This months’s Subtle Desi Traits is an APIDA heritage month special where host Ankita Bharadwaj presents a brief ancient Asian history of the most powerful kingdoms and civilizations. The episode […]
The History and Treatment of the Uighurs in China
Today, we turn our focus back to China and specifically the situation of the Uighurs, the Turkic ethnic group native to China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, with Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian. Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian […]
Is There a “New Cold War” Between the U.S. and China?
What are the contradictory messages being sent to Beijing by the early Biden administration? What are the dangers of an accidental slide into direct confrontation? What could it mean for […]
The Decline of U.S. Global Power
Like Rip Van Winkle, Americans have woken up to a different world after four years in the haze of Trump’s presidency, says historian Alfred McCoy. Today, he joins Allen to […]
Chinese Vs. American Conspiracy Theories
If you live in the United States, you likely have heard the wild, baseless theory that Anthony Fauci or Bill Gates created the COVID-19 virus for their own nefarious purposes. […]
The Case for One Billion Americans
What would actually make America great? More people. At least, that’s what Vox co-founder Matthew Yglesias argues in his new book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. Today, […]