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How to deter China over Taiwan without poking Beijing in the eye | Zack Cooper

October 08, 2026

The most effective way to prevent a Taiwan conflict is to convince Beijing an invasion would fail outright. Zack Cooper calls this deterrence by denial: sink enough amphibious ships that the operation stalls, avoiding the escalation risk of striking the Chinese mainland.Zack, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, tells Ian why Xi Jinping is more risk averse than most assume, how a purge of roughly 55 percent of senior military leadership shifts the calculus, and why US-China s...

Why AI is more like scissors than a machine gun | Matt Amacker

September 15, 2026

A deterministic system keeps someone alive 60 percent of the time. A probabilistic one manages 80 percent but cannot explain why. Matt Amacker, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of TurbineOne, argues the higher moral good is measured in lives, even though we refuse to trust the system we cannot explain. On the company’s five year anniversary, Matt walks Ian Kalin through the origin story, the ethics statement they published before the website, and why he treats AI as a tool only as dang...

How North Korea became a drone warfare power through Russia's war | Patrick Cronin

July 02, 2026

Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific Security Chair and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, tells Ian Kalin that industrial endurance is deterrence and the US is falling short. The US commissioned 24 Essex-class carriers in the last 15 months of WWII. Today, it can't produce cheap expendable drones at the scale needed to deter, let alone fight.Patrick then pulls apart what's actually happening beneath the tactical detente: North Korea turned combat losses on Russian front lines into a real...

The IQT Podcast · High booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners

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The publicly listed email for Defense Disrupted: production@frontlines.io.

How many listeners does Defense Disrupted have?

Podseeker estimates Defense Disrupted reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Defense Disrupted?

Defense Disrupted typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior military or government leadership, recognized national security analysis, defense technology expertise, or firsthand experience implementing systems in military operations. Common among recent guests: Senior military command or intelligence leadership; Fellowships or research leadership at established defense and foreign-policy institutions; Direct experience deploying or implementing defense technology. Recent guests include Patrick Cronin, Dean Cheng, and Bob Ashley.

How hard is it to get booked on Defense Disrupted?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Defense Disrupted cover?

Recent episodes cover Defense Technology, National Security, Military Operations, Machine Learning, and Autonomous Systems. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.