Podcast

Podcast
05
Jul

Climbing Mt. Shasta

Hotlum-Bolam Ridge route, June, 2023
8 min read
09
Jun

Climbing Mt. Rainier

Ingraham Direct route, May-June, 2023
7 min read
31
Dec

A review of our year on the road

Takeaways from nomad life.
8 min read
10
Jul

Climbing the Grand Teton

My first true mountaineering expedition
11 min read
17
Jun

Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew on killing MiGs, filming Top Gun

A chat with Viper about his exploits in the F-4 Phantom.
1 min read
15
Feb

Meditations at age 30

Birthday reflections.
8 min read
07
Feb

A few thoughts on Everest

Looking back at Krakauer's account of the disaster on Everest in 1996.
5 min read
30
Dec

Quick take: F-15E pilot on the new F-15EX

Why is the US buying another fourth generation fighter?
1 min read
28
Dec

Machine minds, human minds

Automatic speech recognition, mental health, and more
1 min read
16
Dec

Around the world with "Guru"

Stories from the C-130, C-17, HJT-16, and more
2 min read
08
Aug

From AH-1W SuperCobra pilot to Google product manager

A backyard convo with Mike Christman
1 min read
31
Jul

B-1B and B-52H: Stories from the nuclear mission

A chat with Lieutenant Colonel Ken Peterson
1 min read
28
Jul

The vagabond data scientist

Machine learning on the road
1 min read
05
Jul

Shot down over hostile country

A discussion of Scott O'Grady's ejection and survival in Bosnia, 1995
1 min read
27
Jun

From 0 to Delta First Officer in Three Years

From building intercontinental ballistic missiles to the pilot seat
1 min read
13
Jun

F-15E Fighter Pilot Interview: My Dad

From the RF-4 Phantom II to the F-15E Strike Eagle
1 min read
13
Mar

Broken Arrows and Almost-Annihilations

A brief history of nuclear escalation and its nail-biting byproducts.
15 min read