
The Grumpy Strategists
Hosted by Marcus and Michael · Strategic Analysis Australia
4.5from 22 ratings
- 89
- Episodes
- 77
- Transcribed
- 22
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Grumpy Strategists
The Grumpy Strategists chat about defence and security issues, from an Australian perspective. We say simple things about complicated issues that help cut through the politics and careful bureaucratic talking points. Critical but constructive conversations about the big security and technology issues affecting our world. RSSVERIFY
- Publisher
- Strategic Analysis Australia
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
77 of 89 episodes have a transcript.

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
AUKUS at 5: Not Dead Yet. Don't make the rookie error its about submarines - it's about the "Geopolitical Imaginary"....and Dune....

11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Censorship Edition: slow change accelerates in politics, war, cricket & climate. But Govt censorship just keeps rolling

29 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Australia's two "Wunderwaffen" can't both be magical: Hunter frigates and AUKUS subs
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AUKUS at 5: Not Dead Yet. Don't make the rookie error its about submarines - it's about the "Geopolitical Imaginary"....and Dune....
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Oh, I see. We're faster than the Bene Gesserits in June. Right. Yes. And the other bit by Mr. Joshua C. Huminski is that he said you can't take progress for granted or that I will deliver. Further political capital is needed, but the auguries are positive. That got my attention as well. So the auguries, so remember we were talking about decimate and going back to the original proper meaning of words. The auguries is when the Roman priests read the entrails of the sacred geese to predict the future. Marcus, I know that. I'm a qualified augur. Yeah, but there's people out there who are not as erudite as you, Michael. […]
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Marcus and Michael host the show. Published by Strategic Analysis Australia.
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