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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.
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- Todayinterview4h 57m9-min read
#345 Wynonna Judd - Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd's Death & Finding Her Biological Father
Wynonna Judd opens up about her traumatic childhood, family secrets, and personal struggles in a raw, emotional interview, revealing how she’s breaking generational cycles through music, faith, and vulnerability. Her new album, The Hard Truth, reflects decades of pain, resilience, and healing.
- 4 days agoconversational2h 51m7-min read
#344 Dusty Slay - Moon Landing Conspiracies, Flat Earth, Aliens and the Nephilim
Dusty Slay, a Southern stand-up comedian known for his clean, observational humor rooted in working-class life, joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation about faith, family, comedy, and personal transformation. From his trailer park upbringing in Alabama to sobriety, spiritual exploration, and navigating fame, Slay reflects on how his values shape his art and life—without sacrificing laughs.
- 1 weeks agointerview4h 52m8-min read
#343 Jimmy Watson - John McAfee's Bodyguard Reveals the Dead Man's Switch
Jimmy Watson, a former Marine, Blackwater contractor, and confidant to John McAfee, recounts a life defined by war, betrayal, spiritual darkness, and ultimate redemption. After surviving combat, corporate espionage, and a mental breakdown, he found purpose not in wealth or power, but in faith and helping others through his "lighthouse mission."
- 1 weeks agoconversational3h 5m7-min read
#342 Garand Thumb - SERE Specialist on Surviving the Most Dangerous Places on Earth
Mike Jones, a retired U.S. Air Force Special Warfare veteran and prominent YouTube personality, shares his journey from Mormon upbringing to Christian faith, through medical school and military training failures, into a successful career in tactical instruction, survival expertise, and digital content creation. The conversation spans intense personal transformation, the realities of modern warfare shaped by drone technology, and practical prepping advice for societal collapse.
- 1 weeks agosolo59 min5-min read
Shawn Ryan's Everyday Carry: 2026 Edition
Shawn Ryan delivers a raw, deeply personal tour of his everyday carry (EDC), blending tactical gear, emotional relics, and spiritual tools that reflect two decades of service, loss, fatherhood, and faith. More than just a gear dump, this is a philosophy of preparedness—physical, digital, and spiritual—for a world that’s increasingly unstable and surveilled.
- 2 weeks agoconversational2h 2m7-min read
#341 Katarina Szulc - Cartels Are Recruiting Drone Operators From the Ukraine War
Katarina Szulc, a war correspondent and investigative journalist based in Mexico City, returns to discuss the evolving power dynamics of Mexican cartels, their infiltration into legitimate economies, transnational operations, and the U.S. government’s limited effectiveness in countering them. She details recent cases like the murder of TikTok influencer Valeria Marquez, systemic corruption among Mexican officials, cartel diversification into oil theft and human trafficking, and the growing use of drones and potential for AI-driven warfare.
- 2 weeks ago1h 49m
#340 Byron Tau - The Government Doesn't Just Spy on You. It Buys You.
Byron Tau is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at ProPublica and the author of "Means of Control." He spent five years tracing how the surveillance apparatus built after 9/11 came home and found Border Patrol monitoring millions of American drivers through hidden cameras and a secret algorithm. Shawn and Byron get into who built these tools, how buying data legally sidesteps the Fourth Amendment, and what it means when the machinery aimed at foreign targets gets turned around. Privacy Isn't Paranoia. It's Protection. Download Glacier - https://srs.site/glacierapp Website - https://theglacierapp.com Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code SRS at https://stopboxusa.com/SRS #stopboxpod Upgrade your eyewear at https://roka.com and use code SRS for 20% off sitewide at checkout. Try Gusto today at https://gusto.com/SRS and get three months free when you run your first payroll. For a limited time, save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at https://drinkag1.com/srs Byron Tau Links: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/byrontau X - https://x.com/byrontau Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/byrontau.bsky.social Book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/means-of-control-by-byron-tau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
- 3 weeks agointerview5h 20m9-min read
#339 Christian Craighead - The Uncensored Story of the Nairobi DusitD2 Attack
Christian Craighead, a former British SAS operator, recounts the harrowing day in 2019 when he responded to the Al-Shabaab terrorist attack at Nairobi’s Dusit D2 complex, leading over 700 civilians to safety and neutralizing multiple attackers. Despite his heroic actions, he now faces relentless legal persecution from the UK government for publishing his memoir, One Man In, which details the events. The interview reveals a profound spiritual journey, divine synchronicities, and a battle between good and evil that continues today.
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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.
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