Midweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler

About Midweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler

Midweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler is your biweekly briefing on what’s happening in the world of national security—decoded for everyday listeners. From classified documents and sanctions to cyberattacks, foreign interference, and spycraft, Jerry breaks down the headlines, the history, and the hidden forces shaping global power today. Whether it’s a presidential executive order, a new war in a far-off region, or a tech ban making waves in Washington, Jerry gives you the background and context to actually understand what’s going on—and why it matters. Midweek Sitrep doesn’t just deliver the news—it makes sense of it. Designed for curious minds, students, and new voices entering the national security world, each episode strips away the jargon and brings clarity to the complexity. If you’ve ever heard a story about sanctions, surveillance, or secret operations and thought, “Wait—what does that actually mean?”—this is your podcast. New episodes drop on Wednesdays.

Publisher

OPCEN Media Group LLC

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Feb 2025

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 48 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 0040 — Center of Gravity: Data Centers, Energy Grids, and Community Tradeoffs

   Host Jerry Fowler explores how data centers, the physical backbone of digital power, create national security tradeoffs with energy grids and community interests.

2. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 0039 — Shadow Space: Sovereignty and Competition in Earth Orbit

   Host Jerry Fowler explores how Earth orbit transforms into critical infrastructure, detailing the complexities of sovereignty and competition in this vital domain.

3. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 0038 — The Privacy Illusion: Surveillance by Convenience in Modern Life

   Host Jerry Fowler explores how convenience fuels pervasive surveillance, revealing its impact on power and national security in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 0040 — Center of Gravity: Data Centers, Energy Grids, and Community Tradeoffs

Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Throughout history, power has always concentrated in specific places. Not because governments planned it that way, but because systems gravitated there. Data centers are the modern version of that terrain. Not because the government declared them strategic, but because modern life and modern power now depend on them. They anchor AI capability, financial systems, military readiness, crisis response, and economic continuity. And like all strategic terrain, their importance exists whether anyone formally acknowledges it or not. Ignoring that reality doesn't preserve neutrality. It creates blind spots. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

41,088

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

51

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