Predictive History, Professor Jiang, No Ads
This podcast features no-advertisement lectures by Jiang Xueqin, also known as Professor Jiang. The audio files are from Jiang's lectures, focusing on predictive history. The content is presented without commercial interruptions.
Episodes
Emergency Discussion #1: Spain Wins World Cup, US Plans Ground Invasion of Iran
In this July 20, 2026 Zoom discussion, Professor Jiang discusses current events, and answers questions from Substack subscribers.
Live with Predictive History #2: US-Iran War, World Cup
A recording from Predictive History's live videohttps://predictivehistory.substack.co...
Global Meet-Up #1 (Tokyo): Japan's Geo-Political Outlook
On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Professor Jiang visited Tokyo, and discussed Japan's geo-political outlook. What follows are highlights from the 3-hour event. Much appreciation to Keito Ochi for organizing the event at Lakeland University.
Substack Founding Members Livestream #2
A Zoom discussion covering the war in Iran, the fate of Europe, education reform, and more.
Substack Live #1: Welcome to Boomer Hell
A recording from Predictive History's live videohttps://predictivehistory.substack.co...
Predictive History Founding Members #1
A recording from Predictive History's live videohttps://predictivehistory.substack.co...
Game Theory #29: Final Examination
In this Thursday, May 28, 2026 lecture Professor Jiang answers your questions.
Game Theory #28: Predictive History
In this talk to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang reviews all the important ideas from this semester.
Game Theory #27: Putin Enters the Chat
In this Thursday, May 21, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students Professor Jiang explains how Putin plans to defeat the American empire.
Game Theory #26: The Holy Empire of AI
In this Tuesday, May 19, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the connections between the Freemasons and the AI surveillance state. Notes and References:1. "Morals and Dogma" by Albert Pike2. "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel 3. "What's the Difference between God and Larry Ellison?" by Mike Wilson4. "Between Two Ages"
Game Theory #25: Trump Visits China
In this Thursday, May 14, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains why the United States and China will negotiate a grand bargain.
Game Theory #24: The AI Apocalypse
In this Tuesday, May 12, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains why AI will end humanity. Notes and References:1. Empire of AI by Karen HaoPlease consider making a small donation here:https://buymeacoffee.com/predictivehi...Please subscribe to the Predictive History Substack here:https://predictivehistory.substack.co...Dear viewers: I do not monetize my YouTube
Game Theory #23: The WWIII Chessboard
In this Thursday, May 7, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the worldview and strategy of the four major participants of World War III. Notes and References:1. Paradise Lost by John Milton2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Great Books #10: Dante's Hierarchy of Hell
In this Wednesday, April 29, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Dante constructed the Inferno. Notes and References:1. Dante's Infernohttps://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dan...
Great Books #9: Dante's La Commedia
In this Wednesday, April 8, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang introduces Dante's Divine Comedy. Notes and References:1. Dante: https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dan...
Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire
In this Wednesday, March 25, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Vergil's "The Aeneid" became the Bible of the Roman Empire. Notes and References:1. Vergil's "The Aeneid" by Robert Fagles
Great Books #7: The Anti-Homer
In this Wednesday, March 18, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Vergil inverts Homer.Notes and References:1. Vergil's Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles
Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love
In this Wednesday, March 11, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the power of love.Reference:1. Homer's Odyssey (translated by Robert Fagles)
Great Books #5: The Odyssey
In this Wednesday, March 4, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the central conflict of the Odyssey.
Great Books #4: The Conscious Universe
In this Wednesday, January 28, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the nature of consciousness as depicted in Homer's Iliad.
Great Books #3: Poets and Prophets
In this Wednesday, January 21, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Homer created Greek civilization.Reference:1. "Defense of Poetry" by Percy Shelley
Great Books #2: Homer and the Invention of the Human
In this Wednesday, January 14, 2026 talk to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that to be human is to "hear yourself speak."
Great Books #1: Secrets of the Universe
What are the Great Books? In this introductory lecture, Professor Jiang explains that the Great Books are meant to help us achieve our true human potential by revealing the secrets of the universe. This semester, Professor Jiang will discuss five Great Books:1. The Iliad by Homer 2. The Odyssey by Homer3. The Republic by Plato4. The Aeneid by Vergil5. The Divine Comedy by Dante
Game Theory #22: Twilight of the Nation-State
In this Tuesday, April 28, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that 21st century warfare is about turning the civilian population against the state.Notes and References:1. "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Game Theory #21: World War Trump
In this Tuesday, April 21, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains America's national security strategy, and why this war in Iran cannot end.Notes and References:1. America's National Security Strategyhttps://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23...
Game Theory #20: Mid-Term Examination
Professor Jiang answers your questions!
Geo-Strategy END: Psychohistory (The Science of Imagining the Future)
In his June 13, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin concludes his Geo-Strategy course by discussing how to use AI to chart a better future for humanity:In his Foundation series, Isaac Asimov introduces the science of psychohistory. Is it really possible to predict the future by mathematically modeling historical development?By mathematically modeling history, "Cliodynamics" has revealed interesting
Geo-Strategy #11: The Second American Civil War
In his June 7, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin explores how and why America would fight a second Civil War:Right now, America is suffering three trends that make civil war more and more likely:a.) Increasing political polarization driven by the culture wars and inequality.b.) Breakdown of the narratives that bind America, especially the American Dream and liberalism. c.) Growing distrust of America'
Geo-Strategy #10: Putin's Strategic Imagination
In his June 5, 2024 class Jiang Xueqin explains Putin's strategic genius:In February 2022 Putin invaded Ukraine. At first, the war did not go well, and the United States had a three-point plan to defeat Putin:1.) Equip Ukraine to defeat the Russian army.2.) Sanction Russia, and cause it to economically implode.3.) Isolate Russia, and turn it into a pariah state.Today, we recognize that this
Geo-Strategy #9: Putin's War for the Soul of Russia
In his May 31, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin explains why Putin is preparing to mobilize Russian society for total war:Putin's favorite philosopher Aleksandr Dugin believes that Russia and the West are fighting Samuel Huntington's War of Civilizations in Ukraine. What does he mean by this? In the late eighties, Francis Fukuyama published his "End of History?" essay, which argued that
Geo-Strategy #8: The Iran Trap
In his May 29, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin explains that an American invasion of Iran would be a catastrophic mistake:If Trump were to win a second term, he would likely contemplate invading Iran. While an initial invasion would seem successful, American forces would quickly become bogged down in Iran's mountainous terrain. The American invasion would be similar to Athens' invasion of Sicily
Geo-Strategy #7: Who Killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?
In his May 24, 2024 class Jiang Xueqin examines if Iran President Ebrahim Raisi's death was an accident or an assassination: On May 19, Iran President Raisi's helicopter crashed into the mountains, killing all nine on board. Most experts believe it was a weather-related accident. There are skeptics who believed that powerful forces within Iran stood to gain from Raisi's death. Raisi
Geo-Strategy #6: America's Imperial Hubris
In his Wednesday, May 22 class, Jiang Xueqin explains to his Chinese high school students the strengths and weaknesses of the American military doctrine "Shock and Awe":In 2003, the American military used a revolutionary military doctrine called "Shock and Awe" in its Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Shock and Awe" combined American air supremacy, technological omniscience,
Geo-Strategy #5: Why Trump Will Win
In his Friday, May 17, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin explores who will win the US Presidential election in November: Joe Biden's 2020 coalition of college-educated professionals, minority voters, twenty-somethings, and suburbanites may not hold in 2024. Voters are upset about inflation, illegal immigration, and foreign policy direction.If Trump picks Nikki Haley to be his running mate, he has a ver
Geo-Strategy #4: Saudi Arabia's Trump Card Against Iran
In his May 15, 2024 class Jiang Xueqin explains to his Chinese high school students the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia:At the beginning of 1979 Saudi Arabia and Iran were friendly with each other. Both were America-aligned oil-exporting monarchies. Iran’s Islamic Revolution was a political earthquake that promised to topple the entire Middle East political order. Ever since Saudi Arabia an
Geo-Strategy #3: How Empire is Destroying America
In his May 5, 2024 class, Jiang Xueqin explains to his Chinese high school students how empire is eroding the stability and vitality of the American Republic: From 1950-1980, America's manufacturing sector accounted for 40 percent of GDP, employed 30 percent of its workforce, and enjoyed 40 percent of total profits. Today, it's only 10 percent of GDP, and the financial services sector is a
Geo-Strategy #2: Christian Zionism and the Middle East Conflict
In his April 30, 2024 class, Jiang explains the origins and thinking of Christian Zionism, and how it is driving conflict in the Middle East.He argues that while most Christians consider Christian Zionism to heretical, it has the most potential to capture people's imagination due to the instability, uncertainty, and extremity of the times we live in today.
Geo-Strategy #1: Iran's Strategy Matrix
On April 24, 2024, Jiang Xueqin explains to his Chinese high school students Iran's geo-political strategy. Because the United States has military dominance, Iran must conduct asymmetrical warfare, and ask four questions with all its actions:a.) Does this action make my population more confident and united?b.) Does this action help me consolidate trust and solidarity with my allies?c.) Does th
Secret History #END: Pax Judaica
In this Thursday, December 18, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how and why Pax Judaica will come to rule the world. Notes and References:1. Book of Ezekiel, Hebrew Bible2. Observations Upon the Prophecies of Daniel by Isaac Newton3. Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn4. The Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koestler5. Kill King 33 by James Dow
Secret History #27: Empire of Evil
In this Tuesday, December 16, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the alliance between the British Empire and the Sabbatean Frankists created modernity. Notes and References:1. Coningsby by Benjamin Disraeli2. Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Masson3. The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud4. Aetiology of Hysteria by Sigmund Freud5. Fragments of an A
Secret History #26: Faith of Evil
In this Thursday, December 11, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the religious outlook of Jacob Frank. Notes and References:1. The Collection of the Words of the Lord (Jacob Frank), translated by Harris Lenowitz) 2. "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop" by William Butler Yeats3. Faust by Goethe
Secret History #25: Capital of Evil
In this Tuesday, December 9, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how transnational capital came to dominate the world.
Secret History #24: Empire of Church
In this Thursday, December 4, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the Catholic Church became the ultimate empire.Notes and References:1. Albigensian Crusade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigen...2. Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasania...3. The Quran
Secret History #23: The Organization of Evil
In this Tuesday, December 2, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Paul created Christianity.Notes and References:1. Gospel of John, New Testament2. Acts of the Apostles, New Testament3. Letter to Romans, New Testament4. Letter to Corinthians, New Testament5. City of God by Augustine
Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus
In this Thursday, November 27, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the true teachings of Jesus.Notes and References:1. Gospel of Thomas2. Gospel of Matthew3. Divine Comedy by Dante4. Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Secret History #21: Roman Anti-Civilization
In this Tuesday, November 25, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Rome came to dominate the Mediterranean. Notes and References:1. History of Rome by Livy2. The Aeneid by Virgil3. The Iliad by Homer
Secret History #20: The Hellenistic World
In this Thursday, November 20, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how and why Alexander the Great birthed the Hellenistic world.Notes and References:1. Histories by Herodotus2. The Peloponnesian World by Thucydides
Secret History #19: Dawn of the Jews
In this Tuesday, November 18, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that the Persians constructed the Jewish identity in order to divide and rule the Levant.Notes and References:1. Book of Ezra, Hebrew Bible (Standard Revised edition)2. Book of Nehemiah, Hebrew Bible (Standard Revised edition)Please Support Professor Jiang:1. Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/
Secret History #18: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
In this Friday, November 14, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Zarathustra create monotheism. Notes and References:1. Gathas of Zarathustra 2. Poetry of Rumi3. Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche4. Pablo Vasquez Lecture on Gathas: • The Gathas, Zoroastrianism, and the Ancien... 5. Zoroaster and the First Enlightenment: • Zoroaster
Secret History #17: Literary Genesis
In this Wednesday, November 12th lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the Yahwehist gave birth to the Bible as well as the nation of Israel.Notes and References:1. Book of Genesis, Hebrew Bible2. Book of Kings, Hebrew Bible3. Book of J by Harold BloomPlease Support Professor Jiang:1. Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/PredictiveHi...2. Subscribe: https://pre
Secret History #16: The Big Bang of Greek Civilization
In this Thursday, November 6, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Homer gave birth to Greek civilization, humanity's creative peak. Notes and References:1. The Iliad by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles)2. Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes3. The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tol
Secret History #15: Capital and the Bronze Age Collapse
In this Tuesday, November 4, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the Bronze Age global trade network was a proto-capitalistic system, and therefore bound to collapse hard and fast.Notes and References:1. Debt by David Graeber2. 1177 BC by Eric H. Cline3. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely4. "Power Causes Brain Damage" in the Atlantic Monthly
Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes
In this Friday, October 31, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that the people of the steppes were history's greatest conquerors because they were the most open, energetic, cohesive. Notes and References:1. The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas2. The Civilization of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas3. Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda J
Secret History #13: Mandate of Heaven
In his Wednesday, October 29, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang proposes a new theory on the birth of civilizations. Notes and References:1. Theogony by Hesiod2. Epic of Gilgamesh 3. Enuma Elish4. Debate between Sheep and GrainPlease support Professor Jiang:1. Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/predictivehi... 2. Subscribe: https://predictivehistory.substack.c
Secret History #12: Heaven on Earth
In this lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the religious imagination inspired humans to Heavenly achievements. Notes and References:1. The Wayfinders by Wade Davis2. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow3. The Forest People by Colin TurnbullPlease support the work of Professor Jiang:1. Donate: https://buymeacoffee.com/PredictiveHi...
Secret History #11: Dawn of the Human Imagination
In his Tuesday October 21, 2025 class Professor Jiang argues against Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. He believes that humans from the beginning were spiritual, compassionate, and artistic. Reference:1. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow2. Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Please support Professor Jiang:1. Donate to him: https://buymeacoffee.com/predictivehi
Secret History #10: The Conspiracy of Evil
In this Friday, October 17, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students Professor Jiang examines three major American events. He shows that the official explanations for the JFK assassination, the 1969 moon landing, and 9/11 are problematic. Because Professor Jiang wants to pursue the truth without fear and hesitation he cannot monetize his YouTube channel. Please consider supporting his work
Secret History #9: The Theory of Everything
Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?Scientists tell us they have all the solutions. The Big Bang Theory, Evolution, and Neuroscience reveal a random, material, and emergent universe. But there are fundamental problems with all three theories. What is dark energy? How did we make the evolutionary leap from ape to human? Where does consciousness come from? In this Wedne
Secret History #8: Death by Bureaucracy
Notes and References:1. The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt2. The Trial by Franz Kafka3. Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott4. For this talk, I relied heavily on the work of Michael Zanini. His Substack is here: https://revitalize.substack.com/p/why...5. The article on the ballooning bureaucracy of Swedish higher education can be found here: https://link.springer.com/article/10
Secret History #7: Death by Meritocracy
We like to believe that a meritocracy is the best way to pick society's winners and losers. In this Friday, September 12, 2005 lecture to his Beijing high school students Professor Jiang argues that the meritocracy is destroying America. He argues that Harvard created the meritocracy for its own benefit. Harvard's endowment has skyrocketed at the expense of American democracy, social mobi
Secret History #6: The Psychology of Evil (Graphic and Disturbing, Viewer Discretion Advised)
What is mind control, and how does it work? In his Wednesday, September 10, 2025 lecture to Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how mind control techniques originated in ancient Egypt. Priests developed these techniques to control the Pharaoh, and they became embedded into Egyptian mythology.Today, these ancient mind control techniques are still used. Please Support Professor
Secret History #5: The Birth of Evil
Where do secret societies come from? What do they teach? On Friday, September 5, 2025, Professor Jiang lectured on the development of the religious tradition in the West. References:1. The Book of Enoch2. The Gospel of Thomas3. Paradise Lost by John Milton4. The Book of Genesis5. "The Secret History of the World" by Mark BoothPlease Support Professor Jiang's Work: 1. If you&#
Secret History #4: How Evil Triumphs
Why is there evil in the world? In his Thursday, August 28, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how secret societies operate, and why they're the true centers of power in the world. Please Support Professor Jiang's Work: 1. If you'd like to delve deeper into this topic, please subscribe to Professor Jiang's Substack: https://predictivehisto
Secret History #3: Death by Gerontocracy
The Western world is in decline. Immigration is tearing apart the social contract, and causing ethnic tensions. Young people cannot find work, and can no longer afford a house. Debt is crippling governments and households.In his Tuesday, August 26, 2025 class to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that these trends are caused by the aging crisis, in which rich pensioners ar
Secret History #2: How Societies Collapse
In this lecture, Professor Jiang explains the three theories as to why and how societies rise and fall: the financialization of society, elite over-production, and the civilization life cycle. Recommended Readings: 1. Please do yourself a favor, and read Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century.” It’s surprisingly clear and simple, and his evidence is striking and overwhelming. 2. It’s essen
Secret History #1: How Power Works
In this lecture, Professor Jiang proposes that by studying geo-politics we can develop analytical frameworks that permit us to predict the future. If our predictions turn out to be accurate, we can use these validated frameworks to reveal the secret history of humanity. How does power work? Professor Jiang proposes that power is alchemy, and allows those in power to transform lead into gold. We
Game Theory #19: The Hollywood-Pentagon Complex
In this Tuesday, April 7, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains why the Americans invest so much into the myth of "no man left behind." Notes and References:1. "The Militarization of Movies and Television," a paper by Tanner Mirrlees:https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/s...
Game Theory #18: Trump World Order
In this Thursday, April 2, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains Donald Trump's grand plan. Notes and References:1. "Foundations of Geo-Politics" by Aleksandr Dugin
Game Theory #17: The Great Reset
In this Tuesday, March 31, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how an elite control the global financial system, and engineer financial collapses.Notes and References:1. "1929" by Andrew Ross Sorkin2. "Tower of Basel" by Adam Lebor
Game Theory #16: Pax Judaica Rising
In this Thursday, March 26, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that Israel has the most to benefit from the war between the United States and Iran.
Game Theory #15: The Return of History
In this Tuesday, March 24, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang argues that the US-Iran war marks the end of Pax Americana and globalization.
Game Theory #14: The Law of Proximity
In this Thursday, March 19, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how internal conflicts determine foreign wars.
Game Theory #13: Epstein's World
In this Tuesday, March 17, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the world really works, and why there can be no peace between the United States and Iran.
Game Theory #12: The Law of Eschatological Convergence
In this Thursday, March 12, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how extreme eschatologies drive geo-politics.Notes and Reference:"Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem Schneerson" by Joseph Telushkin
Game Theory #11: The Law of Escalation
In this Tuesday, March 10, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains why escalation control is more important than escalation dominance in the US-Iran War.
Game Theory #10: The Law of Asymmetry
In this Thursday, March 5, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains that for Iran to triumph asymmetrically the people to become energetic, open, and cohesive.
Game Theory #9: The US-Iran War
In this Tuesday, March 3, 2026 lecture, Professor Jiang analyzes the US-Iran War.
Game Theory #8: Communist Specter
In this Thursday, January 29, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the origins of Communism.Notes and References:1. "Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engels2. "Wall Street and the Russian Revolution" by Richard B. Spence
Game Theory #7: America's Game
In this Tuesday, January 27, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains why America is more of a nation-game than it is a nation-state.
Game Theory #6: The World's Bank
In this Thursday, January 22, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the British empire evolved into an offshore financial system.
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