Auntology: The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity
William Liu (Liu Zhongjing, 劉仲敬) is a historian who is often called “Auntie (阿姨)” by his audience. Auntology is Liu's study, works, and philosophy. The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity is a podcast series created based on Liu's articles, speech, lectures, and book chapters. The original materials were documented in Mandarin Chinese at https://www.lzjscript.com, translated into English by DeepL and human translators, and narrated by Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. The podcast was produced by Lumina Society, which is a nonprofit organization aiming to provide insightful and alternative narratives of history.
Podcasting since 2021 • 28 episodes
Auntology: The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity
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S04E07 The Islamic State in Inner Asia
This episode is the second part of an article - The Triple Faces of Inner Asia, which was written and published in early 2015.“...The export of the Roman order is not free of cost. It must be at the cost of consuming the domestic po...
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Episode 7
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S04E06 Inner Asia in International Relations
This episode is the first part of an article - The Triple Faces of Inner Asia (內亞的三重面相), which was written and published in early 2015. "...Pakistan maximally demonstrates the dilemma that Inner Asia presents ...
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Episode 6
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S04E05 Dealing with the vacuum left by the withdrawal
"...Most of the fund has to be used to feed the troops and there is no cash left to buy oil. Yet Iran has already sent the oil to Kabul. Who is advancing this money? Surely not the US. Iran is extremely short of dollars and it can only be d...
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S04E04 China's imperial gamble in Afghanistan
“China is an inexperienced neo-imperialist, so almost everywhere it has pursued neo-imperialism, going beyond the US framework and building its own framework, there have been serious political crises. Three typical examples are Afghanistan,...
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S04E03 The Islamic State is more like the Communist International
"The Taliban can be converted, integrated, and disbanded while the Islamic State is a lifelong vowed professional revolutionary organization that cannot be disbanded but only annihilated... Judging from IS documents seized by the US, the Is...
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