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
- 1048
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Silicon Bites #57 - North Korea is Now Deeply Committed to Enabling Russian Victory against Ukraine.
Edition No57 | 16-10-2024 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused North Korea of sending military personnel to Russia. And judging by the media coverage, this is not seen as a big dea…
528. Maksym Eristavi - Gaslight, Invade & Extermination - The Mechanics of Russian Colonial Expansionism.
Maksym Eristavi is a Ukrainian journalist and writer. An author of the ‘Russian Colonialism 101’ guidebook and self-described 'Russian colonialism storyteller in chief,' he champions global awarene…
527. Keir Giles - Russia's Next War - Who Will Defend Europe from an Aggressive and Militaristic Russia?
We are naturally focused on the war in Ukraine, as the largest such conflict since WWII on the territory of Europe. But this is just the latest manifestation of extreme aggression b Russia, in a pa…
2024-10-13 | @SiliconWafers | Ramzan Kadyrov Accuses Three Russian Lawmakers of Plot to kill Him.
2024-10-13 | None of us know what forms Putin’s nightmares take, but I’d hazard a guess that open conflict between his mafia lieutenants would feature in them. Adding the ethnic colour of a ‘blood …
525. Igor Tracz -Terrible Truth of War in the East of Ukraine - its Scale, Brutality and Terrible Impact.
SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER - A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline town…
2024-10-11 | Is Israel at War with Russia After Strike Near Russian Base in Syria
2024-10-11 | This news is a week old, but more details are coming out, so it’s worth taking a deeper dive into the Israel strike near the Russian air base in Syria. The full impact of this has also…
524. Andrey Kurkov - Nothing Bad Ever Happened - How Russia Whitewashes & Repeats Worst Crimes of History
Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual. He is the author of 20 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, ficti…
Silicon Bites #56 - Schrödinger's Terrorist: is Igor Strelkov (Girkin) Alive or Dead? Rumours Abound
Edition No55 | 06-10-2024 - Ukrainian officials in Chernihiv have told residents not to swim in the Desna River after a toxic spill last month. This video is based on the excellent reporting of Luk…
473. Katia Denysova - Exploring Groundbreaking Modernist Art Made in Ukraine Between 1900 and the 1930s
Katia Denysova is an Art historian and curator. She is the co-curator of ‘In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine', 2022-24 which is currently running at the Royal Academy, London. (Museo Nac…
Silicon Bites - #55 - Russian Commits Another Ecocide with Poisoning of the Seim and Desna Rivers.
Edition No55 | 06-10-2024 - Ukrainian officials in Chernihiv have told residents not to swim in the Desna River after a toxic spill last month. This video is based on the excellent reporting of Luk…
523.Lesia Dubenko - Israeli Strike Shows it's not Afraid of Russia when Upholding its Security Interests
Lesia Dubenko is a Ukrainian journalist and analyst featured in the Financial Times, Politico Europe, New Eastern Europe, Washington Times, and more. She’s currently affiliated with Ukraine’s media…
522. John Sweeney - Putin's Uniformed Gangsters have Captured Russian Society, Military, Media, Education
GUEST: John Sweeney - investigative journalist and writer. Orange hat advocate. ---------- SPEAKER: John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newsp…
521. Mark Galeotti - Russian Dissident Opposition Descends into Destructive Squabbles Struggles & Battles
GUEST: Mark Galeotti - historian, author, security expert and academic. ---------- SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's …
520. Anders Puck Nielsen - Russia's Military Strength and Reserves of Equipment may have Already Peaked
The Russian war economy is not doing well. But it seems like there is an attritional race on – will the Russian war machine collapse before the will and resolve of Ukraine’s allies, to support it f…
518. Oz Katerji - The Challenges of Conflict Reporting in Ukraine and Communicating Scale of Russia's War
Oz Katerji is an independent Correspondent in Ukraine. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker based in Kyiv. Director of a forthcoming film: The Battle For Kyiv. ---------- LINKS: https…
519. Chuck Pfarrer - Ukraine's Strategy in Kursk is "Correct": to Fight Russia Where it's most Vulnerable
Chuck Pfarrer is an American writer, film producer and former navy SEAL. He’ll be a familiar and trusted presence to many who have tuned in to the Mriya Report on ‘X’ over the course of the war. As…
517. Michael Andersen & Brian Bonner - A Conspiracy of Defeatism by Media & Analysts Disguised as Realism
Today I am speaking with "Two Grumpy Old Men”, Michael Andersen and Brian Bonner who seasoned Ukraine watchers and have teamed up to create a video and Substack blog "Two Grumpy Old Men On Ukraine.…
516. Elisabeth Braw - Could Floating Bombs Become Putin's Next Weapon of Mass Intimidation Against West?
Russia’s Shadow Tankers Threaten an Environmental Catastrophe in the Baltic. And now a Maltese-flagged cargo ship filled with 20,000 tonnes of Russian sourced ammonium nitrate in drifting towards t…
501. Darth Putin (Master Strategist) - A Confidential Converstion with Putin's Parody Nemesis from 'X'
Darth Putin (KGB). An account on Twitter / X that may or may not be authored by the Bunker Tsar himself. Darth Putin - Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Thought leader. Wellness coa…
515. Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky & Cormac Smith - The Dangerous Delusion of a 'Quick and Easy' Peace
GUESTS: Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky and Cormac Smith ---------- Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna …