W. Bryan Hubbard On The Future of Addiction Recovery, Rewiring the Brain, Trauma, & The Power Of Plant Medicine

The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast

Dear Media

Education, Business

4.5 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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#857: Join us as we sit down with W. Bryan Hubbard – Executive Director of the American Ibogaine Initiative. With a robust background in law, public policy, & community advocacy, Bryan is committed to transforming broken systems & tackling some of society’s most urgent issues – including the opioid epidemic. Bryan recently launched the Texas Ibogaine Initiative alongside former Texas Governor Rick Perry, securing $50 million in state funding for ibogaine drug development trials – a naturally occurring compound showing groundbreaking potential for treating substance use disorders, trauma, & traumatic brain injury. In this episode, Bryan breaks down the harsh realities of the opioid crisis, how ibogaine disrupts addiction pathways beyond opioids, the damaging cycle of pharmaceutical abuse & its impact on society, & what it really takes to address addiction at its core!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:04.4	She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.
0:07.5	Fantastic.
0:08.5	And he's a serial entrepreneur.
0:10.8	A very smart cookie.
0:12.2	And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride.
0:16.3	Get ready for some major realness.
0:17.9	Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.
0:21.8	Hello, everybody.
0:25.7	Welcome back to the skinny confidential, him and her show.
0:28.2	Today's guest has been in the trenches of one of America's biggest silent wars,
0:32.6	the opioid crisis.
0:34.1	He's a lawyer, a reformer, and now one of the most radical voices shaking up the
0:38.2	recovery world with a plant that most of us have never even heard of. Ibegain. From cold towns
0:43.5	to courtrooms, Brian Hubbard has watched the system fail countless people. Today, he's here
0:48.0	to talk about why he believes we need to blow the whole thing up and start again with something
0:52.5	ancient, controversial, and powerful.
0:54.9	This episode was recorded prior to Brian accomplishing one of the most groundbreaking initiatives
1:00.8	here in Texas.
1:02.2	I was so happy to read this after we recorded this episode with him.
1:06.3	Texas just made history.
1:07.9	The state has earmarked $50 million in funding for FDA-approved clinical trials of
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