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At the Water's Edge is a news podcast hosted by WRKdefined Podcast Network. It has 49 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The At the Water’s Edge Podcast explores national security and geopolitics from an insider’s perspective, looking at how national power, industrial policy, diplomacy, and military might shape our world and America’s place in it.

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1

Why Iran’s Regime Isn’t About to Fall (And What Everyone Gets Wrong) | Arash Azizi

2

The Short War Illusion Is Over | Robert Pape on Iran Escalation

3

AI for Warfighters: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong | Tyler Saltsman

4

We’re Nearing Stage 3 — And It May Be Irreversible | Robert Pape

5

The Drone Threat Is Already Here

6

The Escalation Trap

7

Coups, Wagner, and Jihadists: The Battle for the Sahel

8

The Transparent Battlefield: Lessons From the War in Ukraine | Samuel Bendett

9

Can Veterans Fix Congress? | with Richard Ojeda

10

War Is the Easy Part. What Happens After Iran’s Regime?

11

Air Dominance Was Our Advantage. It May Also Be Our Blind Spot with Ethan Brown

12

Protests, Resistance Units, and the Future of the Iranian Regime

13

America Can Fight for a Week with Jahara "Franky" Matisek (PhD)

14

Earned, Not Given: A PhD in the Human Condition with MG (ret) Matt Smith

15

The A-10 Isn’t Obsolete — Our Thinking About War Is

16

Bringing Them Home with LTG (ret.) Walt Piatt, CEO Wounded Warrior Project

17

The Wild World of Global Trade with Wendy Cutler

18

Going Viral on TikTok and meeting the Jonas Brothers

19

Drones Are Evolving, Can We Protect Ourselves?

20

Is America's Financial Flu Fatal? Guest Douglas Holtz-Eakin (PhD)

21

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A New Era

22

#28 AI and Government's Data Dilemma with Jake Dyal, CEO of Certus Core

23

#27 Foreign Policy Polling Insights with Alex Tarascio

24

#26 Trump's National Security Strategy with Jahara Matisek (PhD)

25

#25 Avoiding Nuclear War between Pakistan and India with Pakistani Senator Bushra Anjum

26

#24 The Evolution of Close Air Support from WWII to GWOT with Dr. Steve Call

27

#23 Next Generation Strike UAVs with Ethan Thornton, CEO Mach Industries

28

E22 Trump's Foreign Policy with Jamie Miller

29

E21 How Space is Changing Everything with Dr. John Klein

30

E20 How Air Force TACPs Shaped the Global War on Terror with Ethan Brown

31

E19 The Ukraine War with Tim Mak

32

E18 Afghanistan, Why We Failed with David Kilcullen (PhD)

33

E17 The Army's Readiness Crisis with Michael Linick

34

E16 The Problem with American Innovation and National Security with Leo Blanken (PhD)

35

E15 Winning Irregular Warfare in Space with John Klein (PhD)

36

E14 How to Win Against China with Liza Tobin

37

E13 South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel

38

E12 Jahara Matisek (PhD) Does American assistance cause coups in Africa?

39

E11 Sean O'Keefe, fmr. Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator

40

E10 Ethan Brown and the Ghost of GWOT

41

E9 General Kurt Sonntag and Special Operations in Great Power Competition

42

E8: Matt Stoller, Why America is Out of Ammunition

43

E7 Judge James Baker, Int'l Law and the Ukraine War

44

E6 Jon Pelson, author of Wireless Wars

45

E5 America's Support for Democracy Abroad

46

E4 Bob Curris and Army Psychological Operations

47

E3: Josh Paul, former Director at U.S. Department of State

48

E2: The rise of BRICS and threat of de-dollarization

49

Episode 1: Israel and the Invasion of Gaza

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