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.
13 episodes
Episodes
The Shawn Ryan Show
SERE specialist connects survival training to drone warfare
The conversation links hard-won survival skills with the vulnerabilities exposed by modern war, infrastructure failure, and social collapse.
Sep 24, 2026 · 3h 6m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Cartels turn regional power into an international drone pipeline
The conversation connects Mexico’s cartel infrastructure to political corruption, diversified criminal economies, and emerging military expertise from the Ukraine war.
Sep 21, 2026 · 2h 4m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Commercial data turns everyday life into a surveillance system
The episode shows how governments and companies can buy and combine intimate behavioral data faster than privacy law can constrain its use.
Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 51m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Craighead recounts Nairobi rescue amid faith and legal battle
The episode pairs a detailed account of a terrorist siege and civilian rescue with competing claims about faith, politics, trauma, and who gets to tell the story.
Sep 14, 2026 · 5h 22m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Cardinal Burke defends the New Testament’s historical and theological claims
The conversation connects Gospel reliability and Christ’s resurrection to Catholic teachings on salvation, worship, family life, and the end of time.
Sep 10, 2026 · 2h 44m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Cardinal Burke traces the Old Testament’s path to Christ
The conversation presents the Old Testament as a unified story of covenants, spiritual conflict, and humanity’s redemption through Christ.
Sep 8, 2026 · 2h 7m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Autonomous ground vehicles move battlefield logistics toward machine speed
The episode examines whether autonomous vehicles can protect troops and expand military capacity faster than traditional defense procurement can adapt.
Sep 3, 2026 · 2h 12m
The Shawn Ryan Show
LiDAR and earthworks reopen the history of the Americas
The conversation tests how new archaeological surveys can expand the record without turning gaps in evidence into lost-civilization myths.
Aug 31, 2026 · 2h 36m
The Shawn Ryan Show
SEAL operator reveals the hidden craft behind clandestine missions
Clint Emerson connects elite military operations to the less visible costs of secrecy, childhood trauma, institutional conflict, and combat.
Aug 27, 2026 · 3h 59m
The Shawn Ryan Show
George Christie explains why he left the Hells Angels
Christie’s account connects outlaw-club loyalty, institutional failure, violence, and conscience to the personal cost of walking away.
Aug 24, 2026 · 3h 49m
The Shawn Ryan Show
SEAL operator turns combat trauma into a mission of recovery
Alex West connects elite military service, combat loss, suicidal crisis, and sobriety to his later work helping veterans and first responders heal.
Aug 20, 2026 · 4h 35m
The Shawn Ryan Show
FBI undercover agent confronts cartel violence and extremist networks
Scott Payne’s account shows how undercover investigations expose agents to criminal violence, betrayal, psychological damage, and threats moving through children’s online worlds.
Aug 17, 2026 · 5h 4m
The Shawn Ryan Show
Koniver challenges medicine’s shortcuts with personalized longevity care
The conversation tests where individualized health optimization can offer useful alternatives—and where emerging therapies remain uncertain, experimental, or overpromoted.
Aug 13, 2026 · 2h 20m