The Debrief with Shawn and Katie | #006 Travis Howze

Shawn Ryan and his wife Katie Jean debrief and discuss behind the scenes and the entire experience of Shawn Ryan Show #006 with Travis Howze. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website - https://www.shawnryanshow.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryan762 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• 0:00Speaker 00

  Mr. President, my company tore me of the explosion on our rig. On October 2nd. Causing massive water displacement and triggering a tsunami. They all heap the blame on me. Tom Cruise is. Digger got us into this mess, and Digger's gonna dig us up. From the director of Birdman and The Revenant.

• 0:16Speaker 01

  What would happen if I stopped doing it? You stall, you freeze in there, that's what.

• 0:20Speaker 00

  With great power comes great deniability.

• 0:24Speaker 01

  I'm not the first then.

• 0:25Speaker 00

  Digger. See the trailer online. Only in theaters October 2nd. Rated R. Under 17. Not admitted without parent.

• 0:30Shawn Ryan?

  Griffin seems pretty fired up about it.

• 0:32Katie Jean?

  I know. I wonder if his snoring is picking up on the mic.

• 0:36Shawn Ryan?

  Probably.

• 0:42Shawn Ryan?

  Right, Griffy?

• 1:00Shawn Ryan?

  All right. Well. 006 Travis Howze and the Books. Another signature on the board.

• 1:08Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 1:09Shawn Ryan?

  Done. Firefighter. Check.

• 1:13Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 1:14Shawn Ryan?

  Real quick, before we get started.

• 1:16Katie Jean?

  What's up?

• 1:18Shawn Ryan?

  The hat.

• 1:20Shawn Ryan?

  We did a hat donation. We got 15 left. We are donating to Coach Mulkey, Inc., which is after Travis's, you know, best friend. And so Louis Mulkey was a was a coach, a teacher, and a firefighter who

• 1:44Shawn Ryan?

  who died in Charleston 9 Fire and very honorably. And so basically what this foundation does is they they give scholarships to, you know, underprivileged kids.

• 1:59Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 1:59Shawn Ryan?

  And so we sold, we have 100 hats made. We're selling for $100. And...

• 2:08Shawn Ryan?

  We're donating all the proceeds to this charity and we have 15 left. I think the proceeds will be right around $8,000. So if you haven't bought a hat yet, there's 15 left. We're never gonna make them again. It's a firefighter slash vigilance lead hat. Get it on the website.

• 2:28Katie Jean?

  And for people that don't know, like, there's no website that goes along with the foundation.

• 2:34Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah, it's a, it's pretty cool. You know, they don't-

• 2:36Katie Jean?

  It's like a grassroots foundation type thing.

• 2:39Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah, they don't waste their fucking money on social media or web design or any of that. Everything goes, you know, to the kids.

• 2:47Katie Jean?

  Direct.

• 2:48Shawn Ryan?

  So, pretty awesome. But Griffin seems pretty fired up about it.

• 2:54Katie Jean?

  I know. I wonder if his snoring is picking up on the mic.

• 2:58Shawn Ryan?

  Probably.

• 3:04Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 3:05Shawn Ryan?

  Anyways.

• 3:06Katie Jean?

  But, uh, yeah, so first of all, though, it was filmed how many months ago now?

• 3:13Shawn Ryan?

  It was a minute ago. It was a minute ago.

• 3:16Katie Jean?

  So just like our last debrief, we're still behind on this debrief.

• 3:20Shawn Ryan?

  Running a little behind.

• 3:21Katie Jean?

  Little bit.

• 3:21Shawn Ryan?

  But, you know, he did get a farm.

• 3:24Katie Jean?

  I know!

• 3:24Shawn Ryan?

  You know, that's cool. He was, he's been looking for a farm for, I think, over a year, and he's had deal after deal fall through. And, um, you know, he watched our land video, and bam, closed down a farm. So, sent us a couple of pictures last night, right before we filmed this.

• 3:44Katie Jean?

  That land video must bring good luck.

• 3:46Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah.

• 3:48Katie Jean?

  Hint, hint, wink, wink.

• 3:49Shawn Ryan?

  Hint, hint, wink, wink. If you want to learn-

• 3:51Katie Jean?

  Go check it out.

• 3:52Shawn Ryan?

  Uh, what we look for when we're buying land, go to the website, and, uh, it's $1.99.

• 3:59Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 3:59Shawn Ryan?

  That's it.

• 4:00Katie Jean?

  I had so much fun filming that with you, though, babe. Like- That was a fun one.

• 4:05Shawn Ryan?

  That was a good time. And that property sold.

• 4:08Katie Jean?

  I know.

• 4:08Shawn Ryan?

  You sold it.

• 4:10Katie Jean?

  Wow.

• 4:10Shawn Ryan?

  You sold it to, you know?

• 4:12Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 4:13Shawn Ryan?

  Well, we can't say who we sold it to. Cause they don't want to be named, but that's pretty cool. Anyways, back to Travis.

• 4:20Katie Jean?

  But yeah, Travis was a lot of fun. And the way that we found him, or he found us, was he contacted us and luckily,

• 4:33Katie Jean?

  his email really stood out to me. And I remember telling you about him downstairs, I think at the breakfast table. And, um, and I was getting choked up just telling you about the video that he had that goes along with his website and, um, yeah.

• 4:49Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah. No, I remember, you know, we get a lot of inquiries, you know, of people nominating themselves to be on the show. And usually that's an automatic dismissal.

• 5:04Shawn Ryan?

  And, uh, and I thought that was gonna be too. I was like, wait, this guy's nominating himself? And then you showed me the video and then we picked through the book and did a little research. And we've been looking for a firefighter and it was like, holy shit, man. This guy is like the perfect fit.

• 5:21Katie Jean?

  Man, he was.

• 5:22Shawn Ryan?

  And, um, excuse me. Man, what a, uh, what a tearjerker.

• 5:29Katie Jean?

  I know.

• 5:30Shawn Ryan?

  But what a cool fucking dude.

• 5:32Katie Jean?

  He really is though. And, uh, I just had so much fun having him here and, um, and everything that he's done. I mean firefighter, cop, no, wait, marine, firefighter, cop, firefighter, stand-up comedian, and now.

• 5:53Shawn Ryan?

  Author.

• 5:54Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 5:55Shawn Ryan?

  Motivational speaker.

• 5:56Katie Jean?

  Crazy.

• 5:57Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah. Like you were saying, quite the, uh, underachiever.

• 6:01Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 6:04Shawn Ryan?

  So all you people out there that aren't doing shit, what's your fucking excuse? You know?

• 6:09Katie Jean?

  Or if you can't make up your mind what you want to do, just do it all.

• 6:12Shawn Ryan?

  Mm-hmm.

• 6:13Katie Jean?

  Go for it.

• 6:14Shawn Ryan?

  Be like Travis.

• 6:15Katie Jean?

  Red line, blue line, green line.

• 6:17Shawn Ryan?

  Now he's a fucking farmer.

• 6:19Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 6:19Shawn Ryan?

  But, um, nah, cool dude, and, uh, you know, PTSD from, uh, first responders in mill is just one of those things that I never, you know, I never thought that got enough attention, and it never will. Um, but, but man, now he's, you know, dedicating a huge portion of his life to help

• 6:43Shawn Ryan?

  law enforcement, firefighters, and vets, and he fits every one of those communities, and, uh, you know, he wrote his book, Create Your Own Light, self-published. Easy read, but good read, and, um, and I'm not a reader. So, and I did read it, and, uh, yeah, I mean, hell of a dude, doing great things, has been doing great things ever since, ever since he, you know, joined the Marine Corps and, and ever since, so what a stand-up dude.

• 7:14Katie Jean?

  I know.

• 7:16Shawn Ryan?

  But, um, so-

• 7:16Katie Jean?

  And one thing that I really like too is, um, that he's sober.

• 7:22Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah.

• 7:22Katie Jean?

  I think that's really cool.

• 7:23Shawn Ryan?

  Did you guys talk about that?

• 7:25Katie Jean?

  Yeah, we did.

• 7:27Shawn Ryan?

  You want to share anything?

• 7:29Katie Jean?

  Well, he didn't, um, go through like AA or the program or anything like that, so, um, he just decided one day, he was done with it.

• 7:40Shawn Ryan?

  Well, it sounds like that's when, uh, everything started turning around for him.

• 7:43Katie Jean?

  Big time.

• 7:44Shawn Ryan?

  So, that's awesome.

• 7:46Katie Jean?

  I know, it's really cool.

• 7:48Shawn Ryan?

  But, but, uh, well,

• 7:54Shawn Ryan?

  who do we got next?

• 7:55Katie Jean?

  Well, hold on, one thing he did want to, um, well, one thing he kept kind of making fun about our house about was, he kept calling it the content house. I don't know if he was making fun about it, but it was the content house because we were posting all this stuff and tagging him all the time and having a lot of fun with it.

• 8:13Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah.

• 8:13Katie Jean?

  But since then, you and I are off social media.

• 8:17Shawn Ryan?

  We did. I forgot about that.

• 8:19Katie Jean?

  Yeah. So we're no longer the-

• 8:21Shawn Ryan?

  It's been a month for me. How long has it been for you?

• 8:24Katie Jean?

  Um, Sept-, like, late September. So, do you miss it?

• 8:31Shawn Ryan?

  Do I miss? Do I miss the gram?

• 8:33Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 8:34Shawn Ryan?

  And all the censorship and bullshit that comes with it?

• 8:37Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 8:38Shawn Ryan?

  Uh, hold on, let me think. Fuck no. Which is why we started making videos and putting them on our website because it's censorship free. And I don't have to listen to a bunch of fucking assholes leave shitty comments under our stuff.

• 8:52Katie Jean?

  Yeah, and we're a lot more productive without checking our phones and all of that and Griffin agrees.

• 9:00Shawn Ryan?

  Griffin's up.

• 9:01Katie Jean?

  Yeah, that woke him up.

• 9:03Shawn Ryan?

  Welcome, welcome to the show, Griffy.

• 9:06Katie Jean?

  He's like, I miss the gram.

• 9:09Shawn Ryan?

  But, well.

• 9:12Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 9:14Shawn Ryan?

  Who do we got next?

• 9:15Katie Jean?

  007.

• 9:17Shawn Ryan?

  007, Ed Calderon, Mexican drug cartel expert.

• 9:23Katie Jean?

  Yep, a real MacGyver.

• 9:25Shawn Ryan?

  A real MacGyver. TSA's worst fucking nightmare. The smuggling expert.

• 9:32Katie Jean?

  Yep.

• 9:35Katie Jean?

  He's a pretty cool dude, too.

• 9:37Shawn Ryan?

  Yeah, he is.

• 9:39Katie Jean?

  That was neat, but I don't, I don't even know what to expect from that episode.

• 9:43Shawn Ryan?

  Well, I guess you'll have to wait and find out when we release it on Thanksgiving.

• 9:47Katie Jean?

  You showed me the teaser and I'm teased. It looks good.

• 9:52Shawn Ryan?

  Well, let's go take care of that.

• 9:54Katie Jean?

  Yeah.

• 9:54Shawn Ryan?

  All right.

• 9:57Shawn Ryan?

  See you later.

• 9:58Katie Jean?

  Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

• 9:59Shawn Ryan?

  Happy Thanksgiving. Go eat a shit ton of turkey and go into a food coma.

• 10:05Katie Jean?

  Big time.

• 10:06Shawn Ryan?

  All right.

• 10:07Katie Jean?

  Happy gobble gobble.

• 10:08Shawn Ryan?

  We're out. Right, Griffy?

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