Tim Gallaudet is a retired Navy Admiral and Oceanographer. Gallaudet's afloat tours included Oceanographic Unit 5 aboard USNS Harkness, USS Peleliu, and USS Kitty Hawk. During these tours, Gallaudet served in Operations Southern Watch, Provide Promise, Sharp Guard, Deny Flight, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He also led management of the nation’s fisheries, coastal resources and waterways, weather satellites, weather services, and environmental research as Deputy Administrator of the Nation...
May 28, 2024•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a special Memorial Day weekend message from Host Shawn Ryan. God Bless our fallen heroes and God Bless the United States of America. Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 24, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vivek Ramaswamy is a former Presidential Candidate and American entrepreneur. As a Harvard graduate, he founded Roivant Sciences, a wildly successful biotech company. He also co-founded Strive Asset Management, an investment firm that positions itself in opposition to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). Vivek fought a fierce battle on the campaign trail in 2024 and has returned to the Shawn Ryan Show to share his experience and what he believes is next for America. Shawn Ryan ...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Burke is the New York Times Bestselling author of No Perfect People Allowed, Imagine Heaven and Imagine the God of Heaven. He founded and pastored Gateway Church in Austin, Texas. He's also the president of Gateway Leadership Initiative (GLI), a nonprofit organization. As an international speaker, Burke has addressed thousands of people across more than a dozen countries. He has spent the last several years investigating and documenting the near death experiences of people from all walks of...
May 20, 2024•4 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Tu Lam is a former Army Special Forces Green Beret and CEO of Rōnin Tactics. Tu Lam escaped communist rule in Vietnam as a child and would ultimately immigrate to the United States and serve in Special Operations for over 20 years. Today, he continues to run Rōnin Tactics and is widely known for his appearances in the hit video game series Call of Duty. Most recently, Tu Lam has authored The Way of Rōnin, an incredible chronicling of his life and work. The book is available now to preorder. Sha...
May 16, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Spooner is a former Special Operations Veteran with a twenty one year career. His incredible service included time in the 82nd Airborne as a Green Beret in the US Army’s 7th Special Forces Group and culminated with numerous deployments with the elite 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta. In addition to his military success, Spooner is also highly regarded for his work off of the battlefield with Warriors Heart–a comprehensive treatment program for veterans, law enforcement and fir...
May 13, 2024•5 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a Psychologist, Best Selling Author, Professor and Thought Leader. He's taught some of the most highly regarded courses at Harvard and the University of Toronto and authored three books that have sold over seven million copies. Peterson also maintained an active clinical and consulting practice where he's helped thousands of people develop personally and professionally. Well known for his lectures, Peterson is now traveling across the world on his "We Who Wrestle With G...
May 06, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Legend" is a former US Army Intel NCO and key member of Vets4NRF (National Resistance Front of Afghanistan). Legend joined the US Army at age seventeen and served on multiple deployments to the Middle East under the Department of of Defense during the Global War on Terror. He now supports the NRF, the last resistance against Taliban rule in the region. Legend is risking his anonymity to bring information to light for the American people. Much in line with recently surfaced news reports, he prov...
Apr 29, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Chandler is a Missouri born professional UFC / MMA Fighter and three time Bellator Lightweight Champion. He is ranked as one of the Top 5 fighters in the world. Chandler is renowned for his "iron" skill and incredible showmanship in the octagon. Outside of his fighting career, Chandler is a family man and owns "Nashville MMA Training Camp," a gym and training complex for budding fighters. Chandler is gearing up for the biggest match of his career, scheduled for June 29th, 2024 - Michael ...
Apr 22, 2024•3 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert Spalding is a former United States Air Force Brigadier General and B-2 Stealth Bomber Pilot. General Spalding served as the chief China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. He has served in senior positions of strategy and diplomacy within the Departments of Defense and State for more than 26 years. His experience has made him one of the foremost authorities on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence concerning China. Today, he servers as the CEO ...
Apr 15, 2024•3 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast John B. Allen, aka MrBallen is a former Navy SEAL turned content creator. Ballen went viral on Tik Tok and YouTube in 2020 with his unique "true crime" videos that brought a fresh sense of storytelling and narrative to social media. His podcasts Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories and MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries topped the charts with millions of views and subscribers. Allen co-founded Elite Meet, a network focused organization that provides support to transitioning elite Veterans and an "unma...
Apr 08, 2024•4 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Randall Carlson is a master builder, geometrician, architectural designer, teacher and "renegade scholar." Carlson is an expert with over forty years of study into the intersection of ancient mythology and modern science. Through years of lectures, presentations and classes, he has been recognized by The National Science Teachers Association for his commitment to Science education. Throughout his career, Carlson has organized numerous field expeditions to explore and document evidence of catastr...
Apr 01, 2024•3 hr 59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chad Robichaux is a United States Marine Corps Veteran, former LEO, Best Selling Author, and Founder of Mighty Oaks Foundation, a peer-to-peer resiliency and recovery program for U.S. Veterans. Mighty Oaks has raised over 55M dollars for Veterans and First Responders and has served over 500,000 service members. In addition to helping U.S. Veterans and First Responders, Robichaux helped create Save Our Allies, an organization that played a vital role in assisting the United States' Afghan allies ...
Mar 25, 2024•5 hr 55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Yon is a Former Green Beret, Author, Photographer, and War Correspondent. After serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces, Yon retired his rifle in favor of a camera. He began his journalism career in December of 2004 in Iraq, covering some of the World's most complex conflicts and war zones. His writing and photography lead him to over 100 countries during his 20 year career. Most recently, he's been in South America covering an unknown path for illegal immigration into the United States:...
Mar 18, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tim Kennedy is a Master Sergeant and Green Beret, New York Times Best Selling Author, and Retired UFC Fighter. He is the Founder of Sheepdog Response, a tactical training company dedicated to preserving human life. He also helped create Save Our Allies in the wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal and successfully assisted in the evacuation of over 17,000 American allies. Today, Kennedy spends his time continuing to serve his country and community through his companies and ventures like Apogee Stron...
Mar 11, 2024•5 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Crist is a successful comedian with over one billion video views and is the host of his hilarious podcast "Net Positive." Crist is widely known for his viral videos like "Honest Football Coach," "Every Parent at Disney," and "Brands that need to be CANCELLED." Crist's remarkably successful online presence was backed by a relentless touring schedule that initially favored christian audiences and churches rather than the typical theatre circuit. In this episode, Crist recounts his meteoric ri...
Mar 04, 2024•5 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan Wilson is a former Navy SEAL and Founder of INVI Mindhealth. This episode documents his life and work, on and off the battlefield. Wilson's interest was set on the military at an early age, as his Father was an MP and traveling around became the norm. He would eventually set his sights on the Naval Academy and Naval Special Warfare. Wilson's early days were marked with mischief that nearly ended his career. Yet, through fate and luck, he made it to "Hell Week." He excelled in the SEAL T...
Feb 26, 2024•4 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the Founder & President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and this episode is all about his life and work. This episode is a holistic look at the point where traditional therapy meets psychedelics and how Doblin and his team have spent the last few decades appealing to the scientific community and lawmakers across the world. Doblin gives us a fresh perspective on the mental health crisis and discusses his studies & experiments in Iceland. ...
Feb 19, 2024•3 hr 51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Col. John Alexander is a former Army Special Forces Commander with an impeccable career in leadership across multiple agencies and programs within the U.S. intelligence community. Alexander lead Special Forces teams as an Officer during the Vietnam War. He would later serve as the Chief of Human Technology at INSCOM and Army Inspector General. Alexander's work inspired and was heavily featured in the book and adapted film "Men Who Stare at Goats." He is widely credited with leading the way in re...
Feb 12, 2024•6 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joe McMoneagle is a former U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer and was among the first Remote Viewers to be recruited into the previously classified Stargate Project. Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. In this episode, McMoneagle takes us back to the early days of the Vietnam War and how he was recruited into intelligence operations. The height of the Cold War fueled appetites f...
Feb 05, 2024•6 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dom Raso is a former SEAL Team Six / DEVGRU Operator whose career spans across twelve years and multiple combat deployments during the Global War on Terror. Raso served in Gold Squadron, an outfit that suffered a staggering loss during an attack on August 6, 2011 when a Chinook CH-47 (call sign: Extortion 17) was shot down by insurgents. This was the most devastating day in SEAL Team Six history, as well as the single largest loss of life for U.S. forces since the war in Afghanistan began in 200...
Jan 29, 2024•6 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Billy Carson is the Founder & CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge Inc. / TV and is a two time Best Selling Author with titles like "The Compendium Of The Emerald Tablets" and "Woke Doesn't Mean Broke." Carson also earned his Certificate of Science at M.I.T and studied Ancient Civilization at Harvard. Billy Carson has made a career out of researching ancient history and extraordinary technologies that have been hidden from the public. Carson is renown for his educational pieces on large networks like The Dis...
Jan 22, 2024•3 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christian Craighead is a former member of the United Kingdom's elite 22 Special Air Service unit. Craighead is credited with saving over 700 lives of innocent civilians when he thwarted a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 Hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya in 2019. He was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his actions. 21 people lost their lives in the attack, both American and British civilians among them. This episode covers Christian Craighead's entire life story. "Obi Wan Nairobi" joined...
Jan 15, 2024•3 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast SRS is kicking off 2024 with legendary music producer and DJ Joel Zimmerman, a.k.a. Deadmau5. Deadmau5 has had an incredibly successful music career spanning nine studio albums and seven Grammy Nominations. In this episode, Zimmerman shares his early years coming up in Canada and the dawn of the internet music scene. He breaks down how his first critically acclaimed release came by happenstance and how he ultimately forged a new path in electronic music. Shawn and Joel also unpack how hit songs ...
Jan 08, 2024•4 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, SRS is bringing you a special holiday episode just in time for Christmas. Ryan Hendrickson is an Army Special Forces Green Beret with over twenty two years of service and is a Silver Star recipient. Hendrickson is also an author and humanitarian, founding his organization "Tip of the Spear." This episode covers Hendrickson's entire life story, from childhood to present day. Hendrickson explains his early career in the Navy and how he would ultimately pivot to being a Green Beret. Hend...
Dec 25, 2023•4 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tim Parlatore is a former Naval Officer and founder of Parlatore Law Group. He has represented Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and President Donald Trump, among other high profile cases. Part two of this series focuses on the State cases brought against the former President. Parlatore weighs in on the Georgia case where President Trump is charged with 41 state-law felony charges. We also cover the infamous "Stormy Daniels" pay off and how Trump's adversaries are leveraging the Justice Department to ma...
Dec 20, 2023•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tim Parlatore is a former Naval Officer and founder of Parlatore Law Group. He has represented Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and President Donald Trump, among other high profile cases. This episode is an inside look at the multiple cases and indictments against the former President. Part one covers the events of January 6th and supposed election interference. Parlatore was on the Trump legal team during the early searches and seizures of Mar-a-lago. Parlatore also breaks down the infamous phone call...
Dec 18, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Miller is the former Secretary of Defense with a 27 year career in the United States Army. Throughout his career, he oversaw multiple special operations organizations, culminating with his command of the 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG(A). Concluding this three part series, Chris and Shawn discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine / Russia conflict and the implications it has on foreign policy and the United States' standing on the world stage. Chris and Shawn also discuss how warfare has evol...
Dec 13, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Miller is the former Secretary of Defense with a 27 year career in the United States Army. Throughout his career, he oversaw multiple special operations organizations, culminating with his command of the 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG(A). In Part Two, Miller recounts the horrific abduction and murder of human rights activist Kayla Mueller by ISIS forces. This atrocity would later result in "Operation Kayla Mueller," the mission that targeted and killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Shawn Ryan ...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Miller is the former Secretary of Defense with a 27 year career in the United States Army. Throughout his career, he oversaw multiple special operations organizations, culminating with his command of the 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG(A). In Part One of three part series, we cover Miller's background spanning his impressive career. Miller breaks down one of his most important tasks–toppling the Taliban government and supporting the local resistance initiatives. This is an inside look at United Sta...
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