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Little Time Capsules
Season 4 Episode 4
The dysfunction of the UN Security Council; how various IR traditions look at international institutions; why measuring the UN’s effectiveness is dif…
2 years, 6 months ago
We're Going To Get That 1.5 Percent
Season 4 Episode 3
Analyzing a possible US defense alliance with Saudi Arabia; sports diplomacy and sportswashing; Zelensky’s speech at the UN General Assembly; and Mar…
2 years, 6 months ago
Summit of the Isolated
Season 4 Episode 2
Kim Jong-Un’s takes the slow train to Russia; a refresher on the value of high-level summitry; Russia’s need for military supplies and what this says…
2 years, 6 months ago
Our Puny Human Brains
Season 4 Episode 1
Cheap Talk’s Season 4 Premiere: The trilateral alliance visits Camp David; US reassurance and nuclear proliferation in Asia; AI and international cri…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Guts to Stand Up for the Truth
Season 3 Episode 18
A special summer episode of Cheap Talk: Hypersonic missiles and missile defense in Ukraine; signaling and the defense of Bakhmut; Ukraine’s path to N…
2 years, 10 months ago
Persist In Our Dream State
Season 3 Episode 17
Social identity theory and international relations; the behavior of rogue states; US nuclear assurance to South Korea; the risk from deepfakes and ho…
2 years, 11 months ago
Tossing This Information To The Internet
Season 3 Episode 16
The Discord intelligence leak; what we learned from the information; Egypt’s plan to sell weapons to Russia; China’s plan to sell weapons to Russia; …
2 years, 11 months ago
It's a Slam Dunk! Do It!
Season 3 Episode 15
Looking back on the Iraq war after 20 years (and 1 month); lingering uncertainty about the reasons for the US invasion; the role (or lack thereof) of…
2 years, 11 months ago
Another Unenforceable International Edict
Season 3 Episode 14
Nikki Haley’s experience at the United Nations; what it means to be a US ambassador; Russia’s statement about nuclear weapons in Belarus; the ICC’s a…
3 years ago
A Person With Feelings
Season 3 Episode 13
The TikTok situation escalates; Russia pulls a reverse TikTok; the first image of the state; what is a state, anyway; AI tools are lying to us; Xi go…
3 years ago