Generative AI isn’t just changing technology—it’s rewriting the rules of information warfare, influence, and decision-making.
In this episode of Navigating Noise, Jonathan Teubner sits down with Maggie Feldman-Piltch, founder of Non-State Actress, to break down:
🔥 How generative AI is repeating the mistakes of radio propaganda in the 1930s—at lightning speed.
🔥 Why women’s social networks are a battleground for global influence ops (and why most analysts are missing it).
🔥 The real reason defense tech keeps failing—hint: it’s not bureaucracy, it’s bad design.
Maggie doesn’t hold back. From China and Russia’s disinformation strategies to the Pentagon’s obsession with “more tech” over useful tech, this episode cuts through the noise and gets to the real challenges of modern national security.
💡 Want to understand where power, trust, and influence are actually being shaped?
Listen now.
📢 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:24 - How Maggie got into national security
5:45 - The myth of DC as just a “political city”
12:22 - AI vs. human context in information warfare
24:10 - The 1930s radio propaganda playbook is back—with AI
30:05 - Why women’s networks matter in influence operations
36:15 - The biggest problem in defense tech (it’s not what you think)
45:20 - Ukraine’s info ops vs. the U.S. government’s risk aversion
47:55 - Where to find Maggie’s work
