Episode 6: Matt Tavares - Founder, Protocol Media Labs

Leave a comment and review, and follow for more!

Topics: (0:00) Intro

(1:36) Matt's Warfighting & Intelligence Background

(3:30) The Future of Artillery

(8:07) Why Matt Went Into Intel

(9:49) Discovering The Drone Problem

(12:26) Trends & Insights on Drones

(15:35) Calculations of Our Adversaries

(19:20) Missteps & Brutality in Ukraine

(22:30) Weakness of Current C-UAS

(24:25) How The IED Problem Was Addressed

(27:45) Offensive vs. Defensive Combat

(29:19) North Koreans in Ukraine

(31:49) Matt's New Media Project

(34:52) New Tools For Journalists

(38:34) Prediction Markets & Media

(45:46) Additive Manufacturing

(54:35) Firestorm's xCell and Logistics

(59:11) Cana: Molecular Beverage Printer

(1:01:58) The Value of Patience in Defense

(1:03:54) Our Swanky Podcast Studio

(1:06:30) Del Ray, Alexandria, VA Is Great

(1:08:24) Polarization in Media

(1:11:22) Is Social Media Overpersonalized?

(1:17:13) The Panama Papers

(1:18:44) Social Platform Preferences

(1:20:07) Telegram CEO Issues

(1:21:48) Starting a Business, Then vs. Now

(1:24:22) Outro

Check out Matt's work: https://www.protocolmedialabs.com/

Matt Tavares is an Army veteran with two decades of experience in national security, emerging technology, and warfighting, including service as an artillery officer, Chief of Intelligence Plans for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, and Country Director for Russia working on Asymmetric Activities. He has now joined the tech startup world with a new company, The Protocol, which leverages blockchains to create a market for quality journalism that can survive in an increasingly censored news environment. #podcast #drone #military #defensetechnology