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Valley of Depth — 176 episodes

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Solving America’s Drone Problem, with Soren Monroe-Anderson (CEO of Neros)

2

Fighter Jets in Space, with Eric Romo (President & COO of Impulse)

3

The Global Ground Layer, with Bridgit Mendler (CEO of Northwood)

4

SpaceX's $1.75T IPO (LIVE from NYSE)

5

The OG Defense Check, with Ross Fubini (Managing Partner of XYZ VC)

6

A Firefly Future, with Jason Kim (CEO of Firefly Aerospace)

7

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

8

The Speed Advantage, with Zach Shore (CEO of Hermeus)

9

The New Ground Truth, with Dan Smoot (CEO of Vantor)

10

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

11

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

12

ARKAEA x NYSE Space & Defense March Update

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Stratospheric Platforms, with Mikkel Vestergaard (CEO of SCEYE)

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

Space to Grow, with Matt Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau

53

Subsurface Vision, with Jeremiah Pate (CEO of Lunasonde)

54

Spectral Revolution, with Awais Ahmed (CEO of Pixxel)

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

Fission Surface Future, with Lindsay Kaldon (NASA)

70

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

71

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

72

Dodging Debris, with Tony Frazier (CEO of LeoLabs)

73

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

74

Space Station Foundations, with Colin Doughan (Gravitics)

75

Global Satellites, with Tina Ghataore (Aerospacelab)

76

Nuclear in Space, with Kate Kelly (BWXT)

77

Grand Design, with Ian Cinnamon (Apex)

78

Space Market Realities, with Pierre Lionnet (Eurospace)

79

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

80

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

81

The Blue Ghost, with Ray Allensworth (Firefly)

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

Global Connectivity, with Chris Taylor (Aalyria)

86

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

87

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

88

The New Edge, with Dan Wright (Armada)

89

The State of EO + SatCom (Payload Editorial)

90

The State of Launch & OSAM (Payload Editorial)

91

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

92

Command and Control, with Nate Hamet (Quindar)

93

Breakthrough Solar, with Stan Herasimenka (Solestial)

94

The Architect of Change, with Lori Garver (NASA)

95

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

96

Starship is Misunderstood, with Casey Handmer (Terraform Industries)

97

Space Research 2.0, with Jack Kuhr (Payload)

98

The Future of Engineering, with Malory McLemore (Stell)

99

Creating Constellations, with Tim Kienberger (LeoStella)

100

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

101

2023 Year in Review, with Payload's Editorial Team

102

Futureforming the World, with Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital)

103

Agile Systems Engineering, with Pari Singh (Flow Engineering)

104

Robot Craftsmen, with Ed Mehr (Machina Labs)

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

Into a Riot, with Will Coffield (Riot Ventures)

111

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

112

Management Masterclass, with Chris Celtruda (ATL Partners)

113

Program Logistics, with John Conafay (Integrate)

114

Space Biotech, with Mark Kugel (Yuri)

115

Next Gen Space Infrastructure, with Clay Mowry (Voyager)

116

The Future of Astra, with Chris Kemp (Astra)

117

Empowering Humanity, with Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE)

118

Space Policy Trends, with Jacqueline Feldscher (Payload)

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

Mining Asteroids, with Matt Gialich (AstroForge)

124

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

125

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

126

VLEO Earth Observation, with Topher Haddad (Albedo)

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

Revolutionizing Space Security, with Even Rogers (True Anomaly)

131

The Media Cofounder, with Ari Lewis (Payload)

132

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

133

Phased Arrays, with Shey Sabripour (CesiumAstro)

134

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

135

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

136

Standardizing Satellites Buses, with Ian Cinnamon (Apex Space)

137

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

138

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

139

The Last Indy Prop Provider Still Standing, with Joe Laurienti

140

Space as a Service, with Joel Spark

141

The Space Talent Funnel, with Seyka and Brian Mejeur

142

Securing Satellites and Space Data, with Chuck Beames

143

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

144

The Hermeus Vision for Hypersonic Air Travel, with AJ Piplica

145

Why HBS Is Teaching MBAs about the Economics of Space

146

Jim Bridenstine Talks NASA, Artemis, and Commercial Space

147

A New Take on Satellite Broadband with John Gedmark

148

Space in 2023, starring Rachael Zisk and Tess Hatch

149

Recapping Orion's First Flight with Robert Lightfoot

150

From Minutes to Milliseconds, with Katherine Monson

151

Traveling to the Edge of Space with Jane Poynter

152

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

153

Why Bill Perkins Is Slinging Satellite Imagery

154

How Awais Ahmed is Building a Health Monitor for Earth

155

Andy Lapsa on 100% Reusable Rockets

156

Building Payload

157

Software for Space, with Epsilon3's Laura Crabtree

158

Road to Rocket 4.0: Astra's CEO Chris Kemp

159

Lasers + Software with Aalyria's Brian Barritt

160

A Pure-Play Space Infrastructure Player

161

Caleb Henry: The Soup-to-Nuts Space Economy

162

Solar System Communications with Kelly Larson

163

Barry Matsumori on Solar System Logistics

164

Giuseppe Santangelo Talks Martian Helicopters, Skypersonic, and More!

165

Creating a Live Earth Catalog, with Emiliano Kargieman

166

Tackling Space Trash with Dr. Moriba Jah

167

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

168

Printing Rockets: Relativity's Tim Ellis

169

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

170

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

171

The Macro View with Mo Islam

172

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

173

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

174

Assembling a Great Crew with Lauren Lyons

175

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

176

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