On the Mondo Show, Armando interviews Brandon Pickard—father, veteran, and founder of Set and Setting Coaching Services—about psychospiritual/entheogenic support and, especially, post-journey integration. Pickard explains integration as becoming whole by balancing mind and heart within life’s duality: the mind/ego seeks control, judgment, and safety, while the heart embodies compassion, presence, humility, and connection. He describes “characters” formed from past experiences, the value of meditation for noticing patterns, and warns against guru pride. They discuss preparation for ayahuasca (dieta, reducing negative inputs like news, journaling), the three pillars for success (drop expectation, surrender, trust), set and setting as mindset and safe container, and safety concerns like SSRIs and benzodiazepines. Pickard shares how Soul Quest and community helped pull him from suicidal depression and how veterans benefit from ceremonial community support.

00:00 Living In Duality 01:07 Meet Brandon Pickard 01:44 Why Integration Matters 04:02 Integration Becoming Whole 05:05 Mind Versus Heart 09:00 Avatars And Ego Loops 14:25 Meditation Creates Space 16:26 Balancing Control And Allowing 17:39 The Call To Ayahuasca 20:09 Dieta And Clean Vessel 33:42 Preparation Beyond Food 37:51 Group Integration Benefits 39:11 No Gurus Only Humility 43:11 Three Pillars For Ceremony 46:13 Acceptance Over Control 46:47 Resistance vs Surrender 49:12 Three Pillars for Life 51:16 Procrastination and Self Acceptance 53:37 Heart Mind Integration 59:33 Integration Misconceptions 01:07:12 Set and Setting Explained 01:14:05 Ayahuasca Plants and Chemistry 01:22:17 Choosing Centers and Safety 01:25:30 Medication Contraindications 01:28:20 Six Months After Ceremony 01:29:14 Integration Without a Guru 01:30:22 Dieta Expectations and Self Compassion 01:31:32 Coaching Timeline and Surrender 01:33:35 Veterans and Psychedelic Policy 01:35:23 Ceremony Community Healing 01:40:02 Veterans Journeys and Childhood Roots 01:43:36 VA Failures and Veteran Led Retreats 01:46:38 Getting Veterans to Open Up 01:51:43 Soul Quest Saved My Life 01:57:05 Duality Service and Purpose 02:01:49 Soul Quest Legacy and Controversy 02:03:34 Who Holds Space for You 02:07:56 Resistance Stages and Closing Gratitude

He walks through his path from a law-enforcement family to 15 years on the job — seven in upstate New York, eight in Destin, Florida — the culture shock, the differences in laws and procedures, understaffing, and the communication problems that come with high-rise areas. We also get into the harder stuff: stress, the desensitization that comes from repeated exposure to death and trauma, the pressure to "shut it off," morale and leadership, how thin the support resources really are, and losing a colleague to suicide. And what both the public and officers can do — not judging all of policing by the worst encounters, and raising the bar on professionalism and rapport.

On The Mondo Show, author Ryan Foresman discusses his book The Antichrist.exe, a nonfiction study connecting artificial intelligence to themes in Revelation. Foresman, with a background in biblical studies and 30+ years in technology, explains why AI’s growing reach resembles divine attributes like omniscience and omnipresence, outlines stages of AI from narrow and generative systems to AGI, superintelligence, “artificial omniscience,” and an “omega stage,” and warns of surveillance, job loss, deepfakes, and centralized economic controls. 

He argues the “beast” in Revelation 13 may be a system rather than a man, citing the Greek neuter noun therion and “it” pronouns. They discuss children relying on AI for guidance, digital IDs and CBDCs as warning signs, and conclude with hope rooted in Christian belief that God ultimately wins.

00:00 AI as Antichrist 01:06 Meet the Author 02:16 Why Write the Book 08:01 AI Meets Revelation 14:01 Stages of AI Explained 20:59 Omega Stage Controversy 24:58 Beast as a System 27:18 Greek Neuter Clue 31:58 So What Can We Do 33:27 AI Rewrites Scripture 35:54 Kids Raised by Bots 37:22 Bias and Narrative Control 39:42 Surveillance and New Economy 41:10 Mark of the Beast Tech 43:58 Digital ID Warning Signs 45:42 Sci Fi Predicts AI God 47:55 Worshiping the Created 50:30 Future Shock and Job Loss 53:45 Hope Trust but Verify 56:43 Where to Get the Book 58:03 Closing Reflections and Cheers

Host Armondo returns to the Mondo Show and interviews Laura Donigan, a QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) level-two practitioner influenced early by Dolores Cannon, prophecy, and UFO lore while growing up in Las Vegas near the Nevada test site. Laura describes feeling skeptical of religion, having childhood paranormal experiences, struggling with an abusive teen relationship and later meth, alcohol, and addiction that led to rehab in 2015 and a renewed spiritual path. 

She recounts meeting Bob Lazar at Bank of America in the late 1990s, going for coffee, receiving an S4 screenplay, and discussing topics like time travel while noting Lazar’s discretion. They discuss Lazar’s claims (S4, Element 115), alleged government crash-retrieval “Legacy Program” since 1947, AATIP, religious pushback, and fears of narratives like “aliens as demons” and Project Blue Beam. Laura shares daylight and nighttime UFO sightings, speculates disclosure around 2027 and possible July 8 announcements, and frames current politics as controlled by shadow banking interests.

00:00 Intro 00:23 Intro 01:15 Welcome Back  01:34 Laura’s Spiritual Roots 03:28 Vegas Mysteries and Area 51 05:17 Questioning Religion Early 06:05 Roswell and Government Doubts 07:35 Oregon Move and Rehab 09:42 Florida Move and QHHT 12:09 Childhood Paranormal Gifts 15:59 Abuse and Addiction Spiral 20:58 George Knapp and Lazar Story 21:59 Recognizing Lazar at the Bank 23:47 Who Is Bob Lazar 26:32 Legacy Program and AATIP 30:07 Aliens Demons and Nukes 32:29 Politics Theater and Shadow Power 37:02 Caught at S4 37:36 Shots and Survival 38:03 Daylight UFO Sighting 40:22 Mount Shasta Hotspot 42:14 Fear and Belief Systems 46:09 Eisenhower Alien Deal 48:08 Bob Lazar and Time Travel 51:48 AI Psyops and Blue Beam 54:45 2027 Disclosure Predictions 59:39 Whistleblowers and Secret Programs 01:07:26 Roswell Anniversary Speculation 01:09:47 Can of Worms and Farewell

Welcome, Laura Donigan