ChinaTalk podcast

ChinaTalk

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/

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/

 

#469

Second Breakfast: Habemus NDAA!

We've got a full house with Tony, Justin and Eric today. We get into: ---The hottest NDAA ... more

12 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:09

12 Dec 2025


#468

Overfit: NeurIPS Vibes, Research Doesn't Matter, OpenAI Cooked?

Nathan and Jasmine debrief from NeurIPS San Diego, where we of course threw the best party... more

10 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:25

10 Dec 2025


#467

Emergency Pod: H200s to China with Dmitri Alperovich

It's never over with Trump...Dmitri Alperovich of the Silverado Policy Accelerator comes o... more

09 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:14

09 Dec 2025


#466

Second Breakfast: Trump's National Security Strategy + Hegseth's Second Strike

First half on the national security strategy you can read here https://www.whitehouse.gov/... more

05 Dec 2025

58 MINS

58:12

05 Dec 2025


#465

Helen Toner Takes the CSET Reins

It's think tank director week at ChinaTalk! Helen Toner of CSET kicks us off to talk throu... more

02 Dec 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:26

02 Dec 2025


#464

The Future of Secure Telecom

In the wake of Salt Typhoon, what does the future of secure telecom look like? To find out... more

25 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:15

25 Nov 2025


#463

Transistor Radio: OpenAI Loses the Mandate, Railroad Bubble = AI Bubble

Doug, Dylan, and Wei of SemiAnalysis join me (Jon was sleeping at 5AM taiwan time...) for ... more

25 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:48

25 Nov 2025


#462

Second Breakfast: Witkoff and Putin's Peace Deal

Eric Robinson, Justin Mc, Tony Stark and I talk China's sushi ban, Witkoff's peace plan, J... more

21 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:08

21 Nov 2025


#461

The Z.ai Playbook

Zixuan Li is Director of Product and genAI Strategy at Z.ai (also known as Zhipu 智谱 AI). T... more

21 Nov 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:09

21 Nov 2025


#460

Jake Sullivan on Playing the Long Game

After five long years since [⁠his last ChinaTalk appearance⁠] (https://www.chinatalk.media... more

18 Nov 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:55

18 Nov 2025


#459

Second Breakfast: Acquisition Reform? Are We Really Doing It?

Justin and Eric cohost with Pete Modigliani and Matt McGregor, coauthors of the Defense Te... more

15 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:20

15 Nov 2025


#458

Overfit: AI Lovers, Chinese Model Takeover, Vice Signalling, Hefei Model

Jasmine Sun (https://jasmi.news/), Nathan Lambert (https://www.interconnects.ai/), and spe... more

11 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:21

11 Nov 2025


#457

Second Breakfast: Colby's Pigpen, Counter-UAS, Training, Eat like a Trumper (or Iranian Spy?)

we cooked better than cafe milano 00:00 Colby's trainwreck of a hearing + right wing DC fo... more

07 Nov 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:38

07 Nov 2025


#456

EMERGENCY POD: Tariffs on Trial

Peter Harrell and Oren Cass join the show to talk IEEPA at the Supreme Court and broader U... more

06 Nov 2025

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:01

06 Nov 2025


#455

CCP Bureaucracies in War

Why do leaders with vast expert bureaucracies at their fingertips make devastating foreign... more

02 Nov 2025

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:22

02 Nov 2025


#454

Second Breakfast: Xi-Trump, Taiwan Deterrence, Tibetan Buddhism, Antietam

Featuring the Kirsten and Charlotte Asdal alongside Tony (https://www.breakingbeijing.com/... more

30 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:49

30 Oct 2025


#453

Ukraine's Drone War with Shashank and Rob Lee

Joining the pod today are Rob Lee of FPRI, Shashank Joshi of the Economist, and Tony Stark... more

30 Oct 2025

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:32

30 Oct 2025


#452

Japan's New Prime Minister: What to Expect

Tobias Harris of the [Observing Japan] (https://observingjapan.substack.com/) substack ret... more

29 Oct 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:28

29 Oct 2025


#451

Ukraine's Drone War with Shashank and Rob Lee

Joining the pod today are Rob Lee of FPRI, Shashank Joshi of the Economist, and Tony Stark... more

29 Oct 2025

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:32

29 Oct 2025


#450

Second Breakfast: Venezuela, Shutdowns, PE + Army, E.B. Sledge

Bryan, Eric, and Justin join the fun. 00:00 Venezuela 16:08 Shutdown Effects on Military ... more

23 Oct 2025

52 MINS

52:10

23 Oct 2025


#449

PLA Purges and How Xi Rules with Jon Czin

[Jon Czin] (https://www.brookings.edu/people/jonathan-a-czin/) spent years as a top China ... more

22 Oct 2025

1 HR 54 MINS

1:54:37

22 Oct 2025


#448

Second Breakfast: Gaza, SOUTHCOM, AI Nuke Analogies Stink, Generals Using AI (with M. Horowitz and...

Guests today include Michael Horowitz (Penn now, in the Biden years was DAS for Force Deve... more

17 Oct 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:02

17 Oct 2025


#447

Tarun Chhabra on the Stakes of AI Competition

[Tarun Chhabra] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarun_Chhabra) is Head of National Security... more

15 Oct 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:19

15 Oct 2025


#446

Anduril's Christian Brose on the Dangers of Unseriousness

[Chrisian Brose] (https://www.anduril.com/profile/christian-brose) is the Chief Strategy O... more

13 Oct 2025

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:21

13 Oct 2025


#445

EMERGENCY POD: China's Rare Earth Export Controls

Chris Miller (chip wars), Chris McGuire (10 year State Dpt vet, check out the past episode... more

09 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:10

09 Oct 2025


#444

AI Hardware Net Assessment: Why Huawei Can't Beat Nvidia

Last week, Jensen Huang said that China is “nanoseconds behind” the US in chipmaking. Is h... more

08 Oct 2025

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:28

08 Oct 2025


#443

Second Breakfast: Putin's Drones, SecWar Patton, Wargaming, Finding Subs

Bryan Clark, a former submariner now with the Hudson Institute, joins the show! Outtro spe... more

06 Oct 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:10

06 Oct 2025


#442

RAND's Jeff Alstott on How Facts Can Shape Tech Policymaking

At long last, Jeff Alstott, the fairy godfather of DC AI policy, joins the show. He’s the ... more

03 Oct 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:36

03 Oct 2025


#441

Transistor Radio: Intel, Dylan Falls in Love, Nvidia Captures Dylan, Slop City (our dumbest show yet...

for better or worse, the first ep on chinatalk feed I had to put an explicit tag on... Lea... more

01 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:25

01 Oct 2025