- 97
- Episodes
- 23
- Transcribed
- 126
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 55M
- YouTube views
About Voices from DARPA
DARPA’s podcast series, "Voices from DARPA," offers a revealing and informative window on the minds of the Agency's program managers. In each episode, a program manager from one of DARPA’s six technical offices—Biological Technologies, Defense Sciences, Information Processing Techniques, Multi X, Strategic Technology, and Tactical Technology—will discuss in informal and personal terms why they are at DARPA and what they are up to. The goal of "Voices from DARPA" is to share with listeners some of the institutional know-how, vision, process, and history that together make the “secret sauce” DARPA has been adding to the Nation’s innovation ecosystem for nearly 70 years. On another level, we at DARPA just wanted to share the pleasure we all have every day—in the elevator, in the halls, in our meeting rooms—as we learn from each other and swap ideas and strive to change what’s possible.
- Publisher
- DARPA
- Category
- government · news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
23 of 97 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Vertical Lift Challenger: Episode 97
27 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Sea Changer: Episode 96
9 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Accidental Chemist: Episode 95
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The Vertical Lift Challenger: Episode 97
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's because they have an upper limit of the 55 pounds with a Part 107. Part 107 is the Federal Aviation Administration's regulation for operating small drones, no matter where or who you are in America. It allows you to transport property for compensation or higher as long as the drone, and everything it carries, weighs less than 55 pounds total. The challenge is, existing commercial drones can only carry about a quarter of their own weight. So a 10-pound payload requires a 40-pound drone. That leaves you with a payload to weight ratio of roughly 1 to 4. So if we were to flip that and you were to say, hey, we have a 4 to 1 ratio, that means now you can have a 10-pound aircraft lifting 40-ish pounds of groceries, and that now becomes valuable to the customer. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Phillip "Donna" Smith
- Christopher Kent
- Keith Whitener
- David Rushing Dewhurst
- Adam Willis
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 55,167,017
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 109 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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- Quality
- 41
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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