Oct 22, 2026 · 33 min · 12 segments
While on a trip to DC, Hunter and Kaylan tour the Pentagon and delve into the staggering engineering behind the CIA's billion-dollar spy ship, The Glomar Explorer. A technological marvel as audacious…
Hunter HillHostKaylan HillHost
Mayim BialikGuestMikeGuestThe hallways are lined with trophies and military accomplishments of our nation's history.
And through them walk our country's top brass and most decorated service members.
All of them with missions of the utmost importance, and all of them with secrets.
Though, from what we've learned from Grandpa, infidelity could have been in there too.
It was crazy walking through the halls of the Pentagon, just knowing that this is where grandpa's mission started.
There was another guy in our small group who had been to the Pentagon before when he was seven years old in the 70s, where his dad brought him to see a jet pack get tested.
Tucked away on the fifth floor, behind an unmarked door that could easily be mistaken for a coat closet, lies Neuro.
The National Underwater Reconnaissance Office, so classified, its existence would remain unknown for decades.
Erased from Defense Department records and official organizational charts, and a literal desk with John Paragnoski's name on it.
Okay, so think of U.S. intelligence like trying to keep tabs on the world, but from literally every angle.
The National Recon Office, NRO, is basically like the eyes of the sky or space, technically.
So they specialize in launching and running these super advanced satellites that orbit the Earth while they're super quietly collecting information.
So if something important is happening anywhere on the planet, The NRO is like, no worries.
But the National Underwater Recon Office, which is referred to as NRO, is a name people use for underwater espionage.
So you can kind of think submarines, underwater sensors, and tech that operates in the deep ocean, where satellites are probably useless, honestly.
The hallways are lined with trophies and military accomplishments of our nation's history.
And through them walk our country's top brass and most decorated service members.
All of them with missions of the utmost importance, and all of them with secrets.
Though, from what we've learned from Grandpa, infidelity could have been in there too.
It was crazy walking through the halls of the Pentagon, just knowing that this is where grandpa's mission started.
There was another guy in our small group who had been to the Pentagon before when he was seven years old in the 70s, where his dad brought him to see a jet pack get tested.
Tucked away on the fifth floor, behind an unmarked door that could easily be mistaken for a coat closet, lies Neuro.
The National Underwater Reconnaissance Office, so classified, its existence would remain unknown for decades.
Erased from Defense Department records and official organizational charts, and a literal desk with John Paragnoski's name on it.
Okay, so think of U.S. intelligence like trying to keep tabs on the world, but from literally every angle.
The National Recon Office, NRO, is basically like the eyes of the sky or space, technically.
So they specialize in launching and running these super advanced satellites that orbit the Earth while they're super quietly collecting information.
So if something important is happening anywhere on the planet, The NRO is like, no worries.
But the National Underwater Recon Office, which is referred to as NRO, is a name people use for underwater espionage.
So you can kind of think submarines, underwater sensors, and tech that operates in the deep ocean, where satellites are probably useless, honestly.
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