Curious Worldview

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Michael Smith is the China correspondent for the AFR – Australia’s Financial Review.

Just a tick over a year ago, he was met at midnight with a thud on the door from China’s secret police. This triggered a diplomatic storm which abruptly ended Michael Smith’s stint as one of Australia’s last foreign correspondents in China. After five days under consular protection, Smith was evacuated from a very different China to the country he first visited 23 years earlier.

There is much to this podcast, in it you can expect to learn about…

- Why Australia’s relationship with China has deteriorated so badly.
- Insight’s into the ‘fog’ of China’s economy.
- A wedding straight out of Crazy Rich Asians.
- A propaganda tour of the Xinjiang province.
- And much, much more…

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00:00 – Introduction
05:40 – “China Get’s Harder To Understand The Longer You Live There”
11:39 – Untrustworthy Chinese Data & Differences In Accounting
18:10 – Home Ownership In China & Potential Economic Collapse
22:55 – Chinese Shadow Banking Sector
25:56 – Chinese Demographic Problems & Anti Immigration Segment
33:26 – Explaining China’s Disappearing Millionaires & The Importance Of Hard Work In China
43:26 – The Significance Of Chinese SEZ (Special Economic Zones)
46:16 – Xi Jinping Turning ‘Bad’
56:50 – Michaels Propaganda Tour Through Xinjiang & The Uyghur Humanitarian Catastrophe
1:03:49 – Michael’s Experiences With Geoff Raby
1:05:15 – Why Michael Was Expelled From China & Australia/China Worsening Relations
1:19:20 – Michael’s Thoughts On Taiwan & Hong Kong
1:33:04 – Wild Trip in North Korea & The Crazy Rich Asian Wedding
1:43:50 – How Do You Think About China Now?
1:45:17 – What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:46:37 – What Two People Of History Would You Witness A Conversation Between?
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Matthew Dicks is the author of ‘Storyworthy’ and 50-time Moth Storyslam champion and 6-time grand champion. 

He wears many hats, all of them in education. A teacher, an author, a performer and a writer. Matthew Dicks book, ‘Storyworthy‘ had an emotional effect on me and furthermore, it was a significant inspiration to producing more work in public. The writing, the podcast, the youtube. Even though Storyworthy is not directly a motivating book, it nonetheless had this effect on me.

From this podcast, you should expect to hear the following…

- The beautiful consequences of becoming a better storyteller.
- How this work will help you be a better family man.
- An original story read by Matthew Dicks.
- The key ingredients for telling great stories.
- I finish reading a story of my own inspired by Matthew’s book.
- Why Jurassic Park isn’t about dinosaurs.

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00:00 - Introduction
03:47 - The Lord Of Sealand + Having Dicks As A Last Name
08:39 - Is Matthew A Naturally Good Storyteller?
17:12 - Difference Between An Auditory & Visual Learner
19:44 - How Much Of The Material In 'Storyworthy' Is Original?
22:36 - The Difference Between Telling A Story On Stage & Among Friends
26:59 - Matt's Wild Life & Him Telling An Original Story
39:09 - Dissecting The Previous Story & Finding 5 Second Moments
50:59 - The Significance Of Homework For Life
1:01:59 - Why Jurassic Park Is Not About Dinosaurs
1:10:19 - Is There A GOAT Story? + The Problem With Movies These Days
1:21:28 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
1:23:19 - If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People
1:26:00 - Me Telling A Story Written Inspired By 'Storyworthy'
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Benjamin David is, among other things, an expert on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

In response to my recent interview with Stephen Hicks, Benjamin reached out and wanted to double down and expand on much of what we covered there. Together, Benjamin takes my superficial understanding of nihilism and other big Nietzsche ideas and really opens them up.

In this podcast, you can expect to learn...

• Deep, deep, deep into Nihlism.
• Misinterpretations of Nietzsche.
• Left versus right interpretations of Nietzsche.
• A little bit on Nietzsches Master/Slave morality.

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00:00 - Introduction
03:49 - What Did Nietzsche Mean By 'Nihilism'?
18:58 - Making The Caveat For The Will To Power
31:39 - Trying To Better Understand Nihilism
38:45 - Plato & His Forms
45:39 - Misinterpretations Of Nietzsche
1:02:32 - The Idea Of Completing Nihilism
1:22:00 - Left & Right Interpretations Of Nietzsche + General Overview Of His Legacy (Jordan Peterson
1:31:29 - Master/Slave Morality
2:02:29 - What Is Nietzsche's Legacy Now?
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Alexander Lee is a biographer of Niccolo Machiavelli with the recently published title – ‘The Life & Times of Niccolo Machiavelli.

Alexander is a specialist in the cultural and political history of the Renaissance in Italy making him the perfect person to document the life, influence, legacy and more of this amazing political thinker.

- How Machiavelli would have responded to Covid-19.
- Why Machiavelli was much more of a ‘lad’ than you would have thought.
- How we should interpret the Prince.
- Vagabdoning and Travel in the late middle ages + much, much more.

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00:00 – Introduction
04:48 – Why Add To The 1000’s Of Existing Biographies?
08:52 – The Context Of The Late 15th Century
17:07 – Me Completely Screwing Up The Timeline Of The Prince
22:24 – The Correct Understanding Of The Prince
35:47 – How Much Is Machiavelli’s Legacy Misrepresented?
44:02 – Machiavelli Fiction + Some Of His Sexual Exploits (Not For The Faint Hearted)
50:12 – How Did Machiavelli’s Erudition Inform His Writing?
53:05 – Is There A Comparison To Be Made Between Nietzsche’s Ubermensch & The Prince?
1:03:03 – Travel & Vagabonding During The Middle Ages
1:14:08 – Where Do You See Machiavellianism Today?
1:21:47 – Who Is A Real Life Figure That Best Embodies Machiavelli?
1:25:27 – If You Could Witness A Conversation Between Any Two People Of History?
1:26:51 – Why Machiavelli? & What Are You Doing Now?
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Chris Martinez is the founder of DUDE Agency as well as the author of 'Never Wear Pants Again'.

He is a man born in Los Angeles, son of a Mexican father and a Taiwanese mother. His story is one of struggle and pain - but out of it comes a hardened man creating so much in the world. He runs his Digital Agency out of Tijuana, Mexico and just published a sociological look into the changing world of business.

Chris is en route to return to the podcast soon to speak exclusively about his new book. In this podcast, we speak more generally about the US & Mexico.

In this podcast, you can expect to hear about...

• What it was like growing up among the gangs of LA.
• Why Mexican taxes are fucked.
• The lazy filter that Hollywood propagandises Mexico with.
• Some things that could turn the Mexican economy around.

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00:00 – Introduction
02:31 – Chris’s Story
38:13 – Cultural Differences Between America & Mexico
42:24 – More Cultural Differences
51:52 – The Low Self-Esteem Of Mexico
59:41 – To Massive ‘What If’s’ About Mexico
1:13:11 – Immigration Process Into The US
1:17:51 – Doing ‘Shitty’ Jobs
1:23:51 – Maternity Love Theory
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Peter Murimi is a documentary film maker.

He has been heavily involved in some of the social issues that affect Kenya, most notably LGBTQ and mental health. I first heard about Peter during a BBC interview where he documented his coverage of a 'Baby Snatching' catastrophe that was being enabled by specific hospitals.

In this podcast, you can expect to hear about...

• The 'Baby Snatching' story that Peter and his colleagues broke.
• Depression & Suicide in Kenya.
• Why Kenya is known as the 'Silicon Savannah'.

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00:00 - Introduction

01:42 - Introduction To Peter

08:02 - A Bit About Kenya

16:52 - Is There An English Hangover In Kenya?

19:27 - Opportunities In The Developing World

21:32 - Baby Snatching

37:47 - Suicide In Kenya

47:35 - Kenya The 'Silicon Savanah'

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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is, among other things, the founder of Strategy and Rest. Strategy and Rest is a consultancy firm devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays while staying focused and productive.

These themes are published as a series of books. ‘Shorter’, which makes the case for the 4-day workweek and ‘Rest’, the book which initially caught me onto Alex and makes the case for why rest is the key to improved productivity, rather than the accepted thesis of the opposite.

In this podcast, you can expect to learn…

• The entrepreneurial case for a 4-day workweek.
• Why we should all prioritise rest… and what rest actually constitutes (spoilers, its not TV)
• A neurological explanation of sleep
• much, much more…

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• 00:00 – Introduction
• 02:06 – Harvard Business Review V. The Atlantic
• 11:23 – The Thesis For Rest
• 16:29 – Some Of The NeuroScience On Sleep
• 27:51 – People Are Starting To Think Differently About Sleep
• 33:46 – Historical Anecdotes From History
• 41:11 – How About The Difference Between Knowledge Workers & Traditional Labour
• 47:41 – The Thesis For Shorter
• 51:56 – The Slow Releasing Poison Of Beauracracy + Slack Verus Email
• 54:30 – Examples Of Companies Adopting 4-Day Work Week
• 1:04:41 – A Scandanivain Anecdote
• 1:19:56 – The 4-Day Week
• 1:23:11 – Country You Are Most Bullish On?
• 1:24:46 – What Two People Would You Witness A Conversation Between?

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Links To Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Work

• Everything Is Found Here! Consultancy, Books & More

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Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, technologist, and scholar of East and Central Asia.

Geoffrey's most recent book, the 'Perfect Police State' documents the truly overwhelming dystopian reality of 2021 China and the Uyghur humanitarian catastrophe which is currently unfolding in Xinjiang Province. 

In this conversation with Geoffrey, you can expect to learn about…

• The historical clash between the Han Chinese and Uyghur Muslim ethnic monitory.
• The prevailing surveillance state over time.
• How close to an attempt at genocide the ongoing Uyghur subjugation is.

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• 00:00 – Introduction
• 04:32 – Themes Of The Book + Authority Of The Research
• 10:32 – How Horrific Is The Current Situation?
• 17:22 – A Brief History of The Conflict Between The Uyghur & Han Chinese
• 28:22 – Terrorism Between The Han & The Uyghur
• 32:47 – Anti-Uyghur Propaganda
• 37:05 – Doubling Down On The Propaganda
• 43:55 – Documenting A Progressively Worsening Surveillance State Over Time
• 51:26 – What Is The Real Han Interest’s Here?
• 56:22 – What Is The Current Situation?
• 1:15:43 – Why is This Catastrophe Not Better Documented?
• 1:27:08 – Where Does The BRI (Belt & Road Initiative) Fit Into This?
• 1:32:32 – China’s Dwindling Soft Power
• 1:37:32 – The Surveillance State Everywhere
• 1:44:02 – Is Geoffrey Under Threat For Publishing This?
• 1:49:22 – A Bit About Geoff

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Links To Geoffrey Cain's Work

• Geoffrey Cain's Website
• The Perfect Police State
• Samsung Rising

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Geoff Raby is the former Australian Ambassador to China and also of the few true outsiders privies to the insider of China’s institutions.

Before Geoff was the Ambassador to China he was head of the Chinese Embassies Economic Division on behalf of Australia’s Department Of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Geoffs role as Australia’s Ambassador to China ended in 2011, but Geoff has since remained in Beijing and operates his consultancy firm, Geoff Raby & Associates. Geoff was tremendously generous with his time and offered us a brilliant insight into the ongoing geopolitical relations between both Australia & China, a commentary on China’s ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, SEZ & more.

In this interview, you can expect to learn about…

• Romanticising China back in the 80’s.
• Australia & China’s shifting relationship over the years.
• Security & Geoff’s idea of a dystopian future.
• The humanitarian catastrophe with the Uighurs.
• More, more and more.

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• 00:00 - Introduction
• 04:01 - Chit Chat
• 05:37 - How Has Your Idea Of China Changed Over The Years?
• 09:31 - Romatisicing The Early Days As A Diplomat In China?
• 14:11 - How Has Australia's Relationship With China Changed?
• 19:36 - Underlying Incentives For BRI (Belt & Road Initiative)
• 22:32 - What Do You Think Made Bob Hawke So Succesful In China?
• 27:51 - Geoff Experience With SEZ (Special Economic Zones) Of China.
• 35:31 - China Managing Their Middle Income Trap.
• 41:01 - How Do You Manage The Competing Interests Of What You Think Is Right Versus The Australian Politics Of The Day.
• 43:29 - Geoff Operating As Australia's Ambassador To China.
• 46:21 - Australian Soft Power.
• 54:13 - What Would You Have Had Scott Morrison Do?
• 55:41 - Australia's Dystopian Future.
• 1:06:12 - An Australian Foreign Policy Based In Realism.
• 1:10:33 - Security In The South China Sea.
• 1:16:26 - Geoff Addressing The Uigher Humanitarian Disaster In China.
• 1:27:51 - How Much Is Hong Kong Foreshadowing For Taiwan?
• 1:31:51 - What Country Are You Most Bullish On?
• 1:32:29 - What Two People Would You Witness A Conversation Between?

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