Samo Burja is a political scientist and historian who founded Bismarck Analysis and is editorial board chair of Palladium Magazine. Samo researches why civilizations fail and coined Great Founder Theory. We talk about revolution vs evolution, the Russo-Ukraine war, linear vs cyclical views of time, historical memory. Deus Ex Machina with Bohan Lou …

Professor Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editor, and author of multiple best sellers including one of my favorites The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China. Professor Kaufman has been reporting on China since 1978 and served as bureau chiefs in Berlin and Beijing. His book was a must…

Professor of theoretical physics and serial founder Steve Hsu discusses his family's martial and athletic tradition, a lack of competent technical leaders for the modern world, intellectual honesty with China watching, embryo selection, free will, and what matters for happiness in life. Notes from Steve Hsu: Are there any comparable leaders to Haro…

Welcome to Deus Ex Machina with Bohan Lou where we explore topics in history, religion, politics, philosophy and when technology intersects with them all. In our inaugural episode we speak with Alice Han, geopolitical researcher and Masterchef about macro-political advisory, Sino-French relations, the importance of cuisine in Chinese history, and t…