What Next: TBD | The Drone Wars

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The war between Ukraine and Russia is being fought increasingly via drone —and NATO and US military leadership is training troops for future conflicts that will pit man against machine. Guest: Jake Epstein, senior defense reporter for Business Insider. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We were liars. New series, watch now, only on
0:28.9	Prime Video. At LinkedIn, we know hiring is a big deal for your small business. Sometimes it can
0:34.9	feel a little overwhelming. LinkedIn uses data that you can't find
0:38.9	anywhere else to find you the best candidates. Also, you can feel confident you're hiring the
0:43.7	best person for the job and even a little hiring bliss. See why 86% of small businesses who post
0:50.6	a job on LinkedIn get a qualified candidate within a day. Post a job for free at LinkedIn.com slash agree.
0:57.3	LinkedIn.
0:58.0	Your next great hire is here.
1:04.4	Over the past few weeks, the drone war between Russia and Ukraine has been escalating.
1:09.9	Last Friday, Russia launched a three-day aerial
1:12.7	assault on Ukraine, firing some 900 drones. The Ukrainian Air Force called it the biggest drone attack
1:19.8	since the start of the war. Russia now appears to be massing troops near Ukraine's northern border, and Ukraine is stepping
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.