Welcome to the first episode of ‘Security History Network: The Podcast’, a series of podcast episodes produced by the Security History Network in collaboration with Utrecht University. The series exists of conversations between experts in the field of Security History from the nineteenth century and beyond. Security analysts, historians and social scientists from around the world are interviewed by the core members of the network with the aim of exploring connections across disciplines from area studies to social psychology, and from medicine to digital humanities. More episodes can be found on https://securityhistorynetwork.com/podcasts/. With special thanks to Virginia H. Aksan for being our first guest and to Annegreet Silvius for the creation of the jingle.