Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Betting on Chaos: Professionals in Prediction Markets
What does it take to make a living betting on politics? Can prediction markets offer insights about the future that other analyses cannot?
To find ou…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Where Japan Goes Next
Tobias Harris of the Observing Japan substack https://observingjapan.substack.com/ joins to discuss the latest Japanese election, how we got here, an…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Xi Zhongxun's Second Act: 1949-1989
This is part two of our series with Joseph Torigian, author of the definitive biography of Xi Zhongxun. This episode traces the inner world of a man …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump and Japan
Why has Japan fallen out of Trump’s good graces? Will Japan close a deal with the US before tariffs take effect? And how will the upcoming Japanese e…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Xi Zhongxun: The Party's Interests Come First
Joseph Torigian’s The Party’s Interest Comes First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping is a monumental scholarly achievement — easily a co…
6 months, 1 week ago
Overfit: AI and Media, America's Deepseek, Plots
Nathan Lambert (https://www.interconnects.ai/), Jasmine Sun (https://jasmi.news/) and I kick off a new series 'Overfit' to talk how AI is shaping the…
6 months, 1 week ago
China's Best Music of 2025 (So Far)
Jake Newby, author of the China music substack Concrete Avalanche, presents his official playlist of China’s best new music. It includes ADHD-inspire…
6 months, 1 week ago
Wagner, Two Years On (Kamil on Coups and Power)
How does Russia prevent uprisings, and what can other authoritarians learn from Moscow’s methods of coup control?
For the second anniversary of the W…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Are We Cooked? Q2 Check In
Is America cooked? We check in on what clarity the past three months have given us on the long term dynamic between the US and China.
Guests include:…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Doug, Dylan and Jon on Lip-Bu, Labubu, AI Salaries, and Bees
Also, somehow, the Third Temple, twink human sacrifice for the AI labs, and the SemiAnalysis Desi Waifu 3000.
Outtro Music (sounded like a let's ge…
6 months, 3 weeks ago