选修课 Universus

【聊了什么 The What】 你是“债券”还是“期权”？重新定义你的职场与生活价值。如果你正处于转行、跳槽或地理跨越的十字路口，这期节目将为你提供一套全新的坐标系。 主讲人大卫翁挑战了传统的“找好工作”思维，提出职业选择本质上是人生最大的一次资产配置。节目深度拆解了人力资本的三个类型：无惊无喜但稳定的“债券型”、随行业起伏的“股票型”，以及九死一生却有爆发力的“期权型”。 为什么程序员应该多买债？为什么自由职业者需要更厚的流动垫？大卫翁还特别针对北美听众探讨了“签证身份”这一单点故障的应对策略。 通过建立家庭的“三张表”，我们将学习如何在人性与理性的拉扯中，做出更高容错率的决策。 Are you a "bond" or an "option"? A new framework for thinking about work and life.If you're standing at a crossroads — changing careers, switching jobs, or moving across borders — this episode offers a new coordinate system to navigate it. Our guest David Weng pushes back on the conventional pursuit of "a good job" and reframes career choices as the single biggest asset allocation decision of your life. He breaks down three types of human capital: the steady, no-surprises bond; the stock that rises and falls with its industry; and the high-risk, high-reward option that pays off only when it hits. Why should engineers hold more bonds? Why do freelancers need a thicker liquidity cushion? David also speaks directly to listeners in North America about how to manage visa status as a single point of failure in your life portfolio. By building out a family's "three financial statements," we learn how to make decisions with a higher margin of error — even when reason and human nature are pulling in opposite directions. 【时间轴 The When 】 01:23 - 核心视角：人力资产是每个人最重要的潜在资产 05:19 - 真实案例：从IPO取消看互联网中产的资产脆弱性 11:13 - 听友画像：海外科技行业从业者的金融与身份困境 18:48 - 逻辑构建：如何像管理公司财务报表一样管理人生 21:02 - 三种人力资本：政府/科研机构（债券）、跨国企业（股票）、创业/自由职业（期权） 33:07 - 职业抉择：重新定义“好工作”及其变现成本 45:22 - 从金融高管到自由博主的个人“再平衡”实践 51:57 - 择偶与风险预算：为何共同语言可能带来高相关性风险 56:47 - 地理位置即曝光（Exposure）：身份签证、汇率与行业机会的取舍 1:08:07 - 价值重估：海外背景在当下中国的溢价与世界观重塑 1:100:50 - 在不确定性中建立冗余与安全边际 01:23 — Core Premise: Human Capital Is Your Most Important Underlying Asset 05:19 — Case Study: A Canceled IPO and the Fragility of the Tech Middle Class 11:13 — Listener Profile: Overseas Tech Workers, Finances, and Visa Status 18:48 — Building the Framework: Managing Your Life Like a Company's Financials 21:02 — Three Types of Human Capital: Government & Academia (Bonds), Multinationals (Stocks), Startups & Freelance (Options) 33:07 — Career Decisions: Redefining a "Good Job" and the Cost of Cashing Out 45:22 — From Finance Executive to Independent Creator: A Personal Rebalancing 51:57 — Partner Selection and Risk Budgeting: Why Shared Background Can Mean Correlated Risk 56:47 — Geography as Exposure: Visas, Exchange Rates, and Industry Trade-offs 1:08:07 — Revaluation: How Overseas Experience Is Repriced in Today's China 1:10:50 — Building Redundancy and Margin of Safety in an Uncertain World 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 主讲人： 大卫翁：“起朱楼宴宾客”公众号及播客主理人，《资产配置行动指南》作者，哥伦比亚大学新闻学院访问学者。特许金融分析师（CFA）持证人，2024第一财经“年度财经思想者”行业新锐。逾十五年金融从业经验，曾任中资头部投行董事总经理，以及国家主权基金投资经理等职。 David Weng: David Weng is the founder of 起朱楼宴宾客, a leading Chinese-language podcast and Substack-style newsletter on finance and investing, and the author of A Practical Guide to Asset Allocation. He is a Visiting Scholar at the Columbia Journalism School and a CFA charterholder, and was named a "Financial Thought Leader of the Year — Rising Voice" by Yicai (China Business Network) in 2024. He brings over fifteen years of experience in finance, having previously served as Managing Director at one of China's leading investment banks and as Investment Manager at a sovereign wealth fund. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 还记得你在大学的时候，第一次听到一场酣畅淋漓的政治哲学讲座的感觉吗？本期节目，学者林垚带我们深入自由这个复杂概念的底层逻辑。 如果说“各行其是的自由”保障了个体的独立，那么“共行其是的自由”则考验着共同体的智慧。选民的“无知”是民主的终点吗？面对日益严重的民粹主义和假新闻泛滥，我们是否需要某种“选民资格考试”？为什么“贤能政治”往往沦为规训工具？为什么看似公平的“抽签制”实际上削弱了人的自由能动性？ Remember the feeling of hearing your first electrifying political philosophy lecture in college? In this episode, scholar Lin Yao takes us deep into the underlying logic of that complex concept: freedom. If "the freedom to each go their own way" safeguards individual independence, then "the freedom to walk together" tests the wisdom of the community. Is voter "ignorance" the death knell of democracy? In the face of escalating populism and the flood of fake news, do we need some kind of "voter qualification exam"? Why does "meritocracy" so often degenerate into a tool of disciplinary control? Why does the seemingly fair "lottery system" actually erode human agency and freedom? 【时间轴 The When 】 01:14 - 定义：民主是共同体在争辩与协商中的动态过程 09:00 - 贤能政治与新儒家：历史上的儒家士大夫统治反思 12:39 - 方法论：为什么不能用理想化的贤能政治对比非理想的民主 19:53 - 选民资格考试的陷阱：历史上的种族隔离与政治规训 33:35 - 民主非数人头：探讨决策理由的代表性与正当性 41:10 - 法律适用 vs 政治管理：陪审团模式与治国的差异 51:59 - 地方媒体的掏空：社交媒体算法下的信息环境劣质化 56:33 - 政治表达 vs 言论自由：金钱政治在美国法律框架下的演变 63:41 - 哈贝马斯与罗尔斯之争：程序正义与实质不平等的对抗 73:35 - 杜维尔热法则：美国单选区多数制与两党制的必然性 79:22 - 杰利蝾螈与社会选择悖论：制度如何扭曲民意 92:45 - 最高法院神话：终身制法官的政治筛选与制衡失效 101:06 - 承认自由内在的风险，作为人的可错性声明 01:14 — Definition: Democracy as a community's dynamic process of debate and negotiation 09:00 — Meritocracy and New Confucianism: Reflections on historical rule by Confucian scholar-officials 12:39 — Methodology: Why we can't compare an idealized meritocracy against a non-ideal democracy 19:53 — The trap of voter qualification tests: Historical racial segregation and political discipline 33:35 — Democracy is not just counting heads: Examining the representativeness and legitimacy of decision-making rationales 41:10 — Legal application vs. political administration: The difference between the jury model and governing a state 51:59 — The hollowing out of local media: Information environment degradation under social media algorithms 56:33 — Political expression vs. freedom of speech: The evolution of money politics within the U.S. legal framework 63:41 — The Habermas–Rawls debate: Procedural justice versus substantive inequality 73:35 — Duverger's Law: The inevitability of two-party systems under U.S. single-member-district plurality voting 79:22 — Gerrymandering and the social choice paradox: How institutions distort the popular will 92:45 — The Supreme Court myth: Political filtering of life-tenured justices and the failure of checks and balances 101:06 — Acknowledging the risks inherent in freedom — as a declaration of human fallibility 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 主讲人： 林垚，政治学、哲学、法学学者，高校教师，公众号“林三土”，播客“时差”、“催稿拉黑”，2024年出版文集《空谈》 Lin Yao, scholar of political science, philosophy, and law; university faculty member; author of the WeChat public account "林三土"; host of the podcasts "时差" and "催稿拉黑"; published essay collection Empty Talk (《空谈》) in 2024. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 还记得你在大学的时候，第一次听到一场酣畅淋漓的政治哲学讲座的感觉吗？本期节目，学者林垚带我们深入自由这个复杂概念的底层逻辑。 我们常挂在嘴边的“自由”究竟指代什么？是仅仅拥有选项，还是必须免受他人干预？想做自己想做的事”就叫自由吗？如果这种冲动只是被欲望驱使的“低级自我”呢？为什么自由会有「形式」与「实质」之分？为什么有人认为听从「哲人王」的教导才是真正的自由？归根结底，我们真的需要“自由” 这个东西吗？ Do you remember the feeling the first time you heard a truly exhilarating political philosophy lecture in college? In this episode, scholar Lin Yao takes us deep into the underlying logic of that complex concept: freedom. What does "freedom" — a word we throw around constantly — actually mean? Is it merely having options, or must it also mean freedom from interference by others? Does "being able to do what you want" count as freedom? What if that impulse is just your "lower self" being driven by desire? Why is there a distinction between "formal" and "substantive" freedom? Why do some argue that following the guidance of a "philosopher-king" is actually the truest form of freedom? And ultimately — do we even need "freedom" as a concept at all? 【时间轴 The When 】 00:00 - 日常生活中的自由直觉：救命，我被短视频绑架了 08:50 - 哲人王与道德律：自由概念在思想史上的困境 10:16 - 形式自由与实质自由的争论 12:38 - 消极自由与积极自由：从康德到伯林的名词演变 18:08 - 麦卡伦的三元表达式：主体、障碍与目标 27:36 - 查尔斯·泰勒的回应：机会概念与行使概念 36:30 - 女权主义视角：赫希曼谈自由背后的人格想象 45:30 - 菲利普·佩迪特：作为“免于支配”的新共和主义自由观 51:42 - 林垚的视角：个行其是的自由与共行其是的自由 67:16 - 现场问答：从演化论视角看人类的社会性与自由 00:00 - Everyday intuitions about freedom: Help, I've been hijacked by short-form videos 08:50 - The philosopher-king and moral law: the困境 predicament of freedom in the history of ideas 10:16 - The debate between formal freedom and substantive freedom 12:38 - Negative liberty vs. positive liberty: the evolution of terminology from Kant to Berlin 18:08 - MacCallum's triadic formula: agent, constraint, and goal 27:36 - Charles Taylor's response: the opportunity-concept vs. the exercise-concept 36:30 - A feminist perspective: Hirschman on the vision of personhood underlying freedom 45:30 - Philip Pettit: the neo-republican conception of freedom as non-domination 51:42 - Lin Yao's perspective: freedom as individual self-governance vs. freedom as collective self-governance 67:16 - Live Q&A: an evolutionary perspective on human sociality and freedom 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 主讲人： 林垚，政治学、哲学、法学学者，高校教师，公众号“林三土”，播客“时差”、“催稿拉黑”，2024年出版文集《空谈》 Lin Yao, scholar of political science, philosophy, and law; university faculty member; author of the WeChat public account "林三土"; host of the podcasts "时差" and "催稿拉黑"; published essay collection Empty Talk (《空谈》) in 2024. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 本期节目邀请到前 Meta 人工智能研究院高级经理田渊栋，与哥伦比亚大学商学院助理教授彭天翼，共同探讨 2026 年 AI 的核心命题：个性化。从冯·诺依曼架构的‘存算分离’到大模型的‘存算一体’，我们深入拆解了 AI 如何通过显性与隐性记忆构建个人数字孪生。我们还特别针对学术界与工业界的‘地位倒挂’、端侧 AI 的隐私平衡以及 AI for Science 等热门话题进行了全方位碰撞。当下的 AI 究竟是通才工具，还是具备独特审美与思维方式的个人助理？在 AI 时代，人类如何通过提出‘宏大愿景’来定义自我价值？ In this episode, we are joined by Yuandong Tian, former Senior Manager at Meta AI Research, and Tianyi Peng, Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School, for a wide-ranging conversation on one of the defining questions of AI in 2026: personalization. From the “separation of memory and computation” in the von Neumann architecture to the emerging “fusion of memory and computation” in large models, we unpack how AI may build a personal digital twin through both explicit and implicit forms of memory. We also dive into a range of major topics, including the role reversal between academia and industry, the privacy tradeoffs of on-device AI, and the promise of AI for Science. Is today’s AI simply a general-purpose tool, or can it become a personal assistant with its own distinctive aesthetic and mode of thinking? In the age of AI, how can humans define their value through the ability to articulate bold visions? 【时间轴 The When 】 00:00 - 老赵介绍嘉宾田渊栋与彭天翼 09:50 - 大模型中的存算一体与冯诺依曼架构 20:40 - AI的记忆困境：显式记忆与参数化记忆的路径之争 39:38 - 语言是智能的上限吗？处理非语言信息的挑战 48:51 - 实验趣闻：为什么模拟出的AI学生往往比真人更“聪明” 51:51 - 执行与反馈：验证者定律及强化学习中的奖励机制 72:40 - 学术界与工业界在AI浪潮中的角色转变 96:32 - 端侧AI（On-device Agent）的前景与隐私保护 00:00 – Zhao introduces guests Yuandong Tian and Tianyi Peng 09:50 – The fusion of memory and computation in large models, and the von Neumann architecture 20:40 – AI’s memory dilemma: explicit memory vs. parametric memory 39:38 – Is language the ceiling of intelligence? The challenge of processing non-linguistic information 48:51 – A research anecdote: why simulated AI students often seem “smarter” than real humans 51:51 – Execution and feedback: the verifier’s law and reward mechanisms in reinforcement learning 72:40 – The shifting roles of academia and industry in the AI wave 96:32 – The future of on-device AI agents and privacy protection 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 嘉宾： 田渊栋 博士：前Meta人工智能研究院研究员及高级经理 彭天翼 博士：哥伦比亚大学商学院决策风险与运筹系助理教授 Dr. Yuandong Tian: Former Research Scientist and Senior Manager at Meta AI Research Dr. Tianyi Peng: Assistant Professor of Decision, Risk, and Operations at Columbia Business School 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 本期“选修课”邀请到JustPod创始人杨一，探讨在去中心化时代，我们如何重建与媒体的连接。从1906年圣诞夜的海上广播，到2000年跨年全球电视直播的宏大叙事，杨一用他敏锐的行业洞察，还原了媒体是如何从单纯的工具演变为人类感官的延伸。节目涵盖了Pat Weaver如何创造深夜脱口秀、CNN如何在海湾战争中一战成名，以及面对移动互联网的冲击，创作者该如何平衡“磨大招”与“快迭代”。为什么在未来的数字世界里，找回“附近”和建立个人坐标系比盲目获取信息更为重要？在算法的洪流中追逐千万级的流量，还是建立一个基于信任和品位的“小城堡”？在这个人人皆媒体的时代，我们的使命与责任究竟在哪里？ In this episode we invited Yang Yi, founder of JustPod, to explore how we can rebuild our connection with media in a decentralized era. From the Christmas Eve sea broadcast of 1906 to the grand global television spectacle of the year 2000 countdown, Yang draws on his sharp industry insight to trace how media evolved from a simple tool into an extension of human senses. The conversation spans how Pat Weaver invented the late-night talk show format, how CNN rose to prominence during the Gulf War, and how creators today can balance “polishing a big move” with rapid iteration in the age of mobile internet. Why, in the digital future, is reclaiming a sense of “the nearby” and building a personal coordinate system more important than blindly consuming information? In the torrent of algorithms, should we chase tens of millions of views, or build a “small castle” grounded in trust and taste? In an era where everyone is a media outlet, what are our responsibilities? 【时间轴 The When 】 00:00 - 从WEAF电台旧址看100年前的媒体实验 05:28 - 人类第一次无线电广播背后的偶然性 12:55 - 早期广播先驱：弗兰克·康拉德与硬件商的生态系统构建 24:05 - 电视IP化的开端：从戏剧录制到深夜喜剧 34:02 - 电视语言创造跨越国界的文化记忆 42:37 - 里根法案如何终结Intelsat垄断并催生CNN 54:06 - 为什么说中世纪的宗教折叠画是当时的“短视频”？ 66:07 - AIGC的挑战：渠道门槛降低后，内容生产者的生存困境 00:00 – Visiting the former site of WEAF radio and media experiments a century ago 05:28 – The serendipity behind humanity’s first wireless radio broadcast 12:55 – Early broadcasting pioneers: Frank Conrad and the hardware-driven ecosystem 24:05 – The beginning of television IP: from recorded drama to late-night comedy 34:02 – How television language created cross-border cultural memory 42:37 – How Reagan-era legislation ended Intelsat’s monopoly and enabled CNN’s rise 54:06 – Why medieval religious folding paintings were the “short videos” of their time 66:07 – The challenge of AIGC: survival dilemmas for content creators as distribution barriers fall 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 谎言，是人类社会的润滑剂，还是效率的绊脚石？是一种自我保护的自由，还是滋生不公的温床？当「我没问题」「收到」「您说得对」背后真实的吐槽被强制公之于众，你的职场生活会更好还是更坏呢？《选修课》「如果宇宙」思想实验系列，再次撕开现实的口子，邀请你一同推想一个“无谎职场”。 我们探讨了当“防御性谎言”和“心照不宣的潜规则”消失后，一系列连锁反应将如何展开：预算博弈的“囚徒困境”能否被终结？等级森严的组织中，是会催生出更强的个体，还是会强迫人们将“崇拜”内化为真实信仰？从语言学的角度看，当隐喻与模糊性被视为不诚实，我们的沟通能力是否会被根本性地剥夺？00后新人为何期盼一个没有潜规则的世界？而体制内的“防御性表演”又将在绝对诚实面前何去何从？当情绪价值被重新估量，当“演戏”不再可能，我们究竟离一个更好的职场更近了，还是更远了？ Are lies the lubricant of human society or the stumbling block of efficiency? Are they a form of self-protection and personal freedom, or the breeding ground of injustice? When everyday workplace phrases like “I’m fine,” “Got it,” and “You’re right” are forced to give way to the truth behind the polite facades, will your work life become better—or worse? In this episode of Elective Course's “What If Universe” thought experiment series, we once again tear open a crack in reality and invite you to imagine a world with no lies at work. We explore the chain reactions that could follow the disappearance of "defensive lies" and unspoken workplace rules: Can the budgetary “prisoner’s dilemma” be resolved? In rigid hierarchies, will this honesty foster stronger individuals—or compel people to internalize flattery as genuine belief? From a linguistic standpoint, if metaphors and ambiguity are deemed dishonest, are we fundamentally robbed of our ability to communicate? Why do Gen Z newcomers long for a workplace without unspoken rules? And in the bureaucracy, what happens to “defensive performances” when absolute honesty becomes the norm? When emotional labor is reassessed and there’s no room left for “performing,” are we getting closer to a better workplace—or drifting further away? 【时间轴】 00:00 “如果宇宙”系列，设定脑洞“如果上班不能说谎”。 05:30 四位主播背景介绍（投资人、科研学者、体制内、00后新人） 08:00 体制内财务预算的“防御性表演”（虚报预算）和资源申请虚报的“囚徒困境” 20:24 对上级的表面崇拜和讨好全部消失，会增加还是减少情绪消耗？ 31:41 演戏是否算说谎？ 41:15 无谎会否带来更多PUA和画饼）？ 48:07 上位者在现有潜规则下获得了什么？ 55:06 从语言学角度看，“不许说谎”约等于“不许说话”？？ 59:32 为何透明高效的模式未成为主流？ 00:00 "What If" series: Thought experiment — What if you couldn't lie at work? 05:30 Backgrounds of the four hosts: investor, academic researcher, government employee, Gen Z newcomer 08:00 "Defensive performances" in government budgeting (inflated numbers) and the “prisoner’s dilemma” of resource applications 20:24 If all superficial flattery and fake admiration toward superiors disappear, will emotional exhaustion increase or decrease? 31:41 Is "acting" considered a form of lying? 41:15 Will a no-lies workplace lead to more workplace gaslighting and empty promises? 48:07 What do those in power gain from the current implicit rules? 55:06 From a linguistic perspective, does “no lying” mean “no talking”? 59:32 Why hasn’t the transparent and efficient model become mainstream? 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 本期「选修课」邀请民俗学家李明洁，从一张尘封于哥伦比亚大学特藏、来自1931年北京的“月光马”出发，开启一场对民俗图像与文化记忆的深度探索。 中秋节为何曾是专属女性的节日？为何观音、财神、关公、送子娘娘会毫无违和感地出现在同一张画上？“月光马”如何将一个普通空间瞬间切换为神圣场域，又在焚化后开启世俗的团圆？ In this episode, folklorist Li Mingjie takes us on an in-depth journey into folk imagery and cultural memory, beginning with a rare Moonlight Horse (月光马) print from 1931 Beijing—now preserved in Columbia University's Special Collections on Chinese popular religion. Why was the Mid-Autumn Festival once a festival primarily for women? Why do Guanyin, the God of Wealth, Guan Yu, and the Child-Giving Goddess (送子娘娘) all appear harmoniously on a single paper image? How did the Moonlight Horse instantly transform an everyday domestic space into a sacred ritual site—and, upon burning, open the door to a secular reunion? 【时间轴 The When】 00:34 - 哥大馆藏“中国纸神专藏”中的月光马 14:55 - “纸马”是什么 36:51 - “玉兔”和背景众神：华严三圣、四大天王等 53:21 - 阐释“男不拜月，女不祭灶”习俗 55:25 - 关羽为什么是财神 70:02 - 解释“兔儿爷”的由来与功能 72:25 - 月光马作为创造神圣空间的符号界标 76:45 - 追溯文化记忆的源头：从汉代画像石到当代田野调查 00:34 – The Moonlight Horse (月光马) in Columbia University’s “Chinese Paper Deities” special collection 14:55 – What are paper horses (纸马)? 36:51 – The Jade Rabbit (玉兔) and background deities: Huayan Trinity (华严三圣), Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王), etc. 53:21 – Explaining the folk custom: “Men don’t worship the moon, women don’t sacrifice to the kitchen god” 55:25 – Why Guan Yu is worshipped as the God of Wealth 70:02 – The origin and function of Tu’er Ye (兔儿爷, “Lord Rabbit”) 72:25 – The Moonlight Horse as a symbolic marker for sacred space creation 76:45 – Tracing cultural memory: from Han dynasty stone reliefs to contemporary ethnographic fieldwork 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主讲： 李明洁: 1991年至2023年任教于华东师范大学中文系和民俗学研究所，教授、博士生导师，从事社会语言学、都市民俗学和文化人类学的教学与研究，偏重文化认知和社会记忆领域。现供职于纽约大学东亚系和新学院大学尤金朗文理学院。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Our guest: Mingjie Li: From 1991 to 2023, she taught in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature and the Institute of Folklore at East China Normal University as a professor and doctoral advisor. Her academic work focuses on sociolinguistics, urban folklore, and cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on cultural cognition and social memory. She is currently affiliated with the Department of East Asian Studies at New York University and the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 从“占领男厕所”行动最终促成国家部委修改建筑规范，到“受伤的新娘”行为艺术推动反家暴立法，这些看似“出格”的行动背后，蕴含着怎样的策略巧思？本期节目，我们与这些行动的核心参与者对谈。她将以第一视角，生动再现当年那些充满创意甚至戏谑的行动细节。这是一部鲜活的中国当代女性行动史，充满了勇气、智慧与令人意想不到的幽默感。行动者如何在既有框架下寻找与主流对话的渠道，以“温和”的方式实现“激进”的目标？ From the “Occupy Men’s Restrooms” campaign that ultimately led to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development revising building codes, to the “Injured Bride” performance art piece that pushed forward anti-domestic violence legislation — behind these seemingly “outrageous” actions lie strategic ingenuity. In this episode, we speak with one of the core participants of these actions. She recounts, in vivid first-person detail, the creative and even playful tactics that characterized those moments. This is a living history of contemporary women’s activism in China, full of courage, wisdom, and an unexpected sense of humor. How do activists find channels to engage with the mainstream within existing constraints, and realize “radical” goals through “gentle” means? 【时间轴 The When】 02:24 - 从北京到纽约，回顾近十年的行动经历 05:28 - 从“占领男厕所”行动到2016年住建部出台新规 11:42 - “受伤的新娘”和反家暴行为艺术 18:11 - “剃光头”行动抗议教育部在招生中存在的性别歧视 24:51 - 行动空间一直都在，个人心态从“行动者”到“组织者”的转变 02:24 – From Beijing to New York, reflecting on nearly a decade of activism 05:28 – From the “Occupy Men’s Restrooms” campaign to the 2016 building code revision by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development 11:42 – The “Injured Bride” and anti-domestic violence performance art 18:11 – The “Shaved Head” protest against gender discrimination in university admissions by the Ministry of Education 24:51 – Activism is always possible: the personal shift from being an “activist” to becoming an “organizer” 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 无麸质饮食真的更健康吗？减肥到底该低碳还是低脂？市面上五花八门的保健品，是不是智商税？关于“吃”这件事，我们每天都在做决定，却也时常感到困惑。本期节目，我们请来美国注册营养师张千慧博士，为你一一击破关于流行饮食的常见迷思。 我们将以“无麸质饮食”和“低脂 vs. 低碳之争”为两大案例，回顾营养科学的发展轨迹，探讨其研究范式的局限性，并揭示食品工业的利益冲突如何深刻影响着公共卫生建议。究竟是否存在一套适合所有人的“最佳饮食”？当面对海量的营养信息时，我们该如何建立自己的思辨框架？本期节目将带你“浅尝不止”，从科学与历史的纵深处，重新理解我们与食物的复杂关系。 Is going gluten-free really healthier? When it comes to weight loss, should you cut carbs or fat? And what about all those supplements on the market—are they worth it or just a scam? Eating is something we do every day, yet we’re constantly confused by conflicting information. In this episode, we invite Dr. Jera Zhang, a registered dietitian based in the U.S., to debunk some of the most common myths surrounding popular diets. Focusing on two major case studies—“the gluten-free diet” and “the low-fat vs. low-carb debate”—we trace the evolution of nutrition science, question the limitations of its research paradigms, and expose how corporate interests in the food industry shape public health recommendations. Is there truly one “optimal” diet for everyone? How do we build our own critical thinking framework amid a flood of nutritional advice? This episode goes beyond surface-level bites, offering a deeper historical and scientific look into our complex relationship with food. 【时间轴 The When】 02:10 从流行饮食审视人与食物的关系。 05:10 详解无麸质饮食：麸质的定义，无麸质饮食的医学起源，谁需要无麸质饮食 26:43 低碳水化合物与低脂饮食的世纪之争 42:55 Q&A：低碳对女性生理期影响，在美国什么情况下可以看营养师，益生菌、保健品（维生素D、鱼油等） 65:12 营养学研究的复杂性和食品工业的强大影响力 02:10 Viewing human-food relationships through the lens of popular diets 05:10 Deep dive into gluten-free diets: What is gluten, the medical origins of gluten-free eating, who really needs it 26:43 The century-long battle between low-carb and low-fat diets 42:55 Q&A: Effects of low-carb diets on menstrual cycles, when to see a dietitian in the U.S., probiotics and supplements (vitamin D, fish oil, etc.) 65:12 The complexity of nutrition research and the powerful influence of the food industry 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主讲： 张千惠 Jera Zhang: 美国注册营养师，纽约市立大学亨特学院营养与公共健康系助理教授 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Our guest: Jera Zhang: Registered Dietitian (RD), Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Public Health at Hunter College, City University of New York 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么 The What】 本期节目是一个串台节目，录制于2024年十月，首发于不合时宜播客。 上一次诺贝尔物理学奖把桂冠颁给两位“AI 教父”，在物理圈和科技圈同时掀起了腥风血雨——物理奖是不是“名存实亡”？老赵从这桩「史上最具争议的诺奖」聊到个人 16 年的高能物理求学路，再到 AI、神经网络与涌现现象；一路拆解「时间-空间」这种我们天天挂在嘴边却难以言说的概念，甚至把广义相对论、规范场论背后的“美学冲动”也摆上了桌。 物理奖为什么会颁给人工智能研究？如果 AI 只是借了物理的灵感，这算不算“跨界越界”？当深度学习席卷世界，Hinton 与同行为何频频示警？技术飞奔时，谁来守住人类的边界？物理学究竟教会了我们什么视角？它真的是寻找客观真理，还是只是一种“看世界的方法论工具箱”？为什么爱因斯坦单凭“审美直觉”就能预言引力定律？当理论之“美”与自然精确吻合时，我们到底在惊叹什么？ Last year’s Nobel Prize in Physics crowned two AI luminaries and instantly ignited a storm: has the prize abandoned “real” physics? In this episode, physicist-turned-AI-researcher Zhichen walks us through the controversy, his 16-year voyage in high-energy theory, and how neural networks, emergence, and even the texture of space-time weave together. Along the way he reveals the aesthetic intuition behind general relativity and gauge theories and asks whether physics is a hunt for objective truth or just one more lens on reality. Does awarding an AI discovery rewrite the borders of physics? Why do pioneers like Hinton sound the alarm while driving the field forward? Is physics a toolbox of world-models rather than a catalogue of eternal facts? What do the debates between scientific realism and logical positivism mean for everyday reasoning? 【时间轴 The When】 00:00:37 去年的诺贝尔物理学奖与《什么是物理》初登场 00:08:32 老赵的“物理初心”——从奥赛保送到北大 00:14:10 无人押中！物理奖给 AI 的惊愕与争议 00:20:55 Hinton 为何把自己比作“AI 奥本海默” 00:24:44 学科边界正在消融：物理当“方法论输出者” 00:31:10 赫布定律与神经元：学习是如何在大脑里“写电流”的 00:43:31 “一百只白天鹅”与物理解释学危机 00:58:07 广义相对论：当审美预言被宇宙检验 00:00:37 The controversial Nobel Prize & Lao Zhao’s new book 00:08:32 Origin story: from Physics Olympiad to Peking University 00:14:10 Nobody guessed the AI-physics Nobel shock 00:20:55 Hinton as the “AI Oppenheimer” 00:24:44 Disappearing borders: physics as a methods supplier 00:31:10 Hebbian learning—how brains write with electricity 00:43:31 “One hundred white swans” & the crisis of explanation 00:58:07 General relativity: when elegance meets evidence 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 纽约，这座全球知名的大都会，拥有雄厚的财政，却始终背负着一套老旧而脆弱的地铁系统，这似乎是个令人费解的悖论。这一期的播客里，美国注册城市规划师罗雨翔带我们深入探讨纽约城市发展背后的政治与经济逻辑。从预算机制到政治利益博弈，从州政府与市政府之间的角力，到公众参与制度的利弊，我们看到基础设施问题不仅仅是技术和资金的问题，更是制度、历史与权力的复杂纠缠。 节目中提出了几个值得我们深思的问题：为什么纽约这样一个财政雄厚的城市，却无法高效地为基础设施投入资金？地铁管理权为何落入了州政府之手，而非市政府？小团体如何在重大公共项目上拥有巨大的影响力？这种模式究竟是公共福祉的保障，还是导致公共建设低效高成本的根本原因？纽约式的“公共与私人之间”的合作模式，究竟是一种创新，还是带有深深的制度隐患？ This episode dives into an intriguing paradox: New York City, a globally renowned metropolis with robust finances, yet burdened by an aging and fragile subway system. American certified urban planner Yuxiang Luo guides us through the intricate political and economic logic underlying the city's infrastructure issues. From budgetary mechanisms and political negotiations between state and city governments to the pros and cons of public participation systems, we realize infrastructure problems are far more than mere technical or financial issues—they're complex entanglements of institutions, history, and power dynamics. Several thought-provoking questions arise during the discussion: Why is New York, despite its significant financial resources, unable to efficiently invest in its infrastructure? Why does subway management lie in the hands of the state rather than the city government? How can small interest groups exert outsized influence over significant public projects? Is this model protecting public welfare, or is it the fundamental cause behind the inefficiency and high costs of public construction? Is the New York model of public-private cooperation genuinely innovative, or does it carry deep institutional flaws? 【推荐阅读】 如果你对这期节目内容感兴趣，请关注主讲人罗雨翔的新书《创造大都会——纽约空间与制度观察》！ 国内各大平台均有销售（淘宝、当当、京东），海外用户请使用这个链接购买。 【时间轴 The When】 00:00:40 纽约的地铁为何如此糟糕？基础设施背后的政治经济学 00:07:49 从电影《小丑》看纽约地铁问题的历史渊源 00:10:34 政府预算里的“两本账”如何影响了城市基建？ 00:11:28 地铁运营权转移给州政府背后的政治经济学博弈 00:19:25 拉瓜迪亚机场为何没有地铁快线？社区利益与公共项目的冲突 00:23:54 环境保护法如何导致公共建设效率降低？ 00:33:18 纽约街道规划如何成就了城市的宜居性？ 00:37:36 “曼哈顿网格规划”的历史意义与经济逻辑 00:47:51 “商业改进区”如何推动纽约街区建设？ 00:56:44 “公共与私人合作”模式的优势与隐患 00:00:40 Why is New York’s subway system so bad? The political economy behind infrastructure 00:07:49 Tracing the historical roots of NYC’s subway problems through the movie "Joker" 00:10:34 How do the government’s “two budgets” impact urban infrastructure? 00:11:28 The political-economic game behind transferring subway management to state government 00:19:25 Why doesn’t LaGuardia Airport have a direct rail link? Conflicts between community interests and public projects 00:23:54 How does environmental law reduce efficiency in public construction? 00:33:18 How did New York’s street planning contribute to the city’s livability? 00:37:36 Historical significance and economic logic of the Manhattan grid plan 00:47:51 How do Business Improvement Districts promote neighborhood development in NYC? 00:56:44 Advantages and pitfalls of the public-private partnership model 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 主讲： 罗雨翔：美国注册城市规划师，哈佛大学与伦敦政治经济学院建筑与经济双硕士。现居纽约，参与以及主持北美20余地区的地产开发、区域经济政策与公共领域投资项目。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. Guest: Luo Yuxiang: U.S. Registered Urban Planner, holding dual master's degrees in Architecture and Economics from Harvard University and the London School of Economics. Currently residing in New York, he has participated in and led over 20 real estate development, regional economic policy, and public domain investment projects across North America. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 海昏侯是近十年内中国最知名的考古发现之一 。作为当代保存最完整的汉代高等级墓葬，海昏侯墓的发现，包括115公斤的黄金、珠宝玉石、青铜剑、孔子屏风、竹简等让它一度成为社会文化新闻的热点。在奇珍异宝背后，隐藏着墓主人刘贺跌宕的人生。他少年世袭昌邑王爵位，17岁仓促地被拥立为皇帝，短短27天后遭到罢黜，几经贬斥，最终以海昏侯的身份逝于江西南昌。在汉昭帝逝世后的权利真空期，他既被迫又主动地走入政治旋涡的中心，须臾间人生起伏辗转，成为了中国历史上首位被废的皇帝。 除了海量的财富外，刘贺的随葬品以何种方式呈现了这位汉哀帝的一生？实物材料为我们认识历史开启了怎样的新视角？考古学能否呈现出数据之外关于人的故事？在本次讲座中，曾两次参与发掘工作的耶鲁大学在读博士周琪将与我们分享这项重大考古发现背后的故事。我们将借用学术界“透物见人”的概念，透过海昏侯墓的发掘成果和刘贺的人生经历，一起探索考古、历史与人生的相互映照与隐喻。 The Haihunhou Tomb is one of the most renowned archaeological discoveries in China over the past decade. As the most well-preserved high-status Han dynasty tomb ever unearthed, its findings—including 115 kilograms of gold, exquisite jewelry and jade, bronze swords, a screen bearing an image of Confucius, and ancient bamboo slips—once captured the spotlight of Chinese cultural and social news. Behind the glittering artifacts lies the dramatic life story of Liu He, the tomb’s occupant. He inherited the title of Prince of Changyi at a young age and was hastily installed as emperor at the age of 17, only to be dethroned after just 27 days. After years of political disgrace, he died in Nanchang, Jiangxi, under the diminished title of “Marquis of Haihun.” In the political vacuum following Emperor Zhao’s death, Liu He was thrust—both by circumstance and ambition—into the eye of the storm. In mere moments, his life rose and fell, making him the first emperor in Chinese history to be formally deposed. Beyond the vast wealth, how do Liu He’s burial goods reflect the arc of his tumultuous life? What new perspectives on history do these physical materials offer? Can archaeology reveal the human stories behind the data? In this talk, Zhou Qi—a PhD candidate at Yale University who has participated twice in the excavation—will share the stories behind this major archaeological discovery. Drawing on the academic concept of “seeing the person through the object,” we will explore how the findings from the Haihunhou Tomb and Liu He’s personal journey illuminate deeper metaphors about history, archaeology, and human existence. 【时间轴】 00:00:40 中国考古学怎么发掘一座墓 00:13:37 刘贺是怎么“被当上”皇帝的？ 00:39:12 黄金是怎么没被盗的？ 00:47:26 发掘等于破坏：考古的方法论思辨 00:52:11 为什么不挖秦始皇陵？ 00:00:40 How Chinese archaeology excavates a tomb 00:13:37 How Liu He was “chosen” to rule 00:39:12 Why the gold wasn’t looted 00:47:26 Digging is destruction: reflections on archaeological method 00:52:11 Why we don’t dig up the Qin Emperor’s tomb 【相关图片】 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 主讲人：周琪， 耶鲁大学考古学博士候选人 Speaker: Qi Zhou, Ph.D. candidate in archaeology at Yale University. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 在假新闻泛滥、社会撕裂的当下，做深度报道面临着前所未有的挑战。在当下美国社会分裂加剧、政治极化的背景下，华裔群体也被卷入这场变革的漩涡中。这期节目中，记者们通过一系列关于在美华人的报道，探讨如何突破信息茧房，建立真实的对话。 从走线客到科技精英，从政坛新星到快递司机，每个个体背后都有着复杂的故事。如何在极化的舆论环境中保持客观，避免刻板印象？如何平衡主观与客观？在采访对象从虚拟走向现实的过程中，记者们不断反思报道的边界与可能。 Amid rampant fake news and a fraying social fabric, producing in-depth journalism faces unprecedented challenges. As U.S. society grows more divided and politically polarized, Chinese Americans are being swept into the turmoil. In this episode, reporters draw on a series of stories about Chinese people living in the United States to explore how to break out of informational echo chambers and build authentic dialogue. From border crossers to tech elites, from rising political figures to delivery drivers, each individual carries a complex story. How can journalists stay objective and avoid stereotypes in such a polarized media environment? How can they balance subjectivity and objectivity? As their sources move from the virtual world into real life, the reporters constantly reflect on the boundaries and possibilities of their craft. 【时间轴】 00:00:40 华裔身份的多面性：在美国这片土地上的"陌生人"身份思考 00:13:37 陈旺的故事：走线者如何在纽约森林里寻找自我 00:39:12 唐百合的政治转变：从自由意志主义者到MAGA支持者的心路历程 00:47:26 搞文艺复兴的湾区华人工程师群像:在科技与人文之间寻找平衡 00:52:11 在2025年做记者：如何应对极化与情绪化的信息环境 00:00:40 The many facets of Chinese-American identity: reflections on being “strangers” in the United States 00:13:37 Chen Wang’s story: how a border-crosser searched for himself in the forests of New York 00:39:12 Tang Baihe’s political shift: the journey from libertarian to MAGA supporter 00:47:26 A “renaissance” among Bay Area Chinese engineers: finding a balance between technology and the humanities 00:52:11 Being a journalist in 2025: navigating an information landscape defined by polarization and heightened emotion 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 在被称为“美国人类学之父”弗兰茨•博厄斯（Franz Boas）的策划下，美国自然历史博物馆在二十世纪初进行了第一次中国远征（Jacob H. Schiff China Expedition，1901-1904）。博厄斯派到中国的“取经人”，是通晓汉、藏、满、蒙、梵语和波斯语等十余种亚洲语言的德裔犹太人伯特霍尔徳•劳弗（Berthold Laufer，也译为“劳费尔”）。年轻的劳弗不辱使命，1904年为西方世界带回来第一批真正意义上的中国民族学收藏。然而博厄斯野心勃勃的亚洲研究计划、这批中国收藏以及劳弗的学术生涯，都随着1905年博厄斯从自然历史博物馆愤然辞职而前途未卜。博厄斯为什么会对中国感兴趣？劳弗眼中的中国与博厄斯看到的中国是否一样？当劳弗把中国带回来的皮影、鸽哨和《御制耕织图》摆在展厅里，当时的美国观众买账吗？这批收藏后来的命运又如何？ 在这期播客中，供职于美国自然历史博物馆人类学部的薛茗博士将回顾百年前的这场中国远征，一个远征者在“人类学家”与“汉学家”之间摇摆的一生，以及美国早期人类学与中国研究失之交臂的遗憾。 薛茗博士的新书《77街的神龛——美国自然历史博物馆里物的灵韵与人的故事》今年由上海三联书店出版。 Under the direction of Franz Boas, considered the "father of American anthropology," the American Museum of Natural History conducted its first China Expedition (the Jacob H. Schiff China Expedition) from 1901-1904. Boas sent Berthold Laufer, a German-Jewish scholar fluent in over ten Asian languages including Chinese, Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, Sanskrit, and Persian. The young Laufer succeeded in bringing back the first truly significant Chinese ethnological collection to the Western world in 1904. However, Boas's ambitious Asian research plans, the Chinese collection, and Laufer's academic career all faced uncertainty when Boas angrily resigned from the Natural History Museum in 1905. Why was Boas interested in China? Did Laufer and Boas see China differently? How did American audiences respond to exhibits of Chinese shadow puppets, pigeon whistles, and imperial agricultural illustrations? In this episode, Dr. Ming Xue from the Anthropology Department of the American Museum of Natural History reviews this century-old China expedition, exploring Laufer's career between anthropology and sinology, and the missed connection between early American anthropology and Chinese studies. 【五月天购票链接】 今年3月29日，五月天成团25周年“回到那一天”演唱会将登陆拉斯维加斯忠实体育场（Allegiant Stadium）。这是五月天北美巡演的唯一一场，请记住，是唯一一场，也是华语歌手在北美开唱的最大规模和最高规格。演出将斥资千万美金打造，从巨型五球华丽舞美，到环场巴士，带你体验原汁原味的五月天魅力。 3月29日这个日子也很特别，是五月天正式成军的纪念日。从七号公园初次登场的那个三月，到拉斯维加斯五万人共享的星空，我们一起坐上时光机，穿越回忆任意门，体验一趟精彩万分的旅程，回到属于你和五月天的那一天。 无论你来自哪个国家，无论你是听着五月天歌长大的老粉，还是刚刚喜欢上他们音乐的新粉，这场演唱会，都不容错过。 请访问iemshowplace.com或Ticketmaster，或点击这个链接购票锁定席位： 购票链接：点击这里 VIP套餐还包含专属观赏区、快速通道和限量纪念礼包，值得收藏。 加入五月天，永远不会太迟。 【时间轴】 00:01:57 美国自然历史博物馆的历史地位与独特性 00:08:51 人类学博物馆的诞生与早期定位 00:11:37 社会进化论对早期博物馆展示的影响 00:31:50 劳福的"抢救式"收藏心态，与对中国民间文化的独特兴趣 00:42:26 现代人类学博物馆面临的挑战与转型 00:52:10 现代博物馆如何处理文化展示的敏感性 01:40:07 重新思考博物馆的文化对话功能 00:01:57 The historical significance and uniqueness of the American Museum of Natural History 00:08:51 The birth of anthropology museums and their early positioning 00:11:37 The impact of Social Darwinism on early museum exhibitions 00:31:50 Lao Fu’s “rescue-oriented” collection mindset and his unique interest in Chinese folk culture 00:42:26 Challenges and transformations faced by modern anthropology museums 00:52:10 How modern museums handle cultural display sensitivities 01:40:07 Rethinking museums’ role in facilitating cultural dialogue 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. 主讲人：薛茗 Guest: Dr. Ming Xue 本科毕业于北京大学生命科学院，2014年于美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）获得人类学博士学位，现供职于美国自然历史博物馆人类学部。她的研究关注物质文化、物质宗教、博物馆人类学、社会变迁等主题，长期在青海省黄南藏族自治州从事热贡唐卡艺术和唐卡艺人的研究。学术研究之外，担任纪录片导演、策展人、非虚构撰稿人。纪录片《画唐卡的女子》（2019）曾入选玛格丽特•米德国际电影节（Margaret Mead Film Festival）、世界遗产电影节（Heritales: International Heritage Film Festival）、亚洲研究学会电影节（AAS Film Expo）等。中文非虚构作品曾发表于三联《新知》杂志、澎湃思想市场、腾讯谷雨、飞地、《生活》月刊等媒体平台。 Dr. Xue's new book "Shrines on 77th Street: Objects and Stories from the American Museum of Natural History" was published this year by Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore. **【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 ** 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 在这期播客中，清华大学高等研究院研究员陈静远带领听众探讨了一个引人深思的话题：理论物理学的思维框架与认知方式。不同于常见的科普节目着重于介绍新概念和前沿发现，这次讨论聚焦于物理学家是如何构建知识体系、如何理解和统一看似不相关的现象。 从最早的数学抽象到现代物理理论,人类是如何逐步统一对自然界的认知的？为什么说物理学不仅仅是收集知识的"博物学",更是一种构建思想大厦的尝试？在量子信息与时空的统一、还原论与涌现性的讨论中,我们又该如何理解科学本质？ In this podcast, Chen Jingyuan, a researcher at Tsinghua University's Institute for Advanced Study, leads listeners through a thought-provoking topic: the theoretical frameworks and cognitive approaches in theoretical physics. Unlike typical science popularization programs that focus on introducing new concepts and frontier discoveries, this discussion centers on how physicists build knowledge systems and how they understand and unify seemingly unrelated phenomena. How has humanity gradually unified its understanding of nature, from the earliest mathematical abstractions to modern physical theories? Why is physics not merely a "natural history" of collecting knowledge, but rather an attempt to construct an edifice of ideas? And how should we understand the essence of science in discussions about the unification of quantum information and spacetime, or reductionism versus emergence? 【时间轴 Timecodes】 00:08:07 物理学思维的本质:发现表面不相关事物间的统一性 00:10:32 牛顿革命:地上与天上规律 00:31:28 爱因斯坦革命:时间与空间 00:38:02 量子革命:场与粒子 00:55:44 现代前沿:量子信息与时空的潜在统一性 01:15:45 科学作为认知方法的本质 00:08:07 The essence of physical thinking: discovering unity among seemingly unrelated things 00:10:32 The Newtonian revolution: laws of heaven and earth 00:31:28 The Einstein revolution: time and space 00:38:02 The quantum revolution: fields and particles 00:55:44 Modern frontiers: potential unity of quantum information and spacetime 01:15:45 The nature of science as a cognitive method 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主讲： 陈静远，清华大学高等研究院研究员 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Our Guests: Chen Jingyuan, physics researcher at Tsinghua University's Institute for Advanced Study 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 在这期节目中，我们延续上一期节目的建筑学和工程学角度，对“超级建筑”里人类历史发展的设想进行了进一步的推演：当地球环境不再适合人类居住，全球80亿人口将被迁移至北美大平原上的一座超级建筑群中。这个由网格化区块构成的巨型居住系统，不仅要解决人类的生存问题，更要尽可能保持危机前的生活丰富度。 当所有人类被迫共处一"楼"，地缘政治会如何重构？没有了海洋作为天然屏障，小国寡民还能否独善其身？在这个高度集中化的生存体系中，谁将成为新的统治阶级——是掌握核心技术的工程师，还是在旧世界就积累了财富的既得利益者？而当第二代、第三代在这个密闭空间中长大，他们还会认同曾经的民族文化吗？ In this episode, we continue our previous discussion on architecture and engineering by exploring how human history might unfold within a "super-structure": When Earth becomes uninhabitable, humanity's 8 billion population will relocate to a massive building complex on North America's Great Plains. This grid-based mega-structure aims not just to ensure human survival, but to maintain the richness of pre-crisis life. When all of humanity is forced to live under one "roof," how will geopolitics be reshaped? Without oceans as natural barriers, can small nations maintain their independence? In this highly centralized system, who will become the new ruling class - the engineers who control core technologies, or those who accumulated wealth in the old world? And as second and third generations grow up in this enclosed space, will they still identify with their ancestral cultures? 【时间轴】 00:57 宏大设想：北美平原上的人类新家园 03:39 地缘政治的重构：从海洋文明到陆地文明的转变 16:50 地缘文化的消亡与新传统的建立 27:41 博物馆政治：历史记忆的保存与重塑 34:28 资源再分配：新型经济体系的可能性 39:05 文化的重塑：从地域差异到同质化生活 50:56 希望的曙光：重新分配与平等的机遇 00:57 The Grand Vision: A New Home for Humanity 03:39 Geopolitical Reconstruction: Maritime to Continental Civilization 16:50 Culture's Evolution: New Traditions in a Shared Space 27:41 Museum Politics: Preserving Historical Memory 34:28 Resource Redistribution: A New Economic Order 39:05 Cultural Transformation: From Diversity to Unity 50:56 Dawn of Hope: Equality in the New World 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主讲： 刘怡，记者，业余游泳健将 周琪，热爱胡思乱想的考古工作者 Aileen，奔走在社会公益第一线的公卫人 Michael，哲学系毕业，漂泊的金融从业者 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Our Guests: Liu Yi, journalist and avid swimmer Zhou Qi, archaeologist with a penchant for wild imagination Aileen, public health worker on the frontlines of social welfare Michael, philosophy graduate turned wandering finance professional 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 如果你刚刚开始关注大选，你的精神健康应该比美轮美换的几位主播要好一些。在大选前夕，美轮美换的几位主播做客纽约文化沙龙，帮你梳理了这场大选的关键时间点和重要议题：从拜登的意外退选到哈里斯的临危受命，从经济表现的党派差异到移民政策的困境，每个议题都折射出美国社会的深层分裂。 在摇摆州选情胶着、社会撕裂加剧的背景下，这场选举是否会重新定义美国政治？经济数据与民众感受之间的巨大鸿沟该如何弥合？移民政策的两难困境能否找到平衡点？当两党政治生态日益分化，社会撕裂愈发明显，美国的民主制度将面临怎样的挑战？ For those who are just tuning into the 2024 election discourse, your mental health is probably much better than the hosts of American Roulette – who have been breathlessly tracking every development for the past year. As the election day approaches, our guests from American Roulette have distilled all of the pivotal moments and critical issues that have defined this madhouse of a cycle - from Biden’s unexpected withdrawal to Kamala’s ascension, from partisan narratives on the state of the economy and immigration. Each flashpoint illuminates the deepening chasm of American society. As the battleground state odds remain locked in a coin toss, we try to ponder the fundamental questions: will this election yet again reshape American politics? How to bridge the chasm between the escalating social divisions? Why do the economic indicators tell different stories to the two parties? And as the two-party ecosystem grows increasingly polarized and social fabric continues to fray, what trials await America's democratic institutions? 【时间轴】 00:01:12 考前突击：为什么我们需要关注这场选举 00:09:07 特朗普封口费案的来龙去脉 00:29:30 特朗普遭遇暗杀未遂事件的影响 00:34:12 拜登退选与民主党的权力交接 00:48:20 副总统候选人万斯和沃尔兹的选择 00:52:50 经济议题：通胀、就业与选民感受的复杂性 01:01:25 移民议题与社会分化 01:12:39 堕胎权之争：从罗伊诉韦德案到现在 01:19:16 这次大选对美国民主制度的影响 01:26:33 七大摇摆州的选情分析：从蓝墙到阳光带 01:37:40 计票规则解读：为何结果可能需要等待数天 01:40:05 国会选举展望：参众两院的微妙平衡 00:01:12 Last-minute primer: why this election demands our attention 00:09:07 Trump hush money case: untangling the complex web 00:29:30 Implications of the attempted assassination on Trump 00:34:12 Biden's withdrawal and the democratic power transition 00:48:20 VP picks: a closer look at Vance and Walz 00:52:50 The economy: navigating inflation, employment, and voter sentiment 01:01:25 Immigration and social fractures: America's deepening divide 01:12:39 The abortion battle: from Roe v. Wade to present day 01:19:16 Impact on American democracy: examining institutional resilience 01:26:33 Battleground analysis: from the blue wall to the sun belt 01:37:40 Vote counting explained: why results may take a week 01:40:05 Congressional outlook: the delicate balance in both chambers 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主讲： 小华：媒体人，美政观察者 Lokin：美国法学院毕业生，即将成为一名纽约诉讼律师 王浩岚：美国政治爱好者，岚目公众号主笔兼消息二道贩子 曹起曈：青椒，政治行为研究者 主播和嘉宾的言论不代表其所在机构或其雇主的观点。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Our Guests: 小华 (Xiao Hua): Journalist, political observer Lokin: U.S. law school student, incoming NY litigation lawyer 王浩岚 (Haolan Wang): American political enthusiast, chief writer at Lán Mù WeChat Official Account, and peddler of information 曹起曈 (Thomas Cao): Assistant professor at the Tufts Fletcher School The views expressed by the host and guests do not represent the opinions of their employers or any affiliated institutions. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 纽约市的房价一直以来都是人们关注的焦点。随着时间的推移，房价的上涨不仅是一个经济现象，更是一个复杂而深刻的社会现象。作为全球金融中心和文化枢纽，纽约市吸引了大量的人口涌入和商业活动，导致了房屋需求的持续增加。但除此之外，纽约政府独特的规划政策和土地开发“游戏规则”也对房价形成了深刻的影响，往往以意想不到的方式影响市场供需关系。 政府是如何与开发商周旋的？为何纽约会有高楼大厦与老房子共存的城市面貌？保障房在纽约是如何开发的？政府对于开发项目有哪些限制和补贴？ 高房价对社会结构和文化氛围的影响是怎样的？ 如果你对这期节目内容感兴趣，请关注主讲人罗雨翔的新书《创造大都会——纽约空间与制度观察》！国内各大平台均有销售（淘宝、当当、京东），海外用户请使用这个链接购买。 New York City's housing prices have long been a focal point of public attention. Over time, the rise in housing prices has become not just an economic phenomenon, but a complex and profound social issue involving multiple factors. As a global financial center and cultural hub, New York City has attracted a large influx of people and business activities, leading to a continuous increase in housing demand. Beyond the macroeconomics, New York's unique planning policies and land development rules have also had a profound impact on housing prices. At the same time, rising housing prices have led to changes in the city's social structure, challenging local residents with rising housing costs and deteriorating living conditions, sparking widespread discussions about social equity and economic development? How does the government negotiate with developers? Why does New York have a cityscape where skyscrapers coexist with old buildings? How is affordable housing developed in New York? What restrictions and subsidies does the government have for development projects? What impact do high housing prices have on social structure and cultural atmosphere? If you find this episode interesting, please check out our speaker Luo Yuxiang‘s new book 《创造大都会》! 【时间轴】 00:07:33 纽约房价数据及其成为社会和政治议题 00:11:23 纽约没有总体规划，而是通过分区（Zoning）来管理城市开发 00:18:02 90%的开发项目无需审批 00:26:19 通过Hudson Yards项目分析纽约政府在推动开发中的重要作用 00:34:44 经济适用房（Affordable Housing） 00:42:55 开发商建设经济适用房的盈利模式及其对整体房价的影响 00:07:33 New York housing price data and its emergence as a social and political issue 00:11:23 New York has no overall plan, but manages urban development through zoning 00:18:02 90% of development projects require no approval 00:26:19 Analysis of the New York government's important role in promoting development through the Hudson Yards project 00:34:44 Affordable Housing 00:42:55 Developers' profit model for building affordable housing and its impact on overall housing prices 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 主讲： 罗雨翔：美国注册城市规划师，哈佛大学与伦敦政治经济学院建筑与经济双硕士。现居纽约，参与以及主持北美20余地区的地产开发、区域经济政策与公共领域投资项目。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. Guest: Luo Yuxiang: U.S. Registered Urban Planner, holding dual master's degrees in Architecture and Economics from Harvard University and the London School of Economics. Currently residing in New York, he has participated in and led over 20 real estate development, regional economic policy, and public domain investment projects across North America. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

欢迎来到我们的特别企划：如果宇宙计划！ 【聊了什么】 在一个气候危机的虚构背景下，人类被迫全部搬进一栋大楼生活。这个大胆的设定引发了一场跨学科的头脑风暴：如何在保证80亿人口基本生存需求的同时，最大程度上实现资源优化配置和空间舒适性？一根通天塔？层层叠叠的环形楼？铺满半个美国的巨型温室？ 这场对话来自于纽约文化沙龙和沙丘研究所组织的一场线下对谈。要让“全世界的人都住进同一栋大楼”这种科幻式的想象成为一种合理的设定，会涉及很多学科的参与和讨论。年初我们邀请了二十几位来自各行各业的朋友就这个设定展开线下的想象和讨论。 基于线下讨论的蓝本，我们邀请了几位嘉宾进行了更加深度的对话，而这是对话的第一部分：从建筑学、工程学的角度考虑，这栋大楼应当被设计成什么样子呢？ In a fictional setting of a climate crisis, humanity is forced to move into a single building for survival. This bold premise sparked an interdisciplinary speculation exercise: How can we optimize resource allocation and spatial comfort while ensuring the basic survival needs of 8 billion people? Do we build a babel tower, or as the kids would say, “to the moon”? Do we want circular structure or even a giant greenhouse covering half of the United States? To make the scifi premise plausible, an interdisciplinary approach was required. Earlier this year we invited twenty friends with diverse backgrounds to an in-person New York Cultural Salon round table for a speculative exercise. Based on the outline from the offline discussion, this is a deeper dive on the first and the foundational problem: From the perspectives of architecture and engineering, how would we even build this? 【时间轴】 00:00:00 太空电梯的设想:将80亿人装入一栋6000公里高的大楼 00:09:04 “一根楼”：太空电梯的科幻元素和工程难度 00:34:21 “一块楼”：边长十公里的立方体？ 00:44:43 大楼内不同区块之间的物质和信息流通接口 00:55:41 从工程师的角度思考：模块化，可拓展性，标度对称 01:11:52 方格网状的建筑群落 00:00:00 The concept of a space elevator: Housing 8 billion people in a 6000-kilometer-tall building 00:09:04 Science fiction elements and engineering challenges of a space elevator 00:34:21 A cube with 10-kilometer sides? 00:44:43 Designing the material and information flow interfaces between different zones within the building 00:55:41 Engineering mindset: Modularity, expandability, and scale symmetry 01:11:52 Grid-like architectural communities 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 李雅伦：设计师，沙丘研究所创始人和主要创作者 陈飞樾：城市研究者，写作者，设计师，沙丘研究所创始人和主要创作者 嘉宾： 黄河清：应用物理学博士，科研工作者，《闲话物理》主播 程祠：业余食品民工，职业网上冲浪，准备回村读书 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. Li Yalun: Designer, Founder and main creator of Dunes Institute Chen Feiyue: Urban researcher, Writer, Designer, Founder and main creator of Dunes Institute Guests: Huang Heqing: PhD in Applied Physics, researcher, host of 闲话物理 podcast Cheng Ci: Amateur food industry worker, professionally online 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么The What】 阿黛、大蝶和海燕，三位坐标纽约的优秀女性音乐人和艺术家围绕阿黛的新专辑《妈妈我三十了》展开了一场女性视角下艺术表达的圆桌讨论。在当下，女性艺术家如何突破传统的男性凝视，用自己的声音讲述自己的故事成为她们共同关注的焦点。 我们是否能够打破对女性身体和性的羞耻感，坦然面对自己的欲望？当我们大胆表达女性情欲时，是在争取身体自主，还是在迎合男性目光？母亲对女儿的期待是爱的延续，还是控制欲的体现？艺术创作能否帮助我们摆脱性别的枷锁找到自我认同？ For this episode, we are joined by three outstanding female artists - ADÀI, Dii Fu and Hedy - in a discussion around Adai's new album "Mom, I'm Thirty.” They explored the theme of artistic expression from a female perspective, how contemporary women artists can break free from the traditional male gaze and tell their own stories with unique voices. Can we shatter the shame surrounding female bodies and female sexuality, and embrace our own desires? When we tell stories about female sensuality, are we asserting bodily autonomy, or pandering to the male gaze? Is a mother's expectation for her daughter an extension of love, or a manifestation of the desire to control? Can artistic creation help us break free from the shackles of gender norms and find self-identity? 【时间轴 The When】 01:12 从阿黛新专辑《妈妈我三十了》谈起，探讨30岁女性的生活状态 06:50 阿黛谈创作初衷：表达30岁女性如何做人、面对性与爱 12:26 大蝶《塞牙歌女》背后的故事：为独立进步女性发声 19:00 音乐中的男性凝视：男性如何想象和塑造女性形象 22:00 女性音乐人如何表达自己的视角，挑战传统性别刻板印象 30:50 饶舌音乐：本是男性化的音乐形式，女性如何利用它表达自我 47:30 海燕谈女性艺术家表达性体验和性器官的重要性 51:30 阿黛和大蝶在创作中如何表现女性情感和性 01:12 ADÀI's new album "Mom, I'm 30" and the life of 30-year-old women 12:26 The story behind Dii Fu’s "Picky Girls": giving voice to independent and progressive women 19:00 The male gaze in music: how men imagine and shape the female image 22:00 How female musicians express their own perspectives and challenge traditional gender stereotypes 30:50 Rap music: originally a masculine music form, how do women use it for self-expression 47:30 Hedy on the importance of female artists expressing sexual experiences and organs 51:30 How ADÀI and Dii Fu express female emotions and sexuality in their creative work 【拓展链接】 阿黛《妈妈我三十了》 大蝶《塞牙歌女》 【我们是谁 The Who】 《选修课 Universus》是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 陈璐：比较文学硕士，跨文化的非虚构写作者，翻译，书影评论人，女性主义者，希望听到大家的故事。 嘉宾： 宋黛霆 ADÀI：活跃在纽约/北京的独立流行歌手、词曲作者、制作人和DJ，前腾讯音乐签约艺人。自2017年入行以来，阿黛的歌曲在华语音乐平台上累计多达6000万次播放，出现在院线电影、黄金档电视剧中，优酷综艺《这！就是原创》音乐榜单Top 6。自2021年以来，她开始活跃在纽约，以ADÀI的艺名与德、俄、荷、美、土等国的制作人合作电子舞曲（EDM），Spotify月均65k+播放。目前也在伯克利音乐学院NYC校区任教。此次她携带新专辑《妈妈我30了》，聊聊创作中的女性视角和反抗。 大蝶 Dii Fu：北京人，现居布鲁克林，独立唱作人。她致力于为女性、少数群体发声，多将喜剧、中国传统元素融入作品中。她曾主导多个女性集体创作活动，将近百位女性的个人故事收录于创作中，并联合各界女性艺术家共同完成音乐制作、视觉表达及短片拍摄。她热衷在艺术领域跨界，涉猎短片导演、脱口秀、舞台表演、雕塑等。曾任老狼、Jony J等知名歌手北美演唱会制作人。 海燕：（HEDY ZHANG），生于中国西安，现居美国纽约。毕业于纽约帕森斯设计学院，获得美术学士学位，辅修性别研究。她以行为艺术和多媒介创作为主，作品曾在纽约地铁、UNDERCURRENT画廊等展出，2023年被欧洲CUT ART画廊代理。她的作品曾被收录在哥伦比亚大学艺术史图录中，也在ARTSY、OPENSEA等平台上开放收藏，并接受VOYAGE LA、AMNY、EVERYART等多家媒体采访。作为《一万个艺术家的晚餐》的主编，她致力于探索艺术与社会、身份和文化、性别和语言的关系，为观众搭建交流平台，并书写中国先锋艺术家自己的艺术史。 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lu Chen: Master of Comparative Literature, cross-cultural non-fiction writer, translator, book and film critic, feminist, and someone who hopes to hear everyone's stories. Guests: ADÀI: An independent pop singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ, active in New York and Beijing. Formerly signed with Tencent Music, her songs have garnered over 60 million plays on Chinese music platforms since she began her career in 2017. Her music has been featured in major films, prime-time TV dramas, and ranked in the Top 6 on Youku's music variety show "This! Is Original." Since 2021, she has been active in New York, collaborating on electronic dance music (EDM) with producers from Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, the USA, and Turkey under the stage name ADÀI, with over 65k monthly streams on Spotify. She is currently teaching at Berklee College of Music's NYC campus. ADÀI's latest album, "Mom, I'm 30," explores female perspectives and rebellion in her creative process. Dii Fu: Beijing native currently residing in Brooklyn, independent singer-songwriter. She is dedicated to amplifying the voices of women and minority groups, often incorporating comedy and traditional Chinese elements into her work. She has led several women's collective creative projects, incorporating the personal stories of nearly a hundred women, and collaborating with female artists across various fields to produce music, visual art, and short films. Passionate about interdisciplinary art, she engages in short film directing, stand-up comedy, stage performance, and sculpture. She has also served as the North American concert producer for renowned singers such as Lao Lang and Jony J. HEDY ZHANG: Born in Xi'an, China, and currently residing in New York City, USA, she graduated from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a minor in Gender Studies. Specializing in performance art and multimedia creations, her work has been exhibited in venues such as the New York City Subway and UNDERCURRENT Gallery. In 2023, she was represented by CUT ART Gallery in Europe. Her works have been included in Columbia University's art history catalogs and are available for collection on platforms such as ARTSY and OpenSea. She has been interviewed by various media outlets, including VOYAGE LA, AMNY, and EVERYART. As the editor-in-chief of "Dinner with Ten Thousand Artists," she is dedicated to exploring the relationships between art and society, identity and culture, gender and language, providing a platform for audience engagement and documenting the history of Chinese avant-garde artists. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么】 在这一期选修课中，我与黄潇潇展开了一场关于信仰、信仰和灵性生活的深入对话。潇潇在哥伦比亚大学获得东亚语言与文化硕士，并于圣托马斯大学攻读福传与文化硕士。 我想了解作为一个在无神论教育中长大的中国人为何会选择突破成长环境给予的思维定势，拥抱一个全新的宗教世界观？ 在潇潇看来，关于宗教信仰的议题之于每个人都应当是一门"必修课"。我们应当如何理解"信仰"？它是一种寄托、一种精神依归，还是我们超越自我、连接至高存在的途径？如果说皈依意味着新生，彼岸世界是什么样的？科学与宗教是否真的势不两立？教会固守教义是原则的坚定，还是思想的僵化？“与时俱进”是否是一种当代性的“坐标霸权”？面对新时代的伦理困境，经典文本能否给出令人信服的应对之道？宗教信仰是存在主义危机的解药吗？在虚无和焦虑浸染的时代，对于那些无法被物质和功利填满的内心角落，人类究竟需要怎样的信仰？ In this thought-provoking episode, we embarked on a profound exploration of faith and its role in shaping our lives with our guest Xiaoxiao. Raised in an atheistic education system, what compelled her to challenge this upbringing and embrace an entirely new religious worldview? Xiaoxiao argues that the question of religious faith is something every individual should examine. What exactly is "faith"? Is it a form of spiritual refuge, a source of existential solace, or a means to transcend the self and connect with a higher power? Can science and religion truly coexist? When religious institutions adhere to their doctrines, is it a display of principled conviction or a symptom of ideological stagnation? Can ancient wisdom offer compelling solutions to modern problems? Can faith fill the void in our souls that materialism and utilitarianism leave behind? 【时间轴】 01:12 大学期间对基督教的态度：从好奇到受洗 00:20:00 基督教能与时俱进吗? 00:30:50 现代人的虚无感来自于失去了超越性 00:38:12 讨论对基督教常见的看法：反科学、保守主义等 00:52:06 道德和价值观的基础在于有无一个超越的上帝 01:15:44 基督教对现代性的批判：过度关注自我 00:02:04 Xiao Xiao's journey of Christian faith: from curiosity to baptism 00:20:00 Is Christianity out of touch? 00:30:50 Modern people's lost of transcendence 00:38:12 Address common conceptions about Christianity: anti-science, conservatism, etc. 00:52:06 The foundation of morality and values lies in whether there is a transcendent God 01:15:44 Christianity's critique of modernity: excessive focus on the self 【拓展链接】 越过台伯河：我为什么是天主教徒［上］ 【我们是谁 The Who】 选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 嘉宾： 黄潇潇：哥伦比亚大学东亚语言与文化硕士，圣托马斯大学福传与文化硕士在读 选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013. The past decade of organizing events and talks put us in a position of creating a sort of liberal arts education experience for those who have left school. We strive to go beyond merely transmitting knowledge to reflecting on complex topics using cross-disciplinary perspectives. We strive to resist conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse schools of thought. Our goal is to help professionals resist becoming just a tool of production, and to understand the world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide. With a light-hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that “选修课 Universus” creates a space to explore lost dimensions. Hosted by: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. Guest: Xiaoxiao Huang: Master's degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University, currently pursuing a Master's degree in Evangelization and Culture at the University of St. Thomas. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]

【聊了什么The What】 从一个粒子物理学博士转型为公共写作者，程扬扬不断反思母语的影响与限制，重审自己与故乡的关系，在写作中实践自由，探索语言的边界。 作为一个跨国成长、拥有多重学科身份认同的人了，程扬扬在写作中试图找到属于自己的声音。她分享了自己在英语学习过程中对语言自由的思考，讨论了科学术语翻译如何反映一个时代的权力结构。她坦诚地谈到作为一个华裔女性写作者如何在性别和族裔身份中寻找平衡，用诚实而敏锐的笔触描绘世界，让沉默的人说话，让被遮蔽的事物显形，用一个全新的视角照亮世界。 Why do we write? Transitioning from a physics PhD to a public writer, Yangyang constantly reflects on the influence and limitations of her mother tongue, re-examines her relationship with her homeland, practices freedom in writing, and explores the boundaries of language. As someone who grew up transnationally with multiple academic identities, she seeks to find her own voice in writing. In this episode, she shares her thoughts on linguistic freedom during her English learning process and discusses how the translation of scientific terms reflects the power structure of an era. She also talks about finding balance in her gender and ethnic identities, depicting the world with an honest and sharp pen, letting the silenced speak, revealing the concealed, and illuminating the world from a brand-new perspective. 【时间轴 The When】 00:00:00 选修课播客的起源 00:06:00 程扬扬的早期写作经历 00:10:34 母语中的禁忌话题:政治与死亡 00:16:08 英语学习：一种逃避和自由的语言 00:24:19 “科学”一词的翻译演变及其反映的时代变迁 00:42:18 作为华裔女性写作者面对的刻板印象与挑战 00:51:10 写作要直面内心，表达真实的自我 00:54:49 文字的力量：唤醒沉默的人，照亮被遮蔽的世界 01:05:48 人类跨越时空留下信息，建立彼此的联结 00:00:00 Early writing experiences 00:10:34 Taboo topics in her mother tongue: politics and death 00:16:08 Learning English: a language of escape and freedom 00:24:19 The evolution of the translation of "science" and the changes it reflects in different eras 00:42:18 Stereotypes and challenges faced as a Chinese female writer 00:51:10 Writing requires facing one's inner self and expressing the true self 00:54:49 The power of words: awakening the silenced and shedding light on the concealed world 01:05:48 Humans leave information across time and space to establish connections with each other 【我们是谁 The Who】 《选修课 Universus》是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。 我们力求引发对学科方法和视角的认知和思考，而不仅仅是知识的传递。我们在组织活动的过程中积累了一些经验和人脉，尝试打造成年人的博雅教育，并在播客中拓展这样的探索。我们希望审视和反抗无意识的价值规训与随波逐流。我们希望冷酷地剖析自己的偏见，热忱地拥抱多元视角。我们希望去工具化，真诚地感知、理解、创造自己的生活和复杂的世界。我们追随原初的好奇而非代餐式的猎奇。话题可以轻松，方法力求严肃。在《选修课》里，我们互相映照，唤醒失落的维度。 主播： 老赵：理论物理学博士，软件工程师，纽约文化沙龙组织者。 Xiaohan：东亚美术史博士，哥伦比亚大学美术史讲师，纽约文化沙龙理事。 选修课 Universus is an Chinese-language podcast that explores a wide range of cultural topics. It originated from the New York Chinese Culture Salon, which was founded in 2013. We strive to go beyond transmitting knowledge, and to stimulate awareness and reflection on cross-disciplinary methodology and perspectives. The past decade of organizing the Salon put us in a position of creating a liberal arts education experience for adults, which we further expand upon in our podcast. We strive to bring awareness to the unaware, to resist conditioning and conformity, to dissect our own biases, and to embrace diverse perspectives. Our goal is to de-instrumentalize ourselves, and to perceive and create our own lives and the complex world around us in earnest. We let our genuine curiosity be our guide, instead of being let astray by consumeristic sensationalism. With a light hearted tone, we approach each topic seriously. We hope that 选修课 Universus creates a space for us to reflect upon each other and explore lost dimensions. Hosts: Lao Zhao: PhD in Theoretical Physics, software engineer, and organizer of the New York Cultural Salon. Xiaohan: PhD in East Asian Art History, lecturer in Art History at Columbia University, and board member of the New York Chinese Culture Salon. 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 打赏平台：www.patreon.com/universuspod 商务合作邮箱：[email protected] If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: 打赏平台: www.patreon.com/universuspod Business Inquiries Email: [email protected]