Brent, Science Funding, State and the Soldier.

About this episode

Radha and Loren discuss Dr. Kori Schake's new book on civil-military relations while addressing military promotions and federal science funding issues.

Radha and Loren welcome the glorious Dr. Kori Schake to the podcast for a discussion of her new book, The State and the Soldier:A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States; hurray! As we hopefully welcome spring, we grapple with chaotic management of military promotions, the globally economy, and the Iran war in It's a Drill. And for Dumpster Fires, we wade into the political crisis + administrative burden burden + totally out of sync funding system that is federal science grantmaking, just for fun. Also: Devil Wears Prada 2, anyone? That's All.

People in this episode

Hosts: Radha Iyengar Plumb, Loren DeJonge Schulman

Guest: Dr. Kori Schake

Topics covered

• civil-military relations
• military promotions
• science funding
• political crisis
• administrative burden

Keywords

• civil-military relations
• military promotions
• science funding
• political crisis
• administrative burden
• Iran war
• Dr. Kori Schake

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: federal science grantmaking

Books & works: The State and the Soldier:A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States, Devil Wears Prada 2

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