Grey Dynamics26 Sep 2025

Former Australian Commando Scott Ryder on Tier One Culture

Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast. Today, we kick off season five guest lineup with Scott Ryder, a former operator of the 2nd Commando Regiment with more than twenty years of experience in the Australian Army, including multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as domestic experiences with the Tactical Assault Group - East. Scott is not only a veteran but also an author. Today, we are covering some insights from his book “Forged in Fire: an Australian Commando's Story of Life and Death on the Frontline”, from the right way to write about special forces without compromising techniques and procedures to the real culture in tier one units.

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Episode 21: GEOINT, OSINT & Facing Vicarious Trauma with Benjamin Strick

This week I spoke to Benjamin Strick, director of investigations at the Centre for Information Resilience. He leads teams using open source intelligence to support civil society, media, government and...

3 Feb 202359min

Episode 20: OSINT, Military Career Transition & Language Skills with Skip Schiphorst

Welcome back for season two of the Grey Dynamics Podcast! We're kicking things off by talking to Chinese and Arabic OSINT trainer, Skip Schiphorst. Skip is an ex-Dutch Royal Marine who went onto do Ch...

27 Jan 20231h 8min

Episode 19: Call of Duty Modern Warfare, an Intelligence Perspective (Pt. 3)

Part 3 of our series analyzing the Call of Duty series from an intelligence perspective. In this episode we look at 2011's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, the most extravagant game yet. Storming Wallst...

6 Jan 20231h 8min

Episode 18: Call of Duty Modern Warfare, an Intelligence Perspective (Pt. 2)

Part 2 of our series analysing the Call of Duty series from an intelligence perspective. This episode we look at 2009's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. We travel the world from Afghanistan, to Brazil t...

30 Dec 20221h 37min

Episode 17: Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare, an Intelligence perspective

When we're not with family, some of us at Grey Dynamics are spending the holiday break playing the new Modern Warfare! As a bonus for the holidays, we decided to record some episodes looking at the fr...

23 Dec 20221h 55min

Episode 16: Covert Action, The Royals, Coups & Espionage with Rory Cormac

Today I spoke with Rory Cormac, an international relations lecturer at the University of Nottingham. He specialises in UK covert action and has written six books on the matter. Including his latest "H...

16 Dec 202245min

Episode 15: Expert advice for getting into intelligence

Today I thought we would round up some of the best advice from our guests so far on the podcast. If you would like to check out further advice, here is Marcel Plichta's article on becoming an Intellig...

10 Dec 202248min

Episode 14: Tsunami Torpedoes, Ukrainian USVs & Narco Subs with HI Sutton

Today I spoke with HI Sutton a.k.a Covert Shores. He writes about the changing world of underwater and seabed warfare, covering secretive and unusual vessel technologies used to fight beneath the wave...

25 Nov 202240min