Friday, January 2, 2026

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Ben and Guy discuss the latest on Ukraine-Russia peace talks, China’s major military drills around Taiwan, the beginnings of a new GOP foreign policy philosophy, and the possibility of a major backlash against AI.

Then, Bill Woolf, the president and founder of the Space Force Association, joins the show to talk about the future of the U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon’s relationship with commercial satellites, and how soon the Space Force will station humans in orbit.

Plus, the “Threat of the Week.”

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