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Accelerate Defense is a podcast from ACME General Corp, dedicated to ensuring that the United States maintains its innovation advantage over any military adversary. ACME team members interview political figures, military professionals, and other thought leaders about how innovation shapes our national security landscape.
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Kevin Randle has, for more than forty-five years, studied the UFO phenomena in all its various incarnations. His training by the Army and the Air Force provides Randle with a keen insight into the operations and protocols of the military, their investigations into UFOs, and into a phenomenon that has puzzled people for more than a century. During his investigations, Randle has traveled the United States to interview hundreds of witnesses who were involved in everything from the Roswell, New ...
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Veteran podcast that talks about veteran issues and stories. My name is Josh Schaffer and I served in the United States Marine Corps and United States Air Force. I also worked as a civilian contractor for the government. I deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as spent time in many other countries. I have a lot to share and I hope I can reach out to as many veterans as possible. If you have questions, comments, concerns, stories, or have a way to help veterans in our communities please e ...
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SOFcast is the official podcast of U.S. Special Operations Command. Listen to members of America's elite special operations forces discuss leadership, overcoming challenges, and current issues for the force. Hear from special operations personnel like Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, Air Force Special Operators, pilots, medics, communicators, and more!
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"The Silver King's War" is a podcast series of World War II plays (The Silver King, Marauder Men, Serviceman and Who Is Della) based on true events about a young man, Stanley Silverfield, who joins the United States Army Air Corps to serve his country as a Martin Marauder B-26 Bombardier flying in the 9th Air Force. Stanley wrote letters to his family throughout World War II from January 1943 to October 1945. An exploration of his war letters, “Dearest Ones,” follows the four plays. The seri ...
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Send Me

SOCOM Athlete

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This is the "Send Me" Podcast by SOCOM Athlete, America’s #1 resource for Special Operations career preparation. Special Operators such as Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, Rangers, USAF PJs, USMC Recon, and more tell their stories while offering life wisdom & training advice. Host of the “Send Me” Podcast, Jason Sweet is a former U.S. Special Operator who also played Football for the U of A, Baseball for GCU, and earned a Bachelor's in Biochemistry. Jason & his father Maurice made American his ...
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Tech Unmanned

Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Welcome to Tech Unmanned, a new podcast hosted by Lindsey Sheppard and Kaitlyn Johnson at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Technology is at the heart of just about every defense issue and modernization priority for the United States defense enterprise. Tech Unmanned features guests with both policy expertise and technical expertise in order to break through the national security jargon and technology hand-waving to get to the core of the technical realities of these emergi ...
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Steel Sharpens Steel

Steel Sharpens Steel

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If you are seeking God, welcome, friend! Steel Sharpens Steel shares prophetic warnings from the Kingdom of God. Your host is Robert Avila, former Marine, former youth pastor, and watchmen. Books: 100 Ways God Speaks to You: https://youtu.be/H4UIwSUW2bk 100 Ways, Book 2: Deep into Darkness: https://amzn.to/3fK89pJ 4 Prayers for the End Time (free): https://amzn.to/3EWIEy 15 Secrets of Prayer Warriors: https://amzn.to/3p7ROR8 How to Stop Having Nightmares: https://amzn.to/3yK7A88 Top 20 Chris ...
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David has had a lifelong interest in the subject of UFOs. He joined The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in 1990 as a Field Investigator Trainee. Since then, he has served as Field Investigator, State Section Director, as well as Illinois State Director. David is currently an independent UFO researcher. During his tenure with MUFON, he had conducted nume…
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Kevin Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, grew up in Denver, Colorado and entered the Army in Texas. He learned to fly helicopters, had a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then left active duty for college. He attended the University of Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. Randle spent most of his Air Forc…
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Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at Center for a New American Security, joins ACME General Corp to talk about his recent trip to Ukraine and his observations of and predictions for autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence. In addition to his work at CNAS, Paul is the award-winning author of Army of None: Autonomo…
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David Rudiak has a bachelor's in physics and a doctor of optometry from the University of California, Berkeley plus graduate training in biophysics and neurophysiology. He has done scientific research and published papers on brain wave recording to visual stimuli and stimulation of the brain with magnetic stimulators. In Ufology, his main area of e…
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Don Ecker is a writer/researcher/commentator currently living in the Los Angeles area. Serving as the former Director of Research and Media Liaison for UFO Magazine for 20 years, Ecker is an internationally renowned investigator of the UFO phenomenon. A former law enforcement officer and criminal investigator with over 10 years-experience, he broug…
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Just how much of a game changer was the North American P-51 Mustang fighter plane in the battle for air supremacy in the skies over Europe? We find out in this episode, with a visit to Bottisham Airfield Museum – home to the 361st Fighter Group in Cambridgeshire. We look at the development of the Mustang – and how an American airframe matched with …
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Earl Grey Anderson is MUFON’s State Director of Southern California, a STAR Team member, and an executive member of MUFON’s The Experiencer Resource Team. Earl has hosted MUFON’s ‘Experiencer Workshops’ at the last two MUFON Symposia, and will be hosting 3 different events at the 2024 MUFON Symposium in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas. Become a supporter o…
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Born in Maryland in 1955, Ryan S. Wood first became interested in UFOs when his father, Dr. Robert Wood, was engaged in deciphering the physics of UFOs while managing a research project on anti-gravity for McDonnell Douglas. In 1978, he graduated from Cal Poly San Lous Obispo with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Ryan is now regarded as…
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Paul Hynek has decades of successful experience in finance, technology, and entertainment. Paul is a Wharton MBA, an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Accounting at Pepperdine University, and the creator of startup financial projections software that has raised over $1 billion for thousands and startups. He has significant executive, software, and h…
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In this episode, we tell the story of the Night of the Intruders, when Luftwaffe fighters followed a stream of American B-24 Liberator bombers back to England and shot them out of the sky as they tried to land. It was a disastrous end to Mission 311, which took place on 22 April, 1944, less than two months before D-Day. The raid saw 824 Mighty Eigh…
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Over the past 25 years Bassett has helped shape the language and chart the course for a major political movement. He has lectured around the world and given over 1200 radio and television interviews about the implications of “Disclosure” – the formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence. His advocacy work has been extensiv…
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Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know) which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled. Powell begins his book by…
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Kevin Randle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, grew up in Denver, Colorado and entered the Army in Texas. He learned to fly helicopters, had a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then left active duty for college. He attended the University of Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. Randle spent most of his Air Forc…
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Craig Cummings, co-founder of Moonshots Capital, joins ACME General Corp to talk about investing in tech start-ups founded by military veteran entrepreneurs. In addition to his work at Moonshots Capital, Craig is the Director of Military and Veteran Affairs for Capital Factory, Austin’s center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. Previously, Crai…
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In this episode, we tell the story of the first American daylight bombing raid over Berlin, which took place on March 4, 1944. The mission was led by the 95th Bomb Group – the only Eighth Air Force Bomb Group to receive the Distinguished Unit Citation three times. We visit the Red Feather Club at Horham in Suffolk – including the Blue Lounge dance …
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"Never Quit! On this inspiring episode of the "Send Me" podcast by SOCOM Athlete, host Jason Sweet is joined by Navy SEAL Sniper and K9 handler John Collins. John is the definition of the phrase "Never Quit." He went through 6 different BUD/S classes and nearly 3 Hell Weeks before finally graduating BUD/S and becoming a Navy SEAL. Throughout the ep…
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This exciting and educational episode features LIVE Q&A with Medal of Honor recipient MSG Earl Plumlee from SOCOM Athlete students and listeners from across the United States. The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration, and is awarded to recognize warriors who have distinguished themselves by heroic acts of va…
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Lt. Gen. Clint Hinote, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Futures, joins ACME General Corp to talk about representing the voice of tomorrow’s Airmen. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements at Air Force Futures, where he focused on integrated future force design and speaking on behalf of…
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In this episode, we visit the American Air Museum at Duxford for a hotly contested debate: which was the best WW2 heavy bomber? Was it the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or was it the Consolidated B-24 Liberator? The museum is home to the biggest collection of American military aircraft on public display outside the USA. And it is the only place in th…
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The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration, and is awarded to recognize warriors who have distinguished themselves by heroic acts of valor. On this episode of the "Send Me" podcast by SOCOM Athlete, host Jason Sweet is joined by MSG Earl Plumlee, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2021. A Green Beret of 1st…
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Joseph Kopser, technology entrepreneur and president of consulting firm Grayline Group, joins ACME General Corp. to talk about disruptive change, technology innovation, and the national security implications of adapting to that innovation. Joseph is a US Army combat veteran with 20 years of service who went on to co-found a company that later sold …
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The 100th Bomb Group is probably the most famous bomb group of them all – and the focus of the Stephen Spielberg / Tom Hanks TV mini-series Masters of the Air. Nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, it had a 'bad luck' reputation, sustaining heavy losses of men and planes on numerous disastrous missions. But just how unlucky was the 100th Bomb Group? What…
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The 'maximum effort' mission on Christmas Eve 1944 was the biggest ever by the Eighth Air Force. This was the Mighty Eighth's 760th mission – with 2,046 heavy bombers and 853 fighters taking to the sky. It meant "everything that can fly, will fly" as the USAAF entered the Battle of the Bulge to protect Allied troops from the Nazi war machine. It wa…
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Send us a Text Message. This bonus episode is the conclusion of The Silver King's War podcast series. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War, talks about his family's history and twelve years of research & writing to build the podcast. Throughout the series listeners asked about Stanley's life after his Second W…
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I took the podcast on the road for the first time to interview Nick Almy. Nick was in the United States Marine Corps and served with me for 4 years. Nick is here to share some funny stories and talk about his time in the military and after the military. Thanks for checking out the podcast. Please visit our socials and you can always email me at str…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene five of The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1960 on Gregg Road. During a spectacular & busy season of Glencoe Beach visits and little league games, Stanley & Shirley share difficult, important news with Michael & Cindy. The family is leaving Northbrook for …
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Send us a Text Message. As The Silverfields of Northbrook and the entire podcast series reaches its conclusion later this month, this bonus episode offers a brief, final review of Stanley Silverfield's life as the Silver King during his Second World War. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War reviews his father'…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene four in The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early winter 1960 on Gregg Road. A heavy snow storm has hit the cul-de-sac as Stanley prepares to make sales calls. First, however, he calls Northbrook's city hall to have a public works crew clear the snow from the driv…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the third scene in The Sievers, the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early June 1959. Michael Silverfield visits Chicago and joins his uncle, Norman Gordon and almost-cousin Scott Fleischman, for a memorable Friday night Standard Club Father & Son event, including a White Sox game ag…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the second scene in The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Michael Silverfield played five seasons in the Northbrook Little League: two in the minors, three in the big time. His pitching hero was Sandy Koufax, a Jewish lefty with a lethal fastball. The April 13, 1964, Sports Il…
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In this episode, we visit the crash site of a top-secret B-17 Flying Fortress which went down soon after take-off in November 1943. The B-17F Flying Fortress 42-5793 was among the most secret aircraft of its kind – one of the first American bombers fitted with a new type of radar. The plane crashed only minutes into what should have been a flight f…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the first scene of The Sievers, the third play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1959. Cindy Silverfield is the family's Beautiful Swimmer, a powerful child churning through Lake Michigan's white cap curls. She's eight, a happy sun princess who loves the Glencoe Beach excursions. Michael …
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Send us a Text Message. This episode introduces The Sievers, the final play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. This is the family's last glorious summer on Gregg Road. Stanley accepts a large new sales territory for Bailey's Beauty Supplies in northern Illinois. The family moves to Rockford, Illinois, and on October 7, 1960, and becomes the…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode follows the conclusion of Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy, with a special reading by the young narrator, Michael Silverfield. Thirty years after the Bears won the 1963 NFL Championship, beating the New York Giants & Quarterback Y.A. Tittle, 14-10, the team fired its head c…
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“Earn your trident every day!” Get your notes ready and join SOCOM Athlete for this educational and exciting episode, featuring LIVE Q&A from listeners across the United States. We're joined by active duty Navy SEAL SO1 Sanchez. The episode features questions such as how to be successful at MEPS, the Delayed Entry Program (DEP), BMT (basic military…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the final scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's November 1959. The Bailey & Gordon families have Bears' season tickets. Norman Gordon invites Stanley & Michael Silverfield to join his group for the Packers v. Bears game at Wrigley Field. It's Vince Lombardi's f…
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On this episode of SOFcast, we talk to retired Marine Raider Master Sgt. Jarad Stout. In previous episodes we've interviewed the recipients of many different valor awards, but today’s guest earned the Silver Star in an unexpected and little known location, Bamako, Mali. Jarad describes the details from that harrowing day, but that is only part of h…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the fourth scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's fall 1958. The World Series is over and the Gregg Road footballers are preparing for a weekend game in the Levy's backyard. Much of the conversation throughout every contest was about the Monsters of the Midway, …
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is Scene three in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's late summer 1958. Cindy Silverfield, 7, visits Aunt Phyllis Gordon (Shirley's older sister) in Chicago as they shop for just the right Hula Hoop. Aunt Phyllis buys Cindy a bright blue hoop and they ride the Sheridan R…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the second scene in Wrigley Days, the second play of The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Each summer, Michael & Cindy enjoyed a family day with the Bernsteins & Gordons at their respective country clubs, Green Acres and Bryn Mawr. The clubs represented prosperity & opportunity for Jewish families who were…
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How do you become a Navy SEAL? What is the pathway and how does it all start? Get your notes ready and join SOCOM Athlete for this educational and exciting episode featuring host Jason Sweet and active duty Navy SEAL SO1 Sanchez. The episode describes in great detail the pathway from talking to a recruiter, to earning an SO contract, the Delayed En…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the first scene in Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's summer 1956. The family visits Glencoe Beach, a short drive east from Gregg Road over the Edens Expressway to Lake Michigan's edge. Each summer throughout the Silverfields' Northbrook years, the family owns a publ…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is the introduction to Wrigley Days, the second play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. Chicago's Wrigley Field, an iconic sports venue, was home to the Silverfield's favorite teams, the Cubs and Bears, the Monsters of the Midway. Those were the years of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams, Mike Ditka, Dick B…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene five in The Suburbs, the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's spring 1956. Stanley has a new job selling wholesale beauty supplies for his uncles, Abe & Joe Bailey, owners of Bailey's Beauty Supplies in Chicago. Abe Bailey is married to Sara Belle's sister, Rose. The Silverfields, …
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene four in the first play, The Suburbs, in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's late summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields have met the Krauss family. Now they meet their one-house-over neighbors: Kal, Jeanne, Frank…
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How do you get into Special Operations? What is the pathway and how does it all start? Get your notes ready and join SOCOM Athlete for this educational and exciting episode featuring host Jason Sweet. The episode describes in great detail the pathway from talking to a recruiter, to earning a contract, graduating basic military training, prep course…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene three in the first play, The Suburbs, in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. It's early summer 1955. The family has moved from Chicago's lake front to Northbrook, a growing north shore suburb. The Silverfields meet their new, immediate neighbors: Hyman, Frances, Jimmy, Elaine & Stanton Krauss. The f…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is scene two in The Suburbs, the first play in The Silverfields of Northbrook trilogy. The family prepares to leave Chicago as they visit their new Northbrook home. It's summer 1955. They tour their Gregg Road home with amazement and joy. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's Wa…
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