Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-02 to 2026-08.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
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The current intelligence and political approach toward Afghanistan and terrorist networks is failing due to a reactive rather than proactive stance and a refusal to acknowledge the current threat leve
“I think where we would start is prepping the local communities and getting them up to speed on this and allocation of resources hardening up school security hardening up Arenas hardening up stadiums figuring out how we detect these invisible bombs I think those would be the in my opinion those would”
Shawn Ryan Show · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 2.1M views on this topicCounter-terrorism operations against cartels should prioritize clandestine, low-visibility approaches to maintain intelligence collection and avoid alienating local populations.
“So again, my advice would be go low viz, make it a clandestine. uh we should never say we have we're even you know uh that mission is ongoing but the infiltration should be starting right now.”
Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 1.8M views on this topicThe FBI should be reformed by shifting its intelligence resources toward countering foreign threats and border issues rather than domestic political agendas.
“I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopening the next day as a museum of the deep State and I take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them Across America to Chase down criminals go Be Cops you're cops go be Be Cops go chase down murderers and rapists and drug d”
Shawn Ryan Show · Sep 2024 · 1 episode · 1.5M views on this topicDe-radicalization programs are necessary and possible to implement in Gaza following the defeat of Hamas, similar to post-war reconstruction in Germany and Japan.
“It has to be part of the reconstruction of Gaza. You not only reconstruct Gaza, you also dradicalize Gaza. It's going to be a heavy lift, but it's necessary and it can be done.”
Triggernometry · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 754K views on this topicThe speaker believes that terrorist organizations are significantly bolstered by finance, which is why intelligence agencies must prioritize identifying their financial backers.
“So for the intelligent agency was important to find out who's financing them to find out the who's a foot soldier of al-Qaeda. So foot soldier is not hard. They brainwash 18, 19 years old, 20 years old, 21, 22. Some people they have a bad past in the life. That's how they brainwash them. But finance”
Shawn Ryan Show · May 2025 · 1 episode · 657K views on this topicThe US government failed to provide the necessary assets and support for Task Force Ranger, which directly contributed to the loss of American lives.
“There are three actually there's four things that we got screwed over on. I haven't mentioned this yet, but we asked for a aircraft carrier.”
Shawn Ryan Show · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 1.2M views on this topicThe United States should prioritize dismantling Iranian terror networks and industrial bases to ensure long-term security against future attacks.
“Of course, forces executing Operation Epic Cury aren't just defending against Iranian threats. We are methodically dismantling them by hitting Iranian missiles and drones as we also strike their defense industrial base.”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 631K views on this topicHe advocates for strict security-based vetting for immigration to protect national sovereignty from extremist ideologies.
“So, American immigration policy needs to be looked at through a security lens, not a political lens.”
PBD Podcast · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 469K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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