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 develo...
2 Apr 202355min
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 ...
1 Apr 202345min
Julia Davis - Russian Disinformation Operations Populated by Rogue’s Gallery of Toxic Propagandists.
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 Russian propaganda does not work...
24 Mar 20231h 4min
Alexander Etkind - Putin is Propelling Russia Backwards in a Self-Destructive Civilisational Decline
Russia is tearing itself away from modern civilization and its associated values, norms and comforts. Putin and his coterie of incompetent sycophants seem to be happily destroying the foundations of...
24 Mar 20231h 1min
Ben Hodges - Now is Ukraine's Turn to Strike Back, but When, Where, and How Hard will they Strike?
Through the winter, Ukrainian and Western officials had warned Russia was preparing to launch a new offensive. Apparently, it was “mustering forces beyond the Urals”, according to General Valery Zal...
21 Mar 202357min
Ian Garner - Generation Z - Russia’s Fascist Youth Movement Perpetuates the Idea of Eternal Tyranny
It’s my great pleasure to speak with Ian Garner today, on the terrifying topic of indoctrination ot Russia’s youth. We’ll be exploring themes covering in his forthcoming book: Z Generation: Into the...
21 Mar 20231h
Yuri Felshtinsky - A Regime of Assassins - How the KGB/FSB Came to Dominate Power Vertical in Russia
The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union. It emerged as a direct successor of preceding agencies such as the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKGB, NKVD and MGB, and was nominally attached to the ...
21 Mar 20231h 4min
Anastasia Edel - Once Again Western World Entirely Failed to Predict or Understand Russia’s Actions.
GUEST: Anastasia Edel - writer and social historian. ---------- Until February 2022, the war in Ukraine could be dismissed by some as a “quarrel in a faraway country, between people of whom we know ...
21 Mar 20231h 12min
