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Ep. 30 Trust Can't Be Borrowed: When Authority is Misapplied, It Doesn’t Reassure
Episode 30
"When trust is no longer institutionalized, we improvise it, and when legitimacy is no longer settled, then it's performed, and when neither is renew…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 29 Power Without Permission: Who Decides When Technology Governs Us All
When technology companies operate as economic engines, civic spaces, and geopolitical actors without the obligations that traditionally accompany tha…
8 months ago
Ep. 28 Power, Precedent, and Accountability: Why Power Must Explain
Episode 28
Precedent is set by what we excuse, not what we celebrate.
When power acts first and explains later, accountability erodes—and precedent takes hold. …
8 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 27 Democracy Under Stress: Elections as Infrastructure, Conditional Acceptance, & Human Strength
In this episode we argue that elections are not only symbolic rituals—they are critical infrastructure with attack surfaces. The most consequential t…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 26 Default to Trust–Why It’s Necessary, Signs We’re in Trouble
Episode 26
Free and open societies rely on a default to trust–a baseline assumption that institutions, experts, and alliances operate largely as advertised. Thi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 25: A Global Geopolitical Romp: Strategy, Scarcity, and a Question of Values
Episode 25
In this episode, Sue and Eric kick off the year with a look at geopolitical hotspots and assess that, in aggregate, US actions reveal the National Se…
9 months ago
Ep. 24 Bonus Space: From Domain to Dependency
Episode 24
In this episode of Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric discuss the future of space. Low Earth orbit is becoming a “house of cards,” where mega-cons…
9 months ago
Ep. 24 The National Security Trump Card: Ukraine, Greenland, and Windmills
Episode 24
In this episode of Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric discuss Ukraine’s latest turn: President Zelensky takes his pitch for peace to Mar-a-Lago as…
9 months ago
Ep. 23 Bonus: You Can't Surge Trust in a Crisis
Episode 23
In this special edition of Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric examine public health policy as national security. Beginning with HHS’s termination …
9 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 23 Ukraine, the NDAA, and Fusion Hype — and Why We Track Santa
Episode 23
In this episode of Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric start with Europe’s move to fund Ukraine through 2026–2027 and unpack what that signals (and…
9 months, 1 week ago