Battleline Podcast

By Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto

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What's Battleline Podcast about?

The switch is on! Battleline Podcast is your source for in-depth interviews and inspiration with the biggest names in the military and 2A communities. Hosted by Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto.

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Battleline Podcast episodes:

05.28.2024
Remembering our heroes
On this episode we dig back in the archives to remember some of our friends and heroes as we come off of Memorial Day 2024. Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod For 20% off your first order with Bubs Naturals go to https://www.bubsnaturals.com/?discount=BATTLELINE .. All purchases...
05.21.2024
Talking men's issues with David "Goose" Mills
David "Goose" Mills is an Air Force veteran, the founder of Men's Alliance, and the host of Men's Alliance Podcast. Men's Alliance will be meeting for the Barbarian Games 2024 at Hope Church in Richmond, VA on June 22. Learn...
05.14.2024
Should Hillary Clinton come on Battleline Podcast?
Special Q&A episode answering all of your questions sent to [email protected] - Be sure to subscribe for more great content every week. Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod For 20% off your first order with Bubs Naturals go to https://www.bubsnaturals.com/?discount=BATTLELINE .. All purchases help to support...
05.07.2024
The Blue Angels director Paul Crowder
You are in for a treat. Exclusive interview with Blue Angels director Paul Crowder. Blue Angels will be premiering in IMAX theaters on May 17th, but don't wait, because this is only a one week event! It will then be...
04.30.2024
Nick "The Reaper" Irving
Nicholas Irving is a former Army Ranger sniper, security contractor, and New York Times best-selling fiction & non-fiction author. Nick's latest book is "Reaper: The Board," the latest in his Vick "The Reaper" Harwood series, and the first that he's...
04.23.2024
Lee Deckelman, spec ops vet turned yoga instructor
Lee Deckelman is a combat veteran who served as a Green Beret, Airborne Ranger, and security contractor. He was also a 911 paramedic and federal air marshal. He is the author of "Internal Volume: Where a Monster and Mindfulness Become...
04.22.2024
AI girlfriends, social isolation, & Hikikomori
A New York Post article about men spending upwards of $10K a month on "AI girlfriends" leads to a much more serious discussion on the epidemic of male loneliness. Read the full New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/business/tech-exec-predicts-ai-girlfriends-will-create-1b-business/ Be sure to subscribe...
04.19.2024
Passing the buck on Afghanistan withdrawal disaster
Kris gives his take on the review of the Kabul airport attack. Read the full Department of Defense article here: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3741245/kabul-airport-attack-review-reaffirms-initial-findings-identifies-attacker/ Be sure to subscribe to the show and let us know what you think of the Annex episodes. Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod For full video...
04.16.2024
Marine Combat Aviator Isaac G. Lee
Lieutenant Colonel Isaac G. Lee had a 20-year military career, serving as a Marine Combat Aviator. His book "Hangar 4: A Combat Aviator's Memoir" is available now and contains stories that include incredible missions in Iraq & Afghanistan. Visit http://isaacglee.com...
04.15.2024
Did this trans attorney cross the line of decency?
70-year-old transgender attorney Stephanie Mueller represented her client in a "busty display" earlier this month as The New York Post described it. Did she go too far? Read the full New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/us-news/seattle-transgender-attorney-stephanie-mueller-seen-wearing-questionable-outfit-during-hearing-for-client/ Be sure to subscribe to the...
04.10.2024
Did Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy lie about being shot?
On our first ever Battleline Podcast Annex episode, we dive into the recent controversy sorrounding Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy who is running for U.S. Senate in Montana. Sheehy's campaign ad claiming to have been shot in combat is coming under...
04.09.2024
Jessica Lynch addresses controversies sorrounding her story as a POW
American soldier P.O.W. Jessica Lynch was last on with us for Episode 226, but we wanted to have her back on to cover some other topics including late P.O.W. John McCain's strong opposition to enhanced interrogation while running for President,...
04.02.2024
Bruce "Doc" Norton, Vietnam Force Recon Marine
Bruce "Doc" Norton is a Vietnam veteran who served as a medic in the 3rd Force Recon Company, 1st Force Recon Company, and with the Navy. He has written 15 books on the Marine Corps history, and he retired as...
03.26.2024
Robert O'Neill of SEAL Team 6/DEVRGU & author of The Operator
Rob O'Neill is a combat veteran of SEAL Team 6/DEVGRU, the author of "The Operator," and is of course best known as the Bin Laden shooter of the historical UBL raid. Rob discusses his history, what he's up to on...
03.18.2024
Jason Lyons, former CIA Intelligence Officer & Marine
Jason Lyons served as a CIA Intelligence Officer and as a Marine. He was on Battleline back on Episode 45 under his alias James Powell, but he is now cleared to use his real name. Jason was with the Marines...
03.12.2024
Ian Halperin, His Highness Hollywood
Ian Halperin is a New York Times best-selling author, investigative journalist, media personality, and filmmaker. Ian has written many books that have made major headlines in the celebrity gossip world including "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson," "Who Killed...
03.05.2024
Evan Seinfeld on Biohazard, adult entertainment, & Mantorship
You likely know Evan Seinfeld from a lot of different ventures. He is the frontman of Biohazard, he played Jaz Hoyt on the hit HBO show "Oz," was featured on VH1 Supergroup, and he was married to adult film star...
02.27.2024
Pablo Schreiber AKA "Tanto" from 13 Hours
As Pablo puts it, this episode is Tanto & Tanto Jr. That's right, our most anticipated guest, Pablo Shreiber, joins us in studio! Pablo is known to many of you for portraying Kris "Tanto" Paronto in the Michael Bay directed...
02.20.2024
Jack Stewart is back to talk Outlaw
Fighter Pilot Jack Stewart is back again to talk his latest book, Outlaw. It is out today, go pick it up! Outlaw is the follow-up to Unknown Rider from the Battle Born Series. Jack is a fighter pilot, naval academy...
02.13.2024
Jessica Lynch
Jessica Lynch is an Army veteran, best known as the P.O.W. held in Iraq in 2003. She was the first rescued American P.O.W. since WWII. We get into this amazing story with her in full detail. Learn more at http://POWJessicaLynch.com We...
02.06.2024
Remembering Chris Kyle with American Sniper co-author Jim DeFelice
Jim DeFelice is the co-author of "American Sniper" and 15 other New York Times best-selling books including many military titles. In honor of Chris Kyle's passing this month on 2/2/13 we remember the decorated Navy SEAL. Also on this episode,...
01.30.2024
SHOT Show 2024
We are in Las Vegas for SHOT Show 2024! Ian is joined by Sean Kirk and Phil Otto from Photonis Defense, as well as Dale Sizemore of Three Rangers. All good friends of the show. We take you inside the...
01.23.2024
Best of pilots combat & mission stories
We've had some incredible pilots on the show, and decided to give you some of the best combat and mission stories from these awesome individuals. Included on this episodes are excerpts from interviews with Amber Smith, Jack Stewart, Ashlee Leppert...
01.16.2024
Tony Campos of Static-X & Edsel Dope of Dope
Edsel Dope is the executive producer of Static-X and the founder of his own band Dope. He was last on with us for Episode 156, and it's great to have him back. Also joining us this time around is original...
01.09.2024
Nick Slatten, Blackwater contractor pardoned by President Trump
Nick Slatten is an Army Airborne veteran who is most widely known as one of the Blackwater contractors part of the Nisour Square incident of 2007. For his involvement, Nick was sentenced to life in prison. Prior to leaving office,...
01.02.2024
Force Recon Marine & combat aviator KG Spradley
We begin this episode covering the passing away of Kris's dad James Paronto. If you'd like to show your support, please make a donation to an organization he supported as an athlete and veteran advocate, Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy, in...
12.26.2023
Thomas Alibrando, Blackwater contractor/SWAT/Sniper
Thomas Alibrando is a law enforcement officer who has served in SWAT and as a sniper. He was also a security contractor for Blackwater which is his connection to Kris Paronto. Currently he is a firearms instructor with IWI (Israel...
12.19.2023
Curtis Albers - Abused foster kid turned Army Ranger
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from us at Battleline Podcast. We have another great nearly 2 hour long interview for you this week. Curtis Albers served as an Army Ranger with 3rd Battallion. He is a combat veteran of Iraq...
12.12.2023
Dan Gordon, IDF Captain & Hollywood screenwriter
Dan Gordon is best known as the screenwriter behind major films like "The Hurricane," "Wyatt Earp," and "Rambo: Last Blood." He has also served as a sniper and IDF Captain in Israel. Dan was last on with us for a...
12.05.2023
Amber Smith talks woke policies destroying military
Amber Smith served as an Army combat helicopter pilot flying the Kiowa Warrior in both Afghanistan & Iraq. She then went on to serve as a Senior Pentagon Official during the Trump Administration. She wrote the memoir "Danger Close" about...
11.28.2023
Army Colonel Gregory Gadson
Gregory Gadson is a combat veteran of the Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He achieved the rank of Colonel during his long military career. Gadson is a double amputee, losing both of his legs as a result of a...
11.21.2023
Fighter pilot turned thriller author Jack Stewart
Jack Stewart is a fighter pilot, naval academy graduate, and TOPGUN graduate. He is a combat veteran with deployments being a part of Air Force Tactical Control and JSOC. He is currently an airline pilot and has made his debut...
11.14.2023
Whistles from the Graveyard author Miles Lagoze
Miles Lagoze is a retired Marine Corps combat cameraman, and the director of the documentary "Combat Obscura." He is a vocal critic of the U.S. military and U.S. foreign policy. His latest book which expands on his experience entitled "Whistles...
11.07.2023
Jade Struck & celebrating 4 years of Battleline Podcast
Jade Struck is a firearms competitor, influencer, and an instructor for her own company Struck Society. You may also know her as the model the Call of Duty character Iskra was based off of. She was last on with us...
10.31.2023
Peace through superior night vision
Yes, this episode title is a play on the "peace through superior firepower" saying. But there's actually some truth to the statement as you'll learn with America's enemies now able to utilize what was left behind in the botched withdrawal...
10.24.2023
Call Me Hunter: Jim Shockey talks Canada's war on gun owners
Jim Shockey is an avid hunter who has been seen on the Outdoor Channel & Sportsman Channel. He has hunted in six continents and 50 countries, and Outdoor Life Magazine has called him "the most accomplished big-game hunter of the...
10.12.2023
Remembering the USS Cole bombing
We are putting this episode up early for a very important reason. On this date, October 12th of 2000, was the bombing of the USS Cole. Kirk Lippold was the Commanding Naval Officer aboard the Cole, and he joins us...
10.10.2023
Don Dokken
Legendary frontman of Dokken, Don Dokken, joins the podcast to discuss his history in the music industry, what the future has in store for the band, along with his feelings on the state of America and the world at large....
10.03.2023
Anthony Bryant, Hair Metal Guru & National Guard combat medic
Anthony Bryant is best known as Hair Metal Guru on Youtube which you can find over at https://www.youtube.com/@HairMetalGuru419 talking all things 80s rock. Before starting a Youtube channel, Anthony served in the North Dakota Army National Guard for 22 years,...
09.26.2023
Our Heroes Headstones
Bobby Myers is a retired police officer with many years of experience in the Miami area which we get into during this podcast. After a near death experience saving a boy from drowning and retiring from the department, he started...
09.19.2023
JSOC operator Chris "Dutch" Moyer returns
Back on with us from The Sawmill Traning Complex in South Carolina is Chris "Dutch" Moyer. Dutch was last on with us for Episode 129, and has had a decorated career as a JSOC operator, Army Ranger, and combat veteran....
09.11.2023
CIA Targeter exposes more Benghazi lies
Former CIA Targeter and co-author of "Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy," Sarah Adams joins us for her third appearance on the show. Her previous appearances on Episodes 151 & 152 respectively, were homeruns, and we are honored to have her back...
09.05.2023
Rob O'Neill arrested, Ukraine gets F-16s, Q&A
It's another Q&A episode answering everything you sent to [email protected]. Also some news to get into regarding the arrest of Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, as well as Ukraine now being supplied by the U.S. with F-16s. Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod Check out The Battleline...
08.29.2023
Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis, vocalist and co-founding member of Carnifex joins us on this show. Carnifex is an extreme metal band, and their 9th studio album "Necromanteum" will be released on October 6th. The video for the title track is out...
08.22.2023
Marine Scout Sniper Chris Whittemore returns
Chris Whittemore is a retired Marine Scout Sniper with 18 years of service to this country. He served in Ramadi, Iraq in 2005 and Fallujah, Iraq in 2007 among other deployments. He was last on with us for Episode 136,...
08.15.2023
UFC legend Andrei Arlovski returns
You see the title, and if you've been with us since our inception you already know that we had Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski on Episode 1, and he has returned for Episode 200. We start off the show with some...
08.08.2023
Brad Thor talks Ukraine, ChatGPT, & partisanship
We start off this episode covering recent news regarding the freeing of terrorist Ziad Balaam, one of the men responsible for the 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. We ask that you follow Sarah Adams @askarimediagroup on...
08.01.2023
Brandon Webb - Navy SEAL sniper instructor, author, & CEO
Brandon Webb is a retired Navy SEAL sniper instructor, author, and the CEO of SOFREP.com. On this episode we discuss several topics including the run SOFREP has had over the past decade, the war in Ukraine, and Brandon's friendship with...
07.25.2023
Benghazi terrorist captured + listener Q&A
We start off this episode with major news straight from CIA targeter Sarah Adams that Benghazi terrorist Ziad Balaam was detained earlier this month at Istanbul Airport in Turkey and is currently being held in Libya. We recap where the...
07.18.2023
U.S. Coast Guard Air Medal Recipient Ashlee Olbricht (Leppert)
We start off this episode recapping Tanto's recent family trip to Disney World and what else we've been up to. Our guest, Ashlee Olbright, is a U.S. Coast Guard Air Medal Recipient best known for saving lives during Hurricane Harvey...

What's Battleline Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Battleline Podcast episodes:

Remembering our heroes

Talking men's issues with David "Goose" Mills

Should Hillary Clinton come on Battleline Podcast?

The Blue Angels director Paul Crowder

Nick "The Reaper" Irving

Lee Deckelman, spec ops vet turned yoga instructor

AI girlfriends, social isolation, & Hikikomori

Passing the buck on Afghanistan withdrawal disaster

Marine Combat Aviator Isaac G. Lee

Did this trans attorney cross the line of decency?

Did Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy lie about being shot?

Jessica Lynch addresses controversies sorrounding her story as a POW

Bruce "Doc" Norton, Vietnam Force Recon Marine

Robert O'Neill of SEAL Team 6/DEVRGU & author of The Operator

Jason Lyons, former CIA Intelligence Officer & Marine

Ian Halperin, His Highness Hollywood

Evan Seinfeld on Biohazard, adult entertainment, & Mantorship

Pablo Schreiber AKA "Tanto" from 13 Hours

Jack Stewart is back to talk Outlaw

Jessica Lynch

Remembering Chris Kyle with American Sniper co-author Jim DeFelice

SHOT Show 2024

Best of pilots combat & mission stories

Tony Campos of Static-X & Edsel Dope of Dope

Nick Slatten, Blackwater contractor pardoned by President Trump

Force Recon Marine & combat aviator KG Spradley

Thomas Alibrando, Blackwater contractor/SWAT/Sniper

Curtis Albers - Abused foster kid turned Army Ranger

Dan Gordon, IDF Captain & Hollywood screenwriter

Amber Smith talks woke policies destroying military

Army Colonel Gregory Gadson

Fighter pilot turned thriller author Jack Stewart

Whistles from the Graveyard author Miles Lagoze

Jade Struck & celebrating 4 years of Battleline Podcast

Peace through superior night vision

Call Me Hunter: Jim Shockey talks Canada's war on gun owners

Remembering the USS Cole bombing

Don Dokken

Anthony Bryant, Hair Metal Guru & National Guard combat medic

Our Heroes Headstones

JSOC operator Chris "Dutch" Moyer returns

CIA Targeter exposes more Benghazi lies

Rob O'Neill arrested, Ukraine gets F-16s, Q&A

Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex

Marine Scout Sniper Chris Whittemore returns

UFC legend Andrei Arlovski returns

Brad Thor talks Ukraine, ChatGPT, & partisanship

Brandon Webb - Navy SEAL sniper instructor, author, & CEO

Benghazi terrorist captured + listener Q&A

U.S. Coast Guard Air Medal Recipient Ashlee Olbricht (Leppert)

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