351: Chris Hansen - The Catch a Predator Legend

The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

Larson, Stand-up, Sickler, Ryan, Comedy, Feast, Crabfeast, Jay, Comedy Interviews, Crab, Storytelling, Honeydew, Podcast

4.9 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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My HoneyDew this week is Chris Hansen! You know him from To Catch a Predator, but be sure to also check out his Tru Blu streaming crime network, and his own podcast, Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen. This week Chris sits down with me to Highlight the Lowlights of investigations and stings he’s conducted through his long career! We discuss what it’s like messing an intense script up during the worst time, talk about the legal logistics involved in the show, and dive deep into what a constantly evolving world of social media means for predators and protecting kids these days.

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0:00.0	San Diego. I'll be at the Grand Comedy Club Friday, October 3rd. Get your tickets now on my website at ryan sickler.com.
0:10.0	The Honeydew with Ryan Sickler.
0:25.6	Welcome back to the honeydew, y'all.
0:27.7	We're over here doing it in the NightPan Studios.
0:29.1	I am Ryan Sickler.
0:30.6	Ryan Sickler.com.
0:32.9	Ryan Sickler on all your social media.
0:37.1	And I'm starting this episode like we start them all with gratitude by saying thank you thank you for
0:37.8	supporting this show thank you for supporting anything that i do out there i love you guys i love my
0:43.8	life because of you guys and i love this show and if you got to have more then i'm telling you
0:49.6	have to have the patreon it's called the honeydew with you all it is this show with you all. It is this show with you all. And it is
0:55.8	the wildest show on the internet. It is hundreds of episodes. It's five bucks a month. It's
1:01.3	been that way since we started and we're not bumping it up. And if you or someone you know has a
1:06.6	story that has to be heard, please submit it to Honeydew Podcast at gmail.com. We would love to do an episode with you. All right? That's the biz. You guys know what we do here. We highlight the low lights and always say that these are the stories behind the storytellers. And I am very excited to have this guest here. First time on the Honeydew, ladies and gentlemen, Chris Hansen. Welcome to the honeydew, Chris Hansen.
1:44.8	Thank you, Ryan. It's great to be here. So stoked to have you here. I'm stoked to be here. Before we get into your story, please, right there, promote everything and anything you'd like. True Blue Streaming Crime Network. Crime and all the new predator investigations, which are called Take Down with Chris Hansen now, 150 new episodes,
1:50.9	and a new episode every Thursday. The podcast is Peditors I've Caught with Chris Hansen, and that's available anywhere you get your podcast. And soon in September, we're going to launch, have a seat
1:55.7	with Chris Hansen, which is crime-related, but more of an interview setting. Predators I've caught, we go back and we look at the
2:02.6	past cases and we track the guys down and I tell my listeners and viewers. Yeah, yeah, it's very interesting.
2:07.7	And some of them actually agree to sit with you. Some do. Many tell me to go F off. I'll tell you.
2:15.6	I'll tell you. It's a funny story about a year ago.
2:18.7	My wife and I are on vacation skiing in Colorado.
2:21.4	And I'm fussed around getting the latest podcast episode going.
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