#157 Peter Berg - Exposing Big Pharma, Lone Survivor, and Hollywood’s Dark Side

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 37.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Peter Berg is an American director, producer, and writer. He began his career as an actor, before transitioning to directing with his feature debut "Very Bad Things" (1998) and has since helmed notable films including "Friday Night Lights" (2004), "Hancock" (2008), "Lone Survivor" (2013), "Deepwater Horizon" (2016), and "Patriots Day" (2016). His episodic television work spans many critically acclaimed series like "Friday Night Lights" and “Ballers”. Berg has also tackled complex and dark subjects like the Sackler family’s big pharma influence through “Painkiller” and the complex realities of settling the American West in his upcoming series “American Primeval”. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://helixsleep.com/srs https://amac.us/srs https://patriotmobile.com/srs https://rocketmoney.com/srs https://shopify.com/srs https://meetfabric.com/shawn Peter Berg Links: Website - https://www.film44.com/ IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000916/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pberg44/ American Primeval - https://www.netflix.com/title/81457507 Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.6	Peter Berg, welcome to the show.
0:29.1	Pleasure, man. Thank you.
0:31.0	Man, I can't even believe you're sitting here.
0:34.2	I've watched so many of your movies and series and to have you sitting here is a pretty surreal well i feel the same way i've
0:42.1	watched a lot of your shows and i figure it's good it's good for you to expand your uh your reach and
0:48.7	and get a director to come on here because uh you know i think I asked you if you'd had any other directors, and you said not yet. So I'm glad to be here. I'm a big fan of yours. And, um, good job, man.
1:02.0	Man, thank you. Thank you. I am curious. I have to know this. How the hell did my, like, you got to be super busy guy and with who you appear to be surrounded by.
1:16.3	I mean, how did this pop up on your radar?
1:21.1	I was trying to think about when I first came to know of you.
1:26.0	You know, I know a lot of SEALs,
1:28.3	and it might have been Marcus or Morgan Latrell
1:33.3	that somehow got you on my radar.
1:36.3	And a couple of other guys that are living in California
1:41.3	that I know, but just your name came up.
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