Silicon Curtain

By Jonathan Fink

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe

A p... more

4.9

6262 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Silicon Curtain:

How many episodes does Silicon Curtain have?

The podcast currently has 843 episodes available.

Silicon Curtain episodes:

February 03, 2025 Silicon Bites #89 - EU Debates Resumption of Gas Supplies from Russia (or their Total Capitulation).
Edition No89 | 03-02-2025 - This episode is all about energy –
especially gas supply to Europe. Rumours abound that the EU is
considering renewing gas purchases from Russia as part of a Ukraine
peace deal. Where do we even start with this unbelievably misguided,
opportunistic, immoral and strategically brain-dead idea? Dependence on
Russian gas is what led Putin to believe he could invade a sovereign
European nation in the first place and coerce all the others to just
tolerate that.
----------
We ran two events in Ukraine in the last two weeks. Lviv (part 2) and
Kyiv. The event we ran in August 2023 was a huge success, and had a
great impact. Now our aim is even more ambitious. Two cities. Two
events. Multiple panels consisting of the best experts, and all filmed
in high definition for the channel.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
Allegedly, EU officials are discussing the potential resumption of gas
purchases via a Russian pipeline as part of a potential settlement of
the Russia-Ukraine war. This was reported by the Financial Times
reported on Jan. 30, citing undisclosed sources.
The proposal's advocates, including Hungarian and German officials (of
course), argue the move could give both Russia and Europe incentives to
maintain a peace deal while stabilizing the continent's energy market,
the outlet wrote. And this based on the theory that Russia was so
trustworthy the first time round, through the Budapest Memorandum and
Minsk Accords, that we should have another go at surrendering our
security to the tyrant in the Kremlin? Such logic also assumes that the
Russian leadership are economically and politically rational and ignore
the clear imperialistic and genocidal motivations behind the war of
aggression.
----------
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 front-line towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
NEWS SOURCES:
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-denies-any-ties-between-russian-gas-purchases-and-peace-talks-over-war-in-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-mulls-restarting-russian-gas-purchases-as-part-of-ukraine-peace-deal-ft-reports/
https://www.ft.com/content/a19aa690-fb54-41ea-9885-10972b11ab24
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-block-eu-russia-sanctions-next-time-unless-ukraine-gas-transit-resumes-2025-01-31/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-lets-russian-gas-slip-again-in-new-sanctions-package/
https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-europe-gas-transit-ukraine-replace-cyprus/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/20/donald-trump-tells-eu-buy-more-us-oil-gas-tariffs
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
...more
12min
February 02, 2025 Silicon Bites #88 - 'Revolution is Coming' - Girkin Strelkov Forecasts Collapse of the Russian Army.
Edition No88 | 02-02-2025 - Strelkov is back with more pronouncements.
It has been many months since the untimely reports of his demise spread
around the Z-blogosphere. Of course we are not concerned about his
health, or even his welfare. He is a war criminal and bears even more
responsibilities for this horrific war than most Russians. His views on
the state of the Russian army may hold some interest, however, as he has
been known to occasionally give critical assessments of the competence
and performance of the Russian army, some of which have been far closer
to reality than the manipulative discourse of Russian propagandist and
Z-patriots.
----------
We ran two events in Ukraine in the last two weeks. Lviv (part 2) and
Kyiv. The event we ran in August 2023 was a huge success, and had a
great impact. Now our aim is even more ambitious. Two cities. Two
events. Multiple panels consisting of the best experts, and all filmed
in high definition for the channel.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
He’s in prison yes, but it’s the wrong prison, and he’s not incarcerated
for his crimes against Ukraine and humanity, but for disloyalty to the
regime that approves of those war crimes. He was an FSB officer who went
to Donbas with a gang of thugs, supported by resources from oligarch
Konstantin Malofeev, and started provocations and murders there. He
blazed a trail for the Russian army to intervene, and for today’s
full-scale invasion. But during the full-scale war Strelkov assessment
of the actions of the Russian army was nearly uniformly negative. These
statements are not because he disapproves of the invasion, but because
he fears it is neither being conducted efficiently, or ruthlessly
enough.
“But in the long term, I emphasize, if we continue to fight, or rather,
continue to operate as we are now, we will not hold anything, even the
Kremlin will not hold it over time.”
----------
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 front-line towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
NEWS SOURCES:
This episode is adapted from a report that appeared on Michael Naki’s
YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDDItFxoQc&t=5s
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------

...more
18min
February 02, 2025 601. Truth on the Line - War, Media and the Battle for Reality (Recorded in Lviv Jan. 2025)
Lviv, a city of resistance, ideas, and stories, was the perfect place
for our latest conversation on epistemic injustice, Ukraine’s agency in
global knowledge production, and the decolonisation of how Ukraine is
understood.
Together with writer, curator, and academic Sasha Dovzhyk, we unpacked
the gaps in global knowledge about Ukraine, the ways historical
narratives shape (or distort) perceptions, and what it takes to reclaim
our voice on our own terms.
📍 Hosted at INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange, the
discussion brought together those shaping Ukraine’s intellectual and
cultural landscape—and those eager to rethink it.
----------
LINKS:
https://www.index-ukraine.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-dovzhyk-3a907b25/
https://twitter.com/sasha_weirdsley
https://www.sashadovzhyk.com/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/olexandra-dovzhyk
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/sasha-dovzhyk/
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
ARTICLES:
https://www.londonukrainianreview.org/
https://theecologist.org/profile/dr-sasha-dovzhyk
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sasha-dovzhyk
https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/sasha-dovzhyk/
https://newlinesmag.com/writers/sasha-dovzhyk/
----------
BOOKS:
Ukraine Lab: Global Security, Environment, Disinformation Through the
Prism of Ukraine (Ukrainian Voices, 39) Paperback – 4 Sept. 2023 by
Sasha Dovzhyk (Editor), Rory Finnin (Foreword), Olesya Khromeychuk
(Contributor), Sofia Cheliak (Contributor), & others.
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
1h 24min
February 01, 2025 614. Joseph Lindsley - Kyiv Stands Firm, Free and Defiant as Putin Unleashes Obscene Violence Daily
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
conference on Information Overload, AI, and Responsibility. Then the
Coronavirus shut down world travel, and he stayed to build a better
vision for the media industry.
OTHER VIDEOS:
1. https://youtu.be/DM42QAF2ia4 (07-Nov-23)
2. https://youtu.be/KAGt83FzXmI (26-Jan-24)
3. https://youtu.be/AlD3HUTQAag (20-Feb-24)
4. https://youtu.be/w8Y1XLuhB9Q (04-Apr-24)
5. https://youtu.be/eA6DI5bwrq8 (05-Jun-24)
6. https://youtu.be/VmQE32SHg88 (14-Nov-24)
----------
LINKS:
https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lindsley
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lindsley-60087618/
https://www.youtube.com/@jplindsley
https://twitter.com/JPLindsley
https://www.instagram.com/jplindsley/
https://www.facebook.com/josephlindsley
https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
32min
January 31, 2025 Silicon Bites #87 - Trump's Freeze on US Foreign Aid is Gift to Tyrants, Aspiring Autocrats & Thugs.
Edition No87 | 31-01-2025 - There is Chaos and confusion after Trump
halts US foreign aid. ‘It will kill people’, claim NGOs, charities and
recipients of US aid. The new directive mat put some aid organizations
at risk of bankruptcy and has caused genuine panic among NGOs fighting
Russian aggression in Ukraine and Georgia. There are organization across
many areas of activity threatened, with funding ranging from a few
percent of total funds and income for staff right up to 90% of costs.
----------
We ran two events in Ukraine in the last two weeks. Lviv (part 2) and
Kyiv. The event we ran in August 2023 was a huge success, and had a
great impact. Now our aim is even more ambitious. Two cities. Two
events. Multiple panels consisting of the best experts, and all filmed
in high definition for the channel.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
The sudden announcement of the pause in US foreign aid came out of the
blue it seems for most NGOs and organizations. And panic quickly set in.
My Ukrainian colleague’s phone was buzzing continuously when the news
dropped with people in tears and trying to understand the evolving
situation. The pause in aid is causing chaos inside groups ranging from
health providers to landmine removers — interrupting lifesaving programs
as officials struggle to understand the scope, scale and impact of the
directive.
Many in the aid space said they couldn’t remember any such sudden halt
to funding in the past. They also didn’t understand why programs had to
be stopped so that the new administration could log and review them.
What we are seeing here are not conservative values at play, but a kind
of revolutionary nihilism towards good governance.
----------
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 front-line towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
NEWS SOURCES:
https://www.ft.com/content/e122fb95-ae23-4c82-80c8-c8904724131e
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-funding-healthcare/2025/01/29/id/1196988/
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-suspends-aid-to-ukraine-vital-ngos-dont-know-if-theyll-survive/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/ukraine-war-briefing-shock-as-trump-aid-freeze-hits-ukrainian-causes
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/chaos-confusion-trump-u-s-foreign-aid-00200771
https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/29/us-freeze-on-foreign-aid-funding-is-a-death-sentence-for-people-in-need-ngos-warn
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-freeze-us-aid-rings-alarm-bells-thailand-ukraine-2025-01-28/
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------

...more
29min
January 31, 2025 607. Philip Obaji Jr. - Russia's Wagner Group Committing Crimes in Africa and Expanding Authoritarianism.
Philip Obaji Jr. is a Nigeria-based correspondent for The Daily Beast,
covering sub-Saharan Africa. He fearlessly and relentlessly uncovers
stories about Russian crimes in Africa, including those perpetrated by
the Wagner Group. He was awarded Int. Journalist of the Year in 2023. He
won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Education in 2014, and the Future
Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of the Year in 2015.
----------
LINKS:
https://x.com/PhilipObaji
https://www.gofundme.com/f/philip-obaji-uncover-russian-atrocities-africa
https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/philip-obaji-jr/
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
37min
January 30, 2025 608. Konstantin Samoilov - Early Signs of Russian Collapse - There will be Blood when the Chaos Begins
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 Russia,
with no idea of when he can return there.
----------
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
----------
LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/@UC9HHZMXng9reLBQmNc1Y8iA
----------
INSIDE RUSSIA is a source of current news on Russia -
Konstantin carefully selects 9 news stories that are important and
really matter,
with commentaries and analyses by Konstantin delivered daily to channel
patrons at Patreon.com
Get your access to daily news updates at patreon.com/INSIDERUSSIA
@INSIDERUSSIA
https://www.patreon.com/insiderussia
----------
OTHER VIDEOS WITH KONSTANTIN ON SILICON CURTAIN:
https://youtu.be/kvpa8MS8Mmw (20-Nov-24)
https://youtu.be/S15izhFsEF8 (20-Nov-24)
https://youtu.be/zAaBRnpQ_Xg (22-Oct-24)
https://youtu.be/WUUz11jZ-nY (17-Sep-27)
https://youtu.be/2Pz9wGeCzXc (13-Aug-24)
https://youtu.be/xV_cXBA12tw (22-Jul-24)
https://youtu.be/lnIgKQRHM8o (15-Jun-24)
https://youtu.be/XX3zU5QNvCw (22-May-24)
https://youtu.be/qXcfjra6KGI (16-Apr-24)
https://youtu.be/FTuvRZQMCN8 (04-Mar-24)
https://youtu.be/URzXdRO02ps (29-Jan-24)
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
34min
January 29, 2025 605. Kevin Leach - The Vicious Cycle of Failure needs to be Broken - with Training, Weapons & Recruitment
Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a
professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give
Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian
Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and in
military affairs. He served as a sergeant from 2008-2018, specialising
in armoured reconnaissance. He leads a weekly segment on the Mriya
Report called “Come Home Alive” covering the Key Elements of Training
for the Ukrainian army.
----------
LINKS:
https://x.com/SabreAdvisory
https://www.sabretag.org/donate
https://www.instagram.com/sabre_tag/
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mriyareport/episodes/Kevin-Leach--Sabre-Advisory-Training-on-Key-Elements-of-Training---May-29--2024-e2kavap
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
39min
January 28, 2025 606. Liubov Velychko - Dissecting the Science of Russia Vranyo - The Art of Geopolitical Lying at Scale
Liubov Velychko is a Ukrainian investigative journalist with over 15
years of experience uncovering corruption, crime, and human rights
violations. She Specializes in exposing disinformation campaigns, and
has conducted numerous investigations into Russian propaganda, revealing
the networks behind its spread and dismantling the information
operations orchestrated by Russian intelligence agencies.
----------
At relatively short notice, we're organising two events in Ukraine in
the last week of January. Lviv (part 2) and Kyiv. The event we ran in
August 2023 was a huge success, and had a great impact. Now our aim is
even more ambitious. Two cities. Two events. Multiple panels consisting
of the best experts, and all filmed in high definition for the channel.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
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
----------
LINKS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/v-press/
https://www.rusi.org/people/velychko
https://x.com/VelychkoLiubov
https://www.occrp.org/en/people/lyubov-velychko
https://mind.ua/en/author/1158-liubov-velychko
----------
THE MAIN MYTHS:
- Myth: Ukraine is irredeemably corrupt and has greater corruption
issues than Russia.
- Myth: Ukraine is not a democracy because elections have been suspended
in wartime.
- Myth: Russian language and culture are suppressed in Ukraine.
- Myth: Russians don’t oppose the war, because they have ‘bad
information’.
- Myth: Russians can be divided into ‘good’ and ‘bad’.
- Myth: Putin can be negotiated with using economically rational,
transactional logic.
- Myth: Putin insane, not simply a kleptocratic, chauvinistic
psychopath.
- Myth: Negotiations and treaties with Russia can give Ukraine peace and
security.
- Myth: Putin wants peace.
- Myth: Russia will be satisfied with just a few territories of Ukraine,
in DNR and LNR.
- Myth: Zelensky makes decisions for himself and his clique, not the
Ukrainian people.
- Myth: Oligarchs pull all the strings, and leaders are only their
puppets, and of the US.
- Myth: Russian security concerns is a real and serious topic for
consideration.
- Myth: Russia could be accepted into NATO, and other international
institutions.
- Myth: Trade relationship with India, Global South, etc can help make
Ukraine secure.
- Myth: Russians can be forgiven this generation for the crimes
committed in their name.
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
----------
...more
17min
January 26, 2025 Silicon Bites #86 - Trump’s Ultimatum to Putin: End Your Pointless War Now or Face Crippling Tariffs
“It's time to make a deal.” Announces incoming President of the US,
Donald Trump. If he does not end Russia’s war against Ukraine war soon,
Trump implies that Putin will face punitive tariffs and sanctions, on
top of those already imposed. Trump also says he’ll ask NATO allies to
raise defence spending to 5 percent of GDP, which is far beyond the
current spend, and even higher than current US expenditure on defence.
This would be a transformational change to many societies, with
implications that I think he can hardly grasp.
----------
At relatively short notice, we're organising two events in Ukraine in
the last week of January. Lviv (part 2) and Kyiv. The event we ran in
August 2023 was a huge success, and had a great impact. Now our aim is
even more ambitious. Two cities. Two events. Multiple panels consisting
of the best experts, and all filmed in high definition for the channel.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,
and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are
higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available
venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make
this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to
film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will
have an impact, so please help if you can.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
Trump did not attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in person, but
via a video link announced he would bring down the cost of oil, because
"if the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately.
It's time to end it." He added. This comes a day after he threatened
massive tariffs and sanctions on Russian exports if Putin fails to make a
deal to end the conflict. Not after 24 hours, but within the first 100
days of Trump taking office.
For perhaps the first time, Trump blamed Vladimir Putin for the fact the
war has not ended. Up until now he has not directly spoken in negative
terms about the Russian president, sparking a belief against some of his
detractors that he may be a Russian asset. But does Trump now see an
opportunity in weakening of even beating Putin?
----------
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 front-line towns.
https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

...more
13min

FAQs about Silicon Curtain:

How many episodes does Silicon Curtain have?

The podcast currently has 843 episodes available.

More shows like Silicon Curtain

War on the Rocks by Ryan Evans

War on the Rocks

1,042 Listeners

The Eastern Border by Kristaps Andrejsons

The Eastern Border

812 Listeners

Russian Roulette by Center for Strategic and International Studies

Russian Roulette

142 Listeners

Brussels Sprouts by Center for a New American Security | CNAS

Brussels Sprouts

77 Listeners

In Moscow's Shadows by Mark Galeotti

In Moscow's Shadows

352 Listeners

Global Security Briefing by The Royal United Services Institute

Global Security Briefing

14 Listeners

School of War by Nebulous Media

School of War

368 Listeners

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler by Podmasters

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

163 Listeners

Ukrainecast by BBC News

Ukrainecast

407 Listeners

Ukraine: The Latest by The Telegraph

Ukraine: The Latest

1,751 Listeners

Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado by Silverado Policy Accelerator

Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado

146 Listeners

Battleground by Goalhanger

Battleground

320 Listeners

The Foreign Affairs Interview by Foreign Affairs Magazine

The Foreign Affairs Interview

390 Listeners

Privateer Station: War In Ukraine by Privateer

Privateer Station: War In Ukraine

43 Listeners

Battle Lines by The Telegraph

Battle Lines

161 Listeners