Chris Ryan: SAS Operator and Bestselling Author [Rebroadcast]

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

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 survived over a 300 kilometer journey to the Syrian border. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. His book Strike Back was adapted into a TV series for the UK’s Sky 1 and he helped create the action-drama TV series Ultimate Force.

He’s also hosted popular TV shows including Hunting Chris Ryan, Terror Alert: Could You Survive, How Not to Die, and Armed and Dangerous. You can check out his latest book, Outcast. In this episode, Jack and Chris discuss how Chris survived his 1991 experience in Iraq, his transition from the military into publishing and the importance of reading. Visit Chris’ website: https://www.chrisryanauthor.co.uk/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Carter.
0:17.1	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, Nion Cloud Original, presented by Navy Federal Credit
0:21.2	Union.
0:22.2	This episode is a rebroadcast of an episode that we recorded back in the first season of Danger
0:27.3	Close with a very special guest, Chris Ryan.
0:31.1	If you aren't familiar with Chris Ryan, you will be after this podcast.
0:34.9	He is an SAS operative who, in the first goal for, was contacted by the enemy as one of
0:41.5	the squad members in Bravo 2-0.
0:44.8	He then patrolled 300 kilometers to Syria.
0:48.2	It's an incredible story and what an amazing guy.
0:51.8	He is certainly one of my heroes and meeting him and talking to him was nothing short of
0:59.1	a great honor.
1:00.1	So, enjoy the podcast.
1:01.4	He's also the author of thrillers of young adult books and of history books.
1:06.9	So he has done quite a bit since leaving the SAS.
1:12.6	Enjoy the podcast.
1:14.2	Chris Ryan, I am so excited that you agreed to do this podcast because
1:21.8	I have known about you obviously for a long, long time and it's just an honor for me to
1:27.4	get to sit down with you here for a few minutes and get to know you a little bit.
1:31.6	Oh, no, thank you very much and that's very kind of saying.
1:34.4	Oh, man, of course.
1:35.4	So I first became aware of you through this book and you can probably see with the camera
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