Cheap Talk
Hosted by Marcus · Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes
4.9from 87 ratings
- 132
- Episodes
- 75
- Transcribed
- 87
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Cheap Talk
Cheap Talk is an every-week-or-so international relations podcast with Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes, professors of government at William & Mary.
- Publisher
- Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
75 of 132 episodes have a transcript.
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Envoys of Friendship
Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] as well. And so the security dilemma kind of arises when you are in a situation where you don't necessarily want to provoke the other side. You want to build up your defenses so that you can secure yourself. And if China one day, let's say, decides they want to attack the United States, we'll be ready. But by building up those defenses, you're also potentially making them quite nervous. And the reason for that is they don't know what our intentions are. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 18 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 69 ratings
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- 43
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts Cheap Talk?
Marcus host the show. Published by Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes.
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