Podcast Episodes

Can Donors Save Science?

Renaissance Philanthropy — in my opinion, the most exciting S&T philanthropic venture in the US — is getting a one-year check-in. Kumar Garg first ap…

1 year ago

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Josh Wolfe on Elon v. Trump, R&D, Immigration

Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital joins ChinaTalk to talk:

Elon, Trump and the tech right The future of the R&D base and importance of immigrants Why …

1 year ago

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Dylan, Doug, Jon on AI Mandate of Heaven + Ezra Beef

Two weeks in a row what has gotten into us.

Jordan tries to save the NSF and immigrant visas with an AI researcher letter Our quarterly AI manda…

1 year ago

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Doug, Dylan and Jon on Nvidia + Saudi/UAE

Dylan bonds with Nvidia's CFO and I try to keep the GPUs in actual democracies.

Outtro Music: FaceTime, Karencici, 2018. https://open.spotify.com/tra…

1 year ago

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MAGA-Mao Connections with Orville Schell

What can Mao Zedong teach us about Donald Trump?

To find out, ChinaTalk interviewed the legendary sinologist Orville Schell, who visited China during…

1 year ago

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The AI Attention War

Just how weird will the AI-powered future be?

To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Nathan Lambert, who writes the Interconnects newsletter and researche…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Why the US Needs a Department of Competitiveness

What does the future of industrial policy in America look like, and what state capacity investments are needed to get there? How does China factor in…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Ezra, Derek, and Dan Wang on Abundance and China

Does anybody really understand China? Could America pursue an abundance agenda without the threat of the PRC? Can podcasters change the world?

To di…

1 year, 1 month ago

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China's Nuclear Shadow

Can China use military force to achieve its political goals, without triggering nuclear war? To find out, ChinaTalk interviewed Fiona Cunningham, a p…

1 year, 1 month ago

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America's R&D Reckoning

What has happened in the past 100 days to America’s science and technology ecosystem? What are China's ambitions and how is the government trying to …

1 year, 1 month ago

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