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A show about the defense industry. // "We want to become the Netflix of podcasts." —Tim Hartman, CEO of Government Executive

  1. MAR 11

    New heat science and the future of soldiering

    An Army researcher unpacks new initiatives to expand research into human performance. Guest: Lt. Col. David deGroot, director of the U.S. Army Heat Center at Fort Benning, Ga. See also Patrick Tucker's related recent reporting on the topic, here.

    43 min

  2. FEB 27

    "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" by Matthew Delmont

    Guest: Matthew Delmont, professor of history at Dartmouth College and an award-winning author of several books including Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, and his latest, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul.

    25 min

  3. FEB 20

    Fictional intelligence

    Guests: Peter W. Singer, strategist at New America and the author of multiple books on technology and security, including Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, Burn-In, and LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media; And August Cole, non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute working on AI and future warfare. With Singer, he is the co-author of Ghost Fleet and Burn In.  Both authors have teamed up again for a new monthly series on Defense One called "Fictional Intelligence," which explores the future of technology and warfare through the lens of short speculative fiction. The first story, "Mission ahead, heavens above," was published in February.

    40 min

  4. JAN 23

    The known perils of regime change

    A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.  Guest: Monica Duffy Toft, director of the Center for Strategic Studies and a professor of international politics at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; her essay "Can the US 'run' Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy" was published earlier this month in The Conversation.

    18 min

  5. 12/18/2025

    Conflicts to watch in 2026

    CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead.  Guest: Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey results published this week at CFR here.

    22 min

  6. 12/12/2025

    Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race

    The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more. Guest: Paul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security and author of several books, including "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," and "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War."

    55 min

  7. 11/26/2025

    Rep. Rob Wittman

    The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon's acquisition reforms, the defense secretary's legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills. Guest: Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, in conversation with Defense One Executive Editor Bradley Peniston.

    29 min

  8. 11/07/2025

    Jon Wolfsthal and "A House of Dynamite"

    A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control.  Guest: Jon Wolfsthal, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.

    47 min
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A show about the defense industry. // "We want to become the Netflix of podcasts." —Tim Hartman, CEO of Government Executive

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  • Creator
    Defense One staff
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
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