Best The Panic Panel Podcasts (2025)

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Silicon Bites #143 - Putin's Next Phase of Peace Negotiations - Threat, Intimidation and Mass Murder 10:22

6h ago10:22

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Edition No143 | 18-05-2025 - Ukraine’s military intelligence HUR reports it has information indicating Russia intends to conduct a training launch of an RS-24 "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile during the night of May 19. It says the launch is meant to "intimidate Ukraine" and that the missile will be equipped with a training warhead. Russia…

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695. Howard Amos - Where Russia Begins in a Country that Fails to Understand Where it's Territory Ends 55:08

18h ago55:08

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Howard Amos is a writer and journalist, who has been published by outlets including The Guardian, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, The Associated Press and The New Republic. Raised in London, he spent a year living in Russia’s Pskov Region before working for almost a decade as a correspondent in Moscow. He left Russia in the days after the full-scale inva…

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706. Kateryna Zarembo - Ukraine’s Sun is Ascending as the Imperial Militarism of Moscow Burns Itself Out. 14:13

2d ago14:13

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Kateryna Zarembo is a researcher, lecturer, translator, and author who has long combined academic, literary, and policy work. Since August 2024, she has also served as a volunteer combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion. From 2010 to 2019, she worked at the New Europe Center, focusing on European integration, Ukraine’s security, and in…

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Adventures Assemble Episode 6: Kyoto Regrets, Udon Rewards, and the Curse of Celebration Sickness 25:14

2d ago25:14

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I’m back from Japan! In this episode, I recover (barely) from the post-Star Wars Celebration plague and take you through the final stretch of my two-week nerd adventure across Japan. I recap my day trips to Kyoto, Nara, and Kobe—including sacred deer, curry that broke the internet, and the Osaka fried food fantasy known as kushikatsu. Plus, I share…

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Silicon Bites #142 - Peace is not Peace for Putin, Meaning he is Unlikely to Turn up for Peace Talks 14:39

3d ago14:39

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Edition No142 | 14-05-2025 - Why did Putin suddenly seem so desperate for direct peace talks with Ukraine, when he’s been avoiding the optics and consequences of such a meeting for more than three years? This is the question asked by the Moscow Times, ahead of the anticipated talks in Istanbul. Putin’s proposed meeting with Ukrainian negotiators in…

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702. Alexandra Chyczij and Lubomyr Luciuk - Moscow Imperialists Celebrate Defeat of Nazis Without Irony 26:14

3d ago26:14

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Alexandra Chyczij is President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and is a Ukrainian Canadian community leader and advocate for human and civil rights, the rule of law, and righting historical injustices. Organizer of legal conferences in Europe, USA, South America and the Caribbean. Promoter of Canadian values abroad as an international election o…

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703. Aaron Gasch Burnett and Bill Browder - We Must Choke Off Funds to Putin's War Economy to End the War 52:36

5d ago52:36

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Aaron Gasch Burnett is a German Canadian political analyst, news journalist, communications strategist, and expert on German politics with over a decade of experience based in Berlin and over 15 years in journalism, research, and communications. ----------William Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, as CEO of Hermitage Cap…

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697. Yuri Rashkin - We're Not Nearly Scared Enough of Monsters Gathering in the Dark - Autocrats, Tyrants 37:12

6d ago37:12

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Yuri Rashkin is an educator, presenter, musician, court interpreter, news analyst, and host of the Rashkin Report on YouTube. He is becoming better known in the community and his content appreciated through his regular collaborations with influential Ukrainian journalist and commentator, Vitalii Portnikov. ----------LINKS:https://www.youtube.com/@U…

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701. Hugh Eaton - Defence Review in UK Needs to Assume Rapidly Evolving Tech and Crisis is the New Normal 41:32

7d ago41:32

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Hugh Eaton OBE, MA, VR, is a Defence, Security and Digital Transformation expert, with experience across strategy, organizational design and leadership. Hugh Eaton is an Expert Adviser to Boston Consulting Group, specializing in the UK and the Middle East. He was previously the Global Vice President for Government at Microsoft, before which he was …

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Silicon Bites #141 - Putin's Victory Day in Moscow was a Triumphal Celebration of War and Aggression 13:33

8d ago13:33

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Edition No141 | 10-05-2025 - World leaders attending the military parade in Moscow to mark the end of the second world war bring shame on themselves and their countries. This is what Donald Tusk of Poland said, and I completely concur. Shaking hands with, embracing, and even normalising a blood-thirsty tyrant and killer, and one that is actively en…

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686. Alexey Kurayev - Europe is Next Warns a Serving Member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Patriot. 1:00:50

8d ago1:00:50

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Your support is massively appreciated! SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon CurtainNEXT EVENTS - LVIV, KYIV AND ODESA THIS MAY.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur first live events this year in Lviv and Kyiv were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this mo…

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Silicon Bites #140 - Rumours Swirl on Telegram of Failed Assassination Plot and Threat to Putin 8:06

9d ago8:06

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Edition No140 | 09-05-2025 - Brace yourselves for an extraordinary piece of speculation. A friend alerted me to rumours swirling around Moscow of another potential threat to the life of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Perhaps that’s not a surprise, given that his senseless war has caused upwards of a million Russian to be grievously wounded or lose t…

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700. Keir Giles - How Seriously Should we Take the Russian Missile Threat to UK's Defence and Security? 32:55

9d ago32:55

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By subjugating Ukraine, he hopes to reassert Russia’s status as a great power, discourage other neighbours from pivoting west, and distract from domestic issues through nationalist fervour. Ultimately, Putin fears the erosion of Russia's imperial legacy and the contagion of democratic aspirations among his own people—making Ukraine not just a strat…

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698. Konstantin Samoilov - Bank and Airline Collapses Suggest Economic Crisis in Russian 47:03

10d ago47:03

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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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Adventures Assemble Episode 5: Sick in Japan: Star Wars Celebration, Ramen, and Rolling With It 25:55

11d ago25:55

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✏️ Episode Description: In this deeply personal episode of Adventures Assemble, I check in from Osaka with a raw and real update on my first week in Japan. From the highs of epic ramen and electric baseball games to the lows of jet lag and a 102° fever, it’s been a wild ride—and not quite the one I expected. I talk about attending Star Wars Celebra…

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Silicon Bites #139 - 'The Main Bastards' - UK Prepares for Major Military Confrontation with Russia. 15:03

11d ago15:03

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Edition No138 | 04-05-2025 - Russia was formally declared a national security threat to the UK last month. After Litvinenko, Skripal, the invasions of Georgia, Crimea, Donbas and then Ukraine full-scale, we could be forgiven for asking why this status as the ‘main adversary’ took so long to formalise? This is also against the backdrop of repeated t…

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696. Alexander Khara - Possession of Crimea is Still Key to Victory and Peace for Ukraine and the Region. 55:28

12d ago55:28

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Alexander Khara is CEO at CDS – The Centre for Defence Strategies. He is a Ukrainian / Greek native of Donetsk. A former diplomat/ proponent of Europe Whole and Free and at Peace with Ukraine, Belarus and Georgia as its integral part----------LINKS:https://x.com/alexanderkharahttps://icds.ee/en/autor/alexander-khara/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex…

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694. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges - Rain Fire on Putin's 9th May Parade - A Legitimate Military Target for Ukraine 31:49

13d ago31:49

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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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Speculative Whiteness Part 1: Acadmic Altruist with Dr. Jordan S. Carroll 19:04

14d ago19:04

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In the first part of this new column about the alt-right and Speculative Fiction fandom, we get to know the author of the groundbreaking discussion, Speculative Witeness. Alan and Jordan discuss gateway genre authors, JRR Tolkien, transgressive science fiction, how SF fans experience time differently, how Jordan started studying the alt-right in co…

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Silicon Bites #138 - Igor Girkin (Strelkov) Claims that Summer Offensive and War "Doesn't End Well." 24:13

14d ago24:13

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Edition No138 | 04-05-2025 - Igor Girkin, better known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, has been as active commentator on the war, despite being in prison, at the leisure of his majesty, Tsar Putin. Before we get into the episode, let’s not forget that Strelkov played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea, and then in the Donbas War a…

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692. Dom Nicholls - Russia Shows no Interest in Peace as Putin's Forces Apparently Surge on Sumy Border 40:34

15d ago40:34

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By subjugating Ukraine, Putin hopes to reassert Russia’s status as a great power, discourage other neighbours from pivoting west, and distract from domestic issues through nationalist fervour. Ultimately, Putin fears the erosion of Russia's imperial legacy and the contagion of democratic aspirations among his own people—making Ukraine not just a st…

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692. Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce - 100 Day Shambles - Trump's Chaotic First 100 Days in Office 1:43:14

15d ago1:43:14

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Easter Pysanky: Silicon Curtain https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/easter-pysanky-silicon-curtainCar for Ukraine has joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this special Easter season. In peaceful times, we might gift a basket of pysanky (hand-painted eggs), but now, we aim to deliver a basket of trucks to our …

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689. Jesse Alexander - The Russo-Ukrainian War 2014 to ? Putin will not Stop Until Ukraine is Eradicated. 1:17:21

16d ago1:17:21

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Jesse Alexander is a public historian based in Vienna, Austria. He holds an MA in Modern History from the University of Vienna, where he focused on propaganda in World War One. Jesse has also researched, written, and hosted documentary films on 19th and 20th century conflict, including “The Great War” series.----------LINKS:https://x.com/jesse_hist…

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Am I Failing My Kids? 27:08

17d ago27:08

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Episode 1: Am I Failing My Kids? Welcome to Parenthood Panic — the podcast where messy moments meet real talk. In our very first episode, we dive into one of the biggest fears parents face: Am I failing my kids? Join Maya, Ty, Chris, and Renee as they share honest stories, relatable struggles, and surprising wins that prove you’re probably doing be…

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Silicon Bites #137 - Trump Slumps in the Polls - Collapse in Trump's Popularity Triggers GOP Panic 18:52

17d ago18:52

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Edition No137 | 01-05-2025 - There are indications that all is not well in the dark Narnia of Trump’ administration. As President Trump approaches the first 100 days of his second term, a Fox News poll suggests that core voters as well as swing voters have concerns about the direction of travel. 82% are extremely or very concerned about inflation, …

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691. Anna Danylchuk - Strike Moscow on 9th May Victory Day to Bring the War Home to the Russia Population 1:14:52

17d ago1:14:52

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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 independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her videos,…

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Silicon Bites #136 - GRU Expands List of Targets - Opponents and Critics of Kremlin May be Targeted. 12:51

18d ago12:51

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Edition No136 | 30-04-2025 - It’s been reported that Putin's spies are building a hit list of journalists, politicians, and public figures across Europe. GRU agents have been ordered to collect home addresses of Kremlin critics for potential "active measures." Aktivni meropriyatiyi. This story has been repeated by respected opposition figures such …

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685. Samuel Greene - Russia is at War with Us All Whether our Governments and Media Acknowledge the Fact. 52:44

18d ago52:44

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Samuel Greene is professor in Russian politics at King’s College London. Prior to moving to London in 2012 to join King’s, he lived and worked in Moscow for 13 years, most recently as director of the Centre for the Study of New Media & Society at the New Economic School, and as deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre. He holds a PhD in politi…

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688. Sir Richard Shirreff - Russia is on its Knees - We Should not Let it Get Back up to Rearm & Regroup. 44:31

19d ago44:31

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Vladimir Putin’s obsession with dominating Ukraine stems from a mix of geopolitical paranoia, historical revisionism, and authoritarian self-preservation. He views Ukraine’s westward shift in political aspirations and values—especially EU integration—as a direct threat to Russia’s sphere of influence and his regime’s legitimacy and indeed survivabi…

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Silicon Bites #135 - Your Armies have Become Redundant Because of Rapidly Evolving Drone Warfare 18:11

20d ago18:11

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Edition No135 | 28-04-2025 - After transitioning to become his excellency, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi kept a relatively low profile. Now he’s attending more civic events that have connections to the Ukrainian community, and has given keynote addresses at several significant events, including Chatham House and Rusi. Hi…

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687. Yuliya Ziskina & Timothy Ash - Seizing Russian Assets Must be Treated as Matter of National Security 38:26

20d ago38:26

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Yuliya Ziskina is a Policy and advocacy attorney specializing in information policy and public international law from Ukraine. She is based in the New York City Metropolitan Area.----------Timothy Ash, who has been professional economist for more than 30 years, with two thirds of that in the banking industry. Timothy’s specialism is emerging Europe…

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682. Vlad Mykhnenko - The Delusion of Buried Riches in Ukraine - The Challenges of Trump's Minerals Deal. 48:10

21d ago48:10

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Vlad Mykhnenko is Professor of Geography and Political Economy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Peter's College, Oxford. He is an economic geographer, specialising in geographical political economy. His academic focus is on challenging the conventional wisdom of urban and regional development within the transition economies of easter…

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684. Yuri Felshtinsky - Trump's Peace Deal was Authored in Moscow, and Designed to be Punitive on Ukraine 1:05:04

22d ago1:05:04

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Dr Yuri Felshtinsky is a prominent author, historian, and journalist, and expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. He has appeared in hundreds of print, TV, and radio interviews worldwide, and is widely known as co-author of the book “Blowing Up Russia” with Alexander Litvinenko, a former Lieutenant Colonel in the FSB who was poisoned with rad…

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Silicon Bites #134 - One of Putin's Military Generals Erased in Bomb Blast on the Streets of Moscow. 5:39

23d ago5:39

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Edition No134 | 25-04-2025 - Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik has been killed in a car bomb attack near Moscow. The most likely suspect for this highly targeted assassination is Ukraine. The elimination of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik follows that of another senior Russian military figure, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, in December. …

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683. Georgijs Ivanovs - Coalition of the Useless and Deluded is Falling Apart Even Before it's Deployed 1:01:40

23d ago1:01:40

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Georgijs Ivanovs started the Ukraine Matters channel in 2007, and it has garners 11.5 m views. He started the channel to explain the situation surrounding the war in Ukraine in simple terms. Like myself, he is not Ukrainian, nor is he a military expert. But he has been to Ukraine many times and seen it almost fully (except for Odesa region). He has…

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Silicon Bites #133 - Trump Implores his 'Friend' Vladimir After Murderous Assault on Kyiv and Cities 10:30

24d ago10:30

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Edition No133 | 24-04-2025 - The US is on the verge of exiting the so-called peace process. It’s become ever harder for him to hide the blatant alignment of his administration with Russia’s goal and objectives, Russian strategies and narratives. As we’ve said in, multiple recent episodes, it’s been all carrots for the Kremlin, and all sticks for Ze…

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681. Konstantin Samoilov - Putin Regime Crisis - Russia is Running Out of Money and Time 49:23

24d ago49:23

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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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680. Stream: It's Over - Trump's Dumb Deal is Dead (Probably on Arrival and by Design to Blame Ukraine) 1:29:05

25d ago1:29:05

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Easter Pysanky: Silicon Curtain https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/easter-pysanky-silicon-curtainCar for Ukraine has joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this special Easter season. In peaceful times, we might gift a basket of pysanky (hand-painted eggs), but now, we aim to deliver a basket of trucks to our …

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679. Glen Grant - The Western Defense Industry is Broken in an Age of Rapidly Evolving Drone Warfare 43:00

25d ago43:00

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Glen Grant worked as a defence and reform expert in Ukraine working for the Ukrainian Institute for the Future. He is also a Senior Fellow in the UK Institute for Statecraft on Building Integrity Initiative countering Russian influence. Glen graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the Junior Staff Course Warminster and the Joint Staff …

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678. Jake Broe - Global Oil Price Collapsing Due to Trump's Tariffs - It's a Disaster for Putin's Economy 59:47

26d ago59:47

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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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Novus Monstrum with Douglas Gwilym 1:38:28

24d ago1:38:28

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In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer and editor Douglas Gwilym. We discuss the Horror Writers Association, the importance of character, blending genres, the Triangulation Anthologies, editing anthologies, joy in writing, monsters, journies in fiction, the importance of writing fiction in uncertain times, and much more. You can find Novus …

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Silicon Bites #132 - Trump Loses Interest in Peace Negotiations - "Washing Hands" of War in Ukraine. 10:30

27d ago10:30

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Edition No132 | 21-04-2025 - Several days before Trump and his administration said publicly, they were prepared to walk away from mediation in the Russia-Ukraine war, he apparently privately ranted to aide about washing his hands of the negotiation process to find a peace deal. Trump ranted in private about his frustrations that the negotiations we…

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677. Panel Event - Europe on Fire - Future of Ukrainian and European Security & Defence is in the Balance 1:47:06

28d ago1:47:06

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Europe on Fire - the future of Ukrainian and European defence. Guest Panelists:Edward Hunter ChristieFrancis DearnleyCormac SmithA discussion on the future of Ukrainian and European defence held at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre.Silicon Curtain with Ukrainian Focus. Friday, April 18, 2025 - 19:00 GMT. As the war in Ukraine continues to shape the geo…

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Silicon Bites #131 - "Putin is Pure Evil. Supporting Ukraine IS putting America First." Says Pastor. 9:20

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Edition No131 | 18-04-2025 - A man who’s been called Trump's spiritual advisor visited Ukraine and then seemed to have a revelation. 'Putin is pure evil', he pronounced in his verdict on Russia's war against Ukraine. Televangelist Pastor Mark Burns declared, "I now believe that supporting Ukraine is America first." He is now urging the US to send K…

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Silicon Bites #130 - American Gulag in the Land of the Free - The Day Rule of Law Died in the States 21:45

1M ago21:45

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Edition No130 | 17-04-2025 - A US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over deportations to El Salvador. Trump’s use of the alien act deportations power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without due process threatens to cause a head-on clash between the executive branch of government and the judiciary. This is a fi…

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Silicon Bites #129 - Trump is Siding with Murderers to Promote a Fake Peace in Failing Negotiations. 22:13

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Edition No129 | 16-04-2025 - From an outsider’s perspective, the US seems to have declared war on its own values; the president ignores the Supreme Court, threatening rule of law and division of powers. The executive mounts daily assaults on the concepts of sovereignty and freedom, free speech and freedom of association. The very principles the Fou…

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CTC 15.04.25: Football superstitions, Wrestlemania, and Death Row Meals 1:03:00

1M ago1:03:00

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676. Maria Romanenko - Taking Breaks in Lviv Helps Influential Brits to Understand Ukrainian Resilience 58:55

1M ago58:55

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Maria Romanenko is a TV presenter, journalist, and writer from Ukraine and host of the YouTube show ‘Ukraine in Flames’ for the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. She is now living and working in Manchester, contributing to media outlets such as The Guardian, Reader’s Digest, ITV, and BBC. Maria runs free Manchester walking tours for Ukrainians and will …

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675. Live stream with Jonathan MS Pearce - Trump is Betraying the Values of the US, Liberty and Democracy 1:15:59

1M ago1:15:59

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Easter Pysanky: Silicon Curtain https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/easter-pysanky-silicon-curtainCar for Ukraine has joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this special Easter season. In peaceful times, we might gift a basket of pysanky (hand-painted eggs), but now, we aim to deliver a basket of trucks to our …

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