Podcasts about KGB

參考書目：《獨裁者聯盟》，作者： 安愛波邦；譯者：李寧怡 這集我們會談到： 1.早期的蘇聯領導人會將謊話說的像真的，但現在的獨裁者會怎樣？ 2.當前世界假訊息充斥，這種流水式的謊言會造成何種後果？ 3.台灣是遭受假訊息最多的國家？會導致大家窩在自己的同溫層？ 4.「孔子學院」提供平價的中文課程，但被發現在各國做了什麼事情？ 5.為何中國在非洲提供免費的頻道？這些新聞可能導致怎樣的影響？ 6.獨裁國家散播及轉傳假新聞，指責民主國家做同樣的事情，差別為何？ 7.俄羅斯如何打造「獨立媒體」，而後利用這些媒體散布假新聞！？ 8.2018年的假新聞，如何導致台灣的外交官在日本輕生？真實狀況為何？ 9.獨裁者聯盟互相幫助，民主國家們該如何反制？作者提供何種方法？ 10.看了《獨裁者聯盟》及《民主在退潮》，請珍惜得來不易的民主！ 【背景介紹】 《獨裁者聯盟》，作者在此書揭露了專制國家們如何攜手打造一個相互支持的國際網路，用最淺顯的語言，清楚剖析跨國獨裁聯盟的起源及特徵，追蹤它的命脈，拆解它的運作方式，找出潛在弱點，讓每一位因政治而焦慮的讀者，都能保持理智，看穿獨裁者聯盟的招式，守護既有的民主生活方式…..。 請贊助我一杯咖啡，感謝您的贊助，讓我們能走得更遠、更久

Mostre que Você Apoia o Toca: https://apoia.se/atocadodragao#rpg #russia #URSS #ficçaocietifica #ficçaohistorica #scify #rpgdemesa #maddragonturbo #MDT #RPGdoToca #RPGSeguro #FarolDaHistoria"1966. O auge da Guerra Fria. A KGB designa três dos seus melhores agentes para desvendar o Mistério do desaparecimento da Dra. Alekseeva no Complexo de Pesquisa B12. Paranoia, traição e medo, rondam os jogadores a todo instante, nada é o que parece ser. A equipe Sigma-4 conseguirá descobrir o que houve no trágico evento, ou tudo ficará encoberto pela União Soviética? Descubra."Um RPG Do Toca Do Dragão

This month on Story Radio, Tabitha Potts and Martin Nathan talk to Marc S. Perlman about his debut novel, The Riddle of the Trees, published by Koehler Books on 10th March 2026.The novel opens with two journeys that will soon collide. In Belarus, a physicist is murdered by a KGB agent; in America, Jack Miller boards a flight to Eastern Europe hoping to understand the rift that has divided his Holocaust-surviving father and grandfather for decades. Before too long, their stories intersect in a tense international conflict focused on the Polish and Belarusian borders which meet in the Belavezskaya Forest. It's a fast-paced espionage novel with a fascinating backdrop.We talk to Marc about how he was inspired to write the novel while cycling through the Belavezskaya Forest from Poland into Belarus, about how he worked on the motivations for his main character and how he researched the spycraft used in the story.Marc S. Perlman lives with his wife and son in New York City, where he works as a lawyer and does much of his writing after his son finally agrees to go to bed. A graduate of Bowdoin College and Cardozo Law School, he has a lifelong interest in history and has travelled extensively throughout Eastern Europe. The Riddle of the Trees is his first novel.Produced by Martin Nathan.Martin Nathan has worked as a labourer, showman, pancake chef, fire technician and a railway engineer. His short fiction has been published by Tangent Press, HCE and Grist and his poetry has appeared in Finished Creatures, Erbacce and Aesthetica. His novel, A Place of Safety, is published by Salt Publishing.Story Radio CIC is supported by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Allia Impact.Support Story Radio Podcast

Steve sits down with world-traveling journalist and educator Alex Newman of LibertySentinel.org for a wide-ranging, evergreen conversation that spans the globe, including the explosive growth of the underground church in China and Iran, Islam's infiltration of Europe, the KGB's penetration of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the crisis of discipleship in the American evangelical church. Steve and Alex close with a blunt conversation about classical education, the legacy of Charlie Kirk, and why the church's survival in the West may depend on whether it gets honest about what it's actually conserving. TODAY'S SPONSORS: PATRIOT MOBILE: https://patriotmobile.com/STEVE or call 972-PATRIOT for your FREE MONTH of service POCKET HOSE: Text DEACE to 64000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

參考書目：《獨裁者聯盟》，作者： 安愛波邦；譯者：李寧怡 這集我們會談到： 1.中國除了網路長城外，還會用什麼方式監控新疆維吾爾族？ 2.中國的「平安城市系統」有多恐怖？中國人在怎樣的監控之下？ 3.新疆人可能會因為何種因素被帶到新疆「再教育營」裡面呢？ 4.電影「天眼浩劫」在演什麼？西方國家內的監視系統如出一轍？ 5.中國的器官移植疑雲？？鼓勵孩子勇於獻出自己的器官？？ 6.哪些國家買了中國的平安城市系統？甚至連民主國家也躍躍欲試！ 7.民主國家也有用監控系統！？那與獨裁國家的差別在哪裡？ 8.獨裁國家的大內宣：愈民主愈難管？所有人意見都不同時會父子騎驢 9.白紙運動帶給獨裁者聯盟怎樣的教訓？除了監控外仍需要抹黑民主！ 10.俄羅斯會藉由操控哪些議題來抹黑歐美？如何防止人民認同歐洲？ 【背景介紹】 《獨裁者聯盟》，作者在此書揭露了專制國家們如何攜手打造一個相互支持的國際網路，用最淺顯的語言，清楚剖析跨國獨裁聯盟的起源及特徵，追蹤它的命脈，拆解它的運作方式，找出潛在弱點，讓每一位因政治而焦慮的讀者，都能保持理智，看穿獨裁者聯盟的招式，守護既有的民主生活方式…..。 請贊助我一杯咖啡，感謝您的贊助，讓我們能走得更遠、更久

Tonight the guys look ahead to the 2026 Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (GOALS), talking about what they're excited to see, who they're hoping to meet, and why events like this matter to the firearms community. Then, in true AK Radio fashion, the conversation goes completely off the rails as they dive into their deep and unapologetic disdain for Flock cameras, and why it's basically the KGB we have at home!

Originally published as a series of novellas in Asimov's Science Fiction before winning the 2006 Locus Award for best novel, Accelerando traces three generations of the Macx family (and one notoriously manipulative AI cat named Aineko) across a high-speed, century-long journey through future history and the looming technological singularity.  We unpack the overwhelming density of Stross's worldbuilding—from cyberpunk edge, BDSM, and KGB-uplifted digital lobsters, to Capitalism 2.0 driven by profit-seeking AI corporations, automated corporate law and self-propagating lawsuits, and personalized advertising that feels eerily prescient today. Discover how Stross redefines the technological singularity through system-wide computing power measured in MIPS, explores consciousness as a predator-prey evolutionary dynamic, and takes us to the edge of the solar system where Matrioshka brains, alien communiqués from brown dwarfs, and beam-riding simulated minds completely rewrite the rules of interstellar travel and resource allocation.  Whether you're curious about the Vile Offspring, nested self-referential autonomous corporations, or Jupiter-orbiting electrodynamic tether generators, this episode breaks down why Accelerando is an essential—and utterly chaotic—masterclass in expert speculative fiction. Stick around to the end of the episode for our spoiler-heavy post-show discussion, plus our top similar book recommendations, including William Gibson's Neuromancer, Greg Egan's Diaspora, and Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora! And make sure to like and subscribe so you don't miss our next episode, where we'll be ranking this year's Hugo award nominees and all the best Sci-Fi and Fantasy books of last year!  You can read Accelerando free online on Charles Stross' website! As always, no spoilers until the end when we give a heads up before getting into the full plot discussion.  Join the Hugonauts book club on discord Or you can watch our episodes on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend:  Diaspora by Greg Egan (or Permutation City) Neuromancer by William Gibson Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson This episode is sponsored by The Day The Moon Disappeared by Michael Ross If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for the episode: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Our review (3/5) 03:00 Sponsor - The Day The Moon Disappeared by Michael Ross 03:31 A hard sci-fi look at the next hundred years 05:46 Our cast - a family over a century 7:20 Some of the coolest science ideas 12:43 Prescient ideas that have already come true 13:24 Matrioshka brains 15:40 A different definition of Singularity 18:21 AI as corporations 19:19 Interstellar travel via computer 23:12 Also BDSM 26:59 Diaspora by Greg Egan 28:05 Neuromancer by William Gibson 29:19 Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson 29:50 Reverse generators in Jupiter orbit 31:12 POST SPOILERS book summary 42:26 POST SPOILERS analysis

Dimitri and Khalid complete their deep dive into Alan A. Block's "All Is Clouded By Desire". Topics include: The Riggs Bank-Politico connection, Alton G. Keel Jr's obscure Iran-Contra involvement, the Schultz v. Casey “battle royale” over weapons sales to Iran, George H.W. Bush's curiously fraught relationship with Israel… The sus European Union Bank (“the world's first internet bank”) and Soviet wunderkind Alexander Konanykhine, recruiting ex-dandy junkie Lord Mancroft, KGB defector Yuri Shvetz (who would later claim Trump was a KGB asset), the mysterious Karen von Gerke Thompson, the CIA “leaving Aldrich Ames in the catbird seat”, Konanykhine's appearance on Amazon's “Unicorn Hunters” game show in 2021, the 2009 spy novel “The Hunted” about Konanykhine's life written by Alexander Haig's son Brian, Konanykhine's banned “Wiki Experts” editing service, Roman Abramovich, Runicom and Sibneft, the Serbian firm Genex… Russian crimelord Semion Mogilevich, YBM Magnex and the Toronto Stock Exchange, blind pools and blank checks, Bank of New York VP Prince Vladimir Galitzine, some background on the elite White Russian House of Golitsyn, Vladimir's cousin Nicholas and his interesting right-wing Chicago silk topper friends, Rappaport's philanthropic swan song in Israel, and more… Original air date: 10/16/24 For access to weekly premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

參考書目：《獨裁者聯盟》，作者： 安愛波邦；譯者：李寧怡 這集我們會談到： 1.獨裁者聯盟裡面的國家們會如何互相幫助、互相教學呢？？ 2.中國人「潤」出去了！人民自主行動抑或官方有意為之呢？ 3.辛巴威也是盜賊統治集團的一員！？利用什麼方式來洗錢？ 4.革命領袖穆加比帶領辛巴威脫離英國獨立，仍走向貪腐、獨裁！！ 5.辛巴威的土地改革為何導致當地農業生產崩潰、通貨膨脹！？ 6.作者為何在書中批評阿拉伯聯合大公國以及土耳其共和國？？ 7.吉爾吉斯與俄羅斯關係良好，吉爾吉斯如何幫助俄羅斯逃避制裁？ 8.吉爾吉斯透過當中繼站賺錢後，竟也學習中、俄對媒體加強控制！！ 9.天真的自由派對於獨裁國家及其人民有何不切實際的想法呢？？ 10.為何獨裁國家的人民們不會造反，推翻不了其無良的政府？？ 11.中、俄政府是如何利用網路防火長城控制民主世界的精神汙染？ 【背景介紹】 《獨裁者聯盟》，作者在此書揭露了專制國家們如何攜手打造一個相互支持的國際網路，用最淺顯的語言，清楚剖析跨國獨裁聯盟的起源及特徵，追蹤它的命脈，拆解它的運作方式，找出潛在弱點，讓每一位因政治而焦慮的讀者，都能保持理智，看穿獨裁者聯盟的招式，守護既有的民主生活方式…..。 請贊助我一杯咖啡，感謝您的贊助，讓我們能走得更遠、更久

In 1986, Oggy Boytchev made a split-second decision that would change his life forever. Sent to Egypt by a Bulgarian shipping company, he seized an unexpected opportunity to escape communist Bulgaria, boarding a flight to London and claiming political asylum at Heathrow. In this 2nd episode with Oggy, he recounts details of his extraordinary escape to becoming a broadcaster with the BBC World Service. He describes the emotional impact of leaving his family behind, the pride his father felt hearing his son's voice broadcasting back into Bulgaria, and the dramatic events that followed the collapse of communism. Episode one is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode465/ Oggy also takes us inside the Bulgarian section of the BBC, where the memory of murdered dissident Georgi Markov still lingered. He reveals stories of another mysterious death linked to the section, recalls interviewing KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky about Markov's assassination, and reflects on later encounters with spies, intelligence chiefs and world leaders during a distinguished BBC career alongside John Simpson. Oggy's latest novel, 'The Istanbul Connection ', is a gripping, morally complex thriller that explores the blurred lines between ideology and manipulation Enter the book giveaway here ⁠ https://coldwarconversations.com/giveaway1/⁠ Check outOggy's books here ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/4wyGHjT⁠⁠ Curated episode extras ⁠⁠https://coldwarconversations.com/episode466/ Help me preserve Cold War history via a simple monthly donation, You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, receive a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank-you, and 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 tips 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 o BlueSky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/coldwarpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Threads ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@coldwarconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Twitter/X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson renew their correspondence after years of silence, beginning an extraordinary epistolary reunion that revives their friendship in old age. Built from real letters, speeches, and memoirs, the finale follows the renewed exchange between the two founders as they revisit the Revolution, the presidency, the meaning of republican government, and the contradictions of the nation they helped create.As Adams and Jefferson move from grievance to affection, the episode also reflects on Abigail Adams, Sally Hemings, John Quincy Adams, and the larger legacy of the founding generation. The story closes on the 50th anniversary of American Independence, with the two men dying on the same day and the narrator reminding us how much their lives shaped the republic.Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, the American Revolution, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What does it really take to make a documentary that finds an audience and earns its money back?“You have to have the passion for the story and the passion to do the work, because it will not be easy.”— Joe AmodeiIf you want to make a documentary, the hardest questions are not the ones about cameras. They are about access, money, and whether anyone will ever watch it. In Documentary First Episode 283, a distributor who has spent more than forty-five years releasing films, and has now directed his first one, gives 7 filmmaking tips that cut straight to those questions, from getting access to a famous subject to setting a budget that can actually earn its money back.In Episode 283, Christian Taylor sits down with Joe Amodei, the founder of Virgil Films and a film distributor of more than forty-five years, who has released hundreds of documentaries including Super Size Me, the Oscar-nominated Restrepo, and Forks Over Knives. After decades of releasing other people's films and learning from the mistakes he watched filmmakers make, Joe finally made his own: Cold War in Philly, the story of the night in 1976 when the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Soviet Red Army. He came to find out whether his own advice would hold up.The throughline is simple and a little daring: a career distributor became a first-time director, determined not to repeat the mistakes he had watched other filmmakers make. Along the way he explains how he got access to a legendary NHL team through its alumni association, why he kept the budget under $250,000, why a built-in audience mattered so much, and a first documentary that sold out theaters across Philadelphia. Running underneath it is the Cold War itself: the KGB minders, the players who hated the government but not each other, and the heroes Joe got on camera before they were gone.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:How to get access to famous people and organizations, through the alumni associationWhat Joe did once he was in the room: prove yourself, be yourself, and be honestThe deals he had to clear before filming, the team, the owner, and the league, and that they took nearly a yearWhy a built-in audience is what decides whether an indie film succeedsWhat to budget for a documentary, and why Joe will not spend more than $250,000 on an indie docHow Joe made sure to get the players on camera, including two who passed away after their interviewsWhy his first film took two and a half years, and what he would do differently next timeThe qualities that make a film distributor worth trusting: answering calls, paying on time, being honestThe two things Joe says it takes to finish a filmWhy Joe believes the work is worth it, from the players' gratitude to a film that outlives everyoneCHAPTERS0:00 Becoming a First-Time Director2:42 How Do You Get Access?9:33 Capturing Heroes in Time13:04 Structuring the Documentary21:20 The Grind of Production28:11 Selling Out Theaters38:32 What Makes a Film Succeed?41:37 What Should a Doc Budget Be?44:48 How Do You Keep Going?47:38 Is Filmmaking Worth It?FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSHow do you get access to famous people or organizations for a documentary?Go through the alumni association. Joe Amodei got the Philadelphia Flyers by working with the team's alumni group, which controls appearances for former players. Nearly every major sports team and league has one, usually run by one or two people. Find that person, earn their trust, and they can open the door to the whole roster. Then be ready to handle the separate contracts with the team, the owner, and the league.How much does it cost to make a documentary?For an independent documentary, Joe Amodei's rule is not to spend more than $250,000. The reasoning is about return: know what the film can realistically earn back before you set the documentary budget, and understand the market you are spending against. A built-in audience and disciplined spending give a documentary a real chance to make its money back.What makes an independent film succeed in today's market?A built-in audience. Joe Amodei says a film does best when people already care about the subject before it exists. Cold War in Philly had Flyers fans waiting for it, and the sold-out theatrical run followed. If you cannot name the audience for your idea, Joe's view is you might not want to make it. When you can, the film has a base to launch from and can cross over to viewers beyond the core, people who told Joe they were not even hockey fans.What does it take to succeed as a documentary filmmaker?Two things, according to Joe Amodei: passion and willpower. Passion for the story carries you through a process that will not be easy, and willpower keeps you going when the edit stalls and the work is not moving as fast as you wanted. You owe it to your investors, your subjects, and the people who gave up their time to sit for you. His advice is simple: you cannot give up.What should you look for in a film distributor?Christian describes what makes Joe a distributor worth trusting: he answers calls and emails, pays on time, sends the reports that are due, and is honest. She notes that this basic reliability is rarer than it should be in the business, and it is exactly what separates a distributor you can trust from one you cannot.DOCUVIEW DÉJÀ VU PICKSIn the DocuView Déjà Vu segment, Joe Amodei highlighted two documentaries from the Virgil Films slate: She Was Here, about the young actress from Poltergeist, and Broken Brothers, directed by Jeff Levine, a future Documentary First guest. Both are available on Amazon and Apple TV.SPONSORED BYVirgil Films Entertainment. With more than twenty-five years of distribution experience, Virgil releases documentaries and indie features and works directly with every major platform. Learn more at https://virgilfilms.com.ABOUT JOE AMODEIJoe Amodei is the founder of Virgil Films and a film distributor with more than forty-five years in the industry. He started in retail, worked in live entertainment for Ted Turner and Barry Diller, and went on to release hundreds of documentaries, including Super Size Me, the Oscar-nominated Restrepo, and Forks Over Knives. Cold War in Philly is his directorial debut, the story of the 1976 game in which the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Soviet Red Army. Learn more at https://coldwarinphilly.com.ABOUT VIRGIL FILMSVirgil Films and Entertainment is an independent distributor known for documentaries and indie features, with a catalog that includes Super Size Me, Restrepo, Forks Over Knives, To Die For, Seven Yards, and Speed is Expensive. The company works directly with every major transactional platform and offers filmmakers a range of deals, from standard distribution to service arrangements. Recent and upcoming releases include She Was Here and Broken Brothers. Learn more at https://virgilfilms.com.ABOUT DOCUMENTARY FIRSTDocumentary First is the show where we dig into the craft of filmmaking, the business, and the truth of it. Host Christian Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, actor, and voice actor, and the director of The Girl Who Wore Freedom and Heroes of Carentan. Each week she sits down with the people who make documentaries and pulls out what actually works.RESOURCES MENTIONEDCold War in Philly (film site): https://coldwarinphilly.com/Cold War in Philly is available to rent or buy on Amazon, Apple TV, Vudu, and YouTubeThe Girl Who Wore Freedom (Christian Taylor, distributed by Virgil Films)Films referenced: Super Size Me, Restrepo, Forks Over KnivesLISTEN AND FOLLOWListen to this episode and follow Documentary First on your favorite app:...

參考書目：《獨裁者聯盟》，作者： 安愛波邦；譯者：李寧怡 這集我們會談到： 1.跟著川投顧，勝率百分百？各國政府如何透過股市撈錢呢？？ 2.金正恩近期一直帶女兒出來亮相，為何不帶兒子？有哪些傳聞？ 3.民主國家對於個人與法人在金錢使用上有何規定？獨裁國家呢？ 4.委內瑞拉的查維茲總統打著反貪腐的名義選上總統，最終仍走向貪腐！ 5.查維茲總統取消了國內問責制度、透明度等，維持了其貪腐系統！ 6.委內瑞拉的高官如何利用販售石油獲利？得到的金錢存到何處？ 7.委內瑞拉特有的貨幣操縱系統為何？人們如何透過此方式洗錢？ 8.如何利用變更地目的方式，在都市計畫期間藉此賺大錢呢？？ 9.當民主國家從委內瑞拉撤資後，獨裁者聯盟如何出來提供幫助？ 10.委內瑞拉與土耳其、伊朗的友誼是如何建立的？提供彼此什麼幫助？ 【背景介紹】 《獨裁者聯盟》，作者在此書揭露了專制國家們如何攜手打造一個相互支持的國際網路，用最淺顯的語言，清楚剖析跨國獨裁聯盟的起源及特徵，追蹤它的命脈，拆解它的運作方式，找出潛在弱點，讓每一位因政治而焦慮的讀者，都能保持理智，看穿獨裁者聯盟的招式，守護既有的民主生活方式…..。 請贊助我一杯咖啡，感謝您的贊助，讓我們能走得更遠、更久

In Belarus, new legislation from the government of President Alexander Lukashenko targets anyone who might be regarded as an opponent with charges of being ‘extremist'. Dozens of independent media outlets have recently been designated as ‘extremist organisations' in the country, as the government cracks down on dissent. But the Belarus government isn't only targeting media outlets. It's taking aim at a wide variety of groups and organisations, including a well-respected Belarus university, the European Humanities University, which since 2005 has been based in the apparent safety of Lithuania. But recently, students, staff and their families have begun to be visited by Belarus's security service, the KGB. BBC Russian's Alina Isachenka has been investigating. The custom of men being married to more than one person at the same time, known as polygamy, is practiced in many parts of the world, particularly across the African continent. It's traditionally rooted in cultural, social, and economic values across various tribes in different regions, such as the Zulu in South Africa, a country where polygamous marriage is legally recognised. Now, a new hit Zulu language TV series, The Polygamist, has got people discussing the topic. BBC Africa reporter Khanisile Nkobho has been following the issue. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world. Presented by Faranak Amidi. Produced by Laura Thomas, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

On the latest episode of Tin Foil Hat, Sam sits down with Jay Dyer for a wide ranging conversation exploring the hidden power structures that have shaped the modern world. They dive into the approved Rothschild biography, the origins and evolution of the OSS, CIA, and Mossad, the enduring legacy of MK Ultra, the KGB's role during the Cold War, and the growing debate over whether UFO and alien disclosure is part of a larger psychological operation. It's a fascinating deep dive into intelligence agencies, geopolitics, and the narratives that continue to shape public perception.   Please subscribe to the new Tin Foil Hat youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TinFoilHatYoutube   Sam Tripoli's 5th Crowd Work Special "Hero Live From Batavia" Drops May 2nd On Youtube.com/SamTripoliComedy   Grab your copy of the 2nd issue of the Chaos Twins now and join the Army Of Chaos: https://bit.ly/415fDfY   Check out Sam "DoomScrollin with Sam Tripoli and Midnight Mike" Every Tuesday At 4pm pst on Youtube, X Twitter, Rumble and Rokfin! Join the WolfPack at Wise Wolf Gold and Silver and start hedging your financial position by investing in precious metals now! Go to https://www.samtripoli.gold/ and use the promo code "TinFoil" and we thank Tony for supporting our show.   Grab Tickets To Sam Tripoli's Live Shows At SamTripoli.com: Miami, Fl: 7/31-8/1 Lawerence, KS: 9/17-9/19 Tulsa, OK: 10/9-10/10 Dallsa, Tx: Nov 7th (TrutherCon) Austin, TX: Dec 11th-13th   Please check out Word War Debate and the WordWarDebate Contenders Series: https://wordwardebate.com Please check out Jay Dyer's internet: Website: https://jaysanalysis.com  rokfin: https://rokfin.com/jaydyer  twitter: https://twitter.com/Jay_D007    Please check out Sam Tripoli's internet: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/samtripoli Sam Tripoli's Stand Up Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@SamTripoliComedy Sam Tripoli's Comedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samtripolicomedy/%20P Sam Tripoli's Podcast Clip Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samtripolispodcastclips/   Please support our sponsors: Jack Archer: Instead of needing different pants for work, travel, and weekends, the Jetsetter Tech Pant is designed to do more with one pair. Built for the office, golf course, date nights, and everything in between.  Right now, Jack Archer is offering our listeners 15% off your first order with promo code GETJACK. Go to Jack Archer dot com, and use promo code GETJACK for 15% off your first order, and see why thousands of people have given the Jetsetter Tech pant five stars. That's Jack Archer dot com, promo code GETJACK for 15% off your first order. Ultra: Ultra is the ultimate guilt-free pouch — delivering instant focus and mental clarity, without nicotine or caffeine. New customers can use code TINFOIL to get 15% off at Take Ultra dot com. That's TakeUltra.com for 15% off with code TINFOIL. After you purchase, they will ask you where you heard about them. PLEASE support our show and tell them our show sent you. ASPCA:This episode is sponsored by the ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance program, offering customizable accident and illness plans to fit your budget, lifestyle, and pet's unique needs. With nearly 30 years of experience and over one million pets covered, they make it easy to submit claims through their app and receive reimbursement for eligible vet bills. To explore coverage, visit A-S-P-C-A pet insurance dot com slash TINFOIL. That's A-S-P-C-A pet insurance dot com slash TINFOIL. Again, that's A-S-P-C-A pet insurance dot com slash TINFOIL.    

Here’s the audio from the July 8th, 2026 Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with guests Sam Rebelein & Victor Manibo, recorded live at the KGB Bar. Support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB series by clicking here!​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​ Sam Rebelein Sam Rebelein writes and teaches in Poughkeepsie, NY. His fiction has appeared in PseudoPod, The Deadlands, Bourbon Penn, Press Pause Press, Ellen Datlow’s prestigious Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. His first three books (The Poorly Made and Other Things, Galloway's Gospel, and the Bram Stoker award-nominated novel Edenville) are all set in the fictional world of Renfield County. His sci-fi horror chapbook Meatship is also available from Rapture Publishing. For more about Sam’s work, and pictures of his scruffy pooch Frodo, follow him on Instagram @rebelsam94. & Victor Manibo Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. He is the author of the science fiction novels The Sleepless and Escape Velocity, and the crime thriller Dead Note. His first horror novel, The Villa, Once Beloved, is out now from Erewhon Books. Aside from his books, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.

John Adams hosts Thomas Jefferson one last time on his final night in the White House, and the two men confront the meaning of party, power, and the peaceful transfer of authority. Built from real historical language, the episode follows Jefferson's inauguration, Adams's departure from Washington, and the tensions that follow as Jefferson begins rolling back the Federalist program.As the episode continues, James Callender's accusations against Jefferson and Sally Hemmings expose the hidden violence and contradiction at the center of the founding generation.With Adams, Jefferson, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Sally Hemings all shaping the story, the episode becomes a study in principle, scandal, memory, and unfulfilled promises.Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, the American Revolution, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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These series explore the answers to "Where did mr.Putin come from?" What defines his ideology and regime? Why such a specific form of authoritarianism? Some are looking for its roots in the USSR, in Soviet KGB, others - in the criminal world. This third video in the series looks at early life of Putin and changes his regime brought to Russian language thesaurus. Chapter 1: BRIEF THESAURUS OF “PUTINISM”Chapter 2: GANGSTER SWAGGERPutin's young days, gangster influence, explosions in Moscow in 1999 (Gurianova & Kashirka)Chapter 3: ARGENTINE COKERussian embassy to Argentine diplomatic mail cocaine scandal.Chapter 4: RUSSIAN BRANCH OF THE SINALOA CARTELRussian diplomatic organized criminal network. Ambassador Viktor Kelly, deaths in ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Baron von Bossner" & Ivan Bliznyuk of Organization of Russian Orthodox Patrons of Fine Arts in Latin America.Chapter 5: A "NOVICHOK" FOR EVERY KOVALCHUKSkripals Novichok poisoning in Britain.Chapter 6: SKRIPAL AND THE STEELE DOSSIERWhat could make Skripal a target for Putin's regime?Death of FSB General Oleg Erovinkin.Chapter 7: PUTIN'S HOPES FOR TRUMPWhat was driving these failed aspirations?Chapter 8: OFF-SCALE READINGSPoisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London, Polonium and deputy Lugovoi's visit. Not the first time polonium was used.Chapter 9: THE YELLOW FLOWERGelsemium Elegans and death of  Alexander Perepelichny - main witness in Magnitsky case;Putin's traces in Panama Papers scandal.Chapter 10: THE "DOUSHESS" COCKTAIL.Perepelichny was not the first to die of gelsemium. After Winter Olympics in Sochi  there were also Nikita Kamaev (Director of Russian Anti-Doping Agency) and Vyacheslav Sinyugin (chairman of the executive board of RUSADA). Both deaths happened shortly after Rodchenkov fled to US and unveiled the Sochi corruption scheme.Chapter 10: EPILOGUEWhen will the world understand what they are dealing with in face of Putin's regime?Original video created by "Acute Angle": https://youtu.be/KqXM1OCwxDU---------------------------------------------------------------Acute Angle on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%A3%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB

Tunne Kelam: "Apelli saatmine ÜRO-le 1972. a ja sellele järgnevad KGB repressioonid alates 1974. aastast, mis hõlmasid kümneid inimesi, on üks paradoksaalne näide, kuidas kitsas ringkonnas alanud tegevus laienes tänu KGB jõupingutustele laiemate ringide teadvusse."

John Adams becomes President after narrowly defeating Thomas Jefferson in 1796, and the uneasy partnership between the two men is tested by cabinet politics, French aggression, and the rise of partisan warfare. Built from historical dialogue and source material, the episode follows Adams, Jefferson, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and James Callender as public principle, private friendship, and political survival collide.As France seizes American ships, Adams calls for military readiness and a stronger navy, while Jefferson turns to the press and to Callender to attack Adams and his administration. The episode closes with Adams triumphant over the peace with France, but personally wounded by defeat, setting up the final stage of the Adams-Jefferson divide.Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and the founding of the United States, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Football can be geopolitics by other means. Financial Times Journalist Simon Kuper has covered every World Cup since 1990. This week, he joins Sir Richard Dearlove and guest co-host Baroness Ayesha Hazarika to unpack how football and geopolitics collide.  Kuper explains why he thinks FIFA president Gianni Infantino runs the organization like an autocrat, how U.S. President Donald Trump's red card intervention echoes historical precedents set by Mussolini and Brazil's military government, and why hosting a World Cup brings prestige but rarely economic benefit. The conversation also covers the KGB's use of Soviet football clubs for cover during the Cold War, football's role in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, why China's investment in football hasn't paid off, and how France's multicultural national team has become a flashpoint in its domestic politics. Plus, in Brief: Russian strikes on Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit, German prosecutors' Nord Stream allegations against Ukraine, deepening Russia-China military cooperation, and reports of Trump pushing for a "master list" of intelligence assets. In this episode: (00:00) World Cup Geopolitics Football & Global Power (00:45) England's Surprising World Cup Victory (03:05) Football As Geopolitics Explained (03:24) Russia-Ukraine War Intelligence Analysis (11:12) Trump CIA Spy List Dangers Exposed (14:25) Andy Burnham Northern Devolution Power Shift (19:10) Simon Kuper On The Geopolitics Of Football (23:07) FIFA Corruption Infantino's Autocratic Control (28:00) Jules Rimet World Cup Origins Peace Vision (30:23) 1954 World Cup Rebuilt German National Identity (38:42) KGB Soviet Football Cold War Espionage (47:53) Argentina 1978 World Cup Junta Propaganda (49:52) Qatar 2022 World Cup Human Rights Backlash (1:02:49) Reflecting On Football Power, Politics, & Identity Show Notes:  Soccernomics: Why European Men and American Women Usually Win―and American Men Don't (Yet) | https://a.co/d/07dBzyak World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments | https://a.co/d/0g5raBr3 Football Against The Enemy: https://a.co/d/04OUzQgR  Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and guest co-host Baroness Ayesha Hazarika (House of Lords) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Mozart murdered by a jealous rival? Did Robert Johnson really sell his soul at the crossroads? Was jazz secretly weaponized by the CIA? Punk rock invented by the KGB? This time on Uncharted, we dive headfirst into music's most enduring, outrageous, and fascinating conspiracy theories. From ancient Rome to Cold War spycraft, from blues legends to gangsta rap, we break down why conspiracy thinking exists, how a kernel of truth can grow into a full-blown myth, and where the evidence actually leads. Some conspiracies collapse under scrutiny...others contain uncomfortable truths. All of them tell us something about power, culture, fear, and music's role in shaping the world. Wake up, sheeple… or at least listen closely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After The American Revolution, George Washington becomes the first President of the United States, John Adams is swept into the vice presidency, and Thomas Jefferson takes on a central role as Secretary of State. Built from real historical language and dramatized from the founders' letters, speeches, and memoirs, the episode explores how the new nation begins to define power, duty, and the limits of government.As Adams and Jefferson argue over the presidency, federal power, the British Constitution, political parties, and the French Revolution, the story also turns to Jefferson's alliance with Thomas Paine and the rupture it causes with Adams. The episode ends with the emerging divide between the two men and the growing tension between public principle and personal friendship.Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Turns out replacing visionary engineers with KGB middle managers isn't great for innovation. Jim and A.Ron plow deep into a stellar episode of Star City. Transmit your feedback to fam@baldmove.com! Hey there!  Check out ⁠https://support.baldmove.com/⁠ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts! ⁠Join the Club!⁠ Join the discussion: ⁠Email⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ | ⁠Reddit ⁠| ⁠Forums⁠ Follow us: ⁠Twitch⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turns out replacing visionary engineers with KGB middle managers isn't great for innovation. Jim and A.Ron plow deep into a stellar episode of Star City. Transmit your feedback to fam@baldmove.com! Hey there!  Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the producers of The Asset. During the American Revolution, John Adams leaves Braintree for a dangerous crossing to France, while Thomas Jefferson retreats to Monticello, grief-stricken after the death of Martha Jefferson. Built from real letters, speeches, and memoirs, the episode follows Adams, Jefferson, Abigail Adams, and Sally Hemings as they move between war, diplomacy, family, and the moral contradictions of the founding era.From the Atlantic crossing and the French salons to London, Paris, and Monticello, the episode deepens the friendship between Adams and Jefferson while showing how power, marriage, slavery, and public duty shape their lives. Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former nuclear‑trained Navy submariner, turned fearsome political debater, Nick Matau, joins Jillian Michaels to unpack how foreign governments, bot farms, and coordinated propaganda campaigns are radicalizing young people online, fueling antisemitism, turning college campuses into ideological battlegrounds and destabilizing Western societies.

With the recent public debate between Zohran Mamdani and President Trump regarding socialism and communism, Andrew For America presents a refresher course on the history and existence of the communist "plan for the world." Andrew has told us about Yuri Bezmenov's "ideological subversion" KGB plan in previous episodes, and today he plays a 1958 clip from Robert Welch explaining this 10-step communist plan to change the United States from within. Andrew also plays clips and discusses George Soros, the Trilateral Commission (and its members), Saul Alinsky, the Hegelian Dialectic, Karl Marx, Sophie Lewis, Stefan Molyneux, and a clip from a Soviet Marxist admitting that the death of millions of people in the Soviet Union was justified in pursuit of achieving their communist utopian society. 1973 was a hell of a year people!Happy 4th of July everyone!!!The song selection is the song "Wayside" by the band Dead Wrong.Visit allegedlyrecords.com and check out all of the amazing punk rock artists!Visit soundcloud.com/andrewforamerica1984 to check out Andrew's music!Like and Follow The Politics & Punk Rock Podcast PLAYLIST on Spotify!!!Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Y4rumioeqvHfaUgRnRxsy...politicsandpunkrockpodcast.comFollow Future Is Now Coalition on Instagram @FutureIsOrgwww.futureis.org

In the shadows of the Cold War, an unassuming British civil servant lived a double life as one of the KGB's most valuable agents, passing critical atomic secrets that accelerated the Soviet nuclear program while evading detection for nearly forty years. This episode examines her deep ideological motivations rooted in communist conviction, the sophisticated tradecraft she employed to maintain her cover, and the high-stakes psychological demands of long-term espionage under constant threat of exposure. A compelling case study in government and law, intelligence history, and the psychology of betrayal, this story culminates in the dramatic 1999 revelation that stunned the nation and reshaped public understanding of Cold War infiltration.

In this episode I talk about the subversion process in which is what is used to demoralize a society within 15 to 20 years according Yuri Bezmenov. Yuri Bezmenov was a defector of the KGB (allegedly) and went on to do lectures in Los Angeles on this process. We find ourselves in this day in age dealing with the issues which he stressed upon but will we act in a manner that will be beneficial or detrimental to each other... only time will tell. SERVE YOUR PURPOSE!!!!Yuri Bezmenow Interviews and Lectures:https://youtu.be/-WGlEiHLHIk?si=Ar6JOUiJqSW4TS1yBiblical Reference:Matthew 15:1-20Purpose Served Social Media:Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/purpose_servedTwitter-https://twitter.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/purpose.serv...Become a Memberhttps://www.purposeserved.com/forumPurpose Served Website:https://www.purposeserved.comEmail:servedpurpose@gmail.comEmail UsSupport the show

RULE OF LIES: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia by Jamison Firestone (Harper; June 23, 2026) is a true story that reads like a spy thriller-darkly comic, violent, and unnervingly real. Rather than explaining Russia's destruction of rule of law and democracy through politicians or oligarchs, the book tells it from the inside out: how an American lawyer walked straight into chaos and managed to live long enough to expose it.Raised by a multimillionaire conman and crack addict who hung out with mobsters and owned Manhattan's most expensive brothel, Firestone learned early on how to deal with criminals. At twenty-four, fresh out of law school and desperate to escape that world, he struck out for the Wild East, the disintegrating Soviet Union. In 1991, as Russia slid into lawlessness, he founded the country's first independent foreign-owned law firm-an act his law school equated with insanity.What followed was out of the frying pan and into the fire. For nearly two decades, Firestone lived in the maelstrom of post-Soviet Russia, defending himself and his clients against mafia attacks, corrupt police, and armed commandos who raided his office. He was threatened, surveilled, extorted-and at one point forced to raid his own offices with a SWAT team and bug the offices of the Russian police just to stay alive. In a system where the law was a weapon, survival meant learning how to fight back.Firestone soon found himself at the center of Russia's most explosive scandals. He employed Sergei Magnitsky, whose exposure of the largest tax theft in Russian history led to his imprisonment, torture, and murder. Refusing silence, Firestone joined Bill Browder and teamed up with Alexei Navalny to expose Magnitsky's killers and take their blood money.Along the way, he inadvertently inspired Navalny to develop the corruption-exposing videos that would later threaten the Kremlin-and helped trigger an open war with the Russian state over the Magnitsky Acts, legislation threatening sanctions against Russia's most powerful figures.RULE OF LIES is both an adventure and an indictment: how a fragile democracy was hijacked by criminals and KGB spooks and transformed into a true mafia state. And how a small group of people decided to hit back. Darkly funny, often horrifying, and deeply personal, it is a warning about what happens when corruption hardens into governance-and what it costs to resist.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

En: repressie in Belarus en de strijd voor de vrijlating van politieke gevangenen. (00:45) Lot van kanselier Merz hangt aan Volkswagen Een nieuwe klap voor de Duitse auto-industrie: bij Volkswagen dreigen 100.000 ontslagen en sluiting van vier fabrieken. De Duitse regering zegt alles te zullen doen om de fabrieken open te houden, maar is dat wel mogelijk? En wat betekent dit voor de toch al erg wankele positie van bondskanselier Friedrich Merz? Daarover Duitslandverslaggever bij de VRT Jeroen Reygaert. (09:40) Terug naar de KGB-cel De Belarussische president Aleksandr Loekasjenka liet het afgelopen jaar tientallen politieke gevangenen vrij na onderhandelingen met de regering-Trump. Tegelijkertijd zitten nog altijd honderden Belarussen vast om politieke redenen. Onze verslaggever Michiel Driebergen bezocht in Vilnius het voormalige KGB-gevangeniscomplex, dat nu een museum is. Samen met oud-politiek gevangene Sergej Sparisj, die vorig jaar vrijkwam, sprak hij over repressie in Belarus en de strijd voor de vrijlating van achtergebleven gevangenen. (16:24) Oeganda's nieuwe dictator De belangrijkste onafhankelijke media van Oeganda werden dit weekend op last van legerchef Muhoozi  uit de lucht gehaald. Eerder werden al oppositieleden en journalisten opgepakt. De zoon van de huidige president Yoweri Museveni lijkt zijn macht razendsnel uit te bouwen, terwijl de vrees groeit dat Oeganda afstevent op een dynastieke machtsoverdracht. We bespreken het met Oeganda-kenner Kristof Titeca van de Universiteit Antwerpen. Presentatie: Laila Frank

Today we return to open QnA on any topic (not low tier debates) as we discuss the major recent news as well as the upcoming big formal debates and perhaps new history text / global elite texts I've read. Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/join Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY60LIFE for 60% off now https://choq.com Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Music by Dr Evo the Producer, Jay Dyer and Amid the Ruins 1453 https://www.youtube.com/@amidtheruinsOVERHAUL Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/joinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

Tonight we return to the more serious topics of ecumenist pastors and women pastors, charismatic delusions, prelest, chaos, and the REAL relationship between the KGB and CIA and the World Council of Churches. Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/join Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY60LIFE for 60% off now https://choq.com Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Music by Dr Evo the Producer, Jay Dyer and Amid the Ruins 1453 https://www.youtube.com/@amidtheruinsOVERHAUL Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/joinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

Derrière Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, un homme a travaillé dans l'ombre à la chute du régime soviétique. Personne ne le connaît : Alexandre Yakovlev.Retour sur l'incroyable ascension de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev au sein du Kremlin, grâce à l'aide d'un allié de poids : Alexandre Yakovlev, surnommé le "Diable boiteux". Ensemble, ils vont mener une révolution progressive pour libéraliser l'Union soviétique, mais leur entreprise ne sera pas sans danger.

Join our discussion on the Checkmate Podcast, where we discuss the face off we've waited for, The VIgilante vs. The Batman!  As exciting as that sounds, the battle between the big boss, KGB operative, Katia, and Vigilante is quite a fierce fight pound for pound panel for panel.  Ex-Soviet, Colonel Valentina Vostok, hands over the The Agency over to Harry Stein, really setting up the transition into Checkmate part one.  

“My brothers always think: what would Jesus do? And they do that. I think: what would dad do? And I do the opposite.” — Jamison Firestone What do you do if your dad was a multimillionaire conman, crack addict, and owner of New York's most expensive brothel? If you're Jamison Firestone, you transform yourself into his antithesis. You go to law school. You go to post-Soviet Russia and establish the country's first independent foreign law firm. You employ Sergei Magnitsky and befriend Alexei Navalny. You transform yourself into one of Vladimir Putin's most vocal foreign critics. It's quite a story. His memoir, Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia (HarperCollins, June 4, 2026), is both a Russian and American confession. As an old friend of the show, Peter Pomerantsev, says: “This book is NUTS! — in the best possible way.” Yes, Rule of Lies is nuts. But it's also the best kind of contemporary history. Firestone arrived in Russia in 1991, at the very moment the KGB hardliners rolled tanks into the streets and kidnapped Gorbachev. He watched, within days, as the Russian people confronted the tanks. He saw Yeltsin emerge as the hero, the Soviet Union dissolve, and the promise of a free-market democracy consumed by mafia groups, corrupt officials, and the structural lawlessness of the transition. In 1993, Yeltsin shelled his own congress. In 1999, on New Year's Eve, he got on television, wished everyone a happy new year, and resigned — handing the country to Vladimir Putin in exchange for a pardon. That, says Firestone, is how we got to Putinism's kleptocratic rule of lies. Firestone's Russian memoir is also the Magnitsky story. He employed an accountant called Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered the largest tax theft in Russian history, was arrested on fabricated charges, and died in pre-trial detention — probably murdered by the same corrupt officials he had exposed. The Magnitsky Act, the Magnitsky sanctions, the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign — all of it connects back to Jamison Firestone. And, in a way, back to his dad, Richard, the New York City crook who schooled his rebellious son in the value of obeying the law and telling the truth. Five Takeaways •       The Criminal Father Who Taught Him Everything He Needed for Russia: Firestone's father was a brilliant, charming man who turned out, when Firestone was 15, to be a multimillionaire fraudster defrauding investors and the IRS. Indicted, his father went a little crazy: became a crack addict, bought New York's most expensive brothel, started hanging out with loan sharks and contract killers. Firestone spent his late high school years learning to talk to contract killers — respectfully, to make them laugh, to say no and not get killed. That skill, he says, turned out to be exactly what he needed in Russia in the 1990s, when everyone was mafia. His father taught him crime doesn't pay. He believed it. •       Arriving in Russia at the Moment of the Coup: Firestone arrived in Russia in 1991, at the very end of the Gorbachev era, during the opening of the Soviet Union. Within days, KGB hardliners rolled tanks into the streets, kidnapped Gorbachev, and declared the reforms over. Then — the extraordinary thing — the Russian people stood up. The tanks backed down. Gorbachev was released. But the hero of the day was Yeltsin, not Gorbachev. The Soviet Union dissolved within months. What followed was a chaotic, disorderly transition in which democracy got lost: everyone, including Firestone and the US government, was so concentrated on the business opportunities that no one noticed the democratic backsliding until it was too late. •       Yeltsin Shelling His Congress, and Putin's New Year's Eve Deal: Two moments stand out in Firestone's account of Russia's democratic failure. First: in 1993, Yeltsin resolved a standoff with his own congress by shelling it — the equivalent, Firestone says, now that January 6 has happened, of not unimaginable. Everyone — the US government, Firestone himself — saw it as a triumph for the free market. They didn't recognise how undemocratic it was. Second: on New Year's Eve 1999, Yeltsin got on national television, wished everyone a happy new year, and resigned — handing the country to Vladimir Putin in exchange for a pardon. “That's how we got Putin,” Firestone says. For a pardon. •       Sergei Magnitsky: The Tax Fraud, the Murder, and the Act: Firestone employed Sergei Magnitsky as a tax adviser and auditor. Magnitsky uncovered what was then the largest tax theft in Russian history — committed by the same government officials who had raided and seized a Browder-connected fund. Magnitsky reported it to the authorities. He was arrested on fabricated charges, denied medical treatment in pre-trial detention, and died — murdered, in Firestone's view, by the officials he had exposed. The Magnitsky Act, which sanctions human rights abusers, grew from that death. The Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, which Firestone co-founded with Bill Browder, has extended it worldwide. •       Russia's Precarity and Why Ukraine Must Not Fall: Firestone's current work is dedicated to seizing Russian state assets for the benefit of Ukraine. His strategic assessment: Russia has burnt through its $600 billion reserve fund under sanctions — it took four years, but it's done. Russia now owes hundreds of billions of dollars. Putin cannot force a mass mobilisation without becoming deeply unpopular, and even the huge financial incentives he's offering for enlistment are no longer working. The regime is precarious. But Firestone's long-term hopes for Russia do not change his short-term argument: if Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, the West will be fighting it when it takes a chunk of Europe that used to be part of the Soviet Union. About the Guest Jamison Firestone established Russia's first independent foreign law firm, where he worked for eighteen years. He is the author of Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia (HarperCollins, June 4, 2026). He is co-founder (with Sir William Browder) of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, which created the Magnitsky human rights and anti-corruption sanctions regimes. He also ran the Navalny 35 campaign promoting the sanctioning of corrupt oligarchs and officials identified by Alexei Navalny. He currently works on seizing Russian state assets for the benefit of Ukraine. He lives in London. References: •       Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin...

Tonight we return to the more serious topics of ecumenist pastors and women pastors, charismatic delusions, prelest, chaos, and the REAL relationship between the KGB and CIA and the World Council of Churches. Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/join Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY60LIFE for 60% off now https://choq.com Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Music by Dr Evo the Producer, Jay Dyer and Amid the Ruins 1453 https://www.youtube.com/@amidtheruinsOVERHAUL Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/joinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

Jesse Watters on left Dems: Communism discussion. Do you need to be saved? Ex-KGB Yuri Bezmenov. Supreme Court immigration decision. Haiti. Venezuela.

From The Asset team: Patriarchs. Subscribe hereThis first episode begins at the end, then rewinds to before the Revolutionary War, at the Continental Congress, where Adams and Jefferson clash, collaborate, and argue over independence, democracy, and the future of the nation. With powerful performances and historically grounded dialogue, Patriarchs explores the human cost of power, principle, and ambition.Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776. Patriarchs stars Stacy Keach as Thomas Jefferson and Edward Gero as John Adams.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Russian disinformation no longer feels like a foreign problem you read about in long articles. It shapes what you see when you open your phone, what your relatives believe about a war they have never visited, and what large language models tell you when you ask a sincere question about world events. My guest this week on Cults, Culture & Coercion, Chris Sampson, journalist, terrorism analyst, and extremism researcher, publisher of The Wiretap, has spent more than four years reporting from Ukraine. He wakes up to drones and missiles, then opens his laptop to read online claims about the country he lives in describing a place he does not recognize. Few people are positioned to explain this gap with the precision he brings. He sorts Russian information into three streams: state propaganda, general pro-Kremlin bloggers, and military-security bloggers. The third stream sometimes fractures, and analysts who watch carefully see fissures open. Living in Ukraine has given Chris a daily lesson in cognitive dissonance, the discomfort a person feels when they hold two contradictory beliefs and resolve it by changing one of them. He walks through a Ukrainian city the morning after Russian drones strike it, then opens a feed full of Russian disinformation claiming the strikes never happened or accusing Ukrainians of staging them. The flood of falsehoods is the point. Putin and the KGB long ago refined what researchers call the firehose of falsehood, in which an overwhelming volume of contradictory claims exhausts your ability to sort signal from noise. He warned me about a newer escalation. Russia has been seeding pseudo-academic papers and propaganda articles into the training data of large language models. Ask one of the major AI tools a sincere question about the war or about the kidnapped Ukrainian children, and the model has been trained on material with Russian framing baked in. Chris named Kateryna Rashevska, a leading Ukrainian expert on the abducted children, as one of those raising the alarm about academic-looking papers planted to muddy the legal and historical record. This is active measures, the Russian intelligence tradition of psychological and information warfare, applied to a new generation of tools. The mechanism is brainwashing, the systematic use of deception, repetition, and emotional manipulation to shape what a person believes. The kidnapped children case is one of the most painful expressions of this doctrine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This one’s a banger. The KGB has got the mole… or do they? What will happen to the Chief Designer’s risky mission to Venus? Is Lyudmilla out of control or does she have the upper hand? And Brezhnev makes a surprise appearance! Dan Moren and Jason Snell.

As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notorious for the often brutal methods it used to keep enemies, loyalists and common people under the thumb of the state. And far from fading as the USSR old guard fell from power, the operatives, methods and networks of the KGB remain at the heart of the Russian state today. Putin himself was a KGB officer for 16 years, including six years as a foreign intelligence officer stationed in Dresden, East Germany. In May 2026, veteran security correspondent and Rest is Classified co-host Gordon Corera joined us to unveil the inner workings of the KGB and the hidden power struggles that shaped modern Russia. Corera explored the real-life stories of those on the inside; from the spies who lived and died enforcing its rule, to those who were brave enough to resist it. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. ⁠https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notorious for the often brutal methods it used to keep enemies, loyalists and common people under the thumb of the state. And far from fading as the USSR old guard fell from power, the operatives, methods and networks of the KGB remain at the heart of the Russian state today. Putin himself was a KGB officer for 16 years, including six years as a foreign intelligence officer stationed in Dresden, East Germany. In May 2026, veteran security correspondent and Rest is Classified co-host Gordon Corera joined us to unveil the inner workings of the KGB and the hidden power struggles that shaped modern Russia. Corera explored the real-life stories of those on the inside; from the spies who lived and died enforcing its rule, to those who were brave enough to resist it. --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Serhii Plokhy details that Khrushchev's decision was driven by the USSR having only five or six ICBMs capable of hitting the U.S. mainland. By deploying medium-range R-12 and R-14 missiles to Cuba, he sought to balance the threat from American Minutemen. He appointed General Pliyev, despite the general's poor health, because he needed a commander capable of defending the island from a potential ground invasion. Newly tapped KGB records reveal the inhuman secrecy of the transit. Soviet units, unfamiliar with the tropics, faced significant technical obstacles, like mismatched electrical frequencies, making their survival a "heroic deed." (3)1915

Craig Unger argues that Donald Trump has been a Russian intelligence asset since 1987. He highlights how Trump's first trip to the Soviet Union was followed by advertisements in U.S. newspapers featuring KGB talking points. (13)OCTOBER 1930

SCHEDULE THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 5-27-26.APRIL 1900 OTTAWA.Cliff May discusses the deepening crisis in Cuba, where extreme food and electricity shortages have led officials to describe it as a failing state. However, the regime has reportedly received hundreds of attack drones from Russia and Iran, posing a new offensive threat to U.S. interests in the Caribbean. (1)Cliff May examines the empty pageantry of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, where the high-profile ceremony produced no major deals regarding trade or artificial intelligence. Xi Jinping made no concessions on human rights issues, such as the persecution of Christians or the Uyghurs. (2)Jon Hartley discusses the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve Chairman, bringing a hawkish reputation focused on reducing the Fed's expanded balance sheet. Warsh advocates for a return to principles linking money growth directly to inflation control. (3)Jon Hartley proposes a new agreement modeled after the 1951 Accord that would separate the missions of the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. Under this plan, the Fed would focus strictly on short-term rates and price stability rather than long-term debt management. (4)Captain James Fanell analyzes the Balikatan military exercise, which featured 17,000 troops and, for the first time, combat forces from Japan participating in counter-invasion training. The drills demonstrated the capacity of allied nations to successfully target and strike enemy vessels at sea. (5)General Blaine Holt discusses Russian hypersonic threats and the shift to asymmetric drone warfare, noting Russia's threats of using weapons of mass destruction against Kyiv to warn European leaders against further intervention. Meanwhile, low-cost drone technology is proving to be an asymmetric force that renders expensive, multi-million dollar military systems obsolete. (6)Charles Burton examines Canada's controversial economic pivot toward China, where Prime Minister Mark Carney is pursuing a strategic partnership that includes non-public security agreements and the reduction of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Critics warn these moves compromise Canadian sovereignty and allow for significant Chineseinfiltration. (7)Charles Burton and Gordon Chang analyze China's strategic gain from prolonged conflict in the Middle East, with Beijing appearing content to allow the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz to drag out as a way to deplete U.S. military resources. This instability supports China's narrative that the United States is a declining power. (8)Michael Bernstam discusses the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian oil market, noting that strikes on refineries and ports have forced Russia to export more crude oil at discounted prices instead of high-value refined products. Simultaneously, U.S. oil production has hit record levels, significantly influencing global market prices. (9)Michael Bernstam examines the failure of Russia's Power of Siberia 2 pipeline deal, as Vladimir Putin left Beijingwithout securing the agreement while China shows no immediate need for the gas. Furthermore, China demanded to pay domestic Russian prices, which would yield no profit for Moscow. (10)Bob Zimmerman discusses the success of SpaceX's Starship 12 test, which demonstrated major design improvements, while NASA has effectively ended Boeing's role in manned missions to the ISS. NASA awarded all manned flights through 2030 to SpaceX, leaving Boeing out of the picture. (11)Bob Zimmerman reports that the Webb telescope has detected weather variations, including morning clouds, on a distant exoplanet. Additionally, images from Mars show parallel ridges that suggest a history of climate cycles and the presence of significant near-surface ice. (12)Craig Unger argues that Donald Trump has been a Russian intelligence asset since 1987. He highlights how Trump's first trip to the Soviet Union was followed by advertisements in U.S. newspapers featuring KGB talking points. (13)Craig Unger discusses U.S. unreliability and the future of the NATO alliance, noting that under Trump, the United States is seen as an unreliable partner by allies like Finland, who fear he will not honor Article 5. This lack of reliability forces European nations to consider whether they can emerge as a self-sufficient military power. (14)Judy Dempsey examines how the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran distracts from Russian aggression in Ukraine and causes economic sluggishness in Germany. European allies feel jaundiced by the lack of consultation from the U.S. regarding Middle East diplomacy. (15)Judy Dempsey discusses how the AfD has become Germany's leading political party by capitalizing on public anger over housing shortages and the government's handling of the wars in Iran and Ukraine. The party represents a growing threat to the established political order in Europe. (16)