Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin

Roger K. McFillin, Psy.D., ABPP

The Radically Genuine Podcast cuts through the noise of conventional mental health advice, offering an unfiltered exploration of what it truly takes to overcome life’s challenges. Dr. McFillin doesn’t shy away from controversial topics, tackling head-on the failings of the mental health industry and exposing the often-ignored realities of resilience.
Each episode features raw, honest conversations with survivors, experts, and freethinkers who challenge the status quo. From dismantling harmful psychiatric practices to uncovering ancient wisdom for modern well-being, this podcast goes where others fear to tread.
It’s more than just talk – it’s a revolution in how we approach mental health and personal growth.

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20 episodes
Updated Thursday

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Thursday · 1 hr 30 min
241. The Porn Addict Who Became a Monk
Why does a man with everything going right for him quietly fall apart on the inside? Jeremy Lipkowitz was a PhD student at Duke studying the genetic code that supposedly explains what a human being is. On the outside it looked like a life going exactly to plan. In private he was losing to a compulsion nobody around him knew about, and the more he achieved the worse it got. Eventually he stopped trying to fix himself from the outside, left the program, flew to Myanmar, and ordained as a monk. He has spent the last decade teaching men to do what he did, without religion, dogma, or drugs. His show is Unhooked and his work is at https://unhookedacademy.com/ We talk about where shame actually comes from, what happens to you around day four of a silent retreat, and whether moderation is possible with anything engineered to hook you. Late in the episode we get into whether there is anything behind all of this. He says no. I made my case anyway. Neither of us moved, and that exchange might be my favorite part of the conversation.
July 30 · 51 min
240. What Matt Walsh Gets Right About Therapy & What He Gets Wrong
Matt Walsh, the conservative commentator from the Daily Wire, set the internet on fire this week with a thread about therapy. The people defending him and the people attacking him are making the same mistake. Dr. McFillin's honest verdict on what's true, what's reckless, and the questions nobody thought to ask. Nobody is going to like all of it.
July 23 · 1 hr 31 min
166. Children Who Read Minds: The Research Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell Risked Her Career to Expose
Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, author of "The ESP Enigma: The Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena," is a pioneering researcher challenging our fundamental understanding of human consciousness. Her groundbreaking work, documented in "The Telepathy Tapes" series, presents rigorous scientific evidence of telepathic abilities in non-speaking autistic children - abilities that defy modern neuroscience and psychiatry. In this transformative episode, Dr. Powell reveals her controlled studies and the remarkable case of Haley, a non-speaking autistic who demonstrated extraordinary telepathic capabilities. Her research suggests consciousness isn't generated by the brain but channeled through it, challenging everything we know about mental health, human potential, and the nature of consciousness itself. This work points to a radical reimagining of autism not as a disorder, but as an evolved state of consciousness our materialist paradigm fails to comprehend.
July 16 · 43 min
239. Failure Is the Business Model: How the Mental Health Industry Profits When You Get Worse
In 2008, bankers made reckless bets with your money, burned the economy to the ground, and kept their bonuses while you paid the bill. Economists call it moral hazard: when the person making the decision never suffers the consequences of being wrong, they get careless. They get greedy. And they stop caring whether what they're selling you actually works. We swore never again. We were lied to. Right now, there's an industry embedded in your doctor's office, your child's school, and your own family that runs the exact same scam — except the losses aren't measured in foreclosures. They're measured in your kids. It knows things about its product it will never tell you. It gets paid whether you improve or deteriorate. And when it fails you, that failure doesn't trigger accountability. It generates the next invoice. You've probably already been a customer. You may be one right now. Dr. Roger McFillin builds the case one brick at a time — and by the end, you'll understand why the worst outcomes in American life keep getting rewarded with more money, more power, and more access to your children. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
July 9 · 52 min
238. Is Everything a Psychiatric Disorder Now?
What did a new client say that nearly knocked Dr. Roger McFillin out of his chair? Why has honesty become the rarest thing in American life? And what if the label you were handed was never true? Be honest. You've watched it happen. Every flaw becomes a condition. Every choice becomes a symptom. Every struggle becomes a disorder. An entire culture has quietly agreed to stop telling the truth about itself. This episode breaks the agreement.
July 2 · 1 hr 12 min
237. The Man Behind Joe Camel Reveals How Propaganda Actually Works
Anthony Freda drew one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in advertising history — and illustrated the op-ed pages that helped sell a war. He was paid extraordinarily well to move product, opinion, and entire populations. Then he walked away. In this episode, Dr. Roger McFillin sits down with the illustrator-turned-whistleblower to trace the hidden machinery of persuasion — from Edward Bernays and the "engineering of consent" to the four simple tools used to manufacture belief, sell wars, and convince a nation that its own sickness was health. But this conversation doesn't stop at media criticism. What begins as an insider's confession becomes something far stranger: a story about fear as a weapon, technology as a delivery system, and a spiritual war most people never realize they're inside.
June 25 · 2 hr 32 min
236. Raw Milk and a Deal with God
At 20, Tracy Thurman was told she'd never work again. Disabled, written off, handed a lifetime sentence by the same system that put her there. The doctors had a word for what happened to her: bad luck. They were wrong. And what finally brought her back was something the government will send armed agents to seize. This isn't a conversation for people who are comfortable. It's for the ones who already feel that something is off — that the sickness around us isn't an accident, and the people selling the cure keep ending up in court. And stay to the end. Because what starts as one woman's story becomes something bigger: the reveal of where this show is going next, and who's coming with it.
June 18 · 1 hr 14 min
235. Is Ibogaine a Miracle Treatment for PTSD and Addiction?
Jonathan Dickinson sat on the floor of a temple in Gabon, initiated into the Bwiti tradition. He built the only ethical supply line out of that forest when no one else would. He co-authored the safety guidelines the entire field depends on, was part of the landmark Stanford research, and runs one of the world's leading ibogaine clinics through Ambio Life Sciences. This year he poured fifteen years of it into a new book. Psychedelics have moved from the counterculture to the President's desk, and our most elite warfighters are quietly leaving the country to get a treatment America still calls a crime. At the center of it is a root the people of Gabon have called a teacher for thousands of years. Jonathan walks us through what ibogaine appears to do for trauma, addiction, and brain injury, where the science is astonishing, and where the honest answer is still that we don't know. He describes a door this medicine opens in the mind, one he says the modern world has trained us to keep shut. Jonathan Dickinson Website Ambio Life Sciences
June 11 · 1 hr 35 min
234. Afraid of Your Own Mind: What OCD Really Is and How People Actually Get Free
What if the scariest thoughts in your head mean nothing at all? William Schultz spent ten years trapped inside obsessive compulsive disorder. It got so bad he became afraid of his own shadow, checking it every time he flipped a light switch. Then he made one brave decision that put him in remission within two months. No drugs. No endless analysis. Today he's a psychotherapist in St. Paul, president of OCD Twin Cities, and the expert who pushed the International OCD Foundation to revise its own treatment guidelines in 2025. In this conversation, Dr. Roger McFillin and William expose why standard mental health care makes OCD worse. They reveal what actually frees people in an in depth conversation. If you've ever been attacked by a thought you couldn't turn off, this episode is your way out.
June 4 · 1 hr 20 min
233. An Emergency Room Physician on Demons, Awakening, and the Science We Ignore
What kind of man gets studied at Yale, Brown, and Harvard, builds a 300 person international research consortium, and still has powerful people working to erase his name? Dr. Daniel Ingram is not a guru. He is a retired level one trauma emergency physician. A published neuroscience researcher. The author of a book that has shaped contemplative practice for tens of thousands of readers. The acting organizer of a global research effort spanning Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cambridge, and Oxford. By every credential medicine respects, he is one of their own. So why did a senior figure allegedly commission an academic article engineered to surface at the top of every search of his name, with one stated goal? That nobody would ever believe him again. Because Dr. Ingram crossed a line his profession does not permit. He claimed that awakening is real. That it is measurable. That it is observable in the brain. We go into what he has seen at the edges of human perception. What he documented in the lab. What he believes medicine is doing to patients every single day by refusing to look. The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium
May 28 · 54 min
232. Fear Is The Product And You Are The Resource
Three books. Thirty years. One declassified CIA document. You've been awake for five years. Why does everything keep getting worse? In this episode, Dr. McFillin traces Robert Monroe's consciousness research, the U.S. military's 17-year remote viewing program, and the concept that explains why the "awake" community keeps losing: Loosh—an energetic harvest engineered to run on loneliness, fear, outrage, and resistance itself. The Krebs cycle. The dairy farm. We're not citizens. We're livestock. The way out is not resistance. It's a frequency the harvest cannot consume. Perfect love casts out fear.
May 21 · 52 min
231. The War for Human Consciousness Is Happening, and We’re Living in It
The war for human consciousness is not coming. It is already here, and you are living inside it. A classified 1983 report written for the CIA. A missing page they still refuse to release. A truth about your mind, your body, and your power so dangerous it was buried for twenty years and is still being hidden from you today. In this episode of the Radically Genuine Podcast, Dr. Roger McFillin pulls the thread on the hidden war being waged for your mind, your health, and your sovereignty. What he uncovers will change the way you see your diagnosis, your doctor, your phone, and yourself. You are not who they told you you were. You are not what they trained you to believe. Press play.
May 14 · 1 hr
230. How They Convinced a Generation That Being Human Is a Disease
In 1976, Merck's CEO told Fortune magazine his dream was to make drugs for healthy people and sell them to everyone. Fifty years later, that dream is the air we breathe. In this solo episode, Dr. Roger McFillin traces how a generation was taught that being human is a disease. He walks through the 1994 inflection point, the Zoloft commercial that rewrote a culture, the academics and journals and sales reps who built the influence machine, and the school-to-pediatrician-to-customer-for-life pipeline that captured childhood itself. He reflects on the recent HHS mental health summit, what it gets right, and what the bureaucrats are still unwilling to say out loud. He names what was lost in the trade. The wisdom passed down through generations. The understanding that emotions are a guidance system, not a malfunction. The mental health industrial complex is not a healthcare system. It's a control system. The drugs are weapons. The diagnoses are chains. This is how you walk out of the cage.
May 7 · 1 hr 31 min
229. Andrew Feldman's 50 Years of Guiding Psychedelic Journey's, A Warning
Andrew Feldmar has been guiding people through psychedelic journeys for over 50 years. He trained directly with R.D. Laing in London, worked with Stanislav Grof at Esalen, practiced at Hollywood Hospital when LSD was still legal medicine, and took part in the first MAPS Canada MDMA research for PTSD. A Hungarian-born psychotherapist who fled the 1956 revolution alone at 16, he has spent a lifetime refusing to pathologize normal human suffering. With the President signing an executive order to fast track psychedelics through the FDA, this conversation could not be more timely. Andrew explains why medicalizing these medicines is a grotesque category mistake, what gets lost when ceremony and relationship are replaced by sterile hospital protocols, and why the source only opens up between people. His new book, Radical Adventure: An Inquiry into Psychedelic Psychotherapy (Karnac Books, 2025), is a quiet act of resistance against the venture capital takeover of sacred work. If we're going to talk about psychedelics in 2026, we need to talk to someone who knew what they were before the industry came for them.
April 30 · 1 hr 31 min
228. What Happens Years After Gender Transitioning?
Some lies leave scars you can see. Jennifer Miller, a licensed professional counselor with fifteen years of clinical experience, now sits with the detransitioners. The young women coming out the other side of a cultural lie, carrying its permanent mark on their bodies and asking the questions no one prepared them for. What pulled them in? What woke them up? What does the wreckage actually look like once the affirmation stops? And how did an entire culture, an entire profession, march millions of children down this road while calling it care? Jennifer has been watching this story unfold for fifty years, first inside her own family, now inside her therapy office. She left the mental health system in 2020 and has been telling the truth ever since. This episode is about more than gender. It is about how minds get captured, how good people participate in harm, and what human vulnerability looks like when the institutions sworn to protect us become the ones doing the cutting. Listen now.
April 23 · 1 hr
159. Why They Want You Numb-Exposing The Mental Health Industrial Complex
A re-released episode with points that still stand. As America responded with a mandate for Donald Trump, Dr. McFillin issues a powerful call to action: Making America Healthy Again demands more than policy change—it requires reclaiming our fundamental emotional sovereignty. In this compelling episode, he exposes how the modern mental health system has conditioned us to fear natural emotional responses, creating cycles of dependency and spiritual disconnection. Dr. McFillin argues that depression and anxiety aren't disorders but transformative spiritual forces that have been pathologized through decades of pharmaceutical marketing. Drawing from ancient wisdom, he reveals how suppressing these emotional states serves a broader system of control, disconnecting people from their inner guidance and spiritual power. The COVID crisis, he suggests, demonstrated how medical authorities can shape public behavior through fear. The path forward requires revolutionizing our approach to emotional wellness. Instead of medicating away our pain, we must recognize these experiences as catalysts for personal and societal transformation. Dr. McFillin outlines how emotional resilience—not emotional suppression—builds the strong, discerning citizens needed to preserve American values and freedoms. This episode provides a roadmap for breaking free from the "mental health matrix" and restoring our natural capacity for growth through emotional awareness. Takeaways Freedom and individual liberty are fundamental principles. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues. Mental, physical, and spiritual health are interconnected. Emotional discomfort is a catalyst for growth. Fear of emotions can lead to chronic conditions. Cultural narratives around mental health need to change. Sadness should be viewed as an energetic experience. Depression is not a disease but a superpower. Facing fears is essential for overcoming anxiety. The mental health crisis reflects a crisis of meaning. Emotions are energy that needs to be experienced and transformed. The modern mental health system often pathologizes normal emotional states. Fear and love are essential for personal growth and transformation. Societal control is maintained through the manipulation of emotions. We must reclaim a culture that honors deeper human experiences. Perpetual happiness is an illusion; suffering is part of life. Embracing fear can lead to profound personal insights. The labeling of emotional states as disorders limits personal potential. True love is a transformative force that drives growth. We need to change the conversation around mental health to foster resilience. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Freedom and Individual Liberty 03:04 The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health 06:05 The Interconnection of Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health 09:08 The Crisis of Consciousness and Fear in Mental Health 12:07 Reframing Emotional Experiences 14:57 The Role of Emotional Discomfort in Growth 17:47 Facing Fears and Overcoming Anxiety 20:54 Transforming Sadness into a Superpower 30:05 The Energy of Emotions 33:17 The Illusion of Perpetual Happiness 38:31 Embracing Fear and Love 43:30 The Mechanism of Control 49:57 Reconnecting with the Transcendent 55:53 Transformative Change and Freedom
April 16 · 1 hr 30 min
226. They Named It a 'Cancer Killer' in 1976. Then It Mysterioiusly Vanished
In 1976, scientists discovered something so significant they gave it a name that said everything. That name was scrubbed from the literature eight years later. Dr. William Supple is a neuroscientist. He didn't set out to become one of the most controversial voices in cancer research. He was trying to save someone he loved. What he found in the process — buried in peer-reviewed journals, hidden in WHO population data, and documented across hundreds of real human cases — will permanently change the way you think about cancer, what it is, who profits from it, and what has been available all along. Cancer Is a Parasite by Dr. William Supple is available on Amazon. Dr. Supple's research is at fenbendazole.substack.com.
April 9 · 1 hr 50 min
226. Awakening to Higher States of Consciousness with Dr. Mauro Zappaterra
Dr. Mauro Zappaterra trained at Harvard Medical School, holds both an MD and a PhD, and spent years in one of the most elite research labs in the world.Then he felt something move through his spine that changed everything. This episode starts with neuroscience and ends somewhere most people aren’t used to going. Right now there is a fluid bathing your brain. It pulses with every heartbeat. It clears toxins from your brain while you sleep. It guided the development of every neuron you were born with. Scientists are only beginning to understand what it does. Every major ancient tradition on earth built spiritual practices around activating this exact system. They called it the Crystal Palace. The third eye. The cave of Brahma. They mapped it thousands of years before we had MRI machines to confirm it. Dr. Zappaterra believes this system is the gateway to higher consciousness. We have the ability to activate this... all of us.
April 2 · 1 hr 51 min
225. Remove the Interference- Prayer, Placebo and the Science of Healing w/ Dr. Ben Rall
What happens when cutting-edge science and ancient faith point to the same truth? In this deeply personal and spiritually charged conversation, Dr. Roger McFillin welcomes back Dr. Ben Rall — chiropractor, author, and devoted follower of Christ — for what may be their most meaningful conversation yet. Released on Holy Thursday, this episode sits at the intersection of peer-reviewed research and transcendent faith, asking questions that our modern medical system was never designed to answer. What is actually happening inside the healing encounter? How much does the practitioner matter? And what does science now tell us about the power of belief, prayer, and human connection on biological outcomes?
March 26 · 1 hr 18 min
224. Mass Murder for Organs: How China Built a Kill-to-Order Industry — with Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek is one of the most important journalists working today. As senior editor at Epoch Times and host of American Thought Leaders, he has interviewed nearly a thousand heads of state, scientists, dissidents, and survivors — and for two decades he has been doing what almost no one in Western media would: documenting China's state-sanctioned, industrialized harvesting of organs from living prisoners of conscience. His new book, Killed to Order, makes the case that this is the largest ongoing crime against humanity on the planet — and that most of us have been counting on not to notice. In this conversation, Jan traces how a peaceful spiritual movement became the target of an extermination campaign, how prisoners of conscience became a living organ database, and why the global elite's obsession with longevity may be more connected to this atrocity than anyone wants to admit. This is a conversation that demands something of you. Jan has spent twenty years carrying a truth the world wasn't ready to receive. It's time to receive it.