10 years after Ghost Fleet, the warning signs are clearer than ever. As China races ahead with AI and robotics, is the U.S. keeping up or falling further behind? Read more: warontherocks.com/2025/09/ghost-…

Do you need to be a Master Plumber to fix your Gas Stove? Some NYC regulation lovers introduced a new rule that would force YOU to hire a master plumber just to install a gas stove. Uh, what? Aside form making new appliances more expensive, slowing down everything, and propping

John Ferry dives into what plauges SBIR: broken incentives, absent demand signal, and a bold plan for change. Is this the future for the SBIR program?

Hiring: Marketing Manager at Blue Water Autonomy Blue Water is building some of the biggest autonomous ships in the world, and now they’re looking for a marketing manager to help tell that story. If you’re into visual storytelling, know how to speak to defense and / or investor

Amidst the government shutdown, credit unions like Navy Federal and USAA are stepping up — offering interest-free loans so service members can still pay their bills. Respect where it’s due.

Every scroll, every reaction is feeding an online machine built to keep you mad. This week’s steam calls it out and offers a simple challenge: the next time someone tries to trigger you, laugh. Don’t give the anger industrial complex what it wants. Pull the ripcord, breathe, and

This week on the Steam Zone, the guys cover: 00:43 - China's Response on Rare Earth Materials 5:34 - Jared Kushner and Peace in the Middle East (?) 10:00 - Welcome to America, Qatar 13:05 - Is this America's New Rust Belt Moment? 18:28 - Job of the Week: Shift5 26:25 -

Last week, China slapped back, at US tariffs with a new policy stating ANY product containing >0.1% of Chinese rare earth materials needs Beijing's approval before re-export to third countries. The policy goes into effect Dec 1. This is a major development. But is it a Trump

Qatar will build a facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho to allow Qatari pilots to receive training alongside U.S. soldiers. Is this a confidence building measure for a new beautiful alliance? Is it an American betrayal? Or is it something else entirely? Find

What happens when college boom towns go bust? With undergraduate enrollment plummeting across the country, some regions are going to be hard hit. This week, The Argument Magazine explores the roots of the issue, and the STEAM Zone guys discuss potential solutions:

This week's #JobOfTheWeek comes from a red hot company: Shift5 They're hiring an FPGA engineer in Rosslyn, and Engineering manager Tom Mealey joins us to make the case. What's the role? Why should you join? What will you do? Who will you work with? It's all here... ready to

Ben's 24th floor elevator is out, and he is NOT happy. What does this tell us about American reindustrialization? You better believe a wholeee lot

Noah is PUMPED about Giants QB Jaxson Dart and RB Cam Skattebo. The team's resurgence has some key lessons for this American Renaissance. Don't believe us? Check it out:

This week on the STEAM Zone: 00:51 - The Army's Right to Repair 09:14 - Project Janus & Nuclear energy for DoW bases 13:51 - China Rams Another Philippines Fishing vessel 17:44 - Justin Baucum / Isembard 31:04 - Job of the Week: Spear AI 39:04 - Steaming Conferences

This week on the STEAM Zone: 00:31 - Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on the future of US-China relationship and an X beef to boot 08:49 - LinkedIn fraud and Building Modern Teams 15:49 - Jennifer Pahlka and the new Recoding America Fund 20:34 - Beau Downey Launches MC Post 28:12 - Ben

The STEAM Zone breaks down this argument, and the responses it generated

Who wants to read 6 different newsletters, check 7 sites, listen to 4 podcasts and read 8 substacks to know what's going on? Beau Downey and the Mission Cultivate team are trying to solve this with MC Post. Watch all about it

Who on X doesn't love a little LinkedIn smack talk? Building teams on LinkedIn means navigating big fraud. Listen to Ben's breakdown:

Ben steams the KNICKS!

Viva Las Vegas for MCON!