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The Reed Morin Show is a podcast dedicated to interviewing people with unique experiences and perspectives on the world's most complex and compelling issues. Topics include: Real Stories, Current Events, Geopolitics, Philosophy, Politics, True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Tech, Investigative Journalism and much, much more. If you want to know a little about a lot, you came to the right place.
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Aug 25, 2024 • 3h 31min
Inside CIA's GRS: CIA's Elite Special Forces Team | Ben Wallick
Ben Wallick, known as the "Vanilla Gorilla," a former Navy SEAL team 2 lead and CIA GRS Operator, as he breaks down his his storied career in combat and security. The CIA GRS group, a group of elite special forces operators (Delta Force, Navy Seal, Green Beret) who operate security and target missions for CIA case officers. This group may be best known for its role in Benghazi and the movie 13 hours. Join us as Ben breaks down what the reality of this role is truly like.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Martial Arts in Navy Seal Training
14:52 Ben Wallicks Early Life
27:10 Paintball as a Navy Seal
30:00 Old Navy Seal Military Tactics
45:49 Navy Seal BUD/s
54:40 Navy Seal Hell Week
1:42:00 Joining Seal Team 2
1:45:03 Ben’s First Time Getting Shot At
2:12:38 The Reality of War
2:20:40 USA/WW3 potential
2:25:52 How to be a Navy Seal Team Lead (What Leadership Takes)
2:34:42 CIA GRS
2:47:56 Relationship with CIA Spies (Case Officers)
3:14:40 What People Get Wrong about CIA
3:18:24 Support Ben!
3:30:40 Outro
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Aug 18, 2024 • 2h 21min
NAVY Seal Team 6 Operator Turned Mercenary | Daniel Corbett
In this podcast episode of the Reed Morin Show, Daniel Corbett III, who served as an elite Navy SEAL operator, part of SEAL Teams 5, 6, and 17, delves into going through Navy seal BUD/s at 20 years old, joining Seal Team 6 (DEVGRU) and what it was like to be a tier 1 operator in the US military, and finally his time served as a mercenary. In 2017, Daniel made international news when he was thrown in jail in Belgrade, Serbia, for eighteen months after traveling there as a private contractor to track a terrorist financier.
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00:00 Intro
00:48 Daniels Background
9:10 Interest in Navy Seals
21:07 Support the show!
24:09 Navy SEAL BUD/s Training
36:07 Joining Seal Team 5
46:43 SEAL Team 6 (DEVGRU) Recruiting & Training
1:29:23 What Is A Mercenary
1:30:27 What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mercenaries
1:36:20 Life as a Mercenary
1:46:29 Daniels Arrest & Accused of Presidential Assassination in Serbia
2:18:20 What's Next For Daniel?
2:20:42 Outro
📌 Key Topics:
- Navy Seal BUD/s Training
- Seal Team 6 (DEVGRU) selection process & Combat Stories
- Life as a mercenary as a Tier 1 operator
- Daniel Corbetts Story of Arrest in Serbia
Keywords: Navy SEAL, SEAL Team 6, BUD/s, DEVGRU, Mercenary, US Military, Tier 1 Operator, Shawn Ryan Show, Lex Fridman, spy training, Special Forces, Daniel Corbett
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Jun 21, 2024 • 2h 7min
Ex-CIA Spy Reveals Secrets of Espionage, Nuclear Takedowns, & The Spy Game | James Lawler
James Lawler as a member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) and specialist in the recruitment of CIA spies. In this episode we discuss CIA recruiting process, the Farm (CIA Training Facility), how CIA recruits foreign spies, A.Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown Team, CIA/UFOs and much more!
00:00 Intro
01:03 How CIA Spies get into Character
04:35 How James got Recruited by CIA
13:20 What did the CIA See in James
16:11 Support our Patreon
16:50 9 Characteristics of a CIA spy
30:45 Can you Train Someone to be a CIA Spy?
51:55 How CIA Spies Handle Negotiations
57:55 CIA Agent Process of Picking a Target
1:06:04 Types of CIA Pitches
1:22:30 Losing a CIA Spy
1:27:16 CIA "The Farm" Training
1:40:00 A.Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown Team
1:52:00 Iran & Israel Nuclear Weapons Risk
1:54:57 CIA vs MOSSAD vs KGB
1:56:13 Threat of China
2:01:20 Effects of AI on Espionage
2:06:22 Outro
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Jun 8, 2024 • 1h 32min
Delta Force Operator Gets Ambushed (INTENSE Combat Story) | Brent Tucker - 37
In part 2 of our interview with former Green Beret and a Delta Force Operator Brent Tucker, we dive into Delta Force selection, the fall of Afghanistan through his eyes, the differences between Navy SEALs and Delta Operators, Combat stories against ISIS in Syria, and his intense and harrowing 1 v 4 gunfight while tracking a Delta Force High Valued Al Qaeda target. Brent reveals what it takes to be among the elite.
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00:00 Intro
00:54 What makes a Delta Force Operator
04:40 Why Brent Tucker joined Delta Force
10:14 Delta Operator Speaks on Fall of Afghanistan
16:13 How hard is Delta Force Selection?
19:00 Join our Patreon!
19:39 Navy SEALs vs Delta Operators
21:10 What Delta Force Selection is Like
29:15 What Separates Tier 1 Special Force From Everyone Else?
36:07 First Deployment with Delta Force
38:40 Whats a HVT for Delta Force?
41:30 Fighting ISIS in Syria
45:15 Difference In Combat between ISIS & Al Qaeda
48:20 2014 HVT Mission
52:40 Delta Force Takes a Vote
59:20 Sneaking Up on Insurgents
1:07:12 INTENSE Combat Story
1:13:24 1 vs 4 Gun Fight
1:25:27 FRCC Coffee & Support Brent!
1:31:10 Outro
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May 30, 2024 • 1h 40min
Delta Force Operator's INTENSE First Gunfight | Brent Tucker - 36
Brent Tucker served 20 years in US Army Special Operations as both a Green Beret and a Delta Force Operator. He is a purple heart recipient with 13 combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Brent has an incredible story and in Part 1 of this 2 Part interview, we cove rhis time as a Green Beret, the Green Beret selection and training process, his first combat deployment in Afghanistan and how he felt about combat, and how he deals with the dark reality that is War.
00:00 Intro
00:54 Trump Using Delta/Special Forces Against Cartels
06:15 9/11
13:14 Starting of Brent Military Career
18:55 Join our Patreon Page!
23:10 Becoming a Green Beret
35:10 Green Beret Q Course & OTC (Training)
41:01 Type of person to be a Green Beret
43:29 SERE Special Operation School
01:03:10 Brent's First Mission &
1:10:00 Brent's First Engagement & Intense Gunfight
1:15:20 Dealing with the Realities of War
1:27:29 "Its War"
1:39:10 Outro & Part 2
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May 10, 2024 • 3h 29min
Ex-Cop: Thin Blue Line, Surviving a Shooting, PTSD, Life & Faith | Kevin Donaldson - 35
On episode 35 of the Reed Morin Show, we are joined by Kevin Donaldson, a former police officer and podcaster. In 2013, he nearly lost his life in the line of duty when a bullet grazed his head.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:45 What Makes a Good Police Officer/Cop
06:45 Growing Up in Mafia Ran Atlantic City
15:46 Kevin’s Family Relationship as a Child
31:00 Struggling to Find an Identity
42:06 Should Cops do MMA/BJJ?
54:07 How Kevin Changed his Identity
1:00:00 Was Kevin Religious as a Child
1:10:45 Becoming a Cop
1:18:30 Are we training Police Right?
1:33:08 How 9/11 Changed Everything
1:52:52 First Few Months as a Cop After 9/11
2:05:24 Why Military & First Responders Use Dark Humor
2:15:35 Why the Thing Blue Line is a Myth
2:36:16 Kevins Near Death Experience
2:53:00 The Post Traumatic Stress After
3:02:40 Kevin’s Attempt to take his own life
3:10:00 Turning the Corner and Finding his Identity
3:16:20 How Kevin Found God & Saved His life
3:26:15 Kevin Living Psalm 23:4 & The Suffering Podcast
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Website: https://www.realkevindonaldson.com/
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May 2, 2024 • 2h 7min
Dr. Ryan Wood - UFO / UAPs Crash Retrevials, Alien Phenomenon, and Secret Government Technology | RMS • 34
On episode 34 of the Reed Morin Show, physicist and UFO researcher Ryan S. Wood talks about his book Majic Eyes Only, which details over 104 UFO/UAP crash retrievals from all around the world, one of which happened in 1897 and was allegedly the earliest crash retrieval by the US Government.
Timestamps:
00:00 Aurora Texas 1987
00:00:37 Alien Disclosure is Beginning
04:42 Majestic Documents & the Majic 12
13:42 UFO Crash Retrieval & Recovery Operations
23:58 What UFO Crash Retrieval Looks Like
37:37 David Grouch Testimony & Joe Rogan Episode
38:33 CIA Investigating Mount Ararat
39:31 Aurora Texas 1897 UFO Crash
45:49 Why Are Alien/UFO Ships Crashing?
53:24 CIA Killing JFK Over UFO Disclosure?
1:01:33 Einstein & Oppenheimer Discuss UFOs
1:09:31 Technology Recovered from UFO Crashes
1:47:27 Are the UFO/UAP’s Human or Alien?
2:03:57 Outro & Subscribe!
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Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 28min
FBI Agent Uncovers Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cells | Ken Strange • 33
Ken Strange is a former FBI agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), who operated in NYC during the rise of Al-Qaeda operatives.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Saddam Hussein Spys in the USA
01:29 The First Gulf War
13:16 Iraqi Says & Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cells
25:28 Ignoring the Rise of Jihadist in NYC
27:05: World Trade Center Bombings & Mohammed A. Salameh
33:36 Spying on Castro Brothers in Cuba
44:36 Publishing Story from Time in FBI
48:10 Moving to the UAID
50:03 Ken on a Hezbollah Hitlist
54:20 Moving into White Collar Crime
1:00:00 Moving to DOJ & Fighting Cartels
1:03:00 Vicente Carrillo Fuentes | Leader of the Juarez Cartel
1:10:00 Visiting the Prison El Chapo Escaped
1:12:23 Meeting Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo & Cartel Leaders
1:22:30 Corruption in the Prison System
1:24:48 Kens Closing Remarks/Buy A Cops Son!
1:27:50 Outro
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Mar 26, 2024 • 1h 18min
The FBI Agent Who Was a Soviet Spy | Ken Strange • 32
Ken Strange is a Former FBI agent, who was a apart joint terrorism task force (JTTF) in New York City. He worked closely with CIA on many operations, one of which was protecting Soviet Spy Nikolai, all while he was crossing paths with a FBI double agent Robert Hanssen. He also worked to prevent presidential assignations, terror attacks, and much more. In part 1 we dive into his backstory.
**Timestamps**
(00:00) Intro
(00:39) A NYPD Cops Son
(07:40) Dealing with New York Mafia as a Cop
(16:11) Ken Interest in Law Enforcement
(18:10) Like & Subscribe
(18:40) Kens Teaching Career
(22:33) Teaching the Saudi King's Family
(26:23) Adjusting to Middle Eastern Culture
(37:05) Moving towards the FBI
(40:34) FBI Recruiting
(42:47) Kens time at Quantico
(53:02) Getting Assigned to FBI JTTF
58:03 Guarding a Soviet Spy
(1:04:36) Robert Hanssen: Soviet FBI Spy
(1:06:53) First Few Months on JTTF
(1:13:35) Finding Spy for Saddam Hussein
(1:17:00) Subscribe for Part 2!
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Mar 10, 2024 • 2h 30min
NAVY SEAL Taylor Cavanaugh: Prison, Seal Team 7, Black Ops & French Foreign Legion • 31
Taylor Cavanaugh is a former Navy Seal and French Legionnaire. Learn about his unbelievable path from jail, to United States Navy SEAL, back to jail, then kicked out of the United States Military, to joining the French Foreign Legion, and now finding redemption and inner peace, and starting his personal brand as a life coach to help other through the journey.
"The wise learn from the mistakes of others. Listen and understand so you don't have to learn the hard way." - Taylor Cavanaugh
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Taylor’s Childhood in San Diego
02:10 - Impact of Sports & Lacrosse Culture
10:40 - Military & Navy Seal Team Dreams
11:20 - Getting Kicked out of High School
12:40 - Going to College
17:33 - Dropping out of college
19:03 Community College
19:40 Arrest, Selling Drugs, Hitting rock bottom
23:19 Navy Seal Get Advice from Homeless Man
25:11 Rain means change
27:04 Turning his life around
29:30 Martial Arts and Fighting MMA
33:34 Getting Arrested Again & DUI
36:19 Joining the Military
38:25 Marine Deny over Tattoos
40:10 Welcome to the Navy
42:31 Going to Jail to join the Navy
47:03 Did navy seal dreams help in Jail?
54:44 Training for Navy Seals
58:00 Navy Seal BUDS
1:01:40 Getting a Navy Seal Contract
1:17:06 Joining Seal team 7
1:20:17 Being deployed to Yemen
1:25:01 Arrested on Military Leave
1:28:51 Navy Seal Goes to Iraq on Bail
1:32:53 Iraqi Deployment & Jail back home
1:42:22 Arrested, Warrants, Going to Jail &Honorable Discharge over drug test
1:49:40 Drugs and Fentanyl
1:55:17 Kicking Fentanyl in Hawaii
1:59:13 What prevented Suicide
2:00:00 Does Taylor Cavanaugh believe god?
2:05:03 Welcome to The French Foreign Legion
2:06:47 Navy Seal vs French Foreign Legion
2:11:15 Process of joining French Foreign Legion
2:15:05 Did French Foreign Legion try to get intel?
2:21:50 Outro
2:28:50 Until Next Time
🎧 The Reed Morin Show is a podcast dedicated to interviewing people with unique experiences and perspectives on the world's most complex and compelling issues. Topics include: Real Stories, Current Events, Geopolitics, Philosophy, Politics, True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Tech, Investigative Journalism and much, much more. If you want to know a little about a lot, you came to the right place.
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