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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.
Episodes
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#352 Cain Velasquez - UFC Champion Hunted the Man Accused of Abusing His 4-Year-Old Son
Cain Velasquez is a former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights in MMA history, who later competed in pro…
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The Space Technology That Could Change History Forever
When I had Erin Brockovich on the Shawn Ryan Show, we took a deep dive into data centers and their impact on our water supply, power grid, and ecosystems…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#351 Chris Hansen - Hollywood’s To Catch a Predator Movie: “They Make Me Look Like a Vampire”
An award-winning investigative journalist best known for NBC’s To Catch a Predator and the recipient of 10 Emmy Awards, Chris Hansen has spent more than two…
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#350 Mike Hayes - The Navy SEAL in Obama’s Situation Room During the Captain Phillips Rescue
Mike Hayes is a retired Navy SEAL commander, national security leader, and business executive. He spent 20 years in the SEALs, ultimately serving as commanding…
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My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files
Leah, I chose not to release your episode because I personally had serious concerns about the truthfulness of your statements. I take what I put out on my…
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#349 AJ Gentile - Grand Canyon Conspiracies, AI Extinction and Nuclear War on Mars
AJ Gentile is the creator and host of The Why Files, the hit series exploring mysteries, conspiracies, strange history, science, and the unexplained. Before…
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#348 Frank Wright - The Last Living Original Marine Raider From WW2
Sergeant Frank S. Wright is a World War II Marine veteran who enlisted at just 16 years old following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served with the 4th Marine…
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#347 Pierogi - Shawn Ryan and Scammer Payback Troll Scammers LIVE
Pierogi is the creator and host of Scammer Payback, one of the largest scam-baiting platforms online. After leaving a career in cybersecurity, he began…
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#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down
Lt. Col. James Lechner (Ret.) is a 27-year U.S. Army veteran and former Army Ranger whose deployments span Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. As…
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#345 Wynonna Judd - Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd's Death & Finding Her Biological Father
Wynonna Judd is a five-time Grammy Award-winning country artist who rose to fame alongside her mother, Naomi, as The Judds, one of the most successful duos in…
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#344 Dusty Slay - Moon Landing Conspiracies, Flat Earth, Aliens and the Nephilim
Dusty Slay is a stand-up comedian known for his Southern, working-class observational humor and is currently touring nationwide on his Neighborhood Guy Tour…
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#343 Jimmy Watson - John McAfee's Bodyguard Reveals the Dead Man's Switch
Jimmy Watson is a former Marine, Blackwater contractor, Navy SEAL, and former head of security, CEO, and close confidant to John McAfee. He joined McAfee’s…
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#342 Garand Thumb - SERE Specialist on Surviving the Most Dangerous Places on Earth
Mike Jones, also known as Garand Thumb, is a U.S. Air Force veteran, firearms instructor, and one of the most recognizable voices in the firearms and tactical…
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Shawn Ryan's Everyday Carry: 2026 Edition
Shawn Ryan breaks down his complete everyday carry, from the gear, tools, technology, and sentimental items he’s carried throughout his career to the…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#341 Katarina Szulc - Cartels Are Recruiting Drone Operators From the Ukraine War
Katarina Szulc is a Canadian investigative journalist based in Mexico, known for her on-the-ground reporting on cartel violence, organized crime, political…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#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…
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#339 Christian Craighead - The Uncensored Story of the Nairobi DusitD2 Attack
Christian Craighead is a former British SAS operator who served with the Parachute Regiment, Pathfinder Platoon, and 22 SAS during a career focused on…
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#338 Cardinal Burke - The New Testament
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke is an American cardinal, canon lawyer, and one of the Catholic Church’s most prominent defenders of traditional doctrine and…
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#337 Cardinal Burke - The Old Testament
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke is an American cardinal, canon lawyer, and one of the Catholic Church’s most prominent defenders of traditional doctrine and…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#336 Byron Boots - He Turned a Polaris RZR Into a Self-Driving Military Vehicle
Professor Byron Boots is the co-founder and CEO of Overland AI and a leading expert in machine learning, robotics, and autonomous systems. A full professor at…
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#335 Ed Barnhart - The Amazon Rainforest is Hiding a Lost Civilization?
Dr. Edwin Barnhart is an archaeologist and explorer known for his work mapping ancient Maya cities and studying the civilizations of Mesoamerica and South…
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#334 Clint Emerson - Inside SEAL Team 6's Spy Unit: Black Squadron
Clint Emerson is a retired Navy SEAL who spent more than two decades in Naval Special Warfare, including time with SEAL Team 6. During his career, he…
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#333 George Christie - Surviving 40 Years in the Hells Angels
George Christie is the former longtime president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club's Ventura, California chapter, where he spent decades leading one of the…
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#332 Alex West - SEAL Team 6 Operator on Crashing a Black Hawk Into Bin Laden's Backyard
Alex West is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL who served 20 years, completed 15 combat deployments, including 13 with DEVGRU, and served as an assault team leader…
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#331 Scott Payne - FBI Undercover Agent Reveals the Most Disturbing Cases of His Career
Scott Payne is a retired FBI Special Agent who spent twenty-eight years in law enforcement investigating drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers…
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#330 Dr. Craig Koniver - The Godfather of Peptides
Dr. Craig Koniver is a physician who rebuilt his entire practice after a near-fatal portal vein thrombosis at age 46 exposed the failures of conventional…
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#329 Justin DeLoretto - Ex-Mongols President Reveals What Really Happens Inside a 1% Club
Justin "Mooch" DeLoretto is a former president of the Oregon and Missouri chapters of the Mongols Motorcycle Club and a founding member of its Portland…
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#328 Kevin Mandia - The Man Who Exposed China's Military Hackers
Kevin Mandia is CEO of Armadin, where he leads the company's mission to secure some of the world's largest and most complex environments. A globally recognized…
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#327 Josh Howerton - "In 50 Years, China Will Have More Christians Than America"
Josh Howerton is the Senior Pastor of Lakepointe Church, one of the largest churches in the United States. Known for his thoughtful biblical teaching and…
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#326 Kegan Gill - F-18 Pilot Survives Two Hours in the Atlantic With a Broken Neck
Kegan "Smurf" Gill is a former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot and the author of Phoenix Revival. In 2014, he survived the fastest ejection in naval…
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#325 Sean Strickland - The Most Controversial Fighter in the UFC Opens Up Like Never Before
Sean Strickland is a two-time UFC Middleweight Champion known for his outspoken personality and unconventional path to the top. After overcoming a difficult…
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#324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America
Father Chad Ripperger is a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and exorcist serving in the Archdiocese of Denver. He is the founder and superior…
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#323 Annie Jacobsen - Is America Ready for Biological War?
Annie Jacobsen is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigative journalist, and bestselling author known for her in-depth reporting on national security…
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#322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply?
Erin Brockovich is an environmental advocate, consumer activist, and author who rose to national prominence after helping expose one of the largest groundwater…
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#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide
Ryan Holiday is a bestselling author and one of the most influential modern voices on Stoicism. His 12 books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the…
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#320 Danny Goler - Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T Explain
Danny is an independent researcher. He is the founder of Code of Reality (COR), an interdisciplinary initiative that explores what he calls Cognitive Physics…
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#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?
Mike Rowe is an Emmy Award-winning television host, producer, narrator, bestselling author, and podcast host best known for creating and hosting the…
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#318 Candace Owens - The Most Sued Woman in American Media
Candace Owens is an American political commentator, author, and independent journalist known for her outspoken views on politics, culture, and current events…
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#317 Johnnie Clark - Surviving One of the Deadliest Jobs During the Vietnam War
Johnnie Clark is an American author and Vietnam Veteran, best known for his 1984 Vietnam War memoir Guns Up!. Many of his works fall into the genre of…
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#316 Brian Keating - The First Object Ever Found From Another Solar System
Brian Keating is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego, and the principal…
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#315 Sadhguru - Stop Letting Your Mind DESTROY You
For every U.S. veteran ready to take their mental wellbeing into their own hands, Sadhguru is offering Inner Engineering, his flagship program for inner…
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#314 Jen Lilley - The Dark Truth About the American Foster Care System
Jen Lilley is an actress, singer, author, and foster care advocate best known for her roles on Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and numerous Hallmark…
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#313 Eric Frohardt - DEVGRU Gold Squadron Sniper and Assaulter
Raised on a farm in Northwest Iowa, Eric Frohardt learned the value of hard work and personal responsibility at an early age. After one year of college, he…
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#312 Sabrina Pasterski - Theoretical Physicist on the Hidden Code of the Universe
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is a first-generation Cuban-American theoretical physicist from Chicago whose life has been shaped by flight and physics. She began…
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#311 Ben Owen & Ryan Dalton - Arrested on Epstein's Island
Two guests, one wild story. Ben Owen and Ryan Dalton join the show to break down their 2026 expedition to Little St. James, Jeffrey Epstein's former private…
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#310 Josh Duhamel - Transformers Star Reveals His 26-Acre Off-Grid Survival Compound
Josh Duhamel is an American actor, producer, and entrepreneur born and raised in Minot, North Dakota, where a blue-collar upbringing instilled a strong work…
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#309 Megyn Kelly - "I Now Have to Worry About Getting Shot Because of My Opinion"
Megyn Kelly is an American journalist, political commentator, and former attorney. She rose to national prominence as an anchor and host at Fox News from 2004…
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#308 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn - TikTok's #1 Sex Educator on Why Relationships Are Failing
Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn is a tenured professor of Human Communication Studies at California State University, Fullerton, where she specializes in sexual…
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#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost
Ron White is a two-time USA Memory Champion, U.S. Navy veteran, and one of the world's foremost memory training experts. Known as the "Brain Athlete," he has…
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Memorial Day Special: Navy Veteran Memorizes Every Service Member Killed in Afghanistan
In this powerful segment, Ron White, creator of the Afghanistan Memorial Wall and a Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan, solemnly recites the names of the…
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#306 Bryce Crawford - Gen Z Evangelist on the Vices Destroying Your Life
Bryce Crawford is a Christian evangelist and street preacher known for direct, face-to-face gospel conversations in public spaces. He grew up in a…
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#305 AJ Pasciuti - Marine Scout Sniper on Hunting Juba, the Deadliest Enemy Sniper in Iraq
AJ Pasciuti grew up in Sunnyvale, California, the son of Italian and Argentine immigrants. After 9/11 reshaped his sense of purpose, he enlisted in the Marine…
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#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs
Chris Bayless is a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent who spent more than three decades working some of the most…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#303 Mel Chancey - Youngest President in Hells Angels History
Born and raised near Chicago, Illinois, Mel Chancey grew up in a Catholic household, even serving as an altar boy. But early in life, he found identity and…
- The Shawn Ryan Show
#302 Joe Lonsdale - If China Takes Taiwan, AI Sets Back 10 Years
Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist known for his work at the intersection of innovation and public policy. He is a co-founder of…
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#301 Cenk Uygur - The Foreign Influence Crisis
Cenk Uygur is the CEO and founder of TYT (The Young Turks Network), host of The Young Turks — the first partner channel on YouTube — co-founder of the Justice…
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#300 Louisa Nicola - Peptides, Cancer and the Deadly Habits That Lead to Alzheimer’s
Louisa Nicola is a neurophysiologist, performance specialist, and founder of Neuro Athletics, a company focused on brain optimization and neurophysiology for…
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#299 Andy Lowery - Inside the World’s Most Advanced Drone Killing Machine
Andy Lowery is a retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander who served as a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer and Nuclear Propulsion Officer, including active duty…
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#298 Jason Magnavice - SEAL Team 6 Red Squadron Operator
Jason Magnavice is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL with over 26 years in Naval Special Warfare. He spent eight years at SEAL Team 2 before being selected to serve…