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Defense One Radio episodes

December 08, 2022What we know about the Air Force's new B-21 bomber
Defense One staff help unpack the hype and lingering mysteries surrounding America's newly-unveiled bomber plane, and we check in on the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.

Guests include:

Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One;

And Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One's Global Business Editor.
37 min
November 10, 2022The especially difficult history of America's Black veterans
Guests include:

Matthew Delmont is a Guggenheim Fellow and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College; his book, "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad," was just published in October; interview begins at the 0:47 mark;

And Holly Pinheiro, Jr., is an assistant professor of history at Furman University; his research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, and class in the U.S. military from 1850 through the 1930s. His latest book, "The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice," was published in June. That interview begins at the 21:04 mark.
43 min
October 28, 2022The growth of drones in Russia's Ukraine war
We focus on the latest developments in unmanned aerial systems, from the war in Ukraine to a conference in Washington.

Guests include:

Faine Greenwood researches and writes about drones and emerging technologies; and Sam Bendett is in the Russia Studies Program at CNA, based in Washington (at the 7:58 mark);

And Marcus Weisgerber is Defense One's Global Business Editor (at 23:05).
50 min
October 06, 2022Rethinking logistics, tomorrow's air bases, the future of space debris, and more.
Guests include:

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger (at the 1:19 mark);

Marine Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (at 6:58);

Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (at 10:54);

Air Force's deputy chief of staff for strategy, Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote (12:52);

Chris Dougherty, senior fellow at CNAS (17:36);

Vice Chief of Space Operations, Gen. David Thompson (21:04);

Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn (23:42);

And Steven Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the U.S. military's Defense Innovation Unit (26:21).
30 min
September 23, 2022The short- and mid-term outlook for the U.S. Navy
The chief of naval operations and a key lawmaker talk shipbuilding plans, drones, Iran, and more.

Guests include:

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday—interviewed by Bradley Peniston, deputy editor of Defense One (beginning at the 1:32 mark);

Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee—interviewed by Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One senior national security correspondent (at the 17:41).

Find more from this year's State of Defense event series, here.
32 min
September 09, 2022What lies ahead for the U.S. Army
Guests include:

U.S. Army Gen. James McConville (at the 2:23 mark);

Elisabeth Braw of the American Enterprise Institute, and Mark Cozad from RAND (at 17:13);

Army Lt. Gen. Scott McKean, deputy commander of the Army's Futures Command (at 25:50).

Find more from this year's State of Defense event series, here.
31 min
August 22, 2022 The legacy of America's Afghan war, with Elliot Ackerman
Elliot Ackerman is a former U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Team Leader. His latest book, "The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan," was just published in August. (Music: "Ribbons" by Postwar)
26 min
August 11, 2022Decoding China's Taiwan saber-rattling
Two experts help us put the most recent Taiwan Strait crisis in perspective.

Guests include:

Collin Koh, research fellow at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore (at 1:44);

And Becca Wasser, fellow for the Defense Program and lead of the Gaming Lab at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, D.C. (at the 23:48 mark).
36 min
July 21, 2022Aerospace's new inflection point
Here's what industry execs were worried about at the Farnborough Airshow.

Guests include:

Bradley Peniston, Defense One Deputy Editor;

Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One Global Business Editor;

Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics;

Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes;

Bell Helicopter CEO Mitch Snyder;

And Eric Chewning, of the consulting firm McKinsey's aerospace and defense practice.

After the program is a sponsored interview with Thomas Laliberty, who is president of Land Warfare and Air Defense at Raytheon Missiles and Defense.
28 min
June 30, 20222022 Tech Summit, in review
Sixteen different experts and officials joined us to discuss the war in Ukraine, cyber warfare, the challenges posed by China, and much more from this year's Defense One Technology Summit.

Guests include:

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks (at the 0:55 mark);

Stephen Wood of Maxar Technologies and Aric Toler of Bellingcat (@ 4:27);

Dave Frederick of U.S. Cyber Command (@ 15:25);

Dmitri Alperovitch and retired U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Rogers (@ 17:53);

Neal Higgins, Deputy National Cyber Director for National Cybersecurity (@ 25:39);

Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR (@ 29:30);

Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Keith Krach and Gilman Louie, the former CEO of In-Q-Tel (@ 33:33);

U.S. Air Force Col. Wallace Turnbull, Deputy Director of Space Systems Command's Space Systems Integration Office (@ 35:17);

Mark Lewis, Executive Director at the National Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies Institute (@ 39:32);

Wesley Kremer, President of Raytheon Missiles & Defense (@ 44:52);

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio (@ 46:46);

Mark Munsell from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (@ 52:00);

And Michael Brown of DIU (@ 54:51).
58 min