Best Black Conscience Podcasts (2025)

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NEW! China Talking Points Ep. 1: Trade Truce, J-10C Dogfight, and What Comes Next 1:04:49

3d ago1:04:49

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The Sinica Network proudly presents a new podcast: China Talking Points, featuring Kaiser Kuo (host of the Sinica Podcast), Eric Olander (host of the China-Global South Podcast and China In Africa Podcast) and Andrew Polk, co-founder of Trivium China and host of its podcast. We'll be joined regularly by Lizzi Lee, Fellow on Chinese Economy at the A…

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China's DeepSeek Moment — a talk given April 17 2025 at Carnegie Mellon 30:45

4d ago30:45

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I had scheduled a show to record while I was in Providence last week, but it fell through and had to be rescheduled, so please give this talk I delivered at Carnegie Mellon last month a listen! Hope you enjoy. Kaiser See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Broken Engagement: Veteran China reporter Bob Davis on his new collection of interviews 1:15:47

11d ago1:15:47

1:15:47

This week on Sinica, I chat with veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Bob Davis, who has covered the U.S.-China relationship for decades. He recently published a new book called Broken Engagement, which consists of interviews with U.S. policymakers who were instrumental in shaping American policy toward China from the George H.W. Bush administratio…

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The EU-China Relationship in the Age of Trumpian Disruption, with Finbarr Bermingham of the SCMP 1:06:46

19d ago1:06:46

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This week on Sinica, I chat with SCMP Senior Europe Correspondent Finbarr Bermingham, who joins from Brussels where he's been covering the EU-China relationship in fantastic depth and with great insight. 3:17 – EU-China relations in early 2025: the effect of the 2021 sanctions, who advocated for engagement versus confrontation with China, and the i…

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Live at Pitt: CMU's Benno Weiner on the Evolution of China's Minzu Policy 52:07

25d ago52:07

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This week on Sinica, in a show recorded at the University of Pittsburgh, I speak with Benno Weiner, Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University, about how China's policy toward its minority nationalities (or minzu) have shifted from their older, Soviet-inspired form to the policies of assimilation we now see. 2:29 – How the so-call…

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WE ARE BORN SINNERS?? (TEASER) 14:55

29d ago14:55

14:55

Breakdown of “Sinners” movie (Spoilers)

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WE ARE BORN SINNERS?? (TEASER) 14:55

29d ago14:55

14:55

Spoilers About The Film “Sinners”By ConscienCeD

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Sinica Live at Columbia University, with Yawei Liu and Yukon Huang 58:15

1M ago58:15

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This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with Yawei Liu, Senior Advisor for China at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Yukon Huang, former China country head of the World Bank and now Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The show was taped live at the 2025 Columbia China Summit at Columbia University, put on by t…

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Life, Love, and Loss in China: Hazza Harding's story of resilience 1:19:20

1M ago1:19:20

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Hazza Harding, a young Australian who began learning Chinese and made his way to China where he became a pop singer with hits on Chinese pop charts and a state media newscaster — and also lost his husband tragically, suffered through the COVID lockdowns while grieving for his loss. Yet he remains committed to furthe…

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Is China Gaining Ground in Technology Diffusion? A Conversation with Jeffrey Ding 45:52

2M ago45:52

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Jeffrey Ding, author of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, a book that argues that a nation's ability to invent foundational technologies matters ultimately less in its overall national power than its ability to diffuse those "general purpose technologies," like electricity, digital technology, the internet, a…

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US VS. US?? VOL. 3 W/ TWSE 39:10

2M ago39:10

39:10

To discuss the toxic masculinity in hip-hop and the false hoods and harm and hip-hop does to our community/ reflections on our community/ culture.By ConscienCeD

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Evolutionary Psychology and International Relations, with Jeremy Garlick 1:26:24

2M ago1:26:24

1:26:24

This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with Jeremy Garlick, Director of the Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies, Prague University, and a scholar of China’s international relations. Jeremy is the author of the book Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption, but the book we're talking about this week is his new Cambri…

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Live in Berkeley: Jessica Chen Weiss and Ryan Hass on the U.S. and China in 2025 1:02:08

2M ago1:02:08

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This week, a special episode taped live at the University of California, Berkeley — my alma mater — on March 6 and featuring Jessica Chen Weiss of Johns Hopkins SAIS and Ryan Hass of the Brookings Institution, both well-known to people who follow U.S.-China relations. This episode was made possible by the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley's…

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M.A.N. AGAINST THE WORLD?? FT WILLIE SPEARS 39:10

2M ago39:10

39:10

The Men.Against.Nonsense and absence of the man in hip hop and our culture.

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Introducing the Trivium Podcast, now on the Sinica Network 1:18:29

2M ago1:18:29

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This week, I'm proud to announce a new collaboration with Trivium, a China-focused strategic advisory firm you've probably heard of. They've got offices in DC, London, Shanghai, and Beijing, and they focus on analyzing and forecasting Chinese policy developments for multinational companies and institutional investors across a range of verticals -- …

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Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art — Part 2, with Alice Miller and Joseph Fewsmith 1:23:23

3M ago1:23:23

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This week: Part 2 in a series of podcasts in conjunction with the China Research Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The series, titled "Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art," ran from September to November 2021, and featured four eminent "Pekingologists," or specialists in Chine…

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China’s Strategy in Global Power Transitions: Challenges in a Turbulent World — A panel discussion 1:10:01

3M ago1:10:01

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This week on Sinica: February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and as I’ve done for the last two years, I moderated a panel organized by Vita Golod, a Ukrainian China scholar who happens to be here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at UNC as a visiting scholar. She’s worked tirelessly to promote awareness of …

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H.I.P.H.O.P. VS. H.Y.P.N.O.T.?? 34:59

3M ago34:59

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Manhood vs Toxic masculinity in hip hop and more??By ConscienCeD

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The War for Chinese Talent in America, with David Zweig 1:14:00

3M ago1:14:00

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This week on Sinica, I chat with David Zweig, a veteran China scholar who is Professor Emeritus from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. We discuss Davis'd latest book, The War for Chinese Talent in America, which looks at Chinese efforts to harness the intellectual firepower of Chinese scientists and engineers who studied abroad, e…

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Getting China Right: Senator Andy Kim at the Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs 1:10:16

3M ago1:10:16

1:10:16

I’m delighted to bring you today the first in a series of conversations from a remarkable day-long session put on by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs, or ACF, at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The session was held on Monday, February 3, and was called “Getting China Right.” On today’…

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(Ayo) B.L.A.C.K.+ L.O.V.E. BY EVERY MEANS?? W/ JourneeWitHMeKiii 25:12

3M ago25:12

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Topics discussed The Relationship / Community Struggles and more?? Black Love Day was founded in 1993 by Ayo Handy-Kendi.

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Back to the 80s: For Trump, is China the New Japan? with Andy Liu 1:05:14

3M ago1:05:14

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This week on Sinica, I chat with economic historian Andrew B. Liu of Villanova University about how to understand Trump's thinking on China and tariffs. Andy wrote about this in an excellent piece on N+1 called "Back to the 80s? Trump, Xi Jinping, and Tariffs." Check it out and then listen to the show! 3:59 – How the U.S.’s current trade anxieties …

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THAT REAL B.L.A.C.K. + L.O.V.E.?? PT.3 W/ JOURNEEWitHMeKiii 25:12

3M ago25:12

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Topics discussed Relationship struggles & The Relationships Games, Do we really have a Community and is it Unity or Division?By ConscienCeD

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Is the U.S. Experiencing a Narrative Shift on China? 1:02:12

3M ago1:02:12

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This week as we enter the Year of the Snake, Sinica co-founder Jeremy Goldkorn makes a re-appearance on the show. It's been a year since his last, and much has changed — and indeed, if Jeremy is right, we may be at an inflection point in American attitudes toward China. With the "TikTok Refugees" on Xiaohongshu or "RedNote" taking in a view of Chin…

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The State of China, with Adam Tooze, Qing Wang, and Zichen Wang — Moderated by Finbarr Bermingham of SCMP 48:49

4M ago48:49

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Happy Chinese New Year! This week, while I'm decompressing from 10 days in the Alps, my friends at the Asia Society of Switzerland have graciously offered to let me share a podcast recorded just after the U.S. presidential election in November at their annual State of Asia event. "The State of China" features three terrific guests: Wang Qing (王卿), …

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New Podcast Series – "Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art" from Johns Hopkins SAIS 1:15:23

4M ago1:15:23

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This week, I bring you the first in a series of podcasts in conjunction with the China Research Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The series, titled "Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art," ran from September to November 2021, and featured four eminent "Pekingologists," or speci…

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Xiaohongshu's "TikTok Refugees," with Ivy Yang and David Fishman 1:03:52

4M ago1:03:52

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I know I'd said last time there would be no show this week, but that was before this fascinating episode involving TikTok users signing up en masse to Xiaohongshu. Hilarity ensued, and my two guests — Ivy Yang, who runs Wavelet Strategy, an expert in cross-cultural communication, and David Fishman, Shanghai-based senior manager at Lantau Group who …

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Lizzi Lee on China's Economy and the Trump Presidency 1:20:52

4M ago1:20:52

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This week on Sinica, I'm joined by Lizzi Lee, fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and by my lights one of the most astute, well-informed people writing on China in the English-speaking world today. She has fascinating perspectives on China's preparations for the Trump administration, on China's reluctance to roll out large-scale cash stimul…

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Inside Shen Yun and the Epoch Times, with NYT's Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld 1:08:09

4M ago1:08:09

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This week on Sinica, I speak with Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld, both investigative reporters at the New York Times, about a series of stories they've done, stretching between August and December 2024, on the Falun Gong-run performance troupe Shen Yun, and the Falun Gong-affiliated newspaper The Epoch Times. Read the latest two articles in that …

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Under Pressure: Michael Cerny and Rory Truex on China Discourse in the U.S. Foreign Policy Community 1:06:13

5M ago1:06:13

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This week on Sinica, I welcome back Michael Cerny — formerly of the Carter Center and now a Ph.D. student at Harvard — and Rory Truex of Princeton University to discuss a new working paper they've co-authored. They undertook a large-scale survey of foreign policy professionals at U.S. think tanks to ascertain whether there is a "consensus" on China…

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Australia, China, and the Economics-Security Nexus with Amy King of ANU 1:21:57

5M ago1:21:57

1:21:57

This week on Sinica I'm delighted to be joined by Amy King, Associate Professor in the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University. She shares her ideas about how perceptions of insecurity can paradoxically motivate closer economic relations between two states, and she looks at not only the examples of China and Japan a…

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China's EV Explosion, with Ilaria Mazzocco of CSIS 1:14:17

5M ago1:14:17

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China's rapid surge in electric vehicle manufacturing, adoption, and export has variously encouraged, delighted, impressed, frightened, and even enraged people around the world. What did China get right in facilitating the explosive development in this industry? Was is just subsidies, or were there other important policies that helped jumpstart it?…

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Jane Hayward of King's College on Teaching China through YouTube 50:39

5M ago50:39

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Jane Hayward, lecturer at King's College London, about her excellent YouTube channel, Jane Hayward China, and her efforts to bring up-to-date scholarship on modern and contemporary China to audiences through internet video, slaying various bugbears along the way. 3:28 Why Jane started her YouTube channel, her intend…

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UNTITLED & UNCENSORED?? VOL. 4 (H. E. R) 40:46

6M ago40:46

40:46

K.Dot Surprise LP and the reflection on his victory lap in 2024 to 2025's Super Bowl and the damage in between.

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U.S.-China Crisis Management and Crisis Prevention, with Michael Swaine 1:16:36

6M ago1:16:36

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Michael Swaine, Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for the last couple of years, prior to which he spent nearly two decades as a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he led extensive work on Chinese defense and foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian interna…

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Granta's Chinese Literature Issue: A Chat with Editor Thomas Meaney 1:09:23

6M ago1:09:23

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The British literary quarterly Granta has published a new issue dedicated to Chinese writers, featuring familiar mainstays of contemporary literature and some fresh new voices. This week on Sinica, I chatted with Thomas Meaney, editor of Granta, about what's happening in the literary scene in China today and how this fantastically interesting issue…

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Decoupling, De-risking, and the Great U.S.-China Disconnect, with Supply Chain Expert Cameron Johnson 1:01:48

6M ago1:01:48

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This week on Sinica in a show taped live at China Crossroads, Shanghai's premier event series, I'm joined by my good friend Cameron Johnson, who is on the governing board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, specializes professionally in supply chains in China, and teaches at NYU Shanghai. 4:20 – What makes up a supply chain ecosystem, …

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Tsinghua's Da Wei: New Survey Research on Chinese Perceptions of Security 58:39

7M ago58:39

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This week, in a show taped in Beijing at the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, I speak with Professor Da Wei about a new public opinion poll on China's perception of international security and review its important findings. We also discuss Chinese views on the Russo-Ukrainian War and the upcoming U.S. presidenti…

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Three Catholic bishops on civilizing our political dialogue 56:01

7M ago56:01

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In our polarized society today, the need for civil dialogue is great. So how do we approach that dialogue as Catholics? And what are some of the tools from our faith tradition that we can use in overcoming polarization? This episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” features a panel discussion between Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, Bishop Rober…

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What does it mean to vote with a formed conscience? 49:45

7M ago49:45

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Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, we’re releasing a mini-season that covers the importance of forming our consciences and voting, what to do when you don’t feel you entirely belong to either party, polarization in the church, racial justice and recognition of human dignity in our society. On this episode of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Glori…

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Xinhua's Liu Yang and Jiang Jiang of "Got China" Get Western Journalism 55:15

7M ago55:15

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This week on Sinica, in a show recorded in Beijing, I speak with Liu Yang and Jiang Jiang, the authors of two excellent newsletters — The Beijing Channel and Ginger River Review, respectively — and two of the guys behind the YouTube show "Got China." They're making a great effort to bridge Chinese journalism with Anglophone reporting on China with …

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Veteran China Ad Man Bryce Whitwam on China's Livestreaming e-Commerce Market 57:51

7M ago57:51

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This week on Sinica, in a show recorded at Syracuse University on September 30, I chat with my old pal Bryce Whitwam about the remarkable rise of live-streaming e-commerce — and how it's already making its way to the U.S. 4:28 – Why Bryce chose to leave Shanghai and pursue a doctorate in the States 8:08 – How big livestream e-commerce has gotten an…

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Retrofitting Leninism and Re-examining Hawkishness in China with Dimitar Gueorguiev 1:11:31

7M ago1:11:31

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This week, a show taped live at Syracuse University on September 30 with Associate Professor Dimitar Gueorguiev, author of the excellent Retrofitting Leninism: Participation Without Democracy in China. We discuss his book, his recent paper exploring hawkishness in Chinese public opinion, and his thoughts about the upcoming U.S. presidential electio…

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Criticism and Conscience: A Conversation with David Moser 1:20:57

8M ago1:20:57

1:20:57

This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with my dear friend David Moser, a longtime resident of Beijing, formerly an occasional co-host of Sinica and associate professor at Beijing Capital Normal University. We have a long history of exploring the underlying issues in our approach to China, and this week, we unpack some of those, focusing on the ro…

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The Case Against the China Consensus, with Jessica Chen Weiss of SAIS 52:58

8M ago52:58

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Jessica Chen Weiss, until recently at Cornell University but now the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, SAIS, in Washington D.C. Jessica, to those of you familiar with her work, has been at the forefront of the fight for a less strident, diploma…

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Space Debris: How Can the U.S. and China Avoid the Tragedy of the Commons, with Nainika Sudheendra 47:02

8M ago47:02

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This week I continue my conversations with some of the outstanding Schwarzman Scholars who presented at the Capstone Showcase in late June. In this episode, I speak with Nainika Sudheendra about the problem of space debris and what can be done to reduce the creation of more of it or even begin removal of debris before it makes the launching of new …

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Priority Pluralism: Rethinking Universal Values in U.S.-China Relations 39:06

8M ago39:06

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I thought Sinica listeners might be interested in listening to an audio narration of my latest essay. I hope you enjoy and that it gives you some food for thought! If you prefer to read, you can find the essay — free for everyone this week — right here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c…

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UNTITLED & UNCENSORED?? 51:10

8M ago51:10

51:10

Conversation includes the Hip hop war continues between Kendrick & Drake. To be continued...By ConscienCeD

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The Chinese Game Industry’s Journey to the West — Rui Ma and Rob Wynne on the Success of Black Myth: Wukong 58:40

8M ago58:40

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The Chinese game studio Game Science has a hit on its hands! The game Black Myth: Wukong, an action role-playing game (ARPG) based on the Monkey King from Journey to the West, has sold extraordinarily well in China and is breaking new ground in the U.S. market as well. This week, I speak with Rui Ma, who runs Tech Buzz China and is one of the most …

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The Tragedy of Old School Beijing Hip-Hop with Olivia Fu 1:02:56

8M ago1:02:56

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Olivia Fu, who this spring completed her year at Schwarzman College and wrote her Capstone project — a research paper that is required of all Schwarzman Scholars — on the rise and fall of the Beijing hip-hop scene. We explore some of the parallels to Beijing's rock scene, and how many of the same factors that stifle…

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