Ep. 164 - Two Oceans Won't Save Us | 9/11 at 25, the FDA Opens the Door, and the Navy's Disgrace

Whiz goes solo this week with a brief from Washington and a hard look at where we stand 25 years after September 11. He starts with the FDA's public hearing on psychedelic therapeutics, held September 14 at the agency's White Oak headquarters. Whiz explains why he deliberately stayed away: commenters got two minutes apiece in front of a panel that asked no questions, and he's been making that case for over five years already. The pace of movement in the healing space right now is real and it is fast — but two minutes at a microphone isn't what moves it. Then the warning. Twenty-five years after the towers fell, Whiz believes we are less safe today than we were on September 10th, 2001. Drones, UAVs, missiles, submarines — two oceans don't protect the homeland anymore. What we need is a whole-of-American-industry effort, from the defense primes to the AI companies, and we need it now. We cannot wait for what's coming. Finally, the flamethrower. Whiz takes Navy leadership apart for refusing to look into the health of their most elite aviators — the story that landed him in the New York Times. The House Oversight Committee is now weighing whether to take it to the full Congress and force the Navy's hand through legislation. It should never have come to that. Whiz has been blazing this trail for over five years, raising awareness of what these aviators are carrying and the healing potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy. In this episode: The FDA hearing, why Whiz skipped it, and how fast the healing space is moving Why the homeland is more exposed now than it was in 2001 The whole-of-industry effort we need before the next attack Navy leadership, the New York Times story, and the fight over aviator health See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.