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Sensing the Signal
by Atreides
Sensing the Signal is a bi-weekly podcast produced by Atreides. In conversations with expert practitioners, we discuss the overlap between data, technology, intelligence, and national security and what it all means for analysts everywhere. How do we know AI is trustworthy? Can battlefield debris hunt down weapon transfers? How is technology transforming national intelligence? Find out answers to these questions and more from leaders in the field.
Episodes
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What did the World Cup tell us about human trafficking?
The illicit and immoral business of human trafficking generates billions of dollars and Stop the Traffik is one of the organisations dedicated to uncovering and countering this activity. In the past, events such as the men's football World Cup or the Olympics have prompted spikes in trafficking....
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How Could a Mission to Venus Shape Defence Technology?
Creating a sensor to test the atmosphere of Venus was just the start for Space AM, one of the UK's recently announced 'Defence Unicorns' in which the MOD is making unprecedented investment. Building technology for defence was not what Chris Isaac, CEO of SpaceAM, originally set out to do, yet the...
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How can the UK be more creative with Defence investment?
The UK's Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has finally arrived after a long delay, and not before prompting the Secretary of Defence to resign. As the Prime Minister soon followed, the revised plan has already had a significant, albeit unintended, impact on the UK before even being implemented. What...
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Why is climate change our biggest security challenge?
In 2026 wars and small conflicts seem endemic around the world and threats to international security appear to be increasing. Yet, there remains a lack of discussion on the role of climate change in driving conflict. With food security becoming an urgent priority around the globe, while melting...
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How is Russia's war machine building an entire AI-driven drone ecosystem?
Russia's military is rapidly overhauling its capabilities through the adoption of new technology, specifically by enhancing command and control functions, while also building an entire ecosystem for advanced drone development adopting military AI. This is giving Russia's military the ability to...
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What can Defence learn from F1?
Speed + technology + innovation + faster adaptation = high performance in engineering, all ultimately underpinned by intelligent decision making. These are all concepts we associate with Formula 1, but there is so much more that we perhaps don’t readily consider when we think of the top level of...
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What can data insights reveal about people and their potential?
As the impact of 'AI' tools on the workforce continues to grow and information becomes harder to trust, manage, and analyse, organisations increasingly need people to adapt new tasks and changing environments. But are we doing enough to make the most of the skills and expertise of the people…
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What will be the Real Impact of Quantum Computing?
Whenever we hear about quantum computing, it's usually in relation to how it will fundamentally change the world once it hits the mainstream. But what is quantum computing? What will it enable us to do that conventional computing can't? And what is the reality behind the hype? On this episode of...
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How can we defend against disinformation?
Disinformation presents a pervasive and growing threat that is increasingly undermining our fundamental security, affecting us in ways that might not be obvious. More than ever we need to address the vital question: how do we defend our national security (and our own minds) against…
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How is data used to stop human trafficking?
Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar illegal industry that operates in plain sight. Yet most people very rarely notice the signs, let alone consider how this criminal activity can be stopped. Fortunately, one organisation is dedicated to uncovering and preventing human trafficking. In this...
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What did we learn about intelligence and defence technology at DSEI UK 2025?
For this episode, we took the show on the road - to DSEI UK 2025, 'the flagship defence event for the UK' which is a global platform for the entire defence industry. This year saw an expanded Tech Zone that gave us several indicators of how defence tech is developing, particularly driven by…
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What are the key trends in defence technology?
Ahead of the DSEI 2025 show, we talk to retired Rear Admiral Jon Pentreath, currently a Senior Military Advisor to DSEI, about the key trends in defence technology. In particular, we discuss innovative adoption of hardware and software solutions from non-traditional suppliers and what that means...
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What is the UK doing to prepare for the next war?
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) signals a significant shift in defence posture, with the aim of gearing the UK’s military to be ready to fight a war - perhaps the next ‘World War’ - against a near-peer adversary. The SDR provides an insight into how the UK aims to reshape the military,...
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How is AI hampering critical thinking in intelligence?
As AI tools become more commonplace in all types of knowledge work, including intelligence, they create benefits, but also risks. Nico Dekens (@dutchosintguy), an expert in open source intelligence and investigations has written about how AI tools are affecting critical thinking and analytical...
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Why is investigating corruption vital for global security?
How did an NGO going undercover help to bring down the brutal Khmer Rouge? And how did they go on to uncover corporate complicity in producing blood diamonds? And, more recently, how did they use commercially available data to identify the companies supplying jet fuel to the Russian planes that...
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What can we learn from Ukraine’s innovative use of technology on the battlefield?
As Ukraine defends itself from an existential threat, it has deployed a variety of technology solutions on the front line to support war fighters, often at high speed and with great effect. In this episode, we talked to Kateryna Bondar from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about...
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How can governments keep up with commercial data and AI capabilities?
The breadth and depth of commercial intelligence capabilities is expanding at a dizzying rate, especially with the rapid growth of AI products coming into the market. These capabilities can have a huge impact on national security and defence, but only if they can be implemented before they are...
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How can training our intuition be a game-changer for intelligence?
Intelligence analysis is all about using structured techniques to apply logic to help us understand uncertainty. But are we applying the full potential of human cognition? In this episode, Dr. Julia Mossbridge, a neuroscientist working at the edge of scientific research describes how intuition…
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How do political risk analysts sense the signals among the noise?
Conflict, domestic unrest, climate change, geopolitical shifts… these are all among the drivers of change that shape the world around us. In this episode, we talk to Anna Gilmour, Head of Geopolitical Risk at Verisk Maplecroft about how political risk analysts are continually tracking and...
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How will the geography of space shape our future?
China plans to begin building a base on the moon in 2028, with the help of Russia. The US launched its Space Force in 2019 amid expanding interest in space exploration. More countries are developing highly capable space programmes, while an increasing range of private actors are putting…
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How do we see stories in data that expose humanitarian crises?
In this episode of Sensing the Signal, Terry Pattar speaks with Alison Killing, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transitioned from architecture to investigative journalism. Alison shares insights into her unique career journey, starting with her background in architecture and spatial...
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What are we missing in satellite imagery?
In the latest episode of Sensing the Signal, host Terry Patar sits down with satellite imagery expert Allison Puccioni to explore how cutting-edge technology is reshaping intelligence work. Allison shares insights and experiences from her 30-year career, starting as an imagery analyst in the U.S....
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How Have Smartphones Become Weapons of War?
In this episode Dr. Matthew Ford, an Associate Professor for Strategy Division at Swedish Defence University, explores the role of smartphones in modern warfare, particularly in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. He discusses how smartphones and the Internet of Things transformed the...
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How can battlefield debris help us hunt down illicit weapons transfers?
Parts of weapons, including drones, litter the battlefields of Ukraine, yet each fragment is potentially an important clue that can help us understand the dynamics behind the conflict. Damien Spleeters, Deputy Director of Operations at Conflict Armament Research has devoted his career to...
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Why do we need to break AI?
As the world comes to increasingly rely on AI systems for generating and handling information, we may become more beholden to systems that we simply don’t understand. Dave Sully, CEO of adversarial AI company Advai, talks us through how and why we need to ‘break’ AI to fully understand and…
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How is Technology Changing National Intelligence?
Intelligence is about understanding the future, but what does the future hold for intelligence? Can the agencies keep up with the rapidly evolving world around us? We discuss these questions with Shay Hershkovitz, author of the Future of National Intelligence and delve into how the combination of...
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Who Do You Trust?
New technology, particularly generative AI, is enabling us to produce and collect information faster and in greater quantities than ever before. But how do we trust what we see and hear? This is the key question we discuss with Sally Walker, a former director at GCHQ, who now advises…
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INTRO: Sensing the Signal by Atreides
Sensing the Signal is a bi-weekly podcast produced by Atreides. In conversations with expert practitioners, we discuss the overlap between data, technology, intelligence, and national security and what it all means for analysts everywhere. How do we know AI is trustworthy? Can battlefield debris...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sensing the Signal is a bi-weekly podcast produced by Atreides. In conversations with expert practitioners, we discuss the overlap between data, technology, intelligence, and national security and what it all means for analysts everywhere. How do we know AI is trustworthy? Can battlefield debris hunt down weapon transfers? How is technology transforming national intelligence? Find out answers to these questions and more from leaders in the field.
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