Great Books #13: Gay Talese's Sparks of Light
Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gb13In this Friday, May 29, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the genius of Gay Talese.

Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gb13In this Friday, May 29, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the genius of Gay Talese.
Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt29In this Thursday, May 28, 2026 lecture Professor Jiang answers your questions.
Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gb12 In this Wednesday, May 27, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Dante re-animated the human imagination. Notes and References: 1. Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Alan Mandelbaum https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/
Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gb11 In this Friday, May 22, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains Dante's war with Virgil. Notes and References: 1. Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Alan Mandelbaum https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/
Original lecture by Prof Jiang. 🎥 Watch the full video: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt28 📺 Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory In order to give wider and on-the-go access to Prof Jiang's Youtube lectures, this podcast publishes the audio-only version of his lectures with attribution, per his stated permission for free distribution of his content.
Original lecture by Prof Jiang. 🎥 Watch the full video: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt27 📺 Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory In order to give wider and on-the-go access to Prof Jiang's Youtube lectures, this podcast publishes the audio-only version of his lectures with attribution, per his stated permission for free distribution of his content.
Original lecture by Prof Jiang. 🎥 Watch the full video: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt26 📺 Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory In order to give wider and on-the-go access to Prof Jiang's Youtube lectures, this podcast publishes the audio-only version of his lectures with attribution, per his stated permission for free distribution of his content.
Original lecture by Prof Jiang. 🎥 Watch the full video: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt25 📺 Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory In order to give wider and on-the-go access to Prof Jiang's Youtube lectures, this podcast publishes the audio-only version of his lectures with attribution, per his stated permission for free distribution of his content.
Original lecture by Prof Jiang. 🎥 Watch the full video: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gt24 📺 Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory In order to give wider and on-the-go access to Prof Jiang's Youtube lectures, this podcast publishes the audio-only version of his lectures with attribution, per his stated permission for free distribution of his content.
Game Theory #23: The WWIII Chessboard
Game Theory #22 -Twilight Of The Nation-State
The podcast delves into the US National Defense Strategy, asserting that the Iran conflict is part of a broader plan to ensure American hegemony. It highlights global oil refinery sabotage, US "piracy," and a shift to a war economy, all aimed at containing China and forcing global reliance on American resources and the US dollar. The strategy, however, faces inherent flaws like nationalism and corruption, portending an inevitable decline of the American empire despite short-term gains.
Game Theory #20: Mid-Term Examination
Great Books #9: Dante (Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)
Great Books #8/ The Poetry Of Empire
Great Books #7: The Anti-Homer
Great Books #6: The Intimacy Of Love
Great Books #5: The Odyssey
Great Books #4: The Conscious Universe
Great Books #3: Poets And Prophets
Great Books #2: Homer And The Invention Of The Human
Great Books #1: Secrets Of The Universe
Game Theory #19: The Hollywood-Pentagon Complex
This episode explores the provocative theory that Donald Trump's seemingly erratic foreign policy, particularly regarding Iran and North America, is part of a deliberate game theory strategy. It posits that Trump aims to dismantle the existing global order, accelerate its collapse, and reshape America into a self-sufficient "Tagmate" fortress. The discussion draws parallels with Russia's "Third Rome Plan," suggesting both nations are strategically positioning themselves to benefit from a looming global economic and societal breakdown, shifting resource dependencies and power dynamics.
The podcast challenges the notion of natural economic boom-bust cycles, arguing that financial collapses are engineered for profit by transnational capital and central banks. It traces this system's origins from 17th-century Britain, its expansion into the US via the Federal Reserve, and its manipulation of the 2008 financial crisis. The discussion extends to the orchestrated rise of China and speculates on a future shift of global economic power to Israel, following a predicted engineered collapse of the American economy.
Game Theory #16: Pax Judaica Rising (Re-Upload)
Game Theory #16: Pax Judaica Rising
The podcast delves into the collapse of the "unipolar moment" following the Berlin Wall's fall, characterized by American global dominance, scientific supremacy, and the universal dollar. It argues that the decay of these pillars, alongside issues like unsustainable population growth, resource scarcity, and megacity vulnerabilities, is leading to a new era of instability. The episode emphasizes the need for a shift from efficiency to resilience, highlighting changes from materialism to spirituality, individuality to community, and old to young leadership as crucial for survival in a future marked by regional trade blocks, mass migration, and potential conflicts.
Game Theory #14: The Law of Proximity
This episode delves into a controversial theory, likening global reality to Plato's Cave, where a hidden elite manipulates our consciousness to extract wealth. It proposes that the American Empire and a global financial order perpetuate this system through mechanisms like the US dollar, rules-based orders, and cultural indoctrination. The discussion uses the Epstein files to illustrate how figures like Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner serve as operatives within a transnational network, highlighting a deep-seated corruption and a looming 'civil war' among the elite for control of this parasitic system.