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Hypersonic Discussions

May 15, 2025


Lou and Tom talk hypersonic aircraft, Saudi Arabia, and defense contractors followed by Wayne and Andrew on ethics, hooker scandals, and trust in policymakers.

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Articles Referenced

 

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/largest-defense-budgets-in-the-world/

20 Years of US Aerospace/Defense Industry Consolidation
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r/LessCredibleDefence - 20 Years of US Aerospace/Defense Industry Consolidation

 

 

Guests & Co-Hosts

LOU MICHELS

Lou Michels is an employment and sports law attorney with a national law firm, who is also an NFL player agent. He joins the Stocks & Jocks show every Thursday morning from Denver, Colorado. Lou represents companies and individuals in dealing with workplace problems ranging from labor union and discrimination cases to employment contracts and trade secret disputes. He played football at Air Force, and graduated from Duke Law School, where he developed an appreciation for college basketball. He is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. Lou grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, and Minneapolis, where his father was a professional football coach for the Minnesota Vikings for almost 30 years.

 

ANDREW KREIG

The Washington, DC-based author is an investigative reporter, non-profit executive, attorney and broadcast commentator.

After an early career in journalism and law he led the Wireless Communication Association as president/CEO from 1996 to 2008 in its worldwide advocacy to create a wireless broadband industry. Later, he became a university fellow, co-hosted a weekly public affairs raid show, and founded the non-partisan Justice Integrity Project (www.justice-integrity.org) to uncover unreported and underreported stories via a new citizen action Truth Patrol.

WAYNE MADSEN

Starting in 1997, after his military service as a U.S. Navy lieutenant assigned to Anti-Submarine Warfare duties and to the National Security Agency as a COMSEC analyst, he applied his military intelligence training to investigative journalism.

He has since written for many daily, weekly, and monthly publications including The Progressive, the Village Voice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Allentown Morning Call, Juneau Empire, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Real Clear Politics, Danbury Newstimes, Newsday and many others.

Throughout his journalistic career, he has been a television commentator on many programs, including 60 Minutes, Russia Today, Press TV, and many others.