Glad to hear this podcast again and with a good discussion on drones. Appreciate that no one backed off who is using and creating these weapons. Looking forward to future discussions.

Podcast consistently delivers insightful conversations between practitioners and scholars. I learn something new that changes my perspective each episode. Please renew for Season 2!!!

Who in their right mind would believe anything that comes from this agency… the company that brought you the made up label of Conspiracy Theorists! Not me!

This is my favorite podcast to listen to. The topics are always relevant and the expertise is unmatched.

This should be mandatory listening for Army Officers, NCOs, and anybody looking to understand the role of the Army in modern warfare.

This was a good discussion of the Russo Ukrainian war. I especially liked the bar fight analogy of when to sue for peace. I liked it because it linked the will to fight into the equation of obtaining peace. The irony of this conversation is that it rest on the assumption that Russia or for that matter China will never use nuclear weapons, so much for the large strategic aperture that the General said was necessary for effective leadership. I guess because Bill Burns has assured us that Russia will never use nukes we can take that off the table? The will to fight on the Russian side might be small but they have their finger on nukes. We need as a nation to accept a multipolar world each with a sphere of influence and work diplomatically together recognizing the interests of others to avoid destroying the planet otherwise the bar fight will end up burning down the bar, If not in Ukraine then eventually somewhere else. The thinking of these two men only reinforces my belief that we are doomed.

I’m especially happy with this excellent discussion of “Why?” in regard to broad social, political and leadership issues and examples in military campaigns and the political goals behind them. The interplay of military leaders and scholars gives lively, insightful discussions I enjoy learning from. People in the discussion are speaking in their fields of expertise.

Thanks to Kyle Atwell and his team for this engaging format! The conversation between a scholar on the topic and a recent practitioner is enlightening and shapes my thinking on what happened in the past and its implications for the future.