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Sean Langan is an award-winning British war journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for his work in dangerous and volatile environments. In 2008, he was kidnapped by the Taliban for 3 months when making a film about their training camps. In this interview, we dive deep into his kidnapping, and other projects including ‘The Hostage Takers’ where he goes to Syria to sit down with 2 ISIS members that held captive and beheaded his good friend James Foley. This interview is incredibly intense, hilarious, and heavy. Enjoy.

#story #podcast #war 

Sean’s Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Sean-Langan/dp/B0CW4RTRF4

https://www.filmplatform.net/product/the-hostage-takers/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637841/

https://x.com/seanlangan2?lang=en

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00:00 | Intro

05:22 | Kashmir

12:03 | First Taliban project

18:41 | Seeing Osama bin Laden

25:39 | Hilarious Executioner Story & Sean’s closest moment to death

33:45 | Taliban public executions

43:11 | Iraq

48:47 | Stepping on an IED

01:00:31 | Firing Squad

01:04:15 | Ads

01:12:07 | Sean’s kidnapping

01:27:06 | Hostage survival techniques

01:40:19 | Feeling connected to loved ones

01:42:23 | Writing a goodbye letter to his sons

01:46:00 | Refusing to give Taliban names of his children

01:52:31 | Letter from Siraj Haqqani

02:15:40 | Execution

02:34:02 | Coming home was harder than captivity

02:43:59 | Hilarious Taliban Story USAID

02:52:08 | The Hostage Takers (ISIS)

02:54:53 | Jihadi John

03:04:03 | El Shafee Elsheikh 

03:11:52| Alexanda Kotey

03:12:51 | Kayla Mueller

03:17:57 | James Foley’s goodbye letter to his family

03:32:53 | Ukraine War

03:55:16 | Wagner Group

04:00:06 | Bucha

04:06:04 | Russian Spetsnaz

04:16:50:04946 | Outro

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Mariana van Zeller is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist, and the host & executive producer of National Geographic’s Emmy Award-winning series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. The show, now in its fifth season, is an unprecedented and nuanced look at global black markets and trafficking networks. 

#story #podcast #cartel 

Mariana’s Links

Watch all 4 seasons of Trafficked on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/670262ba-abc0-4d91-b0ce-7dae17db4767

Instagram & X - @marianavz

Facebook - Mariana Van Zeller

https://muck.media

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00:00 | Episode Preview

02:00 | China  

10:22 | 9/11  

22:19 | Fentanyl

33:51 | The Cartel Presence in America

50:21 | Fake Pharmaceuticals

01:09:48 | Black Thursday

01:16:20 | Watching Fentanyl Cross the Border

01:28:43 | Stuck In Niger During A Military Coup

01:51:53 | Terror

02:01:00 | Migrant Smuggling

02:09:49 | Dirty Bombs

02:18:28 | Gangs In US

02:28:06 | Interviewing a Hitman

02:38:35 | The New Wave of the Fentanyl Crisis

02:52:20 | Rehab Industry Corruption

John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan, where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. In this interview, we discuss 2 things: the latest on the government buyouts that have been offered to the entirety of the CIA workforce, and the unclassified email sent by CIA to the White House revealing the names of all new CIA hires in the past several years. 

#cia #podcastclips #story 

John’s Substack:

https://johnkiriakou.substack.com

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Jack Barsky is a former KGB Sleeper Agent who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War, he became a resource for U.S. Counterintelligence Agencies and was allowed to remain in the United States.

#story #podcast #spy 

Jack's Links:
https://www.skool.com/spychology/
https://jackbarsky.com

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00:00 | Intro
02:34 | Childhood 
10:30 | Tough Love and Suppressing Emotions
13:01 | Concentration Camp
22:28 | Contacted by KGB
38:25 | Tasks During Interview Process
48:13 | Tradecraft- Surveillance Detection
59:36 | Dead Drops
1:06:36 | In Person Meeting Tactics
1:18:29 | Lona and Morris Cohen
1:27:46 | Lying
1:52:30 | Sneaking into the US
2:36:14 | Communication with KGB
2:40:59 | Secret Writing
3:01:53 | IDing a Dead Drop Site for Aldrich Ames (Most Damaging Spy in American History)
3:10:41 | Having 2 Families
3:31:32| Threatened by KGB
3:39:47 | How to See if Your Mail is Being Opened
3:47:52 | How to Tell if Someone has Been in Your Home
3:51:20 | Order of the Red Banner
3:54:06 | Caught by FBI
3:59:47 | Russian Disinformation & Yuriy Bezmenov
04:25:55 | Russian Special Forces
04:27:56 | Putin
04:32:49 | The Most Capable Intelligence Agency
04:37:13 | Red Sparrow
04:59:15 | How to Handle Loneliness
05:04:57 | Meaning of Life

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David Packouz was Arms Dealer during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was a partner at AEY, a major weapons contractor for the US. Government, where he and his partner Efraim Diveroli won a $300m government contract to arm the Afghan National Army. At the time, David was just 24 years old, and Efraim was 21. The 2016 film War Dogs was made about David's story, where he is portrayed by Miles Teller.

#story #podcast #war 

David's Links:

https://wardogsacademy.com/

https://instafloss.com

https://www.singularsound.com/

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00:00 | Episode Preview

02:12 | Childhood 

04:12 | Funny Pranks

07:06 | Miami Massage Therapist

10:52 | Selling SD Cards & Bed Sheets

12:55 | Efraim Diveroli

21:28 | Dick Cheney & Halliburton

25:14 | CIA Black Budget 

27:20 | AEY

37:35 | Real Life Efraim Crazier than in Movie

40:00 | Xbox Deal 

51:11 | Finding out about Afghan Contract

54:48 | Henry Thomet (Bradley Cooper character)

1:00:37 | Sketchy Deals 

1:05:18 | Afghan Contract

1:25:34 | Afghanistan Pullout/ Taliban

1:42:57 | Chinese Ammo

1:58:59 | Albanian Mafia

2:08:01 | Cut out of deal

2:17:12 | Lawyering up

2:21:22 | NY Times Article

2:31:17 | Charges and Sentencing

2:55:18 | How to Deal with Stress

3:15:14 | War Dogs Movie

3:28:42 | War Dogs Academy

3:45:14 | Ukraine & Israel

3:49:04 | Meaning of Life

3:58:01 | Outro

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Jeff Tiegs is a retired Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency expert with over 26 years of experience in US Army Special Operations. His time in service includes 12 combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Panama as an Army Ranger, Green Beret, Delta Force Operator, and Delta Force Troop Commander. 

He is now President of Skull Games, a nonprofit organization he founded to combat human trafficking via identifying and hunting down sex traffickers.

#DeltaForce #story #podcast 

Jeff’s links:
https://skullgames.io/
https://jefftiegsbook.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Have-All-Heroes-Gone/dp/B0CMQQJYD8
 
SkG Online courses:
Leadership
Protect Your Family 
Coupon code: skgtf2024 

00:00 | Surge Delta Force in Iraq
09:57 | Presidential Mission
20:30 | Shoot Around the Kids
32:10 | Afghanistan Pullout
35:46 | Avenging Marines at Delta Force
52:35 | Snatch & Grab Mission- Staging a Drive-By Shooting
01:11:59 | Mission that earned Jeff the Silver Star
01:45:15 | Getting out of the Unit
01:51:05 | The emotional reason Jeff Used to leave at night for deployments 
02:20:42 | Skull Games
02:27:07 | The diabolical nature of traffickers

Link to Part 1 of this 2 part interview: https://youtu.be/aXPZ8bxTJgI?si=2iaE4N89bAd5RzlC

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Jeff Tiegs is a retired Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency expert with over 26 years of experience in US Army Special Operations. His time in service includes 12 combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Panama as an Army Ranger, Green Beret, Delta Force Operator, and Delta Force Troop Commander. 

He is now President of Skull Games, a nonprofit organization he founded to identify and hunt down predators.

#DeltaForce #story #podcast 

Jeff’s links:
https://skullgames.io/
https://jefftiegsbook.com/
 https://www.amazon.com/Where-Have-All-Heroes-Gone/dp/B0CMQQJYD8
 
SkG Online courses:
Leadership - https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/leadership-training
Protect Your Family - https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/protect-your-family-a-counter-trafficking-course
Coupon code: skgtf2024 

00:00 | Intro
03:43 | Childhood
17:39 | Combat in slow motion 
30:05 | Terrorism is like digging a trench 
33:37 | Ranger Selection & Training
44:00 | Harvey Moore
52:06 | Trauma Unraveling 
59:43 | Hilarious Army Ranger Story
01:30:03 | Combat in Panama, Noriega
01:57:05 | War is chaotic
02:01:16 | First engagement
02:14:10 | Sparing a man’s life
02:17:44 | CQB 
02:23:02 | Different types of engagements
02:31:44 | Neutralizing a man in front of his son
02:51:01 | How Special Forces turns their enemies against each other
02:56:27 | 1v1 Standoff with Terrorist
03:08:02 | War was my life
03:14:50 | First time hearing about CAG
03:22:49 | Delta Force Selection
03:27:32 | The Right Guy for Delta Force
03:41:38 | OTC

Tim Brown is a 20 year decorated FDNY Firefighter who was a first responder to the 9/11 attack where he lost 93 of his friends including several of his best friends. 

00:00 - Episode preview
02:00 - Intro
04:00 - Childhood
10:27 - Importance of strong role models and mentorship
15:00 - Taking the oath
25:07 - Average day as a NYC firefighter
30:07 - Compartmentalizing seeing bad things/ bleeding into personal life
37:29 - First traumatic day
45:31 - Death is part of the job
50:53 - Special Operations Rescue 3
01:04:41 - 9/11 start
01:15:29 - Chris Blackwell
01:23:50 - Terry Hatton
01:33:38 - Mike Lynch
02:02:24 - Capt Patrick “Paddy” Brown
02:13:56 - 9/12 and days after
02:30:22 - Impact to faith
02:39:29 - Conspiracies
02:42:22 - Proudest moment of Tim’s life
02:46:50 - What does death teach you about life?
02:50:42 - Tunnel to Towers
02:56:09 - Navy SEAL Chris Chambers
02:58:00 - Outro

Credits: 
Capt Patrick Brown video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1z8N1Kr6BU&t=1s
Photos courtesy of Tim Brown
Intro music: Filaments- Scott Buckley