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Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

The CJNG/Sinaloa Cartel War, Nuclear Threats, CCP Incursions, UAP Strikes, and More [2025 in Review]

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9648 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

A look back at some of Change Agents’ biggest interviews of 2025, with Andy Stumpf diving into the CJNG/Sinaloa cartel war, nuclear threats, CCP Incursions, and more. FULL Interviews:  Mariana Van Zeller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrJuycrB8FE  Ryan Montgomery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zrgqtpYQak Katarina Szulc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLJ85JjV5g Mike Benz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlyoNp_f8BM Annie Jacobsen:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8TjmpLNN1k Rep. Eric Burlison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov5gDr8j-f Nicholas Eftimiades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-wlEor9U_o Mike Rowe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjTtjqChFFA Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-agents-with-andy-stumpf/id1677415740 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SKmtN55V2AGbzHDo34DHI?si=5aefbba9abc844ed SPONSORS Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Hollow Socks For a limited time Hollow Socks is having a Buy 2 , Get 2 Free Sale. Head to http://Hollowsocks.com today to check it out. #HollowSockspod Delete Me Go to https://www.joindeleteme.com/IRONCLAD and use coupon code IRONCLAD, or  scan the QR code Mizzen and Main Get 20% off your first purchase at https://www.mizzenandmain.com with promo code IRONCLAD20 Aura:  Go To: https://aura.com/ironclad  to try 14 days for free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:17.5

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0:35.2

Like, once we took shop class out of high school, we basically sent a real clear message to a whole generation of kids.

0:37.6

These jobs aren't even worth looking at.

0:43.5

They're not even worth walking down the hallway on the way from English to arithmetic or whatever to stick your head in there to see somebody fabricating wood or metal or auto shop.

1:01.0

What is that for everybody? My name is Jesse and I'm one of the producers here at Ironclad. And it is the end of 2025. So for this very special episode that is dropping on New Year's Eve,

1:06.0

we wanted to bring you some of our favorite moments from change agents presented by Firecracker Farms.

1:12.2

Now, we look back at some of the best interviews that Andy had done all year.

1:15.9

Now, first up, we're going to bring you a conversation with Mariana Van Zeller.

1:19.4

You may know her from a new podcast, The Hidden Third, or from Nat Geo's trafficked.

1:24.9

Recently, she sat down with Andy to talk about the prevalence of Mexican drug cartels

1:29.8

and hidden parts of America.

1:31.6

Here's a really stirring part of that conversation.

1:33.8

Let's just go with a blank canvas.

1:35.2

Let's assume that the listeners and viewers don't really have an understanding.

1:38.7

We can talk about what cartels are, even though I think probably most people have heard the

1:41.9

term and maybe have some association with it.

1:44.4

So maybe let's focus on in your reporting, if you could explain just how powerful the

1:52.5

cartels have become in the U.S., the size of their presence, and maybe even dive into what makes their influence seemingly so difficult to either dismantle or destroy.

2:07.5

I know that's a super broad question, but it allows us to go from big to small.

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