ePODstemology

Medicine for intellectual boredom. Host Dr Mark Fabian of Cambridge University brings together an eclectic mix of creative young folk to discuss the most stimulating ideas at the knowledge frontier, from data governance to the metamodern cultural mode, and everything in between. The world's most thoughtful people, having a chat - and you're invited! So turn off your socials, throw away your popular science books, and get ready for some legit galaxy brain takes. Thanks to Keith Spangle for the spaceship cat avatar https://www.deviantart.com/keithspangle

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Why China got Rich and India Hasn't - The Political Economy of Asian Development

The 'Asian Miracle' has seen several nations develop from dirt farming to the technological frontier in half a century. Among them is China, whose rise has lifted nearly a billion people out of poverty and reshaped the global economic and political order. Professor Shiro Armstrong of the ANU joins ePODstemology host Dr Mark Fabian to explain the secret sauce of East Asia's development, especially its clever trade strategies and the political economy of escaping the middle income trap. Will the C...

May 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Zoomers, Boomers, Millennials and why they hate each: The Intergenerational wars

Why do millennials and boomers hate each other so much? Is it about intergenerational fairness, or is it actually an Oedipal thing? And why are they called zillenials? Is it because they're zooming, or because they're zealous? Sonia Arakkal of Think Forward joins ePODstemology to help us figure it all out. We explore the colourful cast of recent generations, discuss their psycho-social, economic, and historical origins, and analyse how to renew the intergenerational contract for a new century....

Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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