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Navy Milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" discuss leading issues and developments for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and related national security issues.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 566
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 732: Greenland, AUKUS, and the Arctic, with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan
Waves of different groups seeking new homes from east and west have arrived and disappeared on Greenland’s hostile shores for thousands of years. In the modern era of nation states, it is Greenland’s…
01:01:04 |
Mon 08 Sep 2025
Episode 731: Russia's Fourth Summer of War, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg
This summer, the fourth summer of the Russo-Ukrainian War that started in the winter of 2022, we find the first serious and determined effort towards a genuine negotiation to end this grinding war in…
00:54:25 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Episode 730: Mid-August Melee
There is no better way to stay out of the summer heat than to take an hour to join us for a Midrats Podcast melee!
Summary
In this episode of Midrats, hosts discuss a range of topics related to maritim…
Summary
In this episode of Midrats, hosts discuss a range of topics related to maritim…
01:06:21 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Episode 729: High Summer Free For All, from the CNO, to unmanned systems, to ... Austria?
Show Links
- Navy’s Plan for Unmanned Systems
- Department of Crazy Ideas: How about a cheap inshore fleet? Mark Tempest, 2009.
- Buy Fords, Not Ferraris, Jerry Hendrix, 2008
- Droning on About Drones, CDR Salam…
01:03:20 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Episode 728: Non-State Special Operations, with Craig Whiteside and Ian Rice
On today’s Midrats, we have returning guest Craig Whiteside and his co-author Ian C. Rice joining us to discuss one of the nightmares we all have in the new book coming out this month. He co-authored…
01:04:53 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Episode 727: The Power & Spirit of Camp David, with Charles Ferguson
Take a break from the heat today to discuss some of the hidden history, and importance, of the Presidential retreat at Camp David with the author of the book, Presidential Seclusion: The Power of Cam…
01:03:27 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Episode 726: Pre-July 4th Free For All
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The conversation explores the themes of cultural assimilation, national identity, freedom of speech, and the challenges of civil d…
The conversation explores the themes of cultural assimilation, national identity, freedom of speech, and the challenges of civil d…
01:06:07 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Episode 725: Hammer Time
What can the world’s most capable maritime and aerospace power do?
The world was reminded this weekend.There is no other place this week’s Midrats could start but the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilit…
The world was reminded this weekend.There is no other place this week’s Midrats could start but the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilit…
01:08:00 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Episode 724: The Fictional Officer Corps: From Hornblower to Stark - with Claude Berube
Today we’re going to take a friend’s Substack post and turn it into one of the best podcast hours you’ll have this summer…and maybe give you some ideas about books you need to take with you for the J…
00:54:07 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Episode 723: June Free For All - With Lots of UKR Drones
Mark and I are back from most of May taking care of business!Time for a MIDRATS!
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00:59:54 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
Episode 722: China's Overseas Bases & the Transition to War, with T.X. Hammes
The People’s Republic of China continues to expand its already well-established contestation of ownership, access, and control of ports throughout the world.
They have done this in parallel with build…
They have done this in parallel with build…
00:57:42 |
Mon 05 May 2025
Episode 721: Reforming the Pentagon, with Gary Anderson
With each new administration, there is opportunity for change and reform. In the new Trump Administration, reform isn’t seen as a secondary effect of a leadership change but as a requirement.What ref…
00:50:57 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Episode720: Sen. Tim Sheehy on the Challenges and Opportunities Revitalizing the Navy
Many frustrated by the perceived lack of understanding of our nation’s maritime heritage requirements want new leaders with fresh ideas, unburdened by legacy entanglements. It is hoped that a younger…
00:29:18 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Episode 719: NATO's Maritime North, with Dr. Sebastian Bruns
Returning for the full hour will be Dr. Sebastian Bruns.
Sebastian is a seapower expert and maritime strategist. His current project as Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Policy Kiel Univ…
Sebastian is a seapower expert and maritime strategist. His current project as Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Policy Kiel Univ…
00:59:35 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Episode 718: March Free for All
Summary
Sal and Mark delve into the current state of the U.S. Navy, discussing the size and capabilities of the fleet, the challenges of operating as a two-ocean Navy, and the potential for utilizing …
Sal and Mark delve into the current state of the U.S. Navy, discussing the size and capabilities of the fleet, the challenges of operating as a two-ocean Navy, and the potential for utilizing …
00:56:37 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
Episode 717: The Maritime State, with Ross Kennedy
The origin story of the United States of America begins, in no small part, with maritime trade issues. Most of the declared and many of the undeclared, wars our nation has fought can be traced to the…
00:52:56 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Episode 716: Mid-March Melee
Having trouble keeping up with all the developments in the national security realm over the last two months?
Well, let not your heart be troubled, Sal & Mark are here for you this week with the ever-p…
Well, let not your heart be troubled, Sal & Mark are here for you this week with the ever-p…
00:56:38 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
Episode 715: Securing Ukraine's Future Security, with Emma Ashford
A firm and lasting peace treaty, a ceasefire, in or out of NATO, in or out of the EU, European or international peacekeeping forces, an unending slog, or Russian tanks in downtown Kyiv?
What are the r…
What are the r…
00:57:42 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Episode 714: The New Administration and China, with Dean Cheng
In the first month of the new Trump Administration, much of the attention outside our borders has focused on Europe and the Middle East—the two regions that always seem to divert our focus from Ameri…
00:55:24 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Episode 713: Seth Folsom's, Nothing Here Worth Dying For
Returning to Midrats this week to discuss his latest non-fiction novel is Seth W.B. Folsom, Colonel, USMC (Ret.).
From the Amazon page:
Nothing Here Worth Dying For tells the story of his command of Ta…
01:04:12 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
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