The Jack Carr Channel

Note: This episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr first aired in June of 2021 in Season 1.    Chris Ryan is a former member of the Special Air Service. He is the bestselling author of seventy fiction and non-fiction books including the Geordie Sharp series, Alpha Force, the Danny Black series and The One That Got Away, which details his experience on E&E (Escape & Evasion) during the 1991 Gulf War...

Today’s guest is a veteran, athlete, executive, and a highly respected leadership expert. Jon Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Team Performance Institute, a premier business leadership and coaching firm.  Prior to founding the company, Jon graduated from the United States Naval Academy and went on to operate as a platoon commander for SEAL Team Three. Jon finished No. 1 in his BUD/S class and rec...

Note: This episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr first aired on March 25, 2021 in Season 1.    On this episode of Danger Close, Jack interviews a legendary figure in the tactical community: Thunder Ranch founder Clint Smith. Clint is the President and Director of Thunder Ranch, a 900-acre firearm training facility in Southern Oregon.  Clint is a Marine Corps veteran who served two infantry and Co...

Today’s guest is a retired Special Operations Combat Medic and entrepreneur.   Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Elias “Eli” Kfoury and his family escaped the civil strife of his homeland and immigrated to the United States.  He became a naturalized American citizen and served for 21 years in the Navy.  Much of Eli’s military career was spent at Naval Special Warfare Development Group where he deployed as...

Donnie Vincent is an explorer, biologist, filmmaker, conservationist and sportsman.   Donnie received his degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Minnesota, and was able to pursue his passion for nature with research projects that took him to places like Bangladesh to study Bengal tigers and to Alaska to study spawning salmon.  Since then, he has produced award-winning films including Th...

Today’s guest is a 30-year law enforcement veteran and a bestselling novelist.   Marc Cameron is a New York Times bestselling thriller author, a retired Chief Deputy in the U.S. Marshals, a second-degree jiu jitsu black belt, a certified law enforcement scuba diver and man-tracking instructor, and a member of the rural Tactical Tracking Unit for the U.S. Marshals District of Alaska. Marc has autho...

Today’s guest is literary legend and icon David Morrell.    On May 25, 1972, he introduced the world to Rambo with the publication of his debut thriller, First Blood. Over the past 50 years it has never been out of print.   He went on to write dozens of novels including The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fraternity of the Stone, The League of Night and Fog, Testament, Blood Oath, Last Reveille, The...

Listeners will likely know Ray Porter as the voice of the Terminal List series.   An acclaimed actor and narrator, Ray has provided the voice for hundreds of audiobooks, including entire The Terminal List series and its latest installment In the Blood. Ray has a decades-long career as an actor, spending nearly 20 years in Shakespearean productions, and has appeared in TV shows and movies including...

Today’s guest is Cameron Hanes: bowhunter, endurance athlete, and author.  His new book, Endure: How to Work, Outlast, and Keep Hammering, is a memoir that tells the story of how a passion for hunting inspired a lifestyle dedicated to fitness, distance running and backcountry adventure. You can follow him on Instagram @cameronrhanes or check out his website cameronhanes.com    Sponsors:  Navy Fede...

Listener questions are back!  On today’s episode of Danger Close, Jack takes a break from interviewing some of the world’s most interesting people and sits down to answer more of your questions.  If you want to submit questions for future episodes, be sure to follow @dangerclosepodcast and @jackcarrusa on Instagram and be on the lookout for future listener question posts.     Sponsors:  Navy Feder...

Today’s guest is a retired Navy SEAL, wingsuit record holder, speaker, and host of the popular Cleared Hot podcast.  Andy Stumpf served with both SEAL Team Five and Naval Special Warfare Development Group before being wounded in combat. Andy recovered and was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Center as a BUD/S Dive Phase instructor.    Two years later, Andy became the first E-6 in the history...

Today’s guest on Danger Close is a craftsman and security expert.    Prior to founding ARES Watches, Matt Graham served as a police officer and U.S. Air Marshal before becoming a firearms program and tactics instructor of low profile operations for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his time in law enforcement, he was the recipient of the Life Saving Medal, the Medal of Valor, and the Law Enf...

Today’s guest spent seventeen hours trapped in a hotel room certain she was going to die as terrorists moved through the hotel executing innocents. She is now using that experience to help others suffering from PTSD.    In 2019, Meyli Chapin survived an attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Shabaab terrorists that left 22 civilians dead. She credits former SAS operator Christian Craigh...

In this episode of Danger Close, Jack reads and responds to online critics of his novels. Get behind-the-scenes access to the writing process, hear some thoughtful insights about the books, and listen to Jack reply to some not-so-happy readers.   Sponsors:  Navy Federal Credit Union: Today’s episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at http://navyfederal.org/ Black R...

Today’s guest is legendary CIA paramilitary and operations officer Enrique “Ric” Prado.    Ric is a retired CIA operations officer who specialized in paramilitary, counter-terrorism and special/clandestine operations. Escaping Cuba as a child amidst the violence of Castro’s Cuban Revolution, he would go on to retire as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general after serving for twenty-four years in...

Today’s guest is an award-winning war correspondent and New York Times bestselling author whose writing has been featured in outlets including GQ, Men’s Journal, The Daily Beast and The Washington Post.  Kevin Maurer's books include Rock Force, American Radical (with Tamer Elnoury), No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (with Mark Owen), Gentlemen Bastards:...

On today’s show, Jack is joined by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Maurer and by John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the subject of Kevin’s new book, Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History .   It’s an incredible true story of a World War II hero.  Lucky joined the military in the weeks following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and aft...

Listener questions are back!  On today’s episode of Danger Close, Jack takes a break from interviewing some of the world’s most interesting people and sits down to answer more of your questions.  If you want to submit questions for future episodes, be sure to follow @dangerclosepodcast and @jackcarrusa on Instagram and be on the lookout for future listener question posts.     Sponsors:  Navy Feder...

Today’s guest is an Army Special Forces veteran, ultramarathoner, skydiver, BASE jumper, and bestselling thriller author of the American Mercenary series.  Jason Kasper is a former Green Beret and the author of novels including Her Dark Silence, the Spider Heist series, the American Mercenary series, and the Shadow Strike thriller series.   You can learn more about Jason Kasper and his work on his...

As the release date for In The Blood fast approaches, Danger Close listeners get a special early listen to the prologue and first two chapters.   For one it’s business. For the other it’s personal. For two of the deadliest killers on the planet, it’s time to hunt.  A woman boards a plane in the African country of Burkina Faso having just completed a targeted assassination for the state of Israel....

Today’s guest is a former Navy SEAL, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and sought after expert in the world of multi purpose canine training. As one of the first Navy SEALs in the initial invasion of Iraq, Mike Ritland witnessed a dog save a group of Marines which altered the course of his life.    Following his time in the SEAL Teams, Mike founded Trikos, providing personal protect...

Today’s guest on Danger Close is an inventor, marksman, hunter, Olympic biathlete, entrepreneur and a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot.  An avid athlete and outdoorsman, Glen Eberle competed in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games as a biathlete. Redesigning the rifle carried by American athletes, he revolutionized the way first American teams, and then international teams competed in the sport.     A...

On today’s episode of Danger Close, a special operations legend returns to the show.   Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb served in the United States Army for more than two decades; over 15 of those years were in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, more commonly known as Delta Force. During his career, he operated at the highest levels of special operations as an Assault Team Leader, Sniper T...

Today’s guest on Danger Close is Ryan Holiday.  Ryan is a bestselling author, media strategist, entrepreneur, and the creator and host of the hit podcast and newsletter The Daily Stoic, a daily show and newsletter featuring meditations based on the stoic philosophical outlook.  His podcast has been downloaded more than 75 million times and has featured Matthew McConaughey, Jocko Willink, Malcolm G...

Today’s guest is Des Powell, a veteran of the SAS who served 28 years in the British military going behind enemy lines in one of the Gulf War’s earliest and most dangerous missions.   His new book, SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive Untold Story tells the story of Des’ experience during the opening hours of the Gulf War. From the publisher: There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morni...