NATO and the Accelerating European Crisis
Olga and Mo host an emergency episode to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis on the Belarus border. This orchestrated crisis created by Lukashenko and Putin is an attempt to destabilize Europe. Olga and Mo are joined by LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges who served for 38 years in the U.S. Army and worked alongside NATO forces against conventional and hybrid threats to discuss the ongoing crisis. The three break down what is going on and consider the potential responses by the EU and NATO. Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges holds the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis. He joined CEPA in February 2018. LTG (Ret.) Hodges served in the U.S. Army for 38 years, culminating in his last assignment as commander of U.S. Army Europe (2014-2017) in Wiesbaden, Germany. During his command, he was responsible for the more than 30,000 U.S. soldiers and regularly exercised alongside NATO forces against conventional and hybrid threats. Twitter: @general_ben Olga's twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 Mo's twitter: @MoniqueCamarra KremlinFile.com Meidas Media + bunker crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Nov 202148min
The American Militia Threat
John Foley, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and career Intelligence Officer, joins Olga and Mo to discuss how the Kremlin has strategically targets the far-right “Patriot” Movement, a community with strong ties to the U.S. military. Foley explains how Russian cyber actors have used asymmetrical warfare tactics to destabilize the U.S. military and its veterans through these movements. As a veteran, he understands these men and women and how dangerous these Russian-influenced “patriot” groups have become. Foley's Twitter: @FoleyCOhd14 Foley's Newsletter: https://john988.substack.com/ KremlinFile.com Olga's twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 Mo's twitter: @MoniqueCamarra Watch Episodes on MeidasTouch’s Youtube Meidas Media + bunker crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Nov 202154min
Can We Learn From Our Dark Past with Russia? (David Kramer)
David Kramer, who served eight years in the U.S. Department of State during the George W. Bush administration, joins Olga and Mo to take a look back at our tumultuous relationship with Russia. Kramer gives his insight on how the Biden Administration can move forward with Russia. What will it take? More understanding? More backbone? Listen to find out! KremlinFile.com Olga's twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 Mo's twitter: @MoniqueCamarra Watch Episodes on MeidasTouch’s Youtube Meidas Media + bunker crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 Nov 202146min
The Case of the Missing Tennis Shoe and Other Spooky Stories
In celebration of Halloween (Putin’s least favorite holiday), each guest from Spooky October returns to share their spookiest spy story from life undercover in the CIA. From hiding in cow poop to KGB break-ins, buckle up with Olga and Mo for a haunted hay ride down memory lane with @burgessct, @StephChartell, @john_sipher, and @StevenLHall1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
28 Okt 202133min
I Spy: Undercover in Putin’s Russia
On our third episode of Spooky October, Olga and Mo talk with former intelligence officers Steven Hall and John Sipher. Both served long careers at the CIA, leading and managing intelligence operations abroad. Having served for years in Moscow, Steve and John give their unique perspective on US-Russia relations, covering everything from the cold war to Russia’s disinformation campaigns today. Steven Hall's Twitter: @StevenLHall1 John Sipher's Twitter: @john_sipher Olga's twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 Mo's twitter: @MoniqueCamarra Watch Episodes on MeidasTouch’s Youtube and facebook. Homepage: KremlinFile.com Meidas Media + bunker crew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
21 Okt 202149min
Homegrown Terror (Stephanie Hartell)
On our second episode of Spooky October, Olga and Mo interview Stephanie Hartell, the former Chief of CIA’s Counterterrorism Center’s Technical Targeting Group. Stephanie discusses the rise of extremism in America and the eerie similarities between January 6 and what she saw abroad serving in authoritarian countries. Find our guest on Twitter: @StephCHartell KremlinFile.com Stream on MeidasTouch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
14 Okt 202148min
Year of the Spy
This October, we will be exclusively interviewing spies to hear about their fascinating, and sometimes spooky lives as undercover agents. Our first guest is Christopher Burgess, the 30+ year veteran of the CIA, who was stationed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War at a time when spies on both sides were selling information to their country’s enemies. BIO: Christopher Burgess is a 30+ year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency and the recipient of the agency’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. He has appeared on CNN, News Nation, BBC, I24, China News, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, and ABC proving his perspective on global security issues.He has also lectured and presented before government, academic, and business organizations around the world for the past 15 years. Christopher's Twitter: @burgessct Christopher's Website: burgessct.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
7 Okt 202145min
Influence Operations
We’ve touched on spies but never before have we discussed Kremlin spy operations like this. Edward Lucas joins Olga and Mo to discuss how and why Russian intelligence operations pose a unique danger to democracy. Edward Lucas is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He was formerly a senior editor at The Economist. Lucas has covered Central and Eastern European affairs since 1986, writing, broadcasting, and speaking on the politics, economics, and security of the region. He is the author of four books: The New Cold War (2008, newly revised and republished); Deception (2011); The Snowden Operation (2014), and Cyberphobia (2015). Edward Lucas’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/edwardlucas Edward’s Liberal Democrats Campaign Site for Cities of London & Westminster: https://www.edwardlucas.com/volunteer KremlinFile.com Watch the Video Podcast on MeidasTouch's Facebook: https://facebook.com/watch/104614641200137/1560647640940478/ Olga's twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 Mo's twitter: @MoniqueCamarra Meidas Media + bunker crew BetterHelp Sponsor Discount: https://betterhelp.com/kremlinfile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
30 Sep 202147min
