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Der frühere Chefredakteur des Spiegels, Georg Mascolo, und die langjährige Russlandkorrespondentin, Katja Gloger (Stern), stellen sich im Podcast den Fragen von TA-Chefredakteur Jan Hollitzer. Das Gespräch kreist um die deutsche Russlandpolitik der vergangenen 30 Jahre, tangiert deutsche Militärhilfe genauso, wie das Ignorieren frühzeitiger Warnungen vor dem KGB-Mann Wladimir Putin als „harter, kalt entschlossener Operateur“. Beide Autoren haben gerade ihr Buch „Das Versagen“ veröffentlicht.
Spalio 30 d. Vilniaus miesto muziejuje istorikė, Valstybės saugumo departamento muziejaus kuratorė dr. Jurga Miknytė skaitė paskaitą „Komunikacijos kontrolė KGB laikais“. Laukia pokalbis su istorike apie tai, kuo svarbu šiomis temomis kalbėtis šiandien.Lietuvos medicinos ir farmacijos istorijos muziejuje Kaune eksponuojama paroda „Vaistinių interjerai Lietuvoje 1945–1990 m.“, kuri rodo, kaip keitėsi sovietinės Lietuvos vaistinių interjerai. Plačiausiai atspindimas vėlyvasis modernizmas (1970-1990), kai kurti vaistinių interjerus buvo kviečiami garsūs Lietuvos architektai ir menininkai, oficinose apdailos medžiagų ir baldų kuriamą atmosferą papildė freskos, skulptūros, vitražai, keramika, odos dirbiniai. Kai kuriose vaistinėse net buvo įrengti baseinėliai ir pirtys! Pasakoja kolegė Skirmantė Javaitytė.Nacionalinėje dailės galerijoje bus atidaroma paroda „Claudia Heinermann. Sibiro tremtys – Baltijos šalių gyventojų liudijimai apie sovietinę priespaudą“. Apie tai, kokie liudijimai užfiksuoti kūrėjos darbuose kalbamės su parodos autore Claudia Heinermann ir kuratore Ieva Mazūraite-Novickiene.Ved. Gerūta Griniūtė
The Father Hoods crew is back with a spooky throwback! DJ EFN, Manny Digital, and KGB trade some spooky stories in this throwback episode that's equal parts eerie and hilarious. They kick things off with some wild encounters: DJ EFN's daughter waking up in the middle of the night, Manny's youngest seeing her late grandmother, and KGB recalling his own childhood run-in with the supernatural. Even EFN's bathroom story about his grandfather's “visit” had the crew cracking up. But it's not all ghosts and goosebumps. The Dads also get into the real struggles of fatherhood - the guilt, the worry, and the daily work of being present. Between Halloween plans, horror movies, and personal reflections, they remind us that fatherhood is about showing up, even when things get scary. What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:00:58] When Kids See What We Don't [00:07:58] Keeping It Real About Life & Death [00:13:40] Spooky Szn Is In! [00:19:03] The Real Dad Struggles What Keeps It Timeless: Three fathers, three voices, one mic — all dropping raw honesty, love, and lessons that age like classic vinyl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
En este episodio conversamos con la antropóloga Mercedes Pullman, autora de los libros Los OVNIs en la URSS y Experimentos extraños de la KGB. A lo largo de la charla nos adentramos en los misterios del archivo conocido como la carpeta azul rusa, los casos de Kasputin Yar y Vorónezh, y los enigmáticos programas de investigación soviéticos que buscaban desentrañar fenómenos fuera de lo común. Además, exploramos el lado más oculto de la inteligencia soviética: desde los proyectos secretos sobre “super soldados” hasta el inquietante “cementerio de cerebros” de la URSS, pasando por el papel que habría jugado Vladimir Putin en la continuidad de esas investigaciones. Producción: Informa Radio. Dirección: Blanca Martín y Antonio Sanz Colaboradores: Fermín Mayorga, Jaime Barrientos, Javier Hdez. Sinde, Víctor Haas y Eduardo Rega. Entrevista con Mercedes Pullman
In this episode of The Open Door, panelists Thomas Storck, Andrew Sorokowski, and Christopher Zehnder interview Felix Corley on his book Catholicos and Commissar: The Armenian Church under the Soviet Regime (October29, 2025)Part of a two-volume set, this volume explores the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church under Soviet rule. Initially flourishing across the Russian Empire, the Church briefly enjoyed greater religious freedom after the February 1917 revolution. However, the Bolshevik regime imposed severe restrictions after October 1917: churches were seized, clergy were taxed and jailed, religious education was banned, and international ties were severed. By 1938, Stalin's purges had devastated the Church, culminating in the murder of Catholicos Khoren and the closure of almost all churches.Despite this, a partial revival occurred after World War II. In 1945, Stalin permitted the election of a new Church leader, Catholicos Gevorg, who supported Soviet territorial claims and repatriation efforts. Although minimal, the Church's presence in the South Caucasus and southern Russia was gradually restored.The book is based on extensive archival research, memoirs, and interviews, offering a vivid account of how the Church and its followers struggled to maintain faith under an oppressive regime.Volume 2 continues the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Soviet Union, focusing on the leadership of Catholicos Vazgen I, who served from 1955 until 1994-the longest tenure of any religious leader in the USSR. Chosen by the KGB after a lack of suitable Soviet-based candidates, Vazgen publicly supported the Soviet regime but worked quietly to strengthen the Church's presence at home and abroad. The Church's seminary at Echmiadzin grew, and diaspora ties were cautiously encouraged, though most parishes remained isolated.Despite the appearance of normalcy, the Church operated under heavy restrictions. Major decisions were often made by the state, and KGB agents were placed among the clergy. The harsh anti-religious campaigns of the Khrushchev era forced the closure of many churches. After Khrushchev's fall, restrictions eased somewhat, but the Church remained passive, neither resisting nor expanding.Major change came under Gorbachev's reforms in the late 1980s. Long-suppressed Armenian national aspirations, especially around Nagorno-Karabakh, erupted, followed by the 1988 earthquake. The Church responded with new community efforts. Though initially cautious about independence, Catholicos Vazgen eventually played a key role in legitimising the new Armenian state and reaffirming the Church's place as its official religion.Like Volume One, this book draws from extensive archival research, memoirs, and interviews to tell the story of how the Armenian Church and its followers navigated Soviet repression and shifting political landscapes.
In the spirit of Halloween, we decided to prank our sister station KGB live on the radio.
Special Guest - Alan DaleBook - https://a.co/d/jegJmVtWebsite- https://aarclibrary.orgIN THIS EPISODE~ Rob and Doug are gratified to be joined by none other than Author & Historian ALAN DALE ("The Devil Is In The Details", with Malcolm Blunt), and the man largely resposible for the reboot/revamp/reintroduction of the invaluable and indispensable Assassinations Archive & Research Center website & archive, found here: aarclibrary.org .Along with an extensive rundown/preview of the newly-refreshed & revamped AARC page, Alan sat with us to discuss many more Assassination Research-related topics. Among the many topics touched upon in this Episode #68: The current controversy surrounding the ARRB "Final Determination Notices"; The infamous "LBJ/J. Edgar Hoover 14 Minute Gap"; Was LBJ involved?; Are there new Gatekeepers in town?; Is the Paul Landis story The Real Deal?; Oswald's relationship with the FBI, his 'brushing up against" the KGB in The Soviet Union, and the Worldly Travels Of William Harvey.PLUS~ The newly released (and nigh unreadable-by-us) "Russian Oswald Dossier", the tenuous relationship between Cuban Exile group DRE and CIA, and the disappointing emergence of the "Pay-Per-View Assassination Research" phenomena.JOIN US!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/quick-hits-the-jfk-assassination--3682240/support.
When Darnell “J.D.” Williams pulls up to the Father Hoods, you already know it's gonna be real. The Wire and Oz actor chops it up with DJ EFN, Manny Digital, and KGB about fatherhood, family, and finding balance between Hollywood and home. J.D. opens up about raising a teenage daughter, co-parenting with intention, and staying locked in as a supportive dad. He talks about guiding his daughter through life, how he'd back her if she chose acting, and what it takes to keep that emotional connection strong. The crew also gets into the tough stuff: college talk, teaching kids to “agree to disagree,” and handling relationship convos without losing your cool. It's raw, relatable, and packed with gems. J.D. reminds us that behind every role, there's a real one, and for him, being a Dad is the role that means the most. What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:01:32] Intentional Parenting [00:06:30] Co-Parenting Done Right [00:10:17] College Prep [00:16:19] Game Planning for Life [00:21:03] Emotional Connections [00:26:41] Disagree Without Disrespect [00:29:12] Facing the Tough Topics [00:34:25] The Role That Matters the Most Why It's Timeless: DJ EFN, Manny Digital, and KGB proving that fatherhood's a freestyle. No wrong bars, just real ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, host Stewart Alsop talks with Richard Easton, co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, about the remarkable history behind the Global Positioning System and its ripple effects on technology, secrecy, and innovation. They trace the story from Roger Easton's early work on time navigation and atomic clocks to the 1973 approval of the GPS program, the Cold War's influence on satellite development, and how civilian and military interests shaped its evolution. The conversation also explores selective availability, the Gulf War, and how GPS paved the way for modern mapping tools like Google Maps and Waze, as well as broader questions about information, transparency, and the future of scientific innovation. Learn more about Richard Easton's work and explore early GPS documents at gpsdeclassified.com, or pick up his book GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversationTimestamps00:00 – Stewart Alsop introduces Richard Easton, who explains the origins of GPS, its 12-hour satellite orbits, and his father Roger Easton's early time navigation work.05:00 – Discussion on atomic clocks, the hydrogen maser, and how technological skepticism drove innovation toward the modern GPS system.10:00 – Miniaturization of receivers, the rise of smartphones as GPS devices, and early mapping tools like Google Maps and Waze.15:00 – The Apollo missions' computer systems and precision landings lead back to GPS development and the 1973 approval of the joint program office.20:00 – The Gulf War's use of GPS, selective availability, and how civilian receivers became vital for soldiers and surveyors.25:00 – Secrecy in satellite programs, from GRAB and POPPY to Eisenhower's caution after the U-2 incident, and the link between intelligence and innovation.30:00 – The myth of the Korean airliner sparking civilian GPS, Reagan's policy, and the importance of declassified documents.35:00 – Cold War espionage stories like Gordievsky's defection, the rise of surveillance, and early countermeasures to GPS jamming.40:00 – Selective availability ends in 2000, sparking geocaching and civilian boom, with GPS enabling agriculture and transport.45:00 – Conversation shifts to AI, deepfakes, and the reliability of digital history.50:00 – Reflections on big science, decentralization, and innovation funding from John Foster to SpaceX and Starlink.55:00 – Universities' bureaucratic bloat, the future of research education, and Richard's praise for the University of Chicago's BASIC program.Key InsightsGPS was born from competing visions within the U.S. military. Richard Easton explains that the Navy and Air Force each had different ideas for navigation satellites in the 1960s. The Navy wanted mid-Earth orbits with autonomous atomic clocks, while the Air Force preferred ground-controlled repeaters in geostationary orbit. The eventual compromise in 1973 created the modern GPS structure—24 satellites in six constellations—which balanced accuracy, independence, and resilience.Atomic clocks made global navigation possible. Roger Easton's early insight was that improving atomic clock precision would one day enable real-time positioning. The hydrogen maser, developed in 1960, became the breakthrough technology that made GPS feasible. This innovation turned a theoretical idea into a working global system and also advanced timekeeping for scientific and financial applications.Civilian access to GPS was always intended. Contrary to popular belief, GPS wasn't a military secret turned public after the Korean airliner tragedy in 1983. Civilian receivers, such as TI's 4100 model, were already available in 1981. Reagan's 1983 announcement merely reaffirmed an existing policy that GPS would serve both military and civilian users.The Gulf War proved GPS's strategic value. During the 1991 conflict, U.S. and coalition forces used mostly civilian receivers after the Pentagon lifted “selective availability,” which intentionally degraded accuracy. GPS allowed troops to coordinate movement and strikes even during sandstorms, changing modern warfare.Secrecy and innovation were deeply intertwined. Easton recounts how classified projects like GRAB and POPPY—satellites disguised as scientific missions—laid technical groundwork for navigation systems. The crossover between secret defense projects and public science fueled breakthroughs but also obscured credit and understanding.Ending selective availability unleashed global applications. When the distortion feature was turned off in May 2000, GPS accuracy improved instantly, leading to new industries—geocaching, precision agriculture, logistics, and smartphone navigation. This marked GPS's shift from a defense tool to an everyday utility.Innovation's future may rely on decentralization. Reflecting on his father's era and today's landscape, Easton argues that bureaucratic “big science” has grown sluggish. He sees promise in smaller, independent innovators—helped by AI, cheaper satellites, and private space ventures like SpaceX—continuing the cycle of technological transformation that GPS began.
Le 13 juin 1957, à New York, les agents de FBI sont sur le point de mettre un terme à quatre ans d'enquête. Vers 22h00, un homme âgé d'une cinquantaine d'années, corpulence moyenne, cheveux gris fins, vient de commettre l'erreur d'allumer les lumières de son logement. Depuis deux semaines, cet appartement typique du quartier de Brooklyn, est soupçonné d'abriter l'un des espions russes les plus dangereux du moment. Les informations qu'il détient pourraient mettre en péril la défense du pays. Lorsqu'ils l'aperçoivent à sa fenêtre, les agents n'ont plus aucun doute. C'est bien ce fameux Mark, alias Rudolf Abel... Ou s'agit-il plutôt d'un autre espion, William Fisher ?Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.
„Člověk, který sleduje příběh Alexandra Lukašenka třicet let, už se nesměje, protože už není čemu. Dávno je to podívaná bez emocí,“ říká v novém díle sourozeneckého podcastu Hej, Slované bratrům Jakubovi a Lukášovi Novosadovým Aliaksander Paršankov. Mladý politický exulant, který ze země utekl před čtyřmi lety. A dodává: „V roce 2020 jsem zažil, co už nikdy nezažiju: naráz tolik svobody! Najednou jsme my Bělorusové cítili, že jsme národ. Cítili jsme radost, že vůbec existujeme. Že žijeme, přestože jsme byli určeni k likvidaci. A viděli jsme Bělorusko budoucnosti: ze dne na den jsme poskočili dejme tomu z roku 1977 do roku 2000.“Aliaksander Paršankov je skutečně čerstvý politický exulant: oficiálně tento status získal letos na jaře. Domů se vrátit nemůže, je tam několikrát trestně stíhán – většinou za skutky, které mají být protistátní. „Už ale ani nesleduji, co všechno mi přičítají, nemá to smysl. Vím jenom, že můžu dostat patnáct let vězení.“ O svém stíhání ovšem pořádně ani neví, protože o něm neví ani nikdo jiný, úředně také není vedeno. Dozvěděl se o něm pouze proto, že mu příbuzní nahlásili, že si policie přišla převzít jeho věci. O svou bezpečnost přesto nemá obavy. Státní policie prý neumí česky a nemá peníze, aby živila agenty na Západě. „Za tři sta eur to sem nikdo dělat nepůjde. A na větší platy oni nemají peníze. To je rozdíl mezi běloruskou a ruskou KGB – ta peníze má.“Budoucnost Běloruska přesto vnímá pozitivně, ale prý už nikdo nepozná tak obrovské překvapení, k jakému došlo před pěti lety. Skeptický je však k tomu, jak funguje běloruská emigrace a společnost: „Děláme všechno proto, abychom západní společenství přesvědčili, že jsme evropský národ. Od Rusů se zřetelně lišíme, to pozná každý, kdo do Běloruska přijede na návštěvu. Přesto…“ se Bělorusům nedaří vyprodukovat komerční hity, díla, která by k Bělorusku připoutala pozornost a pomohla světu, ale i Bělorusům pochopit, co se v zemi děje. Běloruskou tíží je existence v průměrnosti. Na druhou stranu je Paršankov potěšen, že přinejmenším v české emigraci žijí Bělorusové, kteří doma mluví jenom bělorusky: „Znám rodiny, které mluví jenom bělorusky a česky a ruštiny si nevšímají. A mladí se mnou mluví víc a víc bělorusky. To všechno je naděje na zachování jazyka.“ Který se bohužel i bohudík stal politickým aktérem, deklarací opozice.Rozhovor s Aliaksanderem Paršankovem má až havlovské rysy, posluchači díky němu mohou pochopit uvažování tuzemských kruhů za minulého režimu: „Nesu zodpovědnost za svůj národ. To, že Rusko zaútočilo na Ukrajinu a že mu v tom Bělorusko pomáhalo… za to jsem zodpovědný, protože v roce 2020 se nám nepodařilo Lukašenku zničit. A protože cítím, že jsem zodpovědný, nebudu nikdy mlčet. Vždyť kdo bude mluvit, když budu já mlčet? Takže budu veřejně vystupovat dál, budu dělat cokoliv proti režimu. Obrovský úspěch je totiž už to, že vůbec žiju. Protože pro Lukašenkovu vládu je hlavním cílem zničit opozičníky, demokratické Bělorusy, anebo alespoň zajistit, abychom všichni mlčeli. Pořád nás pronásledují, pořád nám vyhrožují. Například zabavují veškerý majetek těch, kteří žijí v zahraničí nebo se zúčastnili nějaké demonstrace. Ale nebojíme se. Protože když máš strach, špatně se ti žije.“ Aneb konečně podcast, který jde skutečně na dřeň.
Le 13 juin 1957, à New York, les agents de FBI sont sur le point de mettre un terme à quatre ans d'enquête. Vers 22h00, un homme âgé d'une cinquantaine d'années, corpulence moyenne, cheveux gris fins, vient de commettre l'erreur d'allumer les lumières de son logement. Depuis deux semaines, cet appartement typique du quartier de Brooklyn, est soupçonné d'abriter l'un des espions russes les plus dangereux du moment. Les informations qu'il détient pourraient mettre en péril la défense du pays. Lorsqu'ils l'aperçoivent à sa fenêtre, les agents n'ont plus aucun doute. C'est bien ce fameux Mark, alias Rudolf Abel... Ou s'agit-il plutôt d'un autre espion, William Fisher ?Häyhänen a tout intérêt à fournir des informations pertinentes aux autorités américaines. Le FBI ne le sait pas, mais s'il retourne à Moscou, il risque très gros. Pendant son séjour à New York, le comportement de l'agent laisse à désirer. Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.
How did the Israeli economy react to the war against Hamas? Hear from a major player on the ground – Dr. Eugene Kandel, former economic adviser and Chairman of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, discusses Israel's financial resilience after the war against Hamas. Having made aliyah from the Soviet Union in 1977 with his family, Dr. Kandel covers the stock market rebound, missed economic opportunities with Jordan and Egypt, and the success of the Abraham Accords. *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC. Take Action: Elected Leaders: Demand Hamas Release the Hostages Key Resources: AJC's Efforts to Support the Hostages Listen – AJC Podcasts: Architects of Peace The Forgotten Exodus People of the Pod Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript of the Interview: Manya Brachear Pashman: Professor Eugene Kandel served as economic adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel from 2009 to 2015, and with Ron Sor is a co-founder of Israel's Strategic Futures Institute. He is also chairman of the Tel Aviv stock exchange, the only public stock exchange in Israel, known locally as the Bursa. He is with us now to talk about the impact of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza on Israel's economy, the potential and impact so far of the Abraham Accords, and how history could one day view October 7 as a turning point for Israel's democracy. Dr. Kandel, welcome to People of the Pod. Eugene Kandel: Thank you. Thank you for having me. Manya Brachear Pashman: Before we begin, your family came to Israel in 1977. Can you share your family's Aliyah story? Eugene Kandel: Yeah, when I was 14, my family was living very comfortably in the Soviet Union. My father was a quite known writer, playwright, a script writer. And around him was a group of Jewish people of culture that were quite known in their domains, mostly Jewish. And so at some point in 67 he sort of had this vision and started studying Hebrew. But 1970 and then by ‘73 when I was 14 years old, he came to me and said, Look, your mom and I decided to immigrate to Israel. What do you think about it, and I said, I don't know what I think about it. Okay, you know, if we want to immigrate, let's immigrate. I never felt too much belonging there. So unfortunately, Soviet authorities had other ideas about that. So we spent four years as refuseniks. My father, together with Benjamin Fine, were the editors of the underground publication called Tarbut. And for people who did not live there, they put their names on it. So this was, these were typewritten copies of Jewish culture monthly. And there were two names on it. You could go to jail for this. My father was always pretty brave man for his petite size, because during the Second World War, he was very, very hungry, to say the least. So he didn't really grow very much. But he's very big inside. And so the following four years were pretty tough on them, because he couldn't work anywhere. Just like in McCarty years in this country, people would give work to their friends and then publish it under their own name. That's what he did for his friends, and they would share the money with him, or give him most of the money. There were very, very brave people. And then, you know, there was an incident where they wanted to send a message to my father to be a little less publicly outspoken. And so two KGB agents beat me up. And that started a whole interesting set of events, because there was an organization in Chicago called Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry. Pamela Cohen. And I actually met Pamela when I was studying at the University of Chicago. And thanked her. So they took upon themselves to harass Soviet cinema and theater and culture officials. And so they were so successful that at some point, the writers league from Hollywood said that nobody will go to Moscow Film Festival unless they release us because they do not want to associate with people who beat up children. I wasn't a child, I was 17 years old, but still. And that sort of helped. At least, that's how we think about it. So it's worthwhile being beaten up once in a while, because if it lets you out, I would take it another time. And then we came to Israel in a very interesting time. We came to Israel four hours after Anwar Sadat left. So we came to a different Israel. On the brink of a peace agreement with Egypt. And so that was it. We came to Mevaseret Zion, which was an absorption center. A small absorption center. Today I actually live probably 500 yards from where we stayed. Sort of full circle. And today, it's a significant, it's about 25,000 people town. And that's the story, you know, in the middle, in between then and now, I served in the military, did two degrees at Hebrew University, did two degrees at the University of Chicago, served as professor at the University of Rochester, and then for 28 years, served as professor of economics and finance at the Hebrew University. So I keep doing these circles to places where I started. Manya Brachear Pashman: You say you arrived four hours after Sadat's visit to Israel on the brink of a peace agreement with Egypt. Did that peace agreement live up to expectations? Eugene Kandel: Well, it depends what are your expectations. If your expectation will continue in the war, it definitely did, because, you know, for the last, you know, whatever, 48 years, we didn't have any military activity between Israel and Egypt. And we even have security collaboration to some extent. But if you're thinking about real peace, that would translate into people to people peace, business to business peace, it did not generate that at all. Because there was a very, very strong opposition on the street level and on the intellectuals level. It actually started to break a little bit, because today you can find analysts on Egyptian television that are saying that we are, we are stupid because we don't collaborate with Israel. It is allowed today, It's allowed to be said in, you know, 20-30, years [ago], that person would have been ostracized and would never be allowed to speak. So there is some progress, but unfortunately, it's a huge loss for the Egyptian economy. For Israeli economy, it is probably also a loss, but Israeli economy has a lot of alternatives in other countries. But Egyptians don't seem to be able to implement all the things that Israelis implemented a long time ago. You know, whether it's water technologies, whether it's energy technologies. Lots of lots of stuff, and it's really, really unfortunate that we could have helped Egyptian people, the same people who rejected any relations with us. And that's a pity. Manya Brachear Pashman: The next peace agreement that came was with Jordan in 1994, quite some time later. Did that peace agreement live up to expectations, and where were you in 1994? Eugene Kandel: 1994, I was a professor at the University of Rochester, so I wasn't involved at all. But again, it was a very, very similar story. It was the peace that was sort of forced from above. It was clearly imposed on the people despite their objections, and you saw demonstrations, and you still see. But it was clear to the leadership of Jordan that Israel is, in their case, is absolutely essential for the survival of the Hashemite Dynasty. In the end the Israeli intelligence saved that dynasty, many, many times. But again, it wasn't translated into anything economic, almost anything economic, until in the early 2000s there were some plants in Jordan by Israeli businessmen that were providing jobs, etc. But I was privileged to be the first to go to Jordan together with American officials and negotiate the beginning of the gas agreement. We were selling gas to Jordan, because Jordan was basically going bankrupt because of the high energy costs. Jordan doesn't have its own energy, apart from oil shale. Sorry, shale oil. And for some reason they weren't able to develop that. But Israeli gas that we are selling to them as a result of what we started in 2012 I believe. Actually very important for the Jordanian economy. And if we can continue that, then maybe connect our electrical grid, which is now in the works, between the water-energy system. And now maybe there is a possibility to connect the Syrian grid. If we have an agreement with Syria, it will help tremendously these countries to get economic development much faster. And it will help Israel as well, to balance its energy needs and to maybe get energy, provide energy, you know, get electricity, provide gas. You know, there's all these things where we can do a lot of things together. If there is a will on the other side. There's definitely will on the Israeli side. Manya Brachear Pashman: In addition to gas, there's also water desalination agreements, as well, right? Eugene Kandel: Yeah, there was a Red to Dead project, which was to pump the water all the way from the Red Sea along the Arava Valley. And then there is a 400 meter, 500 meter drop. And so to generate electricity through that desalinate that water that you pump, and then send that water to Egypt, send the electricity that was generated and not needed to Israel and then dump this salt stuff into the Dead Sea. Frankly, I don't know where this project is. Nobody talks about it for the last seven, eight years. I haven't heard. Now there are different projects where you would get energy generated in Jordan and sold to Israel in Eilat, for example, because it's difficult for us to bring electricity all the way South. And so if the Jordanians have large fields of photovoltaic energy they can sell, they can satisfy the needs of a lot, and then in return, we can desalinate water and send it to them. So there's all kinds of projects that are being discussed. Manya Brachear Pashman: But Israel does provide water to Jordan, correct? Eugene Kandel: There are two agreements. One agreement, according to our peace agreement, we are supposed to provide them with a certain amount of water. I don't remember the exact amount. But that's not enough, and so we also sell them water. So think about it. There is a sweet water reservoir called Tiberius, Kinneret, in the north, and we sending water from there into two directions according to the agreement. We're sending it to Amman, pumping it up to the mountains, and then we're sending it throughout the Jordan Valley, all the way along the Jordan River, to the Jordanian side. So it's quite striking when I used to go between Jerusalem and Amman, it's actually an hour and a half drive. That's it. You go down, you go up, and you're there. And so when you're passing the Israeli side, you see the plantations of date palms that are irrigated with drip irrigation. So very, very economically, using the brackish salt water that is pumped out of the ground there. You cross two miles further, you see banana plantations that are flood irrigated at 50-centigrade weather, and the water that comes from them comes on an open canal. So basically, 50% of the water that we send this way evaporates. Growing bananas in that climate and using so much water, it's probably, if you take into account the true cost of water, it's probably money losing proposition, but they're getting the water. The people that are the settlements on that Bank of Jordan River, are getting it for free. They don't care. And if somebody would just internalize that, and instead of sending the water down in an open canal, would send the whole water up to Amman, where there is a shortage of water, enormous shortage of water. And then you would take the gravity and use that water to generate electricity, to clean that water, the sewage, clean it and drip irrigate plantations, everybody would make enormous amounts of money. Literally enormous amounts of money. And everybody's lives would be better, okay? And I'm not talking about Israelis. It's within Jordan. And you can't say that there's no technology for that, because the technology is two miles away. You can see it. And it just puzzles me. Why wouldn't that be done by some entrepreneurs, Jordanian entrepreneurs. We could really help with that. We could even help by buying the water from them back. The water that we give them, we can buy it back. Because in Israel, the water is very expensive. So we could finance that whole thing just by sending the water back, but that would be probably politically unacceptable, I don't know. But it's really, really . . . for an economist, it's just a sad story. Manya Brachear Pashman: Missed opportunities. Well, let's go back. I introduced you as the chair of the Tel Aviv stock exchange, the Bursa. And I am curious. Let's talk about the economy. Does Israel treat its stock market the same way we do? In other words, are there opening and closing bells at the beginning and end of every day? How does the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange work compared to the United States? Eugene Kandel: Well, we do have the opening bell, but it's usually reserved for some events. We don't have the events every day. Usually, if there's a new listing, or there's somebody celebrating, like, 20 years of listing, we have all kinds. Recently, we had Mr. Bill Ackman came and gave a speech and opened the trading together with us. There are events around Jeffries Conference. But it's much more, you know, ceremony, I mean, it's not really connected to anything. Trading starts whether you press the button or don't. But Israeli stock exchange is unique in the following sense: it is an open limit book. What means that there is, you know, buyers meet sellers directly, and it works like that, not only in stocks, which is similar to what it is everywhere, but it's also in bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds, and in derivatives. So in that sense, we do have our ceremonies, but the interesting thing is, what is happening with the exchange in the last two years. Accidentally, I joined two years ago as the chairman, and over the last two years, the stock exchange, the indices of Israeli Stock Exchange were the best performing out of all developed countries, by far. Manya Brachear Pashman: Did that have something to do with the war? Eugene Kandel: Well, it should have been, you know, in the opposite direction, but, the war is, not this length of war, not this intensity of war . . . but if you look back over at least 25 years, the Israeli economy responds very robustly to military conflict. Usually they're much shorter. If you look at even quarterly returns of the stock exchange, you would not know that there was a war in the middle, definitely not annual. If you look over the last 25 years, and you look at this stock, annual returns of the indices, you would not know that there was anything wrong, apart from our 2003 crisis, and Corona. Even the great financial crisis, you would not see it. I mean it was basically past us, because we didn't have a financial crisis in Israel. We had repercussions from, you know, the rest of the world's financial crisis, but we didn't get our own. And so we do have resilience built in, because we're just so used to it. However, having said that, it's the first time that we have such a long and intensive war on seven, whatever fronts. So it is quite surprising that just like any other time, it took about three months for the stock market to rebound after October 8. It was a big question whether to open the market on October 8. We struggled with it, and we decided that we do not want to give anybody the right to disrupt the Israeli economy. I mean, it was a really tough decision, because there was certain people were saying, Well, how can you do that? It's a national tragedy. And of course, it was a national tragedy. But closing the market would have meant two things. First of all, it would have shown the world that our economy can be interrupted. It would have given the benefit to those people that did these atrocities, that they managed to do more damage than they already did. And we didn't want to do that. And it didn't collapse. It went down, of course, but it rebounded within less than three months. By the end of that year, it was back on the same level. And then it did this comeback, which was quite phenomenal. And it's an interesting question, how come? Because during that time, we had some cases where Israel was boycotted by investors, very few, by the way, but we also saw many, many new investors coming in. You could look at the war from the negative side. Of course, huge costs. But with all that, it was about 10% of annual GDP, because we are, you know, we're a big economy, and we borrowed that very easily because we had a very strong macro position before that. So we now 76% debt to GDP ratio. It's much lower than majority of developed countries. But we still had to borrow that. It was a lot of money, and then the defense budget is going to go up. So there is this cost. But vis a vis that, A, Israeli technology has been proven to be unmatched, apart from maybe us technology in certain cases, but in some cases, even there, we have something to share. And so we have huge amounts of back orders for our defense industries. During the war, and they were going up when some of the countries that are making these purchases were criticizing us. They were learning from what we did, and buying, buying our equipment and software, etc. And the second thing, we removed the huge security threat. If you look before October 7, we were quite concerned about 150,000 missiles, some of them precise missiles in Hezbollah's hands, an uninterrupted path from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah, constantly replenishing. We would bomb them sometimes in Syria, but we didn't catch all of them. We had Hamas, we had Hezbollah, we had Syrians, we had Iranians. We had, you know, not, you know, Iraqi militia. So, Hezbollah doesn't exist. Well, it exists, but it's nowhere near where it where was at. And the Lebanese Government is seriously attempting to disarm it. Syria, we all know what happened in Syria. We didn't lift a finger to do that. But indirectly, from what happened in Hezbollah, the rebels in Syria became emboldened and did what they did. We know what happened with Hamas. We know what happened with Iran. Okay, Iran, even Europeans reimposed the sanctions. So that's the side effect. So if you look at the Israeli geopolitical and security situation, it's much, much better. And in that situation, once the war is over and the hostages are returned, and hopefully, we will not let this happen again, ever, to work hard so we remember that and not become complacent. It's an enormous, enormous boost to Israeli economy, because this security premium was quite big. So that is on the positive side, and if we play smart, and we play strategically, and we regain sort of good relations with some of the countries which are currently very critical of us, and somehow make them immune to this anti Israeli antisemitism propaganda, we can really get going. Manya Brachear Pashman: You mentioned investors. There were more investors after the war. Where were those investors coming from, internally or from other countries? Eugene Kandel: It's interesting that you asked this question, because in 2020, early 2024 a lot of Israeli institutions and individuals moved to S&P 500, and they got really hammered. Twice. Because A, S&P 500 was lagging behind the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. So there was some other players coming in, because otherwise, when you move money, usually, you should see a drop, but you saw an increase. That meant that there are others came in. But the more interesting thing is that shekel was very weak when they bought dollars, and now shekel is about 15% stronger, so they lost 15% just on the exchange rate. And so a lot of money that went to S&P came back in the last six, eight months. So the internal money came back. But on top of internal money, we looked at the behavior of foreign investors right after October 7. They didn't flee the country. Some of them sold stocks, bought bonds. And then so Israeli institutions made money on that, because Israeli institutions bought stocks from them at about 10%, 15% discount, and then when it rebounded, they made money. But that money didn't leave, it stayed in Israel, and it was very costly to repatriate it, because the shekel was very weak. And so buying dollars back was expensive. And the money slowly went into stocks. And then people made quite a lot of money on this. Manya Brachear Pashman: The last topic I want to cover with you is external relations. You mentioned Syria, the potential of collaborating with Syria for water, gas. Eugene Kandel: Electricity. Manya Brachear Pashman: Electricity. And I presume that you're referring to the possibility of Syria being one of the next members to join the Abraham Accords. That has been mentioned as a possibility. Eugene Kandel: Maybe. But we can, we can do something much less. Manya Brachear Pashman: Outside of the Accords. Eugene Kandel: Outside of the Accords, or pre-Accord, or we can, we can just create some kind of collaboration, just we had, like as we had with UAE for for 15 years before the Accord was signed. Was a clear understanding. Maybe. But we can, we can do something much less outside of the Accord, or pre-Accord, or we can, we can just create some kind of collaboration, just we had, like as we had with UAE for for 15 years before the Accord was signed. Was a clear understanding. You know, I was in UAE, in Dubai on the day of signing of the Accord. I landed in Dubai when they were signing on the on the green loan, on the White House lawn. And we landed. It was amazing. It was the degree of warmth that we received from everybody, from ministers in the economy to ministers that came to speak to us, by the dozen to people in the hotel that were just meeting us. They issued, for example, before signing the Accord, there was a regulation passed by by UAE that every hotel has to have kosher food. We don't have that in Israel. I mean, hotels mostly have kosher food, but not all of them, and, and it's not by law. This was, like, clear, we want these people to feel comfortable. It was truly amazing. I've never, I could never imagine that I would come to a country where we didn't have any relations until today, and suddenly feel very, very welcome. On every level, on the street, in restaurants. And that was quite amazing, and that was the result of us collaborating below the surface for many, many years. Manya Brachear Pashman: Parity of esteem, yes? Suddenly. Eugene Kandel: Yeah, they didn't feel they did exactly the important part when the UAE businessman or or Ambassador order you feel completely no chip on the shoulder whatsoever. They feel very proud of their heritage. They feel very proud of their achievements. They feel and you feel at the same level. They feel at the same level, just like you would with the Europeans. We always felt that there was something like when, when, Arab delegations, always tension. I don't know whether it was superiority or inferiority. I don't know. It doesn't matter, but it was always tension in here. I didn't feel any tension. Was like, want to do business, we want to learn from you, and you'll to learn from us. And it was just wow. Manya Brachear Pashman: Same in Bahrain and Morocco? Eugene Kandel: I haven't been to Bahrain and Morocco. I think Bahrain wants to do business. They were very even, sort of some of, we sent the delegation to Bahrain to talk about sort of Israeli technology and how to build an ecosystem in the same with Morocco. I think it's a bit different. I think it's a bit different because we didn't see much going on from from these two countries. Although Morocco is more advancing much faster than Bahrain. There are a lot of interesting proposals coming out of it. There's a genuine desire there. In the last two years, of course, it was difficult for for anybody to do anything in those but interestingly, when almost no European airlines or American airlines were flying to us, Etihad and Emirates were flying to Israel. They were flying. Manya Brachear Pashman: Past two years? Eugene Kandel: Yeah, they would not stop. And you're just like, wow. Manya Brachear Pashman: So would you say the Abraham Accords have had a significant impact on Israel's economy at all? Eugene Kandel: I do not know. I mean, I don't have data on that by the sheer number. I mean, the the number of Israeli tourists Sue UAE, it's probably 10 or 20 to one to the vice versa. So we've been Israelis flooding UAE. In terms of investments, there are some technology investments. There's some, some more infrastructural investors, like they bought 20% of our gas field. There are collaborations between universities and research centers. So it's hard to measure, but you have to remember that there was a huge amount of trade and collaboration under the surface. So it surfaced. But that doesn't mean that there was an effect on the economy, just people suddenly saw it. So you don't know what the Delta was. If the same amount of business was suddenly coming out of Jordan, we would have seen, you know, big surge. So I'm not sure how much . . . I don't mean to say that there was no impact. I'm just saying that the impact was much more gradual, because there was so much already, right? But I'm sure that it is continuing, and the fact that these airlines were continuing to fly, indicates that there is a demand, and there's a business. Initially a lot of Israelis thought that there was, this was a money bag, and they would go there and try to raise money and not understanding culture, not understanding. That period is over. I mean, the Emiratis conveyed pretty clearly that they not. They're very sophisticated investors. They know how to evaluate so they do when they make investments, these investments make sense, rather than just because you wanted to get some money from somebody. Manya Brachear Pashman: Well, thank you so much. Eugene Kandel: Thank you. Manya Brachear Pashman: If you missed our last episode, be sure to tune in for my conversation with AJC's Director of Congressional Affairs Jessica Bernton. We spoke shortly after receiving the news that a deal had been reached and the hostages from the October 7 Hamas terror attack might finally come home after two years in captivity. That dream was partially realized last week when all the living hostages returned and the wait began for those who were murdered.
Le 13 juin 1957, à New York, les agents de FBI sont sur le point de mettre un terme à quatre ans d'enquête. Vers 22h00, un homme âgé d'une cinquantaine d'années, corpulence moyenne, cheveux gris fins, vient de commettre l'erreur d'allumer les lumières de son logement. Depuis deux semaines, cet appartement typique du quartier de Brooklyn, est soupçonné d'abriter l'un des espions russes les plus dangereux du moment. Les informations qu'il détient pourraient mettre en péril la défense du pays. Lorsqu'ils l'aperçoivent à sa fenêtre, les agents n'ont plus aucun doute. C'est bien ce fameux Mark, alias Rudolf Abel... Ou s'agit-il plutôt d'un autre espion, William Fisher ?Tout commence à Brooklyn, dans la soirée du 22 juin 1953, lors de la tournée de Jimmy Bozart, un jeune livreur de journaux de 14 ans. Ce soir-là, il doit livrer le Brooklyn Eagle à deux institutrices résidentes au sixième étage du 3403 Foster Avenue. Il n'y a pas d'ascenseur, mais ses efforts sont toujours récompensés par un pourboire de 15 cents...Secrets d'agents • Histoires Vraies est une production Minuit.
Here's the audio from the October 8th, 2025 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading with guests Leanna Renee Hieber & Shveta Thakrar. (Due to a technical glitch, the audio in this recording is overmodulated in some spots; we apologize for this... Continue Reading →
The Father Hoods are back at it! DJ EFN, Manny Digital, and KGB bring the energy as they dive into the real-life highs and lows of parenting. From finding the right tutors to keeping up with their kids' growth and wild personalities. The crew drops stories, laughs, and those “been there” dad moments that every parent can relate to. And when the viral “six seven” meme comes up? Let's just say the laughs DID NOT stop. Real talk, real laughs, and real fatherhood, all in one episode. What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:00:30] Parenting Preferences on Deck [00:07:20] Learning As We Go [00:15:15] When The Bond Finally Kicks Why It's So Real: No perfect parents here. Just fathers figuring it out, one story at a time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On August 23, 2010, police discovered the body of MI6 spy Gareth Williams locked inside a gym bag in his London flat. The brilliant mathematician and GCHQ codebreaker was found naked, decomposing, padlocked from the outside in a red North Face holdall. The key was inside the bag, under his body.Two forensic experts attempted to replicate the scenario 400 times. They failed every single time.Was it murder? An accident? Russian intelligence assassination? Even the coroner and Metropolitan Police can't agree.Keywords: True crime podcast, unsolved murder mystery, British spy case, MI6 secrets, intelligence agency cover-up, espionage thriller, cold case investigation, forensic mystery, Gareth Williams death, GCHQ codebreaker, Russian assassination, KGB conspiracy, London crime, mysterious deaths, government secrets, classified operations, unexplained death, detective investigation, criminal mystery, spy thriller, real crime stories, murder investigation, dark secrets, conspiracy podcast, investigative journalism, true crime stories 2024 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilDiscord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast.
100 Jahre Schweizer Hörspiel! Mit einem lustigen Spionagekrimi. Agent Purvis steht im Dienste ihrer Majestät – aber auch des sowjetischen KGB: als Doppelagent! Hörspiel mit britischem Humor und Hans Helmut Dickow – bekannt aus «Paul Cox» und «Dickie Dick Dickens» – als charmant-schizophrenem Spion. (00:00) Beginn Episode (03:06) Beginn Hörspiel (65:42) Gespräch ____________________ Mit: Hans Helmut Dickow (Purvis), Wolfgang Reichmann (Blair), Peter Lerchbaumer (Hogben), Ute Uellner (Pamela), Judith Melles (Mrs. Ryan), Hein Bender-Plück (Arlon), Hanna Burgwitz (Oberschwester), Robert Tessen (Seddon), Erwin Parker (Pfarrer), Wolfgang Hepp (Chef), Wilm Roil (Wren) ____________________ Übersetzung: Hilde Spiel – Tontechnik: Denise Moser und Ernst Frei – Regie: Hans Hausmann ____________________ Produktion: SRF 1983
Send us a textIn this episode Matt and Matt discuss the benefits of Safelight +, their upcoming KGB plant PD practice, The existential crisis of nearing two decades of blathering into a microphones, and another weeks horror round up.Weird News including A little lady who can't just hang around, A dirty superstition, A classic mix-em-up, Robot's pave the way to prove your innocence, and An emergency mass bike ride unencumbered. Get out your nightgowns boys.
Atentáty, únosy, podstrčené dokumenty, dezinformační akce. To všechno prováděla československá rozvědka za dob komunismu. Kam až sahala její moc a na jaké akce si troufla? Do jaké míry byla v područí sovětské KGB a kde mohla jednat samostatně? A jak její fungování ovlivnila měnící se politická situace v poválečném Československu? Odpovědi nabízí pořad Téma Plus.
Oleg Lyalin, was a KGB officer whose actions would provide British intelligence with pivotal information during the Cold War. I speak with Richard Kerbaj, the author of a new book, 'The Defector,' which chronicles Lyalin's story. Lyalin was trained with The KGB's Department V, which was their sabotage and assassinations department. He was sent to the UK under the guise of a trade official, where he was tasked with gathering intelligence and plotting assassinations of British politicians, paralysing the British economy and ways to starve the population by attacking emergency food supplies. In early 1971, overwhelmed by personal and professional turmoil, Lyalin approached MI5, revealing his true identity and the KGB's sinister plans against the UK. Episode extras including videos here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode425/ The fight to preserve Cold War history continues and via a simple monthly donation, you will give me the ammunition to continue to preserve Cold War history. You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/ Continue the Cold War Conversation via social! F acebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/coldwarpod.bsky.social Threads https://www.threads.net/@coldwarconversations Twitter/X https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex Ivanov's journey to Angel Reyes & Associates in Texas started when he fled his native Belarus after refusing KGB recruitment, arriving in America at age 21 with $380. Just three years into trying cases, he secured his first seven-figure verdict on a non-surgical pain management case where the defense offered only $90K on a $250K policy. How? Leveraging strategies developed by host Dan Ambrose for his TLU platform to prepare the witness and transport the jury back to the crash scene, The jury awarded $1.075 million. Since 2022, Alex has tried about 15 jury trials and recently earned recognition as a Texas Rising Star. He's also the third most prolific TLU On Demand user; tune in to learn why he considers daily learning non-negotiable for trial success.Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Alex Ivanov | LinkedIn☑️ Angel Reyes & Associates | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | TikTok | YouTube☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube2025 Programming☑️ Case Story Bootcamp: (Dan Ambrose and Eric Oliver), Oct 28-Nov 1, Las Vegas, NV☑️ TLU Performance Skills | Cabo Edition (Dan Ambrose and Giorgio Panagos), Dec. 15-22, Cabo San Lucas, MX2026 Programming☑️ Bootcamp & Ski (Dan Ambrose...
00:39:21 – WHO Pandemic Power GrabKnight exposes the WHO's proposed pandemic treaty as a mechanism for global governance, granting the organization power to seize national assets and censor “disinformation.” He frames it as the legal foundation for a permanent health dictatorship. 00:41:09 – The Great COVID HeistQuoting Jeffrey Tucker, Knight argues Trump's lockdowns funneled trillions from small businesses to corporate giants, destroying the middle class under the illusion of public safety. 00:49:23 – Trump's mRNA Stargate AgendaKnight connects Trump's “Stargate” biotech plan to AI-driven genetic modification and transhumanism, calling him the chosen figure to complete the technocratic reset. 01:08:30 – Trump's Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon ScandalTrump refuses to rule out pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, exposing his ties to Epstein's network. Knight says the move reveals systemic rot inside Trump's DOJ and the GOP establishment. 01:33:03 – Trump's “War Within” Police StateKnight warns that Trump's militarized ICE raids replicate Obama-era police tactics, creating a domestic army acting outside constitutional bounds. 02:03:02 – Civil War Warnings from RussiaA former KGB officer predicts U.S. collapse through engineered division. Knight agrees, arguing both parties and global elites are accelerating internal conflict to justify martial law. 02:20:27 – Religion, Politics & the Wall of SeparationKnight rebukes claims that faith should stay out of politics, saying moral law shapes legislation and that “neutral politics” is a weapon to silence Christians. 02:43:01 – Erika Kirk's Romanian Orphanage ScandalInvestigative reports tie Charlie Kirk's wife Erika to a Romanian orphanage linked to NATO and child trafficking networks. Knight calls it another example of evangelical institutions masking global corruption. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
00:39:21 – WHO Pandemic Power GrabKnight exposes the WHO's proposed pandemic treaty as a mechanism for global governance, granting the organization power to seize national assets and censor “disinformation.” He frames it as the legal foundation for a permanent health dictatorship. 00:41:09 – The Great COVID HeistQuoting Jeffrey Tucker, Knight argues Trump's lockdowns funneled trillions from small businesses to corporate giants, destroying the middle class under the illusion of public safety. 00:49:23 – Trump's mRNA Stargate AgendaKnight connects Trump's “Stargate” biotech plan to AI-driven genetic modification and transhumanism, calling him the chosen figure to complete the technocratic reset. 01:08:30 – Trump's Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon ScandalTrump refuses to rule out pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, exposing his ties to Epstein's network. Knight says the move reveals systemic rot inside Trump's DOJ and the GOP establishment. 01:33:03 – Trump's “War Within” Police StateKnight warns that Trump's militarized ICE raids replicate Obama-era police tactics, creating a domestic army acting outside constitutional bounds. 02:03:02 – Civil War Warnings from RussiaA former KGB officer predicts U.S. collapse through engineered division. Knight agrees, arguing both parties and global elites are accelerating internal conflict to justify martial law. 02:20:27 – Religion, Politics & the Wall of SeparationKnight rebukes claims that faith should stay out of politics, saying moral law shapes legislation and that “neutral politics” is a weapon to silence Christians. 02:43:01 – Erika Kirk's Romanian Orphanage ScandalInvestigative reports tie Charlie Kirk's wife Erika to a Romanian orphanage linked to NATO and child trafficking networks. Knight calls it another example of evangelical institutions masking global corruption. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
We continuously hear of the atrocities happening in Central Asia. Then there's the devastation of Russia's war with Ukraine with thousands of lives lost. There's the Taliban's control of Afghanistan with those living there having to flee to other nations. As devastating as these issues are, what must not be ignored is the fact that the persecution of believers continues. In spite of this, the Gospel is flourishing. People are coming to Christ and churches are being planted. The burden of the laborers is heavy. They need help to take care of physical needs to grant relief to many who are hurting or suffering. That opens the door to Gospel ministry. Are you willing to help? Appearing on Crosstalk to tell us more was "Timlar Kovalchuk" (Koh-vul-chook) (a pseudonym used to protect him and others). Timlar has been actively involved as a missionary in evangelism for nearly 28 years, the last 15 in outreach to Muslims in Central Asia. Beginning with Ukraine, Timlar noted how it's getting increasingly worse around the Kiev area. In spite of that, he's seen military members coming to Christ while other individuals have come to Christ via camp ministry. Timlar also recounted plans for a youth camp in Turkmenistan. Somehow the secret police (KGB) found out about it, followed up on the youth contacts and began to threaten the parents with loss of work as well as jail time. This is just two examples of what Timlar and his co-laborers in the Lord are having to face, yet the Gospel is moving forward. In fact, as it pertains to the Gospel's impact in Ukraine he said "...it's been beautiful to watch." Listen in as Timlar recounts more!
We continuously hear of the atrocities happening in Central Asia. Then there's the devastation of Russia's war with Ukraine with thousands of lives lost. There's the Taliban's control of Afghanistan with those living there having to flee to other nations. As devastating as these issues are, what must not be ignored is the fact that the persecution of believers continues. In spite of this, the Gospel is flourishing. People are coming to Christ and churches are being planted. The burden of the laborers is heavy. They need help to take care of physical needs to grant relief to many who are hurting or suffering. That opens the door to Gospel ministry. Are you willing to help? Appearing on Crosstalk to tell us more was "Timlar Kovalchuk" (Koh-vul-chook) (a pseudonym used to protect him and others). Timlar has been actively involved as a missionary in evangelism for nearly 28 years, the last 15 in outreach to Muslims in Central Asia. Beginning with Ukraine, Timlar noted how it's getting increasingly worse around the Kiev area. In spite of that, he's seen military members coming to Christ while other individuals have come to Christ via camp ministry. Timlar also recounted plans for a youth camp in Turkmenistan. Somehow the secret police (KGB) found out about it, followed up on the youth contacts and began to threaten the parents with loss of work as well as jail time. This is just two examples of what Timlar and his co-laborers in the Lord are having to face, yet the Gospel is moving forward. In fact, as it pertains to the Gospel's impact in Ukraine he said "...it's been beautiful to watch." Listen in as Timlar recounts more!
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them.The Black Panthers and the Soviets: A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Meredith Roman innovatively compares Soviet human rights activists' exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States. It illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence. The book also highlights how the U.S. production of knowledge about Soviet 'dissidents' reified white supremacist, anti-communist notions of dissent, human rights, and state violence that facilitated the repression of the Black Panthers and the mass incarceration of African Americans as criminals.Dr. Roman disrupts the enduring Cold War binaries of authoritarianism-democracy and oppression-freedom that obscure our understanding of the complex, overlapping histories of these two superpowers. Dr. Roman convincingly argues that the Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers' vast documentation of domestic human rights abuses and the repressive measures that they faced for mobilizing to end them serve as an important societal reminder; they reaffirm that genuine democracy and the safeguarding of human rights are incompatible with authoritarian practices, the conditions of racial capitalism, and the ideology of national security. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them.The Black Panthers and the Soviets: A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Meredith Roman innovatively compares Soviet human rights activists' exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States. It illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence. The book also highlights how the U.S. production of knowledge about Soviet 'dissidents' reified white supremacist, anti-communist notions of dissent, human rights, and state violence that facilitated the repression of the Black Panthers and the mass incarceration of African Americans as criminals.Dr. Roman disrupts the enduring Cold War binaries of authoritarianism-democracy and oppression-freedom that obscure our understanding of the complex, overlapping histories of these two superpowers. Dr. Roman convincingly argues that the Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers' vast documentation of domestic human rights abuses and the repressive measures that they faced for mobilizing to end them serve as an important societal reminder; they reaffirm that genuine democracy and the safeguarding of human rights are incompatible with authoritarian practices, the conditions of racial capitalism, and the ideology of national security. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them.The Black Panthers and the Soviets: A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Meredith Roman innovatively compares Soviet human rights activists' exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States. It illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence. The book also highlights how the U.S. production of knowledge about Soviet 'dissidents' reified white supremacist, anti-communist notions of dissent, human rights, and state violence that facilitated the repression of the Black Panthers and the mass incarceration of African Americans as criminals.Dr. Roman disrupts the enduring Cold War binaries of authoritarianism-democracy and oppression-freedom that obscure our understanding of the complex, overlapping histories of these two superpowers. Dr. Roman convincingly argues that the Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers' vast documentation of domestic human rights abuses and the repressive measures that they faced for mobilizing to end them serve as an important societal reminder; they reaffirm that genuine democracy and the safeguarding of human rights are incompatible with authoritarian practices, the conditions of racial capitalism, and the ideology of national security. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them.The Black Panthers and the Soviets: A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Meredith Roman innovatively compares Soviet human rights activists' exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States. It illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence. The book also highlights how the U.S. production of knowledge about Soviet 'dissidents' reified white supremacist, anti-communist notions of dissent, human rights, and state violence that facilitated the repression of the Black Panthers and the mass incarceration of African Americans as criminals.Dr. Roman disrupts the enduring Cold War binaries of authoritarianism-democracy and oppression-freedom that obscure our understanding of the complex, overlapping histories of these two superpowers. Dr. Roman convincingly argues that the Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers' vast documentation of domestic human rights abuses and the repressive measures that they faced for mobilizing to end them serve as an important societal reminder; they reaffirm that genuine democracy and the safeguarding of human rights are incompatible with authoritarian practices, the conditions of racial capitalism, and the ideology of national security. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
Min 4: THE SMASHING MACHINE (2 estrellas) The Smashing Machine (2025), dirigido por Benny Safdie, es un biopic deportivo que busca ir más allá del ring para retratar la caída personal de una leyenda de las artes marciales mixtas. Con Dwayne Johnson en el papel del luchador Mark Kerr y Emily Blunt como Dawn Staples, la película explora cómo el éxito extremo convive con la adicción, las tensiones emocionales y los sacrificios invisibles. Min 15: LA SOSPECHA DE SOFÍA (3 estrellas) La sospecha de Sofía (2025), dirigida por Imanol Uribe y protagonizada por Álex González (en los roles de Daniel y Klaus) y Aura Garrido (Sofía), adapta la novela homónima de Paloma Sánchez-Garnica en un thriller ambientado en los años sesenta, en plena Guerra Fría. La premisa es potente: Daniel viaja a Berlín Oriental para conocer a su madre biológica, pero termina atrapado en una trama de espionaje de la KGB donde su identidad es usurpada por un hermano gemelo criado en la RDA Min 20: PARECIDO A UN ASESINATO (3 estrellas) Parecido a un asesinato (2025), dirigido por Antonio Hernández, es un thriller psicológico inspirado en la novela de Juan Bolea, protagonizado por Blanca Suárez (Eva), Eduardo Noriega (Nazario) y Tamar Novas (José). La película arranca con Eva intentando rehacer su vida junto a Nazario y acoplarse como figura materna de su hija adolescente, Alicia, mientras el trauma de un ex esposo violento amenaza con volver. Al principio, el ritmo resulta convencional y algunos diálogos suenan forzados, pero a medida que avanza adopta un tono más cinematográfico y envolvente, profundizando en la obsesión, la mentira y la violencia invisible. Con localizaciones evocadoras y una estética cuidada, el filme acaba por atrapar, aunque no logra evitar ciertos clichés del género ni un desenlace algo previsiblemente dramático. Min 25: UN FANTASMA EN LA BATALLA (4 estrellas) Un fantasma en la batalla (2025), dirigida por Agustín Díaz Yanes, es un thriller político inspirado en hechos reales que narra la vida de Amaia (interpretada por Susana Abaitua), una joven guardia civil que durante más de una década trabaja infiltrada en ETA con el objetivo de localizar los “zulos” de armas que la organización escondía en el sur de Francia. Min 33: LA PELÍCULA DE TU VIDA: CON LUIS NOGUERÓN Hoy abrimos la puerta a la llamada "Generación Z" gracias a la irrupción de una joven promesa de la localidad albaceteña de Villamalea. Luis Noguerón tiene 25 años, trabaja para Abycine y está preparando un cortometraje sobre la subversión (ficticia) de su pueblo ante el cambio de hora. ¿Cuál será la película que ha marcado su gusto por el cine siendo de una generación con gustos muy especiales? Min 39: ESPECIAL BSO 50 AÑOS DE "TIBURÓN" Se cumplen 50 años del estreno de Tiburón (Jaws), la película con la que Steven Spielberg revolucionó el cine de entretenimiento y cambió para siempre la industria de Hollywood. Estrenada en 1975, la cinta convirtió el miedo a bañarse en la playa en un fenómeno mundial, al tiempo que inauguraba el concepto moderno de blockbuster veraniego. Su mezcla de suspense hitchcockiano, acción trepidante y una partitura inolvidable de John Williams la convirtieron en un clásico instantáneo. Con Ángel Luque rendimos merecido homenaje a una de las bandas sonoras más icónicas del séptimo arte.
Two mysterious flashes. A secret 1979 nuclear test. CIA vs KGB, Israel–South Africa ties, and a White House cover-up. Unpack the Vela Incident and why the truth was buried deep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sergio Pérez habla de The Smashing Machine, La sospecha de Sofía, Parecido a un asesinato, Un fantasma en la batalla, Münter y el amor de Kandinsky...
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Durante la Guerra Fría, Indonesia se convirtió en un tablero clave para las superpotencias. Ni la CIA ni el KGB podían tolerar una nación tan estratégica que se mantuviera no alineada bajo el liderazgo del carismático Sukarno. Ambos servicios secretos intentaron desacreditarlo con operaciones de propaganda, explotando sus numerosos amoríos con escándalos sexuales y fabricando rumores. Pero desconocedores de su cultura, estos líos de faldas acabó por reforzar a Sukarno frente a los indonesios. Pero el verdadero golpe llegó en 1965, cuando un sangriento levantamiento militar acabó con su poder y sumió al país en una de las purgas más violentas del siglo XX. Un episodio donde espionaje, propaganda y geopolítica se cruzan de forma brutal. Te lo cuentan Julio 'Caronte? y Dani CarAn. 🆕 ENLACE A TODOS LOS CB FANS 💥 https://t.me/+1uHtwikQTZ85ZWRk Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books zeppelinbooks.com es un sello editorial de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Estamos en: 👉 https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👉 X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod 👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉 Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod 📺 YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 👨💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod ⚛️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎵 La música incluida en el programa es Ready for the war de Marc Corominas Pujadó bajo licencia CC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ El resto de música es bajo licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o SGAE SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012 de Ivoox. Incluye cortes de audio de RTVE Play 📧¿Queréis contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/391278 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
October 1956: the Bolshoi Ballet lands in London with 80 tons of scenery, KGB minders in tow, and a troupe led by Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya. Covent Garden reels at their scale and power – 45 minutes of applause, queues in the rain, a stage too small for their vast sets. Meanwhile, across Europe, the Hungarian Uprising explodes. Ballet, politics, glamour, tanks — three weeks that shook London and rewrote the story of British ballet.
BACK WITH A BANGER! This week, the Father Hoods squad links up with none other than The Kid Mero—comedian, writer, Bronx-bred Dominican dad of four, and all-around wild storyteller. From back-to-back diaper duty to riding in beach chairs as seats in minivans with his own pops, Mero breaks down the madness of raising kids back then and now. The host of 7 PM in Brooklyn keeps it raw about fatherhood, remembering the shock of becoming a young Dad, leaving his job to go full-time Dad, and even keeping it 100 with his kids about medicinal marijuana. Mero doesn't sugarcoat, whether it's talking about how his kids see him in the public eye or how he'd handle it if they ever tested the same boundaries he once did. From hosting/writing/producing shows to cheering on his kids' athletic dreams, Mero reminds us that being a Dad is about showing up, holding it down, and keeping it a stack no matter what. This one's packed with laughs, gems, and that unfiltered Bronx energy only Mero can bring! What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:01:13] Leche y Pampers On Repeat [00:09:28] Fatherhood in the Trenches [00:13:30] 24/7 Dad Grind [00:21:18] Weed Talks with the Kids [00:26:13] Life as a Celebrity Dad [00:35:14] Kicked Out, Bounced Back [00:43:33] Straight Talk Fatherhood Why Hit Play: Pull up for the stories and stay for the gems. DJ EFN, Manny Digital & KGB keep it funny, honest, and all the way authentic about fatherhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the summer of 1970, Soviet Jewish dissidents Eduard Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits organized a group of 16 refuseniks to take over a small, 12-seater airplane and escape from the USSR. Dubbed “Operation Wedding,” the group booked their tickets on the small civilian aircraft under the guise of attending a wedding. Their plan: to board the flight, forcibly remove the pilots during a stop, and continue on to Israel. But on the morning of June 15, as they arrived to board their flight, KGB agents intercepted the group. The accused were charged with high treason, and the trial drew international attention - and shined a light on the human rights violations the Soviet government was committing, igniting the Soviet Jewry movement as we know it. Narrated by Rebecca Naomi Jones and featuring Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov. Image: Prisoner of the Soviet Secret Police Eduard Kuznetsov poster produced by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, from the Records of Action for Soviet Jewry at the American Jewish Historical Society, I-487. The Wreckage is made possible by funding from the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided through the American Jewish Education Program, generously supported by Sid and Ruth Lapidus.
What's worse than a conspiracy theory? When the actual conspiracy is even worse than the theory. Jeffrey Epstein carried out a kompromat operation for years, capturing American elite, unleashing a national security nightmare, and destroying the lives of children. In this special episode with Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman, we examine Epstein, Trump, and Russia–and the threats that still remain from the real life QAnon. Epstein was the closest thing Trump had to a friend, going back to the 1980s. The rise of these criminal networks intertwined: Epstein, Trump, and Rudy Giuliani pushing out the Italian mafia as mayor of New York to make room for the Russian mafia–a takeover that accelerated after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Epstein's wife-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell's father, Robert Maxwell, was a documented KGB asset with a sideline in laundering Soviet billions, and reportedly also worked with Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, at a time when the Kremlin used the Jackson-Vanik amendment passed by Congress to release spies and criminal assets among the Jewish Soviet citizens, like Lautman's family, seeking refuge in the U.S. While Epstein's survivors beg for justice and promise to release their own list of elite pedophiles, the GOP continue the Epstein cover-up to protect convicted felon Trump, their battering ram against democracy. QAnon was deflection, fueled by Russian disinformation to protect their wrecking ball in the White House. Expect more Russian psyops as the far-right Epstein cover-up continues. Call your reps and demand: release the Epstein files. Hear the full episode by supporting our independent journalism–your early warning system–at Patreon.com/Gaslit at the Truth-teller $5/month or higher. Discounted annual subscriptions are available. Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Show Notes: Opening Clip: How Trump Just Proved He's an Idiot: Michael Wolff on The Daily Beast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswzQpHGAzc Key takeaways from special elections in Arizona and Georgia https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5518904-adelita-grijalva-wins-arizona-election/ President Zelensky at the United Nations in 2025: https://bsky.app/profile/antizionistjew.bsky.social/post/3lzlplmsnzs2p Speech by the President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Fifth Summit of the International Crimea Platform in New York https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vistup-prezidenta-na-pyatomu-samiti-mizhnarodnoyi-krimskoyi-100341 Epstein's Financial Crimes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rE90leBYSi4 Epstein Trump Friendship Statue: https://bsky.app/profile/wired.com/post/3lzjyrowvec2j Trump Tyranny Tracker by Olga Lautman https://trumptyrannytracker.substack.com/
Vladimir Putin casts a shadow over our lives, but it wasn't always that way, there was a time when the West was in love with Putin, so what's happened? Today Tony and his guests Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan unpick the man from the myth.They discuss how Putin was shaped by a tough childhood in Leningrad, his KGB years and formative time in East Germany, how he rose through the political ranks in the 1990s as a ‘everyone's favourite bag-man', until he was hand-picked to be Yeltsin's successor. At first President Putin restored order and wealth to a chaotic Russia, but he also built a system of fear and cronyism around him, similar to a Medieval court. They argue that once he could have been remembered as a stabiliser, instead he is now viewed as a paranoid strongman, whose need for control has dragged Russia into repression and conflict.Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson | Instagram @sirtonyrobinson Producer: Melissa FitzGerald | X @melissafitzg With Mark Galiotti | X @MarkGaleotti Honorary professor at UCL and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence, Mark has been studying Russia since 1988 and was banned indefinitely from it in 2022.‘Downfall: Putin, Prigozhin, and the fight for the future of Russia' (Ebury/Penguin, June 2024)'We Need to Talk About Putin: How the West gets him wrong' (Penguin, 2019) Anna Arutunyan | X @scrawnya Russian-American writer who spent two decades as a journalist in Moscow, where she wrote for The Moscow News and other publications around the world. She served as senior Russia analyst for the International Crisis Group before leaving Russia in 2022 and is the author of five books about the country, its politics, society and its wars. She is currently associate director of Mayak Intelligence and lives in the UK. ‘Rebel Russia: Dissent and Protest from the Tsars to Navalny' (Polity Books, May 2025)‘The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia's Power Cult' (Interlink Books, 2014)Follow us: Instagram @cunningcastpod | X @cunningcastpod | YouTube @cunningcast -------If you enjoy this podcast please do share it and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aaron McIntire covers Ryan Routh's guilty verdict for attempting to assassinate Trump, including his courtroom suicide attempt and life sentence looming. Trump roasts the UN over a faulty escalator and teleprompter, vows to "blow out of existence" narco-terrorists, calls Christianity the most persecuted faith, and dubs climate change the "greatest con job." Jim Jordan hails YouTube's admission of Biden-era censorship pressure and reinstatement offers for banned creators. A Georgia inmate identifying as a woman gets 80 years for mailing bombs from prison. Stephen Miller outlines the crackdown on left-wing terror networks like Antifa. Kamala Harris launches her book tour, slamming Trump as a "communist dictator" and admitting Buttigieg's gay identity posed a VP risk. Harvard's August study echoes White House warnings on prenatal acetaminophen and autism/ADHD. Plus, analysis of Yuri Bezmenov's 1984 KGB subversion blueprint and right-wing "doomers" fueling demoralization. Ryan Routh guilty, Trump assassination attempt, UN escalator fail, Trump narco-terrorists, Christianity persecuted, Trump climate con job, Jim Jordan YouTube censorship, Biden admin pressure, Georgia inmate bombs, David Dwayne Cassidy, Stephen Miller Antifa, left-wing terror, Kamala Harris book tour, Trump communist, Buttigieg VP risk, Harvard acetaminophen autism, Yuri Bezmenov KGB, AM Update
The Father Hoods crew is back in the booth with another fire episode, loaded with Dad bars and laugh-out-loud moments. They kick things off trading travel stories, from EFN flying the fam first class to Manny being trapped in the middle seat between a couple beefing mid-flight. Back on home turf, the Dads get into some gems. EFN talks about pulling his son's tooth with his bare hands, while Manny reflects on last week's convo with Alan Hahn, wishing he could rewind and relive those early moments with his kids. That sparks a raw convo on how fast kids grow, the importance of really listening when they share the little things, and how those small connections build the bond for life. Of course, Father Hoods wouldn't be Father Hoods without the comedy! The crew shares playtime stories, silly Dad voices, and Manny's youngest sneaking in a middle finger emoji to her mom after a little argument. From sentimental throwbacks to slick kid tactics, this episode is high energy, full of Dad wisdom, and unfiltered laughs! What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:00:21] First Class Flex, Middle Seat Stress [00:06:55] Dad's Barehanded Dentist Services [00:14:05] Childhood on Fast Forward [00:18:50] Slow Down and Listen to your kid [00:24:00] Playtime is Prime Time [00:27:15] The Sneakiest FU Text Ever Sent Why Listen: This is dad life, uncut. EFN, Manny & KGB serve up raw stories, heavy laughs, and lessons only fathers can deliver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of "Normal World," Dave Landau and Angela welcome guest co-host Mike Imbasciani, filling in for 1/4 Black Garrett. The show begins with the controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and late-night coverage of Charlie Kirk's assassination. The hosts break down questions of free speech, cancel culture, and whether traditional late-night television still has a place, reflecting on figures from Craig Ferguson to Dick Cavett. From there, the panel reacts to Don Lemon's street interviews and digs into the politics of Dearborn, Michigan, including debates over radical rhetoric and street naming controversies. This leads into a wider discussion of socialism, cultural decline, and the warnings of former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov about “useful idiots” being cast aside once revolutionary goals are met. A Half-Assed Top 10 skewers what new civic institutions could exist in “America's Jihad capital.” Later, the episode unpacks a shocking Dallas, Texas crime story, riffs on Billy Corgan's appearance with Bill Maher, and questions Geraldo Rivera's claim that violent video games were to blame for Charlie Kirk's assassination. The team closes with tributes to Robert Redford, sharp takes on politics and gender, and a live studio performance by Mike Imbasciani and his Blues Rockers. Today's guests on "Normal World" are Kevin Kramis and Adam Johnson. Sponsors Lean If you want to lose meaningful weight at a healthy pace and keep it off... Add LEAN to your diet and exercise lifestyle. Get 20% OFF WHEN YOU ENTER NORMAL at www.takelean.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael speaks with David Shimer, author of "Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference." Shimer traces a century of CIA and KGB election meddling, drawing parallels to Russia's role in 2016 and beyond. Together, they explore the history, methods, and moral questions behind covert electoral operations—and what it means for the future of democracy. Original air date 30 June 2020. The book was published on 30 June 2020. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This week on Father Hoods, the crew brings ESPN Radio/MSG Network's own Alan Hahn into the cypher to chop it up about Dad life, hoops, and everything in between. Alan sets it off with some behind-the-scenes stories, then opens up about managing a family of four (and possibly 5… tune in for the scoop) with his wife, who makes sure he's not missing a beat. From that first unforgettable moment holding their newborns to the gut check of dropping kids off at college, Alan and Manny swap stories that hit every father in the feels. They talk trust, independence, and the real fear of watching your kids step into a crazy world that doesn't always play fair. Alan drops gems for raising little ones, especially why screen time can't run the house, and delivers a heartfelt answer to Manny's time-travel question, something you won't want to miss. And because you know we couldn't let him leave without it, Alan closes out with his Knicks expectations for the season. Fatherhood, Hip Hop energy, and Knicks talk? It's all here! What You'll Hear in This Episode: [00:02:45] Dad of 4 Energy [00:12:18] First Drop Off, First Heartbreak [00:21:15] College Send-Off and Letting Go [00:33:20] Raising Smart Kids [00:38:00] Digital Diet [00:44:15] Greatest Dad Wins [00:47:55] Knicks Real Talk for The ‘25-26 Season Why Listen: Zero cap, all real talk. DJ EFN, Manny Digital & KGB serve raw dad stories, laughs on deck, and gems you won't hear anywhere else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 10, 1986. It's just before 8am when Cliff Stoll's pager jolts him awake. A computer at Lawrence Berkeley Lab has flagged a problem: a tiny 75-cent accounting error. But when Stoll rushes to his office, he realizes this isn't about missing spare change. Someone has slipped into the lab's network, tunneling thousands of miles away into U.S. military computers. Cliff isn't a spycatcher. He's an astronomer. And yet, from this moment on, he'll spend months chasing a hacker who may be working for the KGB. How did spare change uncover a spy ring? And why did this case mark the end of innocence on the Internet? Special thanks to Cliff Stoll, astronomer, teacher, and author of The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage; and J.J. Widener, cybersecurity expert currently serving as Director of Cybersecurity Architecture at Kimberly-Clark. Artwork: Cliff Stoll promo image Get in touch: historythisweekpodcast@history.com Follow on Instagram: @historythisweek Follow on Facebook: HISTORY This Week Podcast To stay updated: http://historythisweekpodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
01:00:44 – RFK Jr. Torches Senate RFK Jr. clashes with senators, calling Maggie Hassan a liar and exposing CDC corruption. He slams pharma influence and cites data showing suppressed autism risks. 01:07:55 – Autism Cover-Up Exposed RFK Jr. details a 2002 CDC study showing black boys had a 260% higher autism risk with early MMR shots—data destroyed by officials to protect pharma. 01:11:10 – Cassidy Traps RFK Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy forces RFK Jr. to endorse Trump's Operation Warp Speed, calling it Nobel-worthy. RFK caves, exposing his compromise with Trump's ego. 01:16:10 – Senators Bought by Pharma Discussion lists senators pocketing millions from vaccine makers: Warren, Sanders, Romney, Cassidy, and others. Both parties are shown as fully captured by pharma. 01:23:16 – Spike Protein = Bioweapon Listener analysis ties vaccine harms to spike protein's destruction of ACE2, fueling myocarditis, clotting, and turbo cancers. Critics call the jabs a Pentagon-DARPA bioweapon. 01:27:33 – Trump, Gates, and Zuckerberg Dinner Trump dines with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg at the White House. Commentary frames it as proof Trump embraces technocrats pushing AI, depopulation, and new mRNA delivery systems. 01:51:24 – Tim Kaine: Rights From Government Sen. Tim Kaine claims rights come from government, not God—sparking outrage. Ted Cruz rebukes him with Jefferson's words, while critics tie Kaine's stance to Marxist liberation theology. 01:59:42 – Liberation Theology = KGB Ops Discussion traces Kaine's worldview to “liberation theology,” described as a KGB psyop to destabilize the West. Parallels are drawn to Pope Francis and modern Marxist infiltration in religion. 02:03:47 – DOJ Pushes Gun Ban for Transgender People DOJ considers labeling transgender individuals as mentally ill to strip gun rights. Critics warn it's a Trojan horse for red flag gun laws and Trump-style “due process later” policies. 02:07:47 – Trans Militancy & Socialist Rifle Association Zero Hedge report links trans shooters with the far-left Socialist Rifle Association, whose rainbow-AR-15 imagery echoes recent killings. Hosts warn conservatives are being baited into cheering gun control. 02:17:13 – Trump's Asylum Agenda Trump and Melania push reopening mental institutions and mandatory mental health screenings. Critics warn this echoes totalitarian regimes weaponizing psychiatry to silence dissent. 02:19:54 – John Rich vs. TVA Land Grab Country singer John Rich helps Tennessee locals fight the TVA's eminent domain scheme for a methane gas plant. After massive pushback, TVA cancels plans—framed as a rare grassroots victory against corporate-government overreach. 03:05:52 – Gold Soars on Weak Jobs Gerald Celente joins to discuss gold hitting $3,600 amid dismal job numbers. Weak labor markets signal looming rate cuts, sinking the dollar and driving investors to safe havens. 03:09:12 – Trump's Crypto Empire Exposed Discussion shifts to how Trump's family quietly moved massive wealth into Bitcoin and crypto mining. His stake is now larger than his global resorts, raising conflict-of-interest concerns. 03:12:54 – Dragflation & Debt Heart Attack Celente predicts “dragflation”—declining growth plus surging inflation—as debt tops $220 trillion. Ray Dalio's warning of a “debt-induced heart attack” within three years is echoed as inevitable. 03:14:42 – Gold Goes Digital The World Gold Council prepares to tokenize bullion for global trading. Analysts warn it could wipe out unstable cryptocurrencies and challenge U.S. dollar dominance. 03:26:02 – H-1B Scam & Cheap Labor Conversation turns to H-1B visas, tracing back to Bill Clinton and expanded under Trump and Biden. Both parties are accused of flooding the U.S. with cheap foreign labor to suppress wages. 03:36:02 – Venezuela Strike = Oil Grab Trump's shoot-first policy in Venezuela is blasted as a false “drug war” pretext to seize oil. Comparisons are drawn to Duterte's Philippines and past regime-change coups. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
01:00:44 – RFK Jr. Torches Senate RFK Jr. clashes with senators, calling Maggie Hassan a liar and exposing CDC corruption. He slams pharma influence and cites data showing suppressed autism risks. 01:07:55 – Autism Cover-Up Exposed RFK Jr. details a 2002 CDC study showing black boys had a 260% higher autism risk with early MMR shots—data destroyed by officials to protect pharma. 01:11:10 – Cassidy Traps RFK Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy forces RFK Jr. to endorse Trump's Operation Warp Speed, calling it Nobel-worthy. RFK caves, exposing his compromise with Trump's ego. 01:16:10 – Senators Bought by Pharma Discussion lists senators pocketing millions from vaccine makers: Warren, Sanders, Romney, Cassidy, and others. Both parties are shown as fully captured by pharma. 01:23:16 – Spike Protein = Bioweapon Listener analysis ties vaccine harms to spike protein's destruction of ACE2, fueling myocarditis, clotting, and turbo cancers. Critics call the jabs a Pentagon-DARPA bioweapon. 01:27:33 – Trump, Gates, and Zuckerberg Dinner Trump dines with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg at the White House. Commentary frames it as proof Trump embraces technocrats pushing AI, depopulation, and new mRNA delivery systems. 01:51:24 – Tim Kaine: Rights From Government Sen. Tim Kaine claims rights come from government, not God—sparking outrage. Ted Cruz rebukes him with Jefferson's words, while critics tie Kaine's stance to Marxist liberation theology. 01:59:42 – Liberation Theology = KGB Ops Discussion traces Kaine's worldview to “liberation theology,” described as a KGB psyop to destabilize the West. Parallels are drawn to Pope Francis and modern Marxist infiltration in religion. 02:03:47 – DOJ Pushes Gun Ban for Transgender People DOJ considers labeling transgender individuals as mentally ill to strip gun rights. Critics warn it's a Trojan horse for red flag gun laws and Trump-style “due process later” policies. 02:07:47 – Trans Militancy & Socialist Rifle Association Zero Hedge report links trans shooters with the far-left Socialist Rifle Association, whose rainbow-AR-15 imagery echoes recent killings. Hosts warn conservatives are being baited into cheering gun control. 02:17:13 – Trump's Asylum Agenda Trump and Melania push reopening mental institutions and mandatory mental health screenings. Critics warn this echoes totalitarian regimes weaponizing psychiatry to silence dissent. 02:19:54 – John Rich vs. TVA Land Grab Country singer John Rich helps Tennessee locals fight the TVA's eminent domain scheme for a methane gas plant. After massive pushback, TVA cancels plans—framed as a rare grassroots victory against corporate-government overreach. 03:05:52 – Gold Soars on Weak Jobs Gerald Celente joins to discuss gold hitting $3,600 amid dismal job numbers. Weak labor markets signal looming rate cuts, sinking the dollar and driving investors to safe havens. 03:09:12 – Trump's Crypto Empire Exposed Discussion shifts to how Trump's family quietly moved massive wealth into Bitcoin and crypto mining. His stake is now larger than his global resorts, raising conflict-of-interest concerns. 03:12:54 – Dragflation & Debt Heart Attack Celente predicts “dragflation”—declining growth plus surging inflation—as debt tops $220 trillion. Ray Dalio's warning of a “debt-induced heart attack” within three years is echoed as inevitable. 03:14:42 – Gold Goes Digital The World Gold Council prepares to tokenize bullion for global trading. Analysts warn it could wipe out unstable cryptocurrencies and challenge U.S. dollar dominance. 03:26:02 – H-1B Scam & Cheap Labor Conversation turns to H-1B visas, tracing back to Bill Clinton and expanded under Trump and Biden. Both parties are accused of flooding the U.S. with cheap foreign labor to suppress wages. 03:36:02 – Venezuela Strike = Oil Grab Trump's shoot-first policy in Venezuela is blasted as a false “drug war” pretext to seize oil. Comparisons are drawn to Duterte's Philippines and past regime-change coups. Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
-- On the Show: -- Former CIA officer Ned Price warns that Vladimir Putin manipulates Donald Trump with KGB tactics and that Trump aligns with Kremlin interests over U.S. allies -- Conservative figures including Jesse Watters, Kellyanne Conway, and Dana Perino attack Gavin Newsom for trolling on social media while comparing him unfavorably to Donald Trump -- Mike Pence calls on Donald Trump to back sanctions against Russia and criticizes him for weakness as Vladimir Putin escalates aggression -- Donald Trump pushes efforts to end mail-in voting and undermine democracy while targeting independent outlets like MeidasTouch and The David Pakman Show -- Trump inherited a strong economy but has sparked inflation and trade turmoil with tariffs and reckless policies that hurt working families -- Fox Business correspondent Lydia Hu accidentally exposes Republican hypocrisy on gerrymandering while trying to criticize Gavin Newsom -- The Friday Feedback segment -- On the Bonus Show: CIA raids John Bolton's home, and much more...
What really happened when Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin behind closed doors? In this episode of 'Inside Trump's Head', cohosts Joanna Coles and Trump biographer Michael Wolff unravel Trump's odd displays of loyalty to Putin and the secretive negotiations over Ukraine that alarmed U.S. allies. They examine Trump's fixation on flattery, his pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, and the way Putin's KGB-honed tactics played against Trump's insecurities. From the bizarre secrecy surrounding their one-on-one sessions to the global risks of Trump's concessions, this is a revealing look at how the Trump–Putin relationship reshaped world politics and exposed the vulnerabilities inside Trump's head. And Wolff drops an extraordinary new revelation about a meeting Jeffrey Epstein had with Vladimir Putin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Foreign policy insider David Rothkopf joins Joanna Coles for a blistering deep-dive into Donald Trump's high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska—and the dangerous implications for Ukraine, Europe, and global security. From Trump's flattery-fueled diplomacy and one-on-one meetings with no note takers, to Putin's KGB-honed manipulation tactics, Rothkopf exposes a portrait of ego, opportunism, and geopolitical risk. With insider accounts, sharp analysis, and startling parallels to past encounters, this episode unpacks how one man's insecurities and ambitions could shape the fate of nations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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