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A book about two brothers from the United States hiking the Labrador wilderness has picked up prize at the annual Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards. "In the Shadow of Tungusuak" was written by the late Chris Buckley. On The Go's Francesca Swann speaks with Chris's brother Brendan about some of the life-changing moments they had navigating the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and meadows of the Torngats. (Francesca Swann with Brendan Buckley)

How does China's leadership view the relationship with the US, and how has that perspective evolved over the years? How might China seek to take advantage of recent actions by the Trump Administration that have destabilised the international order? How should Australia respond to shifting US-China dynamics in the Indo-Pacific? In this episode, Chris Buckley joins Susan Dietz to discuss the evolving relationship between China and the US, including the implications for economic and bilateral ties, and the wider geopolitical dynamics at play in the Indo-Pacific region.Chris Buckley is the chief China correspondent for The New York Times. He reports on China and Taiwan from Taipei, and focuses on politics, social change, and security and military issues.Susan Dietz is Senior Executive Advisor, China at the ANU National Security College.TRANSCRIPT Show notes · NSC academic programs – find out more.We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au.You can contact us on X (formerly Twitter) @NSC_ANU and Bluesky @nscanu.bsky.social, and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Crouch Valley in Essex with its unique microclimate is gaining a reputation for high quality still Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Chris Buckley tells us more about this up-and-coming wine region.

Pests and disease are challenging for grape growers, and the UK's wet and humid climate especially so. Chris Buckley gives us a birds eye view of measures to protect the vines.

In this second episode, we delve into the changes that are happening in the UK viticulture scene with Chris Buckley of VineWorks.

In this episode of the Energy Espresso Podcast, host Dave Bosco is joined by Chris Buckley, CEO and Founder at INY. They take a deep dive into new technology that will disrupt the industry!

The first in a series on contract growing and vineyard management in the UK with Chris Buckley on Vine Works.

Symphony New Brunswick's Dani Sametz and John Buckley with an update on beloved local musician Chris Buckley, who is recovering after a cardiac attack. They also share some beautiful music they're making and have details about the Symphony's Virtuoso concert series "Reflections".

In this episode we take a look at life after hate. We speak with three ex right wing extremists about how they became radicalized and about how they exited the movement. Chris Buckley is an ex Imperial Nighthawk with the KKK that now works with Parents for Peace. Frank Meink and Chris Leek are both ex Neo Nazis.

This one was recorded en route to our gig at Kelly's Irish Pub in Austin, and again on the way home, with Patrick daughter's Tara running camera and joining in the conversation. Towards the end of the first segment we encountered a torrential downpour that got so loud we had to stop recording. It was still raining when we arrived at Kelly's, and the wooden stage area was exposed to the elements and completely soaked through. But thankfully the bar manager allowed us to commander the covered area of the patio. There were hints online that the turnout that night would be good, but we were still knocked out by how many people showed up, especially considering the weather… and by the time we started playing it was standing room only and packed to the gills. This was the first gig we'd played in Austin since Fadó closed in 2018, so it was quite a thrill to see so many old friends and familiar faces, and of course all our new friends as well. Chris Buckley joined us on fiddle for this show and did a FANTASTIC job. Also, towards the end of the show, Tara joined us to sing "Fairytale of New York", which made the night even more special. In between the two segments is a bit of video that Turbo filmed from the stage shortly after we'd all raised a toast, where you can see how jam-packed the patio was at Kelly's. Cheers to you all....HAPPY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Video by TARA DEVLIN and ASHLEY TENNYSON SJC factory footage by KAIDEN NEWTON Additional photos by JEFF COHEN (https://www.moonshineimages.com) Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast. Special Guest: Kevin Newton.

China's government has made significant policy shifts in recent months, including lifting the zero-covid policy, loosening credit regulations for real estate development, and a less strident tone in international relations. These changes suggest a sense of reversal or climbdown, despite the absence of official admissions of any policy failing. Is all this recalibration just part of a push to juice a flagging economy? Has recent overt public discontent over a number of issues had an impact on the thinking of the authoritarian state? And what, if any, is the reputational and political cost to Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party? Dr Chris Buckley, chief China correspondent for The New York Times, examines China's lively policy dynamics with presenter Ali Moore. An Asia Institute podcast. Produced and edited by Profactual.Music by audionautix.com.

“You don't get a Pulitzer!“ Torie, David and Jamie break down the World Cup, gaslighting, goblin mode and Dylan. Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer zooms in to share “Less is Lost.” On the road with Arthur Less, a “minor American novelist,”  who's trying to pay down bills, reconcile relationships and find himself. Along the way there's a pug named Dolly, an Rv called Rosina and a litany of almost literary events. It's like Chris Buckley and Hunter Thompson – but better. 

In this episode we take a look at life after hate. We speak with three ex right wing extremists about how they became radicalized and about how they exited the movement. Chris Buckley is an ex Imperial Nighthawk with the KKK that now works with Parents for Peace. Frank Meink and Chris Leek are both ex Neo Nazis. Full interview with Chuck Leek on Status Coup: https://youtu.be/zZNGquZvpjM?t=5253 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/district34/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/district34/support

In a riveting tell-all, Chris Buckley is a former veteran and Ku Klux Klan white supremacist with a dark past framed by childhood sexual abuse and an absent father. His story chronicles a movement from one toxic state to another, professing an obsession to 'hate.' Chris' pain is vivid as he recollects his childhood sexual abuse, a yearning to be loved by his father, the hurt of losing his ‘Jumpmans' shoes, and how the war in Afghanistan triggered his Islamophobia. Beneath his layers of pain, Chris shares the lights of his life: his grandmother's unfathomable love, his mother's resilience and his ever-supportive wife. When substance abuse and hatred sent Chris spiraling out of control, a life-changing hug from Arnos Michaelis, a former white supremacist, helps to bring him back to life. In this interview, Chris shares how Arno connected him to his new purpose with Parents4Peace, a non-profit that saves people from extremism. Towards the end of the podcast, we appreciate Chris' ‘full-circle' journey when he says “ I am addicted to knowing that someone is benefiting from my pain.” Check out Chris's website: www.parents4peace.org Follow Chris on Twitter: @Chrisbu94982722 FOLLOW PARALYSIS TO PURPOSE Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Paral2Purpose Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paralysis2purpose/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paralysis2purpose TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paralysis2purpose Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/hzE5n9 FOLLOW OUR HOST, DAVID COOKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcespeaks Instagram: https://instagram.com/dcespeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcespeaks/ Website: https://davidcooksspeaks.com/ Listen in for stories of growth, change, and discovery by both individuals and corporations on their journeys from Paralysis to Purpose. http://paralysis2purpose.com/

This year marks ten years since Wang Lijun's fateful flight to the US Embassy in Chengdu, a decision which set in motion a chain of events that ultimately brought down one of China's most powerful politicians, Xi's most credible rival for power in 2012, Bo Xilai. The former mayor of Chongqing remains in prison to this day for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of office, along with his wife Gu Kailai, who is serving life imprisonment for the murder of a British businessman. But a decade later, how much of an impact does Bo's story have in the halls of power? New York Times reporter Chris Buckley joins the show this episode to discuss Bo's legacy and share anecdotes about his encounters with him prior to his arrest, along with formerly Chongqing-based author Xujun Eberlein. Former ChinaTalk producer Alex Boyd co-hosts. We discuss Bo's rise to power in Dalian and his move to Chongqing How Chongqing's man-on-the-street viewed Bo during his tenure - and after The similarities and differences between Bo and Xi Jinping Where is Bo now? I HAVE A NEWSLETTER! Check it out! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year marks ten years since Wang Lijun's fateful flight to the US Embassy in Chengdu, a decision which set in motion a chain of events that ultimately brought down one of China's most powerful politicians, Xi's most credible rival for power in 2012, Bo Xilai. The former mayor of Chongqing remains in prison to this day for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of office, along with his wife Gu Kailai, who is serving life imprisonment for the murder of a British businessman. But a decade later, how much of an impact does Bo's story have in the halls of power? New York Times reporter Chris Buckley joins the show this episode to discuss Bo's legacy and share anecdotes about his encounters with him prior to his arrest, along with formerly Chongqing-based author Xujun Eberlein. Former ChinaTalk producer Alex Boyd co-hosts. We discuss Bo's rise to power in Dalian and his move to Chongqing How Chongqing's man-on-the-street viewed Bo during his tenure - and after The similarities and differences between Bo and Xi Jinping Where is Bo now? I HAVE A NEWSLETTER! Check it out! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drummer Mike McAloon joins us again for a marathon episode recorded in the van on the way to College Station and afterwards on the road back home. We talk about both of our recent reunion shows with Chris Buckley at the Continental Club Houston and O'Bannon's Taphouse, and this week's music discussion steers us through Crazy Arm, Stiff Little Fingers, David Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Joni Mitchell and Crowded House. But the cornerstone of this episode is a long, hunger-fueled conversation about classic Houston restaurants and coffee shops, past and present. This conversation was nearly an hour long, but is cut short on the show because Chad's phone ran out of storage. An extended, unexpurgated version of this episode is available to our Patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/slappercast-179-69265640 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/55xS4gIhxdA RESCUED MUSIC: * Crazy Arm - 'Fear Up' (https://youtu.be/vbk9Gn2UQqc) * She'll Drive the Big Car · David Bowie (https://youtu.be/Pzf5rpXlkJE) * Nobody's Hero · Stiff Little Fingers (https://youtu.be/sXbUqZYdsjY) * Alternative Ulster · Stiff Little Fingers (https://youtu.be/PlGmYetiCjA) * Suspect Device · Stiff Little Fingers (https://youtu.be/on6DxBgfsDY) Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast. Special Guest: Mike McAloon.

Like and Subscribe: YouTube.com/indiethinker Chris Buckley is a veteran and former KKK member who now works with Parents For Peace to help people escape extremism and find hope instead of hate. He is also one of the subjects of the brand new documentary "Refuge", a film about friendships in unlikely places. parents4peace.org refugemovie.com

Mike "the Machine" McAloon is returning to play THREE shows with us this month, along with Chris Buckley on fiddle! Mike also joins us on the show this week to talk about the old days of the band, as well as Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Violent Femmes, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones & Kris Kristofferson. Also: a few words about the sudden passing of Patrick's lifelong friend, Barrie Dunphy. Rescued songs: * Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That (https://youtu.be/0sYK2RwH5E8) * Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Rider (https://youtu.be/kPb2iG_Xs1c) * Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I (https://youtu.be/vHReBUA8cH4) Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast. Special Guest: Mike McAloon.

Episode 173 was recorded in the van shortly after leaving the Nick in Birmingham, AL, the final date of our "Beast Coast" tour. Heide Riggs joins us again to talk about our experiences on the road, and of course we kill/rescue some songs as well. We'll be going out on the road again with Heide in July & August. In meantime, we have a couple shows with Chris Buckley coming up in mid-July (Houston & College Station). But before all that: this THURSDAY, June 9th, Paddy will be playing a solo acoustic show at the Big Top in Houston, sharing the bill with Hugh Morrison and Joe Walmsley. Paddy goes on first at 9 PM. Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast. Special Guest: Heide Riggs.

Chris Buckley shares how sobriety & voluntarily staying in jail were the catalysts for leaving the Georgia White Knights, his change of heart towards the queer community & an intense conversation with a Muslim. He also shares more about the programs at Parents4Peace that help veterans & police officers undo harmful job-related ideology. Trigger warning on basically all the triggers. If you know someone struggling with extremism, call the helpline: 1-844-49-PEACEIf you liked this episode, you'll also like episode 99: COFFEE, CONGO & THE AMERICAN SOUTHGuest: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/ | https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/ | https://www.parents4peace.org/ | https://twitter.com/Chrisbu94982722 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-buckley-57a7681a2/Host:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: Watch me on TV https://bit.ly/3ImiTat |   https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

Chris Buckley was a war veteran returning home when he was recruited for a KKK chapter – the Georgia White Knights, but the events leading up to that were “a Petry dish of hate” that included abuse, addiction, death & displacement. If you've ever wondered what causes someone to join the KKK, this episode will give you perspective. Trigger warning on basically all the triggers. If you know someone struggling with extremism, call the helpline: 1-844-49-PEACEIf you liked this episode, you'll also like episode 46: METH, GAY PORN, REHAB & CELEB PHOTOGRAPHY PART 1Guest: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/ | https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/ | https://www.parents4peace.org/ | https://twitter.com/Chrisbu94982722 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-buckley-57a7681a2/Host:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: Watch me on TV https://bit.ly/3ImiTat |   https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

This is just a preview of this week's Patreon exclusive bonus episode. You can hear the episode in full by becoming a member at: https://www.patreon.com/indoctrination In this Patreon exclusive bonus episode, Rachel welcomes back friend of the show Chris Buckley. Chris is an Afghanistan and Iraqi war veteran, and reformed member of the KKK. Today, he works with the anti-extremism non-profit Parents for Peace and has created a deradicalization program designed specifically with veterans in mind, but is geared to work with all manners of hate and extremist ideology. Chris updates Rachel on his journey of healing as he sets out to become a certified peer support counselor in hopes of ultimately becoming a therapist. He provides insight from his studies with renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk. Hear Chris's previous episodes here: podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/extr…i=1000524771356 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cogn…0527354668&l=id Find out where you can see "Refuge" the documentary on Chris's story here: www.refugemovie.com/ You can also see Chris in the PBS documentary Love Wins Over Hate here: www.pbs.org/video/love-wins-over-hate-vzi4a6/ More info on Parents for Peace here: www.parents4peace.org/

China's Communist Party is known to prize loyalty and conformity among its more than 90 million members. If good policies are forged through deliberation and debate, how does the CCP handle the weighing of opinions, counter-proposals and objections while ensuring ideological purity? And how does a party member of good will conscientiously object? Dr Chris Buckley, chief China correspondent for The New York Times, examines decision-making and dissent in the Party with presenter Ali Moore. An Asia Institute podcast. Produced and edited by Profactual - the Podcasting Specialists. Music by audionautix.com.

Episode Notes:This episode's guest is David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist and author of the weekly Chaguan column. Our topic is online discourse, nationalism, the intensifying contest for global discourse power and US-China relations.Excerpts:I spoke to some very serious NGO people who've been in China a long time, Chinese and foreigners who said that this was the worst time for NGOs since 1989, and the kind of mentions of espionage and national security was a very serious thing. So then I had to make a decision, was I going to try and speak to someone like Sai Lei. Clearly he is an extremely aggressive nationalist, some would call him a troll and there are risks involved in talking to someone like him. But I felt, I'm one of the few English language media still in China, if I'm going to add value, I need to speak to these people.I had a very interesting conversation with a CGTN commentator…He said, I can't tell you how many Western diplomats, or Western journalists they whine. And they moan. And they say, how aggressive China is now and how upset all this Wolf warrior stuff is and how China is doing itself damage. And he goes, we're not, it's working. You in the Western media, used to routinely say that the national people's Congress was a rubber stamp parliament. And because we went after you again and again, you see news organizations no longer as quick to use that. Because we went after you calling us a dictatorship, you're now slower to use that term because we went after you about human rights and how it has different meanings in different countries. We think it's having an effect…One of the things I think is a value of being here is you have these conversations where the fact that we in the West think that China is inevitably making a mistake by being much more aggressive. I don't think that's how a big part of the machine here sees it. I think they think it worked….To simplify and exaggerate a bit, I think that China, and this is not just a guess, this is based on off the record conversations with some pretty senior Chinese figures, they believe that the Western world, but in particular, the United States is too ignorant and unimaginative and Western centric, and probably too racist to understand that China is going to succeed, that China is winning and that the West is in really decadent decline…I think that what they believe they are doing is delivering an educational dose of pain and I'm quoting a Chinese official with the word pain. And it is to shock us because we are too mule headed and thick to understand that China is winning and we are losing. And so they're going to keep delivering educational doses of pain until we get it…The fundamental message and I'm quoting a smart friend of mine in Beijing here is China's rise is inevitable. Resistance is futile…And if you accommodate us, we'll make it worth your while. It's the key message. And they think that some people are proving dimmer and slower and more reluctant to pick that message up and above all Americans and Anglo-Saxons.On US-China relations:The general trend of U.S. China relations. to be of optimistic about the trend of U.S. China relations I'd have to be more optimistic than I currently am about the state of U.S. Politics. And there's a kind of general observation, which is that I think that American democracy is in very bad shape right now. And I wish that some of the China hawks in Congress, particularly on the Republican side, who are also willing to imply, for example, that the 2020 election was stolen, that there was massive fraud every time they say that stuff, they're making an in-kind contribution to the budget of the Chinese propaganda department…You cannot be a patriotic American political leader and tell lies about the state of American democracy. And then say that you are concerned about China's rise…..their message about Joe Biden is that he is weak and old and lacks control of Congress. And that he is, this is from scholars rather than officials, I should say, but their view is, why would China spend political capital on the guy who's going to lose the next election?…The one thing that I will say about the U.S. China relationship, and I'm very, very pessimistic about the fact that the two sides, they don't share a vision of how this ends well.Links:China’s online nationalists turn paranoia into clickbait | The Economist 赛雷：我接受了英国《经济学人》采访，切身体验了深深的恶意 David Rennie on Twitter @DSORennieTranscript:You may notice a couple of choppy spots. We had some Beijing-VPN issues and so had to restart the discussion three times. Bill:Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the `Sinocism podcast. It's been a bit of a break, but we are back and we will continue going forward on a fairly regular schedule today. For the fourth episode, I'm really happy to be able to chat with David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist and author of the weekly Chaguan column. Our topic today is online discourse, nationalism, and the intensifying contest for global discourse power.Bill:I've long been a fan of David's work and the approximate cause for inviting him to join the podcast today was an article on the January 8th issue of The Economist on online nationalism. Welcome David.David:Hello.Bill:So just to start, could you tell us how you got to where you are today?David:I've been a foreign correspondent for frighteningly long time, 24 years. And it's my second China posting. I've been out there so long. I've done two Chinas, two Washingtons, five years in Brussels. I was here in the '90s and then I went off, spent a total of nine years in Washington, DC. And then I came back here in 2018 and I was asked to launch a new column about China called Chaguan, because previously I wrote our Lexington column and our Bagehot column about Britain and our Charlemagne column about Europe. They all have strange names, but that's what we do. And so this is my fourth column for The Economist.Bill:We last met, I think in 2018 in Beijing in what seems like before times in many ways at The Opposite House, I believe.David:And the days when we had visitors, people came from the outside world, all of those things.Bill:Yes. You are quite the survivor, as they say. Although there are advantages to not worry about walking outside and getting sick all the time. Although it's better here in DC now.David:It's a very safe bubble. It's a very large bubble, but it's a bubble.Bill:So let's talk about your article, the January 8th issue. It was titled “China's online nationalist turned paranoia into click bait”. And I thought it was a very good distillation of the surge in nationalists and anti foreign content that is really flooding or was flooded the internet in China. And you interviewed one of the people who's profiting from it because it turns out that not only is it good from a sort of a sentiment perspective, but it's also good from a business perspective.Bill:And that person Sai Lei, interestingly enough, then recorded your conversation and turned it into a whole new post and video about the whole experience of talking to a foreign correspondent. Can you tell us a little about the story and why you chose to write it and just to add the links to David's article and the Sai Lei article will be in the podcast notes.David:So I heard from friends and colleagues, a couple of things in two directions. One was that in the world of private sector media, a couple of reasonably well known explainer sites, popular science video companies had been taken out of business by nationalist attacks. One was called Paperclip, the other called Elephant Union. And their crime in the eyes of online nationalists had been to talk about things which are fairly uncontroversial in Western media, that eating beef from the Amazon or eating beef that is fed soy grown in the Amazon is potentially bad for the rainforest and maybe we should eat less meat.David:But because this was in the Chinese context, that China is the biggest buyer of soybeans, this explainer video was attacked as a plot to deny the Chinese people the protein that they need to be strong, that this was a race traitor attack on the Chinese. And it was outrageous because the West eats so much more meat than China. And so that was one element of it. And I heard that these companies had been shut down. The other was that I'd been picking up that this was an extremely bad time for NGOs, particularly Chinese NGOs that get money from overseas. And we'd seen some really nasty attacks, not just on the idea that they were getting money from overseas, but that they were somehow guilty of espionage.David:And there was an NGO that did incredibly benign work. Tracking maritime and Marine trash, as it floats around the coasts of China based in Shanghai, Rendu Ocean. I'd done a column on them the year before I'd been out with their volunteers. It was a bunch of pensioners and retirees and school kids picking up styrofoam and trash off beaches, weighing it, tracking where it came from and then uploading this data to try and track the fact that China is a big generator of the plastic and other trash in the oceans. They were accused of espionage and taking foreign money to track ocean currents that would help foreign militaries, attack China, that they were guilty of grave national security crimes.David:And they were attacked in a press conference, including at the national defense ministry. And they're basically now in a world of pain. They're still just about clinging on. And so these two things, you have these NGOs under really serious attack, and you also have this attack on online explainer videos. The common theme was that the nationalist attack, they were somehow portraying the country and its national security was a weird combination of not just the security forces, but also private sector, Chinese online nationalists. And in particularly I was told there was a guy called Sai Lei. That's his non to plume who was one of the people making videos taking on these people. He went after celebrities who talked about China should be more careful about eating seafood.David:This was again, sort of race traitors. And he was using this really horrible language about these celebrities who talked about eating more sustainable seafood that they were ‘er guizi”, which is this time about the collaborationist police officers who worked with the Japanese during the World War II. He calls them Hanjian, the s-called traitors to the Chinese race. Very, very loaded language. Went after a group that’s working with Africans down in the south of China, talking about how they faced discrimination. This got them attacked. They had talked also about the role of Chinese merchants in the illegal ivory trade that got them attacked by the nationalists.David:So I thought this question of whether the government is behind this or whether this is a private sector attack on that. There's the profits to be made from this online nationalism struck me something I should write about. So I talked to some of the people whose organizations and companies had been taken down, they were very clear that they thought that was a unholy nexus of profit, clickbait and things like the communist youth league really liking the way that they can turbocharge some of these attacks-Bill:Especially on bilibili, they use that a lot.David:Especially on... Yeah. And so there's this weird sort of sense that, and I spoke to some very serious NGO people who've been in China a long time, Chinese and foreigners who said that this was the worst time for NGOs since 1989, and the kind of mentions of espionage and national security was a very serious thing. So then I had to make a decision, was I going to try and speak to someone like Sai Lei. Clearly he is an extremely aggressive nationalist, some would call him a troll and there are risks involved in talking to someone like him. But I felt, I'm one of the few English language media still in China, if I'm going to add value, I need to speak to these people.David:Yes. And so I reached out to the founder of a big, well known nationalist website who I happen to know. And I said, do you know this guy Sai Lei? And he said, I do, I'll get in touch with him. Sai Lei was very, very anxious about speaking to the Western media. Thought I was going to misquote him. And so eventually we did this deal that he was going to record the whole thing. And that if he thought I had misquoted him, that he was going to run the entire transcript on full on this other very well known nationalist website that had made the introduction. So I said, okay, fine. I have nothing to hide. That's all good. I wrote the column. I quoted Sai Lei. I didn't quote a tremendous amount of Sai Lei because what he said was not especially revealing.David:He was just an extremely paranoid guy. And there was a lot of whataboutism and he was saying, well, how would the American public react if they were told that what they eat damages the Amazon rainforest? And I said, well, they're told that all the time-Bill:All the time.David:It was an incredibly familiar argument. It's on the front page of America newspapers all the time. And so he wasn't willing to engage. And so, I ran this. He then put out this attack on me. It's fair. Look, I make a living handing out my opinions. I knew he was recording me, was it a bit disappointing that he cut and edited it to make me sound as bad as possible rather than running the full transcript. I mean, I interviewed a troll and that was the thing. He attacked me on the basis of my family, which then triggered a whole bunch of stuff that was pretty familiar to me, a lot of wet and journalists get a lot of attacks and it was an unpleasant experience, but I feel that the added value of being here is to talk to people, who The Economist does not agree with.David:And his fundamental problem was that I was using online as a disapproving time. But my line with people like him, or with some of the very prominent nationalists online academics, media entrepreneurs, also with the Chinese foreign ministry, when I'm called in is my job in China is to try to explain how China sees the world. To speak to people in China to let their voices be heard in The Economist. And I absolutely undertake to try and reflect their views faithfully, but I do not promise to agree with them, because The Economist does not hide the fact that we are a Western liberal newspaper. We're not anti-China, we are liberal. And so, if we see illiberall things happening in Abu Ghraib or in Guantanamo Bay or-Bill:DC.David:Being done by Donald Trump or being done by Boris Johnson or Brexit, or Viktor Orbán or in China, we will criticize them because we are what we say we are. We are a liberal newspaper. We have been since 1843. And what's interesting is that online, the reaction was... For a while, I was trending on Bilibili. And that was new. And I take that on the chin. I mean, I'm here, I'm attacking nationalists. They're going to attack back. I think what's interesting is that the online of nationalist attacks were, I hope that the ministry of state security arrest this guy, he should be thrown out of China. Why is he in China? They should be expelled. This guy has no right to be in China.David:I think that at some level, some parts of the central government machinery do still see a value to having newspapers like The Economist, reasonably well read Western media in China. And it's this conversation I've had a lot with the foreign ministry, with the State Council Information Office, which is as you know, it's the front name plate for the propaganda bureau. And I say to them, we are liberals.David:We are not anti-China any more than we're anti-American because we criticize Donald Trump, but you know where we're coming from, but I do believe that if China is concerned about how it's covered, if they throw all of us out, they're not going to get better coverage. I mean, some of the most aggressive coverage about China in the states comes from journalists who never go to China and economists who never go to China. And I think that, that argument resonates with some parts of the machine, to the people whose job is to deal with people like me.David:What I worry about is that there are other parts of the machine, whether it's the Communist Youth League or whether it's the ministry of state security or some other elements in the machine who do also see a tremendous value in delegitimizing Western media full stop, because if you're being criticized and you don't enjoy it. Tactic number one, whether you are Donald Trump talking about fake news, or Vladimir Putin talking about hostile foreign forces, or the Chinese is to delegitimize your critics.David:And I do think that that is going on in a way that in the four years that I've been here this time. And if, I think back to my time here 20 years ago, I do think the attempts to go after and intimidate and delegitimize the Western media they're getting more aggressive and they're trying new tactics, which are pretty concerning.Bill:So that's a great segue into the next question. But first, I just want to ask the nationalist website that you said ran Sai Lei's piece that was Guancha.cn?David:Yeah. And so it's probably not secret, but so I know a bit, Eric Li, Li Shimo, the co-founder Guancha.Bill:Eric actually famous for his TED Talk, went to Stanford business school, venture capitalist. And now, I guess he's affiliated with Fudan, And is quite an active funder of all sorts of online discourse it seems among other things.David:That's right. And I would point out that The Economist, we have this by invitation online debate platform and we invite people to contribute. And we did in fact, run a piece by Eric Li, the co-founder of Guancha, the nationalist website a couple of weeks before this attack, that Guancha ran. And I actually had debate with some colleagues about this, about whether as liberals, we're the suckers that allow people who attack us to write, he wrote a very cogent, but fairly familiar argument about the performance legitimacy, the communist party and how that was superior to Western liberal democracy.David:And I think that it's the price of being a liberal newspaper. If we take that seriously, then we occasionally have to give a platform to people who will then turn around and attack us. And if I'm going to live in China and not see of my family for a very long period of time, and it's a privilege to live in China, but there are costs. If you are an expert, then I'm not ready to give up on the idea of talking to people who we strongly disagree with. If I'm going to commit to living here to me the only reason to do that is so you talk to people, not just liberals who we agree with, but people who strongly disagree with us.Bill:No. And I think that's right. And I think that also ties in for many years, predating Xi Jinping there's been this long stated goal for China to increase its global discourse power as they call it. And to spread more the tell the truth, tell the real story, spread more positive energy about China globally instead of having foreign and especially Western, or I think, and this ties into some of the national stuff increasing what we hear is called the Anglo-Saxons media dominate the global discourse about China. And to be fair, China has a point. I mean, there should be more Chinese voices talking about China globally.Bill:That's not an unreasonable desire, or request from a country as big and powerful as China is. One thing that seems like a problem is on the one hand you've got, the policy makers are pushing to improve and better control discourse about China globally. At the same time, they're increasing their control over the domestic discourse inside the PRC about the rest of the world. And so in some ways, yes, there's an imbalance globally, but there's also a massive imbalance domestically, which seems to fit into what you just went through with Sai Lei and where the trends are. I don't know. I mean, how does China tell a more convincing story to the world in a way that isn't just a constant struggle to use the term they actually use, but more of an actual fact based honest discussion, or is that something that we're just not going to see anytime soon?David:I think there's a couple of elements to that. I mean, you are absolutely right that China like any country has the right to want to draw the attention of the world to stuff that China does. That's impressive. And I do think, one of my arguments when I talk to Chinese officials as to why they should keep giving out visas to people like me is, when I think back to the beginning of the COVID pandemic, I've not left China for more than two years. I've not left since the pandemic began, you had a lot of media writing that this incredibly ferocious crackdown was going to be very unpopular with the Chinese public. And that's because of the very beginning you had people, there lots of stuff on Chinese social media, little videos of people being beaten up by some [inaudible 00:16:26] in a village or tied to a tree, or their doors being welded shot.David:And it did look unbelievably thuggish. And people playing Majiang being arrested. But actually about three weeks into the pandemic, and I was traveling outside Beijing and going to villages and then coming back and doing the quarantine, you'd go into these villages in the middle of Henan or Hunan. And you'd have the earth bomb at the entrance to the village and all the old guys in the red arm bands. And the pitchforks and the school desk, or the entrance to the village with a piece of paper, because you got to have paperwork as well. And you've realized that this incredibly strict grassroots control system that they'd put in motion, the grid management, the fact that the village loud speakers were back up and running and broadcasting propaganda was actually a source of comfort.David:That it gave people a sense that they could do something to keep this frightening disease at bay. And I think to me, that's an absolute example that it's in China's interest to have Western journalists in China because it was only being in China that made me realize that this strictness was actually welcomed by a lot of Chinese people. It made them feel safe and it made them feel that they were contributing to a national course by locking themselves indoors and obeying these sometimes very strange and arbitrary rules. In addition, I think you are absolutely right, China has the right to want the foreign media to report that stuff.David:Instead of looking at China through a Western lens and saying, this is draconian, this is ferocious, this is abuse of human rights. It's absolutely appropriate for China to say no, if you're doing your job properly, you will try and understand this place on China's own terms. You will allow Chinese voices into your reporting and let them tell the world that they're actually comforted by this extremely strict zero COVID policy, which is tremendously popular with the majority of the Chinese public. That is a completely legitimate ambition. And I never failed to take the chance to tell officials that's why they should give visas to have journalists in the country, because if you're not in the country, you can't think that stuff up.David:What I think is much more problematic is that there is alongside that legitimate desire to have China understood on China's own terms, there is a very conscious strategy underway, which is talked about by some of the academics at Fudan who work for Eric Li at Guancha as a discourse war, a narrative war, or to redefine certain key terms.Bill:And the term and the term is really is like struggle. I mean, they see it as a public opinion war globally. I mean, that the language is very martial in Chinese.David:Absolutely. Yeah. And do not say that we are not a democracy. If you say that we are not a democracy, you are ignoring our tremendous success in handling COVID. We are a whole society democracy, which it's basically a performance legitimacy argument, or a collective utilitarian, the maximizing the benefits for the largest number of argument. It's not particularly new, but the aggression with which it's being pushed is new and the extraordinary resources they put into going after Western media for the language that we use of our China. And I had a very interesting conversation with a CGTN commentator who attacked me online, on Twitter and said that I was a... It was sort of like you scratch an English when you'll find a drug dealer or a pirate.David:Now there's a lot of Opium War rhetoric around if you're a British journalist in China. You're never too far from Opium War reference. And for the record, I don't approve of the war, but it was also before my time. So I actually, the guy attacked me fairly aggressively on Twitter. So I said, can you try and be professional? I'm being professional here why won't you be professional. He invited me with coffee. So we had coffee. And we talked about his work for CGTN and for Chaguan and his view of his interactions to Western media. And he said, this very revealing thing. He said, the reason we do this stuff is because it works.David:He said, I can't tell you how many Western diplomats, or Western journalists they whine. And they moan. And they say, how aggressive China is now and how upset all this Wolf warrior stuff is and how China is doing itself damage. And he goes, we're not, it's working. You in the Western media, used to routinely say that the national people's Congress was a rubber stamp parliament. And because we went after you again and again, you see news organizations no longer as quick to use that. Because we went after you calling us a dictatorship, you're now slower to use that term because we went after you about human rights and how it has different meanings in different countries. We think it's having an effect.David:And so I think that this attempt to grind us down is working, although in their view, it's working. And I think that, that ties in with a broader conversation that I have a lot in Beijing with foreign ambassadors or foreign diplomats who they get called into the foreign ministry, treated politically aggressively and shouted at and humiliated. And they say, how does the Chinese side not see that this causes them problems? And I think that in this moment of, as you say, an era of struggle, this phrase that we see from speeches, from leaders, including Xi, about an era of change, not seen in 100 years.David:They really do feel that as the West, particularly America is in decline and as China is rising, that it's almost like there's a turbulence in the sky where these two the two axis are crossing. And that China has to just push through that turbulence. To use a story that I had kept secret for a long time, that I put in a column when Michael Kovrig was released. So, listeners will remember Michael Kovrig was one of the two Canadians who was held cover couple of years, basically as a hostage by the Chinese state security. And fairly early on, I had heard from some diplomats in Beijing from another Western embassy, not the UK, I should say, that the fact that Michael Kovrig in detention was being questioned, not just about his work for an NGO, the international crisis group that he was doing when he was picked up.David:But he was also being questioned about work he'd been doing for the Canadian embassy when he had diplomatic immunity. The fact that that was going on was frightening to Western diplomats in Beijing. And soon after that conversation, I was sitting there talking to this guy, reasonably senior official. And I said to him, I explained this conversation to him. And I said, I've just been having a conversation with these diplomats. And they said, the word that they used was frightened about what you are doing to Michael Kovrig. And I said, how does it help China to frighten people from that country?David:And he'd been pretty cheerful up till then. He switched to English so that he could be sure that I understood everything he wanted to say to me. And he said, this absolute glacial tone. He said, Canada needs to feel pain. So that the next time America asks an ally to help attack China, that ally will think twice. And that's it.Bill:That's it. And it probably works.David:It works. And yeah. So I think that, again, one of the things I think is a value of being here is you have these conversations where the fact that we in the West think that China is inevitably making a mistake by being much more aggressive. I don't think that's how a big part of the machine here sees it. I think they think it worked.Bill:No. I agree. And I'm not actually sure that they're making a mistake because if you look at so far, what have the cost been? As you said, I mean, behavior is shift, but I think it's definitely open for question. I mean, it's like the assumptions you still see this week, multiple columns about how China's COVID policy is inevitably going to fail. And I'm sitting here in DC, we're about to cross a million people dead in this country, and I'm thinking what's failure. It's a very interesting time.Bill:I mean, to that point about this attitude and the way that there seem to be prosecuting a very top down or top level design communication strategy, Zhang Weiwei, who's at Fudan University. And also I think Eric Li is a closer associate of his, he actually was the, discussant at a Politburo study session. One of the monthly study sessions a few months ago, where I think the theme was on improving international communication. And talking about, again, how to better tell China's story, how to increase the global discourse power.Bill:Some people saw that as, oh, they're going to be nicer because they want to have a more lovable China image. I’m very skeptical because I think that this more aggressive tone, the shorthand is “Wolf warriors. wolf-warriorism”, I think really that seems to me to be more of a fundamental tenant of Xi Jinping being thought on diplomacy, about how China communicates to the world. I mean, how do you see it and how does this get better, or does it not get better for a while?David:It's a really important question. So I think, what do they think they're up to? To simplify and exaggerate a bit, I think that China, and this is not just a guess, this is based on off the record conversations with some pretty senior Chinese figures, they believe that the Western world, but in particular, the United States is too ignorant and unimaginative and Western centric, and probably too racist to understand that China is going to succeed, that China is winning and that the West is in really decadent decline.David:And so I think that these aggressive acts like detaining the two Michaels or their diplomatic an economic coercion of countries like Australia or Lithuania. They hear all the Pearl clutching dismay from high officials in Brussels, or in Washington DC-Bill:And the op-eds in big papers about how awful this is and-David:And the op-eds and yeah, self-defeating, and all those things. But I think that what they believe they are doing is delivering an educational dose of pain and I'm quoting a Chinese official with the word pain. And it is to shock us because we are too mule headed and thick to understand that China is winning and we are losing. And so they're going to keep delivering educational doses of pain until we get it. I think they think that's what they're up to-Bill:And by getting it basically stepping a side in certain areas and letting the Chinese pursue some of their key goals, the core interests, whatever you want to call it, that we, yeah.David:That we accommodate. Yeah. The fundamental message I'm quoting a smart friend of mine in Beijing here is China's rise is inevitable. Resistance is futile.Bill:Right. Resistance is futile.David:And if you accommodate us, we'll make it worth your while. It's the key message. And they think that some people are proving dimer and slower and more reluctant to pick that message up and above all Americans and Anglo Saxons. And so they're giving us the touch, the whip. Now, do I think that, that is inevitably going to be great for them? And you ask how does this end well? I mean, I guess my reason for thinking that they may yet pay some price, not a total price, is that they are engaged in a giant experiment. The Chinese government and party are engaged in a giant experiment, that it didn't matter that much, that the Western world was permissive and open to engagement with China.David:That, That wasn't really integral to their economic rise for the last 40 years that China basically did it by itself. And that if the Western world becomes more suspicious and more hostile, that China will not pay a very substantial price because its market power and its own manufacturing, industrial strength, we'll push on through. And so there'll be a period of turbulence and then we'll realized that we have to accommodate. And I think that in many cases they will be right. There will be sectors where industries don't leave China. They in fact, double down and reinvest and we're seeing that right now, but I do worry that there are going to be real costs paid.David:I mean, when I think back to... I did a special report for The Economists in May, 2019 about us generations. And one of the parts of that was the extraordinary number of Chinese students in us colleges. And I went to the University of Iowa and I spoke to Chinese students and you know that now, the levels of nationalism and hostility on both sides and the fear in American campuses, that's a real cost. I mean, I think if you imagine China's relationship with the Western world, particularly the U.S. as a fork in the road with two forks, one total engagement, one total decoupling, then absolutely China is right. There's not going to be total decoupling because we are as dependent as we were on China's, it's just-Bill:Right. Not realistic.David:China is an enormous market and also the best place to get a lot of stuff made. But I wonder, and it's an image I've used in a column, I think. I think that the relationship is not a fork in the road with two forks. It's a tree with a million branches. And each of those branches is a decision. Does this Western university sign a partnership with that Chinese university? Does this Western company get bought by a Chinese company? Does the government approve of that? Does this Western media organization sign a partnership with a Chinese media organization?David:Does this Western country buy a 5g network or an airline or a data cloud service or autonomous vehicles from China that are products and services with very high value added where China wants to be a dominant player. And that's an entirely reasonable ambition, because China's a big high tech power now. But a lot of these very high value added services or these relationships between universities, or businesses, or governments in the absence of trust, they don't make a bunch of sense because if you don't trust the company, who's cloud is holding your data or the company who's made you the autonomous car, which is filled with microphones and sensors and knows where you were last night and what you said in your car last night, if you don't trust that company or the country that made that, none of that makes sense.David:And I think that China's willingness to show its teeth and to use economic coercion and to go to European governments and say, if you don't take a fine Chinese 5g network we're going to hurt you. If you boil that down to a bumper sticker, that's China saying to the world, or certainly to the Western world stay open to China, or China will hurt you. Trust China or China will hurt you. That's the core message for a lot of these Wolf warrior ambassadors. And that's the core message to people like me, a guy who writes a column living in Beijing. And a lot of the time China's market power will make that okay. But I think that's, if you look at that tree with a million decisions, maybe more of those than China was expecting will click from a yes to a no.David:If you're a Western university, do you now open that campus in Shanghai? Do you trust your local Chinese partner when they say that your academics are going to have freedom of speech? And what's heartbreaking about that is that the victims of that are not going to be the politic bureau it's going to be people on the ground, it's going to be researchers and students and consumers and-Bill:On both sides. I mean, that's-David:On both sides. Yeah.Bill:Yeah. That's the problem.David:Yeah.Bill:So that's uplifting. No, I mean, I-David:I've got worse.Bill:Wait until the next question. I think I really appreciate your time and it'd be respective but I just have two more questions. One is really about just being a foreign correspondent in China and the Foreign correspondents' Club of China put out its annual report, I think earlier this week. And it's depressing you read as it's been in years and every year is extremely depressing, but one of the backdrops is really the first foreign ministry press conference of the last year of 2021. It really struck me that Hua Chunying, who is... She's now I think assistant foreign minister, vice foreign minister at the time, she was the head of the information office in I think the one of the spokespeople, she made a statement about how it was kicking off the 100th anniversary year.Bill:And I'm just going to read her couple sentences to get a sense of the language. So she said, and this was on the, I think it was January 4th, 2021, "In the 1930s and 1940s when the Guangdong government sealed off Yunnan and spared, no efforts to demonize the CPC foreign journalists like Americans, Edgar Snow, Anna Louise Strong and Agnes Smedley, curious about who and what the CPC is, chose to blend in with the CPC members in Yunnan and wrote many objective reports as well as works like the famous Red star over China, giving the world, the first clip of the CPC and its endeavor in uniting and leading the Chinese people in pursuing national independence and liberation."Bill:And then went on with more stuff about how basically wanting foreign correspondents to be like Snow, Strong or Smedley. How did that go over? And I mean, is that just part of the, your welcome as long as you're telling the right story message?David:So there was a certain amount of... Yeah. I mean, we also got this from our handlers at the MFA, why couldn't it be more like Edgar Snow? And I fear the first time I had that line in the meeting, I was like, well, he was a communist, if that's the bar, then I'm probably going to meet that one. Edgar Snow went to Yan’an he spent a tremendous amount of time in Mao hours interviewing Mao. If Xi Jinping wants to let me interview him for hours, I'd be up for that. But I would point out that Edgar Snow, after interviewing Mao for hours, then handed the transcripts over to Mao and had them edited and then handed back to him. And that probably would not be-Bill:But doesn't work at The Economist.David:That wouldn't fly with my editors. No. So I think we may have an inseparable problem there. Look, isn't it the phrase that Trump people used to talk about working the refs? I mean, what government doesn't want to work the refs. So, that's part of it. And I'm a big boy, I've been at Trump rallies and had people scream at me and tell me, I'm fake news. And it was still a good thing to meet. I've interviewed Afghan warlords who had happily killed me, but at that precise moment, they wanted the Americans to drop a bomb on the mountain opposite.David:And so they were willing to have me in their encampment. So, the worker of being a journalist, you need to go and talk to people who don't necessarily agree with you or like you and that's the deal. So I'm not particularly upset by that. What is worrying and I think this is shown in the FCC annual server, which is based on asking journalists in China how their job goes at the moment is there is a sense that the Chinese machine and in particular things like the communist youth league have been very effective at whipping up low public opinion.David:So when we saw the floods in Hunan Province in the summer of 2021, where in fact, we recently just found out that central government punished a whole bunch of officials who had covered up the death doll there, journalists who went down there to report this perfectly legitimate, large news story, the communist youth league among other organizations put out notices on their social media feeds telling people they're a hostile foreign journalists trying to make China look bad, to not talk to them, if you see them, tell us where they are. And you've got these very angry crowds chasing journalists around Hunan in a fairly worry way.David:And again, if you're a foreign correspondent in another country, we are guests in China. So, the Chinese people, they don't have to love me. I hope that they will answer my questions, because I think I'm trying to report this place fairly, but I'm not demanding red carpet treatment, but there is a sense that the very powerful propaganda machine here is whipping up very deliberately something that goes beyond just be careful about talking to foreign journalists. And I think in particular, one thing that I should say is that as a middle aged English guy with gray hair, I still have an easier time of it by far because some of the nastiest attacks, including from  the nastiest online nationalist trolls.David:They're not just nationalists, but they're also sexist and chauvinist and the people who I think really deserve far more sympathy than some like me is Chinese American, or Chinese Australian, or Chinese Canadian journalists, particularly young women journalists.Bill:I know Emily Feng at NPR was just the subject of a really nasty spate of attacks online about some of her reporting.David:And it's not just Emily, there's a whole-Bill:Right. There's a whole bunch.David:There's a whole bunch of them. And they get called you know er guizi all sorts of [crosstalk 00:37:15]. And this idea and all this horrible stuff about being race traitors and again, one of the conversations I've had with Chinese officials is, if you keep this up, someone is going to get physically hurt. And I don't think that's what you want. David:And again, I fall back on the fact that I'm a Western liberal. What I say to them is if you tell me that a Chinese-British journalist is not as British as me, then you are to my mind, that's racial prejudice. And if some right wing Western white politician said to me that a Chinese immigrant wasn't fully American, or wasn't fully British, that's racism, right?Bill:That's racism. Yeah.David:And I think that is the really troubling element to this level of nationalism. China is a very big country that does some very impressive things that does some less impressive things and does some very wicked things, but we have every reason to give it credit for the things it does well. And it is not that surprising when any government tries to work the refs.David:And get the best coverage they can by intimidating us and calling us out. I've interviewed Donald Trump and he asked me, when are you going to write something nice about me? I mean, we're grownups, this is how it works, but if they are making it toxic for young women journalists to work in China, or if they are driving foreign correspondent out of China, because their families they're under such intimidation that they can't even go on holiday without their children being followed around by secret police. I think there will be a cost.Bill:But that may be a what the Chinese side sees as a benefit, because then it opens the field for them controlling how the story's told. And then you can bring in a bunch of people or pull a bunch of people out of the foreigners working for state media, hey, the new Edgar Snow, the new Agnes Smedley. I mean, that is one of the things that I think potentially is what they're trying to do, which seems self-defeating, but as we've been discussing, what we think is self-defeating the policy makers, or some of them may see as a success.David:So what I think they're confident of is that being aggressive and making us much more jumpy is a win, but throwing all of us out, I think the people at the top get that, that's not a win because the New York times and the BBC and the Washington post, they're still going to cover China, even if they can't have people in China. And a bunch of that coverage is not going to be stuff that China likes, North Korea doesn't have any resident foreign correspondent, but it doesn't get a great press.Bill:And the other group, of course, but beyond the foreign journalists is all the PRC national journalists working for the foreign correspondent as researchers and, I mean, many of them journalists in all but name because they can't legally be that I've certainly, been hearing some pretty distressing stories about how much pressure they're under. And I think they're in almost an impossible situation it seems like right now.David:Now they're amazingly brave people. They're completely integral to our coverage. And many of them, as you say, they're journalists who in any other country, we would be getting to write stuff with their own bylines. I mean, in incredibly cautious about what we have our Chinese colleagues do now, because they are under tremendous pressure. I mean, not naming news organizations, but the just the level of harassment of them and their families and is really bad. And it's the most cynical attempt to make it difficult for us to do our jobs and to divide Chinese people from the Western media.David:But fundamentally at some level, this does not end well because, and this is not me just talking up the role of the Western media, because I think we're magnificently important people, but at some level there's a big problem under way with this level of nationalism in modern China. I was in China in the '90s, you were in China in the '90s, I think. We remember it was-Bill:'80s, '90s, 2000s. Yeah.David:Yeah. You were there before me, but it was not a Jeffersonian democracy. It was a dictatorship, but this level of nationalism is much more serious now. Why does that matter? Well, because I think that for a lot of particularly young Chinese, the gap between their self perception and the outside world's perception of China has become unbearably wide. They think this country has never been so impressive and admirable. And yet I keep seeing foreign media questioning us and criticizing us. And that just enrages them. They can't conceive of any sincere principle on our part that would make us criticize China that way.David:And going back to my conversation with the online nationalist Sai Lei, when he was saying, well, how would the Americans take it if they were told that eating avocados was bad for the environment? When I said to him, but they are told that. There are lots of environmental NGOs that talk about sustainable fisheries, or the cost, the carbon footprint of crops and things in the West. The two countries are pulling apart and the pandemic has just accelerated that process. And so if you are a Chinese nationalist, not only are you angry about being criticized, but you don't believe that the West is ever critical about itself. You think that the West is only bent on criticizing China. And that gap in perceptions is just really dangerously wide.Bill:And widening, it seems like. I mean, I'm not there now, but it certainly, from everything I can see outside of China, it feels like that's what's happening too.David:Yeah. We need to know more about China.Bill:I agree.David:And report more about China. And I don't just say that because that's how I earn my living. I think it's really, really dangerous for us to think that the solution is less reporting about China.Bill:Well, and certainly, I mean, and all sorts of avenues, not just media, but all sorts of avenues, we're seeing a constriction of information getting out of China. And on the one hand China's growing in importance globally and power globally. And on the other hand, our ability to understand the place seems to be getting harder. And it goes back to, I mean, we just, I think it'll be a mistake if we just get forced into accepting the official version of what China is. That's disseminated through the officially allowed and sanctioned outlets in China. Maybe that'll help China, but I'm not sure it helps the rest of the world.David:And it's not compatible with China's ambitions to be a high tech superpower. China wants to be a country that doesn't just-Bill:That's a very fundamental contradiction.David:Yeah. China wants to sell us vaccines and wants the Western world to buy Chinese vaccines and approve Chinese vaccines. Why has the FDA not yet approved Chinese vaccines? Well, one reason is because China hasn't released the data. You can't play this secretive defensive hermit state and be a global high tech superpower. And China is a very, very big country with a lot of good universities, a lot of smart people. It has every right to compete at the highest levels in global high tech. But you can't do that, if you are not willing to earn trust by sharing the data, or by letting your companies be audited, when they list overseas. They need to decide.Bill:Or being able to handle legitimate criticism. I mean, certainly there has been illegitimate criticism and the attacks on the Western media, I mean, I know the BBC was a frequent target last year. And I think they were able to pull out some errors of the reporting and then magnify it. I mean, it is a struggle. And I think one of the things I think is on the Chinese side, they're very much geared up for this ongoing global opinion struggle. And we're not and we're never going to be, because it's just not how our systems are structured. So it's going to be an interesting few years.David:It is. And it's a tremendous privilege to still be here. And as long as I'm allowed, I'm going to keep letting Chinese people, letting their voices be heard in my column. That's what I think I'm here for.Bill:Okay. Last question. Just given your experience in living in DC and writing for The Economist from here, where do you see us, China relations going? And there is a one direct connection to what we just talked about, the foreign journalists where there theoretically has been some sort of an improvement or a deal around allowing more journalists from each side to go to other country. Although what I've heard is that the Chinese side was been very clear that some of the folks who were forced to leave or were experienced are not going to be welcome back. It's going to have to be a whole new crop of people who go in for these places, which again, seems to be, we don't want people who have priors or longer time on the ground, potentially.David:We think that each of the big American news organizations just going to get at least one visa, initially. And that Is going to be this deal done and it's high time. And you're right, as far as we can tell the people who were expelled or forced to leave are not going to come back. And that's a real tragedy because I have Chinese officials say to me, we wish that the Western media sent people who speak good Chinese and who understand China. And I was like Ian Johnson and Chris Buckley, these people lived for, their depth of knowledge and their love for China was absolutely unrivaled. So, if you're going to throw those people out, you can't complain about journalists who don't like China.Bill:Exactly.David:The general trend of U.S. China relations. to be of optimistic about the trend of U.S. China relations I'd have to be more optimistic than I currently am about the state of U.S. Politics. And there's a kind of general observation, which is that I think that American democracy is in very bad shape right now. And I wish that some of the China hawks in Congress, particularly on the Republican side, who are also willing to imply, for example, that the 2020 election was stolen, that there was massive fraud every time they say that stuff, they're making an in-kind contribution to the budget of the Chinese propaganda department.Bill:I agree completely there. It's not a joke because it's too serious, but it's just ludicrous, hypocrisy and shortsightedness. It's disgusting.David:You cannot be a patriotic American political leader and tell lies about the state of American democracy. And then say that you are concerned about China's rise. So there's a general observation about, if dysfunction continues at this level, then-Bill:No wonder the Chinese are so confident.David:Yeah. I mean, the Chinese line on president Biden is interesting. One of the big things about my first couple of years here when president Trump was still in office was, I'd any number of people in the states saying confidently that Donald Trump was a tremendous China hawk. I never believed. And I've interviewed Trump a few times and spoken to him about China and spoken to his China people. I never believed that Donald Trump himself was a China hawk. If you define a China hawk, as someone who has principled objections to the way that China runs itself. I think that Donald Trump couldn't care less about the Uighurs and Xinjiang. In fact, we know he approved to what they were doing.David:Couldn't care less about Hong Kong couldn't care less frankly, about Taiwan. His objection to the China relationship was that I think he thinks the American economy is the big piece of real estate, and you should pay rent to access it. And he thought China wasn't paying enough rent. So he was having a rent review. I mean, that's what the guy. It was about, they needed to pay more and then he was going to be happy. So he was not a China hawk. What was really interesting was that here in China, officials would be pretty open by the end, took them time to get their heads around Trump. For a long time they thought he was New York business guy. Then they realized that was, he wasn't actually like the other New York business guy they knew.David:And then they thought he was like a super China hawk. And then they realized that that wasn't true. By the end, they had a nail. They thought he was a very transactional guy. And the deal that they could do with him was one that they were happy to do, because it didn't really involve structural change on the Chinese side. Then their message about Joe Biden is that he is weak and old and lacks control of Congress. And that he is, this is from scholars rather than officials, I should say, but their view is, why would China spend political capital on the guy who's going to lose the next election?Bill:And not only the next election but is probably going to lose control of the House, at least in nine, what is it? Nine months or 10 months. So why worry? And that they do and I think, I mean, one of the big milestones will be the national security strategy, the national defense strategy, which in the Trump administration they came out in the December of the first year and then January for the NDS. It's February, we still haven't seen those here. I think certainly as you said, but certainly from Chinese interlock is the sense of, is that they can't come to an agreement on what it should be, the U.S. China policy.David:Yeah. And China has some legitimate concerns. I mean, for example, if you are Xi Jinping and you're trying to work out how ambitious your climate change timetables going to be. How much pain are you going to ask co-producing provinces in the Northeast to take to get out to carbon neutrality as quickly as say, the Europeans are pushing you to do. And part of the equation is America going to take some pain too, or are we going to end up being uncompetitive? Because America's not actually going to do the right thing? Well, Joe Biden can talk a good game on climate as an area for cooperation with China. But if he loses the next election and Donald Trump or someone like Donald Trump wins the White House then if you're shooting pink, why would you kind of strike a painful deal with America if you don't think it's going to last beyond 2024?Bill:Right. You'll do what makes sense for your country and not offer anything up to America because we already have a record of backing out of these deals. That's the problem.David:So that has real world consequences. The one thing that I will say about the U.S. China relationship, and I'm very, very pessimistic about the fact that the two sides, they don't share a vision of how this ends well. There is no end game that I think makes both sides happy, because I think the Chinese vision is America sucks it up and accommodates.Bill:Right. Resistance is futile.David:Yeah, exactly. And the American vision, I think, is that China stumbles, that China is making mistakes, that the state is getting involved in the economy too much. That Xi Jinping is centralizing power too much. And that somehow China's going to make so many mistakes that it ends up to feed defeating itself. I think that's one of the arguments you here in DC.Bill:Yes. It's wishful thinking it's not necessarily based on a rigid rigorous analysis. It seems like it's much more wishful thinking.David:So, that is a reason to be pessimistic about the medium and the long-term. The one thing that I will say based here in China is that when I write really specific color about things like what does China think of the idea of Russia invading Ukraine? And I talk to really serious scholars who spent their lives studying things like Russia policy or foreign policy or international relations, or if I talk to really senior tech people, Chinese tech companies, they do take America's power very seriously. Even though there is absolutely sincere disdain for American political dysfunction.David:I think that America's innovation power, the areas of technology, whether it's semiconductors or some forms of AI algorithms where America just really is still ahead by a long way, the really serious people, when you talk to them off the record, they still take America seriously. And on that Ukraine example, what was really interesting, the prompt for that was seeing commentators in the U.S. saying that Xi Jinping would like Putin to invade Ukraine because this was going to be a test that Biden was going to fail and America was going to look weak. And maybe that would lead Xi Jinping to then invade Taiwan.David:And when I spoke to Chinese scholars, really serious Chinese scholars of Russia, their Irish, it's like, no, no, no. Russia is an economy, the size of Guangdong and they sell us oil and gas, which is nice. But our trade to them is not enough to sacrifice our relationship with America.Bill:Thank you, David Rennie. That was a really good conversation. I think very useful, very illuminating. The links, some of the articles we talked about, the links will be in the show notes. And just a note on the schedule for the sinocism podcast. It is not, I think going to be weekly or biweekly as I thought originally, I'm still working it out, but it will be every, at least once a month. I hope it's the plan, if not, a little more frequent depending on the guests.Bill:So thanks for your patience and look forward to hearing from you. I love your feedback. The transcript will be on the website when it goes live. So please let me know what you think. And as always, you can sign up for sinocism at sinocism.com, S-I-N-O-C-I-S-M.com. Thank you. Get full access to Sinocism at sinocism.com/subscribe

This week on SlapperCast, Paddy and Chad talk about this weekend's reunion show with drummer Mike McAloon and fiddler Chris Buckley. Facebook group Official Blaggards Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/blaggards) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast.

http://blaggards.com/wp-content/uploads/slappercast-140.jpg Recorded on the road to Weston, MO, AND on the road home from Hesston, KS, with longtime Blaggards fiddler Chris Buckley. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rEHZGQhk17I Blaggards Brew SINNERMAN Coffee: https://blaggards.com/store/blaggards-brew-sinnerman-coffee/ Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast. Special Guest: Christopher Buckley.

This week on #SlapperCast: Patrick's birthday weekend, an update on fiddler Chris Buckley's recovery from major surgery, our upcoming show at Blackwater Draw Brewing Company in Bryan, reactions to #BLAGMATIC streaming release, Chad revisits early solo recordings of himself, how tempos can shift on stage due to excitement (or inexperience). Blaggards perform "Sweet 16" (from #BLAGMATIC) LIVE at Blackwater Draw Brewing Company: https://youtu.be/MHIx5TIXpKQ BLAGMATIC is now live on streaming services everywhere: https://blaggards.com/2021/07/blagmatic-streaming-sunday-august-1st/ Buy the CD and/or MP3 Download at blaggards.com: https://blaggards.com/store/blagmatic-cd/ Join us on RewardMusic https://blaggards.rewardmusic.com Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast.

China's ruling communist party celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding on 1 July 2021. Not only is it the world's largest political party, with over 90 million members, it is also the richest, presiding over an economy en route to surpass that of the US. Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute senior fellow, hosted a discussion with three leading China specialists about the anniversary and what it means for Australia and the world. Chris Buckley is an award winning New York Times China correspondent. Melinda Liu has spent more than a quarter century living and working as a foreign correspondent in Beijing; she is Newsweek's Beijing Bureau Chief. Steve Tsang is director of the China Institute at SOAS university in London.

When Jean Becker closed up President Bush's Houston office in 2019 after his death, she told the Houston Chronicle, “What a pleasure. What a journey.” In The Man I Knew, the former chief of staff to President George H. W. Bush shares an intimate look into the post-presidency of one of America's most influential one-term presidents. Becker served as Bush 41's chief of staff for nearly 25 years, handling monumental tasks like the opening of the George Bush Presidential Library in 1997 and overseeing the former president's state funeral in 2018. From the perspective of one of the president's closest confidantes, who was at his side when he died, The Man I Knew offers a behind-the-scenes look into how President Bush continued to lead a life of service after losing the 1992 election – going on to see his own son become president after him and serving as a mentor to Presidents Clinton and Obama. Jean Becker was chief of staff for President George H. W. Bush from 1994 until his death in 2018. In 1999, Becker took a leave of absence to focus on editing and research for the memoir, All the Best, George Bush. Becker also served as deputy press secretary to First Lady Barbara Bush (1989-1992), with whom she worked on Barbara Bush, A Memoir. Becker is a former journalist and a member of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She holds bachelor's degrees in political science and journalism from the University of Missouri. Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian. In 2015, Meacham published his biography of President George H. W. Bush, Destiny and Power, which became a New York Times bestseller. A former executive editor at Random House, Meacham is a contributing writer to the New York Times Book Review and a contributing editor for TIME. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the Society of American Historians, and holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from The University of the South. Chris Buckley is an author and political satirist who served as chief speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush during his vice presidency. Buckley's experience in Washington inspired his novels, The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking. He has served as editor of Esquire and Forbes and has written for the New York Times and The New Yorker, among others. He is a graduate of Yale University. . . Do you believe in the importance of international education and connections? The nonprofit World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth is supported by gifts from people like you, who share our passion for engaging in dialogue on global affairs and building bridges of understanding. While the Council is not currently charging admission for virtual events, we ask you to please consider making a one-time or recurring gift to help us keep the conversation going through informative public programs and targeted events for students and teachers. Donate: https://www.dfwworld.org/donate

CW: Sexual violence against children Christopher Buckley of LaFayette, GA is an Afghanistan and Iraqi war veteran. When he returned from Iraq, he joined the Georgia White Knights as an Imperial Nighthawk, because their anti-Muslim and racist values were consistent with his worldview after returning from war. Arno Michaelis, a former white power skinhead, and Dr. Heval Mohamed Kelli, a Kurdish Muslim refugee, were able to teach Chris the error of his ways and helped bring him out of the movement. Today, he volunteers at The Haven in Georgia, a local organization that helps homeless and drug addicts. He also gives motivational speeches, trying to spread awareness and educate the public about the dangers of white supremacist extremism. Chris now works with Dr. Kelli on a program called Help, Heal, Love; where they work to repair flawed thinking in hate groups and spread a message of love and healing. He also created a deradicalization program designed specifically with veterans in mind but is geared to work with all manners of hate and extremist ideology. Chris shares with Rachel his intense and traumatic personal story, identifying key moments in his upbringing that ultimately led him down a dark and destructive path of addiction, racism, and violence. Together, he and Rachel examine the "cognitive bias" and as Chris explains the "cognitive openings" that can be a catalyst both into and out of extreme belief systems. In the second half of their conversation, Chris talks about his journey towards healing through sobriety and deradicalization. He also tells us about the life-saving redemption initiated by his wife that led to him working with Arno Michaelis and Parents for Peace and the meaning he has found in helping others overcome their extremist ideologies. Before You Go: Rachel examines the vulnerabilities and sequence of events that can lead to indoctrination and radicalization, and how behaviors commonly seen in addiction are mirrored in extremist ideology For More Info on Parents for Peace, visit: https://www.parents4peace.org/ If you are worried about extremism, you can call their helpline at 1-844-49-PEACE For more info on Arno Michaelis visit: https://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories/arno-michaels/ Thanks to our newest Patrons: Sabine Breiholz, Renee M Williams, Nicholas Herrera, and Felicity Kusinitz!! You can always help support us for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION

You'll never look at a bar of soap the same way again after listening to this episode. Chris Buckley, vice president of business development for Bradford Soap Works, explains how soap is made, why some bars feel more luxurious than others, and what on earth a "syndet" bar is (and why dermatologists love them). Also, Buckley gets into the soap world's impact on the environment, and how companies' and consumers' choices have an impact on the state of our planet. All this, and lots more bubbly trivia! -- For a list of products featured in this episode: myshlf.us/fatmascara; Episode recap: fatmascara.com/blog; Our private Facebook Group: Fat Mascara / Raising a Wand; Instagram: @fatmascara, @jessicamatlin, @jenn_edit; Email: info@fatmascara.com; To submit a "Raise A Wand" product recommendation & be featured on a future episode: 646-481-8182. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Buckley is the Head Brew Master of Red Oak Brewery, America’s largest Lager only craft brewery based in Whitsett, NC. Red Oak brings slow, old world simplicity of true Bavarian brewing to North Carolina. We talk the history of beer and the brewery, as well as the inner working that bring that perfect cold brew to a tap near you. If you love beer, history, small business, and great conversations then this one is for you! Instagram: @redoakbrew @redoaklagerhaus Facebook: Red Oak Brewery, Red Oak Lager Haus Website: www.redoakbrewery.com ________________________________________ SPONSOR - Cardinal Chiropractic & Sports Recovery - www.cardinalchirosports.com

Join us for the second episode of The Magpie Circle LIVE as we welcome on the show this week Kings Lynn Chairman Steven Cleeve, The Nottingham Post's Notts County correspondent Leigh Curtis & Pride of Nottingham's Chris Buckley!Steven Cleeve tells us how good he thinks Jordan Richards is for Kings Lynn, of course Jordan's father being a Notts County legend in Pedro Richards!As well as the latest from the camp from The Nottingham Post's Notts County correspondent Leigh Curtis & Chris Buckley from Notts County independent fans site Pride of Nottingham giving us an insight from a fans perspective ahead of the boxing day fixture at The Walks Stadium!

Happy Thanksgiving! On this week's super-sized holiday episode, Jeffrey Epstein and Candice Valdez from the D23 Inside Disney podcast join us to give us the inside scoop on the official Disney podcast, and they share behind-the-scenes stories of the show, which they publish weekly along with their third co-host Sheri Alzeerah. We talk about the state of Disney fandom, the variety of Disney properties, and the inspiration behind the show. Then, Chris Buckley, animation director of the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special and Head of 3D Animation for Atomic Cartoons, joins us to talk about his career in animation, and speaks with us about how the Star Wars galaxy and LEGO combine to make a funny, engaging world the entire family can enjoy. Chris talks about LEGO humor, disobeying the laws of physics, Boba Fett piloting the Falcon - and more. Finally, Kristen Carr checks in after a morning on the recently-reopened Buena Vista Street! She talks to us about the shopping, the eating - including Carthay Circle - and most of all, the cast members who make the Disney magic feel so real. Plus - our holiday gift suggestions.. and more.

In this episode, Christopher Buckley shares how his Catholic faith influences his work as a poet. Follow him @Chris_Buckley

Under the rule of Xi Jinping, the space for intellectual debate has shrunk dramatically, impacting both China's left and right. To explore the realities of intellectual discourse in contemporary China, Jude Blanchette is joined by veteran journalist Chris Buckley of the New York Times. 

This week on #SlapperCast: a free-form discussion of metal/prog drummers, recent gigs, and how we're learning to navigate this seemingly never-ending pandemic as professional musicians. Topic list: • What coffee are we drinking today? • Patrick’s coffee brewing tips • Praise for drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mr. Bungle • Dave Lombardo’s on-and-off again relationship with Slayer • Lombardo vs. drummer Paul Bostaph • New tour dates in early October (Wichita KS, Omaha NE, etc.) • T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah on October 23rd • Acoustic Blaggards shows... without a fiddle player? • Many thanks to Tim Kennedy for providing video footage from our performance at the Sherwood Virtual Celtic Gathering • Our recent show at Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. in Bryan TX • Eric’s new drum kit • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is choking our pubs and breweries • Praise for Chris Buckley, former Blaggard fiddler who played with us last week • Time signature changes vs. “feel” in rock music • Eric’s favorite Rush song • Eric’s upcoming PASIC roundtable discussion on Neil Peart, featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater • Do prog bands take themselves too seriously? • Our habit of teasing audiences with brief bits of classic rock songs we have no intention of actually playing • Our new album is in the mixing stage • Looking forward to getting out-of-state for the first time since the pandemic started • Memories of our first road trip with Eric back in 2017 • NEXT WEEK: a giveaway of Blackwater Brewing Co. beer on Episode 87 • Upcoming Houston-area shows in November • People who request songs and then disappear • Song requests that make no sense • Billy Joel’s overt Beatles influence on “Nylon Curtain” Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021 Ireland 2021 (https://blaggards.com/ireland/) — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour Show dates Blaggards.com (https://blaggards.com/shows/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/) Bandsintown (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808) Follow us on social media YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/blaggards) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/blaggards) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/) Become a Patron Join Blaggards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards) for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives. Rate us Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331) Questions? If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, * leave a comment on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/blaggards), or * tweet them to us (https://twitter.com/blaggards) with the hashtag #slappercast.

Chris Buckley/Allegro Wealth Advisors Chris founded Allegro Wealth Advisors to deliver independent, comprehensive advice without the constraint of external corporate pressure. He has been in the insurance and financial industries since 2004 and has been securities licensed since 2013. Chris is an Accredited Wealth Management AdvisorSM (AWMA®), which means he focuses on behavioral finance and planning […] The post MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Chris Buckley of Allegro Wealth Advisors appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Kennedy Professor of Translational Rheumatology at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford. In this podcast, Prof Chris Buckley discusses his contribution to A-TAP for which he received the prestigious Carol Nachman prize in 2020. Perspectives in Inflammation is a series of in-depth interviews revealing what attracted world leading experts to the field of inflammation, their current research interests, and views on the latest developments in inflammation.

After a great conversation with Steven Hyden it's time to get down to business and cover the first Wrigley Field show in the lineage from 2013! Chris Buckley tags in as both he and Randy share experiences of travel, community, weather and merch in one of the biggest and most highly anticipated Pearl Jam events ever. The big story coming out of this day was obviously the 3 hour rain delay and how that factored in to both the band and the fans well being on the night. As the fans evacuated the field to spend 3 hours huddled together in a tunnel with limited access to food, water and, god help us, alcohol, the primary objective of the night of witnessing one of the most epic Pearl Jam performances ever was never in question. Even when the band halted after the first 7 songs, there was still an energy inside the friendly confines that no thunderstorm was gonna put a stop to. As for the set, they busted out some of their best efforts that night. Bringing out Mr. Cub Ernie Banks to play Cubs anthem All The Way was certainly a sight to behold. Versions of Corduroy, Release, Hold On, Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns, Rearviewmirror, BUGS, and Mike's Eruption solo made for this to be a special night that we unfortunately have not been able to relive on soundboard quality bootlegs. That may be the biggest letdown from this show. Aside from that, nothing but magical moments as a kid from Evanston, Illinois' dream came true. For more content, donate to the show and help keep us going - patreon.com/liveon4legs

Steve, Derek, and Death Metal Dave invite Chris Buckley to delve into redneck and hillbilly horror cinema and exploitation!1 Find us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheLouisvilleGoreClub/ Special thanks to our sponsors: Riotheart Media https://www.facebook.com/riotheartmedia Derby City Custom Drums https://www.facebook.com/derbycitycustomdrums Peril Hot Sauce https://www.perilhotsauce.com Unbound Sounds https://www.unboundsounds.com music provided by Karl Casey Karl@whitebataudio.com producer/editor: Shayne Simmons https://www.shaynesimmons.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/goreclub/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goreclub/support

In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Chris Buckley of the New York Times to discuss Xi Jinping’s China. Chris is widely acknowledged as one the world’s leading authorities on Chinese politics. He was back in his hometown of Sydney after the Chinese government refused to renew his visa allowing him to work as a journalist in China. COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of coronavirus on global politics. Each week for the next few weeks, Lowy Institute experts will sit down to discuss the implications of coronavirus for the world.

Living and working in China for over two decades, New York Times correspondent Chris Buckley reflects on his time there and his sudden departure.

Chris Jones is well known for his appearance on America’s Got Talent when he made the impossible happen: Known germaphobe Howie Mandel shook hands with Heidi, Howard, and Mel live. Since his first TV appearance, Chris has performed on shows like The Steve Harvey Show, Windy City Live, Good Day Chicago, Penn and Teller, Scam School, and the Adam Carolla Show.Transcription for seo purposes onlyChris Jones podcast were back is the second time that were doing this or doing it that will you honestly most of our podcast have been just as we been social distancing, but this is the true social distancing one word Chris Jones podcast reason is that it's true, is because we have to be social distancing now because the way the world is shut down. Chris, the only thing running in and yeah and that you know that the people out there delivering Amazon to psych, Amazon, post office, UPS, FedEx, all those guys are out there men and women are out there delivering packages to everybody and that is people like us that are staying at home and leaving our packages at home. You don't like them they are great for that, and I loved it all. And I will become the perfect payoff. It was something as it was a pleasant home is worth the wait. Or not. Lately you instead of being in front of an audience you doing a different type of audience to see you on Facebook live all the time now showing off how to do some different things and on the other day as a plan you in your beautiful bride mother to be our planes and foosball and it looks like you cheated for the first couple, but I'm sure that you probably end up winning that game I did when when there's a camera on her discrete I don't know well you know what I totally think her to also today there are two against one right. I used to be in front of people like to. That's the whole thing yeah it was my right, you don't need makeup and I'm arty like. I learned how to do magic trick. Watching you watching your IDE or Facebook videos I taught how to turn a small coin into two large going to need to change it. So you're going to bronze coins. Whatever you want from the magic that you know I mean, that's so cool in those traits. They say that I hundred one? Which is true but you buying for only two tricks you though. I read the book. Have you so have you ever done magic in front of people I know that you know that you do as I kiss your you know, me just a magician as if you well, but you're basically listed as a comic right yeah last night and magic was a fundraiser for young boys and family counseling and his parents created a foundation anti-bullying and they give money to first responders. The two things he cared about was being nice people, not bullying, and the character by what we should and women purchased on the greater foundation I went to Burlington, Wisconsin, and that little coffeehouse did poetry and they played in the band and I did magic and I get a card trick and I had a few drinks and beautiful, like the fact that he got a drink, absolutely. Well, you would know that because you're a college graduate from from Utah Valley University Wisconsin crossed and I don't know if I have a lot of people know this about you or not but you were a new model when you're here, but you also gave a scholarship seedless scholarship at UW well because you graduated from here. I had a really great teacher, Dr. Ronald he called me about the blue I never met before, my guess reach out to the school and he says were trying to get new faces in the ring at your 78. Waiver. If we can, so I'm trying for anyone coming from out of state to get that thing discount price that's my hope that you pretty cool to come back to the cross. I think timber said a lot world is open again on the back of the car that you make sure that I'm available for those for that time because I know the last time you're in town. I think we got we got together we did a podcast from him Riverside Park and submit. Remember, people were eating lunch, and a minute staring at them they just walked away or like five and you videotape the two did you ever do anything of it at all I have. I thought yesterday that the people thing, according to just go draw your old furniture. Like all that I went to Japan and never edited into the video like literally like I need to get on that. Speaking of Japan, and the owners of rain sucks her friend Shane is in Japan now and is in there for a couple years but I saw that he liked the post that you posted about you being a dad in your holding a doll baby doll baby girl doll upside down by the foot. Great that you do it that way, did you how did you do that you just come out of a hat. So did you do that, just for a fact not know but when I went to the girl we just want to help each other so I can write but it was a black light hanging by one leg but my friend you like. I got the girl yeah yeah either way that can be applied. Is it scary to have a daughter. You have got I think I'm going to do my best to say look like she's gorgeous how did I get hurt line my ass off. I yeah look out the guys are just charmers like how you dad Marriott because he was nice was polite and patient. I know you your very book smart you what you do a lot of reading and stuff. If you ever thought of writing a book I need to have my page is set up a lot in this room literally with the dog and just get to typing away how ADD is Chris Buckley's rainy days I will. But you know YouTube doesn't stop and then I might have been writing for while it is a reward to get some coffee and then on I had been drinking since my wife is pregnant like literally since we found out that she is weak, 15 and 15 weeks we shared My carbonate yeah good for you have you can pick out a name yet know. So please, we need to ground and meet some girl names. I think what is got a girl name that the thing to be awesome for for Chris and Stacy's baby give Chris an email and it's one word got Joan Miller and whoever raises enough money for the name of their choice that will but like it college or career fund and that you can name the child so I explained to explain this to me explain this to him to us right now. So if somebody has a name that they want to you is someone I like I really want daughter you give us enough money. I think that will Let them go to her college career even want to name honey and you pay five grand so how do something about making a donation to the to the baby Jones file all have to give them my then know which day but yeah we will make it happen because if you want to name a kid doesn't belong to you, you're okay with me and live type of person is the one word Chris Jones podcast podcast

Thanks for coming back for another episode of The Obscure Curio. This episode is another recording of one of my Podbean Live Streams, this one featuring the one and only Uncle Chris Buckley. I, as always, had a great time talking with Chris. During this episode we discuss our hopes for Generation Z, some of the optimistic endings we may have to the current global crisis, and the unfortunate "business" side of a pandemic. We also discuss some of the finer points of growing up in the south and, in the process, give a one-of-a-kind lesson on the differences between all the beautiful southern cities. This one was truly a pleasure to record and is a definite gem of an episode. Enjoy. Support the show: www.patreon.com/theobscurecurio Check out our merch: www.teespring.com/stores/the-obscure-curio          x

This episode I'm paying tribute to legendary sports broadcaster and WRHU mentor Ed Ingles who passed away this week. I discuss how his mentorship helped me overcome my own self-imposed silence and get me on the path to self-discovery, self-expression, and self-healing, as well as the patient, nurturing ways this broadcasting legend empowered college students to follow their dreams.Credits:Live Lift Love Podcast, Episode 7: https://www.galtsconditioning.com/podcast/live-lift-love-podcast88.7FM WRHU's Ed Ingles Interview with Chris Buckley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYmDyy3wuA

The coronavirus that has infected 70,000 people is being compared to China's Chernobyl in its political and economic fallout, but just how much of an inflection point will it be? This crisis is threatening the previously unchallenged authority of President Xi Jinping. It could reshape domestic policy imperatives and embed techno-authoritarian tendencies at local levels. It also has ramifications far beyond China's borders, potentially accelerating Beijing's economic decoupling with the outside world. To discuss what happens when a leader obsessed with control faces an uncontrollable foe, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Centre for US China Relations at the Asia Society, Shaun Roache the chief Asia-Pacific economist at Standard & Poors, and from Wuhan by the New York Times’ Chris Buckley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2018, sandwiched between The Home Shows and two nights at historic Wrigley Field, Pearl Jam headed to Big Sky country in Missoula, Montana to benefit Rock2Vote and Sen. Jon Tester's re-election. On this week's Live on 4 Legs, hosts John Farrar and Chris Buckley give the local boy, bassist Jeff Ament, some love as he takes center stage for this concert, featuring Pilate, Lowlight, Bee Girl, and other Ament-centric material, as well as pointed covers of Know Your Rights, Imagine, and Throw Your Hatred Down. With politics at the forefront in this election year, could this be a preview of something we'll see in 2020? Thanks to patron Dan Opallo for picking this week's show to cover, if you'd like to help support the show head over to patreon.com/liveon4legs to join for as little as $1/month to get access to exclusive episodes, bonus content, and more as we gear up for an exciting 2020!

TBJ128: Euphoniumist Chris Buckley of the US Army Band on growing up in Laredo, Texas, euphonium repertoire and his love of cooking. Chris Buckley is a great player and a great guy. This wide-ranging conversation included great information on the Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. That's a lot of greats. From his bio: SFC Christopher Buckley is one of the newest members of the United States Army Band. He grew up in a large family on the South Texas border. While in Texas he competed in several international euphonium solo competitions, including the Leonard Falcone International Solo Competition where he won 1st place in 2009. While at the University of North Texas he played in many professional ensembles including the Dallas Wind Symphony, Lone Star Wind Ensemble, and the Dallas Civic Wind Ensemble. He also performs on tuba and trombone in many jazz ensembles. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Leah where they are constantly searching for Mexican food as good as the food in Texas. They live with two crazy cats named Oscar and Battle Cat. In this fun and lively discussion, we cover: Pantomime Lance is muted Planning a recital Chris' wife's repertoire and instrument choices Lance rants about euphonium repertoire (again) Army workshops Beirut/Zach Condon The strengths/weaknesses of traditional repertoire Studying at UNT with Brian Bowman Dissertation bashing Army Tuba-Euphonium workshop Mock auditions West Texas A&M for his undergrad Swamp Romp Rush "Tom Sawyer" featuring Tom Holtz Growing up in Laredo, Texas Favorite food from growing up Jim "Uncomfortable Pause" Nova Rico's Supermarket His love of cooking Hiram Diaz Kevin Gebo and Victor Barranco Kevin Gebo: Hobbit, Halfling or Something Else Altogether LINKS: Chris' Army Band bio Chris' Willson bio page Chris' Pearls dissertation Want to help the show? Here are some ways: Unlock bonus episodes galore by becoming a Patreon patron. We just launched a brand new Brass Junkies newsletter! It will change your life. Like, it's life-changing! Subscribe today to stay in the loop on all things Brass Junkies! Help others find the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes or Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Show some love to our sponsors: The brass program at The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University and Parker Mouthpieces (including the Andrew Hitz and Lance LaDuke models.) Buy Pray for Jens and The Brass Junkies merch at The Brass Junkies online store! Tell your friends! Expertly produced by Will Houchin with love, care, and enthusiasm.

This is an urgent and honest discussion I had w. Dr. Eli Friedman. We hope this interview brings attention to the recent arrest of China Labor Activist Xiangzi, Labor Organizing in China. the continued campaign of genocide in Xinjiang, and how our heritage (Armenian for me, Jewish for Dr. Friedman) informs our perspective on the global return of "Camps". Dr. Freidman is organizing this event in the states, for progressives in the area I highly recommend checking it out. It's January 25th in NYC: www.thechinaquestion.org/ For more on Xiangzi, you can • Sign the petition asking for his release: https://www.change.org/p/release-xiangzi-and-chinese-labor-activists • Learn more about Xiangzi and other missing China Activists: https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/12/23/lest-we-forget/ For more on Labor Reporting in China • We both highly recommend the labor journal Chuang: http://chuangcn.org/journal/two/picking-quarrels/ • This map documents labor strikes and actions in Hong Kong : https://maps.clb.org.hk/strikes/en For more on Hong Kong: • We highly recommend Dr. Friedman's interview in Jacobin on Hong Kong: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/hong-kong-protests-leftists-international-support • We also recommend the Lausan Collective in Hong Kong: https://lausan.hk/ Lastly for Xinjiang: • There are countless resources, I think Austin Ramzy, Chris Buckley and Amy Qin's is among the best: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html • And here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/world/asia/china-xinjiang-children-boarding-schools.html • We also highly recommend the more culture focused websites of Yi Xiaocuo https://camp-album.com/home/gallery Music by Aksil Beats : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtw1XbdazEUs57zQWd4D9zw

Michael Swaine, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the crisis in Hong Kong, the plight of the Uighurs, and China’s recent authoritarian turn.Michael Swaine bioMichael Swaine, “Chinese State‐​Society Relations: Why Beijing Isn’t Trembling and Containment Won’t Work,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 14, 2019Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, ““Absolutely No Mercy”: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims,” New York Times, November 16, 2019Richard McGregor, “Party Man: Xi Jinping’s Quest to Dominate China,” Foreign Affairs, September/​October 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Live from Charity Con 2019, Danny Anderson welcomes Chris Maverick and Wayne Wise of the Vox Popcast, as well as Chris Buckley and Andy Walsh to discuss how the multiverse contains multitudes of ethical dimensions. Just in time for the DC crossover event on CW.

We've done something really special for you here at The Obscure Curio today. By popular demand, we bring you two of our most beloved guest on ONE supreme episode. That's right- it's Joey Mcintyre and Uncle Chris Buckley. Now this is an event for the ages and I honestly hope to god that you do not miss it, for your own sake. Listen in as I sit in with these absolute legends of their day and go over three generations worth of the obscure. I'm saying a frigging repertoire of musical recommendations, some serious talk about poverty, a flashback into the glory days of pro-wrestling, and everything you ever wanted to know about the genitalia of Peter Steele.  Support the show at: Pateron.com/TheObscureCurio Like The Obscure Curio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @theobscurecurio       x  

Hello, my friend, hello. When I tell you that this episode is one for the books, you better believe that I mean it. This is an episode that was difficult to end, as I wanted it to go on forever. I am joined today by none other than the minister of girth, Nick Dermon, and my foster Uncle, Chris Buckley! I literally could not be more excited for this one, its downright impossible. It would be equally impossible to try to condense down the contents of this show into a worthy synopsis. So instead, here are some general clues: love, death, hate, conspiracy, delusion, fondue, music, film, phlegm, brooks, dunn, recipe, heron, heroin, milk. I sure hope you enjoy! Quite possibly the best episode yet!   TheObscureCurio@gmail.com           x

This week we’re going way back to the legendary January 17, 1992 show -- AKA “Vault #1.” In fact, this is the earliest show we’ve covered on the podcast so far! The band trekked across North America in support of Ten throughout the Fall and early Winter of 1991. After a two-week break in the beginning of January 1992, the boys returned to Seattle for a homecoming show at the legendary Moore Theatre. The band sounds incredible from start to finish. Ed’s voice is in perfect shape after 14 days off and the entire band seems to be relaxed and loving the atmosphere of playing in front of an energetic hometown crowd of about 1,350. The footage used in the “Even Flow” music video was professionally filmed at this show, while a number of famous early photos by Lance Mercer were captured here as well. A rough audience recording of the show was all that existed among bootleg collections for nearly 20 years, until the band decided to open up the mysterious “Vault” in 2011. A remastered version of the original recording was circulated at the PJ20 festival, much to the delight of diehard fans and those aware of the magic of this show. Single CDs in cardboard sleeves simply titled “VAULT #1” were distributed at the destination weekend. This show also marked the first time the band covered The Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” although the song is omitted from the vault recording. John Farrar and Chris Buckley team up to host their first show together, exploring this early performance that offers a glimpse into the band’s early era and formative years just before they exploded to superstardom. For those who want more exclusive content, head to http://patreon.com/liveon4legs and subscribe today! Your donation will give you an opportunity to join an episode to talk about your favorite Pearl Jam show!

Visas for people working in the hospitality sector are taking up to three months to process, which is having a major impact on businesses.Chris Buckley owns two bars in Queenstown and is a member of Hospitality New Zealand.He told Andrew Dickens turnover and staff morale are suffering because of lengthy delays in visa processing."There are quite a few places have to close for a couple of days to give staff a break and there are other places that just don't have enough workers."Buckley says Immigration's restructure and move to one site obviously hasn't worked, and it needs more people to process visas.For example, one of my chef applied for a work visa seven weeks in advance, but was told two days before it was due to expire it would take another seven weeks to process."Buckley says the chef was given an interim visa but wasn't allowed to work.LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW ABOVE

This week we tackle one of the pinnacle shows in Pearl Jam's history. The 1992 Pinkpop Festival has been discussed and shared from bootleg VHS tapes to online forums for over 25 years, and this episode breaks down why this show is such an important part of the band's legacy. While the Seattle scene was still blossoming into something big, Pearl Jam hadn't played a show in front of a massive audience before. They were still used to playing club shows with only a couple thousand, maybe even hundred fans attending. Pinkpop estimated to have 60,000 people in the crowd making it the prime stage for the band to bring their a-game. Their energy in a rain soaked day was unmatched. Anyone who has watched this show before knows the moments - Jeff running around like a maniac, Ed climbing the scaffold during Even Flow, and of course an iconic stage dive during Porch that has been a major part of the band's legacy. With a little less than an hour on stage, they created moments that are still talked about to this day. With help from new co-host Chris Buckley and Patreon supporter Bradley Piasecki, we dissect why this show 27 years after the fact still deserves the praise and love it receives.

Episode 3 of Rules Based Audio is a story in two parts. My guests are New York Times Beijing correspondent Chris Buckley, and James Griffiths from CNN Hong Kong. Chris Buckley discusses what it's like covering the opaque world of elite politics in China, how media works under the pervasive censorship regime, the government’s determination to control historical narrative and the discourse around sensitive dates in China, and the prospects of political change under Xi Jinping. And James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, takes us through a short history of how the CCP built an alternative version of the internet, and how it became the perfect authoritarian tool.

We're taking the time machine all the way back to the band's most pivotal and successful year in 1992 to focus on a show played in Zurich, Switzerland. Guest host Chris Buckley joins the show to talk about it's importance in the band's legacy as they perform something incredibly rare that hasn't been done in the modern era of the band. This show took place 10 days after the iconic Pinkpop Festival show and as the band continued to grow more popular, the fans wanted to get to know more. This is the first time in public that Eddie makes mention of the Mamasan Trilogy - the demo that was given to him by Jack Irons that acted as his audition for what would eventually become the ever famous Mookie Blaylock. I kid. So everyone who follows the band pretty much understands the story, Alive, Once and Footsteps all go together as a mini rock opera of sorts, but it was during this stretch of shows where they played the three songs consecutively for the first time. They haven't performed the Trilogy since 1993. Outside of talking about the rare stuff, we get to tap into a fiery and angst-filled late-20's aged Eddie Vedder who gave us top-notch performances of some of the band's anthems from that time. Versions of Leash, Porch and Rockin In The Free World go down as some of the best of the time period and we'll get to make some comparisons to what we hear from the band out of these songs today. Quick note: I make mention to stay tuned until the end for a special announcement, I hate to ruin a good thing but that announcement has been held off for the time being. Don't worry, we'll get to it soon! For all of you who wish to subscribe to our Patreon, head on over to http://patreon.com/liveon4legs for more exclusive episodes. Every patron will get the chance to come on an episode and talk about their favorite show of all-time!

Alex is joined by Chris Buckley, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour to discuss Premier Doug Ford's first budget which contained few new spending surprises but promises significant investments in healthcare, a new childcare tax credit and major changes to the way alcohol is sold across the province. The $163.4 billion budget – nearly $5 billion larger than the last Liberal budget – pegs current the deficit at $11.7 billion, and the Progressive Conservatives say the books won't be balanced until 2023–24.

This session we explore Chris's journey from being an engineering to a health and wellness coach. In this session we will explore following some major life changes Chris had to ask himself some hard questions that threw his career choices into question. 

Episode 3: The Station by Chris Buckley

Is Brooklyn in the house?!? I thought so. Fan and listener Chris Buckley joins us as we cover this instant classic from the Lightning Bolt tour. What made this show so great? A set that kicked off with NINE straight songs before the band stopped to talk, rare songs such as All Those Yesterdays and Blood played along with crowd favorites like Wash and Footsteps, and Eddie telling an awesome story about broken vases in China. This is a can't miss episode with tons of inside jokes, including picking out when Eddie mumbles his way through Leaving Here. Listen through until the end, you won't regret it!

China, as we say at the beginning of each Sinica Podcast episode, is a nation that is reshaping the world. But what does that reshaping really look like, and how does — and should — the world react to China’s role in globalization? Few are better placed to answer these questions than Kishore Mahbubani, a veteran former diplomat from Singapore who recently ended a stint as dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He remains on the faculty there but is taking a sabbatical, in part to write a book for Penguin UK titled Has the West Lost It? His most recent book was titled The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace. In this podcast, Kishore, as he often does, brings up a number of provocative ideas (read here a piece in the World Post last year in which he raises many of the same ideas), particularly for Americans. Among them: The most important event of 2001 was not the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. The U.S. and China are perfectly positioned for an infrastructure cooperation deal, but China’s communist identity, more than anything, makes such cooperation unthinkable. To address this psychological block, Americans — and all Westerners — should think of China’s government as led by the Chinese Civilization Party, not the Chinese Communist Party, because its goal is to revive Chinese civilization, not to export communism. If Americans don’t start preparing for a world in which they are the number two power, the political shock when it happens could very well lead to a president even more misguided than Trump. (Both the International Monetary Fund moving its headquarters to China and Chinese currency becoming the primary international reserve currency in the coming decades are inevitable, for example, Kishore argues.) Recommendations: Jeremy: A field guide to the wild birds of Beijing (北京野鸟图鉴 běijīng yěniǎo tújiàn), available only in Chinese. Kishore: A recommendation to visit Indonesia, what Kishore calls “one of the most underrated and underappreciated countries in the world.” A decade ago, it was hit hard by the financial crisis and many Westerners thought it would fracture as a country — but now, it is the most successful democracy in the Islamic world. Kaiser: A typically tongue-in-cheek tweet from New York Times reporter Chris Buckley, which purports to show how the Warring States–era political philosopher Han Feizi explained the selection process for the Politburo Standing Committee at the 19th Party Congress last fall.  

Chris Buckley, Ontario Federation of Labour President talks about the current Tim Hortons protests across Ontario over benefit cuts.

Senator Bob Corker, the Republican head of the Foreign Relations Committee, was asked on Tuesday if President Trump was a role model for American children. "Absolutely not," he replied. A few hours later, another Republican senator, Jeff Flake of Arizona, denounced the president. Congressional Republicans seem to be revolting against Mr. Trump. But is that what is really happening? Also, Xi Jinping, the leader of China, is consolidating his power. Guests: Glenn Thrush, a White House correspondent; Chris Buckley, a reporter for The Times in China. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

MLBPipeline.com's Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis, along with MLB.com's Tim McMaster, check in on the College World Series, the start of short season ball, and Gleyber Torres' injury. The show begins with Chris Buckley, Vice President of Amateur Scouting from the Reds talking about the closing of the 2017 Draft, preparing for the 2018 Draft and their pick Hunter Greene. McMaster brings attention to the Torres injury report and how this impacts the Yankees long term. With short season baseball starting, Jonathan discusses the top prospects in the country. The podcast closes with a College World Series update. Anything can happen in Omaha!

Premier Kathleen Wynn has announced some dramatic changes to our labour laws. In addition to phasing in a $15 minimum wage and increasing vacation time, the government will ensure that part-time and contract employees get paid the same wages as full-timers. There are also provisions for paid sick leave and emergency leave. Chris Buckley, president of the Ontario federation of labour, weighs in as does Ryan Mallough, a policy analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

JB opens the show ranting on the saga of Matt Harvey. He then talks LeBron James being the GOAT, NBA playoffs, Lowry, and more. Chris Buckley brings back the Buckdate, and finally the new Let It Go segment. SiriusXM MLB Network Radio host and former Mets GM Jim Duquette then joins the show to talk Harvey, Syndergaard, and the Mets health woes.

A talk about 'The Neon Demon' naturally brings in 'The Matrix', 'The Godfather' and 'Mary Poppins' (again!). Well it does when you have film-maker Chris Buckley as a special guest!

Chris Buckley is a highly regarded and very resourceful correspondent for The New York Times, who is based in Beijing. He has worked as a researcher and journalist in China since 1998, including a stint at Reuters, and is one of the few working China correspondents with a Ph.D. in China studies. Chris’s coverage has included politics, foreign policy, rural issues, human rights, the environment, and climate change. He also has an informative and sometimes very amusing Twitter account. In this podcast, recorded with a live audience in Beijing, Kaiser and Jeremy ask Chris about his tradecraft and sourcing of stories about elite Chinese politics, his views on Xi Jinping and the anti-corruption campaign, and what we can expect from the 19th Party Congress this fall. Chris also talks about the joys of journalism in a country that makes it very difficult to do. Recommendations: Jeremy: Interactive infographic about the Party’s “Leading Small Groups” produced by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Great Wall Fresh - restaurant and wild Great Wall hiking. Chris: Intentions: Examining my peers in the Republic 心路-透视共和国同龄人 by Mi Hedu 米鹤都 (on Chinese Amazon store), All Sages Bookstore (in Chinese)万圣书屋 in Beijing Kaiser: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  

On the show podcast this week, SiriusXM update anchor Maria Marino joins JB to co-host the show. They talk about the DeMarcus Cousins trade, NBA trade deadline rumors, NBA All Star Weekend, MLB, NFL, Goose Gossage, old people, and much more. Chris Buckley also returns with the "Buckdate."

Pixel Kicks are a cutting-edge web design company based in Oldham, Manchester, specialising in great visuals and highly functional site layouts. They come highly recommended for those who demand excellence and nothing else in their web campaigns. With 15 years of commercial website experience Pixel Kicks can create, grow, and nurture websites as much as their clients desire.

Web design company Pixel Kicks develops professional sites for clients from all industries, but founder Chris Buckley spotted a gap in the market for an unofficial One Direction website which would become the home for fans to gather all their essential 1D updates. Hosted on a dedicated Linux server with UKFast, www.onedirection.net is now accessed by 30,000 users every day. Chris said: "The first UKFast server we had was a Windows dedicated; although it functioned properly, we felt we didn't need all the extra features it provided. Our new Linux server is beefier; it has more CPU usage, a faster processor and a solid state hard drive. We felt we needed to double the speed of our server to cope with the amount of visitors the site gets, and that's exactly what we've got with our new server." 1D aren't going anywhere fast, so Pixel Kicks will continue to have a great task on their hands to carry on bringing the band's news to the masses. But working together with UKFast has left Chris in no doubt that his site will always be able to accommodate the thousands of 1D fans who need their daily fix of boy band gossip. Chris said: "The customer service from UKFast is great. Every so often I'll get a phone call from my account manager to ensure everything is going smoothly, and to discuss if I need any extra requirements. It's great to know someone is always on top of our site. "UKFast are always in the press, and the more we grow, the more we can see we're working with a committed, professional company. We're so pleased to have such a great partnership with UKFast."

Whatever happened to UK Garage? One minute it’s The Newest Bestest Thing In Town, then suddenly we’re all listening to rock and 80s-influence electro... These days it’s back underground UKG had its roots in the South (“it’s-a-Lon-don-thing”), but despite being based in Manchester, I was really into it. I loved the darker, grittier, harder Speed Garage tracks too. You’ll find plenty of them in this mix. This session was recorded some time between March and September ’98. I can’t find an exact date on any of the minidiscs. It was around the time I was DJing at Via Fossa on Canal Street in Manchester, filling in for Chris Buckley. He would often lend me his records and I had first dibs on the promos he didn’t want/sell, hence I ended up with quite a wad of Speed Garage tunes. Also, in 1998, every pop tune seemed to be released with a selection of different genre mixes (RnB, house and UKG) as record companies hedged their bets to gain a hit in any scene. This is why the likes of Robbie Williams, All Saints & Janet Jackson turn up in this tough underground mix; although you could miss them if you didn’t check the tracklist. Running at over 100 minutes, the mix was split over two minidiscs. In transferring it to a downloadable format I’ve edited the mix together as a single piece of audio. This is the first time it has existed as one continuous mix. Enjoy! 106’50” - 148.6MB - AAC file - 192kbps Noel Is Speed Queen vol 1 mixed summer '98 across two minidiscs, re-edited together 27 Feb 07. . 1. fabulous baker boys - oh boy - fen & ramsey remix 2. soul ii soul - pleasure dome - tuff jam’s uvm dub 3. olive - miracle - 187 lockdown deep dub 4. fatimer rainey - love is wonderful thing - dub is a wonderful thing 5. robbie williams - south of the border - 187 lockdown’s southside dub 6. miss bisto - barefoot bandit - white label 7. adeva - don’t think about it - 187 lockdown dub 8. all saints - i know where it’s at - colour system inc vox 9. down low - lovething - vip mix 10. bruce wayne - ready - bmw one’s ultimate bad boy mix 11. adeva - don’t think about it - nu birth dub 12. damage - lovelady - da funkstarz epiccamouflage dub 13. 5 - slam dunk da funk - sol brothers 14. bizzi - bizzi’s party - rolling bass mix 15. serious danger? 16. industry standard - what you need 17. ??? 18. fabulous baker boys - oh boy - ?? 19. janet jackson - got til it’s gone - armand van helden **tracklisting for part 2 of the mix was lost so tracks 15>18 are guesses

There’s something exciting about a new bag of unplayed vinyl. Working as a radio producer at Key and Kiss, people often chucked unwanted wax my way. This mix was laid to minidisc after being handed a wad of upfront 12s by Chris Buckley. It was probably one of the weekends I filled in for him at Via Fossa. The session starts off with some smooth uk garage tracks, and moves into chunkier house. It was originally recorded in two parts as it didn’t fit on to a single minidisc. It is one of a few two-part mixes that I have now edited together - finally a continuous piece of audio after almost ten years. The transfer from minidisc to audio file, including the editing and chaptering, have been completed entirely in the digital domain, which means the resulting audio is as true to the original as when I put the needle on the record. This remains true for the majority of the mixes you’ll find on these pages. 105’16” - 146.5MB - AAC file - 192kbps . Bag Of Promos Vol 1 - full vers mixed 10 Feb 1998 across two minidiscs, re-edited together 27 Feb 07. 1. indigo – RU Sleeping? – bump n flex 2. voices of Life – say the word 3. sandy B – world go round – ramsey & fen 4. debbie pender – movin on – industry standard 5. usher – U make me wanna – tuff jam 6. another Level – be alone no more – another groove 7. 187 lockdown – kung fu – 187 instrum 8. family stand – ghetto heaven – toni morelli mix 9. the absolute – catch me – get down vocal 10. gems for jem – lift me up – monster club mix 11. dive – boogie – nylon’s full length mix 12. sounds of blackness – pressure – ubp classic club 13. de’lacy – hideaway – 187 lockdown vocal dub 14. hysteric ego – want love – sol bros bad boy bass 15. CMV – move on up 16. z factor – gotta keep pushin – extended 17. camisra – let me show you – original 18. rest assured – treat infamy – noël has 2 copies flange * Thanks to everyone who has ever given me vinyl - esp. Chris, Christian & Andy.

I’m uploading this in December 2009. I’ve stumbled upon a box of old mix tapes from the mid 90s and this one’s a corker, full of main room peak time vocal anthems. According to my scribbles on the inlay card (pictures attached to the file) I originally mixed this for Tony Mellor after a lost weekend at The Fridge in London. It may have been Pride weekend when I travelled down with Chris Buckley, Mark & Darren. Anyway, I remember mixing this on a sunny day in my flat in Chorlton.Highlights include the opening pumped-up version of Where Love Lives, Moné’s Movin’, and The Happy Clappers’ Can’t Help Myself. The Lisa Marie Experience deliver ripping remixes of Helicopter’s classic On Ya Way and Nu Soul’s Hide-A-Way. The Naked Music NYC track has just been sampled and release on Defected.Enjoy!Late Summer Mix - 1996, mastered from cassette and chaptered 28 Dec 2009Side A 1. Andrew Pearce vs. The Reese Project Where Love Lives (The Serial Diva Mix 1) 2. Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby (Morales Always Club Mix) 3. Naked Music NYC - I'll Take You To Love (Tee's Master Mix) 4. Andrea Mendez - Bring Me Love (M&S Epic Klub) 5. Happy Clappers - Can't Help It (Grant Nelson's Trinity Remix) 6. Helicopter - On Ya Way (Lisa Marie Experience Mix) 7. Gusto - Disco's Revenge (Bootleg Re-edit) 8. Gusto - Disco's Revenge (Females Revenge Mix) 9. The Police - Voices Inside My Head (Voices)Side B 1. Nu Soul feat Kelli Rich - Hide-A-Way (Lisa Marie Experience Remix) 2. ?? - This Is A Real Love 3. Chrissie Ward - Right And Exact (Stonebridge Mix) 4. Todd Terry Feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown - Keep On Jumpin' (Tee's Freeze Mix) 5. Mone - Movin' (Fire Island Mix) 6. King Britt Presents Sylk 130 - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life 7. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) 8. Joe T. Vannelli Project - Sweetest Day Of May271.8 MB | AAC file | 320 kbps