ChinaTalk

Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of analysts, policymakers, and academics. Hosted by Jordan Schneider.

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Lessons from the American Civil War
I promise this is useful
91 min
27
North Korea's Messiah
American Protestant Christianity and the DPRK cult of personality
118 min
28
The Rise of China’s Electric Vehicle Industry
The Machine Behind BYD
113 min
29
China's Best Music in 2026 (So Far)
53 min
30
$75k Contest Launch! ChinaTalk Hiring + Evals f...
Nuke-happy models and an eval contest
48 min
31
WarTalk: Out of Ammo for Real + Are CCAs Dumb?
77 min
32
The FCC's New Robot Rules
51 min
33
Jordan talks AI with Sebastian Mallaby on his s...
79 min
34
WarTalk: Odyssey Edition
88 min
35
The Iran War Oil Shock That Wasn’t...(Yet?)
and China's five-million-barrel mystery
65 min
36
WarTalk: Iran War Back On, Rogue AI, Ukraine Ci...
63 min
37
Kimi K3, Xi's Speech, and China's Mythos Moment
59 min
38
WarTalk: Ancient Greece Edition!
119 min
39
China's Mythos Moment
69 min
40
WarTalk: Iran + Randy Schriver on Asian Defense
62 min
41
The Chemicals Powering the Chip Industry
78 min
42
Unitree and the Humanoid Robot Revolution
51 min
43
Taiwan's War on Renewables [Fully Produced Radi...
The Political Economy of Energy Poverty
74 min
44
WarTalk: Jack Murphy of Team House on Donahue +...
69 min
45
Economic Security Megapod!
79 min
46
Rare Earths: What is To Be Done?
59 min
47
WarTalk with Ely Ratner on Iran War Peace + the...
77 min
48
AI for Science!
48 min
49
Emergency Pod: Claude Fable Fried + What's Goin...
69 min
50
ModelTalk: Claude Fable (Nathan's pissed), is A...
55 min