Episodes: 106
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 185.0k subscribers
Instagram: 98.0k followers
Page updated: Nov 4, 2026 · How we check this data
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Christopher Kent - Maritime Threat Detection, Unmanned Vessel Protection, Naval Warfare, Autonomous Systems, And Defense Applications Of Tracking Software
Keith Whitener - Reaction Mechanisms, Safer And Tunable Explosives, Nitric Acid Production, Energy Generation, Rechargeable Batteries, And Defense Supply Chains
David Rushing Dewhurst - Economic Competition, Data Science, Money Laundering, Geoeconomics, Economic Statecraft, And National Security
Adam Willis - Military Medicine, Battlefield Trauma Care, Point-of-injury Critical Care, Autonomous Surgery, And Advanced Prosthetics
The Audacity Incubator: Episode 98
October 27, 2026
What happens when DARPA bets on early-career scientists with fresh ideas and gives them a chance to solve real world problems?For 20 years, DARPA’s Young Faculty Award (YFA) has connected rising researchers at academic institutions with DARPA program managers, national security challenges, and the opportunity to pursue ambitious science. In this episode, we look back at two decades of YFA with DSO Director Bart Russell and three YFA alumni whose early DARPA-funded research and mentorship help...
The Vertical Lift Challenger: Episode 97
October 01, 2026
logistics challenge sparked a movement to break a nearly century-old barrier holding back heavy vertical-lift aircraft.Phillip “Donna” Smith is a program manager in DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office. He oversees several of the agency’s aerial drone programs, including the Lift Challenge, a national public competition that began with one simple metric: improve payload-to-weight ratio in vertical aircraft, which currently lift only as much as they weigh.What began as a hypothesis that these ai...
The Sea Changer: Episode 96
August 27, 2026
As the landscape of naval warfare changes, traditional defense methods like large convoys and standard object recognition are becoming impractical. New, scalable solutions are needed to help U.S. Navy Sailors identify maritime threats, track potential targets, and safeguard the massive commercial and military logistics vessels that form the backbone of global trade and defense.In this episode, we speak with Christopher Kent, a program manager in DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office. With a back...
The Merge · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
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The publicly listed email for Voices from DARPA: podcast@darpa.mil.
Podseeker estimates Voices from DARPA reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Voices from DARPA typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior defense, military, scientific, engineering, or national-security professionals with direct experience leading advanced government research and development programs. Advanced technical or medical degrees and substantial military or federal leadership experience are typical. Common among recent guests: Leadership of major defense research and development programs; Senior roles within the U.S. military or federal government; Advanced scientific, engineering, or medical degrees. Recent guests include Christopher Kent, Keith Whitener, and David Rushing Dewhurst.
Very high. It mostly books well-known names.
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