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Silk And Steel Podcast

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Weekly discussion on China and Silk Road, history, culture and current events
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EP25: Chinese History Podcast Part 2-Five Emperors

We continue our chronological retelling of Chinese history from very beginning. Our story begins with monumental work on ancient Chinese history, The Records of the Grand Historian. The Record begins with stories of 5 Emperors, a lost Golden Age of Ideal sage rulers according Confucian canonical history. I will tell the tale and deconstruct it...

Aug 05, 2019•52 min•Ep. 27

EP24:Chinese History-DNA Reveals with Razib Khan

I interviewed gifted geneticist and ploymath Razib Khan who runs blog Gene Expression and Brown Pundits Podcast about latest studies on Chinese population genetics. We geeked out on everything from ancient and modern DNA to early human migration out of Africa, Bronze Age East-West contact, Indian DNA impact on Southeast Asia. Spread of Chariot technology, the complex relatedness of different human populations from Africa to Europe to China to Americas This is a nice supplement to the new Chinese...

Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 26

Ep22: China Realism with Plan A Podcast

I appeared as guest on Plan A Podcast to talk about my travels in China, Western media reporting on China amid current US-China tensions

Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 24

EP20: Tiananmen Revisited Part 3

We continue to revisit the events of Chinese students protest in 1989 in the final part of the series

Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 22

EP#19-Tiananmen Memories Part 2

We continue to recount the events of 1989 Chinese student protest up to the deadly night of June 3rd

Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 21

EP18: Preview My Tiananmen Memories

For non-subscribers, here is a 40+ minute preview of EP#18-My Tiananmen Memories where I talked about my own Tiananmen Student Protest memories as a 13 year old in China 1989 Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Silk and Steel Podcast here on our patreon page , to listen to the full interview and all previous locked episodes. You can also get our downloadable RSS feed for your podcast app from our patreon page on PC browser and more...

Jun 09, 2019•41 min•Ep. 20

EP16: Pakistani Bride in China with Brown Pundits

I talk to Razib Khan and Zachary Latif from Brownpundits podcast on report of abuse of Pakistani Bride in China and intimate geopolitics of Belt and Road Initiative

May 24, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 19

EP15: Travel in China-Yunnan with Davide Melia Part 1

I talk with returning guest Davide Melia on our travel together in Southwest China province of Yunnan, with an excursion into Yunnan history and Qianlong Emperor's Expedition against Myanmar.

May 18, 2019•58 min•Ep. 18

EP12 Rome vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 2

Exciting conclusion of epic Rome vs Parthia battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari of Eran un Turan , living history re-enactment group , For the Part 1 see our previous episode with Amir EP11 Rome vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 1

Apr 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 15

EP9: Chinese Karl Marx Anime Translator Sun Feiyang Interview Part 1

China made Karl Marx Anime has gained a cult following since its debut on Youtube. I interviewed the man who was responsible for introducing the show to non-Chinese speaking audience by translating it into English, Sun Feiyang. Check out his very funny Facebook meme page President Xi, Delete This Account subscribe at my Patreon: Silk and Steel Podcast for the full interview

Mar 22, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 12

EP8: British Chinese YPG Volunteer Huang Lei Interview-Battle of Manbij

British Chinese YPG Volunteer Huang Lei talk about Battle of Manbij against ISIS, and the most intense firefight he found himself took part on the streets of Manbij. This is his story... Please support my podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel Intro and Outro: Kobani by Mansour Izadpanah in Kurdish Sorani language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahsfdqmUL8 intermission music: NUARİN GERİLLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGeGIKOTlAU...

Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 10

EP5 Roman vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 2

Amir Askari takes us closer to the epic showdown between Rome and Parthia, the Battle of Carrhae, the most important battles between the Roman Republic and Parthian empire and one of the most crushing defeats in Roman history.

Feb 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7

EP4 Roman vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae: The Prelude with Amir Askari

We revisit the epic battle between Roman Republic and Parthian Empire with expert Amir Askari from the Eran un Turan, living history re-enactment group Battle of Carrhae, the most important battles between the Roman and Parthian empiresand one of the most crushing defeats in Roman history. In this episode, we examine the background and prelude to war.

Feb 26, 2019•52 min•Ep. 6

EP3: Rise of Sassanian Persian Empire, with Nadeem Ahmad

We interview Nadeem Ahmad of " Eran ud Turan " on the little told story of a major world civilizational power, Sassanian Persian Empire. Persian Empires often get bad press`in the current West-centric narrative. We at Silk and Steel seek to readdress this imbalance and bring to you, our listeners the real deal unfiltered by lens of Western comic books and Hollywood. Yes, I am talking about undo the damage of 300!

Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 5

EP2: Sogdians on the Silk Road with Nadeem Ahmad Part 2

We continue our time travel to ancient Silk Road on a guided tour by Nadeem Ahmad of Eran und Turan Living History Group. From Arab conquest to Arab-Chinese battle of Talas and An Lushan Rebellion in Tang China, Arrival of Islam, Rise and Fall of Tibetan, Turkic/Uighur Empires. Check out our patreon for amazing images and descriptions

Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 4

EP1: Sogdians on the Silk Road with Nadeem Ahmad Part 1

We time travel to ancient Silk Road on a guided tour by Nadeem Ahmad of Eran und Turan Living History Group. From Alexander The Great to Arab-Chinese battle of Talas and An Lushan Rebellion in Tang China, Arrival of Islam, Rise and Fall of Tibetan, Turkic/Uighur Empires. Check out our patreon for amazing images and descriptions

Feb 04, 2019•59 min•Ep. 3

Understanding China with Razib Khan

I talked to Razib Khan of the Brown Pundits Podcast about China, my family history, demographic conundrum, Christianity and Islam, racism and geopolitics. Have a listen!

Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 2
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