The Proceedings Podcast
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Show overview
The Proceedings Podcast has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 500 episodes. That works out to roughly 330 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 min and 45 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 Government show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 75 episodes published. Published by U.S. Naval Institute.
From the publisher
The Naval Institute is a private, not-for-profit educational institution whose mission is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security. Every week on the Proceedings Podcast, the Naval Institute's Director of Outreach, Ward Carroll, and the Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings, Bill Hamblet, talk about what's happening in the Sea Services, latest news from USNI News, stories in Proceedings and Naval History magazines, and interview Naval Institute authors. Deputy Editor Bill Bray joins the cast from time to time as well.
Latest Episodes
View all 500 episodesEP. 500: 100,000 tons of Diplomacy: Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the War with Iran
EP. 499: Inside Mitscher’s Battle of Midway Cover-up
EP. 498: Admiral Spruance: A New Biography of a Naval Strategist
EP. 497: Navy Expeditionary Combat Command: Small, Elite, Adaptable
EP. 496: Clarity in Conflict: H.R. McMaster on the Iran War
EP. 495: Two Theaters, One Crisis: Admiral Harry Harris on Iran War’s Impact on East Asia
EP. 494: Dollars, Defense, and Reform: A Conversation with Senator Tim Sheehy
EP. 493: The Evolution of Marine Aviation in World War II
Ep. 492: Strait of Hormuz Update
EP. 491: Iran War Update with VADM John "Fozzie" Miller
Bill Hamblet hosts Vice Admiral John “Fozzie” Miller, U.S. Navy (Retired), for a timely discussion on the evolving Iran conflict and its implications for the Strait of Hormuz. They examine maritime risks, regional stability, and the strategic importance of this critical chokepoint for global energy security and U.S. naval operations.
EP. 490: A WAVES Officer’s Mission to Preserve Naval Memory
Host Emily Abdow talks with archivist and historian Samuel Limneos about his article "Her Brother Went Down with the Edsall: A WAVES Officer’s Mission to Preserve Naval Memory" in the latest edition of Naval History.
EP. 489: An Alliance Forged at Scapa Flow
In December 1917, the arrival of the U.S. Navy’s Battleship Division Nine brought hope to a British Grand Fleet struggling to match the strength of the German surface navy in the North Sea. Host Emily Abdow talks with author Thomas Sheppard about his article in the latest issue of Naval History. To read the article, visit: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2026/april/alliance-forged-scapa-flow
EP. 488: Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks
Host Bill Hamblet talks with veteran national security professional Sean M. Wiswesser about his book "Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War"—available next month from the Naval Institute Press.
EP. 487: Gen. Frank McKenzie Analyzes the Iran War
Co-hosts Bill Hamblet and Paul Giarra host former CENTCOM Commander General Frank McKenzie to discuss Operation Epic Fury, including progress so far, campaign objectives, and what might come next.
EP. 486: Commercial Satellite Imagery for Maritime Domain Awareness
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EP. 485: National Policy and the Panoceanic Navy
Host Bill Hamblet talks with Navy Commander Jeff Vandenengel about his article, "National Policy and the Panoceanic Navy" in the March issue of Proceedings. Commander Vandenengel's article builds on one of the most famous articles ever published in Proceedings—"National Policy and the Transoceanic Navy" written by Samuel Huntington in 1954.
EP. 484: The Loss of the Alexander Hamilton
Host Emily Abdow talks with Coast Guard Commander Nolan Cain about his article on the Treasury-class cutter sunk by a German U-boat in January 1942—the Coast Guard's first loss of WWII.
Ep. 483: Answering for Atrocities
Our new Naval History Editor-in-Chief Emily Abdow talks with Michael Eastman about the lessons and legacy of the U.S. Navy’s 1945–49 War Crimes Program in the Pacific
EP. 482: Not Your Father’s Surface Warfare Training
Host Bill Hamblet talks with Navy Captain Joseph A. Baggett about his article in the January issue of Proceedings and modern surface warfare training.
EP. 481: The Saga of the Viking Crusaders
Host Eric Mills talks with retired Navy Captain Sam J. Tangredi about his article and research on the saga of King Sigurd I of Norway and his Viking armada’s epic 12th-century voyage to fight in the Crusades.