportunities Contact Us and Join Us on Social Media Email PsychArmorPsychArmor on XPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com  

Thank you for listening! Please support here https://ko-fi.com/forteannewspodcast  Get your tees! https://fortean-news-podcast.teemill.com/    This show features the following:   Is this me on an episode of Question Buggers? https://open.spotify.com/episode/2tDjYZr42LqgH9T3JXoa9A?si=19e9d9b6fc1a460d A hospital has to bring in an exorcist to get rid of the ghost of a girl in a red dress Is Protocol 19 real? Two cases of poltergeists in Battersea A group of Marine corp flee a 7ft Bigfoot in a tree New study suggests our universe is in a giant sheet of dark matter Are there aliens at Porton Down military base or just potholes and bad traffic Does an abandoned house in Illinois flash for SOS? Will the pope bring us into a new age of science and disclosure on the hidden knowledge they have about UFO's? 30 years on since three girls saw a red eyed alien and medical staff said they treated it, in Varginha in Brazil The church has to train more people to carry out exorcisms due to a rise in demand More investigation into the Keighly Mill Poltergeist https://open.spotify.com/show/5nF7KHre9WjtboZJxCnLVU?si=b50897c7f0f04444 Did having metal band Ghost play curse Orlando Magic? Football teams and their curses Coyote travels to Alcatraz Island The strange and unusual use of human consciousness Are aliens mutilating cattle to biological drones Avi Loeb thinks we can test for the existence of a human soul, Were disabled people revered in ancient times? Archeologist argues the pyramids were built by aliens. New ideas on consciousness The truth about seemingly suicidal penguins Is there more too the JFK assassination? The UK treasury needs to prepare for first contact with aliens The Soviet Union were researching the UFO/UAP phenomena according to George Knapp The USA government is in a cover up about a programme where they shot down UFO's to retrieve their technology and article alleges The magic mushroom that puts your brain in a ‘looper' state The poltergeist at York Dungeon

In this episode, I sit down with Jamie Walden — founder of Omega Dynamics, former Marine infantryman, police officer, firefighter/paramedic, missionary, and resilience trainer — for a powerful conversation about faith, discernment, and navigating uncertain times.We begin by discussing unusual global weather patterns and why many people are paying closer attention to environmental shifts happening around the world.Jamie shares how he views these changes through a biblical worldview and why conversations around awareness, preparedness, and spiritual grounding are becoming more relevant.We also explore the long tradition of watching for “signs in the heavens,” and how faith communities have historically interpreted natural events, cultural shifts, and global instability as reminders to stay spiritually anchored and discerning.More than anything, this conversation centers on how to remain steady when the world feels uncertain. Jamie speaks about spiritual resilience, overcoming fear-driven narratives, and strengthening faith, family, and community as the foundation for navigating whatever lies ahead.Important note:To keep this episode YouTube-friendly, I had to make careful edits and remove portions of our discussion. If you notice transitions in the conversation, that's where deeper sections were cut.I strongly encourage you to listen to the full, unedited conversation on the Waiola Plus Side on Patreon, where we go much deeper into the topics discussed here.If you want the complete context and the full experience of this conversation, that's where you'll find it.Follow & subscribe so you never miss an episode, and leave a positive review to help more people discover the show.Jamie Waldens Website: https://www.omegadynamics.orgJamie's Book : https://www.amazon.com/Omega-Dynamics-Equipping-Warrior-Christians/dp/1726264688/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=OMEGA+DYNAMICS&qid=1628187992&sr=8-6&tag=wkss20-20BUY ME A COFFEE LINKSupport the Show & Stay Connected:Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/sensiblehippiehttps://www.youtube.com/@WakeUpWithMiyaJoin My Patreon for ad-free episodes & exclusive content:https://Patreon.com/WakeupwithMiyaIf you're joining Waiola – The Plus Side, please subscribe through a web browser (Safari or Chrome) instead of the Patreon app — it directly supports the show.Mahalo nui loa for supporting independent work and helping keep this platform growing.Shop my Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/profile/amzn1.account.AGYOPCXXGH6MN5RVAKGQWVZUZLEA/list/26B87RB4FZ9W2?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_6BWRT43TH4MY2NM2XD6XWant to be on the show or have a guest suggestion?Email me at: Miya@wakeupwithmiya.comFollow Me Online:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WakeupwithMiyaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WakeupwithMiyaExclusive Discount!Shop at LVNTA: https://lvnta.com/lv_IcTq5EmoFKaZfJhTiSUse code OHANA for 20% off!Listen on Your Favorite Platform:Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are available!RATE & REVIEW:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wake-up-with-miya/id1627169850Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UYrXCgma1lJYzf8glnAxyMusic Credits:Beginning: "Echoes in the Shadows" - DK Intro: “At First Light” – LunarehOutro: “Uptown” – PALAEnd Music: “Crazy” - Eko

A few days after agreeing to come on the podcast to tell his story, Marine sniper Phillip passed away in a tragic car accident.He was excited. He wanted the truth told.So today, his father Alan Williams and fellow Marine Ian Jennings sit down to tell it.From Ramadi, Iraq (2004–2005), to the loss of brothers Barlow and Hubbard, to frustration with leadership, to the weight veterans carry long after coming home, this is a raw, unfiltered conversation about combat, loyalty, survivor's guilt, and what happens when the war follows you home.They discuss:Becoming sniper partners in RamadiThe day that changed everythingThe deaths of fellow MarinesThe burden of leadership decisionsSurvivor's guilt and PTSDThe VA system and “suffering in silence”Why Phil wanted this story toldIf you're a veteran struggling, you are not alone. Don't keep it bottled up.Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

Bruce Cardenas went from Marine and LAPD officer to running a high-level security company protecting celebrities — and then helped build Quest into a billion-dollar brand before helping scale Legendary Foods to the next level.Follow Bruce on IG: @bruceecardenasSpecial perks for our listeners below!

Did you know your military pension is worth over $1 million? Most service members approaching retirement don't realize they're already work optional - and that changes everything about the decisions you should be making right now. In this episode, retired Marine and CFP Omen Quelvog reveals why the highest-paid contractor job might be the worst choice for your future, how to discover what you're actually curious about (not just good at), and why you need to attend TAP twice. Plus: the new TSP Roth conversion opportunity that could save you hundreds of thousands in taxes. Key Topics Covered Transition Planning Financial Strategy TSP Roth Conversions Career & Lifestyle Finding Financial Help Resources & Links Military Financial Advisors Association (MFAA) - Fee-only CFPs with military background https://militaryfinancialadvisors.org/ Fee-Only Network - Directory of fee-only advisors https://www.feeonlynetwork.com/ Nectarine - Book CFP consultations https://www.hellonectarine.com/ TSP Roth Conversion Calculator https://www.tsp.gov/ Connect with Omen: Fororer Wealth Management - Omen's fee-only financial planning practice https://4myndr.com/ The Fiscal Foxhole Podcast - Omen Quelvog & Rob Moore https://fiscalfoxhole.com/   Spencer and Jamie offer one-on-one Military Money Mentor sessions. Get your personal military money and personal finance questions answered in a confidential coaching call. militarymoneymanual.com/mentor Over 20,000 military servicemembers and military spouses have graduated from the 100% free course available at militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 In the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course, you can learn how to apply for the most premium credit cards and get special military protections, such as waived annual fees, on elite cards like The Platinum Card® from American Express and the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card. https://militarymoneymanual.com/amex-platinum-military/ https://militarymoneymanual.com/chase-sapphire-reserve-military/ Learn how active duty military, military spouses, and Guard and Reserves on 30+ day active orders can get your annual fees waived on premium credit cards in the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course at militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 If you want to maximize your military paycheck, check out Spencer's 5 star rated book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom on Amazon or at shop.militarymoneymanual.com. Want to be confident with your TSP investing? Check out the Confident TSP Investing course at militarymoneymanual.com/tsp to learn all about the Thrift Savings Plan and strategies for growing your wealth while in the military. Use promo code "podcast24" for $50 off. Plus, for every course sold, we'll donate one course to an E-4 or below- for FREE! If you have a question you would like us to answer on the podcast, please reach out on instagram.com/militarymoneymanual.

In March 2014, an 18 year old approached a stranger's home in Robstown, Texas, and calmly asked them to call 911. When police arrived, they learned the teenager, Kevin Davis, had taken the life of his own mother. The victim was 50 year old Kimberly Hill, a former Marine and hospice caregiver.Kevin told investigators the act was not impulsive. He said he had thought about harming his mother for years and described planning the incident in advance. At the scene, authorities recovered written notes outlining his thoughts, intentions, and future plans, raising immediate concerns about his mental state.During the trial, jurors heard Kevin's own statements delivered in an unemotional and detached manner. The defense argued mental illness, but medical experts testified that Kevin was legally sane and understood the difference between right and wrong. Kevin did not dispute their findings and acknowledged responsibility for his actions.After brief deliberations, the jury found Kevin Davis guilty and sentenced him to life in prison. The case remains a chilling example of premeditation, accountability, and how warning signs can go unnoticed.Follow True Crime Recaps for weekly cases examining real investigations and the justice system.

Send a textPeaches runs a solo Daily Drop Ops Brief and this one's got everything: an Army Futures and Concepts Command elevation, a retired colonel sentenced for sharing classified war plans with a honeypot, and a battalion leader getting four years for secretly recording guests. The Navy manages to collide two ships in the Caribbean, debates doubling ship procurement, and asks for historic funding levels—while the Pentagon eyes a $1.6 trillion defense budget increase. A Marine is declared lost at sea, the Marine Corps passes another clean audit, and an Afghan adoption case survives court. The Air Force wrestles with healthcare access and collaborative combat aircraft software, Space Force pushes quality-of-life fixes, the Coast Guard uses an anti-drone laser near El Paso, and SECDEF skips a NATO meeting while POTUS leans on military leaders for diplomacy. No conspiracy. Just context.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro and sponsor plug 01:10 Army Futures & Concepts Command elevation 02:45 Retired colonel sentenced in honeypot case 04:10 Battalion leader sentenced for secret recordings 05:15 Two Navy ships collide in Caribbean 06:30 Potential increase in ship procurement 07:00 Historic funding push and budget debate 09:30 Marine declared lost at sea 10:10 Marine Corps clean financial audit 11:00 Afghan adoption ruling upheld 12:00 OTS Alabama plug 13:00 Air Force healthcare access complaints 14:20 Collaborative Combat Aircraft advancement 15:20 Coast Guard anti-drone laser use 16:00 SECDEF skips NATO meeting 16:45 POTUS using military leaders in diplomacy 17:30 Syria base handover 18:00 Ongoing counter-narcotics strikes 18:30 Wrap-up

Since the last time he was on, a lot has changed. Dagan launched the Nomadic Research podcast out of Dixon, Illinois and went all in on building something of his own. Rural northwest Illinois, limestone bluffs, the Rock River, big whitetails, and just enough distance from Chicago to keep your sanity intact. Not a bad place to build a studio and start the next chapter. Evan and Dagan get into the why behind it. Why Illinois. Why leave a long career. Why step out and start talking publicly after years of working inside one of the largest and most misunderstood organizations in the country. Dagan walks through his background growing up in a Marine family, doing 12 years in the Corps across infantry and reconnaissance billets, then making the jump to the Agency where he and Evan worked together for years. They talk candidly about the difference between the tactical side of the house and where the real strategic decisions get made, the infamous seventh floor, and what it is like to be a small cog inside a 23,000 person machine. There is humor, a few shots at California, some perspective on career pivots, and a real look at professional evolution from Marine to operator to podcaster and business owner. This one is about reinvention, loyalty to where you came from, and figuring out what comes next when you have already done a few lifetimes worth of work. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in.