Category Archives: Podcast

Main podcast series of CIMSEC.

Sea Control 259 – Sea State with Madison Sargeant and Yash Khatavkar

By Jared Samuelson

If you’ve missed it, you need to read the new newsletter by and for junior officers, Sea State. Two contributors, Madison Sargeant and Yash Khatavkar, join the program to discuss the newsletter, its purpose, their editorial process and more!

Sea Control 259 – Sea State with Madison Sargeant and Yash Khatavkar

Links

1. Sea State Newsletter

Jared Samuelson is Executive Producer and Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Sea Control 258 – The Ship with Maj Gen Mick Ryan

By Jared Samuelson

Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan joins the program for a wide-ranging discussion sparked by his reading of C.S. Forester’s classic, The Ship. We discuss “useful fiction,” lessons learned from Forester, and a whole raft of reading recommendations (see the show notes!).

Download Sea Control 258 – The Ship with Maj Gen Mick Ryan

Links

1. The Ship by C.S. Forester, reprint of the ed. published by Sun Dial Press in 1944.
3. Ghost Fleet, by Peter W. Singer and August Cole, Eamon Dolan Books, 2016. 
4. Burn In, by P.W. Singer and August Cole, 2020. 

6. Zero Day Code: A novel of the End of Days: a cyberwar apocalypse, by John Birmingham, Gigantic Bombs Corporation, 2021.

Jared Samuelson is Executive Producer and Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Sea Control 257 – Embracing Cognitive Diversity with Rachel Foote & Charlotte Mundy

By Anna McNeil

LCDR Rachel Foote and CDR Charlotte Mundy of the U.S. Coast Guard join us to discuss the complex definition of cognitive diversity, bias, organizational culture and more!

Download Sea Control 257 – Embracing Cognitive Diversity with Rachel Foote & Charlotte Mundy

Links

1. “Embrace Cognitive Diversity,” by LCDR Rachel Foote, USNI Proceedings, December 2020.
2. “Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re Cognitively Diverse,” by Alison Reynolds and David Lewis, Harvard Business Review, March 30, 2017. 

3. The War Room, U.S. Army War College podcast.

Anna McNeil is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the Sea Control team at SeaControl@cimsec.org.

Sea Control 256 – Reporting from the Sea with Ian Urbina

By Walker Mills

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative journalist Ian Urbina join the program to talk about his recent article in The New Yorker about fish meal and his book The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier. Ian describes his experiences reporting from the sea, the impacts of IUU fishing, sea farer abandonment, and the concept of “sea blindness.” Lastly, Ian talks about how the Outlaw Ocean Project is “breaking the mold” of traditional journalism and increasing their reach to raise awareness of ocean issues. 

Download Sea Control 256 – Reporting from the Sea with Ian Urbina

Links

1. “Fish Farming is Feeding the Globe. What’s the Cost for Locals?” by Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, March 1, 2021.
2. The Outlaw Ocean Project website.
3. Sea Control 225: IUU Fishing and the Evolution of the Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021.
4. Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, Ansar Al-Sunnah, and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss and Lexie van Buskirk, CIMSEC, December 20, 2020.
5. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
6. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier, Ian Urbina, Penguin Books, 2020. 

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the Sea Control team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.