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When the Bill Comes Due
Season 4 Episode 14
The final Cheap Talk podcast of 2023: Thanks for visiting our store at cheaptalk.shop; Beast Train follow-up; EU regulation and the project of AI gov…
2 years, 3 months ago
Anti-Diplomacy
Season 4 Episode 13
Check out the new Cheap Talk shop at https://cheaptalk.shop; Chinese asylum seekers at the southern US border; the Beast Train; the latest Cuban espi…
2 years, 4 months ago
He Can't Get His Laptop on the Tray Table
Season 4 Episode 12
The grand opening of the Cheap Talk shop at https://cheaptalk.shop; cheating at really fast chess; yet another panda update—this time from Scotland; …
2 years, 4 months ago
Giving ChatGPT Our Nuclear Codes
Season 4 Episode 11
Panda diplomacy revisited; the State Department’s dissent channel; whether dissent cables matter; Xi and Biden meet without a a joint statement; resu…
2 years, 4 months ago
Pandamonium
Season 4 Episode 10
Panda diplomacy; conservation versus paranoia; the correlates of the panda presence abroad; China’s intentions with regard to large bears; the effect…
2 years, 4 months ago
Maybe This Is Something We Should Look Into
Season 4 Episode 9
Who is Hamas; US ideas about who governs Gaza; Israel signaling to adversaries; the US signaling to allies; Saudi Arabia may still be seeking normali…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Most Successful Scholar in Our Immediate Family
Season 4 Episode 8
Vicarious trauma from the Israel-Hamas conflict; traffic maps and other consumer data with international security implications; reasons to delay an i…
2 years, 5 months ago
Three- or Four-Day-Old News
Season 4 Episode 7
What’s going on in Israel and Gaza; President Biden’s visit to Israel; analogies to 9/11 and other past events; the benefits of a biased mediator; se…
2 years, 5 months ago
It Was on None of Our Radars
Season 4 Episode 6
The war in Israel; it is ok to turn off the newsfeed; intelligence and security failures; why Hamas conducted this attack at this time; normalization…
2 years, 5 months ago
Overwrought and Probably Just Wrong
Season 4 Episode 5
Birthday wishes; US political dysfunction and international politics; the second image reversed; the Trump candidacy and foreign policy; space diplom…
2 years, 6 months ago