Meet the Host Kamila Rakhimova

In this gripping episode of the Shawn Ryan Show, former CIA intelligence analyst Sarah Adams offers an unfiltered glimpse into the clandestine world of intelligence operations, counter-terrorism, and geopolitical chess. Shawn Ryan, a veteran himself, navigates the conversation through Adams' startling entry into the CIA in 2006 and the high-stakes operations that punctuated her career. With Adams sharing frank experiences of bias, internal agency politics, and the repercussions of skewed intelligence—such as the Camp Chapman incident—the podcast illuminates the often fine line between national security and the perils of misinformation.

As the episode unfolds, Adams and Ryan dissect the rigorous and sometimes controversial roles of analysts versus targetters, revealing the intense processes behind critical captures like that of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Diving deeper, the duo explores the U.S. government’s response to the Benghazi attacks and President Obama’s handling of concurrent crises. The show also touches on the geopolitical reverberations of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, China’s strategic moves to secure valuable resources like lithium, and the Belt and Road Initiative's implications. With Ryan's call to his audience for financial independence and engagement, this episode sets the stage for a series of in-depth interviews and analysis that promise to both inform and provoke thought.

Lean In, by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, explores the professional, personal and societal hurdles holding women back from leadership positions in the workforce. The hurdles include discrimination, family-unfriendly policies, and a lack of help at home. To get more women into leadership positions and make true changes, Sandberg urges women to “lean in” to their careers, taking risks and being ambitious in their professional goals, while demanding more help at home. To do this, women must fight a lack of self-confidence and internalized gender stereotypes to forge fulfilling and rewarding personal and professional lives.

In this significant episode of the Shawn Ryan Show, successful biotech investor and presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy shares his revolutionary perspectives on the American political system. With a unique career straddling science, finance, and law, Ramaswamy sees through the well-worn norms of today’s political and corporate climates, advocating for a reshuffling of long-established hierarchies in favor of younger, democratic-minded leadership. His candid discussion with Shawn Ryan spans across his political aspirations, critique of mainstream media, and his vision for a transformative era guided by informed leadership.

Pulling back the curtain on bureaucratic entities, America's pharmaceutical industry, and titanic asset management firms, Ramaswamy provides deep insights that challenge conventional understanding. His take on federal reform, his political evolution from libertarian to conservative, and his plans for invigorating America’s economy prompt us to think critically about the status quo. This episode is a thought-provoking exploration of socio-political structures through the eyes of an unconventional thinker on a mission to drive change.

Lean In, by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, explores the professional, personal and societal hurdles holding women back from leadership positions in the workforce. The hurdles include discrimination, family-unfriendly policies, and a lack of help at home. To get more women into leadership positions and make true changes, Sandberg urges women to “lean in” to their careers, taking risks and being ambitious in their professional goals, while demanding more help at home. To do this, women must fight a lack of self-confidence and internalized gender stereotypes to forge fulfilling and rewarding personal and professional lives.

Join Mel Robbins, the accomplished trailblazer in personal development, in "The Mel Robbins Podcast" as she dives into the intricacies of entrepreneurial triumph and the art of time management. Reveling in the podcast's extraordinary achievements, being ranked among the top globally on premier platforms, Robbins and her all-female team exemplify the power of determination and strategic goal setting. Her journey from a celebrated keynote speaker to a social media influencer and now a podcast phenom frames a success story that's as instructive as it is inspiring.

Robbins offers an arsenal of actionable advice woven through her conversation with Chris Allen at the Entrepreneur Studio. Covering a spectrum that ranges from combatting negative news consumption to the merits and pitfalls of business partnerships, she arms entrepreneurs with the tools needed to foster resilience and growth. Incorporating a mix of personal experience and research, such as insights from Dr. Judith Willis on stress management, Robbins crafts a narrative that intertwines self-care with professionalism, encourages overcoming imposter syndrome, and redefines what it means to be a successful woman in business. This episode is not just a lighthouse for navigating business uncertainties, but a manifesto for personal and professional reinvention.

Most people push themselves to work long, grueling hours, thinking this is what’s needed to achieve professional success. In The Buddha and the Badass, entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani sets the record straight: “Hustling” won’t make you or your business successful. Instead, you need to be both spiritually enlightened (like a Buddha) and disruptive (like a badass). When you merge these qualities as a leader, you create an environment in which everyone learns, grows, gets along, and—most importantly—where work becomes play.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to get in touch with your true identity to live an enlightened life according to your values. You’ll also learn how to disruptively transform your workplace from mundane and unexceptional to growth- and connection-oriented. We’ll supplement this information with outside perspectives on creating a successful company and culture, and with comparisons between Lakhiani’s self-improvement advice and that of other thinkers.

Do you ever feel that there is a more authentic, primal self within you waiting to be free? Glennon Doyle has felt this way, too—like a wild animal in captivity who was conditioned not to feel, think, or trust herself. She tells her story in Untamed, part memoir—covering her personal story of addiction and rehab, falling in love with a woman, leaving her marriage, and rebuilding her life—and part call to action for any woman who feels held captive by society’s rules and expectations.

Through exploration of her story, she instructs readers to rebuild their lives using emotion, intuition, and imagination as guiding forces. In this guide, we’ll explore Doyle’s journey out of captivity and her lessons for other captive women. Along the way, we’ll explore complementary ideas from other feminist thinkers, psychological reasoning for aspects of captivity, and practical actionables to help you live Doyle’s principles.

The Seat of the Soul is Gary Zukav’s best-selling exploration into the soul’s purpose and how to align your life with it by developing your intuition and tapping into your heart's knowledge.

Zukav argues that humans are primarily spiritual beings living in the material world. Our souls have incarnated in order to learn lessons and fulfill a mission, and ultimately to evolve. Therefore, Zukav says, our true life’s purpose is to become fully aligned with our souls in order to help them evolve. However, humans have become disconnected from our spiritual nature, and this causes much sorrow and suffering in the world. Zukav says we need to tune into our souls and to messages from the universe and our spirit guides, so we can fulfill our soul’s mission and aid in its evolution.

In this guide, we’ll compare Zukav’s ideas with those of other spiritual and New-Age thinkers, like Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle, and to the religious traditions and concepts that Zukav’s philosophy draws upon, most notably Hinduism.