
Preston Stewart: War in the Age of Drones and YouTube
Defense analyst and YouTube creator Preston Stewart joins the podcast to discuss how independent creators are reshaping how the public understands modern warfare. Drawing on years of coverage—and a re...
16 Mar 53min

Jack Shanahan: An Inside Look at Track 2 AI Meetings Between the US and China
Jack Shanahan has become synonymous with the adoption of artificial intelligence in the U.S. Department of Defense. As the founding director of the Joint AI Center, which was subsumed by the Chief Dig...
9 Mar 57min

Rob Slaughter: From Airman to the Next Defense Tech Unicorn
In early 2026, Rob Slaughter led Defense Unicorns — the company he founded to transform software delivery for the U.S. military — to become the newest defense tech unicorn on the block, receiving a $1...
2 Mar 49min

Brandon Tseng: The Autonomous Future of Defense
In recent years, autonomy how completely transformed how future wars will be fought and won. And with that, a new crop of defense startups have emerged with a focus on bringing autonomy and artificial...
8 Des 202549min

Margaret Mullins: Debunking the myths of the Pentagon's "Last Supper"
If you’ve paid attention to the defense acquisition space long enough, you’ve surely heard of the “Last Supper” — the secret 1993 dinner meeting in which Secretary of Defense Les Aspin invited the CEO...
17 Nov 202549min

Steve Blank: The Playbook for Defense Innovation, from the Classroom to the War Room
While Steve Blank might be best known for his ultra-popular Lean Startup methodology that has inspired a generation of American entrepreneurs, he's spent much of the past decade working to infuse that...
3 Nov 202548min

Matt Cronin: Why Andreessen Horowitz has bet big on defense
Venture capital has become an integral part of of the defense innovation ecosystem. And there’s perhaps no Silicon Valley VC firm leaning in to support national security- and defense-focused startup m...
27 Okt 202552min

Chris Brose: How Anduril is paving its path as the next defense unicorn
The Department of Defense is quickly running out of time to modernize and build capacity in anticipation of a potential conflict with China. In this episode, we sit down with Chris Brose, Chief Strate...
20 Okt 202551min



















