Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon
Welcome to “Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon” — the national security podcast that provides you an elemental understanding of the world as it is, not how you prefer it to be.
Each week, Eric — a former Marine, father, and entrepreneur — sits down with the Honorable Sue Gordon, the nation’s former top career intelligence officer. Together, they break down the headlines shaping our world and ask what they really mean for citizens, leaders, and institutions.
From armed conflict to emerging tech, foreign interference to the resilience of democracy — this is where raw information becomes real intelligence. Unfiltered. Candid. Unapologetically clear.
New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe now.
Understandable Insights: Information to Intelligence with Sue Gordon
Latest Episodes
Ep. 43 Better Questions: AI
For 42 episodes, Understandable Insights has tracked what is changing in the world around us — the great rewiring, managed conflict, institutional friction, and the growing gap between capacity and outcome.This week, Sue and Eri...
Ep. 42 From Sedona: What the Sedona Forum Reveals About the World
In this episode of Understandable Insights, Sue returns from the McCain Institute’s Sedona Forum — the annual gathering of U.S. and world leaders— with a clear takeaway. From Ukraine to China to Iran, the world’s major conflicts are no...
Ep. 41 Already Inside the Wire: Why the Most Dangerous Threats Don’t Look Like Attacks
In this episode of Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric discuss how the most consequential security threats in 2026 don’t look like attacks — they look like normal activity and the threat is already inside the system.From a $400 Superbo...
Ep. 40 The Discretionary Trap: Why Washington Is Fighting Over the Smallest Slice
This week on Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric break down the federal budget. Most federal spending is not debated each year, it runs automatically through programs like Social Security, Medicare, and interest on the debt. That lea...
Ep. 39 Federalism in Action: Elections, Governors, and Energy
This week on Understandable Insights, Sue and Eric look at one of the least appreciated features of the American system: how much power lives outside Washington.They examine three domains where distributed power defines how Amer...
