Midrats

Episode 472: Undersea Lawfare w/RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) & CAPT Palmer, USN - Best of

Since its ascendency to the premier maritime power, the US Navy - especially in the area of undersea warfare - has been at the leading edge of using technology to get a military edge.

During the Cold…

01:02:33 | Mon 28 Jan 2019

Episode 471: Over the horizon, under the radar, & in your MEZ: ASCM & ASBM

This Sunday we're going to focus on the things of nightmares; Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles and Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles with fellow paleo-milblogger SteelJawScribe.

In a wide ranging discussion, for …

01:05:48 | Sun 27 Jan 2019

Episode 470: Ninth Anniversary Midrats Show ... LIVE!

Nine years of Midrats.

That’s right, EagleOne and I have had the pleasure of talking to you and our guests for nine years.

This Sunday we’re going to have just the two of us on to talk about not just t…

01:03:53 | Sun 27 Jan 2019

Episode 469: Best of James D. Hornfischer & Neptune's Inferno

First aired in the second year of the show, still a great listen.

When you mention books on naval history, there are but a few authors whose work immediately come to mind, and our guest is one of them…

00:58:28 | Sun 27 Jan 2019

Episode 468: Best of Undersea Lawfare

Since its ascendency to the premier maritime power, the US Navy - especially in the area of undersea warfare - has been at the leading edge of using technology to get a military edge.

During the Cold…

01:01:45 | Sun 23 Dec 2018

Episode 467: Military Ethics and the Profession, with Pauline Shanks Kaurin

Where are the lines between what is legal, what is ethical, and what is moral? Who writes these lines and how rigid are they?

For the individual and the military as an institution, why are these thing…

01:01:20 | Sun 16 Dec 2018

Episode 466: The USN's Labs, Research Facilities, and Ranges with Mark Vandroff

With budget fights chasing money and arguments about hulls in the water, which part of our Navy makes sure what comes out the other end is more than just a fleet in being? A Navy that can get underwa…

01:05:00 | Sun 09 Dec 2018

Episode 465: Russian, Ukraine, and the Challenge for the West, with Emma Ashford

The latest incident at the Kerch Strait was just the latest turn of the ratchet in the long-running efforts of Russia against Ukraine.

This slow rolling conflict has a variety of different paths it ca…

01:01:34 | Sun 02 Dec 2018

Episode 463: Audience, Approach, and Obstacles in Military Communications

How can our navy and its leadership better communicate internally and externally? What are the ways an organization can effectively inform influencers and the public in a way that is accurate, transp…

01:02:01 | Sun 18 Nov 2018

Episode 462: Fleet Battle School - Best of

This podcast first aired in December 2015

How do you design a game that has practical tactical application to the naval tactician? Even more ambitious, how do you make one accessible and understandab…

01:07:28 | Sun 11 Nov 2018

Episode 461: Radical Extremism, Visual Propaganda, and The Long War - Best of

In the mid-1930s, Leni Riefenstahl showed the power of the latest communication technology of her time to move opinion, bring support, and intimidate potential opponents.

How are radical extremists us…

01:02:33 | Sun 04 Nov 2018

Episode 460: Patience & Resilience of the Long War at 17, with Craig Whiteside

While off the front page, ISIS is not gone, the Taliban remain a strong force, and throughout the globe, the Long War continues.

A war unique in living memory in the West, it isn't going anywhere.

Retu…

01:10:03 | Sun 28 Oct 2018

Episode 459: Crimes of Command with Michael Junge

Since WWII, how has the Navy's understanding of responsibility, accountability, and culpability changed?

Returning to Midrats for the full hour will be Michael Junge, author of the book, Crimes of Co…

01:01:22 | Sun 21 Oct 2018

Episode 458: Maritime Insurgency and Counterinsurgency with Hunter Stires

The outlaw and lawless ocean, non-state actors, intimidation, and hostile acts short of war - security on the high seas involves a lot more than fleet actions.

From the South China Sea as government p…

01:04:44 | Sun 14 Oct 2018

Episode 457: Russia's Red Banner Year, with Dr. Dmirty Gorenburg

From is largest exercise since the end of the Cold War, to Syria, to a revival of covert direct action and intermediated nuclear weapons as an issue - Russia continues to claw back her place on the …

00:54:58 | Sun 07 Oct 2018

Episode 456: European Naval Power, with Jeremy Stöhs

What is the status of European naval power? With growing challenges from the Arctic Sea to the Mediterranean and a growing call for presence operations from the Gulf of Guinea to the South China Sea,…

01:04:38 | Sun 30 Sep 2018

Episode 455: Task Force Violent, Best of with Andrew deGrandpre

Loyalty goes both ways, the old saying goes. One shows loyalty up the chain, because one expects the same in the other direction. They system, however, is built upon the timbers of the imperfect hum…

01:02:39 | Sun 23 Sep 2018

Episode 454: Best of 21st Century Sims

Our best of this week asks the question: who was "The Gun Doctor," the officer who over a century ago led the revolution in naval gunnery, the development of torpedo boat and destroyer operations, an…

01:05:37 | Sun 16 Sep 2018

Episode 453: Best of Barney Rubel and Navy Strategy

March of 2015 had some great shows, and with our Navy about to put out another document about the direction it wants to go - now more than ever - let's listen to a great navalist, retired USN Captain…

01:06:07 | Sun 09 Sep 2018

Episode 452: Partnership, Influence, Presence and the role of the MSC

This week a best of show with Chris Rawley where will return to the “unsexy but important” topic, specifically that of “alternative naval platforms and missions.”

In part, the concepts that underlay J…

01:00:55 | Sun 02 Sep 2018

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