Sebastian Junger is an award-winning war journalist, as well as a best-selling author, filmmaker and the founder of the organization Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues — RISC. His work includes the books Freedom, Tribe, War, A Death in Belmont, Fire and the Perfect Storm, as well as the films Restrepo, Korengal, The Last Patrol, and Which Way Is the Front Line From Here, and Hell on Earth: the Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS. He recently launched his latest initiative Vets Town Hall, a series of events that allow veterans to share their experiences serving their country. 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. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Childers, the founder of Angels of East Africa, joins Andy Stumpf to discuss his work rescuing child soldiers in Sudan and Uganda. They explore the biblical concept of killing vs. murdering, address inaccuracies in the movie about Childers' experiences, and discuss the ongoing war and instability in East Africa. They also promote the Mountain Tough program and discuss plans for reversing living conditions and ensuring transparency in their organization.

Today's guest is best-selling author, outdoorsman, and TV host Steve Rinella. He is a New York Times bestselling author, conservationist, sportsman, and host of the television show and podcast MeatEater. He is the author of several books, including American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon, Meat Eater: Adventures From The Life Of An American Hunter, The Meateater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival, Outside Kids In An Inside World, Catch A Crayfish, Count The Stars, and multiple cookbooks His passion and efforts to educate on the importance of hunting and wildlife management have earned him the Conservations Achievement Award from The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. 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. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf speaks with filmmaker and actor Peter Berg. His new hit Netflix series Painkiller examines the origins of the opioid epidemic and the role that Richard Sackler and Purdue Pharma played in bringing OxyContin to the market. NOTE: If you or someone you know is struggling with a prescription drug addiction, you can contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration hotline at 1-800-662-4357  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. Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the edition of the Narco Wars series, Andy Stumpf sits down with investigative journalist Ioan Grillo. Based in Mexico City, he has been covering drug cartels since 2001 for news outlets such as the New York Times, France 24, National Geographic, Time Magazine, Esquire, CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, and many others. Ioan is the author of three books: Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels, Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics in Latin America, and El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency. He also helped produce the television series and documentaries  Blood on the Wall, Barrios Beats and Blood, and Inside Narco Wars. You can find more of his work on his Substack, CrashOutMedia, and on the CrimeWar podcast. 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. FABRIC Life Insurance Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. https://www.meetfabric.com/changeagents Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Border expert Jaeson Jones discusses the reality of the narco wars at the US Southern Border, including the evolution of cartels and their rapid growth, inner violence within drug cartels, the presence of national military units from cartels operating within the US, the deadly strategy of fentanyl, and the increasing lethality of drug overdoses at the border. Jones highlights the importance of addressing these issues and urges Americans to unite to combat the cartels for their eventual eradication.

Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, author, filmmaker, and speaker dedicated to protecting threatened ecosystems and endangered species in Indonesia, Brazil, India, and Peru. He is the founder of Junglekeepers, an organization with the mission to protect over 55,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest. Paul also made two award-winning short films about his journeys deep into the Amazon: An Unseen World and Dark Green and is the author of the acclaimed memoir Mother of God. Learn more at https://www.junglekeepers.org/ on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paulrosolie/ SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Fabric Life Insurance Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply today in just minutes https://hello.meetfabric.com/term-life-insurance-partner-changeagents?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=premium_podcast_vanityurl&utm_content=changeagents Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf interviews Mike Baker about billions of American dollars that are now helping to find the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as how terrorist organizations like Hamas are actually funded. Mike Baker spent nearly 20 years as a CIA covert field operations officer, who took part in counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and counterinsurgency operations across the globe. He is the CEO of Portman Square Group, a global investigations and strategic communications company and is the host of the show Black Files Declassified on the Discovery Channel and The President’s Daily Brief podcast. He is the author of the book COMPANY RULES: Or Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the CIA SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Bunker is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, the founder of Xenu TV, and is the Vice-Mayor and Councilman for Clearwater, Florida’s 2nd district. The district is also a homebase for the Church of Scientology, which owns much of its downtown. He also was a contributor to HBO’s film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and has been featured on the A&E show Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. In this episode of Change Agents, an IRONCLAD Original, Andy Stumpf talks with Mark about allegations of abuse by the Church of Scientology and allegations of efforts to hide them. SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf talks with Donnie Vincent about saving the world's last wild places. Donnie Vincent is an explorer, filmmaker, biologist, conservationist, and sportsman. He received his Bachelor’s of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Minnesota, where he had the opportunity to study Bengal tigers in Bangladesh and Nepal. Donnie has produced award-winning films including The Other Side, Terra Nova, The River’s Divide, and Winds of Adak. You can learn more about him and his work at https://www.donnievincent.com/ SPONSORS: Fabric Life Insurance Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply today in just minutes https://hello.meetfabric.com/term-life-insurance-partner-changeagents?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=premium_podcast_vanityurl&utm_content=changeagents Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 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. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices