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NatSec Tech

Every two weeks, Jeanne Meserve will host a series of guest expert conversations on topics ranging from how artificial intelligence impacts students in school, how synthetic labor impacts the workforce, the impact of export controls, and more!

Episode 99: Gina Raimondo & Eric Holcomb on States, AI, and Workforce Competitiveness

30 mins; April 01, 2026

Episode 98: Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson on Navigating the Second Machine Age

26 mins; March 18, 2026

Episode 97: Eli Sugarman and Rama Elluru on the Delhi Summit and India’s AI Aspirations

26 mins; March 04, 2026

Episode 96: André Loesekrug-Pietri on Reinventing the West’s Industrial and Military Edge

31 mins; February 18, 2026

Episode 95: Sree Ramaswamy on Bridging the Government’s Tech Talent Gap

35 mins; February 04, 2026

Episode 94: Steve Blank on Reforming the Department of Defense’s Acquisition Process

32 mins; January 21, 2026

Episode 93: Will Marshall on Satellite Innovation and Planetary Intelligence

26 mins; January 07, 2026

Episode 92: General Jay Raymond on the Future of the U.S. Space Force

35 mins; December 17, 2025

Episode 91: Dimitri Kusnezov on the Opportunities at the Intersection of AI, Nuclear, and Biosecurity

30 mins; December 04, 2025

Episode 90: Andrew King on the Threat of US Investment in Chinese Tech

30 mins; November 19, 2025

Episode 89: Amber Jaycocks and Mounir Ibrahim on AI Created Visuals

25 mins; November 05, 2025

Episode 88: Sarah Miller on AI in Emergency Management

35 mins; October 15, 2025

Episode 87: Justin Lall and Rama Elluru on Public Opinion of AI

25 mins; October 01, 2025

Episode 86: Steve Bowsher on how In-Q-Tel is Spurring Innovation

30 mins; September 24, 2025

The Tianjin Axis: China Operationalizes its Alternative World Order

18 mins; September 03, 2025

Episode 85: David Barboza on the Complexities of China's Business Ecosystem

29 mins; September 03, 2025

Episode 84: Rob Geckle on Tech and Defense Cooperation Between the US and Europe

29 mins; August 20, 2025

Episode 83: Horacio Rozanski on Delivering Tech Solutions Rapidly to the Warfighters

29 mins; July 30, 2025

Episode 82: Meredith Potter on the Future of Democratic Tech Alliances

30 mins; July 16, 2025

Episode 81: Jaap van Etten on Rethinking Tech Policy in the U.S.-China Competition

27 mins; July 09, 2025

Episode 80: Rye Barcott on With Honor's Mission

29 mins; July 02, 2025

Episode 79: Greg Little on the Future of Shipbuilding

26 mins; June 25, 2025

Episode 78: Margaret Busse on Balancing Innovation and Protection

21 mins; June 18, 2025

Episode 77: Nadia Schadlow & John Maslin on Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Magnets

31 mins; May 21, 2025

Episode 76: Dr. Nandita Balakrishnan and Anna Knack on Applying AI to Strategic Warning

25 mins; May 07, 2025

Episode 75: Dr. Eric Schmidt on AI, Biotech, and Global Competition

45 mins; April 16, 2025

Episode 74: Caitlin Frazer on Biotechnology's National Security Impact

27 mins; April 09, 2025

Episode 73: Ryan Gury on Drone Technology

26 mins; April 02, 2025

Episode 72: Dhruva Rajendra on Energetics

21 mins; March 19, 2025

Episode 71: Bob Mumgaard and Steven Cowley on the Critical Moment in Fusion

25 mins; March 04, 2025

Episode 70: David Kirtley and Michael Kuiken on a Strategic Approach to Fusion Commercialization

25 mins; February 26, 2025

Episode 69: Paul Dabbar and Mark Menezes on the Stakes of Fusion Energy

30 mins; February 24, 2025

Episode 68: Rob Joyce on Chinese Cyber Threats

33 mins; February 12, 2025

Episode 67: Sabra Horne on Public Sector Innovation

25 mins; January 29, 2025

Episode 66: Dr. Stefanie Tompkins on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

36 mins; January 15, 2025

Episode 65: Kevin Xu on Open Source and the US-China AI Competition

27 mins; December 18, 2024

Episode 64: NVIDIA's Josh Parker on AI and Energy Efficiency

24 mins; December 04, 2024

Episode 63: Tanel Sepp on Cyber Diplomacy

29 mins; November 27, 2024

Episode 62: Mick Ryan on Strategy and Adaptation in Ukraine

27 mins; November 13, 2024

Episode 61: Paul Nakasone on the Impacts of Cyber Attacks on National Security

23 mins; October 30, 2024

Episode 60: Ramin Hasani on Liquid Neural Networks

27 mins; October 16, 2024

Episode 59: Dmitri Alperovitch on Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific

34 mins; October 02, 2024

Episode 58: Steve Blank on Accelerating Defense Innovation and Protecting U.S. Tech

34 mins; September 18, 2024

Episode 57: Liz Reynolds on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

30 mins; September 04, 2024

Episode 56: SAAZ Micro, Inc. on Space Imaging

36 mins; August 21, 2024

Episode 55: Ram Ben Tzion on Leveraging AI for International Trade and Security

21 mins; August 07, 2024

Episode 54: Joan O’Hara on XR Technology

28 mins; July 31, 2024

Episode 53: Christopher Kirchhoff on Defense Innovation

29 mins; July 24, 2024

Episode 52: Mat Honan on the Growth of Technology

33 mins; July 17, 2024

Episode 51: Jackie Siebens and Trent Bauserman on Fusion Energy

28 mins; July 10, 2024

Episode 50: Felipe Millon on the Implementation of ChatGPT

31 mins; July 03, 2024

Episode 49: Dr. William Chappell on the Adoption of AI and Other Technologies

27 mins; June 26, 2024

Episode 48: Dr. Renee Wegrzyn on ARPA-H

27 mins; June 19, 2024

Episode 47: Horacio Rozanski on Technology Startups

22 mins; June 12, 2024

Episode 46: Ylli Bajraktari on "Vision for Competitiveness: Mid-Decade Opportunities for Strategic Victory"

27 mins; June 05, 2024

Episode 45: Shannon Clark on Scaling AI

17 mins; May 01, 2024

Episode 44: Erica Fuchs on Critical Technology Strategy

29 mins; April 17, 2024

Episode 43: Channing Lee on Mapping the U.S.-PRC Tech Competition Landscape

32 mins; April 03, 2024

Episode 42: Bulelani Jili on Technology in Africa

27 mins; March 20, 2024

Episode 41: Clint Hinote and Mick Ryan on Uncrewed Systems and the Transformation of U.S. Warfighting Capacity

28 mins; March 06, 2024

Episode 40: Martijn Rasser on Tech Rivalries

29 mins; February 21, 2024

Episode 39: SCSP on a Day in the Life of an AI-Augmented Analyst

35 mins; February 07, 2024

Episode 38: RUSI and SCSP on "Leveraging Human–Machine Teaming"

33 mins; January 24, 2024

Episode 37: Arun Gupta on Innovation

36 mins; January 17, 2024

Episode 36: CDAO on the Future of AI

32 mins; December 20, 2023

Episode 35: Dragos Tudorache on the EU AI Act

28 mins; December 13, 2023

Episode 34: Sir Alex Younger on the Future of Spying

26 mins; December 06, 2023

Episode 33: Eva Maydell on Transatlantic Cooperation

26 mins; November 29, 2023

Episode 32: Leopoldo Lopez on the Global Fight Against Autocracy

25 mins; November 22, 2023

Episode 31: Michael Morell on the CIA’s use of Emerging Technologies

26 mins; November 15, 2023

Episode 30: Ylber Bajraktari and Jim Mitre on War Games

31 mins; November 08, 2023

Episode 29: Implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence for the U.S. Intelligence Community

11 mins; November 02, 2023

Episode 28: Department of Defense Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence

8 mins; October 31, 2023

Episode 27: Establishing U.S. Global Leadership in the Era of GenAI

8 mins; October 26, 2023

Episode 26: Bernard Leong on Cryptocurrency

28 mins; October 25, 2023

Episode 25: Building the Generative Economy

6 mins; October 24, 2023

Episode 24: Governance of Generative AI

5 mins; October 20, 2023

Episode 23: Innovation Power for the Generative AI Flywheel

6 mins; October 17, 2023

Episode 22: Dr. Jose Marie Griffiths on Tech Workforce

26 mins; October 11, 2023

Episode 21: Laura Thomas on Quantum

25 mins; September 27, 2023

Episode 20: Ylli Bajraktari on "Generative AI: The Future of Innovation Power."

25 mins; September 13, 2023

Episode 19: Reid Hoffman on Amplification Intelligence

28 mins; August 30, 2023

Episode 18: Jack Shanahan and Michael Groen

31 mins; August 16, 2023

Episode 17: Kendra Schaefer on China's Take on the Technology Competition

29 mins; August 02, 2023

Episode 16: Rob Atkinson on the Tech Competition

37 mins; July 19, 2023

Episode 15: SCSP on AI rules and regulations

23 mins; July 05, 2023

Episode 14: Andrew Moore on Generative AI

31 mins; June 21, 2023

Episode 13: Erik Brynjolfsson on the Future of Generative AI

29 mins; June 07, 2023

Episode 12: Liz O'Sullivan on risks and ethics of AI in warfare

29 mins; May 24, 2023

Episode 11: Anders Fogh Rasmussen Democracy and Technology

25 mins; May 10, 2023

Episode 10: Mick Ryan on the Future of Technology in Warfare

27 mins; April 26, 2023

Episode 9: Chris Miller on CHIPS

31 mins; April 12, 2023

Episode 8: Greg Levesque and Varun Vira on publicly available information

30 mins; March 29, 2023

Episode 7: Alan Estevez on Export Controls

28 mins; March 15, 2023

Episode 6: Amy Zegart on open source intelligence

25 mins; March 01, 2023

Episode 5 (Special Edition): Andrey Liscovich on One Year Since the Invasion of Ukraine

34 mins; February 24, 2023

Episode 4: Ramsay Brown on LLMs in National Security

24 mins; February 15, 2023

Episode 3: Ramsay Brown on AI in the Workforce

23 mins; February 01, 2023

Episode 2: Lynne Parker and David Danks on AI

32 mins; January 18, 2023

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26 mins; January 04, 2023

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