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The episode covers the arrival of a 2,200‑person Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Middle East and the strategic options it gives President Trump amid the escalating Iran‑Israel conflict, including possible raids on the Strait of Hormuz and a daring uranium seizure. It also highlights Pakistan’s push to host Iran‑U.S. peace talks, Europe’s scramble for alternative gas supplies after Qatar’s LNG output is halted, and the ripple effects on global markets, from soaring aluminum prices to higher U.S. gasoline costs. Guest experts, including national‑security correspondent Shelby Holliday and energy reporter Matthew Dalton, provide insight into the military, diplomatic, and energy‑security dimensions of the crisis.
In this episode of Shield of the Republic, host Eric Edelman talks with Brookings senior fellow Michael O’Hanlon about his new book, *To Dare Mighty Things*, which surveys 250 years of U.S. defense strategy. O’Hanlon argues that while America lacks...
In the Hedgehog 2025 NATO war game in Estonia, a ten‑person Ukrainian drone team destroyed two NATO battalions in half a day, exposing a critical doctrinal weakness: reliance on outdated concealment tactics and slow, paper‑based command structures. The Ukrainians leveraged...
In this episode of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, retired Air Force Special Operations Master Sergeant Wes Bryant discusses the U.S. military’s failure to protect civilians, citing the February 2024 Tomahawk strike that killed schoolgirls in Iran as a case...
In this episode of Orbited, Viasat co‑founder and Hall of Fame inductee Steve Hart shares four decades of satellite‑communications experience with the 2025‑20 Under‑35 cohort. He emphasizes the critical judgment of knowing when to change—avoiding sunk‑cost bias and staying outward‑focused...
The episode investigates the financing of Paramount Pictures' $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, revealing that the publicly disclosed investors – Larry Ellison’s trust ($47 billion) and Redbird Capital ($250 million) – fall far short of the total price. The host uncovers...
In this episode, RAINN analyst Chase Blazik explains how the Iran war is reshaping security and energy dynamics across the Asia‑Pacific. He details the recent Washington summit between Japan’s Prime Minister Takeichi and President Trump, highlighting Japan’s delicate balancing act...
The episode dives into recent Iranian cyber‑operations, focusing on the hack of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and the simultaneous breach of the White House's Instagram and X accounts. Host Dean Blundell reviews leaked photos and emails from Patel's...
The episode explores the massive security breach known as Salt Typhoon, which gave China access to U.S. cellular networks, and discusses how the Navy and a startup called CAPE are building a resilient, secure mobile infrastructure that can operate over...
In this live interview, Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger and veteran‑rights advocate serving on the House Intelligence and Armed Services committees, discusses the unfolding Iran conflict and how President Trump’s autocratic decision‑making bypassed congressional oversight. Crow argues that...
In this episode of the Wireless Threat Series, Adrian Sanabria and John Bundy examine the security and privacy implications of modern smart glasses, tracing their evolution from Google Glass to today's Meta Ray‑Ban and Oakley models. They categorize smart glasses...
In this episode of Pod Save the World, hosts Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes dissect President Trump's abrupt reversal on Iran, moving from threatening airstrikes on Iranian power plants to claiming that negotiations have effectively ended the war. They argue...
In this episode, Vice Admiral Robert Goucher, the Pentagon’s first “submarine czar,” and Chris Power, CEO of Hadrian, discuss the urgent need to rebuild the U.S. submarine fleet and the massive workforce gap threatening that effort. They explain how submarines...
In this episode, Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop dissect a federal indictment accusing Supermicro co‑founder Wally Lia of orchestrating a $2.5 billion scheme to smuggle AI servers with high‑end NVIDIA GPUs to China, exposing glaring weaknesses in U.S. export‑control enforcement. They...
In this Bulwark Podcast episode, host Tim Miller chats with Atlantic editor‑in‑chief Joe Weisenthal and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg about the economic fallout of the Iran‑Israel conflict and the broader implications for U.S. defense policy. They dissect the controversial Signal‑chat scandal...
The episode examines the escalating U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, focusing on recent diplomatic overtures, back‑channel talks, and the stark differences between Iranian and American strategic mindsets. Guests Dr. Trita Parsi and journalist Alexis DeLumis provide insight into Iran’s hard‑line stance,...
In this episode, RAND Russia expert Samuel Charap warns that a cease‑fire in Ukraine could paradoxically raise the risk of a broader NATO‑Russia war by destabilizing the post‑war security environment. He outlines how lingering resentment, militarization of Europe, potential unrest...
In this episode, Prem Tucker talks with Mike Preissner, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War, about the surge of anxiety and dissent within the U.S. military as troops are rapidly prepared for a potential invasion of Iran....
In this episode, Adam Wormuth, CEO of Chariot Defense, and Army CTO Alex Miller discuss the critical "missing power layer" needed for modern, distributed electronic warfare. They explain how today’s soldiers rely on 30‑60 watts continuously, and how existing diesel...
In this episode of A Better Peace, host Dr. Tom Spahr interviews Army War College faculty Lt. Col. Blair Wilcox and Col. Chase Metcalf about their research on the interaction between human commanders and artificial intelligence in military operations. Drawing...
In this episode of TGS Live, hosts Glenn and John dissect the ongoing Iran war, expressing deep concern over its catastrophic potential. They critique sensationalist narratives about the conflict's leadership, arguing that such caricatures distract from the real humanitarian and...
In this episode, former Uber executive Emil Michael, now a senior official at the Department of Defense, discusses the challenges of integrating AI into the world’s largest bureaucracy, the strategic push to back innovative defense startups, and the critical need...
The episode centers on a reported Russian ultimatum to Donald Trump: Moscow will cease sharing intelligence with Iran—used to target U.S. forces—if the United States stops supporting Ukraine. Host critiques Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, NATO criticism, and the...
In this episode of Sharp China, Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop dissect the postponement of President Trump's planned visit to Beijing amid the ongoing war in Iran, noting how the conflict and U.S. domestic politics are reshaping diplomatic timing. They...
In this episode Ken Miller talks with Dr. Karen Haig, a cognitive EW and AI expert, about how artificial intelligence enables truly cognitive electromagnetic warfare—systems that sense, decide, act, and learn in real time with minimal human input. They explain...
In this episode, Colonel Andrew Menchner, Deputy Commander of Space Systems Command (SSC), explains how SSC acquires, builds, and fields critical space capabilities—such as GPS, missile warning, and satellite communications—for the joint force, allies, and partners. He highlights the command’s...
In this episode, Jacob Helberg, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, discusses how AI, hardware, and secure supply chains have become central to U.S. economic and national security. He outlines the administration’s three‑front strategy to win the AI race: superior...
The episode examines how AI is reshaping modern warfare, spotlighting startups like Swarmer, which offers AI‑driven drone swarm software, and Gecko Robotics, which supplies wall‑climbing robots for US Navy ship maintenance. It discusses the surge in defense investment amid global...
In this episode of Region Moderates, hosts Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov dissect President Trump's aggressive demands on allies to confront Iran after a strike that killed a senior Iranian commander, highlighting the lack of support for deploying warships to...
In this episode of What Happens Next, host Larry Bernstein talks with Hal Brands, a Johns Hopkins professor and former strategic planner for the U.S. Secretary of War, about how success and failure will be measured in the ongoing Iran...
The episode examines the Pentagon's new initiative to recruit Wall Street investment bankers for a 30‑person economic defense unit tasked with deploying up to $200 billion over three years into sectors deemed vital to national security, such as minerals, drones, and...
In this episode of A Better Peace, Dr. Craig Whiteside discusses his research on "non‑state special operations," arguing that violent non‑state actors can plan and execute missions with strategic impact traditionally associated with state special‑operations forces. He outlines the blind...
In this episode, host Tim Miller and editor‑at‑large Bill Kristol discuss the escalating conflict in Iran and its broader geopolitical fallout. Kristol argues that the war has fractured U.S. alliances, especially with Europe, as Trump’s unilateral actions left allies feeling...
The episode focuses on the U.S. effort to keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid rising energy tensions, detailing President Trump's appeal to allies—including China, NATO members, Japan, and Australia—for naval support, and highlighting European hesitancy due to limited resources...
In this episode, host Marine Corps veteran Joe Plunzer talks with defense journalist Jared Keller about the evolution and current state of laser weapons. Keller explains how directed‑energy systems have moved from massive, lab‑bound prototypes to compact, vehicle‑mounted units capable...
In this episode, host Mike Gress of the Washington Examiner discusses the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, focusing on the Pentagon’s strained resources, dwindling missile supplies, and a weakening economy. He provides detailed casualty figures, emphasizing that...
In Episode 14, host Jake Kreps walks listeners through OSINT Newsletter issues 97 and 98, focusing on IP address investigations and gathering local-source data. He explains the fundamentals of IP types, the limits of dynamic residential IPs, and how static...
In this episode, host Joel Rubin and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joe Rubin discuss the escalating conflict with Iran, emphasizing the human cost and the need for post‑conflict planning. They critique the influence of partisan actors like Sen....
Emil Michael, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, explains how he streamlined the Pentagon’s technology priorities from 14 vague areas to six, placing applied AI at the top. Within 90 days, AI usage surged from 80,000 to 1.2 million personnel,...
In this episode, Santi Ruiz talks with former Deputy National Security Advisor Nadia Shadlow about how the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) is crafted. Shadlow explains that the NSS is a multi‑party, coalition‑building document that articulates a president’s strategic goals,...
In this episode of Inside Counter‑Terrorism Policing, hosts discuss a harrowing incident where a young male planned a live‑streamed school massacre in Ukraine and even attempted to use a burning bomb. The team assembled an intelligence package, shared it with...
In this episode of Man in America, host Seth Holhouse and preparedness expert Clayton Llewellyn discuss the escalating conflict with Iran and the emerging threat of Iranian terror cells operating within the United States. They examine how the war’s infrastructure...
In this episode of Hardball, Chris Matthews interviews Pennsylvania congressional candidate Janelle Stelson, who discusses her narrow loss in the previous race and her strategy to defeat incumbent Scott Perry, a staunch MAGA figure. Stelson highlights Perry's controversial voting record...
In this episode, Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani explore how advances in artificial intelligence could destabilize nuclear deterrence by threatening the secure second‑strike capability that underpins mutual assured destruction. They explain the fundamentals of nuclear deterrence, the importance of survivable...
In this episode, host Neil Bloom talks with Peter Goldsboro, co‑founder and CTO of Rune, about the critical role of logistics in modern military operations and how Rune is modernizing it with digital tools and sensors. Goldsboro explains his journey...
In this episode, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink discusses the recent U.S. strikes on Iran, warning that without a clear strategy the conflict risks becoming a perpetual war and endangers Americans abroad. She recounts her experience reopening the...
The episode examines the emerging reality that commercial data centers are becoming legitimate military targets, highlighted by the Iranian drone strikes on AWS facilities in the Gulf. It explains how massive AI‑driven cloud infrastructure, funded by Pentagon contracts and hidden...
In this episode of Then and Now, Julian Zelizer and Jonathan Alter compare the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq with the 2026 military operation against Iran, highlighting how both conflicts were launched on false pretenses and political misinformation. They note...
In this 7‑minute Stormcast episode, Johannes Ulrich and guest Xavier dissect a new XWorm sample, tracing its infection chain from a phishing email with a 7‑zip attachment through JavaScript, PowerShell, and a .NET DLL loader to the final payload. They...
In this live conversation, historians Timothy Snyder and Ruth Benjiat dissect the ongoing war with Iran, framing it as a classic strong‑man maneuver where an autocratic leader uses foreign conflict to consolidate power, sidestep elections, and pursue personal or financial...
