Show overview
The DownLink Podcast has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 237 episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 min and 44 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year.
From the publisher
From the Defense & Aerospace Report... This is The DownLink Podcast, hosted by Laura Winter. From the intersection of space, business, and defense... Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it. The DownLink Podcast is 2023, 2024, and 2025 Defense Media Award-winner.
Latest Episodes
View all 237 episodesWhat’s the Payload the President’s 1,000-Launch Memo Should Deliver?
Space Force: Targeted Growth In a Time of Budgetary Uncertainty
Satellites, War, and Humanitarian Law: The ICRC Explains
SpaceX's Q2: A Neo Cloud With a Rocket Side Hustle
Space Competition: China 1H 2026: Rockets, Vassals, and Purges
Space Power: Should the Space Force Station Guardians on the Moon?
Space Power: Who Is the Next Chief of Space Operations?
Space Tech: Where "Resilient" Isn't a Policy Cliché
Space Money: Q2 2026 — Deals, Divestitures, and Big Checks
Space Power: Executing the International Strategy — Air Marshal Paul Godfrey
Space Money: The Demand Pull — Kevin O'Connell
Space Money: At $1.77 Trillion It’s SpaceX IPO Day!
Space Power: What Is Taiwan Building? Why?
Space Competition: AIAA's Clay Mowry On What The Commercial Sector Wants
Space Tech: Can Space-Based Solar Power Close the Business Case?
Space Money: Terran Orbital and the Race to Scale
Space Competition: Sovereign Systems May Have Entangled Outcomes
Space Power: Space Force Budget Has “Protein” And “Dramatic Growth”
Space Power: The Space Force Reveals What's In Its Crystal Ball
Space Money: Lunar Excitement And SpaceX’s “Crazy Pants” Valuation
Space Money: Lunar Excitement And SpaceX’s “Crazy Pants” Valuation Artemis II is on its way to the Moon — the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. Private credit is flashing warning signs, and SpaceX just filed for the largest IPO in history. The numbers, as one guest puts it, are "crazy pants." Laura Winter speaks with The DownLink regulars Chris Quilty, founder of Quilty Space; and George Pullen, Partner and Chief Economist at MilkyWayEconomy.