Mission Matters Podcast
Hosted by Maggie Gray and David and David Rothzeid and Maggie · Shield Capital
5.0from 17 ratings
- 31
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 17
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 658K
- YouTube views
About Mission Matters Podcast
The Mission Matters podcast from Shield Capital explores the intersection of technology, national security, and startups through in-depth conversations with early-stage founders and government technologists. Each episode reveals the opportunities, technical challenges, and innovations shaping the future of national security, offering insights from those on the front lines of technological evolution and national defense.
- Publisher
- Shield Capital
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 31 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Techquisition: The Pentagon’s New Autonomous Warfare Command
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Congress passed this act after there were a string of failures in Vietnam, Iran, Beirut, Granada that showed that service rivalry and divided command were actually costing lives and missions. And some of these failure cases, different services, weren't even able to communicate with each other during the conflict, which led to some serious combat failures. Absolutely. I feel like you're bringing me back to my ROTC days where we learned about military history. But saying on theme, you know, we have 11 combatant commands today, and there's a difference between them. We have seven that are geographic, so they own a piece of the map. […]
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- Bill Greenwalt
- Sarah Pearson
- Lou Manousos
- Ben Kohlmann
- Pratap Ranade
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 658,476
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100
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- Quality
- 18
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 32
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Questions about Mission Matters Podcast
Who hosts Mission Matters Podcast?
Maggie Gray and David and David Rothzeid and Maggie host the show. Published by Shield Capital.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Mission Matters Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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