The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Writing a Best-Seller While Broke: Interview w/ James Palmer of Foreign Policy Magazine | Ep. 109

Jan 23, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Did You Grow Up?
01:49 • 3min
3
I've Been Exposed to China Your Whole Life
05:03 • 3min
4
I'm Very Much Ad Mird Your Book
07:45 • 5min
5
What Was All That I Wanted?
12:27 • 2min
6
I Love or Soma Binladen Was a Useful Disguise
14:05 • 3min
7
The Book of Mongolia
17:20 • 4min
8
The Absolute Best Thing for Authors Is Translation Fees
21:10 • 4min
9
Book Review - The Bloody White Baron
25:25 • 2min
10
Mongolia - The History of the Mongolian Empire
27:55 • 4min
11
The Baron's Lost Treasure
31:34 • 4min
12
Writing a Book
35:43 • 2min
13
You Can't Do That Ship Forever
37:19 • 2min
14
Bloody White an - A Novel About the Tangshin Earthquake
39:08 • 2min
15
How Do You Write a Book?
40:56 • 2min
16
Editing Your Own Text
42:54 • 5min
17
How Did You Decide to Leave China?
47:44 • 2min
18
The Global Times - A History of China
49:33 • 3min
19
How to Get the Fox Out of Here
52:46 • 5min
20
'It's Time to Get Out of Somewhere'
57:47 • 1min
21
The Peril of Being a Journalist in China
59:02 • 3min
22
Is There a Difference Between a Chinese Official and a Foreign Official?
01:02:16 • 3min
23
How to Like Make Friends With People Outside Your Social Circles
01:04:59 • 4min
24
What Does Foreign Policy Look Like From the Inside?
01:08:37 • 6min
25
Is the First Language and Who Are Perhaps Coming to a Particular Audience for the First Time?
01:14:14 • 2min
26
The Bread and Butter Expert Peese
01:15:51 • 3min
27
Is There a Difference Between Cold Email Submissions and Cold Mail Submissions?
01:18:23 • 2min
28
Do You Have Criteria When You're Getting Pieces?
01:20:21 • 2min
29
Is There a Pet Peave That Every Editor Should Avoid?
01:21:57 • 5min