# ChinaTalk Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044.md RSS feed: https://access.acast.com/rss/6105626053204f0019234612 Official site: https://chinatalk.substack.com/ Author: Jordan Schneider Episodes: 535 ## Resource Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of analysts, policymakers, and academics. Hosted by Jordan Schneider. Check out the newsletter at https://www.chinatalk.media/ ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chinatalk-418044 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044.md ## Episodes - [ModelTalk: Claude Fable (Nathan's pissed), is AI actually productive, advice for graduates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/modeltalk-claude-fable-nathan-s-pissed-is-ai-actually-productive-advice-for-graduates) — 2026-06-12T17:03:00+00:00 - [Sen. Slotkin on NDAA, AI Nukes, Chinese Cars, and Taiwan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/sen-slotkin-on-ndaa-ai-nukes-chinese-cars-and-taiwan) — 2026-06-11T21:36:00+00:00 - [Paul Kennedy on Great Powers, Past and Present](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/paul-kennedy-on-great-powers-past-and-present) — 2026-06-08T12:37:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: The View from AFRICOM with LTG Brennan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-the-view-from-africom-with-ltg-brennan) — 2026-06-05T08:18:00+00:00 - [The Pope has AI Takes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/the-pope-has-ai-takes) — 2026-06-01T16:12:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: NatSec in Congress + AI Evals for War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-natsec-in-congress-ai-evals-for-war) — 2026-05-29T08:47:00+00:00 - [Arizona's Abundance Playbook](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/arizona-s-abundance-playbook) — 2026-05-28T13:14:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: Ukraine's Forward Drone Line with Rob Lee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-ukraine-s-forward-drone-line-with-rob-lee) — 2026-05-26T00:18:00+00:00 - [Doing Big Things in Policy: It's All White Space](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/doing-big-things-in-policy-it-s-all-white-space) — 2026-05-22T12:40:00+00:00 - [Trump's China Visit: Prestige on the Cheap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/trump-s-china-visit-prestige-on-the-cheap) — 2026-05-18T18:11:00+00:00 - [The Stalemate Summit: Xi-Trump in the Long Sweep of US-China Relations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/the-stalemate-summit-xi-trump-in-the-long-sweep-of-us-china-relations) — 2026-05-12T11:53:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: Iran War 'Love Tap' Edition feat. Jack Shanahan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-iran-war-love-tap-edition-feat-jack-shanahan) — 2026-05-09T10:21:00+00:00 - [(Audio Fixed!!) Ken Liu on AI, Daoism, and Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/audio-fixed-ken-liu-on-ai-daoism-and-freedom) — 2026-05-07T14:02:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: Still Very Much Out of Ammo!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-still-very-much-out-of-ammo) — 2026-04-30T18:18:00+00:00 - [Quantum 201: US v China Quantum Industrial Base](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/quantum-201-us-v-china-quantum-industrial-base) — 2026-04-27T14:12:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: No Ammo for Taiwan, Polymarket, Bye Phelan, Will Driscoll Go The Distance?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-no-ammo-for-taiwan-polymarket-bye-phelan-will-driscoll-go-the-distance) — 2026-04-24T15:49:00+00:00 - [Sen. Chris Murphy on Corruption, China and AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/sen-chris-murphy-on-corruption-china-and-ai) — 2026-04-23T04:39:00+00:00 - [Quantum 101](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/quantum-101) — 2026-04-20T14:22:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: Is Mythos a Cyber Nuke? + The Blockade That Wasn't](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-is-mythos-a-cyber-nuke-the-blockade-that-wasn-t) — 2026-04-17T16:19:00+00:00 - [The Think Tank New Breed (IFP + FAI)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/the-think-tank-new-breed-ifp-fai) — 2026-04-16T02:22:00+00:00 - [Claude Mythos and National Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/claude-mythos-and-national-power) — 2026-04-12T09:07:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: Who Won the Iran War? (Second Breakfast Rebranded...)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-who-won-the-iran-war-second-breakfast-rebranded) — 2026-04-10T13:03:00+00:00 - [How Ukraine Makes Drones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/how-ukraine-makes-drones) — 2026-04-07T09:32:00+00:00 - [Second Breakfast: F-15, Pete's Purges, CENTCOM Hubris, War of 1812](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/second-breakfast-f-15-pete-s-purges-centcom-hubris-war-of-1812) — 2026-04-03T17:54:00+00:00 - [The American Federal Civil Service: A History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/the-american-federal-civil-service-a-history) — 2026-04-01T01:13:00+00:00 - [Jen Pahlka on an Optimistic Vision for Government Renewal!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/jen-pahlka-on-an-optimistic-vision-for-government-renewal) — 2026-03-27T09:25:00+00:00 - [Second Breakfast: We Negotiate with Bombs, War by Brainrot](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/second-breakfast-we-negotiate-with-bombs-war-by-brainrot) — 2026-03-25T18:52:00+00:00 - [Overfit is now ModelTalk! GPU Smuggling, OpenAI Cooked? + Open Models, AI Writing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/overfit-is-now-modeltalk-gpu-smuggling-openai-cooked-open-models-ai-writing) — 2026-03-23T19:39:00+00:00 - [Second Breakfast: Taking Kharg Island, Terrorism, Grift](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/second-breakfast-taking-kharg-island-terrorism-grift) — 2026-03-20T20:41:00+00:00 - [The Toymaker vs. the Tariffs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/the-toymaker-vs-the-tariffs) — 2026-03-19T08:21:00+00:00 - [WarTalk: AI, Nukes, Iran and Autonomous War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/wartalk-ai-nukes-iran-and-autonomous-war) — 2026-03-16T08:45:00+00:00 - [Iran: No Save Point](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/iran-no-save-point) — 2026-03-13T17:11:00+00:00 - [Why it Sucks to Work in AI in China + Open Source with Kevin Xu](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/why-it-sucks-to-work-in-ai-in-china-open-source-with-kevin-xu) — 2026-03-12T20:13:00+00:00 - [Software Abundance for Government With Cognition's Russell Kaplan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/software-abundance-for-government-with-cognition-s-russell-kaplan) — 2026-03-09T09:42:00+00:00 - [Second Breakfast: Iran and the DIB with Fmr SECAF Frank Kendall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/second-breakfast-iran-and-the-dib-with-fmr-secaf-frank-kendall) — 2026-03-06T16:43:00+00:00 - [Autonomous Weapons 101 + Anthropic v DoW](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinatalk-418044/autonomous-weapons-101-anthropic-v-dow) — 2026-03-05T02:10:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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