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Defense One Radio, Ep. 205: New heat science and the future of soldiering
An Army researcher unpacks new initiatives to expand research into human performance.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 204: “Until the Last Gun Is Silent” by Matthew Delmont
A historian explores patriotism, U.S. foreign policy, and the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 203: Fictional intelligence
The authors of a new series discuss how they're exploring the future of conflict through short stories.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 202: The known perils of regime change
A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 201: Conflicts to watch in 2026
CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race
The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 199: Rep. Rob Wittman
The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon’s acquisition reforms, the SecDef’s legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 198: Jon Wolfsthal and “A House of Dynamite”
A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 197: Europe’s “drone wall”
Patrick Tucker explains what he learned during a recent trip to Eastern Europe.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 196: “The Wounded Generation” by David Nasaw
A celebrated historian shares years of research into the quiet and not-so-quiet struggles of millions of American veterans returning home from World War II.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 195: Europe's growing defense industry
The EU's ambassador to the U.S. underscores the importance of the bloc's $910 billion defense plans known as Readiness 2030.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 194: Highlights from AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Our editors explore the dominant themes from this year's edition.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 193: How drone warfare is changing
A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 192: Alpine Eagle's Jan-Hendrik Boelens
A Munich-based developer with a new air-to-air counter-drone system shares insights into Europe's growing defense industry and recent lessons from Russia's Ukraine invasion.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 191: “Primal Intelligence” with Angus Fletcher
A researcher uses his work with U.S. special operations forces to explain a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 190: The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown
Six months into President Trump's return to the White House, here's what we know about the Pentagon's ambitious and controversial missile defense program.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 189: The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
A seasoned special operations reporter shares what some troops think about the Trump administration's plans to use the military against Latin American drug cartels.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 188: Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
The last in our series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.
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