What Next Token Weekly is
Next Token Weekly is the flagship weekly show of the video-podcast brand Next Token｜词元之外. Four co-hosts — Pan YANG, Guizang, Orange, and Xiangyang Qiaomu — sit down each week for a roundtable review of the most consequential AI stories. The show publishes both a video and an audio edition, with its show page at nexttoken.tv/weekly.
The intro of episode #001 introduces the show this way: “the flagship show Next Token Weekly, where Pan YANG, Guizang, Orange, and Xiangyang Qiaomu hold a weekly roundtable, sharing observations, practice, and differing judgments” (show intro in the Chinese transcript). At the opening, duty host Pan YANG describes the original idea: “at a fixed time every week, review the events and news of the past week across the AI world, and offer our own reading of them” (the line in the Chinese transcript).
Format
Episodes are not headline read-throughs. The discussion is organized around the week’s events — models and agents, AI hardware, business and organizations, creative tools — and the co-hosts’ disagreements stay in the final cut. There is no permanent host; a rotating duty host threads each episode, and Pan YANG held that role for episode #001 (opening line in the Chinese transcript).
Published and announced episodes so far:
- Episode #001, “The LLM ‘Kill Line’ Wars: Tokens Are the New Money” — unpacks 24 AI stories from August 27 to September 3, 2026, covering models and agents, AI hardware, and business and organizations.
- Episode #002, “iPhone Duo launches. Does Astra using a computer count as AGI?” — recorded at AGI Bar in Shanghai, discussing new hardware, model capabilities, and creative tools.
- Episode #003 is officially announced for an online recording on September 19, 2026; timing and topics are updated on the show page.
Each episode ships with a full Chinese transcript organized by chapters — see the episode #001 transcript and the episode #002 transcript (both in Chinese).
Where to listen and watch
The audio edition is published on Xiaoyuzhou, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify; the video edition on Bilibili and YouTube. Per-episode links are collected on the show page and on each episode page, which also carry show notes and transcripts.
Frequently asked questions
What is Next Token Weekly?
The flagship weekly roundtable of Next Token｜词元之外: co-hosts Pan YANG, Guizang, Orange, and Xiangyang Qiaomu review the week’s AI news in both video and audio editions. The show page is nexttoken.tv/weekly.
Which platforms carry Next Token Weekly?
Audio is on Xiaoyuzhou, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify; video is on Bilibili and YouTube. Per-episode links are on the show page.
Is listening to Next Token Weekly free?
The show is openly available on those platforms, and the transcripts on the official site are free to read; each platform’s own account rules apply as published by that platform.
How often does Next Token Weekly release?
Weekly. Published episodes and the next recording announcement are listed on the show page.
Are transcripts available?
Yes. Each episode has a full Chinese transcript organized by chapters — start from the episode #001 transcript or the episode #002 transcript (Chinese transcript).