Skunk Works
Organization
Skunk Works is the official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), which serves as the company's tactical research and development arm. It is highly renowned for designing and developing numerous famous military aircraft, highly classified programs, and exotic aerospace platforms.
15 episodes featuring Skunk Works
Bloomberg Tech
Defense makers race to build cheaper autonomous systems
The episode shows how faster procurement, AI, autonomy, and advanced manufacturing are reshaping the economics and strategy of modern defense.
Oct 2, 2026 · 54 min
Bloomberg Tech
Hollywood tests AI’s promise against its creative costs
The episode shows entertainment companies moving from AI experimentation toward systems that could reshape production, ownership, and creative control.
Oct 1, 2026 · 55 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI’s next test: capital, controls and industrial scale
The episode connects OpenAI’s financing and safety questions with the infrastructure, defense manufacturing, hardware tools and consumer devices reshaping AI’s economic footprint.
Sep 30, 2026 · 54 min
Stock Movers
European stocks split between consumer caution and regulatory relief
The episode shows how weaker demand, fiscal proposals, and regulatory decisions are moving European shares in sharply different directions.
Sep 29, 2026 · 5 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI Forces a New Industrial Strategy
The episode connects AI safety, infrastructure spending, manufacturing capacity, and national security into one increasingly urgent policy challenge.
Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 1m
Stock Movers
European stocks split over demand, taxes and regulation
The episode shows how consumer weakness, fiscal policy and regulatory decisions are reshaping the outlook for major European companies.
Sep 29, 2026 · 5 min
Marketplace
Nvidia’s buyback tests AI’s next investment priority
Nvidia’s cash windfall raises a broader question about whether companies should reward shareholders or keep funding growth while the economy shows uneven strength.
Sep 28, 2026 · 25 min
Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia ties buybacks to the next AI infrastructure race
The episode connects Nvidia’s capital returns and safety tools to the financial, industrial, and geopolitical risks of accelerating AI deployment.
Sep 28, 2026 · 54 min
The Compound and Friends
Boyar finds opportunity in hated stocks and compressed valuations
The discussion tests whether unpopular companies are genuinely impaired or merely mispriced after forced selling, AI fears, and multiple compression.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 8m
TBPN
AI abundance meets the limits of economic measurement
The episode tests whether AI is already reshaping investment, infrastructure, politics, productivity, and everyday communication—or remains mostly a story about the future.
Sep 17, 2026 · 3h 2m
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
UFO researcher links secrecy to consciousness and controlled disclosure
Grant Cameron argues that the UFO question may concern consciousness, intelligence operations, and managed narratives as much as recovered craft.
Sep 15, 2026 · 3h 5m
Bloomberg Tech
Anthropic’s credit line tests whether IPO markets can reopen
Anthropic’s financing plans connect private AI valuations, bank incentives, public-market appetite, and the broader economic effects of rapid adoption.
Sep 4, 2026 · 50 min
Odd Lots
Warsh’s Fed vision leaves inflation and dissent unresolved
The episode tests whether a more forceful, dissent-friendly Federal Reserve can improve accountability without inviting political pressure or policy confusion.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 7m
Sourcery
Neros raises $250M to scale domestic military drone production
The war in Ukraine has revealed that modern conflict requires massive quantities of cheap, expendable drones, forcing the West to rapidly rebuild its industrial manufacturing base.
Aug 11, 2026 · 44 min
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
Whistleblower links Langley sighting to hidden UFO programs
Dylan Borland’s account connects a reported military encounter to disputed claims about classified technology, retaliation, oversight, and support for whistleblowers.
Aug 5, 2026 · 3h 19m