Episodes

  • Sea Control 596: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas
    Feb 5 2026

    Links:

    Steve’s website

    “The Last Navigator: A Young Man, and Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea”

    The Last Navigator documentary

    Steve’s lecture at the US Naval Academy

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    53 mins
  • Sea Control 595: China's Command Revolution with Elsa Kania
    Jan 22 2026

    Links

    1. Elsa Kania's LinkedIn profile.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Sea Control: 594: From Hulls to Pods with Emma Salisbury
    Jan 10 2026

    Links

    1."The Trump-class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out over Combat Power," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, January 8, 2026.

    2. "Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?" by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 1, 2025.

    3. "Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 11, 2025.

    4. Emma Salisbury FPRI page.

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    15 mins
  • Sea Control: 593 Information and Warfighting with General Robert Neller
    Dec 16 2025

    Links

    1. "For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.

    2. "Change or Lose: Past and Future War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.

    3. "Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group," by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.

    4. "Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs," by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.

    5. "Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do," by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.

    6. "Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups," by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.

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    31 mins
  • Sea Control 592: The US Coast Guard in the Aleutian Islands with Steven Hulse
    Dec 9 2025

    Links

    1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025.

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    28 mins
  • Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires
    Dec 2 2025

    Links

    1. "Maritime Statecraft and its Future," by Steve Brock and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, October 21, 2025.

    2. "SECNAV Del Toro Calls for a New, Bold Maritime Statecraft in Era of Intense Strategic Competition," Department of the Navy, September 23, 2023.

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Sea Control 590: Drone Carriers and Salvo Equations with Colton Byers
    Nov 20 2025

    Links

    “Carrier 2.0: The Drone Carrier Revolution,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, December 28, 2024.

    “Damn the Torpedoes: The Return of Naval Mining,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, January 31, 2025.

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    35 mins
  • Sea Control 589: Non-state Special Operations with Craig Whiteside
    Nov 7 2025

    Links

    1. Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, Routledge, 2025.

    2. The Isis Reader Substack.

    3. @CraigAWhiteside on X.

    4. @craigwhiteside@bsky.social on BlueSky.

    5. Craig Whiteside personal site and publications.

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    43 mins