TIMESTAMPS IN DESCRIPTION BELOW Sean Langan is an award-winning British war journalist and documentary filmmaker, best known for his work in dangerous and volatile environments. In 2008, he was kidnapped by the Taliban for 3 months when making a film about their training camps. In this interview, we dive deep into his kidnapping, and other projects including ‘The Hostage Takers’ where he goes to Syria to sit down with 2 ISIS members that held captive and beheaded his good friend James Foley. This interview is incredibly intense, hilarious, and heavy. Enjoy. #story #podcast #war Sean’s Links: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Sean-Langan/dp/B0CW4RTRF4 https://www.filmplatform.net/product/the-hostage-takers/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637841/ https://x.com/seanlangan2?lang=en Show Sponsors: * Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off Ridge Wallet with code DFP at https://ridge.com/DFP * Get rid of your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with code DALTON15 at theperfectjean.nyc/DALTON15 * Sleeping Duck Indestruct Bed: https://www.sleepingduck.com 00:00 | Intro 05:22 | Kashmir 12:03 | First Taliban project 18:41 | Seeing Osama bin Laden 25:39 | Hilarious Executioner Story & Sean’s closest moment to death 33:45 | Taliban public executions 40:39 | Ads 45:21 | Iraq 50:56 | Stepping on an IED 01:01:14 | Firing Squad 01:06:27 | Ad 01:13:06 | Sean’s kidnapping 01:27:54 | Hostage survival techniques 01:42:19 | Feeling connected to loved ones 01:44:23 | Writing a goodbye letter to his sons 01:48:00 | Refusing to give Taliban names of his children 01:55:19 | Letter from Siraj Haqqani 02:16:42 | Execution 02:35:16 | Coming home was harder than captivity 02:45:09 | Taliban USAID Story 02:52:07 | The Hostage Takers (ISIS) 02:55:46 | Jihadi John 03:03:41 | El Shafee Elsheikh 03:08:45 | Alexanda Kotey 03:12:48 | Kayla Mueller 03:17:55 | James Foley’s goodbye letter to his family 03:32:47 | Ukraine War 03:55:14 | Wagner Group 04:02:06 | Bucha 04:06:00 | Russian Spetsnaz 04:16:49 | Outro