Jonathan Fink
Silicon Curtain
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign...
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Episodes
Silicon Bites #106 - US Pushes for Regime Change in Ukraine - is aim to Weaken negotiating Position? 06.03.2025 17:59
Edition No106 | 06-03-2025 - It is a move that Victoria Nuland could not have dreamed of in her wildest and most expansive fantasies, that the US could have enough raw power and influence, and the twisted will to deploy those, to effect regime change in Ukraine. But it seems that this is the plan. But this time it is not being done in the name of stability or democracy, but to directly benefit Vla...
639. Jonathan MS Livestream - Trump Launches Direct Attack to Reduce Ukraine Resilience to Benefit Russia 05.03.2025 1:12:41
https://dzygaspaw.com/triad-silicon-curtain?notes=Jonathan%20Fink%20for%20TRIAD&project=Triad:%20Night%20Drones----------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. Pro...
638. Pekka Kallioniemi - Trump's Assault on Freedom, Allies & Truth Accelerates as US Democracy Implodes. 05.03.2025 55:30
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 and disinformation works and is spread. There are...
637. Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone. 04.03.2025 1:04:24
Jon Sweet is an accomplished intelligence professional who served for 30 years within the Defence and Intelligence sector as an U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer. He is now a freelance author, contributor and columnist for The Hill, The Messenger, Washington Examiner, Kyiv Post and FOX News. He provides an experienced military perspective on current world events. Mark Toth is a retired econo...
636. Ukraine War Livestream Update - Aftermath of the Trump, Vance, Zelenskyy Meltdown in the White House 03.03.2025 1:32:23
Kyiv stands firm, in the third year of the war. Our trip to Ukraine is now over. ALL INTERVIEWS RECORDED and they’ve started appearing on the channel. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen - your generosity meant we could film everything that we planned. We hope these materials will have an impact in helping to tell Ukraine's story, and generate support for its cause. Everything will...
Silicon Bites #105 - US has Become an Abusive 'Partner' and Must not have Veto Over Allies' Security 03.03.2025 22:55
Edition No105 | 03-03-2025 - Is this clickbait? Is this Trump bashing, or TDS as some refer to it – Trump Derangement Syndrome. No, this is a cold analysis of what just happened in the Oval Office, and what its implications are for geopolitics and finding a way to end the war against Ukraine. Curiously over the last weeks I have been called a Trump appeaser in numerous comments, and in about the s...
Silicon Bites #104 - Zelenskyy Failed to "be Cautious" When Entering the Bear Pit of the Oval Office 01.03.2025 25:57
Edition No104 | 01-03-2025 - After watching the car crash presser in the Oval Office, it’s easier to think this was a disaster for Zelenskyy and personally for Ukraine. But this may not be the case – that’s the theme we’ll unpack in this episode. But before we do, it’s worth remembering that when you combine last week’s tirade of abuse by Trump and Co of Zelenskyy and Ukraine with what’s happened...
634. Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce - Incredibly Ukraine is now world leader of freedom and democracy 27.02.2025 1:37:01
Kyiv stands firm, in the third year of the war. Our trip to Ukraine is now over. ALL INTERVIEWS RECORDED and they’ve started appearing on the channel. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen - your generosity meant we could film everything that we planned. We hope these materials will have an impact in helping to tell Ukraine's story, and generate support for its cause. Everything will...
632. Christoph Müller - Can Germany Play a Leadership Role in the Security of Europe? 27.02.2025 51:58
On his YouTube channel Talk4Ukraine, Christoph Müller conducts deep conversations with experts, politicians and activists about the current situation in Ukraine and its geopolitical importance.----------LINKS:https://www.youtube.com/@Talk4Ukrainehttps://x.com/weplay4ukrainehttps://4ukraine.info/https://weplay4ukraine.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-m%C3%BCller-267302129/https://www.insta...
Silicon Curtain #103 - Donbas Donny - Prospective King of the Extraction Extortion Mafia 27.02.2025 11:47
Edition No103 | 27-02-2025 - “President Trump is making his own play to become Don of the Donbas”, write Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth in The Hill. And the prize is not a collection of smashed cities and broken logistics and trail of ruined lives, but access to what is estimated to be more than $5.75 trillion in rare earth minerals. Ukraine has now tentatively agreed to seal a rare earth mineral de...
Silicon Bites #102 - "It's Complicated" says US as it Votes in UN with the 'Axis of Authoritarians'. 25.02.2025 14:03
Edition No102 | 25-02-2025 - In a move that was not at all shocking, the UN yesterday adopted Ukraine's resolution condemning Russia's invasion by a large majority. What was shocking was that the US joined other renegade states to vote against the resolution, together with Russia, North Korea and Belarus. It must be noted that Israel sided with the world’s pariah states and authoritarians...
633. Casey Michel - Trump Backs a Loser - Siding in UN with Putin, Illegality, Kleptocracy and Oligarchy. 25.02.2025 40:34
Casey Michel is head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, focusing on how dictators and autocrats use illicit finance and dirty money to remain in power. He’s the author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY, on America's transformation into an offshore haven. His new book, FOREIGN AGENTS, will examine the explosion of the foreign lobbying industry in Washington, and how that...
631. Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce - Far Right Makes Significant Gains in the German Elections 25.02.2025 1:31:01
Kyiv stands firm, in the third year of the war. Our trip to Ukraine is now over. ALL INTERVIEWS RECORDED and they’ve started appearing on the channel. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen - your generosity meant we could film everything that we planned. We hope these materials will have an impact in helping to tell Ukraine's story, and generate support for its cause. Everything will...
602. Neivanmade - The Russian Empire will Disappear when the Ukrainian Sun Rises - Let That Time be Now 24.02.2025 34:07
1993 - Born in Lviv, Ukraine - Artist, illustrator, Doctor of PhilosophyThe primary media are easel graphics, mural art, digital art, and multimedia installation. Since February 24, 2022, Mykhailo has created military posters supporting Ukraine and volunteers. He believes in the power of visual signs because they can ignore geographical and language barriers, making their way straight to the human...
590. Jenny Klochko - Ukraine will Resist Russia With or Without US Support 23.02.2025 42:44
Journalist Jenny Klochko talks to Ukrainian people who carry on with their lives under the daily shelling. They joke, dance ballet, paint the pictures, make films, and support their Armed Forces. Because life is stronger than war. Ukraine in its fight for existence gained international support and these people admire Ukrainian bravery and the spirit of this country. The interviews on this channel...
Silicon Bites #101 - Zelenskyy Calls Trump's Bluff by Offering to Resign in Return for UA Security. 23.02.2025 16:31
Edition No101 | 23-02-2025 - It’s been a week that has upended the foreign policy world and seen an acceleration towards what some of us have suspected for several years – that the old post WW2 international order is dead. It’s norms and stability only live one as a zombie concept in the minds of the myopic and timid class of managers that lead us, and who cannot imagine such a scenario or what mu...
Silicon Bites #100 - Trump is Mad, Bad and A Clear and Present Danger for Freedom, Law and Democracy 21.02.2025 16:48
Edition No100 | 21-02-2025 - Scholz says Trump's comments about Zelenskyy 'wrong and dangerous'. Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was “wrong and dangerous” of US president Donald Trumpto call Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator”.“It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy his democratic legitimacy,” Scholz said in quotes carried by the German news...
630. Alya Shandra - Minsk 3 will Lay Foundations for a Full-scale War in Western Europe Within 2-3 Years. 21.02.2025 34:32
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 fueled by her interest in how to help Ukraine permanently move beyond being a post-communist post-colony country and evolve into becoming a free and democratic society...
Silicon Bites #99 - Prepare for Betrayal as Trump Brokers a 21st Century Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. 20.02.2025 31:58
Edition No99 | 20-02-2025 - Bad information. Bad preparation. Bad intent. Not grounded or limited by values.o We have been deceived and swindled. Trade imbalance. Bad deals. o Everything that is the US’s is by extension mine. All the slights mine too. o Relationships are all transactional, monetary in nature, and short-term. o See alliances through the lens of immediate quid pro quo.o ‘Bad deals m...
629. Timothy Ash - NATO is Dead, Europe is on its Own and the US is an Adversary - Toxic New World Order. 20.02.2025 33:24
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 European economics, and he writes and blogs extensively on economic challenges for leading publications such as the Kyiv Post, Atlantic Council, the Financial Times, and the United Business Journal. He is also an Associate Fellow in the Russia a...
Silicon Bites #98 - Negotiations or Capitulation - US Discusses Carving up Ukraine Behind their Back 18.02.2025 17:43
Edition No98 | 18-02-2025 - After the meeting between Russia and the US, questions but with few answers. QUESTION: Can you take us a little bit in the room today? What was the interaction like? How would you characterize the discussions? MR WITKOFF: It was positive, upbeat, constructive, everybody there to get to the right outcome, solution based. We discussed it afterwards. We couldn’t have imagi...
628. Ben Hodges - Europe must Prepare for War or Risk Russian Provocation and Domination of the Continent 17.02.2025 44:20
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, Transatlantic relationship and international securit...
627. Joseph Lindsley - Bad Intent or Very Bad Information: How to Read Vance & Trump's Words 16.02.2025 41:24
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 Responsib...
Silicon Bites #97 - Trump Signals Dangerous Concessions Before Negotiations Begin (Art of the Steal) 15.02.2025 38:22
Edition No97 | 15-02-2025 - Europe’s new Munich moment happened on the eve of the Munich Security Conference. And it was at this event in 2007, 18 years ago, that Vladimir Putin announced his intention to create a new security architecture for Europe – a new world order in fact. He was ignored, and Europe was presumed to be secure. The aggressor was appeased, and his lawless aggression normalised....
623. David Satter - We Underestimate Russia's Capacity for Evil Deeds at our Peril - Things Can Always Get Worse. 15.02.2025 55:33
David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible consequences for present day Russia. David has written extensively about Russia and the Soviet Union, especially the decline and fall of the USSR and rise of post-Soviet Russia. David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the...
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