Andy Stumpf

"Crike him." That's the call a tactical medic makes when a guy can't breathe and the clock is at zero. Mike Simpson is the doctor on the other end of that radio. He's a former 1st Ranger Battalion anti-tank section leader, a Special Forces engineer turned 18 Delta medic with 7th Group, and a board-certified ER physician who spent his last six years on active duty attached to JMAU providing trauma support to tier one units. He retired in 2016 after 32 years and now runs medical direction for Central Texas Regional SWAT while practicing urgent care. We got into the real mechanics of trauma care — what actually happens between the front door of an ER and the OR, why a hundred tourniquets on paper cuts beats one missed arterial bleed, and the brutal physics of wounds incompatible with life. He walked through his own prostate cancer diagnosis and what every man over 40 needs to know about PSA screening. We also got into his path from corrections officer to medical school, why he's writing fantasy novels now, and the conversation every operator avoids until it's too late — documenting injuries before you're out the door. Enjoy.

@BwanaJangiri Nope. Totally my fault on this one

@AndyStumpf77 If the lack of video is really your fault, I can sense Michael's schadenfreude.

Dennis Benigno started in 2001 as a New Jersey corrections officer at nineteen. He moved to the U.S. Park Police in D.C., then to patrol in one of Jersey's largest municipalities. Over fourteen years he made more than 1,500 arrests and ran over 10,000 car stops. He had to self-train to survive the road. When he realized the academies weren't teaching cops what they needed, he started teaching it himself. That became Street Cop Training, one of the biggest police training companies in the country, with hundreds of thousands of officers behind it. He argues that 80% of line-of-duty deaths are training failures. Not bad luck. Failures you can trace back to the academy. We get into why the system box-checks instead of fixing the problem, and who benefits from keeping it that way. He breaks down the passenger-side approach, the traffic stop that ended with a cop executed on camera, and the constitutional gaps most officers never get taught. We also get into the political machine that came after him, what it cost, and who actually showed up when it did. Drownproof book and Conversation Starters: shop.clearedhotpodcast.com

Have to thank @AndyStumpf77 for BOTH of this weekends reading selections. Chapter 3 of Drownproof was especially timely. And yep, started/finished both in the last 72 hours!

Jonathan Dickinson is the co-founder and CEO of Ambio Life Sciences, one of the world's leading ibogaine clinics. He's spent more than fifteen years on this — apprenticing in Tijuana clinics, running the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance, and writing the field's first clinical safety guidelines. He's a Mexico-licensed psychologist. He holds the only active export license for iboga root and led the first Nagoya-compliant export out of Gabon, where he was initiated into two Bwiti traditions. His team co-authored the Stanford study in Nature Medicine on ibogaine and veteran traumatic brain injury. Ambio has now treated over 3,000 people. Most of what you think you know about ibogaine is probably wrong. It's not a high. It puts you flat on your back for twelve hours and asks for everything. It resets the body off opioids almost overnight. It seems to repair the brain in ways nobody fully understands yet — MS lesions shrinking, a guy walking in with a cane and leaving it behind. We get into the cardiac risk, the deaths, the Trump executive order, and why the science and the ceremony might not survive being pulled apart. And we talk about the part nobody wants to hear: the medicine doesn't do the work for you.

@EdwardT78344878 All you are doing is continuing to make my point for me.

@AndyStumpf77 Youre still fucking crying over here??? Youre worse than a woman. Want some tissues?

Thomas Massie just got primaried out, and it cost the most money ever spent on a primary. $32.6 million in ad buys. A guy hand-picked by Trump comes out of nowhere and takes the seat. Massie voted with the administration 77% of the time. His sin was the Epstein files. So we get into it. We talk about getting that kind of money out of elections, and why the people who could fix it never will. We talk about AIPAC, foreign influence, and whether the question changes if you swap Israel for Egypt or China. Michael walks through where his generation is landing on all of it. Then it gets lighter. Two F-18s mate mid-air and four guys punch out. A man hops a fence at Denver International and walks onto an active runway. A tourist throws rocks at a seal in Hawaii and finds out. And we close on a criminal monkey gang in Bali running a sunglasses-for-snacks racket. Heavy up front. Stupid in the middle. Monkeys at the end. Join the Cleared Hot Newsletter: clearedhotpodcast.com

@EdwardT78344878 Hahaha. What a miserable existence you must be living. I truly hope it gets better for you.

@AndyStumpf77 Youll have to excuse me for not giving a fuck how you took it jerk off.

Mat Best - Folded Flag (Official Music Video) This song was written for the men and women who stepped into the fire for this country and never made it home, and for the families, friends, and brothers left carrying their memory forward. Memorial Day isn’t just a long weekend. Behind every folded flag is a name, a story, and a sacrifice that built the freedom we live in every day. This song proudly supports the Major Brent Taylor Foundation and the Gold Star families it supports.

@AMSchindler1983 I have always openly said that military background has absolutely nothing to do with potential in politics. They are not the same thing. Not remotely

One point about the KY04 race that I find appalling is that Gallrein appears to be a hero on paper. Looking at what happened in the last 6 months, I can't find a way to call him anything but a sellout. Being completely honest, this specific primary has drastically changed how I view prior military credentials in political candidates. I'll watch the podcast, but I'd be very interested to hear you speak to that.

@EdwardT78344878 You have to excuse me for not being offended by random comments by people too cowardly to use their actual name. Still appreciate the try though!

@AndyStumpf77 Welcome.

@CadillacPsycho What specifically did he vote for or against that makes him “an ally of the left?”

Seems like an oversimplified explanation. Massie lost because he left his previous solid voting record. I've been a major Massie fan, I was really slow to see how he had changed. Trump went after him in 2020 but Massie survived, he lost because be became an ally of the left.

@TJsburner1776 @PandaPPanda4 Ah, gotcha now. I was confused by what numbers you were referring to. If you listen to the episode we openly discuss the ridiculous spending on both sides, hell, in politics in general. It is completely out of control

@PandaPPanda4 @AndyStumpf77 grok.com/share/c2hhcmQt…

@EdwardT78344878 thank you

@AndyStumpf77 Youre fucking retarded dude. Go cry more.

@CowboyBoricua01 I have zero interest in getting involved in politics

@AndyStumpf77 Please don’t get into politics!! Every military that joins politics, ends corrupted ! 💯🙏🇺🇸

@TJsburner1776 can you show me where you got that number?

@AndyStumpf77 We're just quietly leaving out the $15-20 million Massies side spent right? That doesn't count right?

@earlystopmma I don't know what a groyper is. The description is literally just that, an overview of what we talked about.

@AndyStumpf77 Also these are like Shawn Ryan low IQ groyper talking points. You’re better than this Andy

@earlystopmma we did

@AndyStumpf77 You should also hit on how 90% of Massie donations came from outside Kentucky

@EAviews Bears attack sometimes. The lack of respect that some people have for the outdoors at times is shocking to me.

@AndyStumpf77 Thoughts on the recent bear attacks in Glacier? Chud was definitely dumb…

@I_Am_Hondo I did not. I have heard his name, but I do not know anything about him.

@AndyStumpf77 Did you serve with the guy who defeated Massie? Thoughts?

@AndyStumpf77 I just finished your book for my second read of it. The first is fast and the second is methodically slow and intended to really soak in the information. Here is my 100% honest feedback. I think this book should be placed in the hands of everyone under the age of 40. I am 51 and it was great for me. There is something for the parent, the kids, the mentors and those seeking guidance. You did a fantastic job and the last chapter was my favorite. I could hear your voice in my head. Thank you for writing your thoughts down they will help many. My 17 and 26 year old are both getting a copy. If they choose to read it that is their choice. If they put it off for a couple years and show no discipline they will regret it. Well done sir and keep giving the ninja plenty of shit. You are shaping him well.