The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast

The Convergence is an Army Mad Scientist podcast with a distinct focus on divergent viewpoints, a challenging of assumptions, and insights from thought leaders and subject matter experts. The purpose of "The Convergence" is to ...more

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April 09, 2026 00:40:32
119. No Winning Without Fighting: How China’s View of Hybrid Warfare Has Evolved with Dr. Howard Wang

119. No Winning Without Fighting: How China’s View of Hybrid Warfare Has Evolved with Dr. Howard Wang

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January 15, 2026 00:53:07
118. Sinews of War: A gaming Approach to Sustaining the Force

118. Sinews of War: A gaming Approach to Sustaining the Force

[Editor’s Note:  Regular readers of the Mad Scientist Laboratory blog site know that wargaming is a vital cognitive tool for understanding the complexities of...

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117

September 11, 2025 00:24:57
117. From Campus to Command: The William & Mary Wargaming Lab with Luke Miller

117. From Campus to Command: The William & Mary Wargaming Lab with Luke Miller

[Editor’s Note:  Army Mad Scientist and the Georgetown University Wargaming Society co-hosted our Game On! Wargaming & The Operational Environment Conference at Georgetown University,...

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116

August 28, 2025 00:25:00
116. Do Androids Dream of Electric War: The Reality of Autonomous Weapons with Dr. Mark Bailey

116. Do Androids Dream of Electric War: The Reality of Autonomous Weapons with Dr. Mark Bailey

“I think there’s a moral question that one has to ask in general about whether it’s appropriate for a machine to make a decision...

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August 14, 2025 00:44:05
115. 15 Layers Deep: Supporting Soldiers with Geospatial Intelligence

115. 15 Layers Deep: Supporting Soldiers with Geospatial Intelligence

[Editor’s Note:  As observed in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat Operations: “LSCO will be marked by the democratization and proliferation...

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July 31, 2025 00:46:12
114. Data to Dominance: AI & Gaming to Create Decision Advantage with Jon Pan

114. Data to Dominance: AI & Gaming to Create Decision Advantage with Jon Pan

“Agentic warfare is here, whether we welcome it or not. The era of military planners manually gathering limited data and compiling static crisis response...

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