Interviews

From 2016 to 2018 I produced Out of the Cave, a series of long-form interviews with scholars on technology policy, cybersecurity, international relations, and world affairs. The work was preparation, synthesis, and translation: reading deeply enough to ask researchers the right questions, then drawing out complex ideas in a form a general listener could follow — the same skill set the program roles rely on.

Featured episodes

Who Is to Blame? Cybersecurity & Attribution

Dr. Herbert Lin — Stanford University (Center for International Security and Cooperation; Hoover Institution)

The attribution problem in cybersecurity, the cost of security in cyberspace, and the Internet of Things.

How Civil Wars End

Prof. Lise Morjé Howard — Georgetown University

The international system, norms, and the role of external actors in bringing civil wars to a close.

America's War for the Greater Middle East

Andrew J. Bacevich — historian, international relations & U.S. security policy

A historian's assessment of four decades of U.S. military policy in the Middle East.

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Einstein for Everyone

Prof. John Norton — University of Pittsburgh

The history and philosophy of physics around Einstein's 1905.

The Power of Plato's Cave

Prof. Grace Ledbetter — Swarthmore College

Plato's allegory, virtue, and the meaning of education.

An Ocean of Waste

Dr. Jennifer Lavers — University of Tasmania

Anthropogenic debris and the state of ocean ecosystems.

Galileo's Letters

Prof. Hannah Marcus — Harvard University

Scientific culture in early modern Europe.