Show overview
MCA Scuttlebutt has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 219 episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 46 min and 1h 11m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 64 episodes published.
From the publisher
The Marine Corps Association is dedicated in its mission to support Today’s Marines. Our podcast, Scuttlebutt, seeks to create a forum to encourage and inspire Marines, former Marines, Marine families, and supporters of the Marine Corps to engage with issues that impact Marines and the Corps. Storytelling not only helps us unpack who we are, but brings us into conversation with the world and people around us. We will hear stories from Marines and civilians working to honor, uncover, and restore Marine Corps history, as well as from those working every day to make the world a better place.
Latest Episodes
View all 219 episodes#256: Semper Cinema – The Wind and the Lion with Josh Bates
#255: Semper Read with 2ndLt Steven Ramirez
#254: Characters, Storytelling, and Col John Ripley with Stephen Camelio
#253: Guerillas in the Mist with Robert Newman
#252: World of Wargaming with Maj Alex Buck, Canadian Armed Forces
#251: Timothy Gick is Not A Very Good Teacher
#250: A Trip on the Way Back Machine – Some Highlights of 250 episodes of Scuttlebutt
#249: Interrogator, Author, Lawyer with MSgt Jonathan Hackett (Ret.)
#248: Son, Father, Marine with Col Tim Mundy (Ret.)
#247: World of Wargaming review of Mission Match
#246: The MCA’s TDG Competition with 1stSgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter
#245: Doing the Baghdad Shuffle with LtCol Josh Bates (Ret.)
#244: Literary Lethality with Kacy Tellessen
#243: The Siege at Khe Sanh with David Kniess and Dennis Mannion
#242: Literary Lethality with Max Uriarte
#241: Semper Cinema – Tribes
#240: Marine Corps Heritage Foundation with MajGen James Lukeman (Ret)
#239: Modern Day Marine 2026
#238: The Power of Narrative with August Cole
#237: Literary Lethality with Ian Brown
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we bring another installment of our new series, Literary Lethality, to the scuttlebutt. In this series, we will be doing a deep dive into the Commandant’s Professional Reading List, exploring various titles and talking with authors about some of the books on the list. Today, we welcome Ian Brown back to the show. Ian has been on a few times, participating in our World of Wargaming series and is one of the most prolific advocates for the benefits of wargaming and robust military education. He is also the author of A New Conception of War: John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare and Snowmobiles and Grand Ideas: John Boyd’s Vision for Thriving in Chaos. Ian talks to us about A New Conception of War, the genesis of the project, and what it means to him to have his book on the Commandant’s Professional Reading List three years running. And more than anything, why A New Conception of War deserves to be on the Commandant’s Professional Reading List. Enjoy! linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-41b2bb94 x.com/ian_tb03 <p>The post #237: Literary Lethality with Ian Brown first appeared on Marine Corps Association.</p>