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Demand Shock
Season 1 Episode 313
Tariffs promise protection but unleash deeper shocks - reshaping demand, distorting prices, and testing the resilience of an already-strained economi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
"What the West Should Learn from China"
Season 1 Episode 312
China’s rise is often framed as a geopolitical contest, but Kaiser Y Kuo, host of the Sinica Podcast, pushes us to confront something deeper: what if…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
“The Longevity Dividend, or, Why You Shouldn’t Bathe in the Blood of Virgins”
Season 1 Episode 311
Aging quietly shapes everything - our economies, our politics, our families, and the horizon of what nations can become. Jacob and longevity expert D…
4 months ago
“ChatGPT is so mid”, or, Why AI Won’t Change the World
Season 1 Episode 310
Technological revolutions rarely unfold the way we imagine. From the steam engine to AI, each wave reshapes who creates value - and who gets left beh…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Legality of Trump’s Tariffs and U.S. Trade Power
Season 1 Episode 309
As the Supreme Court takes up one of the most consequential trade cases in decades, former Biden administration official and Yale-trained lawyer Pete…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Shrimp Among Whales
Season 1 Episode 308
South Korea stands at the crossroads of global power - caught between China, the United States, Japan, and its unpredictable neighbor to the north. J…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Rightist International
Season 1 Episode 307
When U.S. aircraft carriers appear off Venezuela’s coast, it’s not just saber-rattling - it’s a mirror held up to a century of empire. Jacob and LatA…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sovereignty vs. Swipe Fees
Season 1 Episode 306
When a Brazilian payment system threatens U.S. credit-card profits, it exposes a deeper fracture in the global economy: sovereignty versus rent-seeki…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Wild New Era of Japanese Politics
Season 1 Episode 305
Japan rewired its politics: a power shift, a woman at the helm, and a minority government forced to bargain for every vote. What follows when high ap…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Leverage on Leverage on Leverage
Season 1 Episode 304
Gold prices are soaring, private equity is unraveling, and data centers have become the next speculative frontier. Beneath all of it lies a simple qu…
5 months, 1 week ago