
At the Water's Edge
Hosted by Scott and Scott Kelly · Scott
4.8from 43 ratings
- 110
- Episodes
- 48
- Transcribed
- 43
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About At the Water's Edge
The At the Water’s Edge Podcast explores national security and geopolitics from an insider’s perspective, looking at how national power, industrial policy, diplomacy, and military might shape our world and America’s place in it.
- Publisher
- Scott
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 29 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
48 of 110 episodes have a transcript.

29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Pentagon Is Losing Its Top Strategists During the Iran War

28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Iran Mistake We Made Before the First Bomb | Ryan McBeth

26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The End of the Netanyahu Era? Why Israel is at a Turning Point
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The Pentagon Is Losing Its Top Strategists During the Iran War
Published 29 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So the J-5 of the Pentagon, that's the top one in the five realm. The J-5 is the Joint Staff Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy. The same officer is also the senior member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Military Staff Committee. It's basically the connective tissue that pulls together all aspects of military planning. You know, what are the campaign plans being put together by the different geographic combatant commanders? How does the military resource those plans? How does the interagency come together to facilitate the execution of those plans? How does the sausage actually get made? […]
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- Ryan McBeth
- Robert Pape
- Fidel Amakye Owusu
- Duane Miller
- Lyndsay Tkach
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 15 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 28 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100
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- Quality
- 14
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 60
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Scott and Scott Kelly host the show. Published by Scott.
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