Best Jonathan Pearce Podcasts (2025)

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779. Epstein - the Alleged Russia Connection - Live Stream with Jonathan MS Pearce and Andrew Perpetua. 1:52:38

30d ago1:52:38

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Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce and Andrew Perpetua. Focusing on the alleged connections between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian Intelligence, the state of the Russian war economy, Putin's rapidly degrading war machine, and the problems in Russia's military industrial complex. ----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary …

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BREAKING Did the Global Media Fall for a Giant Geopolitical Con? 26:20

8h ago26:20

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Edition No224 | 16-08-2025 - “Step Right Up! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the greatest geopolitical circus on Earth — featuring a trained killer, a conman, and hordes of gullible media.”The Alaska Summit Spectacle — When Diplomacy Became a Circus – but who humiliated whom at the summit? This episode is a kind of test, a poll – because it has tw…

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BREAKING: Z-Patriot Reactions to Putin & Trump in Alaska will Shock You! 21:30

18h ago21:30

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Edition No223 | 15-08-2025 - The reaction of Russia’s nationalists, the so-called turbo patriots and war bloggers to Putin’s Alaska Summit with Trump is perhaps not what you might have expected. It’s far from positive, and strikes a tone of caution, fear even, of humiliation, failure and treachery. What on earth is going on? Ordinarily, we would no…

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Kruegersplaining (ft. guests Celine Song, Dave Franco & Alison Brie) 1:42:37

1h ago1:42:37

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast will haunt your nightmares, but in a good way, as Chris Hewitt returns to the host chair, just in time to tackle, with Beth Webb and Amon Warmann, a Mount Rushmore question about the best Final Girls in horror movies. Their final choices may shock you, but that's nothing compared to the bit where Chris expl…

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BREAKING: Palestine Template for Ukraine Proposed - Are they Serious? 18:07

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Edition No222 | 14-08-2025 - Putin and Trump seem intent on carving up Europe into an area for manipulation, appropriation and exploitation. This isn’t diplomacy, it’s geopolitical vandalism. There is an imperial and chauvinist style of geopolitics that treats the world like a Monopoly board: you move pieces, trade squares, bankrupt opponents. Ever…

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The Shameless Plug #6: Two Days With James Cameron 42:04

2d ago42:04

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Or 42 minutes with Chris Hewitt and Nick de Semlyen. Which would you prefer? Don't answer that. Anyway, that's what you've got with the latest episode of The Shameless Plug, as Chris and Nick sit down to talk about Nick's extraordinary adventures in New Zealand, shadowing James Cameron for two days as he put the finishing touches to this month's co…

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Alien Earth: An Empire Podcast Special ft. Noah Hawley, Timothy Olyphant & Sydney Chandler 42:21

12m ago42:21

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In space, no-one can hear you pod. Thankfully, we're not on space, we're on Earth, so you will be able to hear this wonderful Empire Podcast special dedicated to Noah Hawley's excellent Alien prequel, Alien Earth, which dropped its first two episodes today on Disney+. Here, you will hear Chris Hewitt sit down with Hawley, the show's creator and sho…

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BREAKING: Will Trump's Summit in Alaska Change Anything at All? 15:38

2d ago15:38

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Edition No221 | 12-08-2025 - Someone should tell Trump that Alaska Is Not Russia. Not anymore. This episode is about dictators challenging borders and annulling the concept of sovereignty and universal human rights, in a world of rapid geopolitical devolution, to a far more barbaric age.“I’m going to Russia on Friday.” Said Trump at a D.C. presser …

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Baltimore's Violent Crime Perception vs. Reality with Mayor Scott 51:10

1d ago51:10

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This week, President Trump called Baltimore “so far gone” amid the deployment of the National Guard in DC. In reality, Baltimore has seen record low rates of violent crime the past few years. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins WITHpod to talk about the perception versus reality for crime stats in in Baltimore, the city’s Comprehensive Violence Pre…

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793. BREAKING NEWS: Is Trump Really Siding With Russia? 49:16

4d ago49:16

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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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BREAKING NEWS: The Betrayal of Ukraine and Humiliation of Allies is Now in Plain Sight 19:17

7d ago19:17

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Edition No220 | 09-08-2025 - This story is rapidly evolving, so may require daily coverage until it plays out. What we are seeing is the culmination of months of theatre, where expectations were toyed with, the notion of peace was teased, abused, manipulated and distorted. Now we see all these things coming together, but no real prospect of peace. …

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BREAKING NEWS - He's Lying to you - This is Fake Peace and Real War 15:17

8d ago15:17

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Edition No219 | 08-08-2025 - Today marks the deadline for Trump’s latest “final warning” to Putin. The White House says that no date has been decided yet on the much-hyped last-minute Putin-Trump summit. Remember today is last date Trump set to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine. That deadline has blown past, apparently with no consequences whatsoever fo…

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The Not-So-Difficult Second Movie (ft. guests Guy Pearce and Benedict Wong) 1:45:04

5d ago1:45:04

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Helen O'Hara slip into the host's chair in Chris Hewitt's absence, and use her endless reservoir of patience to corral James Dyer, Alex Godfrey and Ben Travis in a discussion of the best second movies by notable directors (and yes, we know that we didn't mention [INSERT BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS CHOICE HERE])…

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How Ukraine is Disrupting Russian Logistics (and Why It Matters) 10:30

9d ago10:30

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Edition No218 | 07-08-2025 - Ukraine is striking at the core of Russia's war machine—not on the front lines, but behind them—through surgical attacks on key logistics hubs.On the night of 5–6 August 2025, Ukrainian drones struck the Tatsinskaya railway junction in Russia’s Rostov region. The hub serves as a frontline artery for transport of troops,…

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792. How Ukraine Fights Corruption in Defense Procurement 37:39

9d ago37:39

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Olena Tregub is a Ukrainian expert in policy analysis, policy design and reform implementation, with a special focus on corruption prevention in economic and security sectors. Since 2017 Olena has been Secretary General of NAKO (the Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Committee) – an international oversight body created by Transparency Internationa…

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Russia is in a Terminal Economic Spiral and Putin is in Total Denial 9:49

10d ago9:49

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Edition No216 | 06-08-2025 - Today we’re deconstructing Russia’s economic façade: the so‑called wartime boom that seemed to fool many international analysts, the slow-acting sanctions shock, and whether the engine of the war economy is finally stalling.This video is based on a collation of articles by financial journalists, but also by compiling vi…

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786. Why Is Literature So Powerful in Ukraine, so Persecuted by Russia? 40:07

10d ago40:07

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Rostyslav Semkiv is Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Since 2004, Director of the Smoloskyp Publishing House. His scientific articles have been published in professional periodicals, the Krytyka journal and the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper, and his reviews are published on the LitAccent l…

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BREAKING NEWS - Martial Law in Belarus - Will Lukashenko Join Russia's War? 10:35

11d ago10:35

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Edition No216 | 06-08-2025 - Belarus's New Martial Law Proposal. Today, we unpack Belarus's proposal to expand martial law and what it might mean—not just for Belarus, but for Ukraine, its NATO neighbours, and Europe's beleaguered democracies.In August 2025, Belarus’s Defence Ministry submitted a new bill giving it the power to declare martial law …

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Fall of Putin's Regime with be Live Streamed with Cheesy Rap Lyrics 11:21

12d ago11:21

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Edition No215 | 05-08-2025 - Today we take apart the drama that unfolded in Sochi — and the unexpected fascistic pop‑culture fallout. Strap in. It’s going to be weird — why the fall of Russia, and Putin, will be live streamed by idiots, and will hardly seem real. In the early hours of August 3, 2025, Ukraine launched a drone strike that ignited at …

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'Not My Type' with E. Jean Carroll 50:51

9d ago50:51

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Author and journalist E. Jean Carroll successfully sued Donald Trump in two civil suits, one for sexual abuse and another for defamation. The two suits resulted in a total of $88.3 million in damages awarded to Carroll, both of which are under appeal. She has written five books including her latest, “Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President." She joi…

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China’s Surprising Role in the Ukraine War! 13:03

12d ago13:03

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Edition No214 | 04-08-2025 - The mounting power of the Axis of Authoritarian States is troubling, and their apparent impunity and immunity to external pressure —Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. We ask: has Russia’s war in Ukraine now actually transformed into China’s proxy war against the West? We’ll explore naval drills, the supply of Chinese…

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Can This Economic Weapon Stop Putin? 44:24

13d ago44:24

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https://dzygaspaw.com/projects/jonathan-for-danWebsite: https://dzygaspaw.com/Here at Dzyga’s Paw Charity Fund, we understand that the work of this scale can’t be accomplished alone. The collaboration shared vision, and collective efforts of dedicated Ukrainian and foreign businesses and individuals enable us to make a lasting impact on the lives o…

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764. Is Russia Turning Into a Closed Off Country? 54:32

13d ago54:32

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ANDREI YAKOVLEV is an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Visiting Research Fellow at SCRIPTS project at Freie Universität Berlin.VLADIMIR DUBROVSKIY was a Senior Economist at CASE Ukraine. He is an expert on Applied institutional and political economics (corruption, economic reforms, etc.)---------…

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Oreshnik is Back - but is it Just Another Hollow Threat from Putin? 15:37

13d ago15:37

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Edition No213 | 03-08-2025 - Russia’s new missile, Oreshnik—the "hazelnut" makes a comeback. Why now, and should we take these threats seriously? Putin has announced “mass production” of the missile complex, teased deployment in Belarus, and claimed it can “dual” U.S. defenses. But how real is it? What threat does Europe face? And how much is psych…

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786. A Ukrainian Dictionary of War - Witnesses to an Invasion - Ostap Slyvynsky 32:54

14d ago32:54

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Ostap Slyvynsky is a Ukrainian poet, essayist, translator, literary critic, and academic. He is the author of several collections of poetry and was a recipient of Ukrainian and international literary awards. He is also noted for translating several works of fiction from other languages into Ukrainian. He is the author of five poetry collections, nu…

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BREAKING: Russia’s Oil Money May be Coming to an End 10:55

15d ago10:55

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Edition No212 | 02-08-2025 - It’s all about oil, stupid. Russia’s aggression is enabled and powered by hydrocarbons. The fact the world has let them export and sell for more than three years to support genocidal aggression is a scandal and morally indefensible. In this episode we ask – “Is Putin screwed?” now the sources of income for his aggressio…

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BREAKING: Largest and Most Deadly Attack on Kyiv so Far in 2025 8:48

15d ago8:48

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Edition No211 | 01-08-2025 - The July 31, 2025, drone‑and‑missile attack on Kyiv was one of the most substantial and devastating of the war. It was also entirely indiscriminate and purely targeted at civilians. We’ll break down: the scope of the attack, its human toll, the increasing difficulty of interception, voices calling out from Ukraine—and w…

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BREAKING NEWS: Russia's Medvedev Threatens US with Nukes Again 12:22

16d ago12:22

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Edition No210 | 01-08-2025 - Dima Medvedev is rattling the nuclear sabre again, in a highly entertaining spat with Donald Trumo, who in turn is calling the economies of Russia and India ‘dead’. What does all this rhetoric mean? Does it amount to little more than political theatre, until Trump takes real measures to restrain Putin's war machine.We u…

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Hey, It's Enrico Pazuzu! (ft. guests Akiva Schaffer and James Gunn) 1:45:49

13d ago1:45:49

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast adds insults to injury, as the team — Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, Alex Godfrey, and Ben Travis — share their favourite movie insults. And, yes, misquote at least one of them horribly. Also, nothing on this earth will prepare you for Alex Godfrey's Pazuzu impression. We can only apologise in advance. Elsewhe…

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BREAKING: Shocking Russian Article Calls for Genocide of Ukrainians 8:54

16d ago8:54

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Edition No209 | 31-07-2025 - An article in RIA, a government propagandists news agency, of which RT is a subsidiary, openly calls for genocide, while sanctioned Russian lawmakers that are fully aligned with this genocidal policy are welcomed in Switzerland at a so-called peace conference. Today, we confront two outrageous acts:1. A Russian state pr…

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BREAKING: Espionage, Treachery, and Heroism in the Ukrainian Air Force 14:02

16d ago14:02

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Edition No208 | 31-07-2025 - Today’s episode involves espionage, treachery, and heroism. The greatest examples of human bravery, and the lowest examples of treachery. * Recent cases of Ukrainians spying for Russia* The devastating moral cost of these betrayals* Profiles of Ukrainian air-force pilots who died serving their country* The lethal FSB ag…

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788. What’s Really Happening in Ukraine Right Now? 1:02:16

17d ago1:02:16

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Theo Allthorpe-Mullis an NCTJ qualified journalist and author of the the Dictators v. Democrats SubStack. Prior to becoming a journalist he was a police officer in London. He is interested in conflict, human rights and the preservation of democracy. Prior to his service with the Police, he undertook a Masters Degree in International Security.------…

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Putin's Paranoia Revealed - Secret Anti-Drone Gear EXPOSED! 8:28

17d ago8:28

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Edition No207 | 30-07-2025 - Drones, assassinations, and fear stalk the Kremlin—and a weapon called Yolka provides an insight into the paranoid frame of mind of Vladimir Putin, in the fourth year of his senseless war against Ukraine.* What is the Yolka anti-drone interceptor?* What evidence do we have that Putin fears drone attacks, and that parano…

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790. Why Are People Protesting Against Corruption in Ukraine? 52:15

17d ago52:15

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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 international advocacy at the post-Maidan coalition of 80 CSOs “Reanimation Package of Reforms”. Olena is a contributor to the Atlantic Council, Kyiv Independ…

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BREAKING NEWS - Russia Forces to Cancel Navy Day for First Time Ever 8:42

18d ago8:42

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Edition No204 | 28-07-2025 - Russia cancelled Navy Day parades for the first time – which is a deep embarrassment to the Kremlin, as it’s the first time this significant military holiday has been canned. This follows closely on the heels of the airport shutdowns, after drone swarms forced their closure. What does this says about Putin’s naval myth …

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Aeroflot Hacked! Why Are Russian Flights in Chaos? 21:09

18d ago21:09

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Edition No205 | 29-07-2025 - It’s dawn on Monday, July 28, 2025, and at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport a wearily familiar scene is unfolding—departure boards frozen, passengers stranded, irate people being denied refunds. Yet this time it was not drones that had caused the grounding of planes, the inconvenience and discomfort to passengers. It was o…

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789. Russian Academies Using Kids to Train AI Drones to Kill Kids (with Yuri Rashkin) 50:27

18d ago50:27

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Live stream with Yuri Rashkin. ----------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 war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrain…

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How the Ruble Crash Changed Russian Tourism! 11:14

18d ago11:14

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Edition No206 | 30-07-2025 - This is Silicon Bites first travel review episode. Well not really, it’s about the dwindling number of places available to Russians for mass tourism, as they are excluded from many countries, and the declining value of the rouble makes more destinations financially unattainable. The question Russians are now asking them…

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The United States' Standing in the Global Economy with Aya Ibrahim 56:07

17d ago56:07

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The state of the U.S. economy will come into full view this week as a wave of crucial economic data is set for release, including the jobs report, inflation, consumer confidence and corporate earnings. Where is the U.S. in terms of the global economic order? And how did we get to this point? Aya Ibrahim served as senior advisor on the Secretary of …

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787. Is Russia’s Economy Falling Apart Right Now? 51:05

21d ago51:05

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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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BREAKING NEWS: Did Sabotage Just Happen in Russia? 10:18

22d ago10:18

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Edition No203 | 26-07-2025 - We are turning the spotlight inward—into Russia and Belarus—exploring courageous dissent rarely seen in mainstream coverage. Today, we unpack protests inside Russia (or the lack of them), sabotage of military assets, partisan rail warfare in Belarus, and the shifting lines between Russian anti‑Kremlin actors and Ukraine…

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BREAKING NEWS: Moscow Prepares to Unleash Terror on Streets of Kyiv 8:31

22d ago8:31

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Edition No201 | 25-07-2025 - Today: how Moscow is training teenagers to act as human bombs in Kyiv—and why Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) is sounding the alarm. From cafés to recruitment centres, from assassinations to remote detonations—these are not just plots but signals: Russia is escalating terror, and targeting the civilian population, beca…

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Movie News Mews (ft. guests, Matt Shakman and Sam Rockwell) 1:40:40

20d ago1:40:40

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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is all kinds of fantastic. Guest-wise, Chris Hewitt sits down (in person, and on Zoom) with Matt Shakman, director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, to discuss the FF's debut in the MCU [24:33 - 40:07 approx]; and Sam Rockwell, the cool cat who's Mr. Wolf in The Bad Guys 2. [1:07:02 - 1:19:28 approx] Then…

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BREAKING NEWS: The Gulags Return to Russia 14:20

24d ago14:20

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Edition No200 | 24-07-2025 - Stalin’s Camps to Putin’s Russia — The hint of a new Gulag Archipelago takes shape. Remember the Gulag? That grim and terrifying institution of forced labour, mass arrests and industrial scale torment that Stalin used to apparently modernize Russia. It wasn’t just camps—it was terror, ideology turned into watch towers a…

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783. What Really Happened in Ukraine This Week? 40:26

24d ago40:26

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Alya Shandra is Editor-in-chief at Euro Maidan Press. She has a background in environmental science and NGOs. During the Euromaidan revolution Alya Shandra launched an indy-media outlet called Euromaidan Press, and that project was fuelled by her interest in how to help Ukraine permanently move beyond being a post-communist post-colony country and …

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BREAKING NEWS - Is This The End For Russian Banks? 7:56

25d ago7:56

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Edition No199 | 23-07-2025 - The gates of the financial level crossing are coming down, but the Russian banking system is still stuck on the tracks, like the idiot driver that ignores the signals and bells and thinks they can cross in time. The express train of sanctions and consequences is careening down the tracks. Get ready for the troubled Russ…

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Will Ukraine Outsmart Russia's Army? And is Adaptation of the Russian Army a Risk? 12:19

25d ago12:19

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Edition No198 | 23-07-2025 - In this episode, we take a hard, unsparing look at the Russian military’s transformation, or lack of it—and the West’s slow, uncertain response, at times pessimistic and laden with panic, at others complacent and bloated by hubris and overconfidence. Drawing on the analysis of John Foreman CBE and Edward Lucas of The Ti…

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782. Scandal in Ukraine as Anti-Corruption Agencies and Activists Targeted 1:03:37

25d ago1:03:37

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Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce - Scandal in Ukraine and the US - we break down what's happening.----------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 front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extr…

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780. Putin's Under More Pressure - Will he Crack? 42:29

26d ago42:29

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Tom Keatinge is the founding Director of the Centre for Finance & Security (CFS) at RUSI. According to The Economist, Tom Keatinge is one of a small group of '‘White collar vigilantes and poachers-turned-gamekeepers’. Tom’s research focuses on matters at the intersection of finance and security, including the use of finance as a tool of intelligenc…

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Why Is Russia Planning to Cut Off the Internet? 12:19

26d ago12:19

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Edition No197 | 22-07-2025 - Putin is tightening the digital noose in Russia, as the crackdown on the internet intensifies. We explore What It Signals in this episode. The Kremlin isn’t just at war with Ukraine — it’s at war with its own population, and the internet itself. Connectivity blackouts are plaguing regions of Russia, and now spyware is b…

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