The David Rutherford Show

Death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan has spent 40 years in living rooms telling families their child is dead — and he's here to warn David Rutherford that death has become entertainment. Twenty-five years after 9/11 unified a country, the Charlie Kirk assassination and the Lindsay Clancy trial are dividing one. Joe explains why the same public that once vomited at terrorist execution videos now scrolls past them, why "closure" is a lie he refuses to say to grieving families, and the disturbing pattern he's seeing in the murder cases crossing his desk. David breaks down what Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's "killology" research found about desensitization, why he believes the men online begging for a civil war have never smelled what they're asking for, and how the hate he carried into Afghanistan almost killed him — and what actually saved him. Joseph Scott Morgan is a veteran death investigator, Distinguished Scholar of Applied Forensics at Jacksonville State University, host of the Body Bags podcast, a regular forensic analyst for Nancy Grace, and author of the memoir Blood Beneath My Feet. He is one of the most-cited forensic voices on the Charlie Kirk case. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Not one inch eastward." That's what James Baker told Gorbachev in February 1990 — and it was never written into a single treaty. This week I did something you don't hear on the news: I read the actual documents. Article 5. Article 10. The Budapest Memorandum. The 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act. Then I walked the 35 years that got us from the fall of the Soviet Union to the meat grinder in the Donbas — and to this week's headlines out of Germany, Moscow, and Leipzig.   What you'll hear: • David reads Article 5 and Article 10 out loud and explains why they matter more than any pundit's opinion • Why Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal for "assurances" — and why that one word was chosen on purpose • The 1997 promise NATO made to Russia, and the expansion that came 22 months later • Tuzla Island, 2003: the armed standoff David believes is where the Ukraine clock really starts • What Putin took from the Orange Revolution, and what Bucharest 2008 set in motion • David's read on the AfD's 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv, and the low end of where this goes next This is not a defense of Putin. It's the context you need before you decide what America should do. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody's telling you we're Weimar Germany. The hard right says it, the hard left says it, and both of them want the same thing the Germans got in 1933. This week I sat down with Brandon Gresham — Air Force Security Forces veteran and co-host of I Came With Fire — who actually did the homework on 1919 to 1933, and he says the comparison falls apart on contact except for one lesson nobody wants to hear. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ What you'll hear: • Brandon breaks down why the Weimar comparison collapses the moment you look at 1919 instead of 1933 • The one question that tells you whether you want the country fixed or just want the other side whipped • How propaganda makes you feel like an individual while it herds you into a crowd — with America First as the case study • Why "your vote doesn't count" is the most useful lie anyone in power can get you to believe • The China and Russia info war over American data centers • What Millennials and Zoomers inherited — and were never taught to maintain Brandon Gresham is a U.S. Air Force Security Forces veteran and co-host of the I Came With Fire podcast, where he and Army Special Forces veteran Chris dig into history, propaganda and the forces shaping the West. He co-founded Freedom Syndicate PAC, which recruits and funds Global War on Terror veterans running for office.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A secret CIA rendezvous in Moscow. An explosive drone found beside a Ukrainian cargo plane at a German airport. NATO and the EU declaring the evidence clear — and the Kremlin's most senior voices claiming World War III has already begun. I've been digging through all of it so you don't have to, and this week I'm giving you my full, unfiltered assessment. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retired Special Forces Sergeant Major Tyr Symank spent 31 years in uniform and in high-threat contract work — Green Beret, combat medic, Blackwater, DSS. I met him last spring and knew within one conversation that he understood something about peace that most warriors never find. This week he tells the whole story, including the night that nearly took him and the work that brought him back. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ What you'll hear: • Tyr breaks down why he calls his career "addiction disguised as selfless service" • The 2007 moment — a car backfire — that told him PTSD was real • Why refusing help to "keep the edge" is a fallacy that dulls the blade • The night in Baghdad, the three things that stopped him, and four months of full-time therapy • The five words that rebuilt him: "You have to forgive yourself" • David and Tyr make the case for mandatory therapy for senior military leaders • Resources every struggling vet should know: dial 988 press 1, All Secure Foundation, and Beyond the Battlefield Tyr Symank served across the 1st Cavalry Horse Detachment, 19th Special Forces Group, and multiple government agencies, retiring as a sergeant major. He now helps veterans navigate the VA claims process with Xterra Health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford sits down with Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat — Secretary General of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance and co-founder of the Cuban Democratic Directorate — days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba will be on an "irreversible path" before this administration ends. Orlando doesn't hedge: there is an insurgency in Cuba right now, and beneath a 95-year-old Raúl Castro no one is in charge. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat holds a Ph.D. from the University of Miami, has lectured at Georgetown, and has interviewed Cuban nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine. He co-signed the March 2026 Liberation Accord uniting Cuba's opposition. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The trade talks with Canada collapsed and the 50% tariffs are live. The Supreme Court moved on the mail-in ballot executive order with the midterms ten weeks out. And we lost the great Dolly Parton. Instructor Rut breaks down all three the way only a frogman with an agency background can. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/   Timestamps:  00:00 - Intro 03:09 - SCOTUS clears Trump's mail-ballot executive order18:21 - The Lake of America, Trump's Latest Troll29:34 - Farewell Dolly PartonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirteen years ago this week, a complex attack tried to erase Forward Operating Base Ghazni — and one Green Beret walked toward it. I got to shoot with Earl Plumlee at a Black Rifle reunion this spring, and I've been waiting all summer to get him on the show. This isn't the battle story — Earl tells that better than anyone on the Black Rifle Coffee Podcast. This is about what the medal actually means to the man wearing it. What you'll hear: • Earl on why he doesn't keep August 28th on his calendar — and the dates he does • The full picture of the Ghazni attack: four IEDs, a 20,000-lb truck bomb that broke down a mile short, and a chaplain with a Purple Heart • Why the Medal of Honor weighed nothing when the President put it on — until he turned around • Hunter or hunted: the mindset Earl used to keep young soldiers alive • "I guarded Obama, Biden and Trump" — service above politics • The VA argument that's going to divide the comments: the country owes you opportunity, not a debt Master Sergeant (Ret.) Earl Plumlee served as a Marine Force Recon operator and a Green Beret with 1st Special Forces Group. He received the Medal of Honor in 2021 for his actions at FOB Ghazni, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2013. He now works with the Special Operations Transition Foundation and Warrior Rising. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everybody's screaming that $40 trillion in debt means it's end-of-the-world time — so I brought back the one economist I trust to separate the signal from the panic. Bryce Gill of First Trust returns to the show, and what he laid out is bigger than the debt: a $6 trillion AI bet that has to 10x its revenue by 2029, or it takes the economy down with it.   What you'll hear: • Bryce breaks down why the Treasury's $4 billion bond buyback is "a marketing scheme" — and why rates snapped right back • Why 3% inflation is the new permanent normal in a post-globalization world • The stat that's never happened in human history: retirees are now America's biggest consumer demographic • The $6 trillion data-center math, line by line • The defense-industrial-base warning: world-class AI targeting, nothing to shoot • Bryce's honest midterm read — and the data-center backlash nobody's pricing in   Bryce Gill is an economist at First Trust Advisors, where he works alongside Brian Wesbury briefing financial advisor teams nationwide. He's a repeat guest and the show's resident straight-shooter on markets and the economy. Follow the show for new episodes weekly, and find Bryce's work at the First Trust Economics blog. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 00:00 — The $6 trillion math02:56 — The most resilient economy nobody trusts (AI capex + retirees now drive the economy)06:03 — "The era of easy everything is over" + the Treasury's $4B buyback12:15 — Inside the new Fed & real inflation: why 3% is the new normal18:20 — Reindustrializing America: "We don't have anything to shoot"25:44 — The $6 trillion math in full: why the AI build-out can't pay for itself30:40 — Midterm bloodbath, the data-center backlash & the 2008 parallelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fauci's top advisor, David Morens, stood in a federal courtroom and pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States — and what he was charged with matters less than what he wasn't. Then the Pentagon's own inspector general confirmed something I've seen from the inside: $533 million of your money bought an artillery plant that has never produced a single usable shell.   ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emily Kopp of the Daily Caller News Foundation is back on the show, and actually reading the documents coming off Anthony Fauci's government phone. What's in the January 2021 texts should stop you cold, and where the paper trail leads next is even bigger. What you'll hear: • Kopp walks through the January 2021 text chain between Fauci, the CDC Director, and the Surgeon General — and what pregnant women were told days later • David breaks down why the warning from inside Fauci's own institute changes the story • The FDA email asking for a safety study — and why it never ran • A 2003 CIA memo describing a network of "ostensibly civilian" scientists • David's own eight anthrax shots as a SEAL medic — the biodefense machine from the inside • Where Rand Paul and Ron Johnson drive the investigation next Emily Kopp is a senior investigative reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation and one of the most-cited journalists on COVID origins and gain-of-function research. Follow her reporting at dailycaller.com.  ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week I drove my oldest daughter to a small school up in the Northeast, unloaded five hundred pairs of shoes, broke some furniture putting it together, gave her a quick hug at the airport — and she handed me a letter that wrecked me before I finished the first sentence. This episode is the whole story of that goodbye, and everything I learned about whether eighteen years of lessons actually stick. What you'll hear: — David breaks down the 22 family rules he's drilled into his kids since they were little and reads every one of them — The graduation party he swore he'd never allow (and why he folded) — The memorial tattoo honoring her late father, and the hawk that keeps showing up — How he taught a scared little girl to embrace fear — starting with an elevator — Why every decision you make is an emotional decision, and what that means for your kids — The single best piece of advice he got from another dad   ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever heard of a color revolution? I have — I used to watch them go off around my old area of operations. This week I'm joined by Patrick Pillow of Libertarian Overwatch, who's built the most documented public anatomy of these US-funded "organic uprisings" I've seen — 25 years of them, from Serbia 2000 forward, with the grant filings attached. What you'll hear: • David breaks down how a country gets picked for regime change — and who actually signs off • Patrick walks through the NGO machine: USAID, NED, Open Society, Freedom House, and the midnight printing press in Kyrgyzstan • Why pipelines, air bases, and resources keep showing up behind "democracy movements" • David's Blackwater year in Azerbaijan next to the BTC pipeline • Venezuela as the test case — and why Cuba looks like the next target • The uncomfortable question: is a version of this playbook running in America? Patrick Pillow is an independent researcher whose color-revolution series runs on the Libertarian Overwatch Substack and the Libertarian Institute. He works from primary documents — grant filings, contemporaneous reporting, and archived sources. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rich Graham is an old friend, a former Navy SEAL, and one of the finest tactical instructors in the country. He's also the property owner next door to a grass airstrip in the middle of the Ocala National Forest that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University wants to pave into a flight training facility. What happened when Rich started asking questions is a warning for every American who thinks public land is safe. What you'll hear: • Rich breaks down how he says the project was split into three pieces to sidestep a full environmental review • The "five planes in the rotation" pitch — and what the math actually works out to • Fencing approved across sections of national forest the public can no longer reach • Rich's account of the county turning on him — including the email chain nobody erased • Why it took 17 law firms to find one that would take his case • David and Rich on data centers, solar farms, and why the real fight is at your county commission Rich Graham is a former Navy SEAL and the founder of Full Spectrum Warrior, offering private tactical training at his Deep Woods ranch in Florida. His book on the Full Spectrum Warrior philosophy launches this November — sign up at fullspectrumwarrior.com. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Navy SEAL David Rutherford breaks down the DOJ declaring open war on the CJNG cartel with $102 million in bounties, something he's been waiting for his whole career. Then Saturday, a gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho — and an armed citizen who'd spent five years preparing for that exact moment fired back. This is the week-in-review, with a little Coach Rut context on all of it.What you'll hear: • David breaks down the $102M CJNG bounty announcement from inside the intel world — what "cut the head off the snake" actually does to a cartel, and the questions the DOJ didn't answer • Why the cartels are telling reporters they'll just wait out this administration • What Abdul El-Sayed's 1% Michigan primary win over $65M in outside money signals for the midterms • Clay Travis' $10 million challenge to the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces — and the league's total silence • The Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting, the good Samaritan who returned fire, and David's case for trained, armed citizens • Where to actually get real firearms training ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For 15 years I've been trying to figure out how to stem the tide of suicides taking my teammates — and today's guest is on the front line of that fight. Jonathan Dickinson is the CEO and co-founder of Ambio Life Sciences, the world's leading ibogaine clinic, and this conversation gave me more genuine hope than anything I've encountered. What you'll hear: • David breaks down why he calls this the most meaningful episode in show history • Jonathan explains the Stanford study published in Nature Medicine — and the 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms • Why the "signature wound" of the GWOT era was brain damage misread as PTSD • What ibogaine actually restores: "a choice where you didn't have a choice before" • How Ambio protects a sacred Gabonese tradition while scaling from 4 patients a week to 40 • The April 2026 executive order that moved this medicine from the underground to the White House Jonathan Dickinson is a Mexico-licensed psychologist with 15+ years working with ibogaine in clinical and ceremonial contexts. His book, "Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind," releases September 8 — preorder at jonathandickinson.ca. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 – Preview 00:30 – The Stanford study: what magnesium–ibogaine did to 30 operators 08:11 – It was never just PTSD: blast waves and the brain 14:08 – Addiction, agency, and "a choice where you didn't have a choice" 22:39 – Identity, transition & why people die when they retire 26:38 – Protecting the ritual while scaling 31:55 – Malta: Europe's first physician-led ibogaine clinic 34:57 – The executive order, new clinics & the risks 40:28 – Gabon, Bwiti & the Nagoya Protocol 44:24 – The bicameral mind, SSRI's, subjectivity 53:10 – Writing the book & stewarding the medicine 59:34 – How to support Ambio + book preorderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Navy SEAL and CIA officer David Rutherford sits down with active-duty Green Beret Gabe Gaines — the man who dove across a Special Forces qualification course finish line at 2:59:59 with a core temperature of 107.8°, a number that kills Olympic athletes. But the ruck isn't the story. What happened in the hospital bed afterward is: the moment Gabe buried the quitter he'd been his whole life. You'll hear how a preacher's kid and former missionary nearly lost his faith in the dark underbelly of SOF, how his father's stroke planted a "root of offense" with God, and how pain became the mercy that brought him back. David and Gabe break down the audit process Gabe uses to kill inherited limiting beliefs — the same process that took him from high school dropout in remedial math to the top 1% on his GED and a 137 GT score — and why he tells every young soldier to go through their career "with your eyes open." Gabe Gaines is an 11-year Special Forces veteran, former ODA team sergeant, and writer. Find him on X and Substack.Follow Gabe on Substack: https://substack.com/@thegabegaines ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 00:00 – Introduction 03:17 – Why Gabe started writing 07:39 – His father's stroke and a crisis of faith 17:18 – Lessons from his father: mercy and perspective 22:51 – The Q Course ruck march and heat stroke 38:12 – Pain, purpose, and mentoring young soldiers 54:07 – Overcoming limiting beliefs 1:00:38 – Finding peace, family, and what's nextSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Navy SEAL and CIA officer David Rutherford breaks down the week two separate wars became one — and why he recognized the exact waterway where it happened. Ukraine just launched drone strikes on an Iranian cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea — a supply corridor David personally helped surveil during his Agency years in Azerbaijan. In this week-in-review, David maps the full escalation picture: US strikes on IRGC facilities inside Iran, Iranian attacks reaching American platforms in Egypt and Jordan, Saudi Arabia entering the fight, Russia striking Zelensky's hometown, and Poland scrambling jets as NATO stands up an $800 billion rearmament. You'll learn why every major superpower is now committed on one side or another, what the loss of Lindsey Graham means for the Senate as midterms approach, and what Netanyahu's and Zelensky's same-week White House visits were really about. Then David turns to the Fauci hearing — the Fifth Amendment on repeat, the autopen pardon, and what the accountability vacuum is doing to the American mindset. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 01:47 – Lindsey Graham's funeral and the Senate power shift 05:10 – Netanyahu and Zelensky at the White House 13:46 – Iran War 28:01 – Fauci pleads the Fifth 37:57 – The breaking point — and what to do with itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford sits down with Army Ranger veteran David Giralt, the 35-year-old taking on a ten-way primary for Wyoming's at-large seat in Congress, to ask the question every veteran is asking: why is Washington looking at veterans' benefits and public lands as the pay-for on the national debt? You'll learn why Giralt says the "revenue problem" narrative is garbage, how the death tax is ending family ranching legacies in Wyoming, what four and a half years inside the House Armed Services Committee taught him about how DC actually works, and where he stands on Iran, the MOU, China, and rebuilding America's defense industrial base. David Giralt served 12 years in the U.S. Army, including the 75th Ranger Regiment, and finished his service as a congressional fellow to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He grew up in Wyoming and is running to represent the state he was raised in. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/   Timestamps: 00:00 - Preview 00:43 -  Ten candidates, one seat, why Giralt is different 05:57 - Post Military Experience In Congress 08:20 - Lobbyists, temptation, and staying accountable 12:03 - Wyoming's top four issues 14:55 - Public Lands 20:34 - The debt, and who DC wants to pay it 25:36 - Rural Health Care 29:53 - WY Economic Development 32:29 - Energy, permitting, and the death tax 35:24 - David’s Incredible Video 38:13 - Lessons From Combat 43:54 - Iran, the MOU, and the end of endless wars 50:52 - How To SupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford breaks down the question he's been chasing since the COVID mental health crisis exploded: is it possible to find peace when you're consumed by pain? You'll learn why peace and pain aren't opposites but coexisting forces, what three male lions stalking a buffalo herd taught David about patience under pressure, and how to find "the center" — the point where you can perceive peace as clearly as you perceive pain — in your own daily grind. David also shares the conversation about suffering with his friend Dr. Dan Luna that set the whole journey in motion. This one launches a theme you'll be seeing a lot more of on the show: The Center. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford sits down with Mark Lamb — "America's Sheriff" and former Pinal County Sheriff — now running for Arizona's 5th Congressional District, just days before the July 21st election. Lamb traces his path from small-town sheriff to national conservative figure, taking on cartels and human trafficking on the front lines of Arizona's border, a 2024 U.S. Senate run against Kari Lake, and now his campaign for Congress. He and David dig into what it will actually take to crush the cartels Lamb calls transnational criminal terrorist organizations, including a diplomatic game plan for Mexico and the missed opportunity he sees in the aftermath of the Maduro operation. They also get into DC's consultant class and lobbyist capture, the surveillance state creeping in through FISA 702 and license plate readers, Arizona's data center boom and its strain on power and water, and why Lamb argues real accountability is what will finally restore trust for a frustrated younger generation. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Welcoming Mark Lamb 3:20 - Trump's Border Wins vs. Congress's Failures 9:38 - DC's Consultant Class & Lobbyist Control 13:16 - Divide and Conquer: How Politicians Keep Power 19:17 - Crushing the Cartels as Terrorist Organizations 26:48 - A Diplomatic Game Plan for Mexico 33:24 - Missed Shots: Maduro, Iran & Cuba 34:24 - Arizona's Economy, Data Centers & the Youth Vote 42:43 - Surveillance State: FISA 702 & License Plate Readers 49:22 - Real Accountability for DC Corruption 55:39 - How to Support Mark Lamb's Campaign  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford sits down with Matt Barnett — "Matt Explodes Stuff" on Instagram, with over 250,000 followers — who's turned a lifelong love of blowing things up into a career, a media brand, and his own training ranch. Matt traces his path from an oilfield internship he hated, into unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and freelance demolitions work, becoming one of the most recognizable faces in explosives. He and David compare notes from opposite corners of the industry and dig into how massive and overlooked it really is — mining, infrastructure, aerospace, entertainment, and the regulatory tangle of the ATF and DOT. They also get into Matt's West Texas property, Porto Sol Ranch, built for small-group training and events for corporate teams, SWAT units, and veterans — complete with UXO capability, live ordnance, tanks, and a demolition range modeled after a military base — plus how Matt stumbled into being an "explosives influencer" almost by accident. ✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 🕘 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Welcoming Mark Lamb 3:20 - Trump's Border Wins vs. Congress's Failures 9:38 - DC's Consultant Class & Lobbyist Control 13:16 - Divide and Conquer: How Politicians Keep Power 19:17 - Crushing the Cartels as Terrorist Organizations 26:48 - A Diplomatic Game Plan for Mexico 33:24 - Missed Shots: Maduro, Iran & Cuba 34:24 - Arizona's Economy, Data Centers & the Youth Vote 42:43 - Surveillance State: FISA 702 & License Plate Readers 49:22 - Real Accountability for DC Corruption 55:39 - How to Support Mark Lamb's CampaignSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Navy SEAL Patrick Toz spent his career as the "quintessential team guy" — until a green-team dream ended and he had no plan. David sits down with Pat to break down how he rebuilt himself through metal: custom motorcycles, hand-forged art, and a hard-won understanding of what actually quiets an operator's mind. You'll hear why Pat calls his shop time "mental health," how art therapy at a TBI clinic changed how he saw his own work, and why he now teaches kids trauma-aid and craftsmanship for free through the Summer Brave Academy. David and Pat get into the transition every veteran feels and few can name — the "I feel lost" moment — and what it takes to want, to suffer, and to build again Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Falling in love with bikes 02:44 - Funny Fight Story 03:59 - Getting his first bike 09:20 - Losing friends and honoring them 12:40 - Transitioning out 16:27 - Peace through focus 22:37 - The birth of Summer Brave 34:46 - Finding purpose through work 39:14 - Incredible bike builds 44:59 - Summer Brave Academy & Teaching The CraftSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Andrew Huff — the EcoHealth Alliance insider who went public on the Wuhan gain-of-function pipeline — walks David through how the biodefense complex actually works: who gets recruited, who signs off, and why the accountability everyone's waiting for is never coming. The differentiating move is that Huff spends half the episode dismantling the conspiracy framing on his own side — the 120 foreign bio labs, the Ukraine labs, "one health" — while landing a harder claim underneath it: the system is too big to fail, nobody's going to jail, and the real threat has already moved past gain-of-function to synthetic biology that no regulation touches. Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/   Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro To Andrew Huff 01:59 - The Tucker Interview and Why Huff Spoke Out 05:16 - Surviving The Blowback & Psychological Operations 12:27 - Being Used By Political Voices & Playing The Long Game 16:34 - DARPA, biodefense, and the 40-year history nobody explains 27:17 - Gain of Function: Myth vs. Reality 33:43 - 120 Biolabs Exposed By Tulsi & Why The Truth Is Nuanced 43:54 - Being Recruited & Understanding The Biodefense Org Structure 57:05 - What Conspiracy Theorists Get Wrong 01:05:00 - Accountability & The Too Big To Fail System 01:12:08 - New Technologies In Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology & QuantumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor David Clements returns to make his case that a handful of 2026 Supreme Court decisions have reshaped what a president can do on elections without waiting for Congress. David and Clements break down three rulings — the mail-in ballot deadline case, the Slaughter decision on presidential removal power, and the birthright citizenship ruling — and Clements lays out his argument for how each one connects to executive authority under Article II. You'll hear his read on the Youngstown war-powers framework, the Election Assistance Commission, and why he believes the legal terrain has shifted.  Professor David Clements is a former law professor and election-integrity advocate featured in the documentary [S]election Code. Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ Timestamps:00:00 — The SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling07:41 — Youngstown and Article II war powers17:59 — The Slaughter removal-power decision explained19:56 — The Election Assistance Commission25:59 — The Dominion/Lindell settlement33:14 — Tina Peters Is Being Used42:13 — Where Clements sees the next three months heading52:31 — Voter Rolls57:28 — Iran War Strategy, Trump's Legacy & Lloyd's of London Play1:06:41 — What Clements is working on nextSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford — former Navy SEAL and CIA-trained intelligence officer — sits down with Major Mike Reynolds, one of the only official US Marine Corps Combat Artists, a munitions officer who documented four combat deployments with a sketchbook in one hand and a rifle in the other. You'll learn why the Marine Corps has sent artists into combat since 1942, the difference between art that informs and propaganda that persuades, and the survival skill hiding inside every great painting — the same eye that spots a hidden bomb is the eye that makes a great artist. David and Mike break down why combat is "99% boredom, 1% exhilaration," why Hollywood gets it backwards, and how a single sketchbook page can bring a whole deployment — and the friends you lost — roaring back to life. Mike Reynolds is an active-duty Marine officer with 24+ years of service and four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, now serving as a Marine Corps Combat Artist for the Corps' History Division. Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 - Preview 01:34 - What Is A Combat Artist? 08:13 - Propaganda vs. Art 11:35 - Growing Up & Discovering Art 26:19 - George Washington Crossing The Delaware 31:06 - Capturing The Relatable Moments of Combat 38:13 - Marines Should Be Creative 45:52 - Celebrating AmericaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David sits down with Drew Wallace — "The Ranger Cowboy" — to break down the thing every operator quietly wrestles with — what replaces the brotherhood, the intensity, and the identity when the service ends. You'll hear David and Drew break down why the post-service identity collapse hits everyone from a four-year private to a 20-year Ranger, how horses became a therapeutic mirror that veterans and kids with autism both respond to, why "nothing stays the same forever" became Drew's survival code through a brutal divorce, and how a strong family and a real community are the foundation everything else gets built on. Drew Wallace served 20+ years in the 75th Ranger Regiment and now competes nationally in cowboy mounted shooting while working with Black Rifle Coffee Company's philanthropic mission. He's the guy who proves the search for what's next actually has an answer.Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Rutherford reacts to the greatest week in American sports he can remember — and what every one of those stories teaches you about grit, meritocracy, and showing up when no one's watching.You'll hear why Jalen Brunson's road from "too short, too slow" to Finals MVP is the only success story that matters, why a 37-year-old waiting 17 years for a second Stanley Cup says more about life than hockey, and what the UFC's takeover of the White House lawn says about who we are as a country. David ties it all back to the same place: the courage to take the first step, and the work you put in when the gym is empty. This is a former Navy SEAL and performance coach doing what he does best — pulling the lesson out of the moment.00:00 — The week that fired David up 03:00 — The World Cup on American soil 09:00 — Knicks end the drought: the Jalen Brunson story 15:00 — The Hurricanes, Jordan Staal, and a 17-year wait 20:00 — UFC on the White House lawn 28:00 — Why sport is America's last true meritocracy 33:00 — Take the first step: David's closeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republican strategist Albert Eisenberg of Redbridge joins David for an honest, two-sided breakdown of the GOP's self-inflicted problem heading into 2026. You'll hear Albert explain how Republicans won Hispanic, younger Black, and under-$50K voters for the first time in their lifetimes — and why the party "lost its appetite" for delivering the moment the election was over. David and Albert also dig into where they genuinely disagree on Iran, and agree on the bigger danger: a party that stopped talking to everyday Americans and started talking only to itself. No talking points, no consensus theater — just two guys working through what it'll actually take to not throw this away. Sponsors:☕ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/💪 Revival Nutrition: https://revivalnutrition.com/collections/rutherford — code DAVID for 20% off David Rutherford is a former Navy SEAL, CIA-trained intelligence officer, and championship performance coach. New episodes weekly on national security, geopolitics, and what it actually takes to lead under pressure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Venture investor Michael Thompson sits down with Navy SEAL and intelligence veteran David Rutherford for a forward-looking briefing on the technologies that will define the next decade: electric flying aircraft, small nuclear reactors, autonomous trucking, and the AI build-out underneath all of it. Thompson — an early backer of Joby Aviation and Oklo — breaks down why "the AI trap" is going to hit middle-management and administrative jobs first, why energy is the real linchpin of American power, and why he believes we're living through a once-in-a-century industrial leap he calls the "1870 thesis." David pulls it back to the only question that matters: what does this mean for your family, your work, and the country's edge over China?✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/Timestamps:00:00 — The flying car is finally real 04:00 — Why a helicopter has 48 points of failure 13:00 — "If the physics work, it's just engineering" 27:00 — Where is all the power going to come from? 30:00 — 133 reactors built, then only 2: how America quit 44:00 — "The AI trap" and the coming white-collar job wipeout 50:00 — Why we can't afford to lose the skies to ChinaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people never touch the top of what they're capable of — and it has nothing to do with talent. Navy SEAL David Rutherford breaks down the framework he's spent 30 years building: the four max states every human operates in — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual — and the one variable that governs all of them. You'll learn how he evaluates elite athletes in real time, why your fundamentals collapse under stress before anything else does, and why he believes there's a readily accessible 40% more in nearly everyone. Then he lands the kicker: every bit of it is divided by how you perceive pain. David Rutherford is a former Navy SEAL, SEAL/CIA instructor, and championship performance coach who's worked with D1 programs and pro athletes, including a 2018 World Series team.✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Graham and David Rutherford went through Hell Week together in Class 208. Their paths split into different SEAL teams, different deployments, different wars — and converged again through the CIA's Global Response Staff. Today, Jimmy breaks down what actually happened inside Blackwater before the Fallujah ambush, what the Benghazi movie got wrong, why he punched a teammate on a memorial motorcycle ride, and how losing his closest brother led him to build Able Shepherd — one of the most respected tactical protection training programs in the country. Jimmy Graham is a veteran U.S. Navy SEAL (15+ years, Chief Petty Officer), former CIA GRS protective officer, and founder/CEO of Able Shepherd Emergency Readiness Training in Denver, Colorado. He is also the author of "The Return of Man" and founder of Abel Nation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to protecting churches, schools, and communities.✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Memorial Day, former Navy SEAL and CIA officer David Rutherford does what his family does every year: he reads the names. Then he walks through the full cost of American warfare — from the 25,000 dead in the Revolutionary War to the 150,000 veterans who have taken their own lives since 9/11 — and makes the case that sacrifice is the single idea that holds civilization together. This isn't a generic tribute. This is a man who has been part of what he calls "the culture of death" since he was 23 years old, asking you to take 60 seconds and contemplate what it cost for you to have what you have.✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

68 cents of every dollar in your wallet were printed in the last 18 years. The other 32 cents took 200 years to create. That's what the Federal Reserve actually did to your money. Brian Wesbury is the Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors, former Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and ranked the #1 economic forecaster in America by The Wall Street Journal. He's been warning about this for decades. David and Brian break down how quantitative easing tripled the money supply, why that created the biggest generational wealth gap in American history (boomers won, Gen Z got crushed), how Jerome Powell's Fed enabled a government spending addiction at artificially cheap rates — and what the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh inherits now that the bill is coming due. They also dig into the Iran conflict's impact on oil and inflation, why two-thirds of Americans under 30 now believe socialism is a better system, and what Brian would tell every young person about building wealth in this economy.✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/Follow Brian on X: https://x.com/wesbury Timestamps00:00 — How the Fed Tripled the Money Supply in 18 Years 09:42 — Why Two-Thirds of Gen Z Now Believe in Socialism 12:19 — Jerome Powell Created This Mess15:14 — Warsh vs. Powell: The Fed's Civil War 27:25 — The Fed Caused the Great Depression, the '70s, and Covid Inflation 31:41 — Iran, AI, Tariffs, and the Most Complicated Economy in History 33:55 — Building Wealth, College Is Overrated & The Soul of Americans44:09 — Brian's Message to Every Young Person: Be Who You AreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Look, I'm seeing it everywhere — people calling for raising militias, starting a new revolution, fighting back. And I get it. The frustration is real. But as a former Navy SEAL and CIA officer who's actually been in rooms where these operations get planned, I've got some bad news for your militia fantasy. What you'll hear: — David reads from the Declaration of Independence and highlights the line nobody ever quotes the one where the founders tell you NOT to do this lightly. — The full American rebellion scorecard: 1 win, 7 losses, from Shays' Rebellion to Wounded Knee and why the pattern hasn't changed. — The government's legal toolkit to destroy you: the Patriot Act, FISA 702, RICO, asset forfeiture, and why your Signal chat isn't as private as you think. — Five things that actually work to push back legally and constitutionally including one David learned from the Amish. — Why getting your own house in order is the most important thing you can do before trying to change the country.✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee, use code froglogic20 for discount: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On April 18, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order that opened the federal door to psychedelic therapy for American veterans — and the man who's been fighting for that breach for seven years sits down with David today. Tommy Aceto is a former Navy SEAL medic of 16 years who lost his trident, his marriage, and access to his children in the same window — and rebuilt his life through ibogaine therapy. In this episode, you'll learn how one dose can erase opioid withdrawal in hours, why the vagus nerve is the missing link in PTSD treatment, and how Tommy, Marcus Capone, Morgan and Marcus Luttrell, Shawn Ryan, and Bobby Kennedy Jr. quietly built the coalition that just changed federal policy. David and Tommy break down the legislative fight in Tennessee and Kentucky, why Big Pharma is racing to shut this down, and what every veteran, first responder, and family member needs to do right now to push their state to act. Tommy Aceto is a former Navy SEAL medic, founder of Hope Project, and one of the lead advocates behind the America for Ibogaine coalition. ✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 📕 Get David's novel, The Poet Warrior: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/the-poet-warrior 📰 Sign up for David's newsletter for free coaching tips, updates, and more: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/   00:00 – Trump's Executive Order Changes Everything03:00 – Tommy Loses His SEAL Trident, His Marriage, and His Kids07:30 – What Ibogaine Actually Is and Where It Comes From13:00 – Why This Is Different From Every Other Psychedelic17:00 – The Vagus Nerve: Why Thinking Can't Fix a Feeling Problem25:30 – ⚡ "One Dose. Seven Years Sober."30:00 – The Mission Within and the SEAL Healing Pipeline38:00 – Brian Hubbard, Rick Perry, and the State-by-State Fight46:00 – Big Pharma's Game: Why They Want This Locked Behind FDA Doors52:00 – Shawn Ryan's Testimony in Tennessee57:30 – What You Can Do This Week1:03:00 – Tommy's Final Word🇺🇸 Hope Project / Tommy Aceto: [LINK] This conversation breaks down ibogaine therapy for veterans, the Trump psychedelic executive order, the Tennessee Hope Treatment Act, and the SEAL community's seven-year fight to open this medicine to American warriors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mail-in ballot machine that decided Virginia is loaded and pointed at the 2026 midterms — and the Republican Party has almost no margin to absorb the hit. Captain Seth Keshel joins David to break down what really happened in Virginia's redistricting referendum, why the Save Act is dead in the Senate, and the four symptoms of "electoral dysfunction" that have turned American elections into a multi-week guessing game. You'll learn why voter registration — not polling — is the only intelligence signal that actually predicts elections, why 28 of 30 party-registration states are bleeding Democrats, and why Seth is still giving the GOP a 25% chance of holding the House. David and Seth also break down the Texas Senate primary, the Cornyn–Paxton fight, the redistricting wars, and what Trump should be doing right now to "buy the midterms" — psychologically, not illegally. Captain Seth Keshel is a former Army intelligence officer, election analyst, and author of The American War on Election Corruption (foreword by Newt Gingrich). ✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/ 📕 Get David's novel, The Poet Warrior: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/the-poet-warrior 📰 Sign up for David's newsletter for free coaching tips, updates, and more: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/Follow Seth on X: https://x.com/RealSKeshel Get Seth's book: https://www.amazon.com/American-War-Election-Corruption-Crusade/dp/B0GQM7XW15  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.