Silk And Steel Podcast

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EP26: American Expat in China with Francis Terpening Aug 10, 2019

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I inteviewed fellow War Nerd Francis Terpening who recently became a Fresh Off the Boat American Expat in China about his China experience

EP25: Chinese History Podcast Part 2-Five Emperors Aug 05, 2019

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We continue our chronological retelling of Chinese history from very beginning. Our story begins with monumental work on ancient Chinese history, The Records of the Grand Historian. The Record begins with stories of 5 Emperors, a lost Golden Age of Ideal sage rulers according Confucian canonical history. I will tell the tale and deconstruct it...

EP24:Chinese History-DNA Reveals with Razib Khan Jul 30, 2019

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I interviewed gifted geneticist and ploymath Razib Khan who runs blog Gene Expression and Brown Pundits Podcast about latest studies on Chinese population genetics. We geeked out on everything from ancient and modern DNA to early human migration out of Africa, Bronze Age East-West contact, Indian DNA impact on Southeast Asia. Spread of Chariot technology, the complex relatedness of different human populations from Africa to Europe to China to Americas This is a nice supplement to the new Chinese history podcast series that I just started.

EP23: Introducing the Chinese History Podcast from the beginning Jul 23, 2019

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I am starting a chronological retelling of Chinese history from the very beginning

Ep22: China Realism with Plan A Podcast Jul 12, 2019

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I appeared as guest on Plan A Podcast to talk about my travels in China, Western media reporting on China amid current US-China tensions

EP21: China Impressions with Davide Melia Part 2 Jul 02, 2019

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We continue our discussion on traveling in China with returning guest Davide Melia

EP20: Tiananmen Revisited Part 3 Jul 02, 2019

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We continue to revisit the events of Chinese students protest in 1989 in the final part of the series

EP#19-Tiananmen Memories Part 2 Jun 24, 2019

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We continue to recount the events of 1989 Chinese student protest up to the deadly night of June 3rd

EP18: Preview My Tiananmen Memories Jun 09, 2019

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For non-subscribers, here is a 40+ minute preview of EP#18-My Tiananmen Memories where I talked about my own Tiananmen Student Protest memories as a 13 year old in China 1989

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EP16: Pakistani Bride in China with Brown Pundits May 24, 2019

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I talk to Razib Khan and Zachary Latif from Brownpundits podcast on report of abuse of Pakistani Bride in China and intimate geopolitics of Belt and Road Initiative

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