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
Konstantin Eggert MBE (Hon) - Putin's Small Victorious War and its Momentous Consequences for Russia
Putin expected Ukraine to roll over in days when he launched the full-scale war in February 2022. But this was a tragic misreading of the Ukraine people and their relationship with their leaders an…
Denys Gurak - Innovative Ukrainian Tech Companies Supporting the War Effort and Powering the Economy
Russia has been attacking Ukraine overtly since 2014, but even before that has sought to influence politics in Ukraine through propaganda and Information warfare, corrupt agents, and assets. But th…
Maria Popova - Post-Soviet Political Development - Freedom of Speech Vs Authoritarian Consolidation.
Those who ascribe to the Great Powers view of history, may interpret the Russia Ukraine war as a clash of political cultures, part of a wider geo-political game; they may go so far as to suggest th…
Sean McFate - Terror Weapons and Terrorism - is Putin Grasping at Straws in Desperation not to Lose?
Dr Sean McFate is a strategist and expert on international relations. He is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a professor at: Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, Syr…
Robin Horsfall - The Spring Offensive has Begun - Can Ukraine Surprise with Bold and Decisive Gains?
GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker.
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Russia's much vaunted 'new offensive', started without huge fanfare, and seems to have petered out with little tang…
Dinara Khalilova - The Forced Deportation and Filtration of Ukrainians from the Occupied Territories
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have had to evacuate through Russia or were forcibly deported there. They have experienced terrible things like the “filtration” camps on the borders, separation…
Scott Lucas - Russia's Failed Invasion - What Helped Crucial Ukrainian Resilience in February 2022
GUEST: Scott Lucas - political analyst, journalist and researcher. ---------- The Western alliance has played a crucial role in helping to supply Ukraine with materials and modern weapons to fight…
Maria Nizzero - Why it May be Impossible to use Frozen Russian Assets to pay for Rebuilding Ukraine.
“As the UK government mulls the idea of using frozen Russian assets to help pay for the rebuilding of war-torn Ukraine, ministers appear to have failed to realise that a simple weapon against sanct…
Paul Mason - The British Left and the Struggle Between Open Society and Aggressive Authoritarianism.
Putin undoubtedly feared an independent, democratic, and affluent Ukraine on his doorstep, which is compelling reason why he started the war. Rather than a struggle caused by geopolitics, the Ukrai…
David Satter - Russia Starts to Clamp down on Free Speech of Foreigners with Arrest of US Journalist
Pick the worst periods of Russian history and you will find echoes of them in the present day – whether that be the economic and mafia chaos of the 90s, the privations and repression of the Soviet …
Olha Poliukhovych - Ukrainian Literature has been Influenced by its Complex History and Colonialism.
Today we are exploring the cultural aspects of the David and Goliath struggle between Ukraine, a young democracy versus Russia an old imperial autocracy. Russian propaganda ties to play up the simi…
Oleksandra Romantsova - What can International Community do to Hold Russia Accountable for Crimes?
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…
Taras Topolia - Ukrainian Rock Band Antytila Joined the Territorial Defence Forces before the War.
Taras Topolia is singer and frontman of leading Ukrainian rock band Antytila. He is also spokesman of the Youth Council to President Zelensky of Ukraine. In 2018, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the future pr…
Marnie Howlett - What Peace Settlement would be Acceptable to Ukrainians to End the Violence.
Ukraine confounded military experts and pundits in 2022, firstly by surviving, and then by pushing the Russian army back from thousands of square kilometres of its territory. Politicians and pundit…
Silicon Bites - Russia has Inflicted Huge Trauma on Ukraine in A Year of Aggression and Lies
Edition No6 | 17-03-2023 A Year of Aggression and Lies ~~~~~ FEATURED ARTICLES: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/11/russia-studies-war-ukraine-decolonize-imperialism-western-academics-soviet-empi…
Yuri Felshtinsky - Day by day Russia Seems to be Turning Back the Clock to Darker Times from History
Day by day Russia seems to be turning back the clock to darker times. Pick the worst periods of Russian history and you will find echoes of them in the present day – whether that be the economic an…
Valeria Kovtun - Building Resilience to Russian Disinformation on a Mass Scale -Lessons for the West
Disinformation continues to be a threat to Ukrainian sovereignty and unity, though is perhaps not as effective as it was in the years 2014-2022. But around the world aggressive information warfare …
Jenny Mathers - Why Experts Underestimate Ukraine’s Potential and Over-estimating Russia’s Strengths
Every time Ukraine pulls off another ‘improbable’ victory, or achieves a substantial breakthrough, journalists and military analysts return to their familiar refrain that ‘the war will now grind on…
Emma L Briant - The Woman Exposing the Propaganda Puppet Masters - Leading Expert on Information War
The Putin regime has been widely exploiting the vulnerabilities of global social media platforms, using bots and trolls to promote specific stories and narratives. But they are not alone once devel…
Hein Goemans - It’s Going to take More Dying and Destruction Before Russia is Prepared to make Deal
After the first anniversary of the full-scale war, a febrile and impatient media is asking the question “when will the war end” with greater frequency. There are many reasons for this – of course a…