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Episode 348 - A New History of Tudor England with Professor Nandini Das

Professor Nandini Das explores how Tudor and Stuart England were shaped by movement, exchange, and diverse individuals—artists, scholars, missionaries, and sailors—whose lives challenge the idea of a sealed island nation. Through four vivid case studies (the court miniaturist Levina Teerlinc from …

Will.i.am: musicians will survive AI

Will.i.am is not as worried about AI and artists. He tells Katie Prescott that the "creatives will be alright," but it's "the assistants, the sales clerks, the lawyers, the accountants" that we should be concerned about.  As musicians, publishers and Silicon Valley debate over whether AI should be …

What The Japanese Thought Of The First Westerners... And Vice Versa. With dr. Christopher Harding

I'm super happy to welcome dr. Christopher Harding, lecturer in Asian history at the University of Edinburgh, back to the show, to have a chat about his amazing upcoming book, "Barbarians: The First Century of European Encounter with Japan." This time around we talk about a myriad of fascinating ep…

Rüsselsheim Massacre: American Airmen Lynched by Fanatical Nazi German Civilians

The Rüsselsheim massacre was one of the most shocking attacks on captured American airmen during the Second World War. On 26 August 1944, the war reached a moment of raw vengeance in the German town of Rüsselsheim. The night before, British bombers had devastated the Opel factory and much of the su…

The Big Story: Hot Lead Catches a Cold Blooded Killer

Today's Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching…

The Big Story: Hot Lead Catches a Cold Blooded Killer (EP5052)

Today's Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching…

The Real Shogun: The English Navigator Who Became a Samurai

In the year 1600, a bedraggled English sailor and his sick and dying crewmates anchored off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. His name was William Adams, and over the next two decades, he would rise through the ranks of Japanese society to become the first Western samurai. As a close advisor to the rever…

Dr. William Adams: Breast Augmentation Mastery, Past President of The Aesthetic Society, UTSW Aesthetic Fellowship Director (#55)

A conversation with Dr. Bill Adams about how he got into plastic surgery, the culture at UT Southwestern, and the ideas that shaped his approach to breast surgery. He also breaks down his current thinking on pocket plane selection, augmentation mastopexy, patient education, and why education and me…

Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom

This week on Sinica, I’m joined again by Afra Wang, the Bay Area-based writer behind the AI newsletter Concurrent, who was last on the show in January to talk about her Wired piece on The Morning Star of Lingao and China’s “Industrial Party.” She’s back with two new pieces of on-the-ground reportag…