Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

Today’s guest is Ian Urbina. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who left The New York Times in 2019 to start The Outlaw Ocean Project. The Project’s mission is to produce ”investigative stories about human rights, environment and labor concerns on the two-thirds of the planet covered by water.” On today’s show, he and Andy discuss investigating murder on the open ocean, forced labor on fishing vessels, the special operations veterans who now hunt pirates, and more. You can learn more about his work at https://www.theoutlawocean.com/ SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Today's guest is Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Frances Haugen is a specialist in algorithmic product management, having worked on ranking algorithms at Google, Pinterest, Yelp, and Facebook. In 2019, she was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team, which dealt with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and later worked on counter-espionage. She became alarmed over Facebook’s prioritization of profit over safety and security, and finally blew the whistle by providing the Wall Street Journal with a series of alarming internal documents about the company’s practices. The series of articles that resulted are now known as THE FACEBOOK FILES. She has testified in front of the US Congress, UK and EU Parliaments, the French Senate and National Assembly. She recounts the story in her book, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off.

Today’s guest is writer and investigative crime journalist, Sean Williams. Sean is the co-host of The Underworld Podcast. On this episode, Sean and Andy discuss the world of Asian meth cartels operating out of Myanmar’s remote Wa State, where an autonomous government and military protect massive super labs. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Jake Adelstein is an investigative journalist and the author of several books about Japanese organized crime including Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, which is currently being adaptation into a TV series by HBO Max. His latest book, The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld, is out now. He is a board member for Lighthouse: Center for Human Trafficking Victims and hosts the podcast The Evaporated, about the countless people who vanish in Japan every year. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription.

Today’s guest is award-winning journalist Katherine Blunt. She is a Wall Street Journal reporter and author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America’s Power Grid, a national bestseller, and winner of the 2022 Golden Poppy award for nonfiction. She was also a part of the reporting team that uncovered how Instagram’s algorithms promoted disturbing underaged content. On this episode, she and Andy discuss vulnerabilities to America’s grid, the danger these vulnerabilities present, and what can be done to fix them. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ MTNTOUGH Go to https://mtntough.com and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription.

Today on Change Agents, Andy talks with renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Conti. Dr. Conti holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and is the former chief resident at Harvard Medical School. He is an expert on mental health and understanding the root causes of issues like anxiety and stress, as well as creativity, leadership, and discipline. He is the author of the best-selling book Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic which seeks to understand “How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal It From It” His unique approach to psychiatry has led him to work as a consult for major corporations and he is known for his frequent media appearances on shows, including a recent 4-part series about mental health with Stanford Neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at https://www.⁠⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription.

Today on Change Agents, Andy sits down with investigative reporter CD Goette-Luciak to discuss the violent situation in Ecuador. CD Goette-Luciak is a reporter for the Latin America Advisor, and freelance writer for publications outlets including Vox, The Guardian, The Washington Post, with extensive experience reporting on civil conflict, politics, and corruption from Central America. In 2018, he was even abducted by government forces and expelled from Nicaraguan for his reporting on the administration of Daniel Ortega, who accused CD of working for the CIA. Recently, he turned his attention to Ecuador, where armed, cartel-affiliated gangs have terrorized the public. In recent weeks, Ecuador has seen a dramatic increase in violence, including the storming of a hospital by 68 gang members and the live broadcast attack on a local TV station by armed men. Today, we’re talking with CD about what’s going on in the country, who’s behind the violence, and what happens next. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at https://www.⁠⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original.

Today’s guest is one of the world’s pioneering researchers of psychedelic and Dimethyltryptamine, known as DMT. Rick Strassman is the author of several books on the topic including The Psychedelic Handbook and DMT: The Spirit Molecule. He is also a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Today on Change Agents, he and Andy talk about the dark side of psychedelics, their promises when it comes to therapeutic treatments, what people should know before experimenting, and more. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Check out their story at ⁠⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription.

Today on Change Agents, Andy speaks with former Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Field Division, Bill Bodner. Bill had a 31-year career in the Drug Enforcement Administration, in which he was responsible for overseeing the daily operations of 14 offices located in Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, and the counties which make up the greater Los Angeles area. Bill discusses the evolution in American street drugs, the forces behind these new drugs, and how deadly substances like Xylazine — known as tranq — infiltrated the modern drug market. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at ⁠⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. NAVY SEAL FOUNDATIONVisit ⁠⁠shop.navysealfoundation.org⁠⁠ to grab your gear now. Show your respect by wearing your support.

John Nores served as a Game Warden for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for more than 25 years and was a sniper on and led the Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), an elite tactical unit targeting cartel drug operations. He is the author of the book Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming Wildlands From the Drug Cartels as well as War in the Woods: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America’s Public Lands. The 2nd edition of Hidden War is out now. He is the co-host of the Warden’s Watch and the Thin Green Line podcasts He first appeared on Change Agents last summer to discuss cartels operating in America’s wild lands, and today, he returns to talk about how they’ve infiltrated all the way into Montana He recently testified in the House of Representatives National Resources Committee during their Securing Our Border, Saving Our National Parks oversight hearing to discuss the scope of the cartel infiltration in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZdaxmUlcCY SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at ⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGE to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. NAVY SEAL FOUNDATIONVisit ⁠shop.navysealfoundation.org⁠ to grab your gear now. Show your respect by wearing your support.

Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf sits down with Josh Wilson, the executive director of Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry. He is also a coach for the Special Olympics Unified Sports at his local high school and is an archery coach. Today, we’re talking with Josh about his passion for the hungry, and the unique way he’s found to fight back against hunger. You can learn more at feedingthehungry.org Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at ⁠⁠fourbranches.com⁠⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION Visit ⁠shop.navysealfoundation.org⁠ to grab your gear now. Show your respect by wearing your support.

Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf sits down with one of the world’s leading cybersecurity experts for a discussion ranging from AI, China, TikTok, hacking, spying, and personal data. Professor Alan Woodward is one of the world’s leading cybersecurity experts whose research extends to covert communications, forensic computing, and quantum technology. He has previously worked for the government of the U.K. and currently advises Europol through the European Centre for Cyber Crime (EC3) as well as private sector companies. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Physics, and the Royal Statistical Society, a visiting professor at the University of Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Computer Science Research Centre. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at ⁠fourbranches.com⁠ and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION Visit shop.navysealfoundation.org to grab your gear now. Show your respect by wearing your support.

Today’s guest is United States Army veteran and author of the book Damn the Valley: 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2/508 PIR, 82nd Airborne in the Arghandab River Valley Afghanistan, Will Yeske/ The book presents stories from soldiers fighting in the Arghandab River Valley — which they called “the meat grinder” — during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009–2010. The deployment had a 52% casualty rate. Learn more at https://damnthevalleybook.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ Four Branches Bourbon Please check their story out at fourbranches.com and pick up a bottle of their fine bourbon today. Use the code “IRONCLAD10” to get 10% off. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION Visit shop.navysealfoundation.org to grab your gear now. Show your respect by wearing your support.

Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf talks with the host of the new IRONCLAD original Borderland, Vincent “Rocco” Vargas. He is a Hollywood actor, former Army Ranger, and Border Patrol special operations (BORSTAR) veteran. The first episode drops on Feb. 22. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Subscribe: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borderland-with-vincent-rocco-vargas/id1730589324 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6w9YAIljxWKXsetl10w9Qp?si=0bf0fe70abef426e YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisironclad/ SPONSORS: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠

Today on Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf has an extended discussion about the horrors of modern Eritrea, home to the second largest population of slaves in the world. Investigative journalist Katharine Houreld is the The Washington Post’s East Africa bureau chief and previously served as the East Africa bureau chief for Reuters, based in Nairobi. She is the writer behind a stunning recent report entitled, “An African gulag so ghastly that inmates risk death to escape” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/06/eritrea-human-rights-prisons-torture/ SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 on your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.

Rosalie Fish is a member of the Cowlitz Tribe and a runner from the Muckleshoot Reservation in Auburn, Washington. She is a women’s track and field athlete at the University of Washington, where she was recently selected for a prestigious Truman Scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. She often runs and trains with a red painted handprint on her face, dedicated to Indigenous women and girls who have been killed or disappeared. Countless have gone missing, though numbers are hard to track for a variety of reasons. For example, as NativeHope.org notes, “The National Crime Information Center reports that, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, though the US Department of Justice’s federal missing person database, NamUs, only logged 116 cases.” Today on Change Agents, Rosalie talks about how this violence has affected her own family and indigenous communities around the country, and what can be done to address it. SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 on your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.

Today on Change Agents, an IRONCLAD Original, Cam Hanes and Andy Stumpf discuss "trophy" hunting and what activists get wrong about hunting. Cameron Hanes is a bowhunter, wildlife advocate, and outdoorsman. He’s the host of the Keep Hammering podcast and the series Lift Run Shoot. He recently embarked on a mountain lion hunt in Colorado, a state that has introduced new ballot measures that could eliminate or greatly restrict similar hunts in the future SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠⁠⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠⁠⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.

Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf sits down with investigative journalist Katherine Eban. She is an award-winning investigative journalist and a Vanity Fair special correspondent, specializing in the pharmaceutical industry. She is the author of books including Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters and the Contamination of America’s Drug Supply, as well as, Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom. Katherine recently came into possession of emails between government officials concerned about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the months and years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently posted an explosive investigative report in Vanity Fair, titled: “Secret Warnings About Wuhan Research Predated the Pandemic” which you can read here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/covid-origins-warnings-nih-department-of-energy SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠⁠https://mtntough.com⁠⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.

Ed Calderon is a security specialist and instructor with extensive operational and law enforcement experience combatting Mexican drug cartels. Born in Tijuana, Ed spent years in Mexican law enforcement agencies specializing in counternarcotics, anti-abduction efforts, and high-risk close protection for high-profile individuals. He has since consulted and trained agencies including the FBI, BORTAC, Navy SEALS, and intelligence service agents. Today, he also hosts the Manifesto Radio Podcast. Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf talks with Ed about China’s ties to Mexican drug cartels and how the narco wars are being used to destabilize the U.S. SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.

What would you do in the case of a cyberattack, blackout, mass shooting, or large-scale natural disaster? Today’s guest is Mike Glover, and he wants to help people get better prepared for the worst-case scenario. Mike is is former Green Beret and CIA contractor, and is the founder of Fieldcraft Survival. Its goal is to to educate, train, and equip the public to be prepared for anything. He is a national-recognized authority in Counter-Terrorism, Security, and Crisis Management Operations. He is also the author of "Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenario,” and is the host of the Mike Force Podcast, and the new series, Focal Point, which he co-hosts with Andy Stumpf. Learn more: https://fieldcraftsurvival.com/ Mike Force: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5-mdr7bmI8_SPWc76qTGJg Focal Point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxPJ2oz4R_g SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms.