The Impossible State
Hosted by Victor Cha and Dr Victor Cha and Sydney Seiler · CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
4.7from 157 ratings
- 163
- Episodes
- 55
- Transcribed
- 157
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 59M
- YouTube views
About The Impossible State
North Korea is the Impossible State. Each episode, join the people who know the most about North Korea for an insiders’ discussion with host Victor Cha about one of the United States’ top national security priorities.
- Publisher
- CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Category
- business · government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 May 2018
- Latest episode
- 23 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
55 of 163 episodes have a transcript.
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Missile Madness: Prelude to Summit?
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brewing Korea Crisis? Mines, Missiles, & POWs
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lips and Teeth? China, North Korea, and the Korean Peninsula
Inside a recent episode
Missile Madness: Prelude to Summit?
Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So how do we make sense of this all? So I am glad that we have Jenny and Ankit with us to try to answer some of these questions, because I think these are complicated questions. And I think for the average viewer or listener, they may have a little bit of cognitive dissonance between what the data shows and what the president has said. So Ankit, let me start with you and ask you in particular about these missile events. So they've tested a series of missiles in recent weeks, including ballistic missiles, submarine-launched cruise missiles. Can you walk us through exactly what the North Koreans have done and what is new or significant in your mind from what you're seeing in terms of these developments? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Impossible State
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- Ankit Panda
- Jenny Town
- Wonchul Kim
- Jeehye Yoo
- Bonny Lin
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 58,974,216
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 91 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 66 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Impossible State?
Victor Cha and Dr Victor Cha and Sydney Seiler host the show. Published by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Impossible State take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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