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The Future of Air Warfare..

Brandon Tseng gives Shawn Ryan a glimpse of the newly announced "X-Bat" autonomous drone that Shield AI is developing.

Shawn Ryan Asks Your Questions with Brandon Tseng

A Question from our Patreon Member, Hunter Whiddon, was selected for the upcoming interview.

"How did your battlefield experiences— where lives depended on split-second decisions-shape your vision for building Al systems that protect warfighters in combat zones?"

EARLY Access [Audio] Shawn Ryan Show #247 Brandon Tseng - Co-Founder of Shield AI

Brandon Tseng is the President and Co-founder of Shield AI, a defense technology company he established in 2015 with his brother Ryan Tseng, specializing in AI-powered autonomous systems for military applications, including the V-BAT drone deployed in operations like those in Ukraine.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Harvard Business School with an MBA, Tseng served seven years in the U.S. Navy as a SEAL and Surface Warfare Officer, with deployments including Afghanistan in 2015, where he witnessed the need for AI in warfare.

Under his leadership, Shield AI has raised over $1 billion, achieved a multi-billion-dollar valuation, expanded globally, and focused on ethical AI for national security. Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI for 2025, Tseng has testified before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on technology innovation and serves on the Board of Directors for the C4 Foundation, supporting Navy SEAL families. He advocates for public-private partnerships in defense, advancing AI to protect warfighters, and securing U.S. leadership in autonomous systems amid global competition.

Shield AI X-Bat at Shawn Ryan's New Studio

Shield AI President & Co-founder Brandon Tseng brought a 2/3 Replica of the new X-Bat autonomous fighter with V-Bat technology (Vertical takeoff), and Hivemind autonomy software that was unveiled to the world today.

Is this the future of air combat?

Should AI Have Autonomy in Warfare?

Brandon Tseng (Shield AI) discusses this controversial topic as well as more in the segment of Extra Intel.

How Dating Apps Have Transformed the Landscape? + Files

Vanessa Marin discusses the core pillars to better intimacy, as well as dating apps and how they have changed the dating landscape.

Intel Brief with Sarah Adams #072 - Christians Targeted in Africa

Sarah Adams discusses Intel Brief #072: Targeted Killings of Christians Across Africa

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Shawn Ryan Show #246 Vanessa Marin - EARLY Access [Video]

Vanessa Marin is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience specializing in sex therapy, holding bachelor’s degrees in human sexuality and sociology from Brown University and a master’s in counseling psychology. Working alongside her husband, Xander, she provides practical tools and courses to help couples strengthen their relationships and enhance intimacy through their platform, Vanessa and Xander. 

A New York Times bestselling author of "Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life," Vanessa has been featured in outlets like The New York Times, O Magazine, and Harper’s Bazaar. 

She co-hosts the "Pillow Talks" podcast, offering advice on sex, relationships, and communication, and has amassed millions of views on her YouTube channel, debunking myths and promoting healthy discussions.

Shawn Ryan Asks Your Questions with Vanessa Marin

A Question from our Patreon Member, Tery Lockitski, was selected for the upcoming interview.

"I was in a +14y abusive marriage and am returning to single life. How do you suggest setting boundaries in today's dating (esp as a Christian), reclaiming sexual health, and what are your recommendations for meeting someone new?"

Shawn Ryan Show #246 Vanessa Marin - EARLY Access

Vanessa Marin is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience specializing in sex therapy, holding bachelor’s degrees in human sexuality and sociology from Brown University and a master’s in counseling psychology. Working alongside her husband Xander, she provides practical tools and courses to help couples strengthen their relationships and enhance intimacy through their platform Vanessa and Xander. 

A New York Times bestselling author of "Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life," Vanessa has been featured in outlets like The New York Times, O Magazine, and Harper’s Bazaar. 

She co-hosts the "Pillow Talks" podcast, offering advice on sex, relationships, and communication, and has amassed millions of views on her YouTube channel debunking myths and promoting healthy discussions.

Daily Challenges of a Defense Tech Startup Founder

Trae Stephens details his day-to-day as one of the co-founders of Anduril and executive chairman, as well as his time as a partner at Founders Fund.

Real-Life COD Mystery Box Challenge Shawn Ryan Vs Trae Stephens

In this clip of Range Day, Shawn & Trae shoot guns and then compete in a race with weapons from the Mystery Box.

Sarah Adams Reacts

In this clip, Sarah Adams reacts to a news story about a woman who used Siri to save her life from an attacker.

Space Flight Vs Deep Sea Exploration

Victor Vescovo discusses how his experiences in space flight and deep ocean exploration compare.

Victor answers questions from our members, Mercurycyte, and Lisa Johnston.

Shawn Ryan and Victor Vescovo Shoot and Tell Stories on the Range

Shawn and Victor have a range day during the break.

EARLY Access [Video] with Trae Stephens - Anduril Defense Tech

Trae Stephens is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, and a General Partner at venture capital firm Founders Fund, where he invests across sectors with a particular interest in startups operating in the government space.

Previously, Trae was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, where he led teams focused on growth in the intelligence and defense sector as well as international expansion, helping large organizations solve their hardest data analysis problems. He was also an integral part of the product team, leading the design and strategy for new product offerings. While at Palantir, Trae also served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University.

Before joining Palantir, Trae worked as a computational linguist building enterprise solutions to Arabic/Persian name matching and data enrichment within the U.S. Intelligence Community. He began his career working in the office of then Congressman Rob Portman and in the Political Affairs Office at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. immediately following the installation of Hamid Karzai’s transitional government. Trae graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Shawn Asks Your Questions with Trae Stephens

A Question from our Patreon Member, Tyler Wilson, was selected for the upcoming interview.

"Given your past work in the intelligence community and your time advising the Trump administration, what are the most significant misconceptions the public has about the relationship between Silicon Valley and the U.S. government?"

EARLY Access [Audio] with Trae Stephens - Anduril Defense Tech

Trae Stephens is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, and a General Partner at venture capital firm Founders Fund, where he invests across sectors with a particular interest in startups operating in the government space.

Previously, Trae was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, where he led teams focused on growth in the intelligence and defense sector as well as international expansion, helping large organizations solve their hardest data analysis problems. He was also an integral part of the product team, leading the design and strategy for new product offerings. While at Palantir, Trae also served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University.

Before joining Palantir, Trae worked as a computational linguist building enterprise solutions to Arabic/Persian name matching and data enrichment within the U.S. Intelligence Community. He began his career working in the office of then Congressman Rob Portman and in the Political Affairs Office at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. immediately following the installation of Hamid Karzai’s transitional government. Trae graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Ultimate Journey: My Final Expedition Destination

Victor Vescovo takes on the Desert Island challenge.

Where would you go?

Intel Brief #071

Sarah Adams discusses Intel Brief #071: Ghost Drivers

Shawn Ryan in the Wall Street Journal

The Former Navy SEAL Who Built a Powerhouse Podcast..

Read the full article HERE

Shawn Ryan Show #244 Victor Vescovo

Victor L. Vescovo is a private investor with over thirty years of experience in a variety of complex business situations. He co-founded private equity firm Insight Equity in 2002 with his business partner, Ted Beneski and raised over $1.5 billion in equity capital across four funds. In 2023, he departed Insight in order to focus on his own investments with new capabilities to support industrial startups, life sciences, and other areas of venture capital and special situations.

Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a Master’s Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Additionally, Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence and targeting officer, retiring in 2013 as a Commander.

In 2017, Victor completed the “Explorer’s Grand Slam” which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world’s continents including Mt. Everest and skiing at least 100 kilometers to the North and South Poles. He piloted the first repeated dives to the ocean’s deepest point, Challenger Deep, in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench - now fifteen times, and in August 2019 became the first person to visit “The Five Deeps,” the deepest point in all five of the world’s oceans. Victor has now personally explored the bottom of seventeen deep ocean trenches and has made three dives to the Titanic including the only solo dive ever made there. He and his team also discovered and surveyed the two deepest shipwrecks in the world: the USS Johnston in 2021 and the deepest, the USS Samuel B. Roberts at 22,600 feet, in 2022. In 2025, the US Navy announced that T-AGOS 26, a new ocean surveillance vessel of the Explorer class, would be named after him.

He is also a commercially rated, multi-engine jet, glider, seaplane, and helicopter pilot, a certified submersible test pilot, and recently flew into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, becoming the first person in history to climb Mount Everest, dive to the bottom of the ocean, and visit space.

Shawn Asks Your Questions with Victor Vescovo

A Question from our Patreon Member, Michael King, was selected for the upcoming interview.

"You have accomplished so many daring and life-threatening accomplishments. Has your personal/family life suffered as a consequence of your pursuit of so many expeditions?"

EARLY Access [Audio] with Victor Vescovo - Solo Dive to the Titanic, Cloning Humans & Reviving Extinct Animals

Victor L. Vescovo is a private investor with over thirty years of experience in a variety of complex business situations. He co-founded private equity firm Insight Equity in 2002 with his business partner, Ted Beneski and raised over $1.5 billion in equity capital across four funds. In 2023, he departed Insight in order to focus on his own investments with new capabilities to support industrial startups, life sciences, and other areas of venture capital and special situations.

Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a Master’s Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Additionally, Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence and targeting officer, retiring in 2013 as a Commander.

In 2017, Victor completed the “Explorer’s Grand Slam” which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world’s continents including Mt. Everest and skiing at least 100 kilometers to the North and South Poles. He piloted the first repeated dives to the ocean’s deepest point, Challenger Deep, in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench - now fifteen times, and in August 2019 became the first person to visit “The Five Deeps,” the deepest point in all five of the world’s oceans. Victor has now personally explored the bottom of seventeen deep ocean trenches and has made three dives to the Titanic including the only solo dive ever made there. He and his team also discovered and surveyed the two deepest shipwrecks in the world: the USS Johnston in 2021 and the deepest, the USS Samuel B. Roberts at 22,600 feet, in 2022. In 2025, the US Navy announced that T-AGOS 26, a new ocean surveillance vessel of the Explorer class, would be named after him.

He is also a commercially rated, multi-engine jet, glider, seaplane, and helicopter pilot, a certified submersible test pilot, and recently flew into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, becoming the first person in history to climb Mount Everest, dive to the bottom of the ocean, and visit space.

Uncovering Truths: The Daily Grind of an Investigative Journalist

Steve Robinson gives us an inside look at the Day-To-Day of an investigative Journalist.

Q&A With Sarah Adams

Questions selected for this clip:

Brian Stemple- You advocate constantly that everyone needs to be prepared. We see little, if any real action taken. What is the list of things we should be doing as individuals to prepare ourselves for whatever might be on the way?

Andrew Trame - Given recent shifts in global security, what’s the most overlooked threat people aren’t paying attention to right now?

Dillon Mansfield - Why isn’t the government plucking these terrorists from our communities, doing damage to the ~1500 in the US?

Joshua - Umm what conspiracy theories do you believe and what are really theories and are truth sorry my grammar sucks

Dave C- Would you be willing and or is there a way you can be a part of the current administration to advise how to shut some of these discussed threats down?

Jim Fisher - Why can't we just flag gangs and drug cartels as terrorist organization and go after them like we hunted down UBL

Even Smith- What can citizens do with the information? Prep, local outreach, practical steps to help.

CDT. D - Financing is key in any terrorism action wherever and whoever it is aimed at. Which TOP 3 governments/organisations actually in the world are most active in that matter in your opinion? Dave Smith

ZMAN - Why is Israel's espionage being left off of current continental US threat briefings?

Jamie Ryan- If you were in the position to make changes/policies what are the top three you would make right now to protect this country? In addition to the changes made here, how fast are the threats adapting to meet our changes.

Shawn Ryan Show #243 Steve Robinson

Steven Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of the Maine Wire, leads New England’s fastest-growing digital media outlet focused on exposing political corruption and organized crime across local, state, and regional levels. A native of Dexter, Maine, and Bowdoin College graduate in political philosophy, he previously worked at Regnery Publishing, produced the Howie Carr Show, and handled Barstool Sports' Kirk Minihane Show and true-crime podcast The Case, which spurred murder charges per season. During COVID-19, he quit his job to travel 35,000 miles across North America in a camper van before returning to Maine in November 2022 to revitalize the Maine Wire as an aggressive, independent platform for underreported stories, bold investigations, and commentary.

Robinson's groundbreaking "Triad Weed" series, launched in August 2023 after a leaked DHS memo revealed over 270 illicit cannabis operations by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations in Maine, uncovered a vast Chinese mafia network spanning Maine to southeast China. His reporting exposed racketeering involving black-market cannabis, human and sex trafficking, money laundering, bank fraud, illegal border crossings, neurotoxins poisoning homes, murder, and national security threats—including CCP-linked properties near U.S. Army facilities. He exclusively detailed exploited U.S. Treasury subsidized loans that enabled foreign nationals to acquire over 70 properties.

Cited in Congressional reports and featured on CBS, Fox News, the Daily Mail, OANN, and more, Robinson's work has led to over 60 articles, property raids, arrests, Sen. Susan Collins' interrogations of intel agencies, and the documentary Triad Weed: How Chinese Mafia Infiltrated Maine. Local police praise it as a field manual, though Maine media avoids the story.

Shawn Ryan Asks Your Questions with Steven Robinson

A Question from our Patreon Member, Kevin O’Malley, was selected for the upcoming interview.

"Is there any indication that Chinese nationals involved in organized crime are acting at the directive of the Chinese govt?"

EARLY Access [Audio] with Steven Robinson

Steven Robinson, Editor-in-Chief of the Maine Wire, leads New England’s fastest-growing digital media outlet focused on exposing political corruption and organized crime across local, state, and regional levels. A native of Dexter, Maine, and Bowdoin College graduate in political philosophy, he previously worked at Regnery Publishing, produced the Howie Carr Show, and handled Barstool Sports' Kirk Minihane Show and true-crime podcast The Case, which spurred murder charges per season. During COVID-19, he quit his job to travel 35,000 miles across North America in a camper van before returning to Maine in November 2022 to revitalize the Maine Wire as an aggressive, independent platform for underreported stories, bold investigations, and commentary.

Robinson's groundbreaking "Triad Weed" series, launched in August 2023 after a leaked DHS memo revealed over 270 illicit cannabis operations by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations in Maine, uncovered a vast Chinese mafia network spanning Maine to southeast China. His reporting exposed racketeering involving black-market cannabis, human and sex trafficking, money laundering, bank fraud, illegal border crossings, neurotoxins poisoning homes, murder, and national security threats—including CCP-linked properties near U.S. Army facilities. He exclusively detailed exploited U.S. Treasury subsidized loans that enabled foreign nationals to acquire over 70 properties.

Cited in Congressional reports and featured on CBS, Fox News, the Daily Mail, OANN, and more, Robinson's work has led to over 60 articles, property raids, arrests, Sen. Susan Collins' interrogations of intel agencies, and the documentary Triad Weed: How Chinese Mafia Infiltrated Maine. Local police praise it as a field manual, though Maine media avoids the story.