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Threat Status Podcast

Threat Status Podcast

An edgy and informative look at the biggest U.S. national security and geopolitical issues making headlines right now. Less about hot takes and more about depth, the Threat Status podcast is helmed by veteran Washington Times journalists Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor and features regular appearances by insiders with expertise on war, politics and global affairs.

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An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (AP Photo, File)

LISTEN: Why it's so hard to go after Russia's oil revenue

Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins the show to talk about secondary tariffs on Russia's oil sector and why it's so difficult -- and geopolitically complex -- for the U.S. to target Russian energy revenue.

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

LISTEN: Is the Pentagon too focused on drones?

Retired Air Force Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, joins the show to talk about the future of American air power, whether the Pentagon is focused too heavily on drones, and why the Space Force needs a bigger budget.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, presides over a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing "An Assessment of the State Departments Withdrawal from Afghanistan by Americas Top Diplomat," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

LISTEN: How drones could threaten World Cup, Olympics

Rep. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States, joins the show to talk about potential terrorist threats to the World Cup, Olympics and other major events.

How will the U.S. manage space traffic? File photo credit: Pingingz via Shutterstock

LISTEN: How will the U.S. manage space traffic?

Audrey Schaffer, a space policy expert and the vice president of strategy and policy at Slingshot Aerospace, joins the show to talk about the growing amount of space traffic and whether the federal government should establish a department of space.

Here's why the Army wants to 3D print drones. File photo credit: MarinaGrigorivna via Shutterstock.

LISTEN: Here's why the Army wants to 3D print drones

Lt. Gen. Chris Mohan, deputy commanding general and acting commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command, joins the show to talk about the 3D printing of drones and how the Pentagon is rethinking the way it moves materiel and personnel around the world.

Chinese navy troops attending a joint naval drill with Iran and Russia stand on the deck of their warship in an official arrival ceremony at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

LISTEN: Are Chinese troops fighting in Ukraine?

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood joins the show to talk about the rapid pace of growth in military technology, whether soldiers trust that technology, and how it's changing military tactics and strategy.

How dangerous is superintelligent AI? File photo credit: Anggalih Prasetya via Shutterstock.

LISTEN: How dangerous is superintelligent AI?

Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center for AI Safety, joins the show to talk about superintelligent AI, its internal value systems, and its potential ramifications for U.S. national security.

Flowers and a sign are placed outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

LISTEN: Does USAID deserve to be saved?

Richard Crespin, CEO of the international consulting firm CollaborateUp and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, joins the show to talk about the future of USAID and American "smart power" projection around the world.

People protest during a rally against Elon Musk outside the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

LISTEN: Is the DOGE a threat to national security?

Retired Navy Capt. Gene Moran joins the show to talk about the changing nature of the defense industry and what the Defense Department needs to do to revamp its contracting and acquisition processes.

This illustration provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover, bottom, landing on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021. Entry, Descent, and Landing, or "EDL," begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere, traveling nearly 12,500 mph (20,000 kph). EDL ends about seven minutes after atmospheric entry, with Perseverance stationary on the Martian surface. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

LISTEN: Will China beat the U.S. to Mars?

Dean Cheng, senior advisor to the China program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joins the show to discuss China's space program, its military strategy in space, and whether it could beat the U.S. in the race to get to Mars.

Should Americans fear the 'tech-industrial complex?' File photo credit: Ar_TH via Shutterstock.

LISTEN: Should Americans fear the 'tech-industrial complex?'

Rand Waldron, vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure product development, joins the show to talk about the impact of AI on the military and intelligence community, the future of major U.S. government cloud contracts, and much more.