{"podcast":{"title":"School of War","slug":"school-of-war-4485553","podcast_index_feed_id":4485553,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/school-of-war","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e7539186-26e3-11ec-8093-d77d6bdef305/image/b1fa56a68d8727cd9fba08793d37de34.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Free Press","episode_count":319,"summary":"In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war. Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines. Aaron MacLean is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T18:21:00.710717+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553"},"episode":{"title":"The Future of Warfighting Technology Is Now with Aviv Shapira","slug":"the-future-of-warfighting-technology-is-now-with-aviv-shapira","published_at":"2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553/the-future-of-warfighting-technology-is-now-with-aviv-shapira","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS3947154360.mp3?updated=1777068729","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VOdNgcECFk0maZgOJbmx/traffic.megaphone.fm/CBS3947154360.mp3?updated=1777068729","summary":"Aviv Shapira, the co-founder and CEO of XTEND, joins the show to discuss his journey from competitive drone racing to building groundbreaking defense technology. How are drone swarms changing warfare? What are the ethical implications of AI weaponry? What happens if this technology falls into the wrong hands? And what comes next? 01:58 Aviv’s background04:46 Replay technologies08:28 VR Messi08:58 Xtend description09:55 Drone racing12:56 Headset importance14:13 Ender’s Game17:02 AI drones21:34 Tunnel warfare27:11 Diversity of drone needs30:41 Drone swarms34:16 Human machine teaming37:10 Rule of three41:52 Ethical questions44:11 Future of munitions45:26 Xtend business model49:23 Future of this technology52:22 Tech in enemy hands Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find more at The Free Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Aviv Shapira, the co-founder and CEO of XTEND, joins the show to discuss his journey from competitive drone racing to building groundbreaking defense tech…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/school-of-war-4485553/episodes/the-future-of-warfighting-technology-is-now-with-aviv-shapira/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/school-of-war-4485553/the-future-of-warfighting-technology-is-now-with-aviv-shapira.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}