UnderSimplified
Episodes
11 episodes
Battlefield 2040–A conversation at the Army War College.
Episode 9: We speak with six students at the Army's War College. A handful of colonels, lieutenant colonels, and one civilian. We talk about the future of warfare, what war will look like in 2040, and how the United States Army is prepari...
Mike Vickers–Green Beret, CIA Legend, Cold Warrior's Warrior, DoD Intel Czar, and (Future?) Director of CIA.
Episode 8 -- Dr. Michael Vickers is a former Green Beret, CIA operations officer, and national security policymaker with a remarkable 40+ year career. Mike talks about his early career, including being part of the Grenada invasion force as a CI...
Digital God–Superintelligence, OpenAI, Sam Altman, and what if it's already here?
Episode 7, Imagine waking up today to discover an entity among us that's 10 times smarter than any human. What would change immediately? Everything.In this episode of the UnderSimplified Podcast, we delve into Artificial General Intelli...
Dave Marlowe—Case Officer, Leader, Boat Builder, and Deputy Director of CIA for Operations
Episode six is with former CIA Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) Dave Marlowe. At the time of this recording, Dave had just given up the DDO reins and was preparing to retire after 32 years at CIA. During his career, which bega...
Jasper Jeffers—Leader, Disruptor, Soldier, and Special Operations Commander
Episode five is with General Jasper Jeffers. General Jeffers has served in the Army for 27 years, and he served more than half that time in Special Operations, both as an Army Ranger and multiple times as a Special Operations Commander. He s...
Trailer: UnderSimplified Podcast
The Under Simplified Podcast is on a mission to have deep conversations about the most crucial and consequential issues facing society. We will do this by way of myriad topics like technology, philosophy, health, history, and science, all at th...
Toomas Ilves -- Former President of Estonia, Old School Technologist, Pensioner
Episode four is with Toomas Ilves, the former President of Estonia. Toomas is a statesman, foreign policy expert, and a technologist long before the term existed. He brought the internet into Estonian elementary schools before the internet a...
Annie Jacobsen -- Bestselling Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and Storyteller
In episode three we speak with bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen. Annie is the author of 6 books (listed below) and has a 7th on the way. She is an expert on many areas of the intelligence community and the U.S...
Michele Flournoy -- Former DoD Undersecretary, Leader, Foreign Policy Expert, Innovator and Optimist
Episode two is with the former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy. At the time Michele was Defense Undersecretary, she was the most senior woman to ever serve in the DoD, and she was on both President Obama and President ...
