The DownLink Podcast
Hosted by Laura Winter · The DownLink
4.9from 40 ratings
- 243
- Episodes
- 25
- Transcribed
- 40
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 1K
- YouTube views
About The DownLink Podcast
From the Defense & Aerospace Report... This is The DownLink Podcast, hosted by Laura Winter. From the intersection of space, business, and defense... Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it. The DownLink Podcast is 2023, 2024, and 2025 Defense Media Award-winner.
- Publisher
- The DownLink
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
25 of 243 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Q3: Big Checks and Rocket Risk
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Don't Waste a Molecule. Close the Air Loop.
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
U.S.-China Summit: Trump, Xi, and the State of the Space Race
Inside a recent episode
Q3: Big Checks and Rocket Risk
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There are other inputs and other developments moving investors. So, Lou, what do you think has been the number one development or story But that's separate from, say, a trend. I mean, it can be part of a trend. But I'm looking for something that's a story or a development in the third quarter that you think has had the biggest impact on the space category. Lou? Biggest impact is probably SpaceX, just because one of the rules of space is that the heavier the object, the bigger the mass, the more gravitational pull. And so you can't help but feel the gravitational pull of SpaceX with their first quarter. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The DownLink Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Chris Quilty
- Lou Whiteman
- Meghan Pipitone
- Dean Cheng
- Charles Galbreath
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,307
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 28 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts The DownLink Podcast?
Laura Winter host the show. Published by The DownLink.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The DownLink Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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