Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

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Cartels Have Infiltrated Montana (John Nores Returns) Mar 20, 2024

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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 Cartelsas 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

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The Hunters Fighting America’s Hunger Crisis Mar 13, 2024

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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

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The Terrifying State of Cybersecurity and Your Data (with Alan Woodward) Mar 06, 2024

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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.

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Combat Stories From ‘the Meat Grinder’ That Must Be Told (with Will Yeske) Feb 28, 2024

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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/
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The Real Story of the Border Crisis (Vincent “Rocco” Vargas Returns) Feb 21, 2024

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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.

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The Horrors of Eritrea: Trafficking, Torture, & Russia’s Role (with Katharine Houreld) Feb 14, 2024

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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/

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Why Are So Many Indigenous Women Going Missing and Being Murdered? (with Rosalie Fish) Feb 07, 2024

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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.

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Cameron Hanes on ‘Trophy Hunting’ and What Activists Get Wrong About Mountain Lion Hunts Jan 31, 2024

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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

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The Truth About Wuhan and the Origins of the Pandemic (with Vanity Fair's Katherine Eban) Jan 29, 2024

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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

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China’s Ties to Mexican Drug Cartels and America’s Next War (with Ed Calderon) Jan 17, 2024

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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.
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