Defense One Radio

Mar 11, 2026

An Army researcher unpacks new initiatives to expand research into human performance.

Guest:

• Lt. Col. David deGroot, director of the U.S. Army Heat Center at Fort Benning, Ga.

See also Patrick Tucker's related recent reporting on the topic,

Feb 27, 2026

Guest:

• Matthew Delmont, professor of history at Dartmouth College and an award-winning author of several books including Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, and his latest, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to...

Feb 20, 2026

Guests:

• Peter W. Singer, strategist at New America and the author of multiple books on technology and security, including Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, Burn-In, and LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media;
• And August Cole, non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic...

Jan 23, 2026

A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad. 

Guest: Monica Duffy Toft, director of the Center for Strategic Studies and a professor of international politics at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; her essay “Can the US ‘run’...