Best Father Dylan James Podcasts (2025)

SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, are back – with aerospace & defense tech startups embracing the moment. Merlin, a startup focused on deploying AI into cockpits, is the latest to do so. The company announced a reverse merge with a SPAC led by Inflection Point Asset Management, valuing the company at $800 million pre-money and raise …

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Hyperscalers for the Edge, Movable Data Centers, & The AI Arms Race with Armada CEO Dan Wright 8/21/25 16:33

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Armada is a startup focused on movable data center systems in AI computing in remote locations. It all started with a close collaboration with SpaceX, using the Starlink broadband network for connectivity. Co-founder & CEO Dan Wright joins Morgan Brennan to discuss edge computing, partnerships with energy producers and the AI arms race.…

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Impulse Space’s Geosynchronous Update, $300M Series C Round & IPO Prospects with Impulse Space CEO Tom Mueller 8/7/25 14:50

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Impulse Space is expanding further into space. The in-space services startup has two space tugs in low earth orbit, but an upgraded spacecraft capable of going to geosynchronous orbit will launch this fall. Founder & CEO Tom Mueller was a founding member of SpaceX where his work on propulsion led the way for reusable rocket engines. He joins Morgan…

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Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim on IPO debut, pathway to profitability 8/7/25 6:58

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The IPO market heads to space today as Firefly Aerospace, a small & medium launch rocket maker, debuts on the Nasdaq. In what’s expected to be 2025’s biggest American space tech listing, the company is looking to list between $41 and $43 apiece for a $6.3 billion valuation. CEO Jason Kim joins Morgan Brennan ahead of trading to discuss the IPO, the…

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Sermon: Meaningless, or, Meaningful in Christ 10:14

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18th Sunday in ordinary time year C, 3rd August 2025, at Sacred Heart Paignton, by Fr Dylan James

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Apple’s Emergency Services, Physical AI & The Fight for Spectrum with Globalstar CEO Paul Jacobs 7/31/25 21:46

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Apple's had its biggest revenue growth since December 2021—but it also has a space play in its back pocket. Apple owns a 20% stake in Globalstar, the satellite company that gives iPhones their space-based emergency service communications. Globalstar CEO Paul Jacobs joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the promise of satellite communications, physical AI…

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ULA’s Next Vulcan Launch, Amazon Kuiper & National Space Security with United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno 7/24/25 17:17

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ULA is preparing for its next Vulcan launch in what will be the first official national security mission for the new rocket. A joint venture between Boeing & Lockheed Martin, ULA will conduct several launches for the government and then turn back to its commercial customer Amazon in the fall. ULA CEO joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the latest launc…

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Sermon: Love or Duty, Mary or Martha 7:43

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16th Sunday in ordinary time, year C, 20th July 2025, sermon by Fr Dylan James at Sacred Heart, Paignton

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Real-time Satellite Data, AI Learning and More with Planet Labs CEO Will Marshall 7/18/25 16:52

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Planets Labs CEO Will Marshall joins Manifest Space to discuss the company’s rapid growth, fueled by deals across the globe as the changing geopolitical landscape means countries are looking for real-time data from satellites to respond to natural disasters, security threats and more. Planet Labs stock is up more than 100% in the last three months …

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Hadrian’s $260 Million Series C Round with Hadrian CEO Chris Power 7/17/25 14:07

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Hadrian, a defense manufacturing startup focused on machine parts, has closed a $260 million Series C funding round. Led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Lux Capital, the capital will go towards building a 270,000 square foot factory in Arizona and expanding its California footprint. CEO Chris Power joins to discuss the raise, reviving American m…

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Varda Closes $187 Million Series C Round with Varda Space CEO Will Bruey 7/11/25 20:10

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Varda Space, an in-space manufacturing startup, has just raised $187 million in a Series C round led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital. Since its inception four years ago, Varda has completed three successful missions, with a fourth in orbit and fifth expected by the end of 2025. Co-founder & CEO Will Bruey joins Morgan Brennan to discuss drug m…

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Sermon: God is Here and I Didn’t Know It 4:51

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Monday 14th week ordinary time, year I, 7th July 2025, travel week with St Therese Camp counselors, homily by Fr Dylan James

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Axiom Space Launches Fourth Private Crew Mission with Axiom Space CEO Tejpaul Bhatia 7/7/25 26:37

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Axiom Space recently launched its fourth private crew mission to the International Space Station. AX-4-- sponsored by India, Poland and Hungary-- lifted off from Florida in a SpaceX capsule last week and is currently completing a two-week tour on the ISS. It was the first mission under CEO Tejpaul Bhatia, a serial entrepreneur with experience from …

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Sermon: The Bridegroom has been with us 6:39

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Farewell sermon to camp counselors, Saturday 13th week ordinary time, St Therese youth camp, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Independence Day 8:43

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4th July 2025 homily at St Therese youth camp by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Humor and Saints (St Philip Neri) 10:08

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Votive Mass of St Philip Neri, 2nd July 2025, St Therese youth camp, homily by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: I call you Friends 9:12

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Friday of 5th week of Easter, 23rd May 2025, homily at St Therese youth camp, counselors training week, by Fr Dylan James, audio of sermon posted late

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Sermon: Who is the Son the Man? 11:45

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Sermon for St Peter and St Paul, 29th June 2025, St Therese youth camp, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Immaculate Heart Pondering 6:55

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28th June 2925, memoria Immaculate Heart of Mary, St Therese Camp, homily for counselors, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Vulnerable Love 8:18

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Sacred Heart, 27th June 2025, homily at St Therese youth camp, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Levi and the Potato (St Matthew) 6:41

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Votive Mass of Saint Matthew, at St Therese youth camp, by Fr Dylan James

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Redwire's Transformational Leap: Edge Autonomy Acquisition and the Future of Multi-Domain Defense 6/26/25 29:12

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Morgan sits down with Pete Cannito, CEO of Redwire, and Kirk Konert, Managing Partner at, AE Industrial -- one of the few aerospace private equity firms out there--to discuss Redwire’s game-changing acquisition of Edge Autonomy and how it transforms the company. The conversation explores how drones, AI, and autonomous systems are reshaping modern w…

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Sermon: Promises of God 9:53

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Wednesday 12th week ordinary time year I, St Therese camp, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Humility and John the Baptist 9:00

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24th June 2025 homily at St Therese youth camp by Fr Dylan James, solemnity of birth of John the Baptist

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Sermon: Valued as a Child of God 6:25

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Sermon for votive Mass of Baptism of the Lord, St Therese youth camp, 23rd June 2025, by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: Real Presence -Corpus Christi 8:10

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22nd June 2025 Corpus Christi homily at St Therese youth camp by Fr Dylan James

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Sermon: God Cares 7:55

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Saturday week 10 ordinary time, year I, 14th May 2025, St Therese youth camp, sermon to counselors by Fr Dylan James

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Voyager Goes Public with Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor 6/13/25 10:46

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Voyager Technologies, a commercial space and defense technology startup, has gone public. Skyrocketing more than 80% in its first day trading at the New York Stock Exchange, it reflects a milestone for the broader space. Co-founder & CEO Dylan Taylor joins Morgan Brennan from the stock exchange to talk about the new frontier for the company and spa…

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Sermon: Comparison vs Joy 9:06

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Sermon at St Therese youth camp to counselors by Fr Dylan James 7th June 2025, Saturday week 9 of Eastertide

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Applied Intuition Co-founder and CEO Qasar Younis on bringing AI to military vehicles 6/4/25 13:43

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CNBC’s Morgan Brennan sits down with Applied Intuition Co-founder and CEO Qasar Younis to discuss the company’s work to bring AI to more civilian and military vehicles, and the important of American innovation in the space as global competition heats up.By CNBC

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Sermon: Philip Neri and Youth 7:29

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26th May 2025, sermon by Fr Dylan James at St Therese Camp, Alaska

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Sermon: Why we’re at Camp 10:32

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Opening sermon at training week for camp counselors, St Therese Camp, Alaska

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Sermon: Being Pruned 6:35

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Wednesday 5th week of Easter, training week at St Therese youth camp, Alaska, by Fr Dylan James

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Zeno Power’s $50 Million Series B Raise with Zeno Power CEO Tyler Bernstein 5/16/25 16:06

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Zeno Power, a nuclear battery startup, has just raised $50 million in a Series B funding round to bring its nuclear battery to market. The startup has secured more than $60 million in contracts from the Pentagon and NASA to develop these batteries for maritime and space applications. Co-founder & CEO Tyler Bernstein joins Morgan Brennan to discuss …

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Trimble’s Trillion Dollar Space Data with Trimble CEO Rob Painter 5/16/25 14:59

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Trimble is one of the biggest software companies in the S&P 500 you’ve never heard of. Getting its start 50 years ago with what would become GPS, the company is now implementing AI to manage over a trillion dollars’ worth of construction, freight & more contract work. Following the Nasdaq’s Space Capital Conference, Trimble CEO Rob Painter joins Mo…

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Lunar Resources with Interlune CEO Rob Meyerson 5/9/25 16:29

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Once the stuff of science fiction, moon mining is getting government backing. Seattle-based startup Interlune—a previous guest of the podcast— came out of stealth last year. Its mission: to harvest resources from the moon. Now, they’re ready to announce their first customers. The Department of Energy has purchased three liters of lunar-extracted he…

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Sermon: Unknowable Knowable God 5:01

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Tuesday Week 3 Eastertide sermon by Fr Dylan James, Josephinum Seminary

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True Anomaly’s $260 Millin Series C with CEO Even Rogers 5/1/25 12:27

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True Anomaly has just raised $260 million in a Series C funding round. The company, which develops spacecraft that can maneuver each other in orbit, will use the capital to ramp up production and support future missions. Co-founder & CEO Even Rogers joins Morgan Brennan to discuss securing and defending space.…

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Investing 101 from the Father of Space ETFs with ProcureAM CEO Andrew Chanin 4/24/25 15:40

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April has been one of the stock market’s most tumultuous months ever. While defense and aerospace haven’t been entirely immune—as government spending on initiatives like space security rises, those boasting government contracts have proven to be safe havens for investors. Andrew Chanin, the co-founder & CEO of ProcureAM, is one of the minds behind …

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Cell Phone to Satellites with Skylo CEO Parth Trivedi 4/11/25 19:19

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As Amazon looks to launch its first Kuiper satellite mission, space infrastructure’s role in enhancing global connectivity is coming to fruition. Skylo, a company that links cell phones to communication satellites, is also making moves—recently collaborated with Charter and Comcast to provide satellite connectivity for emergency messaging services.…

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“Stranded” NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with Butch Wilmore & Sunita Williams 3/31/25 11:08

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After an eight day spaceflight turned into a 286-day space odyssey, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth. The “stranded” NASA astronauts flew home in a SpaceX Dragon capsule, instead of the Boeing Starliner which carried them to the I.S.S. last June. Williams and Wilmore join Morgan Brennan to discuss the return to Earth, Bo…

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National Security Space Launch’s New Partners with Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck 3/28/25 9:04

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The U.S. Space Force has tapped Rocket Lab and startup Stoke Space to join the National Security Space Launch program as part of NSSL’s Phase 3 Lane 1 category. For Rocket Lab, it represents a big opportunity for its new Neutron rocket, a medium-lift vehicle under development. Founder & CEO Peter Beck joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the new award, …

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A Year in Orbit with Apex Space CEO Ian Cinnamon 3/27/25 12:53

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Apex Space, a satellite manufacturing startup is celebrating on year of its satellite on orbit this month. Founded in 2022, the startup’s goal is to ease the production process of off-the-shelf satellite buses that help customers shift risk and money from making spacecraft to focusing on the missions they want to conduct. A member of Anduril Techno…

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Planet Labs Posts Quarterly Results with CEO Will Marshall 3/20/25 16:47

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Planet Labs marked its first quarter of profitability by adjusted EBITDA. The satellite imagery and earth observation data company saw its backlog surge in the fiscal fourth quarter by 115%. Co-founder, Chair & CEO Will Marshall joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the quarter and why he sees the company as being at an inflection point.…

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Epirus’s $250 Million Funding Round & Drone Disruption with Epirus CEO Andy Lowery 3/18/25 26:44

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Investors continue to be excited by defense and national security tech. The latest case: Epirus, a weapons maker that specializes in electronic warfare that disrupts drones. CEO Andy Lowery joins Morgan Brennan to discuss the company's recent $250 million funding round and plans to scale production and the need for rapid innovation in defense.…

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Blue Ghost’s Moon Mission with Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim 3/7/25 10:54

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Firefly Aerospace has made history with its commercial lunar lander Blue Ghost making a soft landing over the weekend—the second private operation to ever do so, and the first to do it without complications. The mission involved five payloads collected valuable data. CEO Jason Kim joins Morgan Brennan to discuss Blue Ghost’s successful soft landing…

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Blue Origin’s 10th Human Spaceflight with Bess Ventures Principal Lane Bess 2/27/25 17:07

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Lane Bess is a long-time tech entrepreneur and investor – and an astronaut, having flown with Blue Origin twice. The former Palo Alto Networks CEO recently flew on the company’s 10th human spaceflight for a suborbital flight. He sat down with CNBC’s Morgan Brennan to discuss the mission, space tourism, and the future of AI in the space business.…