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
235. Olha Honchar - Russia has Failed to Acknowledge the Crimes of its Imperialistic Totalitarian History
Russia’s war against Ukraine has escalated significantly this year, but did not start in February last year, or even in 2014. Its roots are far deeper, and more malign than just territorial ambitio…
242. Kateryna Busol - Getting Justice and Restitution for Russian War Crimes is Important Part of Victory
GUEST: Kateryna Busol - Ukrainian lawyer, Senior lecturer and Robert Bosch Stiftung fellow at Chatham House. ---------- Calls to treat as legitimate the ‘security concerns’ raised by Russia, and …
241. Anna Danylchuk - Ukrainians are Fighting for the Right to Even Exist in their Country as Ukrainians.
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 …
239. Olha Mukha - Put Ukrainians first: Ukraine is not Just a Footnote to the Imperial History of Russian
100 years ago, nobody cared about Ukraine – or its disappearance as an independent state – swallowed up as the newly born tyranny of the USSR flexed its imperial muscles; but that has now changed. …
240. Keir Giles - Why we should not Fear that Russian Defeat would be more Dangerous than Russian Victory
Calls to treat as legitimate the ‘security concerns’ raised by Russia, and to account for these in a future settlement of the war in Ukraine, disregard the fact that Moscow’s requirements are fund…
222. Andriy Sadovyi - Lviv is now a Leading Centre of Ukrainian Cultural and Economic Life and Resistance
Andriy Ivanovych Sadovyi is a Ukrainian politician, and Mayor of Lviv. Lviv is a vibrant, highly cultured, and tech-savvy city, the administrative centre of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Andr…
238. Konstantin Samoilov - Inside RussianEconomy - Impact of Sanctions - Collapse of Rouble - Instability
Welcome to the second of our monthly conversations with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. ---------- Konstantin Samoilov is a w…
Silicon Bites - #16 - First Among Barbarians - only the Brutal, Sly and Vindictive Survive this Game
Edition No16 | 24-08-2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin - a bandit's death that heralds a new age of turmoil and uncertainty in Russia ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Kyiv In…
236. Bogdan Khorzhenko - Ukrainians came Together to Fight for Freedom from Across the Political Spectrum
One of the unique aspects of the Ukraine war, and indeed the Maidan revolution that preceded Russia’s invasion of Crimea, is that Ukrainians came together to fight for freedom – a wide range of peo…
228. Live in Lviv - Panel 1 - Volunteer Society - with speakers Johnny FD, Noel Tock, and Brooks Newmark.
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 1 (11:00-12:00) – Volunteer Society ---------- SPEAKERS: Johnny FD - YouTuber and Digital Nomad Noel Tock - Anima…
229. Live in Lviv - Panel 2 - Reporting in Wartime - with Alina Poliakova, John Sweeney, Julia and Taras.
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 2 (12:30-13:30) – Reporting the war ---------- SPEAKERS: Alina Poliakova - Managing Editor of the English version…
237. Steven Moore - Republicans are Divided over Military Aid for Ukraine, says the GOP’s "Man in Kyiv".
Republicans are divided over aid for Ukraine. There are voices on both extremes of the political spectrum in the US that are calling for aid to Ukraine to be curtailed or even stopped. In fact, the…
227. Orest Zub - Ukrainian Dacha - Rural Tranquility Shows what Ukraine is Fighting for - Peace and Land.
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Trip into the countryside, a day after the event. Idyllic peace and tranquility of a Ukrainian dacha. ---------- The mi…
223. Live in Lviv - Delays Supplying Weapons to Ukraine Costs Lives - Tragically many Thousands of Lives.
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 Interviews and reportage recorded which in Lviv, 9th August 2023 ---------- The military cemetery we visited opened in Lv…
234. Elizabeth Braw - Russia and China are Adept at Weaponizing Information for Foreign Policy Objectives
We are at risk of losing the information war. The widespread normalisation of disinformation as a political tool is accelerating distrust in democratic institutions and processes. Greyzone warfare …
230. Live in Lviv - Panel 3 - Culture Vs Tyranny - Marta Trotsiuk, Oleksandr Pronkevych, Maria, and Sofia
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 3 (15:00-16:00) – Culture Versus Tyranny ---------- SPEAKERS: Marta Trotsiuk - Ukrainian art ambassador Maria Shu…
233. Olga Solovyeva - Technology, Politics, Censorship and Leadership. Yandex (RU Google) and the Kremlin
In today’s conversation, I’ll be speaking with Olga Solovyeva about Yandex (the Russian Google), and technology, politics, censorship, and leadership. The founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, condemns…
231. Live in Lviv - Panel 4 - Freedom and Victory - with Anna Danylchuk, Olena Halushka & Joe Lindsley
Silicon Curtain Panel Discussion - Live in Lviv, Ukraine on 10th August 2023 PANEL 4 (16:30-17:30) - Freedom and Victory ---------- SPEAKERS: Anna Danylchuk - YouTuber and Academic Olena Halushka -…
226. Oleksandra Romantsova - Ukraine is Defending its Independence, and European Security and Democracy.
One year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation Centre for Civil Liberties has documented more than 30,000 war crimes in the country. Their aim…
218. Orysia Lutsevych - Russian Hybrid Warfare, Agents of Russian World, Imperial Ambitions & Aggression.
GUEST: Orysia Lutsevych, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House ---------- Russia’s attempt to destroy Ukraine as an independent country cannot be allowed to succeed. …