Voices from DARPA

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DARPA’s podcast series, "Voices from DARPA," offers a revealing and informative window on the minds of the Agency's program managers. In each episode, a program manager from one of DARPA’s six technical offices—Biological Technologies, Defense Sciences, Information Processing Techniques, Multi X, Strategic Technology, and Tactical Technology—will discuss in informal and personal terms why they are at DARPA and what they are up to. The goal of "Voices from DARPA" is to share with listeners some of the institutional know-how, vision, process, and history that together make the “secret sauce” DARPA has been adding to the Nation’s innovation e...

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Voices from DARPA

Episodes (103)

Thu Jul 9th The Accidental Chemist: Episode 95
Jun 12th The Economics Aficionado: Episode 94
May 20th What's in a Name? Episode 93

Voices from DARPA

Jul 9, 2026
5 MB

What new capabilities can we unlock by understanding how to rearrange the building blocks of matter? At some time in our lives, most of us have learned that matter is made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of protons, electrons, and neutrons. But what’s less commonly learned is what’s going on inside those atoms and molecules, such as when a bond breaks or internal components are rearranged through a chemical reaction. In this episode, we sit down with Keith Whitener, Ph.D., a program manager in DARP...

Voices from DARPA

The Accidental Chemist: Episode 95

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