The Information Advantage

Join Dr. Jack Porter, Chair of The Citadel’s Political Science Department, in discussing the importance of Political Science and its role in building leaders at The Citadel and his views on national security issues for 2025.The Information Advantage is hosted by Frank Emerson and produced by Aubrey Carson and Jessica Galvin, with additional support provided by Jeff Leonard. The music for this podcast is produced by Bert Jerred: youtube.com/@bertjerred

Join Jennifer Ewbank, former Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation, for an eye-opening discussion of how digital technologies are reshaping global security and the future of democracy.

The Information Advantage is hosted by Frank Emerson and produced by Aubrey Carson and Jessica Galvin, with additional support provided by Jeff Leonard. The music for this podcast is produced by Bert Jerred: youtube.com/@bertjerred

Listen to Political Science Professor and The Citadel's Latin American Affairs Expert, Dr. Adriana Boersner Herrera, discuss Venezuela and Nicolas Maduro's consolidation of authoritarianism.

Retired Ambassador Joseph Manso, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), discusses the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, serving at the OPCW, and stopping the proliferation of chemical weapons.

Listen to Dr. Pat Hendrix, The Citadel’s OSINT Expert in the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, as he discusses Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and how Citadel students are using OSINT in the classroom. 

Listen to some of the speakers at The Citadel’s first OSINT Conference discuss the future of OSINT and the need for expanding partnerships among the government, private sector, and academia. Thank you to Andrew Borene at Flashpoint, Patrick Weninger and Matthew Brock at Orbis Ops, Jim Ford at Microsoft, Dennis Eger with the U.S. Army, Melissa Ullom with the U.S. State Department, and Guido Torres at Irregular Warfare Initiative for taking the time to talk with us on The Information Advantage.

The Information Advantage is hosted by Frank Emerson and produced by Aubrey Carson and Jessica Galvin, with additional support provided by Jeff Leonard. The music for this podcast is produced by Bert Jerred: youtube.com/@bertjerred

The Director of National Intelligence OSINT Executive, Jason Barrett, discusses the Intelligence Community’s Open Source Intelligence Strategy 2024-2026 and the connection between open source intelligence and advising tomorrow’s principled leaders.

Join Professors DuBose Kapeluck, Ph.D., and Mark Owens, Ph.D., who are The Citadel’s experts on southern politics, as they discuss the 2024 presidential race and the results of The Citadel Poll. Learn about their findings, voters’ preferences, decision making, and what it means for South Carolina as one of the fastest growing states.The Citadel Poll

Join our discussion with retired CIA Officer David Tyson as he gives The Citadel’s cadets the educational advantage on his career as a CIA operations officer and member of CIA’s Team Alpha. Tyson was a member of Team Alpha, the first group of U.S. personnel inserted behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11. Tyson also served as a Chief of Station and is a recipient of the CIA’s Distinguished Intelligence Cross, the Agency’s highest award for valor, and the Agency’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Intelligence and Security Studies Melissa Graves, Ph.D., discusses The Citadel's OSINT Conference and why OSINT is the Intelligence Discipline of First Resort.