
The DownLink Podcast
The DownLink
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.
- 23 episodes
- weekly
- Avg 42 min
- English
Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.
Friday · 39 min
October 2 · 41 minDon't Waste a Molecule. Close the Air Loop.
September 25 · 45 minU.S.-China Summit: Trump, Xi, and the State of the Space Race
September 18 · 38 minOrbital Space Weapons — Meh, Pivotal, or Both?
September 11 · 37 minU.S. Space Academy: "Doesn't It Make Sense?"
September 4 · 38 minWhat’s the Payload the President’s 1,000-Launch Memo Should Deliver?
August 21 · 35 minSpace Force: Targeted Growth In a Time of Budgetary Uncertainty
August 14 · 47 minSatellites, War, and Humanitarian Law: The ICRC Explains
August 7 · 57 minSpaceX's Q2: A Neo Cloud With a Rocket Side Hustle
July 31 · 43 minSpace Competition: China 1H 2026: Rockets, Vassals, and Purges

July 17 · 41 minSpace Power: Who Is the Next Chief of Space Operations?
July 10 · 44 minSpace Tech: Where "Resilient" Isn't a Policy Cliché
July 3 · 35 minSpace Money: Q2 2026 — Deals, Divestitures, and Big Checks

June 19 · 42 minSpace Money: The Demand Pull — Kevin O'Connell
June 12 · 56 minSpace Money: At $1.77 Trillion It’s SpaceX IPO Day!
June 5 · 43 minSpace Power: What Is Taiwan Building? Why?

