Coming this July, join best-selling author and Danger Close host Jack Carr for an insider's look at the Amazon Prime Video series, The Terminal List, starring Chris Pratt. The series is directed by Antoine Fuqua, and stars Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chris Pratt, JD Pardo, Jai Courtney, and more. Be sure to watch the full series on July 1. Get exclusive insights, behind-the-scene the stories, interviews with creators of the show, exclusive access to the world of James Reece ...
Jun 29, 2022•56 sec
In this episode of Danger Close, Jack reads and responds to online critics of his latest edition of The Terminal List series, In the Blood. You can check out the book on Amazon, and, be sure to check out The Terminal List TV show starring Chris Pratt, releasing on Amazon Prime Video on July 1. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http://navyfederal.org/ Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today’s episode is also brought ...
Jun 24, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Today’s guest is only the second person in history to ever hold the office of U.S. Attorney General twice. Bill Barr served as the 77th Attorney General for President George H.W. Bush and the 85th Attorney General for President Donald Trump. His storied law career has taken him from the CIA and the Reagan White House to the Justice Department to General Counsel of major corporations like GTE and Verizon. He recently released his No. 1 New York Times best-selling memoir, One Damn Thing After Anot...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Note: This episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr first aired in June of 2021 in Season 1. Chris Ryan is a former member of the Special Air Service. He is the bestselling author of seventy fiction and non-fiction books including the Geordie Sharp series, Alpha Force, the Danny Black series and The One That Got Away, which details his experience on E&E (Escape & Evasion) during the 1991 Gulf War. The only member of his eight-man team to not be captured or killed, Chris evaded enemy patrols and su...
Jun 17, 2022•2 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Today’s guest is a veteran, athlete, executive, and a highly respected leadership expert. Jon Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Team Performance Institute, a premier business leadership and coaching firm. Prior to founding the company, Jon graduated from the United States Naval Academy and went on to operate as a platoon commander for SEAL Team Three. Jon finished No. 1 in his BUD/S class and received the Honor Man recognition. He is a Military Olympics athlete, winning gold medals in the Naval ...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Note: This episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr first aired on March 25, 2021 in Season 1. On this episode of Danger Close, Jack interviews a legendary figure in the tactical community: Thunder Ranch founder Clint Smith. Clint is the President and Director of Thunder Ranch, a 900-acre firearm training facility in Southern Oregon. Clint is a Marine Corps veteran who served two infantry and Combined Action Platoon tours in Vietnam. His experience also includes seven years as a police officer whe...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Tim Kennedy is an Army Special Forces Soldier, entrepreneur, MMA fighter, and author of the new book Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself. During his time as a UFC, Strikeforce, and WEC MMA fighter, he earned a pro record of 18-6. Tim was a cast member on HISTORY Channel’s Hunting Hitler as well as Discovery Channel’s Hard to Kill. He founded the training company Sheepdog Response and the clothing line Ranger Up. He is also the f...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Today’s guest is a retired Special Operations Combat Medic and entrepreneur. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Elias “Eli” Kfoury and his family escaped the civil strife of his homeland and immigrated to the United States. He became a naturalized American citizen and served for 21 years in the Navy. Much of Eli’s military career was spent at Naval Special Warfare Development Group where he deployed as a combat medic at the tip of the special operations spear. Eli is currently involved in multiple growing...
Jun 04, 2022•3 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Donnie Vincent is an explorer, biologist, filmmaker, conservationist and sportsman. Donnie received his degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Minnesota, and was able to pursue his passion for nature with research projects that took him to places like Bangladesh to study Bengal tigers and to Alaska to study spawning salmon. Since then, he has produced award-winning films including The Other Side, Terra Nova, The River’s Divide, and Winds of Adak that showcase some of the world’s most ...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Today’s guest is a 30-year law enforcement veteran and a bestselling novelist. Marc Cameron is a New York Times bestselling thriller author, a retired Chief Deputy in the U.S. Marshals, a second-degree jiu jitsu black belt, a certified law enforcement scuba diver and man-tracking instructor, and a member of the rural Tactical Tracking Unit for the U.S. Marshals District of Alaska. Marc has authored five Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan novels including Shadow of the Dragon and Chain of Command. He’s also th...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Today’s guest is literary legend and icon David Morrell. On May 25, 1972, he introduced the world to Rambo with the publication of his debut thriller, First Blood. Over the past 50 years it has never been out of print. He went on to write dozens of novels including The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fraternity of the Stone, The League of Night and Fog, Testament, Blood Oath, Last Reveille, The Totem, The Fifth Profession, Assumed Identity, Burnt Sienna, Creepers, Scavenger, Murder as a Fine Art, T...
May 25, 2022•4 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Listeners will likely know Ray Porter as the voice of the Terminal List series. An acclaimed actor and narrator, Ray has provided the voice for hundreds of audiobooks, including entire The Terminal List series and its latest installment In the Blood. Ray has a decades-long career as an actor, spending nearly 20 years in Shakespearean productions, and has appeared in TV shows and movies including Modern Family, Sons of Anarchy, Argo, ER, Almost Famous and recently in Zack Snyder's Justice League,...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Today’s guest is Cameron Hanes: bowhunter, endurance athlete, and author. His new book, Endure: How to Work, Outlast, and Keep Hammering, is a memoir that tells the story of how a passion for hunting inspired a lifestyle dedicated to fitness, distance running and backcountry adventure. You can follow him on Instagram @cameronrhanes or check out his website cameronhanes.com Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at htt...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Listener questions are back! On today’s episode of Danger Close, Jack takes a break from interviewing some of the world’s most interesting people and sits down to answer more of your questions. If you want to submit questions for future episodes, be sure to follow @dangerclosepodcast and @jackcarrusa on Instagram and be on the lookout for future listener question posts. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http:/...
May 13, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Today’s guest is a retired Navy SEAL, wingsuit record holder, speaker, and host of the popular Cleared Hot podcast. Andy Stumpf served with both SEAL Team Five and Naval Special Warfare Development Group before being wounded in combat. Andy recovered and was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Center as a BUD/S Dive Phase instructor. Two years later, Andy became the first E-6 in the history of Naval Special Warfare to be commissioned through the Limited Duty Officer program. He then deployed w...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Today’s guest on Danger Close is a craftsman and security expert. Prior to founding ARES Watches, Matt Graham served as a police officer and U.S. Air Marshal before becoming a firearms program and tactics instructor of low profile operations for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his time in law enforcement, he was the recipient of the Life Saving Medal, the Medal of Valor, and the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor. You can learn more at areswatches.com and follow them on Instagram at @areswat...
May 06, 2022•2 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Today’s guest spent seventeen hours trapped in a hotel room certain she was going to die as terrorists moved through the hotel executing innocents. She is now using that experience to help others suffering from PTSD. In 2019, Meyli Chapin survived an attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Shabaab terrorists that left 22 civilians dead. She credits former SAS operator Christian Craighead with saving her and hundreds of others that January day by running to the sound of the guns. Her ha...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode of Danger Close, Jack reads and responds to online critics of his novels. Get behind-the-scenes access to the writing process, hear some thoughtful insights about the books, and listen to Jack reply to some not-so-happy readers. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http://navyfederal.org/ Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today’s episode is also brought to you by Black Rifle. Purchase at http://www.blac...
Apr 29, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Today’s guest is legendary CIA paramilitary and operations officer Enrique “Ric” Prado. Ric is a retired CIA operations officer who specialized in paramilitary, counter-terrorism and special/clandestine operations. Escaping Cuba as a child amidst the violence of Castro’s Cuban Revolution, he would go on to retire as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general after serving for twenty-four years in the nation’s premier intelligence service which included 36 months as the first CIA officer to live in...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Today’s guest is an award-winning war correspondent and New York Times bestselling author whose writing has been featured in outlets including GQ, Men’s Journal, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post. Kevin Maurer's books include Rock Force, American Radical (with Tamer Elnoury), No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (with Mark Owen), Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America’s Elite Special Forces, No Way Out: A Story of Valor in the...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 29
On today’s show, Jack is joined by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the subject of Kevin’s new book, Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History . It’s an incredible true story of a World War II hero. Lucky joined the military in the weeks following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and after flight training was assigned as a Second Lieutenant to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in England. Du...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Listener questions are back! On today’s episode of Danger Close, Jack takes a break from interviewing some of the world’s most interesting people and sits down to answer more of your questions. If you want to submit questions for future episodes, be sure to follow @dangerclosepodcast and @jackcarrusa on Instagram and be on the lookout for future listener question posts. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http:/...
Apr 15, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Today’s guest is an Army Special Forces veteran, ultramarathoner, skydiver, BASE jumper, and bestselling thriller author of the American Mercenary series. Jason Kasper is a former Green Beret and the author of novels including Her Dark Silence, the Spider Heist series, the American Mercenary series, and the Shadow Strike thriller series. You can learn more about Jason Kasper and his work on his website https://jason-kasper.com/. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented b...
Apr 13, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 26
As the release date for In The Blood fast approaches, Danger Close listeners get a special early listen to the prologue and first two chapters. For one it’s business. For the other it’s personal. For two of the deadliest killers on the planet, it’s time to hunt. A woman boards a plane in the African country of Burkina Faso having just completed a targeted assassination for the state of Israel. Two minutes later, her plane is blown out of the sky. Over 6,000 miles away, former Navy SEAL James Ree...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Today’s guest is a former Navy SEAL, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and sought after expert in the world of multi purpose canine training. As one of the first Navy SEALs in the initial invasion of Iraq, Mike Ritland witnessed a dog save a group of Marines which altered the course of his life. Following his time in the SEAL Teams, Mike founded Trikos, providing personal protection dogs for private sector individuals and families, and working dogs for the DoD, TSA, and Customs & ...
Apr 06, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Today’s guest on Danger Close is an inventor, marksman, hunter, Olympic biathlete, entrepreneur and a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. An avid athlete and outdoorsman, Glen Eberle competed in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games as a biathlete. Redesigning the rifle carried by American athletes, he revolutionized the way first American teams, and then international teams competed in the sport. After his time in the military, Glen turned his attention to redesigning and inventing new shooting, hunti...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 23
On today’s episode of Danger Close, a special operations legend returns to the show. Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb served in the United States Army for more than two decades; over 15 of those years were in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, more commonly known as Delta Force. During his career, he operated at the highest levels of special operations as an Assault Team Leader, Sniper Team Leader, Troop Sergeant Major, Combat Development Sergeant Major, and Task Force Sergeant Major. In...
Mar 30, 2022•3 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Today’s guest on Danger Close is Ryan Holiday. Ryan is a bestselling author, media strategist, entrepreneur, and the creator and host of the hit podcast and newsletter The Daily Stoic, a daily show and newsletter featuring meditations based on the stoic philosophical outlook. His podcast has been downloaded more than 75 million times and has featured Matthew McConaughey, Jocko Willink, Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Ferriss. Ryan is also the author of 10 books including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Today’s guest is Des Powell, a veteran of the SAS who served 28 years in the British military going behind enemy lines in one of the Gulf War’s earliest and most dangerous missions. His new book, SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive Untold Story tells the story of Des’ experience during the opening hours of the Gulf War. From the publisher: There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero … then there was Bravo Three Zero. These men were different. Though...
Mar 23, 2022•2 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Today’s guest has dedicated his life to helping others understand the ethics of hunting and the importance of protecting the outdoors. Robbie Kroger is the founder of Blood Origins, an organization that brings together storytelling and conservation to change how people think about how related programs are funded. Their mission statement is simple: Convey the truth around hunting. You can learn more about their work at BloodOrigins.com. You can also subscribe to The Blood Origins Podcast on all m...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 19
