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Valley of Depth — 167 episodes

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Space & Defense Market Update - April 2026 (LIVE from NYSE)

2

The Flight Automation Era, with Mark Groden (CEO of Skyryse)

3

ARKAEA x NYSE Space & Defense March Update

4

Autonomy at the Edge, with Scott Sanders (CGO of Forterra)

5

The Early Innings, with Mark Boggett (CEO of Seraphim)

6

Networks in Motion, with Brian Barritt (CTO of Aalyria)

7

Thermal Breakthrough, with David Tearse (CEO of Karman Industries)

8

SpaceX Road to IPO, with Jack Kuhr (Research Director of Payload Pro)

9

Future of Signal Intelligence (LIVE @ NYSE), with John Serafini (CEO of Hawkeye 360)

10

Data Center Debate, with Philip Johnston (CEO of Starcloud)

11

Sovereignty in Orbit, with Hamdullah Mohib (CEO of Orbitworks)

12

Grid From Above, with Marc Berte (CEO of Overview Energy)

13

The Maneuver Gap, with Kerry Wisnosky (CEO of Quantum Space)

14

Building Golden Dome, with Lt Gen (Ret) Nahom & Mike Dickey (Elara Nova)

15

Railroad to Mars, with Halen Mattison (CEO of General Galactic)

16

Power, Meet Shield, with Trevor Smith (CEO of Atomic-6)

17

Rendezvous Economics, with Austin Link (Co-Founder of Starfish Space)

18

The Missing Sensor, with Nicolaas Verheem (CEO of TRL11)

19

Engineering Mass Abundance, with Neel Kunjur (CTO of K2 Space)

20

Proven Propulsion, with Kristin Houston (President of Space Power & Propulsion Systems of L3Harris)

21

From Seabed to Space, with Tyler Bernstein (CEO of Zeno Power)

22

The Case for Continuity, with Pam Melroy (Former Deputy Administrator of NASA)

23

Logistics Wins Wars, with David Tuttle (CEO of Rune)

24

Funding Deterrence, with Tommy Hendrix (Managing Partner at Decisive Point)

25

Float. Foil. Fly., with Billy Thalheimer (CEO of Regent Craft)

26

Pulses Towards Power, with Conner Galloway & Alexander Valys (Co-Founders of Xcimer Energy)

27

Stratospheric Platforms, with Mikkel Vestergaard (CEO of SCEYE)

28

The Energy Grail, with Julien Barber (Investor at Emerson Collective)

29

Built for Complexity, with John Conafay (CEO of Integrate)

30

Back from the Dead, with Chris Kemp (CEO of Astra)

31

Rapid Maneuverability, with Jeff Thornburg (CEO of Portal Space Systems)

32

Strategic Nuclear Energy, with Jordan Bramble (CEO of Antares)

33

The Future of Supersonic, with Blake Scholl (CEO of Boom Supersonic)

34

Space Superiority, with Even Rogers (CEO of True Anomaly)

35

Asymmetric Naval Power, with Paul Lwin (CEO of HavocAI)

36

Redefining Air Mobility, with Marc Allen (CEO of Electra)

37

The Next Supercycle, with Erik Kriessmann (Partner at Altimeter)

38

Engineered for Impact, with Christian Garcia (Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures)

39

Breakthrough Orbital Platforms, with Tejpaul Bhatia (CEO of Axiom Space)

40

Hypersonic Power Play, with Bryon Hargis (CEO of Castelion)

41

Beyond the Brief, with Ed Fyfe (Founder of Ed Fyfe Design)

42

Inside SpaceX's Revenue, with Jack Kuhr (Research Director at Payload)

43

Space to Grow, with Matt Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau

44

Subsurface Vision, with Jeremiah Pate (CEO of Lunasonde)

45

Spectral Revolution, with Awais Ahmed (CEO of Pixxel)

46

First Check, with Adam Draper (Founder of Boost VC)

47

Mach 1, Dawn Rises, with Stefan Powell (CEO of Dawn Aerospace)

48

Nuclear Power and Propulsion for a Lunar Architecture, with Joe Miller (BWXT) & Kerry Timmons (LMT)

49

Commodities & Tech of a Lunar Architecture, with Tim Cichan & Christie Iacomini (Lockheed Martin)

50

ISAM in Defense Strategy, with Patsy Klein (Falcon Research) and Dennis Wille (Astroscale U.S.)

51

A Future Lunar Architecture, with Alex MacDonald (NASA) & Rob Chambers (Lockheed Martin)

52

From F-18s to Term Sheets, with Chris Morales (Partner at Point72 Ventures)

53

End-to-End Space, with Peter Beck (CEO of Rocket Lab)

54

Direct to Deployment, with Robert Sproles (CEO of Exolaunch)

55

The Future of Manufacturing, with Erik Palitsch & TJ Ronacher (Co-Founders of Freeform)

56

Harnessing the Sun, with Baiju Bhatt (CEO of Aetherflux)

57

Telemetry Unleashed, with Karthik & Austin (CEO & CTO of Sift)

58

Algorithmic Debris Management, with Chiara Manfletti (CEO of Neuraspace)

59

Mega Scale Prop Production, with Saurav Shroff (CEO of Starpath)

60

Fission Surface Future, with Lindsay Kaldon (NASA)

61

Platinum or Bust, with Matt Gialich (CEO of AstroForge)

62

Space Marketing Playbook, with Brian D'Erario (Payload)

63

Dodging Debris, with Tony Frazier (CEO of LeoLabs)

64

100% Reusability, with Andy Lapsa (CEO of Stoke Space)

65

Space Station Foundations, with Colin Doughan (Gravitics)

66

Global Satellites, with Tina Ghataore (Aerospacelab)

67

Nuclear in Space, with Kate Kelly (BWXT)

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Grand Design, with Ian Cinnamon (Apex)

69

Space Market Realities, with Pierre Lionnet (Eurospace)

70

Agent to Investor, with Mike Palank (MaC Venture Capital)

71

A View From Above, with Mason Angel (Industrious Ventures)

72

The Blue Ghost, with Ray Allensworth (Firefly)

73

Free-Flying Stations, with Jed McCaleb & Max Haot (Vast)

74

The State and Future of EO, with Sid Dixit (Space Exec, Former Maxar)

75

A Critical Lens, with Sinead O'Sullivan (European Space Policy Institute)

76

Global Connectivity, with Chris Taylor (Aalyria)

77

Single-Stage-to-Orbit, with Livingston Holder (Radian Aerospace)

78

Drugs in Space, with Will Bruey & Delian Asparouhov (Varda Space)

79

The New Edge, with Dan Wright (Armada)

80

The State of EO + SatCom (Payload Editorial)

81

The State of Launch & OSAM (Payload Editorial)

82

Live from Austin, with Dan Goldin (Former NASA Administrator)

83

Command and Control, with Nate Hamet (Quindar)

84

Breakthrough Solar, with Stan Herasimenka (Solestial)

85

The Architect of Change, with Lori Garver (NASA)

86

Space and Defense Tech Roadmap, with Tess Hatch (BVP)

87

Starship is Misunderstood, with Casey Handmer (Terraform Industries)

88

Space Research 2.0, with Jack Kuhr (Payload)

89

The Future of Engineering, with Malory McLemore (Stell)

90

Creating Constellations, with Tim Kienberger (LeoStella)

91

Refueling the Space Economy, with Daniel Faber (Orbit Fab)

92

2023 Year in Review, with Payload's Editorial Team

93

Futureforming the World, with Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital)

94

Agile Systems Engineering, with Pari Singh (Flow Engineering)

95

Robot Craftsmen, with Ed Mehr (Machina Labs)

96

Crew and Cargo Transport, with Hélène Huby (The Exploration Company)

97

Evolution of Terran R, with Tim Ellis (Relativity Space)

98

The Road to Flight 2, with Dan Piemont (ABL Space)

99

Today's Industry Trends, with Caleb Henry (Quilty Space)

100

The Venture Studio, with Leon Alkalai (Mandala Space Ventures)

101

Into a Riot, with Will Coffield (Riot Ventures)

102

End-to-End Space Transportation, with Bill Weber (Firefly Aerospace)

103

Management Masterclass, with Chris Celtruda (ATL Partners)

104

Program Logistics, with John Conafay (Integrate)

105

Space Biotech, with Mark Kugel (Yuri)

106

Next Gen Space Infrastructure, with Clay Mowry (Voyager)

107

The Future of Astra, with Chris Kemp (Astra)

108

Empowering Humanity, with Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE)

109

Space Policy Trends, with Jacqueline Feldscher (Payload)

110

Nuclear Power in Space, with Tyler Bernstein (Zeno Power)

111

A Chief Scientist's Take, with Dr. Ellen Stofan (The Smithsonian)

112

DNA of Space Companies, with Anton Brevde (IBX Inc.)

113

Systems Engineering for Space, with Steve Massey (Prewitt Ridge)

114

Mining Asteroids, with Matt Gialich (AstroForge)

115

From SpaceX to Phantom, with Jim Cantrell (Phantom Space)

116

Next-Gen Threat Detection, with Josh Steinman (Galvanick)

117

VLEO Earth Observation, with Topher Haddad (Albedo)

118

Space Infrastructure as a Service, with Pierre-Damien Vaujour (Loft Orbital)

119

From Merlin to Mira, with Tom Mueller (Impulse Space)

120

The Future of Space Tourism, with Taber MacCallum & Jane Poynter (Space Perspective)

121

Revolutionizing Space Security, with Even Rogers (True Anomaly)

122

The Media Cofounder, with Ari Lewis (Payload)

123

The Space Consultancy, with Kim Crider & Eddie Papczun (Elara Nova)

124

Phased Arrays, with Shey Sabripour (CesiumAstro)

125

Space and Defense Private Equity, with Kirk Konert (AEI)

126

A Mass Abundant World, with Karan and Neel Kunjur (K2 Space)

127

Standardizing Satellites Buses, with Ian Cinnamon (Apex Space)

128

Live from MIT: Beyond LEO and to the Moon...with Honeybee, Draper, Lunar Outpost, and Lunar Station

129

Live from SXSW: Pathfinder with SkyFi, Umbra, Albedo, and Firehawk

130

The Last Indy Prop Provider Still Standing, with Joe Laurienti

131

Space as a Service, with Joel Spark

132

The Space Talent Funnel, with Seyka and Brian Mejeur

133

Securing Satellites and Space Data, with Chuck Beames

134

Why We Need a Real-Life Starfleet Academy, with Ariel Ekblaw

135

The Hermeus Vision for Hypersonic Air Travel, with AJ Piplica

136

Why HBS Is Teaching MBAs about the Economics of Space

137

Jim Bridenstine Talks NASA, Artemis, and Commercial Space

138

A New Take on Satellite Broadband with John Gedmark

139

Space in 2023, starring Rachael Zisk and Tess Hatch

140

Recapping Orion's First Flight with Robert Lightfoot

141

From Minutes to Milliseconds, with Katherine Monson

142

Traveling to the Edge of Space with Jane Poynter

143

Amazon's Space Ambitions, with Maj. Gen. Clint Crosier (Ret.)

144

Why Bill Perkins Is Slinging Satellite Imagery

145

How Awais Ahmed is Building a Health Monitor for Earth

146

Andy Lapsa on 100% Reusable Rockets

147

Building Payload

148

Software for Space, with Epsilon3's Laura Crabtree

149

Road to Rocket 4.0: Astra's CEO Chris Kemp

150

Lasers + Software with Aalyria's Brian Barritt

151

A Pure-Play Space Infrastructure Player

152

Caleb Henry: The Soup-to-Nuts Space Economy

153

Solar System Communications with Kelly Larson

154

Barry Matsumori on Solar System Logistics

155

Giuseppe Santangelo Talks Martian Helicopters, Skypersonic, and More!

156

Creating a Live Earth Catalog, with Emiliano Kargieman

157

Tackling Space Trash with Dr. Moriba Jah

158

Jordan Noone on 3D printing, Relativity, KittyCAD, and Embedded Ventures

159

Printing Rockets: Relativity's Tim Ellis

160

Kevin Weil on Leading Product at Planet, Earth Observation, Going Public, and Ukraine

161

The Orbital Age: Sierra Space's Tom Vice on Dream Chaser, Orbital Reef, and His Space Restaurant

162

The Macro View with Mo Islam

163

Escaping Gravity: Lori Garver on Leading the Commercial Space charge at NASA

164

a16z's Katherine Boyle on A&D Investing, Dual-use Tech, and Space Optimism

165

Assembling a Great Crew with Lauren Lyons

166

Back to the Moon: Rob Meyerson on Building Blue Origin and the Lunar Economy

167

Your Next Space Landlord: Axiom's Michael Suffredini on Private Space Stations