Professor Jiang, Part 1: Geopolitical Pantomime

Decoding the Gurus by Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Jun 30, 202602:32:34Society & Culture

On Decoding the Gurus, we regularly get to hear a lot of truly “high-level” ideas, but the much-requested subject of this episode’s decoding is up there with the best of them. We are talking, of course, about “Professor”...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Decoding the Gurus.

Mel Robbins, Part 2: Matt & Chris manifest their fully actualised future selves

Aug 30, 2026 - 01:42:34

In Part Two of our decoding of Mel Robbins, things take a practical turn. But before we get to preoccupie...

Supplementary Material 54: Solarpunk Pecan Pie, Northern Irish Sushi, & the Discourse Meat Grinder

Aug 28, 2026 - 41:22

We return from our holidays with an indulgent episode that starts light and ends up very dark as we turn...

Mel Robbins, Part 1: The Hard Science of Manifestation

Aug 25, 2026 - 02:04:41

Are you tired, stuck, or inconveniently constrained by reality? Good news: you may simply be imagining th...

Jimmy Carr & Joe Rogan: The Jester & the Khan

Aug 17, 2026 - 02:54:29

Joe Rogan, the Great Khan of podcasting, is once again receiving a travelling jester at court. This time...

Lab Leak Groundhog Day: COVID Origins in 2026 with Worobey, Andersen, and Holmes

Aug 10, 2026 - 01:44:32

With the Trump administration’s newest political persecution of Anthony Fauci and three years after our f...

Supplementary Material 53: Matthew the Succulent, Bin-faced Politicians, and Very Very Tired Economists

Jul 21, 2026 - 31:01

We endure the ravages of time to deliver you this exhausted Supplementary Material. Bowed but never broke...

Supplementary Material 52: Under-Optimized Academics, Tired Economists, and Bailiwick Clarifications

Jul 9, 2026 - 22:34

Two absolutely shattered academic heroes heroically drag themselves through yet another supplementary epi...

Decoding Academia 36: Revenge of the Chimpanzees Patreon Series

Jul 8, 2026 - 27:58

In this Decoding Academia episode, we venture into comparative psychology, focusing on a fascinating line...