Best J Thomas Johnson Podcasts (2025)

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S16 E30 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 30: The Pagan Pursuit of Prediction (Deuteronomy 18:9-22) 28:34

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Why did God prohibit the Israelites from peering too deeply into the future, and what does that mean for those of us who follow Jesus today? This sermon was preached on Saturday, May 31, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Bonus Ep: Rubio's Visa Revocations, with Jeremy Goldkorn [Explicit] 49:42

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Jeremy Goldkorn joins for this largely unedited throwback to the early, sweary days of the show. We talk about the announcement made on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, on the "aggressive" revocation of Chinese student visas for students with Party "connections" or who study "critical fields." You've been warned! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv…

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S16 E29 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 29: Leadership (Deuteronomy 17:8 - 18:8) 28:49

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Beyond the qualifications for leaders, does the Bible allow for individuals to serve in greater leadership roles like that of Pope or the Patriarch of Constantinople? This sermon was preached on Saturday, May 24, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Ukraine, China, and the Emerging Geopolitics of Resource Security 1:28:57

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A bonus episode this week. On May 22, I moderated a panel organized by Vita Golod and the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. The focus was on the U.S.-Ukraine Mineral Security Partnership, and it features Ivan Us, Chief Consultant at the Center for Foreign Policy at the National Institute for Strategic Studies; Jim Mullinax…

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BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing : A Preview 9:42

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Send us a text On June 11, 2025, our podcast will embark on the final story in the original thesis we intended to tell when we started this podcast nearly five years ago. On June 11, 1996, exactly 29 years ago, we saw Bob Dole resign his Senate seat, giving one of the most important speeches we ever heard, to pursue full time his bid for the White …

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House of Huawei: Eva Dou of the Washington Post on Her New "Secret History" of Huawei 1:08:40

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This week on Sinica, I chat with Eva Dou, technology reporter for the Washington Post, about her terrific new book about Huawei. From its prehistory to its fight for its life under tremendous U.S. pressure, she tells its story in a way that's both deeply engaging and very evenhanded. 04:53 – Meng Wanzhou’s case and its impact on media interest in H…

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Remembering Keith C. Hinson, The Founder of the Waccamaw Land and Timber Company, A Giant Figure in the History of Horry County S.C. 4:57

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Send us a text Keith C. Hinson was the Founder of Waccamaw Land and Timber Company where our Host Randal Wallace has sold Real Estate for the past 22 years. He is a giant figure in the history of Horry County S.C. where this podcast is produced. No matter where you turn in or around the Myrtle Beach area you will see the mark he has left for the be…

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Episode 363 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 45) The Inauguration of Bill Clinton (Part 3) Season Finale 1:08:01

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Send us a text In this final episode of our 14th Season, we watch one era begin and another end. We will tune into the beginning of the Inaugural Ceremony, hearing the great Senator Wendell Ford greet the crowd and introduce the players, which will include, the Reverend Billy Graham who will give the invocation. Then we will listen in as Governor W…

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Episode 362 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 44) The Inauguration of Bill Clinton (Part 2) 53:25

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Send us a text In our middle episode on the Inauguration of Bill Clinton, we take you from the President - Elect Bill Clinton's departure from Blair House over to the meeting with President George H. W. Bush. We will let historians talk about how these rides have gone between Presidents who liked each other and Presidents who didn't. Plus, we will …

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Episode 361 GEORGE H. W, BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 43) The Inauguration of Bill Clinton (Part 1) 1:05:32

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Send us a text It is finally the last 24 hours of the Bush Administration. It is the end of an era. Those 24 hours will be crammed with activity, with President Bush preparing to leave office, with President -Elect Clinton making the rounds in Washington D.C. as he prepares to take the reigns of power, and with our military conducting air strikes o…

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The Art of Balancing Personal and Professional Aspirations with Curtis Johnson 23:01

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In this episode we discuss the art of balancing personal and professional aspirations with Curtis Johnson. Curtis is a software engineer with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors. He has managed to navigate his personal, professional and civic life. Curtis was appointed by Governor Tim Walz to the Board of Directors of Serv…

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S16 E28 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 28: The Justice of God (Deuteronomy 16:18 - 17:7) 17:00

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How do we know what is just, and will God bless us for whatever justice we pursue? This sermon was preached on Saturday, May 17, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Not Eliminated- Elevated: HR in the Age of AI 37:23

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The world of work is changing fast — and artificial intelligence is right at the center of it. In HR especially, what used to be a people-powered function is now being transformed by smart, intuitive AI tools that help us hire better, develop faster, and plan smarter. But with all that opportunity comes big questions: How do we keep the human in Hu…

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Episode 360 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 42) The Final Days (B) The Points of Light 1:01:48

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Send us a text In this episode we jump around a bit in our timeline in this final episode that looks back at George H. W. Bush’s presidency. We will look at the one request Bush made to his successor of what he hoped would continue after he left office. Bush wanted the Points of Light initiative to outlive him. It did. President Clinton not only ho…

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

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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

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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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Episode 359 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 41) The Final Days (A) West Point & Honoring Ronald Reagan 53:04

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Send us a text As the transition moves forward, George Bush begins to wrap up his administration and honor those who helped him throughout his career. In this episode, President Bush travels to West Point to speak to the cadets who were about to embark on their military careers. As a veteran, it is clear, George H. W. Bush, is most at home with the…

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S16 E27 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 27: The Festival of Sukkot (Deuteronomy 16:13-17) 27:22

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What does it really mean to worship God in spirit and in truth, and how might the yearly schedule of Israel help us to know what it means to be disciples of Jesus? This sermon was preached on Saturday, May 10, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Episode 358 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 40) The Next Day 55:33

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Send us a text It is the next morning and the dust is settling. For the first time in 12 years the country has a Democratic President-Elect. It is also the first time since December 7, 1941 that the nation has a leader at the helm who did not serve in some capacity in World War 2. It was a sea change election. The country knew it was about to see a…

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

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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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Episode 357 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 39) Election Night '92 (B) The Speeches 52:49

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Send us a text In the second installment of the Election Night from 1992, we see the official changing of the guard. It is at this moment, on election night, that one generation of leadership gives way to another. The World War 2 Presidents, that had served from two generations, those who ran the war : Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight E…

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S16 E26 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 26: The Festival of Sevens - Part 2 (Deuteronomy 16:9-12) 28:04

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How was the Festival of Shavuot (or Sevens) fulfilled in the year Jesus died, rose bodily, and ascended into the heavens, and what might that fulfillment mean for us? This sermon was preached on Saturday, May 3, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Myrtle Beach Spring Break 2025 Shooting - The Full Press Conference (Special Edition) 43:03

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Send us a text On April 26, 2025, a shooting occurred in Myrtle Beach S.C. on Ocean Boulevard in the city's downtown area. There were 11 people injured and one person, the alleged gunman, was killed by an officer of the Myrtle Beach Police Department. This podcast is produced in Myrtle Beach, and it just so happened that our host, Randal Wallace, w…

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Ernest Hollings Remembered (Special Edition) 22:57

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Send us a text In this special edition we remember one of the most influential people in the history of South Carolina politics. He was also one of the most colorful characters too. He was a leader in changing our State with a strong vocational education system, developing a strong nutrition program for young children in poverty, and during the civ…

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

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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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Episode 356 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 38) Election Night '92 (A) 1:06:36

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Send us a text It is election Night 1992. We will be using the coverage I collected that night , mainly, from ABC News, but it will also feature segments from CNN, NBC, and CBS News. We saved some interesting interviews with political figures like South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell, and Texas Governor Ann Richards, you will get insights from …

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S16 E25 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 25: The Festival of Sevens - Part 1 (Deuteronomy 16:9-12) 20:15

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How might the pilgrimage festivals of Ancient Israel help us to understand what is happening in the natural world today? This sermon was preached on Saturday, April 26, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Episode 355 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 37) The Last Day on the Trail 47:41

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Send us a text We have finally arrived to the final day on the trail for George H. W. Bush , Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. It had been an election for the history books, as hard a fought battle as I had ever witnessed in my then short lifetime. You could not have asked for more formidable candidates to face each other than the three men who had sha…

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

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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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Government's Office of Evil - Special Prosecutors and Special Counsels (Special Edition) 1:34:11

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Send us a text Few offices in the history of our government have produced more harm, to more people, more often, and more efficiently that the office created in 1973 to investigate the Watergate Scandal. The Special Prosecutor's statute stayed on the books the rest of the 20th century and was used to wound the reelection campaign of George H. W. Bu…

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Episode 354 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 36) The October Surprise (Guest Starring Ronald Reagan) 59:30

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Send us a text In this episode I really want to give you the feeling that George H. W. Bush had finally turned the corner because that was what was really happening at the end of the 1992 campaign. After a tough primary challenge from a surprisingly strong Pat Buchanan, an upstart billionaire in Ross Perot jumping in who had a personal ax to grind …

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S16 E24 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 24: The Passover (Deuteronomy 16:1-8) 20:07

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What aspects of the Passover should Christians be sure to practice today in our celebration of the Eucharist/Holy Communion? This sermon was preached on Saturday, April 19, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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

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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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Episode 353 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 35) A Ross Perot Campaign Rally 47:51

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Send us a text In this episode we will tune in to a Ross Perot Rally in Missouri. It will give you a chance to hear the upstart billionaire as he leads his revolutionary campaign through the heartland of America. "Hi, I'm Ross and you're the Boss" became his tag line and he hit it over and over again, telling the enthusiastic crowds that they final…

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JUDY RODMAN Myrtle Beach's Trailblazer: A Tribute to OUR Councilwoman (Special Edition) 58:55

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Send us a text Judy Rodman was a towering figure in the history of the city of Myrtle Beach. Starting as the Horry County Co-Chair for the Bob Dole for President campaign in 1988, then serving three terms, in two different eras, on the Myrtle Beach City Council, and then serving as a member of the City owned Myrtle Beach Sheraton Hotel Board, and t…

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Episode 352 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 34) On the Trail with Quayle, Gore, and look at Admiral James Stockdale , The Vice Presidential Candidates 52:12

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Send us a text It is time to hit the trail in the final couple of weeks of the 1992 campaign. I figured we would take off with the three Vice Presidential candidates in this episode. They were Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator Al Gore, and Admiral James Stockdale. We will start out spending the the day with Dan Quayle. You will hear him interactin…

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S16 E23 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 23: The Sacrifice of God (Deuteronomy 15:19-23) 22:06

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What might we learn about creation, the cross, and life itself from the Covenant of Sinai's requirement that all firstling males of Israel's flocks and herds be sacrificed to God? This sermon was preached on Saturday, April 12, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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Episode 351 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 33) The South Carolina 1992 U. S. Senate Debate : Ernest Hollings vs Tommy Hartnett 1:32:03

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Send us a text Welcome to the South Carolina United States Senate Debate in 1992. It was a barn burner of a debate between two very formidable figures: Senator Ernest Hollings and Former Congressman Tommy Hartnett. So sit back, pop up the popcorn, and find the southern native friend you have who may be able to help you understand these two combatan…

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Episode 350 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 32) The South Carolina U. S. Senate Race : A Look at Ernest Hollings and Tommy Hartnett 1:21:38

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Send us a text In 1992, South Carolina featured a heated Senate race that featured two very experienced and respected political figures in incumbent senator Ernest Hollings and his challenger former Congressman Tommy Hartnett. It would be the toughest challenge for Hollings in decades because not only was Hartnett a formidable challenger but the po…

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S16 E22 Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 22: The Sabbath Year (Deuteronomy 15:1-18) 18:38

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What can the Covenant of Sinai teach us about God's ethics of hospitality, generosity, and mercy? This sermon was preached on Saturday, April 5, 2025.By J. Thomas Johnson

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

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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…