Elbridge Colby

Co-founder and Principal of the Marathon Initiative. He's the author of The State of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict and has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development.

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Feb 102023

February 10, 2023The Ricochet Podcast

The Ricochet Podcast

RicochetFebruary 10, 2023

Chat CCP

For all the talk of walking and chewing gum vis-a-vis America's looming threats to national security, have you ever asked whether China is the walking part or the chewing gum? Elbridge Colby has. He joins Rob, James and Charles to explain why the analogies to multitasking are divorced from our current defense strategy — such as it is — and why even thinking back to the Cold War can only do so much for us. Our hosts get into lousy speeches and wonder if ChatGPT could make for an improvement; plus they say farewell to the essential Burt Bacharach.

Hosted by Charles C. W. Cooke, James Lileks, and Rob Long

Organization:: Ricochet

March 2022

Mar 42022

March 4, 2022The Ricochet Podcast

The Ricochet Podcast

RicochetMarch 4, 2022

Bull in a China Shop

We jet eastward and then into the ether this week, unfortunately without our pal James Lileks who's vacationing somewhere on planet Earth. Our first guide is Elbridge Colby, who explains why we better not sleep on the Pacific theater. Then we've got Rich Goldberg, host of our new podcast: Cryptonite. He's here to tell us that even a smart person like you can wrap your head around cryptocurrency. The founders get a chance to talk about Ukraine... and that's about it. They had too much fun with our guests and, let's face it, Tuesday's State of the Union address wasn't very memorable. Music from this week's podcast: Bull in a China Shop by Barenaked Ladies

Hosted by Peter Robinson and Rob Long

Organization:: Ricochet