The Frontier

ChatCCP with Michael Sobolik and Joshua Levine

CCP information ops targeting tech policy, the tightrope of combating foreign interference, and why even Chinese bots prefer using American frontier AI

Jun 12

1

25:13

May 2026

Pox Populi with Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Charlie Petty, and Josh Wentzel

AI-driven risks in biosecurity, the federalist approach to stockpiling, and the struggle to fund biodefense

May 26

40:43

Going Nuclear with Emmet Penney

The coming nuclear energy renaissance, a size-inclusive approach to reactors, and reclaiming America's technological heritage

May 11

1

41:51

April 2026

Into the Gundo with Jakob Diepenbrock and Joshua Levine

El Segundo as a hardware hub, the drive to unseat industry incumbents, and bridging the valley of death in federal procurement

Apr 29

1

38:06

Bodies in Spaces with Bart Hutchins and Will O'Brien

The importance of dimly-lit rooms, stages for the performance of civil society, and the rebirth of the public square

Apr 21

34:54

Can We Actually Mobilize? with Madeline Hart

Shyam Sankar and Madeline's new book, critical gaps in our military infrastructure, and our favorite defense tech history vignettes

Apr 10

34:57

Shor's Thing with Prineha Narang

Quantum computers cracking encryption, qubit quality, and the political story of quantum tech

Apr 3

34:58

March 2026

Who's Monitoring the Monitors? with Luke Hogg

Listen now | The "monitoring the situation" phenomenon, modern information flows, and how OSINT nerds compare to actual feds

Mar 27

1

37:12

Filibusted with James Wallner and Matt Glassman

Creative Senate procedure hacks, the long-forgotten joy of winning by attrition, and Congress as political theater

Mar 20

1

46:34

Our Republic of Science with Charles Yang and Ian Banks

Personnel shakeups in our science policy institutions, virtue metascience, and the conservative case for "ways of knowing"

Mar 13

3

41:57

Anthropic, State, and Utopia with Dean Ball and Ketan Ramakrishnan

The DoW's "supply chain risk" threat, a secret third thing between nationalization and anarchy, and the First Amendment case for letting labs do virtue…

Mar 6

41:08

February 2026

Welcome to The Frontier, a podcast from the Foundation for American Innovation

The DOW's showdown with Anthropic, Musk's space data center Hail Mary, and why Disney might get run over by ByteDance

Feb 27

7

47:57