Podcasts
I've been hosting podcasts for most of my career. I also appear regularly on podcasts to discuss my work, current affairs, and other matters of interest. Some (but not all) of my appearances on other podcasts are also featured below.
Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda
Deep conversations on nuclear weapons, technology, strategy, and escalation. (For War on the Rocks members.) I founded this podcast in late-2023 and have hosted it since.
Asia Geopolitics
The Diplomat's podcast on security and politics across the Indo-Pacific. I founded this podcast in early 2014 and have hosted it since.
Appearances on other shows
2026
- Ankit Panda | Managed Armageddon
- The Real Risks of AI and Nuclear War
- Ankit Panda on Extended Deterrence and South Korea's Strategic Future — Ep. 134
- Why Should We Care if North Korea's 'Little Rocket Man' is Firing Off Missiles Again?
- How North Korea Could Take Its Military Modernization to Space
- Interview with Ankit Panda: Iran Strikes, Nuclear Deterrence, and the Return of Proliferation
- North Korea's Deterrence Calculus After US Strikes on Iran
- The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon with Ankit Panda
2025
- Entering 'The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon' with Author Ankit Panda
- The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon with Ankit Panda
- Why We Are in a 'New' Nuclear Age
- Ankit Panda on Why We Need to Get Serious About the Catastrophic Threat of Nuclear Weapons
- North Korea Could Have 300 Nuclear Warheads Within 10 Years
2024
- Ep. 31 North Korea with Ankit Panda from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Ankit Panda (#33): Why We Might See a 'Limited' Nuclear War and Why The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back
- Episode 09: North Korea and the Bomb - A Conversation with Ankit Panda
2023
- Shangri-La Dialogue with Ankit Panda
- The 3rd Nuclear Age with Ankit Panda
- S2 Episode 04: How to Be a Nuclear Analyst with Ankit Panda
2022
- Protests in China, Missile Tests in North Korea
- Protests in China, Missile Tests in North Korea
- When Nuclear Powers Meet | Ankit Panda | Escaped Sapiens #34
2021
- Episode 62: Ankit Panda, Carla Marinucci & Dave Spencer
- Ankit Panda and Dave Kang
- Ankit Panda and Van Jackson
- Jean Lee and Ankit Panda
- Kim Jong Un and the Bomb, with Ankit Panda
- Ankit Panda and Sue Mi Terry
2020
- The Implications of China's Conventional Missile Arsenal: A Conversation with Ankit Panda
- How to Be a Pundit: Interview with Ankit Panda
2019
- Bonus Episode: Ankit Panda on India's Anti-Satellite Test
- Mission Shakti: The Indian Anti-Satellite Test
2018
- Nuclear Navies in South Asia
- Nukes, Missiles, and Ways to Talk with The Diplomat's Ankit Panda
- Ankit Panda at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018