Guest

DJ Shipley

Retired Navy SEAL who served nine years at the tier-one level and now runs GBRS Group, a training and consulting company, while advocating for ibogaine-assisted therapy for veterans.

Circuit updated June 25, 2026

Notable quotes

“I dipped two cans of Copenhagen every single day from the time I was 18 up until that morning. Every single day. I dipped two cans of Copenhagen. When I woke up from ibogaine, I've never touched it again.”
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“No one ever stood up, got in front of the microphone with the bright lights on and said, 'It's okay not to be okay.' No one ever said it to me. And we talked about everything. Not that.”
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“I've spent my entire adult life developing a skill set nobody wants. What am I supposed to do now? I don't know how to do anything.”
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DJ Shipley says he drove to a beach with a pistol to kill himself the same day he came back from an ibogaine trip in Mexico

The Modern Wisdom episode that starts as a SEAL career debrief ends somewhere most podcasts never go.

Jun 25, 2026