Silicon Curtain
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A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.
1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 1047
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
573. John Sweeney - Trump, Ukraine, Russia in 2025 - The Outcome is Unpredictable and May be Unexpected
John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series. Sweeney ceased working for the BBC in October 2019,…
Jonathan MS and Phil Ittner - Monday - "Trucks under Christmas Tree" Livestream Fundraiser Campaign
Trucks under Christmas Tree Since 2022 an extraordinary group of people have been fighting the information war for Ukraine in the global arena. Car for Ukraine has now joined with a group of thes…
570. Russia's War on Energy and How it Uses Winter as a Weapon: Alex Cornell du Houx & Ievgeniia Kopytsia
Alex Cornell du Houx served on the Energy Utilities and Technology and Legal and Veterans Affairs committees, sponsoring 14 successful pieces of legislation and co-sponsoring 98 successful bills. H…
567. Shota Dighmelashvili - The Mechanics of State Capture Exported from Russia to Georgia, Moldova, etc.
Shota Dighmelashvili is editor-in-chief at Forbes Georgia, a policy entrepreneur and a dedicated civil society leader. His work has earned global acknowledgement, including features in renowned int…
569. Iryna Baturevych - How Ukrainian Cultural Talent has been Repressed, Tormented, Silenced and Erased.
Iryna Baturevych is a co-founder of the Chytomo media project (NGO), the Ukrainian independent media covering publishing and contemporary literary and cultural processes in Ukraine. Together with t…
571. Konstantin Samoilov - 3 Levers Trump Could Pull to Trigger Putin's Doomsday Scenario
Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose cha…
568. Olga Vlasova - Manipulating Fear and Incentives Form Complex Array of Tactics used by Putin's Regime
A complex array of tactics are employed by the Russian government to manipulate public sentiment in connection with Russia's war in Ukraine, and to stifle any internal dissent. Studying the "politi…
566. Rose Wang - Bluesky Social Aims to Help Users Escape the Tyranny and Toxicity of Social Algorithms
It’s been claimed that on Election Day in the US 280,000 X users closed their accounts. At the same time, Bluesky saw a massive spike in new users, up from 13 million in October, surpassing 21 by N…
565. Mariam Kintsurashvili - Brutal Repression and Lawlessness Unleached on Peaceful Georgian Protesters.
Mariam Kintsurashvili is a Strategic Communications expert, countering hybrid warfare. ---------- LINKS: https://x.com/kintsurashvili7 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kintsurashvili/ https://demsecinst…
Silicon Bites #68 - Assad's Brutal Regime is Falling and Putin Feels the Walls Close in Around him
Edition No68 | 08-12-2024 - Assad is falling – in fact the total capitulation of his regime may be confirmed by the time this episode comes out. The mainstream media are paying attention and giving…
564. Lesia Dubeno - Putin's Overseas Adventures in Ruins - Is Russia Suffering from Disasterous Overreach
See the full conversation on iWi channel - https://youtu.be/1aOGBQv2j2M https://www.youtube.com/@infowarfarechannel/featured ---------- Lesia Dubenko is a Ukrainian journalist and analyst featured i…
Silicon Bites #67 - Mr Carlson Comes to Moscow to Amplify The Kremlin's Nuclear Terroristic Threats.
Edition No67 | 06-12-2024 - Love him or loath him, Tucker Carlson has a knack for sucking the oxygen out of the information space. He creates friction, he generates headlines, he grabs attention. “…
563. Anna Gvarishvili - Freedom in Georgia Under Threat Following Stolen Election by Kremlin Proxy Party
Anna Gvarishvili is a journalist and editor, providing news and analysis on the drastic reversal of liberal democratic values in Georgia. She is Head of Investigative Media Lab (IML). Anna worked a…
562. Andriy Zagorodnyuk - Beware Ahead of Negotiations - Concessions by the West Signal Weakness to Putin
Andriy Zagorodnyuk is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. From 2015 to 2017, Andriy headed the Reform Project Office at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He was the Minister of Defence of Uk…
561. Kevin Leach - The Surge Can Save Ukraine But There is Little Time Left for Sullivan to Get it Done
Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a C…
559. Cormac Smith - Putin Will Escalate Ahead of Being Forced into Negotiations - A Violent Winter Awaits
Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. In 2016 he travelled to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Adv…
Silicon Bites #66 - Putin and Patrushev Threaten Trump with Unsubtle Warnings - What do They Expect?
Edition No66 | 01-12-2024 - It is an illusion that Putin wants the war to end. In fact, he needs the war not to end, to perpetuate his regime. There are no limits to how many Russians he will sacri…
560. Philip Ingram & Cormac Smith - Trump Holds All the Cards as Putin Weakens Economically & Militarily.
Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. In 2016 he travelled to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Adv…
558. Timothy Ash - Dramatic Collapse of Rouble Weakens Russia and Terrifies Putin, Shaking his Authority.
Timothy Ash, who has been professional economist for more than 30 years, with two thirds of that in the banking industry. Timothy’s specialism is emerging European economics, and he writes and blog…
Silicon Bites #65 - Rouble Crashes Showing up Flaws in Putin's Fantasy Militarised Sovetised Economy
Edition No65 | 24-11-2024 - We’ve been predicting that the Russian economy would implode for going on two years, but also pointing out that Russian Central bankers may be able to preserve an impres…