Best Thomas Wang Podcasts (2024)

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'Challengers' Director Luca Guadagnino 20:57

4h ago20:57

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For his fourth time joining the Toolkit discussion, director Luca Guadagnino takes us into the sultry, sweaty world of "Challengers." Much more than just a tennis movie, this film pushed Guadagnino to make bold choices with camera and music, and lean into storyboards and rehearsal more than his previous work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

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'Shogun' Creators Justin Marks & Rachel Kondo 51:31

22h ago51:31

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The co-creators of the stunning FX miniseries join us to discuss the rigorous process that made the show so captivating, from period detail to character psychology and a nuanced approach to subtitles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Chris O'Falt

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The Stock Market Will Melt-Up As Inflation Resurges | Harris Kupperman 51:52

1d ago51:52

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This week Harris Kupperman returns to the show for a discussion on how he is thinking about markets in 2024. Expecting bonds to continue selling off, will equity markets crumble or continue to melt up as fiscal dominance takes the reigns? Harris then shares his thoughts on some of the best opportunities he is seeing in markets such as oil, gold min…

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Alexander Statman, "A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 50:02

1d ago50:02

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Alexander Statman's book A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science (U Chicago Press, 2023) is a revisionist history of the idea of progress reveals an unknown story about European engagement with Chinese science. The Enlightenment gave rise not only to new ideas of progress but consequential debates about them. Did distant times …

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Episode 25 - Subnet 22 Datura w/ Giga 35:00

3d ago35:00

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In this 25th episode of the Bittensor Guru, I interview Subnet 22 Datura developer Giga. Datura queries a plethora of sources directly and uses it's own "smart scrape" technology to provide highly relevent responses to user queries at https://datura.ai including leveraging an LLM to provide a summary of results. We discuss their functionality, ince…

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Can The U.S Handle High Interest Rates Past 2024? | Ben Miller 1:21:18

4d ago1:21:18

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This week Ben Miller Fundrise Co-Founder and CEO joins the show. We begin by discussing the U.S public debt problem as debt to GDP remains elevated over 100%. For the second half of the conversation, we deep dive into the current state of the U.S real estate market focusing primarily on CRE. Enjoy! -- Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn …

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Philipp Demgenski, "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 1:20:29

4d ago1:20:29

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In Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City (U Michigan Press, 2024), Philipp Demgenski examines the complexities and changing sociopolitical dynamics of urban renewal in contemporary China. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork in the northeastern Chinese city of Qingdao, the book tells the story of the …

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Chris Whalen: “Higher For Longer” Interest Rate Regime Is Bad For Banks 42:01

5d ago42:01

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Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) http://vaneck.com/HODLFG. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/us/hodlprospectus. __ Follow Chris Whalen on Twitter https://twitter.com/rcwhalen Follow VanEck on Twitter https://twitter.com/vaneck_us Follow Jack Farley on Twitter https://twit…

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#521 - Theda Hammel on Stress Positions and Joanna Arnow on The Feeling That the Time... 52:21

6d ago52:21

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This week we’re excited to present two conversations: the first with Stress Positions director Theda Hammel, co-writer Faheem Ali, & lead actor John Early from Closing Night of the 2024 edition of New Director/New Films, and the second with The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed director Joanna Arnow & her cast from the 61st New Y…

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The Great Liquidity Debate | Michael Howell & George Robertson on Monetary vs. Fiscal Flows And What Is Truly Driving This Bull Market 1:34:55

8d ago1:34:55

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Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) http://vaneck.com/HODLFG. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/us/hodlprospectus. __ Michael Howell of Crossborder Capital and George Robertson of The Monetary Fronteir have two things in common: they both correctly predicted the renewed bull…

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'Dogfight' Director Nancy Savoca 49:08

8d ago49:08

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This little seen 1991 gem is coming to the Criterion Collection. And even if you have seen this movie, the story of how it got made will shock you. Savoca talked about how she transformed a studio film destined to be another Porky’s teen sex comedy into a subtle masterpiece. Savoca talks about how her young star, River Phoenix, saved the ending fro…

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Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 51:09

8d ago51:09

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Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 Southern Tour has become a milestone in Chinese economic history. Historians and commentators credit Deng’s visit to Guangzhou Province for reinvigorating China’s market reforms in the years following 1989—leading to the Chinese economic powerhouse we see today. Journalist Jonathan Chatwin follows Deng’s journey in The Southern…

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Robin Visser, "Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:11:28

8d ago1:11:28

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Indigenous knowledge of local ecosystems often challenges settler-colonial cosmologies that naturalize resource extraction and the relocation of nomadic, hunting, foraging, or fishing peoples. Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan (Columbia UP, 2023) explores recent ecoliterature by Han and non-Han Indigenous writers of China and …

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Cathy Yue Wang, "Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters: Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy" (Wayne State UP, 2023) 36:07

9d ago36:07

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Contemporary Chinese film and literature often draw on time-honored fantastical texts and tales which were founded in the milieu of patriarchy, parental authority, heteronormativity, nationalism, and anthropocentrism. Cathy Yue Wang's Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters: Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy (Wayne State Univer…

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Astrid Møller-Olsen, "Sensing the Sinophone: Urban Memoryscapes in Contemporary Fiction" (Cambria, 2022) 42:19

10d ago42:19

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Through an original framework of literary sensory studies, Sensing the Sinophone: Urban Memoryscapes in Contemporary Fiction (Cambria, 2022) provides a comparative analysis of how six contemporary works of Sinophone fiction reimagine the links between the self and the city, the past and the present, as well as the physical and the imaginary. It exp…

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Mark Dow: The Bears Are Making Stuff Up About Fed/Treasury Plumbing To Excuse The Fact That They Were Wrong 1:33:16

11d ago1:33:16

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Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) http://vaneck.com/HODLFG. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/us/hodlprospectus. __ Mark Dow has had experience in the global monetary system, having worked at the IMF, as an advisor to three Presidents, and at many central banks around the …

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Carl STONE - Kamiya Bar + guests

11d ago

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Podcast de Carl Stone pour websynradio : Aux alentours du Kamya bar, Carl Stone convoque pour ce programme original webSYNradio tout un ensemble d'oeuvres (Ros Bobos, Annie Gosflield, David Toop, Tanner Menard, Joseph Hammer, Ben Neill, Roger Kleier, Saunter Chihei Hatakeyama, Yann Novak, Robert Crouch, Chas Smith, Sawako, Richard Lainhart, et des …

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Episode 24 - Subnet 8 Proprietary Trading Network w/ Thomas 39:13

12d ago39:13

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Subnet 24 on Bittensor is an always-on trading competition between 200+ rotating miners brought to you by the Taoshi team. Forex (currencies) for now but many more trading pairs/commodities on the way. Thomas, their lead developer, joins the Bittesnor Guru to explain how you incentivize winning trades in perpetuity on Bittensor's decentralized netw…

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#520 - Baloji on Omen 27:12

14d ago27:12

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with Omen director Baloji from the 2024 edition of New Directors/New Films.The sense of dread that often accompanies being around blood relatives with whom you share no real connection is brought into vivid focus in songwriter and rapper Baloji’s debut feature, Omen. Having been banished to Europe a…

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'The People's Joker' Director Vera Drew 1:09:50

15d ago1:09:50

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You may remember "The People’s Joker" as that film Warner Brothers tried to shut down for copyright infringement during the 2022 Toronto film Festival. The more interesting story about this film is the ingenuity and a punk rock spirit in which it was created. Drew takes us on a journey of how her origin story as a trans woman coming up in the comed…

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Xiaofei Kang, "Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:24:26

17d ago1:24:26

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China’s communist revolution has an intricate relationship with gender and religion. In Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953 (Oxford UP, 2023), Xiaofei Kang moves the two themes to the center stage in the Chinese Revolution. It examines the Communist Party’s first anti-superstition ca…

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The Anatomy Of Bubbles | Jonathan Treussard on Private Credit, Nvidia, and Dangers of “Engineered Yield” 1:10:33

18d ago1:10:33

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Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) http://vaneck.com/HODLFG. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/us/hodlprospectus. __ Jonathan Treussard of Treussard Capital Management joins Forward Guidance to help define what a bubble is. By his strict definition, nothing qualifies right …

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Episode 23 - Subnet 3 MyShell.AI w/ Ethan 49:42

18d ago49:42

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In this episode we dive into the generative AI waters of Subnet 3 run by Ethan and the team at MyShell.AI where they use their own open source text-to-speech model called MeloTTS to power subnet operations. Ethan provides some great insight into what his team is building and this is a worthy listen for anyone looking to understand more about Bitten…

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Psychedelics, Mysticism, Aliens, and the Dao (Pierce Salguero and Dominic Steavu) 1:07:17

18d ago1:07:17

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Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Dominic Steavu, a historian of Chinese religion and healing from UC Santa Barbara. We discuss the central role of the body in medieval Daoist practices, and talk about the Daoist use of psychedelics to facilitate mystical experiences. Along the way, we touch on talismanic tattoos, internal alchemy, and embodied non…

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Episode 22 - S24 Omega Labs & S30 WOMBO 1:13:38

20d ago1:13:38

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Bittensor is home to two subnets formed by members of a team that has introduced more than 150 million users to AI through apps like WOMBO Dream and WOMBO Me. Parshant and Salman with Omega Labs are aiming to create the largest open-source multimodal dataset in existence with S24 and Ben-Zion has plans to use S30 WOMBO to incentivize virality. Grea…

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Andres Rodriguez, "Frontier Fieldwork: Building a Nation in China's Borderlands, 1919-45" (U British Columbia Press, 2022) 1:04:19

20d ago1:04:19

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In 1911, as China was beset with challenges, a new generation of scholars considered a new problem: what to do with former imperial borders? How could China’s frontiers be considered part of the new nation? In Frontier Fieldwork: Building a Nation in China’s Borderlands 1919–45 (UBC Press, 2022), Andres Rodriguez looks at how students, travellers, …

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#519 - Sebastian Stan and Aaron Schimberg 25:05

21d ago25:05

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with A Different Man director Aaron Schimberg and lead actor Sebastian Stan from this year’s edition of New Directors/New Films. Learn more: newdirectors.orgWith the hotly anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed sophomore feature, 2018’s Chained for Life, New York-based director Aaron Schi…

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Blind Squirrel Macro: China Will Unleash “Bloodbath” On Global Automobile Market | Rupert Mitchell on Electric Vehicles, Tires, Refiners, And Gold 1:39:34

22d ago1:39:34

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Forward Guidance is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) http://vaneck.com/HODLFG. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/us/hodlprospectus. __ Rupert Mitchell of Blind Squirrel Macro joins Forward Guidance for the first time to share his learnings from an extensive career as an investment banker mov…

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'We Were The Lucky Ones' Director & EP Thomas Kail 27:20

22d ago27:20

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Thomas Kail, of Hamilton and Fosse/Verdon joins us to discuss this gripping series about a Jewish family in Poland surviving WWII, and how he worked to make sure this holocaust story reflects upon the modern day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Chris O'Falt

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The "Beijing Put" | Jason Hsu's Bull Case For Chinese Stocks 1:19:33

25d ago1:19:33

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Finally, you can easily access Bitcoin in a low-cost ETF with the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL). Visit https://vaneck.com/HODLFG to learn more. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/hodlprospectus/ __ Jason Hsu of Rayliant joins Forward Guidance to share his view on the particulars of the Chinese equity market. Hsu argues that th…

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Radical Friendship from the Teacher's Seat with Kate Johnson and Tara Brach 1:18:45

26d ago1:18:45

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This episode was recorded in April 2022 featuring guest teacher Kate Johnson interviewed by Tara Brach discussing radical friendship from the teacher's seat.By Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield

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Transforming Our Values into Reality with Xiaojing Wang and Christine Cordero 36:31

26d ago36:31

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This episode was recorded in November 2017 featuring guest teachers Xiaojing Wang and Christine Cordero from the East Bay Meditation Center discussing transforming values into reality.By Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield

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Episode 21 - Subnet 21 FileTAO w/ Phil 1:05:06

26d ago1:05:06

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Only one subnet could be the 21st episode of this pod and that is Philanthrope's Subnet 21 FileTAO on Bittensor. Phil does a great job of simplifying how all the gears turn on his decentralized storage masterpiece. With petabytes of capacity and hundreds of terabytes in current storage used, this is a subnet provides immediately utility and redunda…

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Inflation Isn’t Going Away And Investors Own The Wrong Assets | Larry McDonald on “When Markets Speak” 1:06:37

28d ago1:06:37

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Finally, you can easily access Bitcoin in a low-cost ETF with the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL). Visit https://vaneck.com/HODLFG to learn more. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/hodlprospectus/ __ Lawrence McDonald, New York Times Bestselling author and founder of The Bear Traps Report returns to Forward Guidance to discuss h…

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'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' Director Adam Wingard 32:44

28d ago32:44

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Having helmed their big grudge match in 2021's Godzilla vs Kong, director Adam Wingard is now back for the big team up. Hear how Wingard and his team expanded the mythology of the series, introduced several new titans, and integrated VFX with some spectacular location shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Thomas S. Mullaney, "The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age" (MIT Press, 2024) 1:43:19

28d ago1:43:19

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The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? In The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information…

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#518 - Léa Seydoux on The Beast 29:18

29d ago29:18

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This week we’re excited to present a conversation with Léa Seydoux, lead actress of the 61t New York Film Festival Main Slate selection The Beast, which will open in our theaters on April 5.The Beast opens at FLC next Friday, April 5 View showtimes and get tickets at filmlinc.org/beastA filmmaker consistently unafraid to wade through the weird mias…

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Episode 20 - Subnet 19 Vision w/ Namoray 1:00:53

29d ago1:00:53

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Namoray is on of the premier developers on Bittensor and is the mind behind Subnet 19 Vision. This episode is a masterclass on how to run a successful subnet and design an incentive/validation mechanism to drive the highest quality output from miners on Bittensor. I am so impressed by what this team is doing as they've turned what were once identif…

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Joseph Wang, Michael Howell, Julian Brigden, and Jonny Matthews on 2024 Macro Outlook | Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit (Recorded March 19, 2024) 40:25

29d ago40:25

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Finally, you can easily access Bitcoin in a low-cost ETF with the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL). Visit https://vaneck.com/HODLFG to learn more. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/hodlprospectus/ __ This is a recorded version of Jack’s macro panel at the 2024 Digital Asset Summit hosted by Blockworks, recorded in London on Marc…

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Chia-ling Yang, "Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:21:18

1M ago1:21:18

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The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history and cultural identity in late imperial China. By examining versatile trends within paintings in modern China, this book questions the extent to which historical relics have been used to represent the ethnic identity of modern Chinese art. In doin…

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Michael Davis, "Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values in Hong Kong" (Association for Asian Studies, 2023) 1:03:30

1M ago1:03:30

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"What happened in Hong Kong is not an anomaly but a warning" - Hong Kong Human Rights defender Chow Hang Tung, speech written from prison upon receiving a human rights award. In our interview today, I spoke with Professor Michael C. Davis, author of Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong (AAS and Columbia UP, 20…

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Episode 19 - Subnet 32 It's AI w/ Sergey 58:03

1M ago58:03

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This one was a fun look at Bittensor Subnet 32 It's AI with one of it's lead developers, Sergey. This subnet allows anyone to use https://its-ai.streamlit.app to test whether a block of text is written by an LLM or human. Fascinating technology and they've implemented a couple really innovative elements into their validation mechanism that we nerd …

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Russell Napier On The Rise And Fall Of The Age Of Debt And China’s Choice Between Deflation and Devaluation 1:13:02

1M ago1:13:02

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Finally, you can easily access Bitcoin in a low-cost ETF with the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL). Visit https://vaneck.com/HODLFG to learn more. VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) Prospectus: https://vaneck.com/hodlprospectus/ __ Russell Napier, founder of Orlock Advisors and publisher of The Solid Ground Newsletter, returns to Forward Guidance to share how …

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DAVID FENECH - Monks to Monk

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Podcast de DAVID FENECH pour webSYNradio. Avec des morceaux de The Monks, Andew Liles + Jean Hervé Péron, Glaxo Babies, Renaldo and the Loaf, Felix Kubin, Fritz Muller, Iggy + The Stooges, H.N.A.S, Volcano the Bear, Nervous Norvus, Jac Berrocal + David Fenech + Ghédalia Tazartès, Connan Mockasin, Brigitte Fontaine, Colin Stetson, Jr + His Soulettes…

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