Podcast Episodes

96. Calling All Wargamers and Mad Sci Update!

Season 1 Episode 96

[Editor’s Note: Crowdsourcing remains an effective tool for harvesting ideas and concepts from a wide array of individuals, helping us to diversify thought and challenge conventional assumptions. Arm…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

95. African Skies: Space Exploration and National Security Perspectives with Selina Hayes

Season 1 Episode 95

“China sits in INDOPACOM, but the playground is Africa.”

[Editor’s Note:  Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory will recall that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) r…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

94. A surprise Interview With a Mystery Guest

Season 1 Episode 94

This is a special off-schedule episode of The Convergence where we talk with a mystery guest, possibly for the last time!

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

93. Insights from the Israel-Hamas War with LTC Kenneth Hardy

Season 1 Episode 93

[Editor’s Note:  It has almost been a decade since U.S. forces and coalition partners assisted Iraqi government forces in dislodging ISIS fighters from Mosul in what some observers described as the t…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

92. Know Your Enemy: Army Doctrine Starts with the Threat

Season 1 Episode 92

[Editor’s Note:  Grizzled readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory will recall their well-thumbed copies of the forty-year-old FM 100-2 series, The Soviet Army.  U.S. Army Soldiers and Leaders from th…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

91. Building Beyond: Preparing the Army for Lift-Off featuring Dr. Olga Bannova

Season 1 Episode 91

[Editor’s Note:  As longtime readers of the Army’s Mad Scientist Laboratory know, our adversaries are deploying capabilities to fight the U.S. Joint Force through multiple layers of stand-off in all …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

90. NeuroNudge: The Science Behind Brain Manipulation with Dr. Guosong Hong

Season 1 Episode 90

[Editor’s Note:  Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory are familiar with the potentially disruptive effects of cognitive and neurowarfare. As guest blogger Robert McCreight observed, “Most …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

89. Live From D.C., it's Fight Night! (Part Two)

Season 1 Episode 89

[Editor’s Note:  Regular consumers of Army Mad Scientist content — via this blog site and The Convergence podcast — understand how wargaming can enhance Professional Military Education (PME), hone co…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

88. Metamaterial Magic: Demystifying the Science of Cloaking with Dr. Andrea Alù

Season 1 Episode 88

[Editor’s Note:  As we reported earlier this month, “The Operational Environment is increasingly lethal with the ubiquity of sensors and proliferation of battlefield automation facilitating effective…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

87. Live from D.C., it's Fight Night! (Part One) with the Hon. Mac Thornberry

Season 1 Episode 87

[Editor’s Note:  Regular consumers of Army Mad Scientist content — via this blog site and The Convergence podcast — will understand how wargaming can enhance Professional Military Education (PME), ho…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago