The Frontier

The Foundation for American Innovation champions the technology, talent, and ideas essential to American prosperity, security, and flourishing. www.frontier.thefai.org

The Frontier is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Frontier, a technology show with 20 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

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

  May 26, 202641 minS0

  <p>Tim Hwang is joined by Coefficient Giving’s biosecurity lead Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Global Health Investment Corporation alum Charlie Petty, and FAI Senior Fellow Josh Wentzel to take the temperature of the biosecurity field. We cover: why biodefense progress is lagging even in the physical world, what incentives hold investors back from pouring funds into biosecurity, what we can learn from Operation Warp Speed and other past public health initiatives, and where there’s room for optimism when it comes to global health.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs...

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  Episode #10

  Going Nuclear with Emmet Penney

  May 11, 202642 minS0

  <p>Tim Hwang is joined by FAI Senior Fellow and Nuclear Barbarians podcast host Emmet Penney to reflect on nuclear regulators’ new approach to licensing. We cover: how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission became more fixated on regulating nuclear projects than promoting them, what explains the current political momentum around nuclear energy, why a competent NRC is essential for overseeing such a powerful dual-use technology, and how to “make nuclear normal again.”</p><p>Read with us—</p><p>Emmet’s recent article with The Free Press, “Will America Finally Let Itself Build Nuclear Plants?”:</p><p>https://www.thefp.com/p/will-america...

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  Episode #9

  Into the Gundo with Jakob Diepenbrock and Joshua Levine

  Apr 29, 202638 minS0

  <p>Tim Hwang and Rachel Reses are joined by Discipulus Ventures founder Jakob Diepenbrock and FAI Director of Technology and Statecraft Joshua Levine to explain the hard tech boom in El Segundo, CA. We cover: what makes a city attractive to innovators, whether building in the physical world can ever really be considered a “trend,” what kind of founder gravitates toward the Gundo, and why using longevity science to create an immortal Palmer Luckey just might be the key to never becoming the stodgy establishment.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

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  Episode #8

  Bodies in Spaces with Bart Hutchins and Will O'Brien

  Apr 21, 202635 minS0

  <p>Tim Hwang and Rachel Reses are joined by Butterworth’s restauranteur Bart Hutchins and Hamilton Society and Ulysses co-founder Will O’Brien to chat about the intimate ties between politics, architecture, and social gathering. We cover: DC’s legacy of French-adjacent restaurants where politicians can see and be seen, why San Franciscans are gravitating to a formal debate society, whether culture is downstream of policy or vice versa, and whether the cure to male loneliness is a cig among friends.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

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  Episode #7

  Can We Actually Mobilize? with Madeline Hart

  Apr 10, 202635 minS0

  <p>Tim Hwang is joined by Palantir’s Madeline Hart, coauthor of Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III, to explore the nexus between the message of Mobilize and FAI’s new research on revitalizing American defense. We cover: why the U.S. is using dusty old military infrastructure in our foreign entanglements, what kind of personality is best equipped to fix the defense acquisitions bureaucracy, why defense tech history is great reading material if you like gossip, and what we have to gain from people blowing stuff up in the desert or their back...

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