Michael Yon - Secrets of the Darién Gap | SRS  

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I was in the Army for 10 years and prior to getting out I went on a “deployment” to Ethiopia. It was seen as a training mission. We were in the vast desert, I’m talking monkeys, donkeys, and giraffes all over the place. We slept in one man tents in the middle of nowhere during this training. The Ethiopian people were great and one day they asked us to take a walk with them they wanted to show us something. We marched through the open desert and got to the top of a mountain and they kept pointing into the distance. I got my binoculars out and what do I see? A HUGE industrial plant out there in the middle of nowhere. We asked the interpreter what that was and he told us the Chinese built it and they were also in the process of building a railroad a few miles away. It was such a crazy sight to see. With the knowledge from this episode and from what I’ve seen with my own eyes it’s almost clear that the Chinese are playing the long game, as well as setting conditions for eventual world domination. I know that can sound insane but what else could it possibly be??

I love how he says ‘after Biden was installed’ not ‘after Biden was elected’. So spot on !

I’m English, but to see what’s happening to America breaks my heart. Being silently invaded on all sides by people with bad intentions. This immigration is not what Americas about. Great guest and a great host, thank you guys . God bless America 🇺🇸 & God bless the UK 🇬🇧

Every single American who loves this country needs to watch the episode.

I'm from MCALLEN! I used to work in talk radio and had my own talk show, I wish I could have interviewed him! This was so eye opening! Also, as a Hispanic, there are LOTS of us who want the border SHUT DOWN. It's insane what this stupid administration has done to our country! We need to end catch and release, bring back Remain In Mexico and bring back 45!

This is possibly the most important guest you could have on right now.

Love the way this guy connects the dots. Unreal how informed this patriot is. He needs to be on ALL the podcasts rn.

Michael Yon was embedded with the infantry division in Mosul, Iraq when I was deployed there. His dispatches told the real stories of what was going on there, and I've been a fan of his ever since. Thanks SRS for what you do!

I just want to cry listening to this. My heart breaks for our American citizens and our beloved USA.

This is the single most important Interview on the internet right now.

Michael Yon, deepest respect for everything you are doing and have done. A rare breed of a American

While listening I realized what a masterful interviewer Shawn Ryan is. He didn't interrupt Michael Yon's mind-blowing story, other than to ask him to expand on a topic. This shows true humility, another trait of a great host.

This is how you do it. This is LEGIT NEWS. FIRST HAND REPORTING AND FIRST RATE INTERVIEWING BRO.

Wife is a flight attendant and she has had many Africans on her flights coming from Canada to the US. It's from all sides. This will not end well for us here.

I have a family of United States Military Service men and women! You bet your bottom dollar I shared this show to each and every one of them! The amount of information I learned in less than 2 hours is astounding! As Americans we must WAKE UP and put America 1st! My question is this… What can Americans do about this invasion? Is there anything we can do as citizens of this country to help?

Holy cow, finally someone's talking about the forthcoming fertilizer shortage! Thank you Michael. This is so important and no one's listening. I've beeen messaging pod casters for months asking them to talk about it and no one's talking. Sean, please keep on this.

You have to do a part 2 and part 3 with him. He has so much knowledge to share with your listeners.

As an Army vet of 26 years, the wealth of information gained in this one podcast alone made my head hurt and for the first time made me think is there any way to stop this madness. Thoroughly enjoyed it and building a community is what I'm going to be about because you can't fight back if you don't survive.

I'll be honest, I'm worried. I served proudly for almost 12 yrs, 3 combat tours and disabled now and this makes my tbi hurt even more. How do we fix this? How can we prepare more? Please folks share this with family and friends, let's help more become aware and possibly prepare. Thank you Mr Ryan once again.

This guy is the most informative person I’ve ever listened to. Need to be listened to by all American.

this should have been one of the 4-5 hour episodes. please get him back on the show for more in the near future. keep up the great work! 👍 👊

Excellent interview. One hour and 48 minutes is not enough with Michael Yon.

This is one of the most important and relevant shows you have ever produced. If you don't prepare before all this comes down, you are screwed. Sometimes the truth is painful but vital. Thank you so much Shawn for everything you are doing. There is NOBODY producing content anywhere near as informative and critical to our survival than you. You are THE voice in the wilderness. Amen brother!!!!!

Hey Shawn, I just wanted to say thank you so much for having Michael Yon on your show for this episode. Wow, what a knowledgeable guy. The depth of his knowledge and experience is simply amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing all the information he shared, and his unique way of sharing it. Even if he was kinda' all over the map with all of it. I had the impression he has so much more knowledge and information he could have shared (given enough time), that it is difficult to stay on just one topic. Especially when adequate time for sharing it is so limited. I certainly hope you can have him on your show again.

Michael Yon is a wealth of knowledge. Thanks for having him on your show. ❤

Michael yon is one of the most important people on earth right now educational is not the word. We love you ❤ Yon

SRS, We need MORE of Yon now!! This is needed to get people awake! Please get him back promptly!

Finally, Mike Yon and the invasion story .... this will provide a larger audience and wake up more people. We need to stop this madness.

This is one of the most important episodes you have done .

I am a mexican national living in the US(a great country once) and have seen many of the things he talks about unfold in the past few years. Ive been called crazy by some for pointing out how asians are overtaking mexico us and canada being aloud to buy land and freely invest in businesses and development of national wealth. Im glad im not crazy. Thanks mr.Yon 💯👍🇲🇽👽🇺🇸

It is an honor to be in the presence of great Americans such as yourselves and have the privilege to hear you speak of these issues with such authority. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our endangered nation. Michael, I am especially appreciative for your efforts in getting the truth to the American people. Please stay safe and know you are cherished by us all. You both represent the best this nation can produce of your generation. Men like you always have been. We dare not squander your lives. You are too precious to our nation.

This show is one of the best, if not the best available. The guests are incredible. Great job Sean. Makes sense to the world right now.

I'm glad he's shedding light on this. Important the word comes out.

I’m hoping this video doesn’t get taken down. The knowledge within these are so unknown to the average person. It helps truly paint the picture of how complex and big the threat is to our country.

This guest is very informative. Please have him on again.

Shawn, Great job reeling in Michael! He's a wealth of knowledge, & always talks so fast. If someone isn't up to speed, they don't know how/where to slow him down to ensure his points are made clear. He's highly intelligent. He's like me, our brains work so fast we just start spewing information & sometimes don't realize we're bouncing from topic to topic because there's so much info to share that's related. Again, great work!!!

Shawn has the best and most informative podcast on the net.

I think it’s evident through Yon’s pressured speech patterns that he’s accumulated a ton of combat exposure. What lends credence to his world view is his diligent effort to track down the facts behind his intuitions and views; he has consistently been on the mark for over two decades. He covered my old unit’s deployment in Mosul in 05’ and since then his dispatches have offered me an incredibly foretelling countenance to the pervasive “corporate narrative”. He should be listened to and taken seriously. Thanks for having him on the show Shawn 🤙

This dude gives zero effs and bulldozed through life absorbing knowledge those are the best people.

In early 2014 I read a survival article, while living in the city, that said we need to be at least five miles from any major freeway. I could see one out our front window. I prayed. Within a week, we were moving to the country. We've been there ever since. Thank you God.

This episode should have been like 6 hours. I never heard of this man, but I'll be following his work now.

I’m watching right now before it’s removed.

This guy is awesome!!!! Get him back on. Love the show Shawn!

All I can say is WOW! I know that there is chaos in the world but Michael tied it all together and brought it right to my front door. THIS is why they are desperately trying to stop/end Donald Trump I knew a little but Again Michael Yon painted the picture for me. This interview was a serious gut punch for me, I am seriously unprepared for what is happening outside my bubble and by the time it hits me it will be too late. Please do several more episodes with Michael Yon, all of your shows are great but this one had a huge impact. Our country needs a massive change but I fear it wont survive that change.

It's more important than ever to build tight-knit communities like this one here on the Shawn Ryan show! Shawn I don't think you even know how important this show is becoming or is yet to become because it's already beyond invaluable. Knowledge is power worth more than money can buy these days, and the amount of knowledge crucial to our damn survival here on this show is immense! Thank you for all that you do, and I consider all fellow viewers of the show more than just strangers watching the same show as I am. We are together in this fight, and we must continue to spread the word and knowledge to others and continue waking people the hell up! This is real whether we like it or not, and the threats to our survival and freedom have never been better disguised or greater in my opinion than what's going on right now! My optimism continues to grow right along with the audience of your show! Let's stay informed and be best prepared as we can! God bless America 🇺🇸 🙏

The craziest part of this podcast to me is not only does it remind me of watching the older veterans when they would be interviewed for war docs, but many of these experiences inter connect at some point in time with the experiences of previous guests.

Michael Yon is an awesome interview and I'm so glad Shawn had him on.

This is the best guest you could have chosen...this man knows his stuff...Kudos to both of you

Good afternoon Mr Shawn Ryan. You’ll probably never get to this or have the chance to read this. But I need you to know how much you have influenced and changed my perspective about so so much and so so many things, but life in general. I have gone through what I thought was the lowest and darkest time of my life, type of shit I would wish on anyone. You and your show saved me. The guests you have had on your show, so much pain, passion and love, hearing their stories through your platform has saved me and my life. Thank you for your service. And thank God for you and the company you keep.

Michael yon was so imbedded with my unit back in 2009. Solid dude. Love listening to you and him talk.

Shawn, this was a great episode, but I couldn't help hearing the trauma he has been through in his voice. My children recognized it first and that says a lot. I hope he is able to decompress soon. Sending you both lots of prayers.

This guy has given 5 episodes of content and knowledge. He is a walking library

When I was a Squad Leader on Deployment to Mosul in 06-07, we used to escort Michael out on missions while he covered some stuff. Awesome guy.

Hey Shawn I love your show. Just wanted to add that there has been a HUGE influx of Chinese and indian immigrants in Canada , especially in Vancouver and Toronto. I always wondered what was happening but this episode has brought alot of light to my eyes. Thank you.

This is one of the best interviews.

Knowledge is power, Thank you for bringing all these amazing people

You guys don't trip on Michael's shaky talking. He's like this all the time. I'm telling you the man DOES NOT LIE"

These interviews help me to look forward to Mondays. Thank you, Shawn, for your amazing shows.

Shawn this one was insane. And boy have I seen a crazy shift here in texas. Im leaving samsung austin semiconductor to move to alaska to look after a mine. But not to speak on china but the koreans? The ways they move? Scary. For instance their construction company Secai , they are first class citizens compared to us. They eat FIRST. its on boards in front of the buildings, we arent allowed to approach or talk with them first. They have korean meetings where i have PERSONALLY seen our head engineer be sent away. The stages are being set and all i hope is everyone looks after one another. We may be outnumbered but we arent alone. And Shawn. To have someone talk the whole time and you sit there and soak it up, shows me a human fighting for knowledge with no problem being all ears. Much much respect, i love your playlists and you are doing our country a service many wont ever understand. Keep it up.

The intel that Yon is revealing is absolutely critical to our U.S. Nat'l Security. I worry for Mike Yon's safety when he's outside the U.S.

I've been looking forward (dreadfully) to this interview for a loooong time. Thanks to Shawn and Michael for making it happen! I'm now 58 and this is the most harrowing time of my life. We are in an almost unimaginable jam. I pray everyone taking the time to watch this (and read THIS), recognized the threat long ago because we need all the prepared, right-minded and patriotic citizens we can muster to even have a hope (prayer?) of keeping anything remotely like our constitutional republic once was. God bless you all!

This is a one of the most important, informative interviews that you have done Shawn. I think that it`s imortant for us all to share this one. Thank you.

Good job Michael you've identified the ones carrout the end of days events.Again proving in details the bible facts are exactly as foretold. Best form of preaching I've seen ! Great!😊❤❤❤

My favorite episode yet. Michael Yon is the boots on the ground for truth. All news media outlets should follow in his footsteps to bring transparency and facts to the world.

This is hands down the most important interview you will ever do, mark my words...

Michael Yon has a brilliant mind and the travels he has made and experiences within the places he has visited have given him amazing insight into so much... His knowledge is wide, deep and vast. He is a great storyteller, I could listen to him talk for hours. Thanks for having Micheal on, Shawn!!!

This episode is definitely in the top 5 most important conversations! Thank you Michael for sharing your wisdom and letting us know what's going on. 🙏 God Bless 🙏

Michael is definitely one of the best guests so far, out there in the mud everyday. Thank you for the work you guys are doing, trying to bring this information to the rest of us.

The way he is able to answer a question off subject and Get right bakc to subject is awesome

Enlightening! The knowledge that man has is immense. Every American should watch this to the end.

Longest RU-vid video I've ever watched, but I'm glad I did. I wish more people would watch this. When I try to talk to people about what's going on, it's like their eyes just glaze over and they don't even want to hear it. I feel like I'm on a bus heading towards a cliff and the brakes have given out, and it's just a matter of time at this point. Not sure what else to do..

Michael is a long time friend and his knowledge and first hand experience is unmatched

Great show. This guy is just ready to pop with all of his knowledge. Definitely need him back for more.

I'm going to watch this a couple times to absorb the endless valuable information that is neverending in this podcast.. unbelievably important everyone watch it once

All I can say is wow. Just absolutely amazing the selfless commitment that this gentleman and his great crew have displayed just leaves me speechless. God bless all of them for caring enough to do the great work that our government isn't willing to do. Sad to say about this present administration isn't willing to preform the duties that the USA has always been more than willing to preform. Sad for the administration but says everything that we have always been responsible for cleaning up.

My wife and I have been planning, albeit slowly, to get out of our city and have a plot of land. Economics comes into play and how we can make money in a remote area, but we see the value in getting out of this system (shitstem) and living off grid enough to survive. Community is key. I will be learning HAM radio by the end of this year. Also, getting big jugs that are air cealed and filling mylar bags with navy beans and bay leaves. We will be learning canning and passing that on to our children. Little by little is how you win. God bless a of us. If anyone is in the Southwest area of America, let's communicate. 🇺🇸 🌎

This man is telling us the important stuff! I hope everyone was paying attention. Thank you, Shawn, for having him on the show!

This is probably one of the most important episodes to listen to from SRS!

I've been following Michael for about a year. I'm so glad you were able to get him booked on your show.

I've been following this guy for a while and he's on point with what's going on!!!

hearing this makes me sad that our country isnt going to make it.people need to stand up and take a stand against what is happening

Shawn this was a great & extremely necessary episode, with regards to discussing the border & the truth of how this Treasonous, Trader, Anti-American Administration is on purpose, systematically stripping away America's & American's abilities to protect our Border, Country, States, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods, Homes & Ourselves, as well as our Constitution & American way of life & our Freedoms. I'm a Huge fan of the SRShow and I've watched just about every episode and some more than once in truth. Sometimes more than twice in reality, truth be told. There's a U.S. Army Story I've recently come across that would be a great interview for you. They call this man the Dealiest Soldier in Modern U.S. History He fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His name U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Dillard Johnson. In Iraq, he joined Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry. During his 1st tour he was Commander of, & was Piloting the M2A3 Bradley Tank, knicknamed, "Carnivore" Taking out a truckload of Iraqis with six high-explosive rounds in March 2003 at the battle of As Samawah, gave him his first KIAs. He says he counted the dead by tallying the found rifles & human heads. In that 1st tour he had a total 2,625 confirmed kills His 2nd tour he had 121 kills as a sharp shooter. In that second tour, in 2005, he went out as a sniper, logging those 121 kills. His furthest kill was at 821 yards & was with an M4 or M14 Platform. Those were his 2 used Platforms. His total confirmed kills between both tours was totaled up to 2,746 confirmed kills. It's been said that there's previous wars where U.S Servicemen have had higher totals but they were before we had Officially Booked Confirmed Kills. So he is technically the U.S. Serviceman with the highest Confirmed Kills in all of "Officially Recorded" U.S. Military History. I also read that he has Cancer so his time is potentially growing short. He wrote a book about his time at war called "Carnivore" I can only imagine, that if you could get him on the show it would be an amazing and necessary episode. It would be documenting American Military History & that's an important & necessary task. Thanks Again for all that you do for us Americans & fans of the show. Thank You For Your Service & God Bless. 🙏

Over the past year, I think I can speak for the majority when I say Shawn has become a family member to the viewers. We greatly appreciate all that you do to bring the truth to light. God bless your journey, Mr Ryan!

Thank you for hosting Michael Yon!!!

It’s so amazing watching Shawn progress as a man and Christian brother

Michael Yon is a gift from God man. After studying the 'Globalists', geopolitics, history, and etc. for most of my adult life; here we have a witness to history from the future frame of reference.

As always, it was great to hear Michael's updates. For those of you new to him, his knowledge and energy is so vast, it's best to listen to him regularly to let everything he says sink in. He's on Mike Adams Health Ranger and Alex Jones pretty regularly

Over 14 years ago I got into heated debates with family, friends and co-workers because i said that the border needed to be locked down. I was called a racist and heartless. I'm a lifelong TEXAN I'm a veteran but i came back to Texas. I've been watching a transformation of the United States due to it's physically weak border. This mess didn't happen overnight under the current administration. This has been developing for decades i predicted that people from around the world would eventually be entering our porous border. I said we would be seeing diseases that we had gotten rid of decades ago and that we would see new diseases, that we would see violence from these illegals. Our politicians have never had the will or spine to do anything about the border or illegal immigration problem because the democrats see lifetime voters and the republicans see cheap labor. Donald J Trump is the only who attempted to strengthen the border with an actual physical barrier. Once you open pandoras box how can you possibly get the contents back inside Edit Surely I'm not the only one who expected chaos from the out of control Southern border.

Fascinating interview. I’ve been to Panama many times as my wife is from there. It’s sad to hear what’s going on and what is going to happen in the future. This talk was a little frustrating at times because Michael has so much information to share he was all over the place with his answers, and Shawn really had to press him to get some specifics. Outside of that another great effort Educating us as to what’s really going on in the world.

Amazing content and thank you GOD the creator is using you to worn his people!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you brothers

This dude is excited to talk and passionate about this, Shawn is trying to slow him down for the viewers! Keep brining it SRS!!

Thank you for having Michael on. He is a true patriot. I think once the clips make their rounds this episode is going to be massive. I hope you have him on for a part two because he has a wealth of knowledge. He only scratched the surface on some of the nuances.

Amen and God Bless this man. We need to get in this and now!

What an episode…Michael Yon is a wealth of information.. Ppl will have to band together. As far as cities and heavily populated areas , they are pretty much screwd .

I hope there is a part 2/3... This guy is who need 2 to listen to right now! Wow

I’ve only heard very little about this, before this podcast, so I was active on my phone factchecking several different things and everything I looked up checked out. This is very important information to us and to the include in the mainstream media so people are aware of what is going on.

This was one of the most important podcasts you’ve done! In my opinion.

I am saddened by the fall of this great nation but the replacement; the Kingdom of God gives me hope.

Thank you for the current event info. “Men may take your life, but God judges the soul, the grain will be separated from the chaff, harvest time is at hand!” God Bless America! Stand strong, prepare the best you can.