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The Contracting Experience is a government podcast hosted by Air Force Materiel Command. It has 73 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

The Contracting Experience connects government contracting professionals to the world around them through conversations with acquisition influencers, insights into evolving hot topics, and by sharing lessons learned from the field.

government ·EN ·73 episodes

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 75: Contracting across the pond: A look inside overseas assignments

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 74: The Army Corps model: Combining engineering, ACO Authority — A conversation with Maj. Gen. Mark Slominski

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 73: From pitfalls to solutions: labor laws and contracting

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 72: Accidental Entrepreneur: Lauren Wittenberg Weiner's unruly success, from military spouse to hundred-million dollar CEO

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 71: Timeless Wisdom: Tom Wells's 12 Enduring Principles for Contracting Success

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 70: Other Transaction Authority - Driving Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships with NSTXL and Navy Crane

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 69: More than contracting - Maj. Gen. Alice Trevino on leadership, service, and the importance of "THINK"

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 68: From Data to Digital: Transforming Air Force Acquisition with contracting and finance data specialists

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 68: Tackling the toil, putting minutes on mission - An AI outlook in Air Force Acquisition – Part 2

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 66

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 65: Commercial Solutions Opening Center of Excellence

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 64: Providing Insight into the Small Business Administration: A Conversation with the SBA Director of Government Contracting

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 63: CHANGE for the better!

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 62: Contracting is a team sport - a conversation with Tony Everidge

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 61: Education with Industry - Insights from the 2023/2024 Fellowships

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 60: Setting the Tone at the Top – A Conversation with Maj. Gen. Trevino

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 59: Providing Insight into the AbilityOne Program

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 58: A conversation with Tom Wells: ‘Good enough for government work’

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 57: A Conversation with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 56: The Program Manager Perspective

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 54: Introducing the new AFMC Contracting Technical Director

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 53: A discussion on artificial intelligence

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 51: The Great Power Competition and Air Force Contracting

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 50: Education With Industry

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 49: Acquisition Toolbox – Elizabeth Midkiff, Laura Fuller, Justin Lyles

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 48: Critical Thinking – Roger Westermeyer

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The Contracting Experience Episode 47: Contract Data Specialist Positions

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 46: Career Perspective – Col. Eric Obergfell

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 45: Contracting Conversations: A Defense Acquisition University Podcast

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 44: The AFMC Strategic Plan with Gen. Duke Z. Richardson

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 43: CON-IT Update

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 42 Alignment, Prioritization & Simplification

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 41: Follow-up: Collaborating with Industry

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 40: Sharpen the Claw

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 39: The Ghost Program

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 38: Establishing Something New

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 37: Taming Task Lists, A Special Coaching Episode

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 36: Collaborating with Industry

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 35: Digital Engineering via the Leadership Log Podcast

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 34: Accelerating Commander’s Initiatives – Kimberly Norman and Barbaralee Mariano Kelleher

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 33: CON-IT Transition – Jay Olson

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 32: Digital Transformation – Kyle Hurst

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 31: The Acquisition Instructor Course

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 30: Education with Industry: Venture Investing

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The Contracting Experience -- Episode 29: The Future of Air Force Contracting – Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 28: Commercial Benchmarking

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 27: Acquisition & Deployments – Maj. Randall Mullen

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 26: Richard Delisio, Procurement Technical Assistance Center Specialist

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 25: AFWERX Director – Dr. Brian “Beam” Maue

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The Contracting Experience - Episode 24: Spark Tank Finalists

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