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Angry Planet

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a ... Balloon?

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3882 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What’s the biggest Chinese threat to the United States? Well, if you ask security expert Stephanie Carvin, it’s not a balloon—no matter how large and how many missiles it takes to shoot down. So, what should we really be worried about from China’s security apparatus? Well, you could start with more traditional spying, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

It's up to you how much you give and there's no regular commitment. Just click the link in the show description to support now. People live in a world with their own making.

0:25.0

Frankly, that seems to be the problem.

0:31.0

Welcome to Angry Planet.

0:34.0

Hello and

0:37.0

and Hello and welcome'm Matthew Gold.

0:45.0

A million years ago, a small man stared in the

0:48.0

a million years ago a small man stared into the sky and said,

0:53.0

the plane, the plane.

0:55.0

Today we're all shouting balloon.

0:58.0

What's going on and what kind of threat are we actually facing?

1:02.0

To answer that, joining us today is

1:04.9

Stephanie Carvin, who is an associate professor of international relations at

1:09.5

Carlton University and a contributing author to the Center for International Governance Innovation.

1:16.3

Thank you very much for joining us.

1:18.0

Hey, thanks for having me on.

1:20.5

For the JinZ years in the audience, I feel like I need to explain.

1:24.3

Yeah, please do.

1:25.3

The terribly gin X reference that you just deployed on us in the opening.

1:29.7

It's even older than me.

1:30.8

It's almost a boomer reference.

1:32.3

There, it is almost a boomer reference there was a television show in the

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