From my émigré family stories under occupation to East India Trading Company, everything I’m paying attention to right now points to the same underlying question: who actually holds power, and how do you build your own?

Full show notes here: https://potentiamedia.org/p/on-my-radar-dispatch

Nick Vyas on agentic AI, the policy problem, and why removing friction from global trade may be the most consequential thing we do next.

Full show notes here: https://potentiamedia.org/p/supply-chains-paradigm-break-with

Nick Vyas has led global supply chains for Sears, Toys R Us, and Duty Free, built USC Marshall’s supply chain institute from the ground up, and is currently leading six case studies on agentic AI where the technology outpaces drafts before the team can finish them. He calls what’s happening right now not a paradigm shift but a paradigm break, because every transformation before this one still had a human at every node while this one doesn’t. The world produces enough food to feed everyone on earth, yet 40% of it rots between the farm and the table because the supply chain can’t move it. Democracies are structurally incapable of the long-horizon planning this moment demands, though China has been executing on a 45-year-long nine-cycle strategy without interruption. And AI is about to displace more white-collar jobs than any previous technology in history, but policymakers are falling asleep at the wheel, repeating the exact mistake of the Rust Belt, except this time the middle class will be hit hard.

Trump and Sanders agree on potential nationalizing of Big Tech, the admin closes a chip loophole to China, and an important AI federal bill drops seeking to limit State governance of AI development.

Full Show notes: https://potentiamedia.org/p/this-week-in-power-podcast

Christian Hu of Qoder joins Chelsea on Potentia to discuss why the next phase of AI is moving beyond chatbots toward agentic workmates, how Qoder is building AI coding and productivity tools for global users, and why companies that wait too long to adopt AI may struggle to catch up.

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Week of May 25-31, 2026 | Briefing #1 The Pope enters the AI debate, Trump stalls regulation, OpenAI chases $1 trillion, and Silicon Valley delivers the Fail of the Week.

The governing logic behind China’s industrial expansion and securitization at home and abroad

Today on the podcast, we speak with Jacob Gunter, Head of Economy and Industry at MERICS, about how securitization, industrial policy, and power govern China’s economic choices and long-term strategy.

Original publish date Jan 5, 2026

What We're Escaping, What We're Building

From isekai manhwa to Yung Lean going viral in tech circles, everything I’ve been noticing lately points to the same undercurrent: people are hungry for a life that actually feels like their own.

This is the first in a series of dispatches on what’s catching my attention — in culture, technology, and the quieter question underneath both: how do you actually want to live? For me a mix of balance and excellence. Not just optimization and noise. I think in the midst of slop slinging we’re all hoping for the real thing.

What the US–China summit means for tech, trade, and the new global playbook.