
The Proceedings Podcast
Hosted by Emily Abdow and Bill Hamblet · U.S. Naval Institute
4.7from 265 ratings
- 535
- Episodes
- 157
- Transcribed
- 265
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About The Proceedings Podcast
The Naval Institute is a private, not-for-profit educational institution whose mission is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security. Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach, Ward Carroll, and the Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, Bill Hamblet, talk about what's happening in the Sea Services, latest news from USNI News, stories in Proceedings and Naval History magazines, and interview Naval Institute authors. Deputy Editor Bill Bray joins the cast from time to time as well.
- Publisher
- U.S. Naval Institute
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jul 2017
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
157 of 535 episodes have a transcript.

5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Race Against Nuclear Meltdown on Soviet Submarine K-219

27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Restoring General Barrett’s Place in Marine Corps History

22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP. 519: Beneath the Surface: U.S.-China Naval Rivalry
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The Race Against Nuclear Meltdown on Soviet Submarine K-219
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So they went to an emergency process where you threw this series of switches and they called them quench baffles, but it was essentially like control rods in one of our reactors. They would lower this into the core. It would absorb the neutron flux and the reactors would cool down relatively and be safe. […]
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Emily Abdow and Bill Hamblet host the show. Published by U.S. Naval Institute.
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