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Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.
Think. Fight. Learn. Repeat. is a podcast dedicated to exploring wargaming, military theory, and strategy. In each episode, we speak with leading thinkers and practitioners in these fields to uncover their motivations, examine their ideas, and challenge conventional assumptions. Learn more at www.fightclubinternational.org
Episodes
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Silicon Socrates: Decision-Forcing Cases and the Fight Over PME with Bruce Gudmundsson
Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson has spent thirty years arguing that officers are taught what to think instead of how to think. In this episode he lays out the…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Rehearsing For Your Worst Day With Sebastian Bae
Wargaming has gone from a niche practice to something turning up in think tank headlines, service mandates, and hobby shops. This week's guest, Sebastian Bae…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.From Zombies to the Pentagon With Max Brooks
This week on Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat., we sit down with Max Brooks, author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, who has spent two decades briefing…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.John Boyd: A YouTube Personality in an Analog Age with Ian Brown
Everyone knows John Boyd as "the OODA loop guy," but he was much more than that. In this episode, I sit down with Ian Brown, a Boyd historian who spent nearly…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.AI, Command, and the Character of War with Dr. Anthony King
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Anthony King to discuss his new book, AI, Automation, and War, and what the rise of artificial intelligence actually…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.After Ukraine: Russia and the Baltics with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
The war in Ukraine will end sometime, but what happens next? In this episode, retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, joins…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Systems Theory and The Taiwan Contingency with Dan Rice - Part 2
In part 2 of my conversation with Dan Rice, Co-Director of the US Marine Corps War College's China Warfighting Initiative, we go deeper into the doctrinal…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.The Taiwan Contingency with Dan Rice - Part 1
In the first part of a two part episode, Lex sits down with Dan Rice, Deputy Director of the US Marine Corps War College's China Warfighting Initiative, to…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Sharpening the Sword - The Conception of Fight Club International with Arnel David
What does it take to build a grassroots movement inside rigid institutions like Western Armed Forces? In this episode of Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat., we sit down…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Repurposing the British Army with Nick Moran
Western Armies are trying to do too many things with too few resources. That's not a controversial statement, in fact it's the opening line of a paper that's…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Training for Arctic Warfare with Dylan Abbott
The Arctic doesn't forgive mistakes, it punishes them. In this episode, I sit down with Dylan Abbott, an instructor at the Canadian Army's Advanced Warfare…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Task Force Maven with Col Arnel David
What does AI actually look like inside the world's most powerful military alliance? As the Director of Task Force Maven at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Chinese Strategic Thinking with Phillip Colon
How do historical assumptions shape strategic decisions and what happens when we get them wrong? In this episode, Phillip Colon, a wargame analyst at Group W…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Multi-Domain Operations - From Concept to Practice with Col Elizabeth Pham - Part 2
In Part 2 of our conversation with Colonel Elizabeth Pham, we go deeper into how NATO’s Multi-Domain Operations course is transforming the way warfighters…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Multi-Domain Operations - From Concept to Practice with Col Elizabeth Pham - Part 1
What does it actually take to fight and win in a world where every domain is contested, data moves at machine speed, and decisions matter more than platforms?…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Decision Forcing Cases with Kevin Johnston and Kathleen O'Brien
What happens when there’s no clear right answer? In this episode, we sit down with Kevin Johnston and Kathleen O’Brien from Fight Club International to explore…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.10 Ukrainians vs NATO: The Impetus for Adaptation with Bryan Daugherty
What happens when a small team of Ukrainian soldiers outperforms two NATO battalions in a major military exercise? In this episode, we sit down with defence…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Hybrid Deterrence and Countering China with Lucas Ziller
This week, we sit down with Lucas Ziller, U.S. Army officer and military scholar, to explore modern strategic competition and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.Manoeuvre Warfare in the Baltics with Lukas Milevski
Further Reading & References Manoeuvre Warfare in the Baltic Revisiting the Idea of Sanctuary Russia Targeting the Russian Rear Zone in a Hypothetical Baltic…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.What is Fight Club with Ed Farren - Part 2
In the second half of my conversation with Fight Club International co-founder Ed Farren, we explore how he envisions Fight Club fitting into the broader…
Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.What is Fight Club with Ed Farren - Part 1
In the inaugural episode of Think. Fight. Learn. Repeat., host Lex Luciak speaks with Ed Farren, co-founder of Fight Club International, a global network…