Ibogaine
Subject in Medicine
Ibogaine has come up in 11 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, The Shawn Ryan Show, The Tucker Carlson Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues ibogaine's Schedule I status is unjustified given its demonstrated medical use.
“And it's Schedule 1, which is crazy because Schedule 1 has no legitimate medical use”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 2:18:44
Rogan argues ibogaine is among the most effective addiction treatments.
“Ibogaine is one of the most effective treatments for people that have addictions”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 2:13:03
Rogan recounts that Trump was receptive when Rogan brought ibogaine to him and signed a related measure a week later.
“But Trump was very open to it. He said, what are you looking for? Are you looking for FDA approval?”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2517 - Taylor Sheridan (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:28:52
Rogan claims a single ibogaine dose frees many people from addictions of all kinds.
“for a large percentage of people, just one dose is good enough to get them off of everything, whatever they're on”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2517 - Taylor Sheridan (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:27:19
Shawn RyanFormer U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA contractor, host of the Shawn Ryan Show
Ryan says psychedelics open a forbidden realm and that he received strict guidance from God not to use them anymore.
“you're just in a forbidden realm that maybe we should or should not be fucking around in. But I won't be fucking around in that realm anymore”
The Tucker Carlson Show: Shawn Ryan: Trump’s Betrayal, Iran, Government Spying, Encounters With Demons, and Finding God (Jul 24, 2026) · Listen from 55:01
Ryan says an ibogaine and 5-MeO session left him with a feeling of what hell is like, which he never wants to experience again.
“I just got back from a Ibogaine 5-MeO experience. Didn't go great. Found hell. Hell. Hell”
The Tucker Carlson Show: Shawn Ryan: Trump’s Betrayal, Iran, Government Spying, Encounters With Demons, and Finding God (Jul 24, 2026) · Listen from 9:04
Ryan says psychedelic treatment in Mexico four years ago led him to stop drinking entirely.
“I began treatment in Mexico four years ago. I haven't had a drop of booze since”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 31:52
Ryan says he quit drinking through ibogaine treatment and helped push through Tennessee legislation related to it.
“I helped the Tennessee chapter get pushed through here in Tennessee, actually, just a couple of weeks ago, and it passed”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:45:34
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 7 episodes
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 3 episodes
- The Tucker Carlson Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#2567 - Mariana van ZellerThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 h 30 min
Joe Rogan and journalist Mariana van Zeller discuss romance and pig-butchering scams, Meta's profits from scam ads, Mexican cartels, the opioid crisis and drug policy.
Shawn Ryan: Trump’s Betrayal, Iran, Government Spying, Encounters With Demons, and Finding GodThe Tucker Carlson Show · Jul 24, 2026 · 1 h 54 min
Tucker Carlson talks with podcaster and former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan about his disillusionment with politics, a harrowing ibogaine experience, spiritual conversion, surveillance, and the Iran war.
#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival GuideThe Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 3 h 13 min
Shawn Ryan and author Ryan Holiday discuss Stoicism, emotions and revenge, media incentives, political courage, ego, mortality, fatherhood, wealth, and reading.
- #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?
The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 6, 2026 · 3 h 44 min
Mike Rowe talks with Shawn Ryan about the American dream, the skilled-trades labor shortage, his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, losing his savings to fraud, and dangerous Dirty Jobs stories.
#2517 - Taylor SheridanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 23, 2026 · 2 h 50 min
Joe Rogan and Taylor Sheridan discuss ranching, his TV production methods, politics, COVID, fraud, ibogaine, espionage, and his new prison survival guide.
#2515 - Chase HughesThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 h 38 min
Joe Rogan and behavioral profiler Chase Hughes discuss intravenous DMT, the UFC White House event, psychedelic therapy, memory editing, methylene blue, psyops, COVID-era media and elicitation tactics.
- #309 Megyn Kelly - "I Now Have to Worry About Getting Shot Because of My Opinion"
The Shawn Ryan Show · Jun 1, 2026 · 3 h 26 min
Megyn Kelly joins Shawn Ryan to discuss the Iran war, Israel's influence on US politics, Trump administration turmoil, AI, and threats against her.
JRE MMA Show #179 with Josh Thompson & "Big" John McCarthyThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 27, 2026 · 2 h 52 min
Joe Rogan, referee Big John McCarthy and retired fighter Josh Thompson discuss MMA rules, weight cutting, judging, brain health, recent fights, the UFC White House card, ibogaine and California politics.
#2495 - Tim BurchettThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 7, 2026 · 2 h 37 min
Joe Rogan and Rep. Tim Burchett discuss UFO disclosure, congressional stock trading, the Trump assassination attempt, U.S. cash reaching the Taliban, and psychedelic therapy for veterans.
#2493 - Protect Our Parks 16The Joe Rogan Experience · May 1, 2026 · 3 h 24 min
Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir reunite for Protect Our Parks, riffing on news, drugs, comedy, surveillance, healthcare and UFC.