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We have a very specific idea of what war costs.
We count the combat deaths. We build the memorials. We thank them for their service.
What we don’t count is the 150,000 veterans who came home and then didn’t make it. The ones whose families watched them disappear, one deployment at a time, until the people who came back bore no resemblance to the ones who left.
Marcus and Amber Capone know that story from the inside. They’re the subjects of the Netflix documentary In Waves and War.
Marcus spent 13 years in Naval Special Operations, six combat deployments, and came home a stranger to his own family. What followed was a traumatic brain injury, depression, and a suicidal logic that terrified everyone around him.
It was ibogaine that broke the cycle. A plant medicine from Africa that Marcus went to Mexico skeptical about and came back from saying, “This is exactly what the guys need.”
Eight years later, they’ve treated over 1,300 veterans, produced Stanford research showing 86–93% improvement in PTSD, depression, and anxiety effect sizes, and helped unlock $130 million in research funding. The standard of care for veteran mental health hasn’t meaningfully changed in decades.
I sat down with them nineteen days after my own first iboga ceremony, which I’m sharing publicly here for the first time.
Here’s what we get into:
- The Hidden Cost of War on Marriage & Family
- TBI, Depression & the Failure of Conventional Treatment
- The Suicidal Logic of a Trained Warfighter
- What Ibogaine Is and What Marcus Experienced
- The Stanford Study & the Neuroscience of Healing
- VETS: The Nonprofit Bringing This Treatment to Thousands
- My Own Iboga Experience, Shared Publicly for the First Time
This one isn’t just for veterans. It’s for anyone who has ever watched someone they love disappear — and refused to stop fighting for them.
For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Note: This conversation includes a discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, and veteran mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call or text 988.
Peace + Plants,
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