Ep. 91 – Manning a 21st-Century US Army
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , John Amble is joined by Dr. Casey Wardynski, the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reser...
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Ep. 90 – What Happens to Our Brains in Combat?
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , Maj. Jake Miraldi talks to Dr. Charles Morgan, a forensic psychologist whose work has helped us better...
Ep. 89 – Syria Study Group
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Michael Singh, co-chair of the Syria Study Group. The group recently released i...
Ep. 88 – Intelligence and the Future Battlefield, with Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the Army G-2. The discussion touches on a range of topi...
Ep. 86 - What is the Army Doing in Space?
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with four guests, all of whom are involved in the Army's space operations enterprise...
Ep. 85 – Inside the Long, Brutal Fight to Recapture Mosul
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , MWI's John Amble speaks to James Verini. An award-winning journalists, he spent months reporting from M...
Ep. 84 – The Future of Cyber Conflict, with Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , Maj. Jake Miraldi is joined by Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of US Army Cyber Command. He explain...
Ep. 83 – How Sci-Fi Can Help Us Think about AI and the Future of War
In this episode, MWI's John Amble talks to Martha Wells, author of the four-volume science fiction series The Murderbot Diaries . She discus...
Ep. 82 – Creating Warriors, with Matt Larsen
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the modern comb...
Ep. 81 – Autonomous Weapons and the Next War
Paul Scharre is the author of Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War . In this episode, he talks about the state of developm...
Ep. 81 – How the Army is Preparing for the Future Battlefield
This episode features a conversation about innovation and the future battlefield and features two guests perfectly suited to discuss those t...
Ep. 80 – The Future of Warfare, with Former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work
In this episode, MWI's John Amble speaks to Robert Work, former deputy secretary of defense. He describes his expectations for the future of...
Ep. 79 – How Science Can Optimize Cognitive Performance on the Battlefield
This episode features a conversation with Dr. Amy Kruse, chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute. She discusses "Human 2.0," a co...
Ep. 78 – Space is Getting Crowded
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , John Amble talks to Dr. Moriba Jah, an aerospace engineer who has worked for NASA and the Air Force Res...
Ep. 77 – Can Defense Problems be "Hacked"?
In this episode, we talk to retired Army Col. Peter Newell about Hacking 4 Defense, a program that leverages the unique qualities of univers...
Ep. 76 – China's Quest for Enhanced Military Technology
In this episode, we speak to Elsa Kania, whose research is at the forefront of efforts to better understand the way China approaches innovat...
Ep. 75 – The Army's Iraq War Self-Reflection
In this episode of the MWI Podcast , Maj. Jake Miraldi is joined by retired Col. Frank Sobchak, one of the authors of the Army's 1,300-page,...
Ep. 74 – Talking China with Ali Wyne
This episode features a conversation with Ali Wyne, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and an MWI non-resident fellow. In the conversa...
Ep. 73 – Women in National Security
In this episode, four remarkably accomplished women in the field of national security join to share their experiences and observations on th...
Ep. 72 – The Twenty-First-Century General
This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Dr. Anthony King, author of the book Command: The Twenty-First-Century General...