Arms Control Wonk
Hosted by Aaron and Jeffrey and Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein · Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein
4.8from 418 ratings
- 133
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 418
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Arms Control Wonk
The nuclear weapons, arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation podcast. Companion to the popular Arms Control Wonk blog (www.armscontrolwonk.com). Hosted by Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein.
- Publisher
- Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein
- Category
- education · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 26 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 133 episodes have a transcript.
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Calculating the Cost of Golden Dome
3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Past to Future
16 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Calculating the Cost of Golden Dome
Published 26 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They would be ruinously expensive if you had it, and in fact, we didn't have anything like that level of space launch. And so I think people were right to say, hey, now that Starlink exists, that's a brilliant pebble-sized constellation. So at least in theory, we can make smaller satellites and launch costs have come down. And so you're saving on both ends. And so we really can do small satellite constellations. And so that's what triggered us to want to go back and ask, could you do Starlink but for brilliant pebbles? And I think the answer is still no. But it's no for a different reason than it was in the 80s and 90s, and that to me is like pretty interesting. […]
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Aaron and Jeffrey and Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein host the show. Published by Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein.
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