Conversations with The Capones

Amber and Marcus Capone sit down on their anniversary to talk about the overlooked half of the veteran healing journey: the spouse. They share why healing one person is never enough, what the integration period asks of a marriage, and how both partners can do the work to rebuild trust and connection. Recorded from lived experience and years of supporting military families, this is an honest conver...

On their 26th wedding anniversary, Amber and Marcus Capone talk honestly about how they stayed together through the hardest years of their marriage. They get into doing the work on yourself first, rewiring resentment into gratitude, learning to accept each other, and what nearly three decades together taught them about hope, love, and not quitting. A note on healing content: VETS employees, staff,...

Marcus sits down again with Dr. Michael Sapiro, Buddhist monk, clinical psychologist, and psychedelic therapist, for Part 2 of Marcus and the Monk. This conversation is about integration: the work that happens after a psychedelic journey. In this episode of Conversations with the Capones, Marcus and Dr. Sapiro walk through the four domains of whole-person healing, why embodied gratitude is differe...

Marcus and Amber Capone open up about his sixth ibogaine experience, the one word that defined it, and what it means to surrender during the hardest year of their lives. Subscribe for new episodes every week. In this episode of Conversations with the Capones, Marcus and Amber sit down to talk about his decision to return to ibogaine for the sixth time in eight years—after the Netflix premiere of I...

Marcus sits down with Dr. Michael Sapiro — Buddhist monk, clinical psychologist, and psychedelic therapist — to walk through his new book Truth Medicine and what actually happens inside ketamine-assisted therapy. Subscribe for new episodes every week. In this episode of Conversations with the Capones, Dr. Sapiro walks through the thesis of Truth Medicine: Healing and Living Authentically Through P...

Amber and Marcus sit down for a married-couple conversation about integration — the work that happens after a psychedelic experience and why it matters more than the medicine itself. Subscribe for new episodes every week. In this episode of Conversations with the Capones, Amber walks through what integration actually is — the period following a psychedelic experience where the brain becomes mallea...

Marcus and Amber Capone open up about their hardest seasons as parents—and the one thing that finally brought their family back together. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why military families face unique parenting challenges during deployment cycles and transition to civilian life The moment Marcus realized he wasn't looking at anyone's perspective but his own How "rules without relationship equals rebellion" t...

Mikal Vega — Navy SEAL, Kundalini Yoga instructor, and founder of the nonprofit Vital Warrior — joins Amber and Marcus for another foundational origin-story conversation. Mikal traces the path from a difficult childhood through 17 years in the Navy and two combat deployments to the Bikram studio moment that opened the door to Kundalini Yoga and his teacher Hari Jivan. Mikal also lays out his warri...

The Navy SEAL doctor who helped arrange Marcus Capone’s first ibogaine treatment is also the man who helped uncover the hidden physiological damage affecting countless special operations veterans. Subscribe for new episodes every week. In today’s episode of Conversations with the Capones, Amber and Marcus sit down with Dr. Kirk Parsley — Navy SEAL, physician, founder of Doc Parsley’s Sleep Remedy,...

Sara Wilkinson lost her husband in 2018. Seven years later, she’s choosing to live big while still carrying what she’s lost. In today’s episode of Conversations with The Capones , Amber and Marcus sit down with Sara Wilkinson, Gold Star spouse and founder of the Step Up Foundation, for a deeply honest conversation about military life, grief, and the ongoing process of healing after loss. Raised in...

Amber and Marcus Capone share what it was like to stand in the Oval Office on April 18, 2026, as President Trump signed a historic executive order on psychedelic-assisted therapy. They answer the questions everyone has been asking since the news broke. How did you end up there? What was it actually like? And what does this executive order really do? In this conversation, Amber and Marcus walk thro...

When someone says “mental health,” most people freeze. Marcus and Amber Capone are changing the conversation. Subscribe for new episodes every week. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ✓ Why “mental wellness” opens doors that “mental health” closes ✓ What helped Marcus release the weight he’d been carrying for years ✓ What the default mode network has to do with repressed trauma ✓ Why healing as a couple requires b...

In this debut episode of Conversations with the Capones , Amber and Marcus share the story behind nearly three decades together — from meeting in college, to the demands of military life, to the healing journey that ultimately changed the course of their family and their purpose. This conversation explores identity, marriage, trauma, healing, and why they are finally creating a space for the conve...