Quantico
Place#34 trending on podcasts this week · most on Morning Wire
Quantico is a small town in southeastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States, about 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., bounded by the Potomac River and Quantico Creek. The name is also commonly used in connection with the adjacent Marine Corps Base Quantico, a major military installation that hosts the FBI Academy and FBI Laboratory, making the area an important military and federal law-enforcement training center.
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| Aug 17 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Aug 28 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 17 | 0.06‰ | 2 |
| Sep 30 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Oct 1 | 0.16‰ | 5 |
| Oct 2 | 0.19‰ | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 0.22‰ | 1 |
| Oct 4 | 0.25‰ | 1 |
Why is it trending?· Last 7 days
Hegseth’s Quantico speech drives debate over military changes and rhetoric
Shows repeatedly discuss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s State of the Force address at Quantico, including his claim that the military had abandoned woke policies for warfighting readiness.[1][2][3]
On Pivot, Scott Galloway argues the wording was a calculated message and deliberate signature, while Kara Swisher disagrees and calls the related commission largely hand waving.[4]
Morning Wire also discusses Hegseth’s announced changes, including a religious liberty commission and removing tenure for civilian professors, while Georgia Howe interprets them as an appeal to the president.[1]
Not every Quantico discussion is about the speech: Double Coverage Podcast features Sean Sharaf recalling his Marine Corps service there while discussing a possible veteran integration program with the UFC.[5]
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- 1.Morning Wire · District Club: Trump & AI Leaders Sign Accord, Hegseth Makes Sweeping Changes, and Key Issues Weigh on MidtermsGeorgia Howe · Oct 4 · Listen at 13:45 ↗
“I think she's up there. I think Mullen's up there. Nevertheless, I think Hegseth, if you look at what he did, and obviously the context is that he was giving his State of the Forces address at Quantico, so he had a proximal reason to make t”
- 2.Up First from NPR · FlyDubai Midair Attack, Trump Midterm Campaigning, Hegseth Reshaping MilitaryA Martinez · Oct 1 · Listen at 8:58 ↗
“Yeah, that is what he told hundreds of junior military leaders in a speech Wednesday at Quantico in Virginia. Leading into culture war flashpoints, Hegseth says he has revived a warrior ethos in the military. The ideological clowns are out.”
- 3.Morning Wire · Evening Wire: New Details Emerge On FlyDubai Hijacking & Tennessee Botches Lethal Injection | 10.1.26Speaker I · Oct 1 · Listen at 2:59 ↗
“AIPAC and that, quote, These people have to be exterminated. He's now facing state charges of making a terroristic threat and was transferred to federal custody by Wednesday evening. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery State of”
- 4.Pivot · AI’s Rocky Road to Wall Street, Hegseth’s Macho Military, and Trump’s AI Safety TheaterScott Galloway · Oct 2 · Listen at 8:53 ↗
“Anyway, see, I think it, it, I think it reads as a calculated message, not a gaffe. Repeating nearly the same list a year after the first time, I think it was at Quantico, he addresses, uh, the address suggests this is a deliberate signatur”
- 5.DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST · Sean Sharaf on 12-Second Gable Steveson KO, Mia Khalifa DM Slide & Manifesting Joe Rogan InterviewSean Sharaf · Sep 30 · Listen at 17:19 ↗
“Yeah. So I'm talking to the UFC. Well, we're supposed to go out to do like they've done like a collab out there with like the headquarters and stuff. And that's a nice Corps base there where I was actually stationed there in Quantico. But I”
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