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The Shawn Ryan Show
The "Shawn Ryan Show" is hosted by Shawn Ryan, former U.S. Navy SEAL, CIA Contractor, and Founder of Vigilance Elite. We tell REAL stories about REAL people from all walks of life. We discuss the ups and downs, wins and losses, successes and struggles, the good and bad in a respectful but candid way with our guest. We're better than entertainment, we're the REAL thing. Please enjoy the show.
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#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide
In this episode, host Sean Ryan sits down with Ryan Holiday, a best-selling author of twelve books on Stoicism, including The Daily Stoic, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and Stillness Is t…
#320 Danny Goler - Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T Explain
#316 Brian Keating - Brian Keating - The First Object Ever Found From Another Solar System
In this episode, host Sean Ryan sits down with Dr. Brian Keating, the Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego, inventor of the BICEP telescope, and author of Losing the Nobel P…
#315 Sadhguru - Stop Letting Your Mind DESTROY You
This episode of The Sean Ryan Show features Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev), Indian yogi, mystic, and founder of the Isha Foundation — a global volunteer organization with over 7,300 full-time and 19 million…
#314 Jen Lilley - The Dark Truth About the American Foster Care System
#312 Sabrina Pasterski - Theoretical Physicist on the Hidden Code of the Universe
Sabrina Gonzalez-Pasterski is a theoretical physicist leading the Celestial Holography Initiative at Canada's Perimeter Institute. Born in Chicago to Cuban-American lawyer parents, she took her first …
Bryce Crawford - Gen Z Evangelist on the Vices Destroying Your Life
Sean Ryan interviews Bryce Crawford, a 22-year-old Christian evangelist and street preacher who founded Bryce Crawford Ministries. Crawford is known for entering hostile territories alone to share the…
AJ Pasciuti - Marine Scout Sniper on Hunting Juba, the Deadliest Enemy Sniper in Iraq
AJ Pesciutti is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant who served 21 years including three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Battle of Fallujah, and la…
Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs
Chris Bayless served 30 years as an ATF special agent, spending the majority of his career undercover infiltrating motorcycle gangs. He successfully penetrated the Hells Henchmen Motorcycle Club and w…
Mel Chancey - Youngest President in Hells Angels History
Mel Chancy joins Sean Ryan to share his extraordinary journey from Catholic altar boy to Hell's Angels president to born-again Christian. At 16, Mel was expelled from school, became a father, and disc…
Joe Lonsdale - If China Takes Taiwan, AI Sets Back 10 Years
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir Technologies and managing partner of 8VC, returns to discuss his latest investments in defense technology, AI applications, and geopolitical developments. Lonsdale…
Louisa Nicola - Peptides, Cancer and the Deadly Habits That Lead to Alzheimer’s
Louisa Nicola is an Australian-born neurophysiologist, human performance coach, and clinical brain scientist with over 13 years studying the brain. She's the founder and CEO of Neuroathletics, host of…
Andy Lowery - Inside the World’s Most Advanced Drone Killing Machine
Andy Lowry is CEO of Epirus, a $1+ billion defense tech company developing counter-drone technology. A retired Navy Surface Warfare Officer with 30+ years in advanced technology, Lowry previously serv…
Jason Magnavice - SEAL Team 6 Red Squadron Operator
Jason Magnavice is a retired Navy SEAL with over 26 years in Naval Special Warfare. He spent eight years at SEAL Team 2 and 15 years at JSOC's Development Group (SEAL Team 6), serving as a tactical co…
Meg Appelgate - Why Parents Are Being Lied To About Teen “Treatment”
Meg Applegate is the founder and CEO of Unsilenced, a nonprofit launched in January 2022 to serve victims of institutional child abuse. A survivor of the troubled teen industry herself, she was abduct…
Samuel Reineberg - First-Hand Account of the Old Dominion Terrorist Attack
Sam Reinerberg is a prior enlisted U.S. Army soldier who served as an 88-kilo watercraft operator from Fort Eustis, Virginia, aboard the logistics support vessel LSV-5. He earned a division commander'…
Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman
Pete Blaber, former Delta Force commander and author of The Mission, The Men, and Me and The Common Sense Way, returns to complete his comprehensive examination of military leadership failures and ins…
Pete Blaber - Part 1: Delta Force Commander on Roberts Ridge: The Battle of Takur Ghar
Colonel Pete Blaber (retired) commanded at every level of Delta Force, serving as interim commander during the Iraq invasion. His operational experience spans Panama, Colombia, Somalia, the Balkans, A…
Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus
Dr. Jeremiah Johnston, president of Christian Thinkers Society and pastor of apologetics at Prestonwood Baptist Church, holds a PhD from Middlesex University with doctoral residency at Oxford. An elec…
Brett Adcock - Shawn Ryan Meets a Humanoid Robot
Brett Adcock is a serial entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Figure AI, building general-purpose humanoid robots for labor automation. He previously founded Veteri, an AI-driven talent marketplace acquire…
Joe Kent - His Message to President Trump on Ending the War With Iran
Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, retired Green Beret with 11 combat deployments, and author of Send Me, The True Story of a Mother at War, resigned from the Trump adm…
Zach Lahn - Inside America’s Cancer-Causing Chemical Problem
Zach Lane is a sixth-generation Iowan, regenerative farmer, businessman, and independent candidate for Iowa Governor. Son of a Christian pastor and founder of Home Place Ventures, he's raising seven c…
Michael Lester - Is the United States Going to War with Iran For Israel?
Michael Lester returns to discuss the escalating conflict with Iran and Israeli influence over U.S. foreign policy. Lester is a decorated Marine Corps combat pilot, Naval Academy graduate, and MENSA m…
Shyam Sankar - Are We Sleepwalking Into World War 3?
Sham Sankarp serves as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Palantir Technologies, where he's worked since 2006 as one of the company's earliest hires and key builders. A seasoned …
Butch Wilmore - He Was Stranded in Space for 286 Days
Butch Wilmore is a recently retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain with over 8,000 flight hours, 663 carrier landings, and 464 consecutive days in space. He flew combat missions during Desert St…
Ethan Thornton - This 22-Year-Old Built a .50 Cal Rifle Out of Home Depot Parts
Ethan Thornton is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Mock Industries, building next-generation unmanned systems and hydrogen-powered defense technology. After dropping out of MIT following just one se…
Father Chad Ripperger - Inside the Most Disturbing Exorcism Cases
Father Chad Ripperger is a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and one of the world's most prominent exorcists. Ordained in 1997, he holds advanced degrees from the University of San Franc…
Schlep - EVERY Parent Needs to Watch This
This episode features Schlepp, a 22-year-old YouTuber and predator catcher who survived grooming on Roblox as a child. Now he exposes child predators through sting operations and decoy accounts, leadi…
AJ - Former CIA Chief of Station Breaks Silence on Microwave Weapons
AJ is a former CIA operative and Naval Academy physics graduate who served as chief of station in Southeast Asia before experiencing what he describes as a deliberate directed energy weapon attack in …
Nik Seetharaman - Former SpaceX's Head of Cybersecurity Critical Warning on AI Swarms
Nick Setheraman is founder and CEO of Wraithwatch, an AI cyber defense company founded with fellow SpaceX alumni. His career spans from Air Force cryptologic linguist to Special Operations cyber speci…
Jeremy Slate - The Fatal Decisions That Doomed the Entire Roman Empire
Jeremy Ryan Slate, CEO and co-founder of Command Your Brand podcast PR agency, host of the Jeremy Ryan Slate Show, best-selling author and Roman history expert, joins to explore the parallels between …
Sarah Adams - If China Isn’t the #1 Threat… Then Who Is?
Sarah Adams, former CIA targeting officer known by her call sign 'Super Bad,' joins Sean Ryan to discuss escalating terrorist threats on U.S. soil. Adams previously served as senior advisor to the U.S…
Wes Huff - This Might Be the Most Important Biblical Discovery of the 20th Century
Wes Huff, Vice President of Apologetics Canada, joins Sean Ryan to discuss faith, evidence, and the historical foundations of Christianity. Born in Pakistan to missionary parents, Huff spent his child…
Ro Khanna - Why is Congress Afraid to Subpoena Every Name in the Epstein Files?
Representative Ro Khanna returns to discuss the Department of Justice's partial release of Jeffrey Epstein files, revealing widespread elite involvement in what he calls the 'Epstein class.' Khanna, a…
Michael Lester - Are We the Bad Guys?
This conversation features Michael, an author discussing his book available on Amazon, speaking with host Sean Ryan about systemic issues in politics and infrastructure planning. The discussion center…
Nick Brokhausen - The Deadliest Stories From Vietnam with MACV-SOG
Nick Brockhausen joins the show as a Green Beret veteran with a 17-year career in U.S. Special Forces, including multiple combat tours in Vietnam as part of the highly classified MAC V SOG. He served …
Jay Yu - Nano Nuclear Technology and the Future of American Energy
Jay U is the founder, executive chairman, and president of Nano Nuclear Energy, which reached over $3 billion market capitalization as the #1 IPO performer of 2024. He's also executive chairman of LIS…
Tim Ferriss - Life-Changing Practical Wisdom Backed by Experience and Science
Tim Ferriss joins the show as one of the most fascinating polymaths of our time. Host of The Tim Ferriss Show with over a billion downloads, author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers including The …
Steve Robinson - How Somali Criminal Networks Are Stealing Millions of Dollars
Steve Robinson, award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief of TheMainWire.com, returns to discuss explosive developments in his investigation of Somali Medicaid fraud. Robinson created the documenta…
Elizabeth Phillips - Inside Camp Kanakuk: One of America’s Darkest Child Summer Camps
Elizabeth Phillips is a leading voice on reforming how the legal system treats survivors of child sexual abuse. Her younger brother Trey died by suicide in 2019 at age 28 after a civil settlement with…
Oz Pearlman - The Most Mind-Blowing Mentalism Tricks
Oz Pearlman is the world's top mentalist who has blown minds on the biggest stages around the world. Born in Israel during wartime as a surviving twin, he moved to the U.S. at age three with his Navy …
Aliia Roza - Russian Sex Spy on Seduction Perfumes, Sexpionage and Honeypot Tradecraft
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