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Building the Base — 89 episodes
Capacity as Deterrent: The Defense Production Imperative with Ken Bedingfield, L3Harris
Patient Capital, Urgent Mission: Paul Kwan on Funding Defense Innovation
Wide Not Deep: Anduril's Strategy for Modern Defense Manufacturing with CBO and President Matthew Steckman
Beyond the Requirement: Mission Outcomes in the Age of Cloud and AI with David Appel, AWS
A Pentagon in Transition: Reform and Disruption with Rep. Adam Smith
Hon. Brent Ingraham on Data-Driven Management and Industrial Base Innovation
Rep. Rob Wittman on the Speed of Relevance in Modernizing America's Defense Industrial Base
From Democratizing Finance to Powering Space: Baiju Bhatt's Patriotic Mission
Hon. Mike Dodd on Advancing Critical Technologies for the American Warfighter
Ghost Fleet at 10: Fiction as a Strategic Tool with author August Cole
Academia's Role in National Security with Jamie Jones Miller of Northeastern University Arlington
Innovation at the Speed of Battle with Zach Beecher of Scout Ventures
No Substitute for Victory: A Green Beret's Defense Mission with Rep. Pat Harrigan
Innovation through Incrementalism: Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
From Submariner to CEO: Cameron McCord's Journey Building Nominal
Financing the Fight with Chris Lay and James Parker of Leonid Capital Partners
"From Production Lines to Front Lines," with Becca Wasser and Philip Sheers of CNAS
"Supply Chains Win Wars": Rare Earth Magnets with John Maslin, CEO Vulcan Elements
Founders in Focus Part 2: Tyler Sweatt, Josh Lospinoso + Troy Demmer (Recorded @ Manifest: Demo Day)
Founders in Focus Part 1: Jeff Cole, Doug Bernauer + Topher Haddad (Recorded @ Manifest: Demo Day)
Rapid Acquisition: Scaling Culture and Capabilities with Melissa Johnson, USSOCOM
Driving Comprehensive Defense Acquisition Reform with Eric Lofgren
Bipartisan Breakthroughs: Rep. Pat Ryan, House Defense Modernization Caucus
Next-Gen Defense: AI on the Frontlines with Thomas Robinson, COO Domino Data Lab
Defending Against the Drone Threat: Counter-UAS Applications with Andy Lowery, CEO Epirus
Looking Ahead: National Security in a New Administration with Nadia Schadlow and Stephen Rodriguez
Incentivizing Defense Innovation: Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee
Answering the Call: Hon. Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
"Co-opetition" in Defense with Teresa Carlson, President, General Catalyst Institute
Gina Sims, Director of DoD SBIR/STTR Program
Thomas "Shotgun" Browning, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities (ASD(MC)) OUSD(R&E)
Tracy Frost and Dr. Kate Sixt, DoD Research and Engineering OUSD
Jason Rathje, Director Office of Strategic Capital - DoD
Bess Dopkeen, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Evan Smith, CEO Altana AI
Balancing Risk with Reward, with VADM(Ret) Mike Moran, NatSec Advisor and former Navy PEO
Buy Wins Not Products with Justin Fanelli, CTO of The United States Navy
Cybersecurity Is National Security with Dmitri Alperovitch
Venture Meets Mission with Arun Gupta
Decision Intelligence and AI with Priceline Co Founder Paul Breitenbach
Adapting to Change with Niloofar Razi Howe
Digital Partner Collaboration with UK LTC Tuni Masi
Digital Combatant Command Coordination, with BG John Cogbill
Digital Air Combat Operations with Col Garrett "Nails" Hogan
Digital Counter-UAS Operations with COL Molly Solsbury
Intro - Digital Warfare Series : U.S. CENTCOM
Picking Winners w/ Trae Stephens , Co- Founder Anduril
Jim Hake, CEO and Founder - Spirit of America
Honorable Dana Deasy Former Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO)
Shelly O'Neill Stoneman, SVP Government Affairs Lockheed Martin
Gen. Joe Anderson , President & CEO Rafael Systems Global
Karen Dahut, CEO Google Public Sector
Lauren Knausenberger, Former US Air Force CIO
Balan Ayyar, Founder & CEO Percipient.AI
Katherine Boyle, General Partner Andreessen Horowitz
Nand Mulchandani, Chief Technology Officer at the CIA
Whitney McNamara & Pete Modigliani , Beacon Global Strategies
Mike Brown, Former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Biz Peabody, Director of Defense Policy & Business Development at Shield AI, Cameron McCord, Head of Defense at Saildrone, and Akhil Iyer, Vice President at Shield Capital
Jason Rathje, Director of the Office for Strategic Capital
Billy Thalheimer, CEO and Founder of Regent Craft
Debbie James, Former Secretary of the Air Force
Bilal Zuberi General Partner at Lux Capital
Suzette Kent, Former Federal CIO and CEO of Kent Advisory Services
Schuyler Moore, Chief Technology Officer U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Raanan Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer of Elbit Systems of America
Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anduril Industries
Congressman Joe Courtney, Second Congressional District of Connecticut in the House of Representatives
Frank Finelli , Managing Director - Defense and Aerospace, The Carlyle Group
Rep. Elissa Slotkin Michigan's 7th Congressional District
Shyam Sankar COO, Palantir Technologies Inc
Steffanie B. Easter, First Civilian Director of Navy Staff Office of Chief of Naval Operations & former Principal Deputy Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology
Lieutenant General Michael Groen, former Commander of the DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
The Honorable Ellen M. Lord, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Secretary Leon Panetta , Former Secretary of Defense, Director of the CIA, and White House Chief of Staff
Congressman Michael John Gallagher, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District
Ted Schlein, Chairman and General Partner Ballistic Ventures and General Partner, Kleiner Perkins
The Honorable Katrina McFarland, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology
The Honorable Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Nick Sinai, Former White House U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Advisor and Author
Michael Morell, Former Deputy Director and Twice Acting Director of the CIA
Championing Disruptive Technology and Its Value to the Department of Defense (DoD), VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson
William “Mac” Thornberry, former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
Dr. David Bray
Kirsten Bartok Touw, Co-Founder, New Vista Capital
Steve Blank, Stanford University Adjunct Professor
James Cross, Silicon Valley Defense Group
Tina Dolph, CEO Siemens Government Technologies
Shaun Modi , CEO Capitol AI