Jack Lawrence

British journalist and documentary filmmaker Sean Langan, in my opinion, though, is more than just a war journalist.

Because going to a war zone with a camera crew to report on conflicts around the world is one thing.

Sean doesn't just go to war zones.

He embeds himself in them.

He travels alongside men and women fighting on the front lines.

He sleeps where they sleep, patrols alongside them, and of course gets shot at alongside them as well.

But not only does he do all of this, but he does it alone.

No camera crew, no sound guys, no lighting, no producers, just him, a camera, and an often highly volatile and unpredictable war zone.

However, yet again, there is something else that sets what Sean does apart from anyone else.

Because Sean, much like myself, is very interested in the other side of the story.

The side that many deem, in a lot of cases, the wrong side.

In 2022, I made the decision to create a crime podcast that focused on what many deemed to be that wrong side as well.

As I set out to interview the men and women convicted of crimes to find out what they had to say, what their version of the chaos was.

However, of course, I did this from the safety of my own home.

Sean, well, Sean has on more than one occasion flown to war-torn countries to get the stories from those on the wrong side, placing himself in incredibly dangerous situations.

He's been transported through remote rural areas, blindfolded.

He's been held at gunpoint, threatened with death, and in 2008 was kidnapped by the Taliban and would spend 12 weeks not knowing if he would live or die.

My name's Jack Lawrence.

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