Episodes

  • 46: Hon Nickolas Guertin - America's Maritime Action Plan
    Feb 20 2026

    In episode 46 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, The Honorable Nickolas Guertin, former U.S. Navy ASN-RDA, discusses “America’s Maritime Action Plan,” with host Stephen Phillips. Published just a week ago, the plan lays out in four sections, described as four pillars, that combined will restore America's maritime dominance.

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    52 mins
  • 45: RDML Peter Small, USN
    Feb 6 2026

    In episode 45 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, RDML Peter Small, USN, discusses his perspectives on naval engineering.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 44: Dan Taylor - Naval Engineers Journal
    Feb 2 2026

    In episode 44 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Dan Taylor, Managing Editor of the Naval Engineers Journal discusses the journal.

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    14 mins
  • 43: Cordle & Miner: Give Sailors Painted Ships
    Jan 20 2026

    In episode 43 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Captain John Cordle, USN-Ret and CWO Benjamin Miner, USN-Ret discuss their recent Proceedings article, “Give Navy Crews Painted Ships.


    Those interested in this topic should consider participating in MEGARUST, June 2-4, 2026 at the Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, California. Any and all information for MEGARUST to include how to submit or sign up is available at ASNE’s website at: https://www.navalengineers.org/Symposia/MegaRust2026

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 42: Dr. Michael Briscoe - Program Workforce Development 2026 - PEP 26
    Jan 6 2026

    In episode 42 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Dr. Michael Briscoe, ASNE’s Educator in Residence, discusses Program Workforce Development 2026 – PEP 26.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 41: Lisa Marion - Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for Ship Design
    Dec 17 2025

    In episode 41 of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, Lisa Marion joins Stephen Phillips to discuss her recent Naval Engineers Journal article entitled “Aligning Early-Stage Ship Design and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Methodologies.”

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    29 mins
  • 40: Dr. John Cordle - Human Systems Integration (HSI)
    Dec 1 2025

    In the most recent episode of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Dr. John Cordle discusses Human System Integration with host Stephen Phillips. The discussion includes ship manning, crew endurance, habitability, stability and comfort on small boats.

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    50 mins
  • 39: VADM David Lewis - WWII Submarine Production
    Nov 10 2025

    In this episode of Talk a Little, Learn a Lot, the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) podcast, Vice Admiral David Lewis discusses with host Stephen Phillips his recent article entitled “High Volume Submarine Production in World War II.” This will be the second in a series of two podcasts…so, listen to the previous episode on building Destroyer Escorts (DE).

    The article can be found on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/high-volume-usn-submarine-production-during-wwii-david-lewis-pmp-77mce/

    Please leave a review of this podcast and send questions and comments to Dr. Stephen Phillips at sphillips@navalengineers.org.

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    40 mins