Well, if this is true Shawn Ryan is yet another paid shill podcaster Getting in this industry has been disheartening to learn the vast majority of independent media and podcasters are either plants or willing to sell their soul for money or power
Part 2, and my last post about my Shawn Ryan Show episode. Last I heard, it had been edited. Then Shawn went on Diary of a CEO and described a woman whose interview he’d never release. That woman wasn’t me, unless he was lying. But I never expected it to air, and here’s why: I spent weeks prepping with Shawn’s team. I was booked to follow the money on TPUSA and the surveillance state, and naming names is what I do. I’m meticulous, and I never say anything I can’t prove. Then, right before we started filming, I was told I couldn’t name names. When I brought up who funds Flock Safety, the license plate cameras now in thousands of American towns, I was told not to say Andreessen Horowitz or Peter Thiel. You can’t follow the money without showing where the money flows. That’s when I realized this episode would never air, before we had even started. So when I got home, I did what I do. I followed the money. And, turns out Shawn Ryan is invested in companies backed by the exact people I was told not to name, plus Israel. (1) Anduril Industries: Ryan has been an investor since October 2025. Anduril started with surveillance towers and now builds drones and autonomous weapons. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led its June 2025 round, and Andreessen Horowitz co-led its $5 billion round in May 2026. Those are the two names I was told to leave out. In February 2026, Anduril’s founder, Palmer Luckey, made an undisclosed trip to Israel and met with Netanyahu and senior defense officials. By June, Anduril was setting up an Israel operation to sell to Israel’s Ministry of Defense. Shawn had Palmer on his show in February 2025 and invested eight months later. (2) Shield AI: Ryan has been an investor since November 2025. It builds AI-piloted drones and fighter jets. Andreessen Horowitz led its first major round and has kept investing ever since. Shawn had its co-founder on the show the same season he invested. (3) Sesh: Ryan has been an investor since August 2025. Its $40 million round was led by 8VC, the venture firm of Joe Lonsdale, who co-founded Palantir with Peter Thiel. Lonsdale was a guest on Shawn’s show on May 7, 2026, less than three months before I taped. Palantir signed a strategic partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Defense in 2024. And Flock Safety, the company I came to talk about, is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, which led two of its rounds, and by Founders Fund, Peter Thiel’s fund. So I was booked to expose who funds the surveillance state. I was told not to name Andreessen Horowitz or Peter Thiel. And the host has money in companies backed by Andreessen Horowitz, by Thiel’s fund, and by Thiel’s Palantir co-founder, including one that is building its business in Israel. Then there’s the rest of it. Sarah Adams, his former network host, was messaging his team to keep me off (see Part 1 if you missed it). An IDF settlement contractor tagged the two of them together. Pro-Israel groups passed around her clip from his show as proof that Israel didn’t drive the war. And after his Diary of a CEO interview, accounts from the same network that spent the summer smearing me told everyone his “CIA woman” was me, citing “sources.” It wasn’t me. I never discussed a polygraph with Shawn Ryan, and it was never why I went on. So either he was talking about someone else, or somebody turned his story into a weapon against me. Honestly, I don’t want the episode to air, and I told them so right after we taped, because it was a watered-down version of my work. How it all happened was a tough lesson learned for me in this industry. Now you know what was going on behind the scenes. If this episode doesn’t air, I can assure you it’s not because I’m a fraud. It’s because I won’t water down who funds the surveillance state, and I won’t sell out to protect anyone’s investments. So there you have it.

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Yes Shawn Ryan is a paid shill. He has the one eye symbolism right in your face.
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He’s been hinting that he’s been under spiritual attack. Perhaps if he prioritized his soul over profits, he wouldn’t be having these experiences.
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I watch a lot of gun YouTube channels and Shawn Ryan has the strangest page page growth I had ever seen on YouTube Shawn actually started out running a gun YouTube page but it was nothing special: Nothing unique Nothing interesting Zero charisma or entertainment value But within just a few months Shawn had gone from no followers and suddenly grown to a massive page And anyone who has ever run a YouTube page knows just how hard that is to do But it’s much harder to do with almost not charisma, uniqueness, or overall entertainment value And then just like his YouTube gun page blew up overnight his podcast did as well Again, zero entertainment value, zero charisma, yet seemingly overnight his pages explodes That’s when I was certain Shawn was being pushed by forces much bigger than the YouTube algorithm
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The way Shawn was carrying on about god whilst knowing he’s invested in companies with Peter thiel a man who has a passion for the anti christ. Such a fraud
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Some folks have been calling Shawn a plant for awhile now due to his ties to the CIA and sudden notoriety. Sarah pushing the "Jihad is coming!", narrative on his show and on X was sus as well.
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Yeah my heart sank a little..everytime I think maybe a good one who claims they’re on the good side, we find out it’s not the case. I’m starting to think that nobody who gets in the spotlight or popular, now even “independently,” are in fact allowed to be that. The Js own everything & everyone in our country…
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I remember like a year or two ago people were questioning whether Shawn Ryan was a deep state plant… disappointing. No wonder his podcast exploded
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Everyone has a weak spot like family to protect. We shouldn't assume Shawn has a choice. Look at what they did to Charlie Kirk for turning on the Jews.
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Idk man, “investing” in a thing is getting a lot of people caught up. Not saying he shouldn’t be more proactive on that front, but these are national companies that can be found in almost any financial advisor’s portfolio. Anyone with a retirement account has invested in numerous companies who we could criticize this way. So, if his primary connection is the investments in these companies, we need more context about the process of investment to feel certain that any of it is shady… which is the hard part. @leahfiles says she doesn’t put out anything she can’t prove, but her proving that he invested in these companies does not necessarily prove the nature of that investment and how personal the decisions were to do so. Also, once invested, if he personally takes issue with the company, it’s not always that easy to back out of large investments. Just thoughts to consider…
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Poor Shawn Ryan, claiming to have met Jesus on vacation, crying over the plight of children, and then look at this shit. They are all the same. They are 100% all the fucking same Don’t forget Ryan is responsible for getting Pete Hegseth even in the hemisphere for his job
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Of course he's pumped up. You always have to look at why somebody just blows up the way they do. It's orchestrated not organic.
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It's beyond disappointing. The independent media is even worse than MSM with how blantely they do it. Almost all "independent" media people are now being controlled by a donor/donors with a political motive. Once they see the $$, they forget what they stood for
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He has been a shill. He glorifies war and props up people like Erik Prince, Sarah Adams, and Brian Harpool. He didn’t ask those people tough questions, he propped up their propaganda.
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“Either plants or willing to sell their soul for money or power” I honestly think it’s more pathetic than that. They don’t believe in what they say strongly enough to ignore a smart investment. Then they do what most humans do: compartmentalize their contradictions and hypocrisy.
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Yes but we still have many who are NOT plants or willing to sell their souls and I am so thankful for them. 🙏🏻 Please keep speaking out. I only learned about you a year or so ago and appreciate your work very much.
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He’s been calling out Israel’s involvement in the USA for a while now. If it’s all for a diversion, then well-played.
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Jake u have to work on your discernment. “If this is true” 😂 Shawn Ryan screamed Plant 🪴 from Day 1.
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If we start questioning cocaine-dealing CIA contractors, where does it end? 🤔
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Strangely enough he is one of a few podcasters I stopped watching, couldn't put my finger on it but something just felt off about him.
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Wow I was starting to connect the dots prior to this his behaviour over the last few months seem to be related to something demonic in his life. But I think he can be saved
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I don’t like Shawn Ryan. Listening to his podcast, he’s just plain awful at what he does. Not sure how he got famous.
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Major bummer, unfortunately this is likely the case for most “independent” media. In today’s world you are only allowed to have “platform” (make money from your free speech) if it does not threaten the ruling class
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I’m disappointed in Shawn. Mostly because he pushes being a godly man then wants to sweep things under the rug for monetary gain.
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He has always been THE most obvious plant. All his guests and talking points directly line up with common establishment interests and rhetoric, the most obvious being about China.
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Idk about any of this but, Ryan is definitely a paid shill these days. Listened to every pod he made for a year and gave the show an unfollow last month. Straight trash hiding behind the brand.
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It’s so disheartening when the people you thought were the good guys, have been deceiving us the entire time. You can’t play both sides. God is NOT deceived, and he doesn’t accept Shekels.
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This has been obvious for a very long time. Proof is great but wasn’t needed. Avoided this tool for awhile now. He’s dumb as a box of rocks but somehow top 5 podcaster. Whatever
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I know ! I am sick to my stomach! I have been following him since episode 1. So disappointed!
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Everyone has their price Jake, including you.
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it's very likely TPUSA was promoted so heavily because Charlie was zealously pro-Israel (until the very end)
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This was known when he brought on the girl that predicted the New Orleans terrorist attack a week before it happened
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Sadly, I think you and @leahfiles are some of the few truly authentic voices we’ve got..
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Such a bummer! There was always something slightly boring about him though like he didn’t radiate the Spirit Anyway, had to unfollow him. I think we all do.
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It really should have been obvious because the math was never mathing. He’s awful at interviewing and built an instant following with access to everyone? No. That doesn’t happen.
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i think everyone in the industry is a paid shill except for like 0.1%
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