Best George Hodges Podcasts (2024)

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Kseniia Kalmus & Alex Fergusson Drone Event - Ukrainian Drones Deliver Justice on Carbon Fibre Wings. 37:56

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Panel discussion and presentation with Kseniia Kalmus and Alex Fergusson on 2nd November 2024 at the Ukrainian Social Club, London. ----------Today, Ukraine is not only a battlefield, but also the birthplace of new technological solutions that save lives and bring victory closer. KLYN Drones workshop is engaged in the production of FPV drones, whic…

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530. Olga Myrovych - Ukraine's Media Landscape and Professionals Still Evolving & Maturing in Time of War 34:22

1h ago34:22

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Olga is CEO at the Lviv Media Forum, and an expert in the media and non-profit sector. She has a varied background in strategic management, organisational development, negotiations and fundraising. All essential skills to grow one of the most vibrant media organisations in the world, and which is working under extraordinary conditions and at a crit…

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539. Mick Ryan - How China Benefits from the Long War in Ukraine and New Age of Darkness for Democracies. 38:32

2h ago38:32

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Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the U.S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting. He has commanded at platoon, squadron, regiment, task force, and brigade level. In January 2018, he assume…

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540. Ryan McBeth - It's 1941 and Dictators are Waging a Mass War in Europe Against the Idea of Democracy. 54:02

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Ryan McBeth is an influential YouTuber, Author, triathlete, Army veteran and programmer. Ryan makes educational and OSINT videos, that look at the war in Ukraine from a military perspective. Today we’ll be talking about the two side’s strategies in the war, tactics, equipment, morale, and training. ----------CHAPTERS:00:02:06 From a strategic level…

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Trish Hodges: What Happens BEFORE Death? 57:33

5h ago57:33

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Trish Hodges and I talk about how to be comfortable with some uncomfortable things about life and how it affects your loved ones when you die. Trish is an proactive Advance Planning Advisor with Flanner Buchanan, equipped with a background in Public Affairs from IUPUI and a degree in Applied Science in Chemical Technology. She passionately advocate…

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537. Jake Broe - There is no War in NATO Countries, Finland, Poland, etc. - Freedom Makes the World Safer 52:34

16h ago52:34

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Jake Broe is a United States Air Force veteran who served for six years as a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer. But you may know him better as one of the most prominent voices on YouTube throughout the war, someone with absolute moral clarity about who the victim of the war is – spoilers, it’s Ukraine – and who brings direct military experienc…

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526. Caolan Robertson - Russia is Inflicting a Human Safari on Ukraine - Hunting Civilians with Drones. 47:14

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Caolan Robertson is a film maker, political writer and social commentator. After being banned by the University for critiquing Islam, Caolan co-founded The New Brit and now contributes to TheRebel.media.https://www.youtube.com/@CaolanRobertsonReport -------Directed by Caolan Robertson, The Eastern Front is the first major Western documentary to foc…

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Russia Plans a Reckless Sabotage Campaign of 'Sustained Mayhem' across Europe Using Criminal Proxies 56:40

3d ago56:40

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This is a conversation with the three esteemed authors of a paper entitled “Russian Sabotage in the Gig-Economy Era”, written by Daniela Richterova, Elena Grossfeld, Magda Long and Patrick Bury. I’m delighted to be joined by three of them today. ----------We are experiencing the most intense era of sabotage since the Second World War in Western cou…

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538. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld - Russia's "Axis of Evil" will not Prevent the Imminent Economic Catastrophe 39:28

4d ago39:28

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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice and a Senior Associate Dean of the Yale School of Management. He helped catalyse the retreat of 1,200 global corporations from Russia, and now strongly advocates for seized Russian Central Bank assets to be passed to Ukraine. Sonnenfeld is known as the founder and CEO of the Chief …

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George Nolan: Redemption Story

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George and Christin talk about how George struggled to reintegrate into civilian life after his time in the Marine Corp. This eventually led to heavy alcohol and drug use and a prison sentence. At first, he hated his situation and had some of his darkest days. However, eventually George looked within for change and began helping others as well. Now…

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George Nolan: Redemption Story 52:18

5d ago52:18

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George and Christin talk about how George struggled to reintegrate into civilian life after his time in the Marine Corp. This eventually led to heavy alcohol and drug use and a prison sentence. At first, he hated his situation and had some of his darkest days. However, eventually George looked within for change and began helping others as well. Now…

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536. Ben Hodges - There can be No Victory Without Retaking Crimea - Putin Won't Stop Escalating Violence. 37:41

5d ago37:41

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Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January 2018. Until recently he was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, Tr…

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534. Marika Mikiashvili - Georgia is Lurching Back into Orbit of Russia and Corrupt, Single Party Tyranny 41:53

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Marika Mikiashvili is an expert on Hybrid threats, governance in Europe & Central Asia and identity in former communist states. She is based in Tbilisi, Georgia and has been actively following and commenting on the anti-government protests unfolding in Georgia.----------LINKS:https://twitter.com/Mikiashvili_Mhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marika-mikia…

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535. Jade McGlynn - On the Brink of Historic Failure of Western Policy in Ukraine Risks Defeat to Russia. 49:58

6d ago49:58

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Dr Jade McGlynn is a Russia specialist and experienced researcher. She is Senior Research Associate (Non-Resident) at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. She is also a Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Jade is a Polyglot political analyst with experience of living and working in several Europ…

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533. Konstantin Samoilov - Arrival of North Korean Troops in Russia Proof of Desperation 32:05

6d ago32:05

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Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russ…

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2024-10-22 | Russia's Blood Oil Transported by a Shadow Fleet of over 600 Tankers 17:13

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2024-10-22 | Moscow has been using old, underinsured ships to transport oil, and is estimated their capacity has increased by 70% since last year. This is despite a recent crackdown on insurers and shipping companies that are apparently enabling Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions. ----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER - A project to make a …

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Silicon Bites #59 - NATO or Nukes? Ukraine Needs Both for its Future Peace, Security and Prosperity. 19:46

6d ago19:46

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Edition No59 | 21-10-2024 - Ukraine needs more weapons and seeks security guarantees, are the central points made by Zelensky in his recent visit to Berlin. Additionally, Zelensky is stressing the need to show Moscow that it can’t win the war.~~~~~SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of …

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531. Darin Gerdes - The Stakes Could not be Higher - Global Democracy is the Brink 32:36

10d ago32:36

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Professor Darin Gerdes provides in-depth analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian war on his popular YouTube channel, 'Professor Gerdes Explains'. Channel - @Professor-GerdesHe tries to provide unique insights that help his audience to understand the context of the war, and grounds his analysis in facts.LINKShttps://www.youtube.com/@Professor-Gerdes/videosh…

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Silicon Bites #58 - General Valerii Zaluzhnyi Warns of the Risks of Western Weakness Towards Russia. 15:32

10d ago15:32

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Edition No58 | 19-10-2024 - Zelensky has a plan for victory, but the reception of it has been lukewarm to put it mildly. Unimaginative, scathing and myopic is how I would characterise some of the reactions.~~~~~SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting …

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529. Joseph Lindsley - Questions on Ukraine No One is Asking the Presidential Candidates Harris and Trump 1:04:37

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Joe Lindsley is a traveller and a writer, and American reporting on Chicago's WGN Radio from Ukraine each and every weekday of Russia's full-scale war. He once was protégé to Fox News founder Roger Ailes, but Lindsley escaped that frenzied world where power mattered more than truth. He came to Lviv for a Ukrainian Catholic University journalism con…

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Silicon Bites #57 - North Korea is Now Deeply Committed to Enabling Russian Victory against Ukraine. 17:28

14d ago17:28

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Edition No57 | 16-10-2024 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused North Korea of sending military personnel to Russia. And judging by the media coverage, this is not seen as a big deal. It may be worth spelling that out. Iranian drones batter Ukrainian cities, killing civilians daily. Approximately half the three million artillery she…

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528. Maksym Eristavi - Gaslight, Invade & Extermination - The Mechanics of Russian Colonial Expansionism. 53:25

15d ago53:25

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Maksym Eristavi is a Ukrainian journalist and writer. An author of the ‘Russian Colonialism 101’ guidebook and self-described 'Russian colonialism storyteller in chief,' he champions global awareness about the Russian colonial legacy. Eristavi has a two-decade journalism career behind his back that included championing mainstream English-language c…

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527. Keir Giles - Russia's Next War - Who Will Defend Europe from an Aggressive and Militaristic Russia? 49:38

18d ago49:38

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We are naturally focused on the war in Ukraine, as the largest such conflict since WWII on the territory of Europe. But this is just the latest manifestation of extreme aggression b Russia, in a pattern of expansion and coercion of its neighbours that goes back centuries. In this interview, Keir Giles explains the outline of future threats / future…

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2024-10-13 | @SiliconWafers | Ramzan Kadyrov Accuses Three Russian Lawmakers of Plot to kill Him. 15:46

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2024-10-13 | None of us know what forms Putin’s nightmares take, but I’d hazard a guess that open conflict between his mafia lieutenants would feature in them. Adding the ethnic colour of a ‘blood feud’ is just an additional theatrical flourish. This is what happened this week, as Kadyrov threatened a ‘blood feud’, as he claimed a group of Russian …

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525. Igor Tracz -Terrible Truth of War in the East of Ukraine - its Scale, Brutality and Terrible Impact. 42:28

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER - A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------Igor Tracz10-time world champion in dog sled racing. volunteer at war. 72 convoys with humanitar…

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2024-10-11 | Is Israel at War with Russia After Strike Near Russian Base in Syria 32:42

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2024-10-11 | This news is a week old, but more details are coming out, so it’s worth taking a deeper dive into the Israel strike near the Russian air base in Syria. The full impact of this has also not been appreciated, I feel, I certain sections of the media, so let’s jump into this story. ----------Is Israel at war with Russia? Well, frustratingl…

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Pastor Dan: Pure Heart Church

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Dan has been serving in ministry since 1988 and was ordained in 1995. He joined the staff of Pure Heart in 2000 and has been the Senior Pastor since 2005. Dan is the co-founder of School Connect which serves over 1000 public schools in 7 cities in 6 different states. He is the co-founder of Resilient Church Conference, equipping the local church to…

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Pastor Dan: Pure Heart Church 40:14

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Dan has been serving in ministry since 1988 and was ordained in 1995. He joined the staff of Pure Heart in 2000 and has been the Senior Pastor since 2005. Dan is the co-founder of School Connect which serves over 1000 public schools in 7 cities in 6 different states. He is the co-founder of Resilient Church Conference, equipping the local church to…

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524. Andrey Kurkov - Nothing Bad Ever Happened - How Russia Whitewashes & Repeats Worst Crimes of History 34:08

21d ago34:08

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Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual. He is the author of 20 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, and many others. His f…

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Silicon Bites #56 - Schrödinger's Terrorist: is Igor Strelkov (Girkin) Alive or Dead? Rumours Abound 17:10

22d ago17:10

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Edition No55 | 06-10-2024 - Ukrainian officials in Chernihiv have told residents not to swim in the Desna River after a toxic spill last month. This video is based on the excellent reporting of Luke Harding and Artem Mazhulin in Slabyn, Ukraine, from the UK’s Guardian newspaper.~~~~~‘Everything is dead’ – reports come in of a major ecocide event, a…

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473. Katia Denysova - Exploring Groundbreaking Modernist Art Made in Ukraine Between 1900 and the 1930s 44:14

23d ago44:14

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Katia Denysova is an Art historian and curator. She is the co-curator of ‘In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine', 2022-24 which is currently running at the Royal Academy, London.(Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; RMFA, Brussels; Belvedere, Vienna; Royal Academy, London)----------LINKS:https://courtauld.ac.uk…

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Andre van Belkum Tells us About South Central Africa in 1999 1:08:45

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Our very good friends Andre and Elise van Belkum visited us in Lafayette, IN while coming from South Africa to a General Conference of Elders meeting Cincinnati. I happened to come across this audio file and brought it back to life. His message to us inspired our going to these places and before the start of LifeNets. Andre was the Director of Life…

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Silicon Bites - #55 - Russian Commits Another Ecocide with Poisoning of the Seim and Desna Rivers. 15:07

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Edition No55 | 06-10-2024 - Ukrainian officials in Chernihiv have told residents not to swim in the Desna River after a toxic spill last month. This video is based on the excellent reporting of Luke Harding and Artem Mazhulin in Slabyn, Ukraine, from the UK’s Guardian newspaper.~~~~~‘Everything is dead’ – reports come in of a major ecocide event, a…

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523.Lesia Dubenko - Israeli Strike Shows it's not Afraid of Russia when Upholding its Security Interests 22:23

25d ago22:23

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Lesia Dubenko is a Ukrainian journalist and analyst featured in the Financial Times, Politico Europe, New Eastern Europe, Washington Times, and more. She’s currently affiliated with Ukraine’s media outlet Euromaidan Press. You can follow her on Substack for a dose of good and satirical commentary https://lesiadubenko.substack.com----------SUMMARY:T…

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Kubik: Trumpets and my UCG History 52:31

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I presented this in Indianapolis UCG on October 3, 2024. I speak about the History of the Feast of Trumpets, its traditions and how they relate to us, in particular how they affect our character and work. Documents referred to can be found at http://x.com/victorkubik http://coe.ucg.org https://coe.ucg.org/updates/united-church-god-2019-2020-strateg…

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522. John Sweeney - Putin's Uniformed Gangsters have Captured Russian Society, Military, Media, Education 51:16

29d ago51:16

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GUEST: John Sweeney - investigative journalist and writer. Orange hat advocate. ----------SPEAKER:John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series. Sweeney ceased working for the BBC in October 2019, and is now reporting on the war in Ukraine, as well as…

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521. Mark Galeotti - Russian Dissident Opposition Descends into Destructive Squabbles Struggles & Battles 1:07:01

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GUEST: Mark Galeotti - historian, author, security expert and academic. ----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrashttps://www.patreon.com/sil…

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Suma Hodge: Helping Mentally Ill Kids In Distress

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Tune in to hear how as the Regional Clinical Director at M.I.K.I.D- Mentally Ill Kids in Distress, Suma oversees the quality of clinical services for children and families affected by mental illness and trauma. M.I.K.I.D. does great work in the community for vulnerable minors and adults, ensuring they have the tools needed for a healthy, successful…

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520. Anders Puck Nielsen - Russia's Military Strength and Reserves of Equipment may have Already Peaked 50:40

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The Russian war economy is not doing well. But it seems like there is an attritional race on – will the Russian war machine collapse before the will and resolve of Ukraine’s allies, to support it for victory. Is it time to let go of the idea that Russia has endless resources to continue the war indefinitely, and that historically is not uncommon fo…

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Suma Hodge: Helping Mentally Ill Kids In Distress 52:24

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Tune in to hear how as the Regional Clinical Director at M.I.K.I.D- Mentally Ill Kids in Distress, Suma oversees the quality of clinical services for children and families affected by mental illness and trauma. M.I.K.I.D. does great work in the community for vulnerable minors and adults, ensuring they have the tools needed for a healthy, successful…

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518. Oz Katerji - The Challenges of Conflict Reporting in Ukraine and Communicating Scale of Russia's War 40:18

29d ago40:18

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Oz Katerji is an independent Correspondent in Ukraine. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker based in Kyiv. Director of a forthcoming film: The Battle For Kyiv. ----------LINKS:https://x.com/OzKaterji/highlightshttps://www.instagram.com/ozkaterji/?hl=enhttps://www.newstatesman.com/author/oz-katerjihttps://thecritic.co.uk/author/oz-katerj…

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519. Chuck Pfarrer - Ukraine's Strategy in Kursk is "Correct": to Fight Russia Where it's most Vulnerable 26:04

29d ago26:04

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Chuck Pfarrer is an American writer, film producer and former navy SEAL. He’ll be a familiar and trusted presence to many who have tuned in to the Mriya Report on ‘X’ over the course of the war. As an author, Chuck has penned screenplays, novels and comic books, as well as non-fiction works. His works feature themes relating to the military, and of…

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517. Michael Andersen & Brian Bonner - A Conspiracy of Defeatism by Media & Analysts Disguised as Realism 1:00:50

30d ago1:00:50

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Today I am speaking with "Two Grumpy Old Men”, Michael Andersen and Brian Bonner who seasoned Ukraine watchers and have teamed up to create a video and Substack blog "Two Grumpy Old Men On Ukraine." They focus on Ukraine, and issues in related parts of the world since both have lived and worked in many countries. They write, run Q&As, create videos…

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516. Elisabeth Braw - Could Floating Bombs Become Putin's Next Weapon of Mass Intimidation Against West? 44:17

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Russia’s Shadow Tankers Threaten an Environmental Catastrophe in the Baltic. And now a Maltese-flagged cargo ship filled with 20,000 tonnes of Russian sourced ammonium nitrate in drifting towards the UK coast. This is the same potentially explosive fertiliser that caused a massive explosion in Beirut in 2020, and this ship is carrying 7 times more …

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501. Darth Putin (Master Strategist) - A Confidential Converstion with Putin's Parody Nemesis from 'X' 1:03:13

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Darth Putin (KGB). An account on Twitter / X that may or may not be authored by the Bunker Tsar himself. Darth Putin - Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Thought leader. Wellness coach. Tea connoisseur. Author. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.----------LINKS:https://x.com/darthputinkgbhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Darth-Putin-…

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515. Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky & Cormac Smith - The Dangerous Delusion of a 'Quick and Easy' Peace 47:36

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GUESTS: Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky and Cormac Smith----------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 to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independe…

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514. Casey Michel - Foreign Agent Lobbyists are Acting as Foot-Soldiers for Brutal Authoritarian Regimes 1:00:00

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For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've not only entrenched dictatorships and spread kleptocratic networks, but they've secretly guided U.S. policy without the rest of America even being aware. And now, journalist Casey Michel contends some of them h…

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508. David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: Putin’s (mis)Management of Russian Intelligence Assessments 1:11:51

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This is a conversation with the three esteemed authors of a paper entitled “The autocrat’s intelligence paradox: Vladimir Putin’s (mis)management of Russian strategic assessment in the Ukraine War. Huw Dylan, David V. Gioe and Elena Grossfeld----------This article argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is illustrative of this bro…

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513. Christopher Forsback - Nowhere on Russia's Western Heartlands is Safe from Ukrainian Drone Fragments 37:35

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Christopher 'Swede' Forsbäck is Swedish volunteer and was wounded in the line of duty serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for w…

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512. Pekka Kallioniemi (Vatnik Soup) - Follow the Money to See how Russia Poisons the Information Space 41:03

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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, military personnel and of course just regular grifters looking to make money. The series has introductions and deeper insights on how online propaganda …

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