Trump vs Democracy: Two Historians’ Perspectives

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Raging Moderates: Trump’s Sparking Culture War Fights to Bury the Epstein Scandal

Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov explore a weekend that showcased two very different Americas: Bad Bunny celebrated unity across the continent, while Donald Trump leaned into culture wars, attacking an Olympic skier for expressing mixed feelings about representing the U.S. and a ...  Show more

China Decode: Why China is Sorting Kids into “Genius Camps”

In this episode of China Decode, Alice Han and James Kynge dig into China’s so-called “genius camps” — the small, brutally selective talent pipeline behind many of the country’s biggest tech and AI breakthroughs. Then they turn to rising nuclear tensions after the U.S. accuses Ch ...  Show more

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