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

Episodes

SemiAnalysis + Asianometry on Intel, Gemini 2.5, and Chinese Robots

The Transistor Radio boys are back. Jon of Asianometry, Doug O'Laughlin and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis on the pod to talk about Google's AI push, Int...

The Soviets' Bid for Global Power

Sergey Radchenko’s book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Bid for Global Power, is a masterwork! In my mind, it’s in pole position for best book of 202...

Building Compute in America

Despite leading the world in AI innovation, there’s no guarantee that America will rise to meet the challenge of AI infrastructure. Specifically, the ...

Manus: A DeepSeek Moment?

A Wuhan-developed AI agent went viral this weekend. Guests Rohit Krishnan of the substack Strange Loop Canon, Shawn Wang of Latent Space, and Dean Bal...

EMERGENCY POD: Trump's Pivot to Putin, AGI + The Future of Warfare

Note: This episode was recorded Wednesday February 26th, two days before Zelenskyy's press conference with J.D. Vance and Trump in the White House.
Sh...

Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

Can sanctions really work? What lessons can we draw from US sanctions on Iran, Russia, and China in the 21st century?
To find out, we interviewed Eddi...

Innovation Emergency: The Role of IP

How do patents influence emerging technology innovation? How far could AI and DOGE push our current IP regime? Does it matter that China issues way mo...

China's Great Power Wars: Lessons from Imperial History for Today

How has Chinese hegemony shaped power relations in East Asia? Why did imperial China conquer Tibet and Xinjiang but not Vietnam or Korea? Can learning...

SemiAnalysis + Asianometry on the AI Mandate of Heaven

Dylan Patel and Doug O'Laughlin (SemiAnalysis), Jon from Asianometry and I have way too much fun talking hyperscaler capex, the AI mandate of heaven t...

Anthropic's Dario Amodei on AI Competition

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic. In today’s interview, we discuss…

Whether an AI innovation race is inevitable between the US and China,

How th...