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Second part of podcast with Joseph Torigian about his book The Party’s Interest Comes First. Traces the inner world of Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping's father, navigating power politics, exile, and reform. @jordanschnyc @JosephTorigian thepodcastbrowser.com/xi-zhongxuns-s…

Podcast with Duncan Weldon about his book Blood and Treasure. Discusses the interplay between war, society, and economics from the violent larceny of the Vikings to the GDP-chomping total wars of the 20C. @ALTIFpodcast @DuncanWeldon thepodcastbrowser.com/talking-war-on…

Podcast with Joseph Torigian about his book The Party’s Interest Comes First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping. Discusses what we can learn about authoritarianism, the CCP, and China’s future from Xi’s father. @jordanschnyc @JosephTorigian thepodcastbrowser.com/xi-zhongxun-th…

Podcast with Donald Boudreaux about his book The Triumph of Economic Freedom. Debunks economic myths about The Industrial Revolution, monopolies, the Great Depression, and tariffs. @HumanProgress thepodcastbrowser.com/the-false-hist…

Podcast with Barbara Demick about her book Daughters of the Bamboo Grove. Discusses China’s one-child rule and tells the story of a Chinese twin taken by authorities and ultimately adopted to the USA. @nypl @BarbaraDemick thepodcastbrowser.com/barbara-demick…

Podcast with Dean Spears about his book After the Spike. Explores the likely future depopulation, the ethical considerations of reducing the population, and the implications for challenges like climate change. @PeterSinger @KasiaLazari thepodcastbrowser.com/dean-spears-th…

Podcast with Tomas Pueyo about his Substack Uncharted Territories. Discusses why geography ruled the past but not the future; how zero-cost energy will affect global politics; and causes and effects of declining fertility. @worldofdaas @tomaspueyo thepodcastbrowser.com/tomas-pueyo-un…

Podcast with David Litt about his book It's Only Drowning. Explores his unexpected friendship with his apolitical, Joe Rogan–loving brother-in-law, the lessons of surfing, and what it says about bridging America’s political divide. @smerconish @davidlitt thepodcastbrowser.com/david-litt-on-…

I’m moving my family, my wife, and our three children from Ireland to Abu Dhabi next month. I’ll walk you through why I made the decision below It comes down to a simple, powerful conviction: Where a child grows up shapes who they become 🧵

Podcast with Stephen Kotkin discussing Joseph Stalin: that the peasants brought Lenin to power, only for him to enslave them; why so many went along rather than killing Stalin; using tech to overcome the pathologies of communism, and more. @dwarkesh_sp thepodcastbrowser.com/stephen-kotkin…

Podcast with Mike Jay about his book Free Radicals: How a Group of Romantic Experimenters Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science. Discusses the work of Thomas Beddoes & Humphrey Davy, nitrous oxide, & it's mind-altering and pain-suppressing effects. @MikeJayNet thepodcastbrowser.com/mike-jay-free-…

Podcast with Joan C. Williams about her book Outclassed. Explains how the right connects culturally with the working-class, deftly manipulating racism and masculine anxieties. Advocates bridging the diploma divide. @BookstackCast thepodcastbrowser.com/joan-c-william…

Podcast with Walter Scheidel about his book What is Ancient History? Argues that ancient history is foundational to the world we inhabit today and best studied comparatively. @tideshistory @WalterScheidel thepodcastbrowser.com/walter-scheide…

Podcast with Manvir Singh about his book Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. Argues that shamanism is timeless & ubiquitous, a practice regularly recreated by humans, representing convergent cultural evolution rather than diffusion. @RazibKhan @mnvrsngh thepodcastbrowser.com/manvir-singh-t…

Podcast with Michael Geruso & Dean Spears about their book After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People. Explains why we should care about declining fertility rates. @planetmoney @MikeGeruso thepodcastbrowser.com/were-nearing-p…

Podcast with Lyman Stone discussing why fertility rates are falling, why young adults are struggling to afford children, where mating preferences for fertility come from, how women get their standards for men, and more. @ChrisWillx @lymanstoneky thepodcastbrowser.com/lyman-stone-th…

Podcast with Judith Scheele about her book Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara. Backgrounds the Sahara and discusses the history of the Sahara and the people who live there. thepodcastbrowser.com/how-to-cross-t…

Podcast with Russell Shorto about his book Taking Manhattan. Explains New York's colonial history, including pragmatic deals, personal rivalries, & ideological divides, that led to the New Amsterdam's peaceful takeover in 1664. @HistoryExtra @RussellShorto thepodcastbrowser.com/how-the-englis…

Podcast with Jake Tapper about his book Original Sin co-authored with Alex Thompson. Argues that Biden’s top advisers tried to conceal the extent of his decline. Considers how to avoid letting loyalty blind you. @ezraKlein @jaketapper thepodcastbrowser.com/how-groupthink…

Podcast with Stuart Ward about his book Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain. Tells the history of the end of Britain, tracing how Britishness has been discarded across the globe since the end of the Second World War. @NewBooksNetwork thepodcastbrowser.com/stuart-ward-on…