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
203. Anna Ackermann - Why are we Still Shocked by Russian Crimes Against the Environment and Humanity?
Anna Ackermann is one of the co-founding members of Ukraine's key environmental NGO – the Centre for Environmental Initiatives “Ecoaction”, and a professional in the field of energy and the enviro…
202. Pekka Kallioniemi - 200 Vatnik Soups - Who are Putin's Agents, Assets and Useful Idiots Among us?
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,…
201. Alexander Etkind - Does Russia Know where its Borders Lie? Will the Imperial Obsession Destroy it?
Much of Russian history was shaped by the “imperial experience”. Alexander Etkind suggests the process was a simultaneous of internal colonization as well as the more obvious external one. The cha…
199. Nolan Peterson - Reporting the War since 2014 - Countering Russian propaganda narratives and aggression
Nolan Peterson is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Centre. He is an independent defence consultant, award-winning journalist, war correspondent, and author who has lived…
198. Nicolas Tenzer - Ukraine is Fighting for Universal Values, not only Survival, Freedom & Independence
GUEST: Nicolas Tenzer - civil servant, academic, writer, and editor. ---------- Ukraine is Fighting for Universal Values, like the Rule of Law, committment to truth as a concept, and democracy; not…
200. Ben Hodges - After the Wagner Coup what is the Likely Future for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Army
GUEST: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges - Retired United States Army officer ---------- After the incursion by Wagner mercenaries revealed how badly the war is going for Russia, Ben Hodges, former commanding ge…
Silicon Bites - Ukraine's 3rd Front - Do Chaos & Insurgency in Russia Hold Key to Ukrainian Victory.
Edition No12 | 26-06-2023 Ukraine's Third Front - does Chaos and Insurgency on the Territory of Russia Hold the Key to Ukraine Achieving its Maximalism Aims for Victory in the War ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS…
197. Georgijs Ivanovs - Ukraine really matters - why Ukraine must achieve complete victory in order to get justice for crimes committed against it by Russia
Georgijs Ivanovs started the Ukraine Matters channel in 2007, and it has garners 11.5 m views. He started the channel to explain the situation surrounding the war in Ukraine in simple terms. Like mys…
Silicon Bites - A bridge to nowhere - Ukraine Targets Supply Routes into Crimea as part of Offensive
Edition No11 | 20-06-2023 A bridge to nowhere - Ukraine targets supply routes into Crimea as part of its offensive ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/22/russi…
196. Frank Ledwidge - Is the West still Backing Ukraine to Survive only but not to Win a Complete Victory
Following eight years as a criminal barrister in his home city of Liverpool, Frank worked for a decade in the Balkans and throughout the former Soviet Union in international human rights protection…
195. Olia Hercules - Intentional Flooding of the Kakhovka Dam by Russia is an Act of Monumental Depravity
GUEST: Olia Hercules - Food writer, food stylist and chef. ---------- Today I’m talking to one of Ukraine’s leading cultural figures and most creative minds, about a very personal and difficult sub…
Silicon Bites - Is the Russian Empire Rotten to the Core? Will the Elite's Feuding Tear it Apart?
Edition No10 | 20-06-2023 As feuding among the elites begins - is the Russian empire rotten to the core? ~~~~~ NEWS LINKS: The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/19/will-the-kakhov…
194. Olena Halushka - Why are Countries Reluctant to Designate Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Depsite their Brutal Invasion and War Crimes in Ukraine, and what are the Implications.
Olena Halushka is a is a board member of the Ukrainian NGO “Anti-corruption Action Centre”, and co-founder of the International Centre for Ukrainian Victory. She has also worked as a chief of interna…
193. Maria Drutska - Will Ukraine’s counter offensive finally bring a stable peace after Russia’s genocidal and pointless war?
The last 9 months has seen a vicious war of attrition unfold in towns like Ugledar, Soledar and Bakhmut. But this should not be interpreted as a stalemate, as those struggles seems to have degraded t…
192. Anna Kvit - Thousands of Women are Serving in the Ukrainian Military and Fighting on the Front Lines
Anna Kvit is a visiting research fellow at University College London. Her research focuses on women in the military of Ukraine, veterans’ reintegration into civilian life, and the gendered impacts …
190. Christine Khariv - In the Scale and Audacity of its Lies Modern Russia is Truly the USSR's Successor
Christine Khariv is Business Development Manager at DLF attorneys-at-law Ukraine. Christine writes eloquently and passionately about Ukraine on LinkedIn and Twitter, exposing Russian falsehoods, and …
189. Vitalii Poberezhnyi - Destruction of the Kakhovka dam by Russia is Ecocide - Environmental Violence.
Videos and photos by Bogdan Logvynenko and Yurii Stefanyak from Ukraїner. ---------- LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/@UkrainerinEnglish https://ukrainer.net/en/ ---------- Ukraїner English language…
Silicon Bites - War Comes to Russia - It has Sowed the Wind, now its Reaping the Whirlwind - Karma.
Edition No9 | 09-06-2023 Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind, as War Comes to Russia ~~~~~ FEATURED ARTICLES: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-ukraine-launched-a-special-military-operation-in-ru…
188. Anna Proskurina - Russian Territorial and Cultural Appropriation Often go Hand-in-hand with Genocide
Anna Proskurina is involved with Academic Projects and Communication, and specifically with Democracy International e.V. she is passionate about civil society, the opportunity for Ukraine to join t…
187. Jerry Hendrix - Black Sea is an Overlooked Factor in Understanding Russia’s Motivations for Invading
The land war in Ukraine has occupied most attention among media and analysts since the full-scale war began in February 2022. But what happens in the Black Sea is perhaps where we should focus more…