# frank dikötter (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover frank dikötter. Page: Feed: --- ## [Bad Writing, Good Journalism, and AI (w/ Ben Smith) MO #341](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/bad-writing-good-journalism-and-ai) _2026-08-26 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Ben Smith, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Semafor, joins for his fifth appearance. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212782406/4a1205c728bcc3b699029bbe66bc1399.mp3) ## [Firehose #209: Take Off? Eh.](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/firehose-209-take-off-eh) _2026-08-23 · Matt Welch · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Also: RIP Kathy Hayes ## [Seize the Means of Conservatism (w/ Stephanie Slade) MO #340](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/seize-the-means-of-conservatism-w) _2026-08-21 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Reason’s Stephanie Slade on the ideas that built the modern right, the forces tearing it apart, and what might come next. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212055305/032ceb152407487d1c8a4d4b983f69de.mp3) ## [Clip Roulette w/ Dictators, Demons and Democracy (Episode #571)](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/clip-roulette-w-dictators-demons) _2026-08-19 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Kmele is absent. The bottle is doing its best for the Moynihan/Welch duo. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211795964/67dd668be849bbdb5538235690bb8705.mp3) ## [Firehose #208: Do Something!](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/firehose-208-do-something) _2026-08-16 · Matt Welch · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Also: Notes on Tucker Carlson’s non-existent third party ## [Former ABC News Correspondent Says Network Gave Fauci Oversight On COVID Lab-Leak Reporting](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/former-abc-news-correspondent-says) _2026-08-14 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Terry Moran on the "heavy hand of censorship" ## [Terry Moran and the Network News Autopsy (Members Only #339)](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/terry-moran-and-the-network-news) _2026-08-14 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ A wide-ranging conversation about what journalism is for, who it serves, and what happens when the old institutions stop deserving the benefit of the doubt. Oh, and a bit about Fauci…. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211092473/af870a532d6c33c6d4d79d4d9551a5c9.mp3) ## [The Politics of Pretending (Episode #570)](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/the-politics-of-pretending-episode) _2026-08-12 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Hasan Piker, the DSA, AOC, Jason Arday, Francesca Hong, and miscellaneous lunacy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210841332/bda11f25f9d4477e70a151757d0c61fa.mp3) ## [Firehose #207: Woke Crabs](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/firehose-207-woke-crabs) _2026-08-09 · Matt Welch · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Also: Second Sunday tonight at 9 pm ET! ## [Second Sunday Coordinates 8/9](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/second-sunday-coordinates-89) _2026-08-08 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ In memory of Nixon's resignation... ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ebk4bRXwakii) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [A Man of 1989 (w/ David Frum) #569](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/a-man-of-1989-w-david-frum-569) _2026-08-07 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ We’re joined by The Atlantic’s David Frum for a wide-ranging conversation about Trumpism, the Democratic left, immigration, political memory, and what became of American conservatism. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210124758/d76d9be195e4a6d56df2a8955c0e2c47.mp3) ## [Out of Whiskey and Reaching for the Rotgut (Members Only #338)](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/out-of-whiskey-and-reaching-for-the) _2026-08-05 · The Fifth Column · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ The trio is back baby and gets only a little messy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209870544/e9595ffd978517bdf7b122261091c5f2.mp3) ## [A Century of Humiliation: The Myth That Made Modern China — with Alice Miller](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/a-century-of-humiliation-the-myth) _2026-08-03 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ How John K. Fairbank canonized a nationalist myth, and why generations of China hands took it too seriously [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208391215/6c76f6e24e0c5dec93fa79a73c212cbc.mp3) ## [Firehose #206: Freebird](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/firehose-206-freebird) _2026-08-02 · Matt Welch · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Also: Please tune into HBO next Friday! ## [Firehose #206: Freebird](https://www.wethefifth.com/p/firehose-206-freebird) _2026-08-02 · Matt Welch · The Fifth Column (A Podcast)_ Also: Please tune into HBO next Friday! ## [How The Soviets, Japanese and Americans Together Lifted Chinese Communists Out of Obscurity — with Frank Dikötter](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/how-the-soviets-japanese-and-americans) _2026-05-18 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ In part two of this interview with historian Frank Dikötter about his new book Red Dawn over China, he explains how the Chinese Communist Party seized power with luck and foreign help. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197208211/5b9ca6d58b4ca4ec854b6167132c4cb9.mp3) ## [China Is Not A Pacifist Power - an interview of Liu He and Sam George by the Hungarian magazine Magyar Narancs](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/china-is-not-a-pacifist-power-an) _2026-04-29 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ Talking geopolitics, military, national security, economy, all that good stuff about China in Hungary and Europe at large, in Budapest in the momentous week of the Hungarian election this April. ## [The Rise of Communism and the Forgotten Soviet Invasion of China in 1929 — with Frank Dikötter](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-communism-and-the-forgotten) _2026-04-27 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ In part one of this interview with historian Frank Dikötter about his new book Red Dawn over China, he discusses the overlooked role of Soviet forces in seeding the Chinese communist revolution. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195478330/279017c4789accd58b5bccadd34756c6.mp3) ## [Rerun: How A Faulty Map Led US Military To Bomb A Chinese Embassy — with Susan Shirk](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/rerun-how-a-faulty-map-led-us-military) _2026-03-18 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ Faulty data was likely to blame for the U.S. airstrike of an Iranian school. A similar mistake caused a crisis in U.S.-China relations 27 years ago, recounts research professor Susan Shirk. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190681046/33bfd59febd18f884a3d9a3a40703080.mp3) ## [How Beijing Lost Hong Kong — with Mark Clifford, Jimmy Lai’s Biographer](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/how-beijing-lost-hong-kong-with-mark) _2026-03-10 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ Mark Clifford, journalist and biographer of the recently convicted pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai, talks about his journey from Hong Kong journalist to accidental activist. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189404663/f4cb96c298f682e3758a484bf10d7f0d.mp3) ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tO5bL8BFTihW) _2026-03-10 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Will China’s Social Volcano erupt? — with Martin Whyte](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/will-chinas-social-volcano-erupt) _2026-02-04 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ Harvard professor Martin Whyte talks about the setbacks and surprises of doing sociological surveys in China, and remembers his mentor Ezra Vogel, who died a little over five years ago. ## [An Unfinished Business: A World AIDS Day Special with Joan Kaufman](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/an-unfinished-business-a-world-aids) _2025-12-01 · Ruby Wang · Peking Hotel_ Professor Joan Kaufman, a leading expert on HIV/AIDS and China, talks about her experiences in public health while working in China with the UN, the Ford Foundation, and in academia. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/180053979/8a59c469772feafa91ed5f399638b95d.mp3) ## [Decoding Beijing: How a CIA analyst tracked down Chinese politics in the '80s — with Alice Miller](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/decoding-beijing-how-a-cia-analyst) _2025-11-02 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ "It’s a competition in international affairs. The basic rule of thumb is everybody spies on everybody." [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/171386813/7780bd2f6e64b6ca0aefbadd85d3dc43.mp3) ## [The Souls of China — with Ian Johnson](https://pekinghotel.substack.com/p/the-souls-of-china-with-ian-johnson) _2025-10-19 · 何流｜Liu He · Peking Hotel_ Author Ian Johnson talks about how he returned to China in 2009 to write his books ‘The Souls of China’ and ‘Sparks,’ which both deal with China's search for meaning. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/174986443/8786fe1ecfec0ce520f87047f986e605.mp3)