My Appearance on the Bryan Callen Podcast
Where I talk about non-combatant cutoff, Mexican cartels and doing comedy for a living.
I flew down to Austin for the podcast a few weeks ago and went to a few comedy shows as Bryan Callen’s guest. I had a great time and met some pretty interesting up and coming comedians.
0:00 – Ryan McBeth’s background: infantry, software architecture & OSINT
4:00 – What is the non‑combatant casualty value (NCV)?
12:00 – Cyber intelligence, AI & protecting critical infrastructure
20:00 – How intelligence agencies track drug cartel leaders
28:00 – Open‑source intelligence vs. classified sources
36:00 – Digital privacy, VPNs & the future of anonymity
44:00 – Writing technothrillers & demystifying complex topics