Podcast Episodes

Ep 221: Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders on China’s PLA

Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders, both of the  U.S. National Defense University and authors of China's Quest for Military Supremacy, join the show to discuss the origins, organization, and strategic…

Published on 1 month ago

Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality

Marc LiVecche, McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence and author of The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury, joins the show to discuss Just War Theory and wheth…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider

Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to di…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars

Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of ‘The Age of Forever Wars’  in Foreign Affairs Magazine, joins the show to discuss why protracted warfare s…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor

Steven Rabalais, litigator and author of General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor,  joins the show to discuss the extraordinary influence of now-forgotten General Fo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America

Will Somerindyke, Chairman of Regulus Global and CEO of UNION, joins the show to discuss rebuilding the U.S. defense industrial base.

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Ep 215: Ryan McDermott on Invading Iraq in 2003

Ryan McDermott, Army veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and author of Downriver: Memoir of a Warrior Poet,  joins the show to talk about his combat experiences.

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Ep 214: Bryan Clark on the Coming Sensor War with China

Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute, joins the show to talk about how a war with China could play out.

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Ep 213: Paul Lay on Cromwell and the English Civil War

Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas and author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate,joins the show to talk about the turbulent age of the English Civil War, Cromwe…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 212: Arnold Punaro on Fighting in Vietnam and Washington

Arnold Punaro, retired USMC Major General and author of If Confirmed: An Insider's View of the National Security Confirmation Process, joins the show to talk about his infantry service in Vietnam and…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago