Shawn Ryan Show
#157 Peter Berg - Exposing Big Pharma, Lone Survivor, and Hollywood’s Dark Side
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
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
Full Episode
What if there were a medicine that could heal almost anything? That would be great.
But they didn't want you to know about it.
Sorry, who's they? Some people are following me and I brought my tortoise.
From executive producers Mike Judge and Greg Daniels and co-creators Joe Bennett and Steve Healy comes an animated comedy thriller about what it takes to change the world. Common Side Effects. Series premieres with back-to-back episodes February 2nd at 11.30pm on Adult Swim. Next day on Max.
Peter Berg, welcome to the show.
Pleasure, man. Thank you.
Man, I can't even believe you're sitting here. I've watched so many of your movies and series, and to have you sitting here is pretty surreal.
Well, I feel the same way. I've watched a lot of your shows, and I figure it's good for you to expand your reach and get a director to come on here because, 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 good job, man.
Man, thank you. Thank you. I am curious. I have to know this. How the hell did—like, you've got to be a super busy guy, and with who you appear to be surrounded by, I mean, how did this pop up on your radar?
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