The STEAM Zone

This week on the STEAM Zone:

00:31 - Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on the future of US-China relationship and an X beef to boot!

08:49 - LinkedIn fraud and Building Modern Teams

15:49 - Jen Pahlka and the new Recoding America Fund

20:34 - Beau Downey Launches MC Post

28:12 - Ben Steams the Knicks

29:36 - Noah Steams up MCON / Vegas

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This week on the STEAM Zone, the guys discuss:

00:51 - The Army’s Right to Repair

09:14 - Project Janus & Nuclear energy for DoW bases

13:51 - China Rams Another Philippines Fishing Vessel

17:44 - Justin Baucum / Isembard

31:04 - Job of the Week: Spear AI

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39:04 - Steaming Conferences

41:04 - Steaming Poor Water Infrastructure

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This week on the STEAM Zone:

0:00 - The Self Driving Revolution

9:26 - William Knudsen Industrial Strategy Fellowship

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18:48 - Noble Mobile - Less Data is More?

23:22 - Ben Steam

25:31 - Noah Steam

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This week Ben and Noah tackle

0:13 - The Empire Strikes Back / The Return of Oracle

6:17 - The Manufacturing Jobs Boom(?) - or not?

10:25 - Technical Experimentation in the Army (ft. Nick Frazier)

21:29 - Noramark and the Trusted Manufacturers Directory (ft. Andrew Kornuta)

35:24 - Ben Blows off Steam

37:50 - Noah Blows off Steam

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This week’s STEAM Zone features:

00:25 - Ben’s Time at Marine Innovation Unit

2:46 - The New Department of War

9:05 - A New LinkedIn Killer?

12:51 - A CCP Parade

16:54 - What is the Singham Network?

24:11 - Chinese Students in America

28:12 - Job of the Week - Patrick O'brien & Autonomous Cyber

37:48 - Ben’s STEAM: Building with AI

38:58 - Noah’s STEAM: Rivet’s Hard Launch

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* https://x.com/SecWar/status/1964071478955032634

* https://x.com/traestephens/status/1963761511920529419

* https://x.com/lulumeservey/status/1964098589631672405

* https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/openai-announces-ai-powered-hiring-platform-to-take-on-linkedin/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=X&utm_medium=organic

* https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/09/04/chairman-smith-exposes-u-s-nonprofit-as-likely-ccp-funded-propaganda-arm-operating-under-tax-exempt-status/

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