Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

On this episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf talks with Angels of East Africa founder, entrepreneur, and minister, Sam Childers. Sam's life and work with children in South Sudan and Uganda was depicted in the 2011 movie Machine Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler. SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at https://www.mo...

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 Su...

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 Servi...

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 Gang...

On today’s Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf sits down with Jaeson Jones. Jaeson is a border expert with over 25 years of experience working on the U.S.’s southwest border and is a retired Captain from the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counter Terrorism Division. Jaseon has supervised numerous Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations in multiple nations and led...

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...

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 counterinsurgen...

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: Sc...

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...

In the new film The Grab (directed by Blackfish filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite), investigative journalist Nate Halverson uncovers how countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China are racing to control the world's food and water supplies. In this episode of Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf talks with Nate about why these efforts could lead to the next world war. More about The G...

Today on Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf sits down with Tam Hunt to discuss the dangers that artificial intelligence poses to humanity. Tam Hunt is a public policy lawyer, author, and scholar. He is an Affiliate Guest in Psychology at the University of California Santa Barbara’s META Lab, where he focuses on topics like the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His work covers...

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Today on Change Agents is an extended cut of Andy Stumpf's interview with Black Rifle Coffee Company Founder Evan Hafer. Prior to founding BRCC, Evan spent 20 years in the military serving as a U.S. Army infantryman, a Special Forces soldier (Green Beret), and a CIA contractor. Today, BRCC is dedicated to hiring 10,000 veterans and supporting the veteran community. Go here to learn more about the...

Today on Change Agents, we revisit one of Season 1’s most popular episodes: A conversation with Vincent ‘Rocco’ Vargas. Originally cut down to about 45 minutes to focus on the border crisis, this extended cut features a more in-depth conversation with Rocco about military career, his combat experience, family life, and more. You can watch the original version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. On today's episode of Change Agents, an IRONCLAD Original, Andy Stumpfs sits down with Jimmy Hatch. Jimmy Hatch is a retired member of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and is the founder of Spike's K9 Fund. Jimmy was critically wounded during his final combat deployment whil...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Today's guests on Change Agents with Andy Stumpf, an IRONCLAD original, are Julie Colombino-Billingham and her husband Mark "Billy" Billingham. Billy spent 27 years in the British military --17 with the SAS and 9 in the Parachute Regiment. Today he helps to spearhead the REBUILD Globall...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Dawn Hawkins is CEO of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. NCOSE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that is dedicated to exposing the links between all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation. You can learn more about their work at https://endsexualexploitation.org/about/ Ch...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. John Nores 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. John served as a Game War...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Jack Riley is the retired Deputy Administrator of the DEA, the administration’s No. 2 position. He led the manhunt team that captured notorious Mexican cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and is the author of the book Drug Warrior: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of Americ...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Jere Van Dyk is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and U.S. Army Veteran. While working as a correspondent for The New York Times, he was embedded with the Mujahideen during their fight with the Soviet Union. He returned to Afghanistan after 9/11 as a CBS News reporter, and in 2006 he beca...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Brandon Schlautman is a scientist at “The Land Institute”, a Kentucky-based nonprofit dedicated to finding new sustainable solutions for growing the food we eat. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University a PhD in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from the...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Capt. Whiteman has been an LAPD officer since 1998. In 2015, he was promoted to Sergeant II, and assigned to the Southeast Area Community Safety Partnership (CSP) serving the housing developments in Watts. In 2017, Ryan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was assigned to the West...

Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Capt. Whiteman has been an LAPD officer since 1998. In 2015, he was promoted to Sergeant II, and assigned to the Southeast Area Community Safety Partnership (CSP) serving the housing developments in Watts. In 2017, Ryan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was assigned to the West...

Abu Talib is a member of Burma’s Rohingya refugee. According to the U.S. State Department, “On March 21, 2022, following a rigorous factual and legal analysis, the Secretary determined that members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya. Since the Holocaust, the United States has concluded only seven other times that genocide was committed. This det...

HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/ and use promo code ANDY at checkout to save 20% Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf sits down with Origin USA’s CEO Pete Roberts. Along with making high-quality apparel, one of Origin’s goals is to “reclaim” the American supply and to bring manufacturing back to the USA from countries like China. For nearly a decade, they’ve operated looms in the...