From CIA Warzones to Psychedelic Healing | BRCC #365

About this episode

Dagan discusses his transition from a military career to podcasting and business ownership, exploring themes of reinvention and loyalty.

Since the last time he was on, a lot has changed. Dagan launched the Nomadic Research podcast out of Dixon, Illinois and went all in on building something of his own. Rural northwest Illinois, limestone bluffs, the Rock River, big whitetails, and just enough distance from Chicago to keep your sanity intact. Not a bad place to build a studio and start the next chapter. Evan and Dagan get into the why behind it. Why Illinois. Why leave a long career. Why step out and start talking publicly after years of working inside one of the largest and most misunderstood organizations in the country. Dagan walks through his background growing up in a Marine family, doing 12 years in the Corps across infantry and reconnaissance billets, then making the jump to the Agency where he and Evan worked together for years. They talk candidly about the difference between the tactical side of the house and where the real strategic decisions get made, the infamous seventh floor, and what it is like to be a small cog inside a 23,000 person machine. There is humor, a few shots at California, some perspective on career pivots, and a real look at professional evolution from Marine to operator to podcaster…

People in this episode

Host: Evan

Guest: Dagan

Topics covered

• psychedelic healing
• career pivots
• military background
• podcasting
• reinvention
• strategic decisions

Keywords

• CIA
• Marine Corps
• podcasting
• career change
• psychedelic healing
• reinvention
• Illinois

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Marine Corps

Places: Dixon, Illinois, northwest Illinois, California

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