The Chinese Typewriter (with Tom Mullaney)

In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1958’s “The Crawling Eye” starring Forrest Tucker, Jennifer Jayne and Janet Munro. (originally published 5/30/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Jing Tsu’s new book, “Kingdom of Characters,” is about the long and concerted efforts of linguists, activists and others to adapt Chinese writing to the modern wor ...

When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride with the United States in the world of computing. However, China’s technological renaissance almost didn’t happen. And for one ...

Even as most contemporary states look to history in order to legitimize their existence in some way or other, the past – and narrations of it – hold particular weight in China. This is not a new phenomenon, for which pasts to elevate and which to suppress has long been a concern ...  Show more

One of AI’s greatest champions has turned to fiction to answer the question: how will technology shape our world in the next 20 years? Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and a former president of Google China, spoke with NVIDIA AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about AI 2041: Ten ...  Show more