MAX Afterburner

Ep. 165 - How America Receives Its Heroes Home | Matthew Buckley Jr. and the Weight of the Dignified Transfer

Whiz sits down with his oldest son, Matthew Buckley Jr., to debrief his active-duty tour with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware — th

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 psychedel

Ep. 163 - 39th Floor, Tower One: A 9/11 Survivor's Road Home with Psychedelics

On September 11, 2001, John Kostick was working as an electrician on the 39th floor of Tower One. He got out. Then he went back and spent the next 12 to 18 months at Grou

Ep. 162 - The Aviation Mindset: Why Pilots Hide—and How They Heal

Aviation has advanced dramatically since Matthew “Whiz” Buckley first entered the cockpit nearly four decades ago. Aircraft are safer, technology is smarter, and training

Ep. 161 - Thirty Days That Changed Everything

August 2026 will be remembered as the month the institutions finally caught up to the warriors who went first. In this episode, Whiz Buckley walks through thirty days tha

Ep. 160 - From Wall Street to the Warfighter: A Critical Update

In Episode 160 of the MAX Afterburner Podcast, former Navy TOPGUN fighter pilot, Wall Street executive, and No Fallen Heroes Foundation Founder Matthew "Whiz" Buckley del

Ep. 159 - Operation Epic Fury: Why Proportional Warfare Is for Losers

In Episode 159 of the MAX Afterburner Podcast, Matthew “Whiz” Buckley delivers an unfiltered SITREP on Operation Epic Fury, the escalating conflict with Iran, and the dai

Ep. 158 - Healing Heroic Family Members at Home

🔁 ENCORE EPISODE — In case you missed it, we're bringing back one of our favorites! Suzi hosts her second MAX Afterburner podcast with Carolina Rifenbury — known as Coco

Ep. 157 - Healing as a Couple with Psychadelics

Suzi joins whiz on this special episode to discuss how important integration is after a psychedelic experience. They share personal details of the highs and lows as they'

Ep. 156 - Five Years Reborn: Whiz Debriefs the Mission, the Cost, and What Comes Next

Five years ago to the day, Matthew "Whiz" Buckley woke up on a mattress on the floor of a home in Mexico overlooking the Pacific — and met the man he had always been. Dec

Ep. 155 - 30 Year Police Officer Finds Healing & Peace in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

Michael “Morgs” Morgan is a 30-year veteran of law enforcement who honorably served the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, and Suffolk County, New York. In this riveting episo

Ep. 154 - Combat Veteran Wives: Healing Through the Unknown

Join us in this illuminating episode of the Max Afterburner Podcast episode 141 as host Theresa Noach interviews Tommi Kirkpatrick, a combat veteran's wife and homeschool

Ep. 153 - It's Fine, It's Always Fine (and she's right...always)

Whiz has a VERY special guest on this podcast (his beautiful bride Suzi) who debriefs her journey with the medicine. She briefs the factors (mainly Whiz) that led to the

Ep. 152 - Whiz at the White House: The End of the Beginning

Five years. Closed doors. A mattress on the floor of a home in Mexico. Visits to DC where the "leaders" weren't ready. Retreats. God moments. Sweat and tears and everythi

Ep. 151 - Inside the Easter Rescue – Airpower, War Crimes Debate, and the Road Ahead

In Episode 151 of MAX Afterburner, Matthew “Whiz” Buckley takes listeners inside one of the most intense and emotional elements of modern combat operations, the rescue of

Ep. 150 - Attack in Any Direction, God Leads the Way

In one of his most personal and wide-ranging episodes yet, former fighter pilot and No Fallen Heroes founder Matthew “Whiz” Buckley targets everything happening across hi

Ep. 149 - Confident in Christ: Becky's Path to Emotional Freedom With Psilocybin

In this episode of the MAX Afterburner podcast, host Theresa Noach had the pleasure of speaking with Becky Gallagher. As the wife of a Marine Combat Veteran and a devoted

Ep. 148 - SHOCKING Ayahuasca experience in the jungle!

In this powerful episode of The Max After Burner Show, host Theresa Noach sits down with Rita McGowan to explore her incredible journey deep into the Amazon and her trans

Ep. 147 - War, Honor, and the Warrior’s Soul

In Episode 147 of MAX Afterburner, former U.S. Navy TOPGUN fighter pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley delivers a powerful and wide-ranging debrief covering air combat, current

Ep. 146 - Ceremony Chronicles: No Judgement, We All have a Past. Memorable moments that produce lasting change.

On this episode, the Sacred Warrior Fellowship team shares some very funny and memorable experiences they’ve had during ceremony. Often, people struggle in life, wonderin