By Jared Samuelson

Julian Pawlak joins us to discuss his 2022 report on NATO’s northern flank. Julian is a research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg and the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies. His research covers NATO’s Northern Flank and the Baltic Sea region.

Download Sea Control 489 – The Strategic Importance of NATO’s North Flank with Julian Pawlak

Links

1. “Collective Defence and Bastion: The Strategic Importance of NATO’s Northern Flank,” by Julian Pawlak, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2022.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Journalist and author Robert Kolker joins the program to discuss his deep dive for The Atavist into the disaster at Honda Point, the U.S. Navy’s largest peacetime loss of ships. Robert is the author of the New York Times best-selling Lost Girls and Hidden Valley Road. He is a National Magazine Award finalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, and New York magazine.

Download Sea Control 488 – Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker

Links

1. “Dead Reckoning,” by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023. 

2. Robert Kolker’s official website.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Michael Verney joins the program to discuss his book, A Great and Rising Nation – Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic. Dr. Michael Verney is an Assistant Professor of History at Drury University. His work focuses on early U.S. naval exploration. He has published works on merchant, missionary, and pro-slavery exploration, and early American activities on the Indian subcontinent.

Download Sea Control 487 – Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Michael Verney

Links

1. A Great and Rising Nation – Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic, by Michael A. Verney, The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

Brian Kurukulasuriya edited and produced this episode.

By Jared Samuelson

Captain Ric Arthur and Dava Casoni join the podcast to share their experience with the Force Writers Room, the group of warfighters and creatives envisioning the future of warfare. Dava is a lawyer who worked as an actor in Hollywood and also served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Ric is a naval reservist and writer who originated and piloted the Force Writers Room process.

Download Sea Control 486 – Force Writers Room with Captain Ric Arthur and Dava Casoni

Links

1. Force Writers Room

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].