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Yesterday

Overfit: AI and Media, America's Deepseek, Plots

Nathan Lambert (https://www.interconnects.ai/), Jasmine Sun (https://jasmi.news/) and I kick off a new series 'Overfit' to talk how AI is shaping the future of media, why Nathan just needs $100m to take on Deepseek, and how to make money in this creator economy. Outtro music: Tod ... Show More

1h 18m

Jul 7

China's Best Music of 2025 (So Far)

Jake Newby, author of the China music substack Concrete Avalanche, presents his official playlist of China’s best new music. It includes ADHD-inspired hip hop, experimental ambient music from rural China, and Shanghai cold wave, finishing off with a “mind-blowing” hyperpop track. ... Show More

1h 1m

Jul 2

Wagner, Two Years On (Kamil on Coups and Power)

How does Russia prevent uprisings, and what can other authoritarians learn from Moscow’s methods of coup control? For the second anniversary of the Wagner uprising, ChinaTalk interviewed London-based historian Kamil Galeev, who was also a classmate of Jordan’s at Peking Universit ... Show More

40m 23s

Jul 2022

What do Russians think of the war in Ukraine?

Five months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, we have heard President Vladimir Putin’s claim on the country and his pledge to fight Nazis there but what do Russians think? We hear from some voices you may not have heard from before: one Russian "Super Putin" fan and creato ... Show More

22m 45s

Mar 2022

Russia, Today

Yevgenia Albats is a Russian journalist, and editor-in-chief and CEO of the popular Russian independent magazine The New Times. The magazine has now been blocked by government censors for reporting on the war in Ukraine. Until last week, when the station was taken off the air, Al ... Show More

51m 56s

Mar 2022

What Next TBD: Putin's Internet Crackdown

Vladimir Putin has always regarded the internet with suspicion. Now, with western tech companies pulling out of Russia and control of the war narrative slipping, he sees an opening. Will Putin wall off Russia from the rest of the digital world? Guests:Yana Pashaeva, Moscow-based ... Show More

31m 49s

Mar 2022

The Rest Is History: Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union

In our most recent episode, Alastair mentioned our sister podcast, The Rest Is History, and its recent mini-series on the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to power. Here's the first episode of the series on Brezhnev, Putin's formative years, his ... Show More

36m 9s

Mar 2022

Putin and his entourage

Gideon talks to Catherine Belton, author of the bestselling book Putin’s People, about who is likely to be influencing the Russian president as he decides whether to step back or press on with the war in Ukraine.Clips: Reuters, BBC Want to read more? Putin’s People: How the KGB T ... Show More

26m 19s

Jun 2023

Wagner & Putin: The Russian Coup?

On the 24th of June 2023, amidst rising tensions within Russia, the Wagner mercenary group rebelled against the Russian Government. With news outlets suddenly flooded with images of erected barricades and military vehicles on the streets of Moscow - it was initially unclear what ... Show More

25m 15s

Mar 2022

AE 1127 - Voices of Russia

Access full transcripts + bonus content in the Premium Podcast and Academy memberships: https://www.AussieEnglish.com.au In today's episode, I thought I'd shed some light on "the other side" of the conflict. I felt the need to also reach out to my Russian friends in order to crea ... Show More

32m 29s

Feb 2022

Sunday Edition: How Far Will Putin Go?

Why is Russia invading Ukraine right now and how does it figure into Putin’s larger political and military strategy? In this preview of CNN’s Tug of War podcast, CNN Chief International correspondent Clarissa Ward takes us to Kyiv to make sense of the latest developments there an ... Show More

17m 41s

Mar 2022

159. Young Putin, the KGB and the Soviet Union

[Episode 1 of 4] Welcome to our new four part series on the latter years of the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to power. Today's episode focuses on Brezhnev, Putin's formative years, his early KGB career and Gorbachev's descent into chaos. Was ... Show More

37m 28s

Feb 2021

Putin vs. Navalny and the geopolitics of the Russia Protests [E201]

Russia has been headlining the past week with massive unrest, riots, the arrest of thousands due to the arrest of Navalny. Everyone is picking sides . . . but the story is far more complex that it would seem. It isn't a clear "good vs evil" story. It is more of a, "what came firs ... Show More

48m 24s

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