Archive - The Frontier

Head in the Clouds with Gavin Fry and Isaiah Menning

Weather modification efficacy, cloud seeding, and governing atmospheric interventions

Sep 4

36:11

August 2026

Robots and Reindustrialization with Amelia Michael

The politics and possibilities of the next generation of robotics

Aug 27

31:14

Data Center Politics with Avery James

What polling reveals about data centers, AI ethics discourse, and what the frontier labs need to do next

Aug 21

32:14

For Flock's Sake with Charles Fain Lehman and Autumn Billings

Automatic license plate readers, public surveillance tech, and the age-old debate around privacy and security

Aug 13

38:06

Hack to the Future with Adam Gluck and Soham Mehta

The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, Iran's attacks on American wastewater plants, and the drive to boost investment in operational tech security

Aug 7

31:42

July 2026

From the Government and Here to Help with Kevin Hawickhorst

Responsibility as a key ingredient in bureaucracy, the role of culture and personality in government, and the "buttoned-up, double-breasted swagger" of…

Jul 30

38:34

The Rocket's Red Glare with Andrew Fagal

Dual-use technology in the 1800s and today, the Battle of the Kegs, and the world's first military submersible

Jul 24

31:18

Rallying the Horde with Emmet Penney

Infrastructure bottlenecks, a "total FAI victory" in Michigan, and restoring America's producer economy

Jul 17

38:34

VibeChamps with Brooke Bowman and Samuel Hammond

The Vibecamp phenomenon, its cultural impact, and the joys of adult summer camp for nerds

Jul 8

26:32

Everything Is (Quantum) Computer with Prineha Narang

Two new executive orders on quantum tech, the industrial manufacturing that makes quantum computing possible, and quantum sensors in space

Jul 1

27:20

June 2026

The Middle and Not-So-Middle East with Mohammed Soliman

The merging of the Middle East and South Asia, managing finite military capacity, and predictions for the lasting effects of the war in Iran

Jun 22

39:11

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

25:13

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