On the eve of the 24th anniversary of September 11th, Jordan Hirsch sits down with Mike Gallagher—former Marine Corps intelligence officer, seven-year Congressman, and current Palantirian—for a conversation about American resilience and innovation.

From his deployments in Iraq to the halls of Congress, Mike witnessed firsthand how Americans adapt to meet existential challenges. In this episode, he draws parallels between the post-9/11 transformation of America's strategy to fight terrorism and its present-day technological competition with China, making the case for why AI must amplify—not replace—American workers.

Mike shares insights on reindustrializing America's defense base, real examples of AI empowering shipyard workers and dairy farmers, and why he's optimistic that American ingenuity, supercharged by AI that augments human judgement and creativity, will secure our future.