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The Soviet Cold War Machine: Inside the Sino-Soviet Rivalry
Welcome to part two of our series on Cold War history with Sergey Radchenko. Here’s part one.
In today’s interview, we discuss…
Khrushchev’s removal f…9 months, 2 weeks ago
Superintelligence Strategy with Dan Hendrycks
Is there a stable state the US and China can hope for on the road to AGI?
To discuss we have on today Dan Hendrycks. A CS PhD, Dan runs the Center for…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
SemiAnalysis + Asianometry on Intel, Gemini 2.5, and Chinese Robots
The Transistor Radio boys are back. Jon of Asianometry, Doug O'Laughlin and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis on the pod to talk about Google's AI push, In…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Soviets' Bid for Global Power
Sergey Radchenko’s book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Bid for Global Power, is a masterwork! In my mind, it’s in pole position for best book of 20…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Building Compute in America
Despite leading the world in AI innovation, there’s no guarantee that America will rise to meet the challenge of AI infrastructure. Specifically, the…
10 months ago
Manus: A DeepSeek Moment?
A Wuhan-developed AI agent went viral this weekend. Guests Rohit Krishnan of the substack Strange Loop Canon, Shawn Wang of Latent Space, and Dean Ba…
10 months, 1 week ago
EMERGENCY POD: Trump's Pivot to Putin, AGI + The Future of Warfare
Note: This episode was recorded Wednesday February 26th, two days before Zelenskyy's press conference with J.D. Vance and Trump in the White House.
Sh…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Can sanctions really work? What lessons can we draw from US sanctions on Iran, Russia, and China in the 21st century?
To find out, we interviewed Eddi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Innovation Emergency: The Role of IP
How do patents influence emerging technology innovation? How far could AI and DOGE push our current IP regime? Does it matter that China issues way m…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
China's Great Power Wars: Lessons from Imperial History for Today
How has Chinese hegemony shaped power relations in East Asia? Why did imperial China conquer Tibet and Xinjiang but not Vietnam or Korea? Can learnin…
11 months ago