The Academy Insider Podcast - Your Guide to The Naval Academy Experience

About The Academy Insider Podcast - Your Guide to The Naval Academy Experience

The mission of Academy Insider is to guide, serve, and support Midshipmen, future Midshipmen, and their families. Through the perspective of a community of former graduates and Naval Academy insiders, this podcast will help you learn about life at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Through our shared experiences, Academy Insider guides families through the anxiety and frustration caused by lack of understanding, misinformation, and confusion. This platform is designed to better relationships between midshipmen and their loved ones. This podcast is not affiliated with the United States Naval Academy, the United States Navy or Department of Defense. The thoughts and opinions are exclusively those of your host and his guests.

Publisher

GRANT VERMEER

Category

education · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2019

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 142 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #140 My Personal Reflections on the Power of Plebe Summer

   Host [Host Name] shares personal reflections on the enduring significance of Plebe Summer, highlighting its role in building resilience and celebrating accomplishment.

2. 

   27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #139 Plebe Summer Detailer Turnover and Second Set Expectations

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about the critical Plebe Summer detailer turnover and the realities of second set expectations at the Naval Academy.

3. 

   10 Jul 2026

   #138 Preparation for your first wave of mail and the first phone call

   Host [Host Name] guides parents through understanding and supporting plebes during the challenging first wave of mail and phone calls at the Naval Academy.

Inside a recent episode

#140 My Personal Reflections on the Power of Plebe Summer

Published 6 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I have a great life. And yet it's still hard. And it will always be hard. But the best thing you can do is just prepare yourself to be courageous and to be better equipped to handle it all. And that's what this is. I hope you have an immense amount of pride in what you have just done because it is the first step. It is the foundation in getting to that point. Because when you go to reform and school starts, the accuracy is not going to get easier. The accuracy is not getting easier. Again, last week we had a podcast episode about the shift from first to the second step. It doesn't get easier. You just get more used to it. […]

Who has been a guest on The Academy Insider Podcast - Your Guide to The Naval Academy Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kevin Burnett
• John Schofield
• Gabe Iglesias
• Roland De Guzman
• Lori Coogan

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

144,224

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

119 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

67

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