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From the Crows' Nest

Association of Old Crows

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Featuring interviews, analysis, and discussions covering leading issues of the day related to electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO). Topics include current events and news worldwide, US Congress and the annual defense budget, and military news from the US and allied countries. We also bring you closer to Association of Old Crow events and provide a forum to dive deeper into policy issues impacting our community.
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Need a different view of sports... then come on up to The Crow's Nest with L.A. Decker! Cover art photo provided by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@chrisjoelcampbell Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crowsnest/support
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Titanic Talkline

Alexia Thirumalai

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Have you ever wondered whether there were other people who just wanted to talk on and on about Titanic? Well, I have, and I'm off to try and talk to as many of them as possible. Join me on Titanic Talkline as I go looking for what it is that makes us chase this 110-year-old shipwreck, while having as much fun as I can, and learning all the way. Titanic Talkline is a Crow's Nest Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Retro Ridoctopus

Retro Ridoctopus

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Come aboard as your 3 wacky octo-hosts dive deep into the 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond to discuss things like classic gaming, movies, tv shows, cartoons, music and even toys!
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Allen and Unwin

Allen & Unwin

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Currently featuring: Garth Nix Reads the first chapter from Lord Sunday, the final volume in the Keys to the Kingdom series. A selection of audio highlights and extracts from new and upcoming titles in the Allen & Unwin catalogues Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" eight times including the inaugural award in 1992 and six times since 2000. We publish around 250 new titles each year including literary and commercial fiction, a ...
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Drinks & Discourse

Man Down Media

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Carl sits down with local business owners that are doing some great work for their community. Find out about some unique places, events, and just awesome people. They also enjoy a cocktail that award-winning mixologist, Carl Busch has created.
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We are the story tellers, the keepers of those ancient wisdoms that are shared through inspiration and meditation in those most sacred of places. Britain has always been considered a magical place, steeped in history and mythology that goes back to before written records were kept. This country has always been known for its link to those other domains that are shrouded in mist and sorcery, never easily found but always felt and known about. The Isle of Wight is the home of the ancient gods, ...
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In mid-September, in Lviv, Ukraine, the second annual Defense Tech Summit was held with representatives from over 50 countries in attendance. A policy shift from the Trump administration in support of Ukraine signals new focus on ending the Russia-Ukraine War that is now approaching four years. The two-year war continues between Israel and Hamas in…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller looks at innovation in EMSO and how ideas get from whiteboard to the battlefield through a new lens: science fiction. Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, tells host Ken Miller that scientists are indebted to science fiction writers, as the genre gives pe…
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About 100 episodes ago, we recorded Ep 060: Nintendo Hard / The Triumphant Return of Nintenjoe where we discussed some NES games that we loved despite their extreme levels of difficulty. Tonight, we are dipping back into that topic with the awesome Mike Levy from the Dongled channel on YouTube. We've got a whole new crop of tough as nails games for…
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In this episode, host Ken Miller is joined by friend and colleague Tom Withington, award-winning editor, defense journalist, and expert with Armada International. Ken and Tom discuss the latest developments in the Russo-Ukrainian War with a special focus on the recent Russian drone incursion into Poland and what it means for all of NATO. They also …
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After decades of being the purview of world governments, space operations have exploded in commercial and civilian necessity in recent years. Commercial satellites have increased 7 fold over the last 15 years and now total more than 10,000. Space capabilities are central to nearly every operational concept and military mission, not to mention every…
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This week, all your BASE are belong to Retro Ridoctopus! We are celebrating the crown jewel of any action figure toy line! Whether you called it a base, playset, headquarters, or battle station... we all drooled over those commercials. Begging our parents to pony up even more cash so we could bring a little piece of our action figures' world home! …
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] This outstanding conversation with the living legend Mark Olly is one of my favorite. We discu…
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Innovation is a buzzword to showcase game-changing technologies and capabilities. But how do you get the people’s attention to consider the possibilities, risks, and opportunities? How do you raise awareness to move innovative ideas from the mind to the lab and to the field, not to mention the average household? So much innovation is downstream fro…
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Legendary comedic actor John Candy left us on March 4th, 1994 at the age of 43, much to the dismay of his millions of fans. To help celebrate his life and career, we have a returning guest-host and John Candy super-fan, Retroid and co-host of the Spooky Picture Show, Raina Madison ! We each picked 2 of our favorite Candy films to spotlight, but kno…
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Love him or hate him, the career of John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was one for the ages. With the help of our pals Synopsis Grim and Portland Maine's own, DJ Rick Johnson, we'll hop on a crazy train and journey across five decades—spotlighting five albums from the solo career of heavy metal's one and only Prince of Darkness. Along the way, we'll shar…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller is joined by returning guest Duncan McCrory from the Freeman Air & Space Institute at King’s College London to unpack concerns of a Chinese escalation in the Pacific to reunification with Taiwan — and what this move could mean for the United States and alliances around the world. McCrory says…
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This week, down in the slimy, ever-squirming blackness of the BRIG, we have the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of such acclaimed horror as Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Kill Your Darling, Stay on the Line, What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters and much much more… he’s two parts Vonnegut, one part Ellison… and like nine more parts …
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As August kicks off and summer hits full swing, From the Crows’ Nest takes a step back from its usual format for a special Q&A episode. Host Ken Miller is joined in the studio by Voxtopica producer Laura Krebs to answer questions from listeners and the (very real) studio audience. The conversation touches on topics like EMSO’s role in future global…
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For another "Couch Bro-Op", Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy play through one of the most criminally under appreciated titles on the NES. The Guardian Legend was released in 1988, and to this day, there's still nothing like it! This hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up game was developed by Compile—a company who has quite the pedigree when it comes…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller delves into the intersection of privacy and national security with Susan Landau, the Director of the Cybersecurity Center at Tufts University. Landau testified before Congress last month calling for improved encryption as a matter of national security. She tells host Ken Miller that the moder…
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We welcome back Randy Carter (from Swarm of Comics) for a soaring discussion on the Golden and Silver Ages of superhero comics! The Golden Age of comic books in the United States spanned 1938 to 1956, beginning with the 1938 debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. And the Silver Age is generally considered to span 1956 to 1970. That period began wit…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller is joined by Madison Arcangeli and Katy Nazaretova from Forza DC to discuss the current state of Capitol Hill and the annual appropriations process. They cover a range of topics including keeping the government funded through FY 2025, the progress of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization…
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For this episode of THE BRIG, we are joined by the writing team of Jesse Scoble and Devinder Thiara who rode in from the Great White North to promote their new weird western comic, DEAD MONEY! Jesse is an award-winning game writer with credits on: Assassin’s Creed Origins & Odyssey, Far Cry 5, Watch Dogs 2, HyperScape, and Wizard101. TTRPG work inc…
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For this episode, we get in touch with our softer sides... Get ready to hear a handful of super rad GIRL TOYS that go way beyond playing with dolls. Properties like the Care Bears, My Little Pony and Rainbow Brite have been slapped on as many things as He-Man or the Transformers over the years, and have had just as many reboots. And while we may me…
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In this episode, host Ken Miller is joined by friend and colleague John Knowles, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED), to discuss the defense budget, as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the latest on military actions in Iran. They draw comparisons between the actions taken in Iran and Ukraine's strategic actions …
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] Jeannine Burgess joins us. to talk about the alchemy of art, her personal insights and happy a…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller takes us inside the cutting edge of airborne electronic attack with a deep dive into the U.S. Navy’s latest game-changer: the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB). Joining Ken is Chuck Angus, Business Development Director at Raytheon, who shares how this powerful new system is redefining …
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RELOAD!! RELOAD!! PER-KANNG!! Whether you're aiming your NES Zapper at some 8-bit ducks or feeding quarters into an arcade to head-shot some video zombies, you're experiencing the white-knuckled action of a niche sub-genre of video games known as a LIGHT GUN GAMES or ON RAILS SHOOTERS!! Tonight, with the help of our old buddy, Nintenjoe, we'll spot…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] What do we really know about the true past of the land beneath our feet? Is the HIStorical nar…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/vid Email| [email protected] Highly recommend the video version of this conversation linked below. Psychic Archeology - part 1…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller gets insight into the front lines of the war in Ukraine with today’s guest, Jack de Santis. The Croatian-born drone pilot with the Ukrainian military, is also an engineer and businessman, and is the founder of Omira AI — a company that specializes in counter-EW communications technology. Ken …
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With the help of our pal Scott Clevenger (from The Slumgullion podcast) we dish all about four stylish 90's action/adventure films that were looking to the pulps of the 30s for inspiration! These movies featured heroic characters from a bygone era of pulp magazines, comic strips and serials! We'll each present one of the four films while diving int…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] Episode 333 is absolutely packed with the true investigative attention to detail. Crrow777 nee…
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In this episode of From the Crows' Nest, host Ken Miller is joined by friend and colleague John Knowles, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED), to discuss the ongoing congressional defense budget and reconciliation processes on Capitol Hill. They also discuss the latest developments in Spectrum auction and the need to in…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] This truly outstanding conversation is brought to you by Derek's unique perspectives on the wh…
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This week, down in that rusted out hull we call the BRIG… we are honored to have New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Christopher Golden! Chris is the author of such novels as Snowblind, Road of Bones, Ararat, The House of Last Resort, 13 Buffy The Vampire Slayer novels and more comics than you can shake a RIGHT HAND OF …
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The Association of Old Crows (AOC) wants to make our podcast the best it can be. To help us succeed, we'd like to hear your thoughts. Please take just a few minutes to complete our 2025 listener survey because your opinion is very important to us. In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller is joined by a panel of two Army colonels to …
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/vid eosEmail| [email protected] Highly recommend the video version of this conversation. Mark Olly and Jaya Simrit Kaur are in…
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Coopster Gold takes us back to our Amazing Animal Facts theme from last season, but with a twist! This time we only picked those creatures who have sadly joined the ranks of the EXTINCT. We decided to leave the dinosaurs out of it, focusing on such fantastic beasts as Mighty Moas, Tasmanian Tigers, Woolly Rhinos and, of course, the poster animal fo…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] Anne is one of my personal favorite souls ever to grace this realm with her powerful presence.…
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In this episode, host Ken Miller fields audience questions while visiting EMSO stakeholders in Las Vegas, NV. Ken discusses his views on the implementation of the 2020 EMSO Strategy, the defense budget, training and manpower, spectrum management, and the need for an all-of-government approach to EMSO readiness. You can reach the host directly to sh…
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This time in the BRIG, we have an enormously talented artist, graphic designer and author of the novels Blood For The Sun, All The Dead Men, Lightning Wears a Red Cape and his brand new one: The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile! All that and he’s a former Marine, a black belt in Krav Maga.. It’s Boston’s own… Errick Nunnally! The Queen of Sa…
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In this episode of From the Crows’ Nest, host Ken Miller welcomes Luke Cabot, an Electromagnetic Warfare Training and Technology Instructor at Inzpire’s Technical and Strategic Services Division in the UK. Luke shares how Inzpire’s greatest strength lies in making the complex simple—translating advanced electromagnetic warfare (EW) concepts into la…
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Retroids, start your engines!This episode is all about driving and racing games! We're talking arcades, Atari, Super Nintendo, the N64, and into the era of Playstation and X-Box! As long as the game puts you behind the wheel, it counts! Along for the ride is our old pal and former host of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, Synopsis Grim AKA BOSS …
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In this special episode of From the Crows’ Nest, we’re coming to you from the heart of Rome, Italy, where AOC Europe 2025 is in full swing! Host Ken Miller sits down with three familiar voices to capture the pulse of the show floor and dive into the evolving landscape of Electromagnetic Operations (EMO). This year’s theme, “EMO in Transition – Lear…
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] Did y'all know that Chris Mathieu has a new documentary out? It's called "The Doors Of Percept…
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Val Kilmer was an actor's actor. The rare sort of movie star whose focus was always on creating the best performance possible. Even when not the leading man, he through himself into every role, always elevating what had been written on the page into something special. Over the course of an impressive 30 year career, Val was shaped by the Hollywood …
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Join us for Expanded Content, Afterthoughts, Live Hangouts and Reality Expansion found. . . https://www.patreon.com/Expanding_Reality Ridiginal Publishing YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RidiginalPublishing/videos Email| [email protected] What an outstanding conversation with this beautiful musical duo in life. Channing and Stuart …
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In this episode of From the Crows' Nest, host Ken Miller is joined once again by John Knowles, Editor-in-Chief of AOC’s Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED). They discuss service EW budgets and the technology trends that may influence the Fiscal Year 2026 defense budget that is expected to be released by mid-May. Specifically, they discuss ke…
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This week, down in the eldritch unknown of the BRIG… we have returning guest, Cat Scully! A talented artist, video game developer, writer and novelist … Cat is the author of Jennifer Strange and comes back to chat all about her hotly anticipated novel BELOW THE GRAND HOTEL! We’ve got the roaring 20s, flapper dresses, Ziegfeld Girls... Faustian barg…
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In this episode of "From the Crows’ Nest," host Ken Miller welcomes Dr. Raphael Licursi, antenna and radar researcher, electronic warfare consultant, AOC Europe Pre-event Workshop presenter and author of Meta Surface Driven Electronic Warfare (Wiley & IEEE Press). Dr. Licursi shares insights into his groundbreaking research on metasurfaces, explain…
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Between 1980 and 2010, a total of eleven SNL movies were produced. Some are great, others are far from it and there are plenty in between. But love em or pan em, these comedies were foundational viewing for many of us who grew up in the 90s and beyond! In this episode, Coop continues his Saturday Night Live theme and we spotlight a total of of our …
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In this episode of From the Crows' Nest, host Ken Miller welcomes journalist and expert, Dr. Thomas Withington. They cover a range of topics, including a new EW coalition forming in Europe to respond to EMS challenges stemming from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ken and Tom also talk messaging leading up to AOC Europe in Rome, May 6-8. Also, don’t miss S…
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Hiya, Toonsters! Parasite Steve and 8-Bit Alchemy had a totally toontastic time re-playing some classic Tiny Toon Adventures video games, and you're gonna hear about it! This is a property that produced more games than you realize and some of them are absolutely worth any retro gamer's time! Covered meticulously in this episode are:• Tiny Toon Adve…
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In this episode of "From the Crows' Nest," host Ken Miller is joined by Phyllis Wilson, President of the Military Women's Memorial. They explore Phyllis's remarkable 37-year military career, delve into the history and significance of the Military Women's Memorial, and discuss the often-overlooked contributions of women in military history. Phyllis …
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