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The Operator With Rob O’Neill

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The Operator With Rob O’Neill

Tetherball Academy Media

Society & Culture

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This is the Operator Podcast with Robert J O'Neill.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

0:08.7

Where we continue to follow the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden now.

0:12.5

Those are just some of the scenes overnight as thousands of Americans gathered in celebration of Osama bin Laden's death.

0:19.0

Former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill says he has thought about the mission every day since that May Day in 2011. For multiple conversations you had with Rob O'Neal over the past year and a half, how'd you get actions? And you described that his head kind of exploded when you hit him. I actually hit him three times, so I shot him twice when he was standing and once on his left. That is the fucking American badass.

0:38.3

She's who that man.

0:39.3

Go, go, go.

0:40.3

We are not going for fame, and we are not going for bravado.

0:44.3

We are going for the single mom who dropped her kids off at elementary school on a Tuesday morning,

0:51.3

and then 45 minutes later she jumped to her death out of a skyscraper.

0:55.0

If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator.

0:58.5

I'm Rob O'Neill, and this is the Operator Podcast.

1:09.4

Yo, welcome to the Operator Podcast.

1:12.6

This is Robert J. O'Neill hosting The Operator.

1:16.1

I'm not calling myself The Operators called The Operator podcast because everyone's an operator.

1:20.9

I've said this since the beginning.

1:22.0

If you're doing stuff to help other people, help your family, help the community, local, state, government, even federal

1:29.2

at some level. If you're helping other people, you're the operator. I'm a former Navy SEAL,

1:34.1

and it's good to be here. I give you my opinion as a former special operator. You tell me yours

1:40.2

at the Operator podcast on social media or at Makuya, M-C-H-O-O-O-Y-A-H. Good to be with you. Crazy, good week. A lot of travel for me. I've been keeping you posted on the travel. It's been fun. A few sporting events have happened. I love events. What's the whole thing? You hate people. Yeah, but I love gatherings. It's not true that I hate people either.

2:02.2

But it has been a lot of travel.

2:03.7

The Olympics have been on.

2:05.1

Have you been catching up with those?

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