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
514. Casey Michel - Foreign Agent Lobbyists are Acting as Foot-Soldiers for Brutal Authoritarian Regimes
For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've not only entrenched dictatorships and spread kleptocratic…
508. David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: Putin’s (mis)Management of Russian Intelligence Assessments
This is a conversation with the three esteemed authors of a paper entitled “The autocrat’s intelligence paradox: Vladimir Putin’s (mis)management of Russian strategic assessment in the Ukraine War.…
513. Christopher Forsback - Nowhere on Russia's Western Heartlands is Safe from Ukrainian Drone Fragments
Christopher 'Swede' Forsbäck is Swedish volunteer and was wounded in the line of duty serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconc…
512. Pekka Kallioniemi (Vatnik Soup) - Follow the Money to See how Russia Poisons the Information Space
Vatnik soup is a Twitter thread series where Pekka Kallioniemi introduces pro-Russian actors and propagandists from around the world. This includes so-called “independent journalists”, politicians,…
511. David Satter - Putin's Regime has its Origins in Blood and Fear. Apartment Bombings 25th Anniversary
David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible consequences for present day Russia. David has written extens…
510. Terron Sims - Kamala Harris has made Freedom Part of her Campaign - But is she for Ukrainian Victory
Whatever mistakes he has made in the war Vladimir Putin has retained the Escalation Initiative, always proving he can push the war to a new level of brutality, with the Western allies constantly pl…
509. Anna Danylchuk - Ukraine Taking the Fight to Russia with Strike on Vast Ammunition Dump
GUEST: Anna from Ukraine - Anna Danylchuk ---------- Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims …
2024-09-19 | Things go Boom in Russia: Spectacular Strike on Vast Russian Arsenal
2024-09-19 | Z-patriots are having a meltdown, because, once more things are going boom in Russia. And this time, it’s big. It’s huge in fact. Not only do we find out what it looks like to ignite rou…
507. Phil Ittner - Support Ukraine to Win the War, not Only to Survive the Genocidal Assault by Russia
Phil Ittner is a veteran broadcast journalist now working independently in Ukraine. Currently he's based in Kyiv and produces a weekly interview podcast "On the Edge". Disillusioned with how mainst…
506. Konstantin Samoilov - There is no Way Out of the Economic Tsunami for Putin's Regime
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…
505. Katsiaryna Shmatsina - Lukashenko's Regime is an Experiment in Tyranny that is Beholden to Moscow
Katsiaryna Shmatsina - Dissident and collaborator on the 'Darth Putin' satirical project on X. https://x.com/DarthPutinKGB ---------- In 2020, mass anti-government protests erupted across Belarus.…
2024-09-16 | Real Escalation as Iran & China Give Military Support to Ally Russia Including Missiles
2024-09-16 | Russia has received new ballistic projectiles from Iran, prompting the US and Europe to impose new sanctions. The supply of weapons by Iran to its ally Russia has major implications and …
502. Cormac Smith & Philip Ingram - Dithering and Delay by Allies is Causing Ukraine to Slowly Bleed Out
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…
Orest Zub & Marta Trotsiuk - Given the Right Tools to Fight Back Ukraine Can Triumph over Russia
Marta Trotsiuk – Ukrainian art ambassador. Gallery 101 founder. Expert in international art projects and cultural diplomacy. She is also a leading expert on art consulting and curating and has been…
503. David DeBatto - No More Delusions and Gaslighting Trump Fully Intends to Throw Ukraine Under the Bus
What a week – Russian media manipulation networks uncovered in the US – conservative influencers seem to be more influence by hard Russian cash than principles, however. Vance leaks the Trump plan …
497. Ian Garner - Russia has Constructed a 'Self-selecting' Digital Gulag to Stifle Opposition to Putin
With the blocking of YouTube in Russia, and pressure on other platforms, are we seeing the emergence of a Digital Gulag? The more efficient way to entrap and control a population than the real-worl…
2024-09-13 | Is NATO Really "at War" with Russia as Ukraine Blitz Grows in Scale
2024-09-13 | According to Putin and his minions, NATO countries are on the brink of war with Russia. Is this more hollow bluffing and bluster from the diminutive tyrant in the Kremlin, or are we ab…
500. Operator Starsky - Episode 500 - Kursk is a Multi-Layered Campaign Utilising Secrecy and Surprise
Today I’m speaking with Operator Starsky, a Ukrainian National Guardian, blogger, and inspiration for everyone who is following the war, and supporting a Ukrainian victory. He has created one of th…
496. Michael Sheridan - Documents Suggest that Xi Jinping Secretly Distrusts and Hates Russia
Michael Sheridan is the Author of a new history of Hong Kong and China, and has a new book out called “The Red Emperor – Xi Jinping and his China”. He is a long-time foreign correspondent in Asia, …
2024-09-11 | Russian Propaganda Film Pulled from Canadian Film Festival Program
2024-09-11 | Outrage has erupted over a film created by Russian Director and propagandist Anastasia Trofimova, called ‘Russians at War’. Calls for its screening to be pulled from the Toronto Intern…