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Renny Babiarz is a former Analyst at the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the VP of Analysis & Operations at AllSource Analysis, a company focused on providing geospatial Intelligence investigations. One of the angles of Renny's work is better understanding China's Nuclear testing using satellite imagery, Open Source Intelligence methods & location data.
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About Renny:
- AllSource Analysis
- AllSource
- 2021 NPR Report “A New Tunnel is Spotted At a Chinese Nuclear Test Site”
- Jeffrey Lewis Interview
- Washington Post Chine Nuclear Missile Silo Article
- Renny's book
- Books & Podcast recommendations:
- The Realignment
- Making Sense by Sam Harris
- Industry (could not find it!)
- China Built the Bomb by John W Lewis & Litai Xue (Affiliate Link)
- Flipping the tables, Max's book & podcasts:
- Lex Fridman
- Joe Rogan
- Kanye West on Lex Fridman
- “La Horde du Contrevent” by Alain Damasio (Affiliate Link)
Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction
02:51) Conversation starts: Renny's Journey with the NGA
(12:45) AllSource's work
(15:55) Defining Open & Proprietary
(18:42) Deciding which Analysis to publish
(23:12) Researching China's Nuclear Program
(29:43) How Projects Get Started
(34:39) Starting from Known Areas of Interest
(37:50) Automating Change Detection
(42:20) The Importance of Communicating Nuance
(48:13) Misinformation vs Disinformation
(51:21) The Hard Execrcise of Social Media Communication
(55:21) Twitter
(57:08) Sources & 'Peer Review'
(01:03:19) Working with Outside Analysts
(01:10:03) Teaching Geospatial Intelligence
(01:13:09) Teaching Soft Skills & Communications
(01:18:33) Renny's book
(01:23:52) Importance of staying hands on
(01:27:59) Micromanaging
(01:30:23) Book and podcast recommendation
(01:35:32) Flipping the tables: Max's Book & Podcast recommendation
- Support the podcast on Patreon
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
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Renny Babiarz is a former Analyst at the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the VP of Analysis & Operations at AllSource Analysis, a company focused on providing geospatial Intelligence investigations. One of the angles of Renny's work is better understanding China's Nuclear testing using satellite imagery, Open Source Intelligence methods & location data.
---
Episode Sponsor: OpenCage
Use OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API.
They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!
---
Support the podcast on Patreon
About Renny:
- AllSource Analysis
- AllSource
- 2021 NPR Report “A New Tunnel is Spotted At a Chinese Nuclear Test Site”
- Jeffrey Lewis Interview
- Washington Post Chine Nuclear Missile Silo Article
- Renny's book
- Books & Podcast recommendations:
- The Realignment
- Making Sense by Sam Harris
- Industry (could not find it!)
- China Built the Bomb by John W Lewis & Litai Xue (Affiliate Link)
- Flipping the tables, Max's book & podcasts:
- Lex Fridman
- Joe Rogan
- Kanye West on Lex Fridman
- “La Horde du Contrevent” by Alain Damasio (Affiliate Link)
Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction
02:51) Conversation starts: Renny's Journey with the NGA
(12:45) AllSource's work
(15:55) Defining Open & Proprietary
(18:42) Deciding which Analysis to publish
(23:12) Researching China's Nuclear Program
(29:43) How Projects Get Started
(34:39) Starting from Known Areas of Interest
(37:50) Automating Change Detection
(42:20) The Importance of Communicating Nuance
(48:13) Misinformation vs Disinformation
(51:21) The Hard Execrcise of Social Media Communication
(55:21) Twitter
(57:08) Sources & 'Peer Review'
(01:03:19) Working with Outside Analysts
(01:10:03) Teaching Geospatial Intelligence
(01:13:09) Teaching Soft Skills & Communications
(01:18:33) Renny's book
(01:23:52) Importance of staying hands on
(01:27:59) Micromanaging
(01:30:23) Book and podcast recommendation
(01:35:32) Flipping the tables: Max's Book & Podcast recommendation
- Support the podcast on Patreon
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work