HeyJaredMidweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler
Midweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler is your biweekly briefing on what’s happening in the world of national security—decoded for everyday listeners.From classified documents and sanctions to cyberattacks, foreign interference, and spycraft, Jerry breaks down the headlines, the…
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Episode 0039 — Shadow Space: Sovereignty and Competition in Earth Orbit (opens the original)
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Every day, systems you don’t see are keeping the world synchronized. Airplanes navigate. Financial markets timestamp transactions. Supply chains move on schedule. Emergency services know where to go. Most of that depends on infrastructure that operates hundreds of miles overhead. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry Fowler breaks down how Earth orbit quietly became part of the infrastructure that modern life depends on—and what it means when multiple countries and companies operate in the sa
Episode 0038 — The Privacy Illusion: Surveillance by Convenience in Modern Life (opens the original)
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Every day, information about where you go, what you buy, how you feel, and what you pay attention to is being collected — not through force, but through the systems you use without thinking. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry breaks down how surveillance has shifted from something imposed to something embedded, built into the apps, devices, and platforms that make modern life easier. You’ll learn: Why convenience became the most effective surveillance model ever created. How everyday techn
Episode 0037 — Silicon States: Big Tech as Sovereign Actors in Global Politics. (opens the original)
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Every day, decisions are being made about what you can see, what you can say, and what quietly disappears — not just by governments, but by platforms. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry breaks down how Big Tech evolved from building tools to operating systems of power — shaping speech, influencing policy, and operating at a scale that rivals nation-states. You’ll learn: Why companies like Apple, Google, and Meta now perform functions once reserved for governments. How platforms became gate
Episode 0036 — The Control Economy: Supply chains and Logistics as Geopolitical Battlefields (opens the original)
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Every day, goods move across oceans, through ports, and into supply chains that keep economies running. But behind that movement, decisions are being made about what gets through, what gets delayed, and what never arrives at all. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry breaks down how supply chains and logistics have become instruments of control—where routing decisions, chokepoints, and dependencies shape global power in ways most people never see. You’ll learn: Why supply chains are no longer
Episode 0035 — Weapons of Influence: Culture and media as soft power tools (opens the original)
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Every day, the stories you watch, the music you hear, and the content that rises to the top are shaping how people see the world—what feels normal, what feels credible, and what feels worth paying attention to. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry breaks down how culture and media have become instruments of influence, where entertainment, platforms, and strategy intersect, and how that influence now carries real legal, business, and national security implications. You’ll learn: Why cultural
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