Shawn Ryan on the Physical and Emotional Toll of War, the Military-Industrial Complex, and Real Life Angels | Ep. 802

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Shawn Ryan, host of "The Shawn Ryan Show" and former Navy SEAL, for this Memorial Day special, to talk about why he volunteered to go to Baghdad during the height of the war, the physical and emotional toll that time took on him and others he served with, turning to pills and drinking, trying to assimilate to civilian life, when he went to Colombia and moved from crime stopping to "crime committing," becoming part of the dangerous drug world, seeking out the most dangerous places, how he got sober and turned his life around, his decision to see a therapist and how it saved his life, her left leaning political background, how she has saved many military members from suicide, finding real life angels, raising young kids, balancing work and family, how his hobby became a business interviewing former military members, the moment his life changed as he reconnected to his faith and God, the series of miracles he experienced, the "middlemen" getting in the way of your relationship with God, the woke agenda in the military under Biden turning off conservative families, the military industrial complex going back to Dick Cheney and the Bush administration, the lack of accountability in both parties, his upbringing and struggles in school, signing up right before 9/11, getting laughed out of a recruiting office, what it takes to stay on your mission, and more. More from Shawn Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/@ShawnRyanShow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Serious XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:15.0	On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the men and women who have died while in military service.
0:20.0	Every year, we welcome a military veteran here on this show to share their story.
0:25.0	And today I'm very excited to talk to Sean Ryan for the very first time.
0:29.0	Sean's a former US Navy SEAL and CIA contractor with 14 years of service spanning multiple combat operations.
0:37.8	He is also the host of the hugely popular The Sean Ryan Show, where he has an audience of millions on YouTube, podcast platforms, and more.
0:47.0	This is where he goes in depth, and I mean in depth with a host of guests for fascinating
0:52.4	conversations on a whole range of subjects.
0:55.2	Sean developed the show to document the untold stories of war, loss, and redemption.
1:00.3	And he does that in much much more.
1:08.0	Glad to welcome him here in person for this special episode. Sean, welcome.
1:09.0	Thank you for having me.
1:10.0	Thank you for your service to kick it off.
1:12.0	Oh, thank you for saying that. Yeah. I appreciate it too.
1:15.1	It's it's it's hard on Memorial Day because it's it's a solemn day, right? But people are out there
1:21.6	trying to get their big TV and I understand that right people are like they work hard and they but you got to take a moment or an hour or two just to stop and think about why you have the freedom shop where you want and where what you want and say what you want and do what you want.
1:35.4	And that boils down to you guys, you and the friends you've lost.
1:39.0	Well, thank you.
1:40.5	So let's talk about you and your background and how you wound up a Navy seal because it takes a certain kind of person.
1:47.0	I know this from my many interviews of seals over the years.
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