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Frank Lavin talks with Renee DiResta, Internet disinformation analyst. How does misinformation and disinformation travel so rapidly on the Internet and what steps can be taken to push back?  How will this affect U.S. elections or U.S. support for Ukraine? Books discussed include Renee DiResta's Invisible Rulers, Peter Pomerantsev's Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible and Annalee Newitz's Stories are Weapons.

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This week we are lucky enough to speak with one of the most celebrated political writers of our age - Peter Pomerantsev, a former TV colleague of our Phil Craig. Peter had a ring side seat in Moscow for the rise of Putin and now advises leading politicians in Europe and the USA.Born in the Soviet Union, and now a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, Peter has written two hugely influential books about the modern Russian state and how it exploits disinformation and propaganda to oppress and threaten its own people and its neighbours: Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014) and This Is Not Propaganda (2019).His latest book, How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler (2024), is about Sefton Delmer, a British propagandist of the Second World War.If you want to support what we do and help us grow this podcast, please hit the ‘Like' button and we now also have a Thank You option on YouTube for donations starting at 2 UK pounds - find it by clicking on the 'three dots' next to the ‘download' button.You can buy Peter's books and those of the other authors we feature in our own bookshop, along with thousands of others. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers...https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-win-an-information-war-the-propagandist-who-outwitted-hitler-peter-pomerantsev/7608309?aid=12054&ean=9780571366347&Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help...https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on YouTube...https://www.youtube.com/@thescandalmongerspodcast/videosAndrew Lownie...https://twitter.com/andrewlowniePhil Craig...https://twitter.com/philmcraigThe Scandal Mongers...https://twitter.com/MongersPodcastYou can get in touch with the show hosts via...team@podcastworld.org(place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).Production byTheo XWilliam RousseauProduced by...PodcastWorld.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric and Eliot welcome Peter Pomerantsev, British journalist, senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, television producer and author of Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible, This is Not Propaganda, and his most recent book How to Win An Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler (New York:  Public Affairs Press, 2024). They discuss the story of Sefton Delmer, the bilingual British journalist who headed up covert propaganda operations for the Political Warfare Executive during World War II. They touch on what makes for effective propaganda, whether idealistic appeals or trying to reach people via crasser motives is more effective, the morality of counter-propaganda efforts, distinguishing fact from fiction, people's desire to escape responsibility for government policies, creating permission structures for people subject to effective propaganda to think differently about what they are being told and the lessons from Delmer's efforts for today's world -- defeating Putin's propaganda in Russia and abroad and breaking through the cult-like propaganda of MAGA. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler: https://a.co/d/8LbiEqJ Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Fighting propagandistic lies with more lies rarely works and runs the risk of eroding trust in your credibility and undermining your cause. However, there is a role for so-called Black disinformation in wartime. This deliberate dissemination of false or misleading information can be highly effective as part of a military operation. Information campaigns with the intent to deceive, manipulate, or undermine an adversary during warfare or conflicts is a tactic used to gain strategic advantages by sowing confusion and destabilizing the enemy. Classic examples of this weaponised subterfuge played an important role in Britain's victory in WWII and can help to save many lives and shorten conflicts. ---------- Peter Pomerantsev is a Soviet-born British journalist, author, and TV producer. He has written two books about Russian disinformation and propaganda: Nothing Is True, and Everything Is Possible (2014) and This Is Not Propaganda (2019). Peter was born into a Russian speaking Jewish family in Kyiv, in 1977. In 1978, he moved with his parents to West Germany, after his father, broadcaster, and poet Igor Pomerantsev, was arrested by the KGB for proliferating anti-Soviet literature. They later moved to Munich and then London where Igor Pomerantsev worked for the BBC World Service. ---------- BOOKS: Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia (2014) This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality (2019) Ukraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian Intellectuals (Ukrainian Voices) by Volodymyr Yermolenko with Foreword by Peter Pomerantsev (2020) Black Earth City: A Year in the Heart of Russia (Charlotte Hobson and Peter Pomerantsev 2017) How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler (2024) ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/02/the-man-who-tricked-nazi-germany-lessons-from-the-past-on-how-to-beat-disinformation ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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This week Court Lalonde joins Steve for a in-depth and spoiler free review of Assassin's Creed Mirage! They cover it all from the combat, to our latest Assassin Basim, the setting of Baghdad, and more! (0:00) Intro (3:11) Hopes of what Mirage would be (6:40) The game's setting and feel (7:55) Characters and Basim (11:42) How it feels to play within Baghdad  (18:56) Performance and fidelity modes (24:04) Collectibles and the map (26:57) Combat (34:26) Skill points and RPG-like mechanics (47:44) Enemy and story development (52:32) Closing thoughts and what's next Like and follow us on Social Media: Twitter: @ConsoleCreature YouTube: @ConsoleCreatures Facebook: @RealConsoleCreature Instagram: @ConsoleCreatures Website: www.consolecreatures.com  Find all we do with Console Creatures by ⁠going to:  ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/consolecreatures ⁠⁠

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Reporter Georgia Gee speaks with Peter Pomerantsev, a Kyiv-born expert in propaganda and disinformation. His books Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible and This is Not Propaganda outline how Russia and others have weaponized the perception of truth. Today, Russia is waging two wars against Ukraine. One is on the ground. The other is being fought online, on the internet and television. Even before launching its full-scale invasion last February, the Kremlin spent years propagating narratives about Ukraine. For example: Putin pushed the idea that Ukrainians and Russians were really just one people. That Ukrainian wasn't really a language. And that the country was just a puppet of the west, and didn't deserve to be a sovereign state. Russia uses these narratives to try to justify its violence in Ukraine — to its citizens and the rest of the world — and according to Pomerantsev, we need to find new ways to fight back. Make sure to subscribe to Brazen Presents for more – and, as always, you can follow our latest reporting in our newsletter, Whale Hunting. For ad-free listening, exclusive bonus content and early access to Project Brazen podcasts, subscribe to our channel on the Apple Podcasts app. You can try the subscription free for 7 days by going to apple.co/brazen www.projectbrazen.com

After Putin was foisted on Russians in 2000 as their new president, they also chose to elect him. His direct and coarse language, threat and intimation of violence attracted people, and continued to do so for 20 years. Russians' fetish for strong leaders, and superficial social and political stability has now backfired spectacularly. Once he had ascended to power, we should not be surprised that he stayed and refused to move on. Putin's model of authoritarian leadership always leads to tragedy and blood – humiliation and violence. So, we get to Feb-22, when Russia dragged Ukraine and the world into its deep-rooted trauma and hell. Peter Pomerantsev is a Soviet-born British journalist, author, and TV producer. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, where he co-directs the Arena program. He is also an associate editor at Coda Media. He has written two books about Russian disinformation and propaganda: Nothing Is True, and Everything Is Possible (2014) and This Is Not Propaganda (2019). Peter was born into a Russian speaking Jewish family in Kyiv, in 1977. In 1978, he moved with his parents to West Germany, after his father, broadcaster, and poet Igor Pomerantsev, was arrested by the KGB for proliferating anti-Soviet literature. They later moved to Munich and then London where Igor Pomerantsev worked for the BBC World Service.

I was looking for an understanding of Putin as a man and his politics as this title suggests. She spends most of the book demonizing him, sometimes with little evidence. I lost count of the number of times Putin is called a thug. Okay , he is a thug, why does that work? Nevertheless , a good introduction to Putin's politics. Looking for a better book. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

I was looking for an understanding of Putin as a man and his politics as this title suggests. She spends most of the book demonizing him, sometimes with little evidence. I lost count of the number of times Putin is called a thug. Okay , he is a thug, why does that work? Nevertheless , a good introduction to Putin's politics. Looking for a better book. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

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Lauren W. will be co-hosting this non-fiction quarter of Reading Envy Russia. We share books we have already read and freely recommend, and also chat about the piles and shelves of books we are considering. Let us know your recommendations and where you hope to start in the comments, or join the conversation in Goodreads.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 244: 2nd Quarter - Russian Non-Fiction Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books we can recommend: Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me: The Best of Teffi by TeffiSecondhand Timeby Svetlana AlexievichThe Unwomanly Face of Warby Svetlana AlexievichLast Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Pevear & VolokhonskyZinky Boysby Svetlana AlexievichVoices of Chernobyl (also titled Chernobyl Prayer) by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Keith GessenOther Russias by Victoria Lomasko, translated by Thomas CampbellThe Future is History by Masha Gessen Never Rememberby Masha Gessen, photography by Misha FriedmanWhere the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen Pushkin's Children by Tatyana Tolstaya The Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaImperium by Ryszard Kapucinski, translated by Klara GlowczewskaA Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy by Deborah McDonald and Jeremy DronfieldPutin Country by Anne GarrelsLetters: Summer 1926 by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Rainer Maria Rilke Sovietistan by Erika Fatland The Commissar Vanishes by David King Gulag by Anne Applebaum The Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum The Magical Chorus by Solomon Volkov, translated by Antonina Bouis  Shostaskovich and Stalin by Solomon Volkov The Tiger by John Vaillant Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut Please to the Table by Anya von Bremzen Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen Books we are considering: All Lara's Wars by Wojchiech Jagielski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesGulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Eric Ericson (there is a unabridged 1800+ pg, and an author approved abridged version, 400-some pages) Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg, translated by Paul Stevenson, Max Hayward Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov, translated by John GladRiot Days by Maria AlyokhinaSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov The Life Written by Himself by Avvakum Petrov My Childhood by Maxim Gorky Teffi: A Life of Letters and Laughter by Edythe Haber Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam, tr. Max Hayward The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin Putin's Russia: life in a failing democracy by Anna Politkovskaya ; translated by Arch Tait. A Russian diary: a journalist's final account of life, corruption, and death in Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya Notes on Russian Literature by F.M. DostoevskyThe Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece by Kevin Birmingham The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin BirminghamLess than One: Selected Essays by Joseph Brodsky Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li The Border by Erika Fatland Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson Red Plenty by Francis Spufford Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder The Last Empire: Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii PlokhyThe Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii PlokhyChernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii PlokhyNuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii PlokhyMan with the Poison Gun: a Cold War Spy Story by Serhii PlokhyBabi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov, tr. David Floyd Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster by Kate Brown Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Kate BrownA Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland by Kate BrownOctober: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev Across the Ussuri Kray by Vladimir Arsenyev, translated by Slaght An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army by Vasily GrossmanThe Road by Vasily GrossmanStalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and Depraved of Chernobyl by Markiyan Kamysh Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia by David Greene Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & beyond by Olia HerculesRed Sands by Caroline EdenBlack Sea by Caroline Eden Tasting Georgia by Carla Capalbo  Other mentions:PEN list of writers against PutinNew Yorker article about Gessen siblings Thanksgivukkah 2013  League of Kitchens - Uzbek lessonLeague of Kitchens - Russian lessonMasha Gessen on Ezra Klein podcast, March 2022Related episodes:Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 084 - A Worthy Tangent with Bryan Alexander Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold Episode 237 - Reading Goals 2022Episode 243 - Russian Novel Speed Date Stalk us online:Reading Envy Readers on Goodreads (home of Reading Envy Russia)Lauren at GoodreadsLauren is @end.notes on InstagramJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. 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“Americans and Europeans were guided through the new century by a tale about ‘the end of history,' by what I will call the politics of inevitability, a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no alternatives, and therefore nothing really to be done,” writes the Yale historian Timothy Snyder in his 2018 book, “The Road to Unfreedom.”The central thesis of “The Road to Unfreedom” is that different understandings of the past, its myths, histories and memories create radically different politics. Snyder wrote the book as a way of understanding Vladimir Putin's 2014 invasion of Crimea and the West's response, but its argument has become only more salient in recent weeks. You can't understand Putin's recent invasion of Ukraine without understanding his metaphysical attachment to the era of empire, his mythological telling of Russian-Ukrainian history, and his semi-mystical construction of what constitutes the Russian nation.But Snyder's more radical argument is that the West is also operating under its own mythological understanding of time — one that is so deeply ingrained in our collective psyche that it masquerades as common sense. And that understanding the influence of the “politics of inevitability” is essential to make sense of everything from the West's misreading of Putin's motivations to the internal fracturing of the European Union to the decline of liberal democracy across the globe.So that's where we start: with the central myths at the heart of the modern Western project — and the blind spots they have created. But Snyder is also a renowned historian of European great-power conflict who has written six books entirely or partly about Ukraine. So we also discuss the chasm between the radicalness of European integration and the tedium of European governance, why Snyder thinks Putin's invasion is fundamentally the product of a Russian identity crisis, Ukraine's unique history as a battleground for a great-power war, how Ukrainian identity transcends ethnicity and language, why Western leaders and analysts consistently fail to decipher Putin's intentions, the huge difference between a Russian nation premised on myth and a Ukrainian nation forged by collective action, how Ukrainian resistance could inspire a Western vision for the future and more.Mentioned:“Bloodlands” by Timothy Snyder“On the History Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” by Vladimir PutinBook recommendations:“Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev“The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt“The Gates of Europe” by Serhii PlokhyThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld; audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Our executive producer is Irene Noguchi. Special thanks to Kristin Lin and Kristina Samulewski.

Sean Illing talks with journalist, author, and Russian disinformation scholar Peter Pomerantsev about the invasion of Ukraine. Recorded on Friday, Feb. 25th, they discuss the current state of the conflict, whether or not the warped rationales for Putin's invasion are actually convincing to the Russian people, and what sanctions might possibly make a lasting difference for the future of both Russia and Ukraine. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox Guest: Peter Pomerantsev (@peterpomeranzev), author; Senior Fellow, Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University References:  This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev (Public Affairs; 2019) Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev (Public Affairs; 2014) "Vladimir Putin: What's going on inside his head?" by Peter Pomerantsev (The Guardian; Feb. 26) "The Russian roots of our misinformation problem" by Sean Illing, in conversation with Peter Pomerantsev (Vox; Oct. 26, 2020) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean Illing talks with journalist, author, and Russian disinformation scholar Peter Pomerantsev about the invasion of Ukraine. Recorded on Friday, Feb. 25th, they discuss the current state of the conflict, whether or not the warped rationales for Putin's invasion are actually convincing to the Russian people, and what sanctions might possibly make a lasting difference for the future of both Russia and Ukraine. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox Guest: Peter Pomerantsev (@peterpomeranzev), author; Senior Fellow, Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University References:  This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev (Public Affairs; 2019) Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev (Public Affairs; 2014) "Vladimir Putin: What's going on inside his head?" by Peter Pomerantsev (The Guardian; Feb. 26) "The Russian roots of our misinformation problem" by Sean Illing, in conversation with Peter Pomerantsev (Vox; Oct. 26, 2020) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buenos días nuestros fanatícos. Recordáis nuestro mantra. Que todo está permitido. On this episode, we delve into the web of shadows and conspiracies as we talk about the movie, Assassin's Creed. Eric thinks people who thank other people are the worst. Richard has a question. And John, has his horizons broadened. So cut of a finger, jump into a bale of hay, and listen to Plot Spackle!Music: TheFatRat - Epic https://lnk.to/ftrepic

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Peter Pomerantsev is the author of two outstanding books. The first is Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible. It has some wonderful stories which he made into programmes while working in Russian TV from 2006. Fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking. The next is This is Not Propaganda (adventures in the war against reality). This is about online propaganda, troll farms and influence operations and again is crammed with fascinating tales of Peter's investigations.

In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show. Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering, surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a form of dictatorship—far subtler than twentieth-century strains—that is rapidly rising to challenge the West. When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry, he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine, and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive, Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system. Dazzling yet piercingly insightful, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Peter Pomerantsev is one of the best thinkers on online disinformation. He's the author of two books, "This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality," and "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia." He is also senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics’ Institute of Global Affairs, and a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University where he co-directs the Arena Initiative.“Fake amplification — everything from gaming algorithms and search engine optimization through to amplification through coordinated inauthentic activity — I think that probably has to end if the internet is going to be a just reflection of society and not this kind of weird funhouse mirror that distorts everything,” Pomerantsev said.The way out, he said, is through forcing the tech companies to be transparent about how they are manipulating the spread of information, and holding them accountable to prevent public harms.Outro music: "Jubilee Street" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here we go...   Graphics - James Bingham (@jimbings) Audio - William Phillips (@williampp) Guests - Conor Burns (@conorrburns/@truckfestival), Shay Fenlon (@shay_fenlon/@louetlon), Sam Newman (@samchudman), Henry Cook (@bnsbts), Henry Brinley-Codd (@henry.codd), KJ Saneinia (@ksj.uk/@gaspedalstudios).   Albums of 2020 -  Shore - Fleet Foxes (Conor), Blue - Joni Mitchell (Shay), Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible - Enter Shikari (Sam), Cannot Be, Whatsoever - Nono Amor (Henry Cook), daydreams - Easylife (Henry Brinley-Codd), A View of U - Machinedrum (KJ).   Ones to Watch for 2021 - Chubby and the Gang (Conor), Arlo Parks (Shay), Mark Rebillet (Sam), Phoebe Bridgers (Henry Cook), Gus Dapperton (Henry Brinley-Codd), 53 Thieves (KJ).

"Nothing is true; everything is permitted" Join the geeks as they look back at Ubisoft action-adventure steal video game franchise - "Assassin's Creed." From the original 2007 game, all the way to present day, we chat about the ups and downs of the series and what we thought about the much divisive feature film. Which games made the top of our lists? What games hit the bottom? And is why is Ezio the hallmark of the series? Find out on Geeks with Kids. Geeks with Kids is bi-weekly geeky podcast where we take a look at movies, tv, video games, music, and anything geeky and break it down... all the while trying to make each other laugh. Subscribe to the channel, our podcast, and our Twitch stream. We stream every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at https://www.twitch.tv/geekswithkids. We'll also try and sneak on other times of the week as well. The Geeks are: Erik - http://twitter.com/erik_c Steve - http://twitter.com/indoskream Michael - http://twitter.com/thehawk999 Matt - http://twitter.com/mattmoore1word Markus - https://www.instagram.com/markus_fx/ #Podcast #GeeksWithKids #Geek #Nerd #Culture #VideoGames #Movies #TV #Music #PodernFamily #PodNation #Assassin's Creed #Ubisoft #Odyssey #Origins #Ezio #Valhalla #review #retrospective --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geekswithkids/message

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Alex et Jacob font la critique de l'album Nothing Is True Everything Is Possible de Enter ShikariPatreon : https://www.patreon.com/dubruitamesoreillesFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/dubruitamesoreillesInstagram : @dubruitamesoreillesTwitter : @DBMO_baladoTous nos épisodes sont disponibles sur iTunes, Google Play, RZO, BaladoQuebec et Spotify.Bonne écoute!

** Support this podcast. Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEuropeIn this special episode of Talk Eastern Europe, Adam sits down with Peter Pomerantsev, expert on disinformation and author of the recent book: “This is not Propaganda. Adventures in the war against Reality”. They discuss the recent report looking at roots of polarization in Ukraine, his current assessment of disinformation campaigns (especially ahead of the US elections) and some reflections on the situation in Belarus.Resources- From “Memory Wars” to a Common Future: Overcoming Polarisation in Ukraine https://www.lse.ac.uk/iga/assets/documents/From-Memory-Wars.pdf - This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality (2019). https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Propaganda-Adventures-Against/dp/0571338631(In Polish) "To nie jest propaganda" https://wydawnictwo.krytykapolityczna.pl/to-nie-jest-propaganda-885- Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia (2015) https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-True-Everything-Possible-Surreal/dp/1610396006 Additional music featured in the podcast: Time Travel by Frank Schröter. Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6784-time-travel- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Esta semana en Islas de Robinson, pop punzante de alto voltaje melódico entre el 78 y el 81. Suenan: DIRK HAMILTON - "HEROES OF THE NIGHT" ("MEET ME AT THE CRUX", 1978) / SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE ASBURY JUKES - "TAKE IT INSIDE" ("HEARTS OF STONE", 1978) / ROY SUNDHOLM - "BACK IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD" ("THE CHINESE METHOD", 1979) / GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR - "NOBODY HURTS YOU" ("SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS", 1979) / JOE JACKSON - "LOOK SHARP!" ("LOOK SHARP!", 1979) / THE JIM CARROLL BAND - "NOTHING IS TRUE" ("CATHOLIC BOY", 1980) / WILLIE NILE - "I'M NOT WAITING" ("WILLIE NILE", 1980) / TONIO K. - "SAY GOODBYE" ("AMERIKA", 1980) / D.L. BYRON - "TODAY" ("THIS DAY AND AGE", 1980) / PAUL WARREN & EXPLORER - "TAKIN' HER BACK" ("ONE OF THE KIDS", 1980) / ARTFUL DODGER - "COME CLOSE TO ME" ("RAVE ON", 1980) / JACK LEE - "COME BACK AND STAY" ("JACK LEE'S GREATEST HITS VOL.1", 1981) / ROBIN LANE & THE CHARTBUSTERS - "WHEN THINGS GO WRONG" ("ROBIN LANE & THE CHARTBUSTERS", 1980) / PRETENDERS - "UP THE NECK" ("PRETENDERS", 1980) / Escuchar audio

Recorded June 16 2020.  Today’s episode is hosted by Dr. Patrick Beeman and he is joined by Rou Reynolds of the band Enter Shikari to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the music industry. Dr. Beeman is an Ob/Gyn and the founder of Ars Longa Media and InsideTheBoards. He's the former director of undergraduate medical education for OnlineMedEd, director of content for a prominent osteopathic question bank. He was also at one time a philosophy professor. Some of his greatest loves are music, philosophy and theology, and his children. You can find him on Instagram (@darthbeeman) and Twitter (@BoardsInsider)!  Enter Shikari are a British alternative-rock band formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 1999 by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds, and drummer Rob Rolfe and Rory Clewlow. Their debut studio album, Take to the Skies, was released in 2007 and reached number 4 in the Official UK Album Chart, and has since been certified gold in the UK. Their sixth album Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible was released in April 2020. Their eclectic musical style combines influences from rock music genres with those from various electronic music genres. Enter Shikari's lyrics, written by frontman Rou Reynolds, are often politically charged. He also stated that the band's general message is that "if we base our lives around love and unity, then that's all that matters." You can find Rou Reynolds on Instagram (@RouReynolds) and follow the band (@EnterShikari).  Links for this episode: www.entershikari.com Rou's Spotify Playlist Nothing is True and Everything is Possible Spotify Apple Music Rou's Podcast Here Now Together Music from this Episode Intro/Outro: Elegy for Extinction 0:42 Medley10:58 Modern Living 41:12 System 45:11 Anaesthetist 49:40 Never Let Go of the Microscope Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

The boys are back to cap off their talk about Assassin's Creed. They also dive into the Unreal 5 reveal and chat about some more Covid-19 updates.Support the show (https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/273485.rss)

Die Geschichte der Popmusik weist für den mittlerweile fast zur kämpferischen Phrase mutierten Ausruf des Genre-Tods etliche Beispiele auf. Auch Enter-Shikari-Sänger Rou Reynolds hat die Konventionen musikalischer Gattungen schon mehr als einmal für veraltet erklärt. Das neue Album seiner Band scheint diese Haltung zu verkörpern wie kaum eine andere Platte der jüngeren Vergangenheit. Auf „Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible“ stehen Rave-Rock, Jazz-Walzer oder sogar reine Orchesterwerke nicht im Widerspruch zueinander, sondern geben sich wie selbstverständlich die Hand, ohne dabei ein eigenständiges und markantes Klangbild zugunsten von verrückten Kombinationsspielchen aufzugeben. Julius und Jakob bringt das zu einer intensiven Diskussion über oft verpönte Versuche, Musik kategorisch zu beschreiben. Manifestieren sich in Enter Shikaris Werk nicht gerade durch die spektakuläre Gegenüberstellung scheinbar konträrer Welten die Klischees einzelner Genres umso stärker? Sind es die Künstler*Innen oder das Publikum, die für verallgemeinernde Konstrukte im Diskurs sorgen? Ist Genre-Denken beim Komponieren hinderlich oder entstehen durch das bewusste Verstehen des Repertoires gerade erst die spektakulärsten Neuschöpfungen, wie es das Beispiel Zeal & Ardor zeigt? Und wie sehr spielen eigentlich jahrhundertealte Konventionen aus der klassischen Musik bei Enter Shikari und in der Popmusik im Allgemeinen heute noch eine Rolle? Ein 90-minütiger Talk in Schubladen, aber ohne Scheuklappen.

Familienalbum - der Musikpodcast das sind Andreas, der Oldie und seine Söhne  Christoph der "Analytiker" und Sebastian der "Musiker". In der dritten Folge behandeln wir folgende Alben: "Minutes to Midnight" - Linkin Park (Sebastian) "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible" - Enter Shikari (Andreas) "Andorra" - Fatoni (Christoph) Als Hausaufgabe für Folge 4 haben wir diese Alben ausgesucht: "Petals for Armor" (Sebastian) "Signs of Life" - Poets of the Fall (Andreas) "Ten" - Pearl Jam (Christoph)

On this edition of the "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz," Darren spoke with former Runaways singer Cherie Currie (new album "Blvds Of Splendor"), System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan (new solo album "These Grey Men") and Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds (new album "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible").All 3 interviews were recorded by phone in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theme song by Steve Schiltz. Audio editing by Mark Piro.

Special episode of Rockology Hour this week, as we are joined on the show by the front man of Enter Shikari - Rou Reynolds!We have an in-depth chat about Enter Shikari's new record "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible" which stormed to no.2 in the UK Album Charts and no. 1 in Rock & Metal Charts! Rou produced this record and we talk about balancing the dynamic of producer/bandmate, the process of creating the record & Rou's new mindfulness masterclasses.Rou also takes on the 'liveliest rock karaoke quiz game show on the airways' that's the "STAPPOKE". Find out how he gets on and enjoy the show!@roureynolds & @entershikari on the socials.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rockologyhour)

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Nachdem wir die letzten Wochen in einem wohlig warmen Mantel aus Deutschrap-Releases verbracht haben, wird es nun Zeit, uns endlich mal wieder raus ins Unbekannte zu wagen. Naja, zumindest zum Teil. In dieser Folge trifft ein langjähriger Enter Shikari-Fan auf einen absoluten Neueinsteiger, um das neue Album "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible" zu besprechen. Laut Lead-Sänger Rou Reynolds das optimale Projekt, um ins Universum der britischen Post-Hardcore-Band einzutauchen. Ob er mit dieser Aussage recht behält und wie sich das ambitionierte Album im Vergleich mit dem restlichen Katalog der Band schlägt - das erfahrt ihr in unserer neuen Folge! Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Corona, Corona, Corona: Seit dem 15. April ist klar, dass aufgrund des Großveranstaltungsverbots der Festivalsommer ins Wasser fällt. Bands und Künstler*innen müssen also weiter warten, um ihre neuen Alben auch endlich live präsentieren zu können. Davon gab es im April jede Menge: Mit The Strokes hat eine der führenden Indierock-Bands der 00er Jahre ihr erstes Album seit sieben Jahren veröffentlicht: "The New Abnormal" ist ein ausschweifender und experimenteller Blick in die Vergangenheit. Violent Soho dagegen gehören in ihrer australischen Heimat zu den größten Alternative-Bands, während sie in Europa noch eher unbekannt sind. Zu Unrecht, wie das fünfte Album "Everything Is A-Ok" zeigt. Die Supergroup Azusa, bestehend aus (Ex-)Mitgliedern von The Dillinger Escape Plan, Extol und Sea + Air, verwebt auf ihrem zweiten Album "Loop Of Yesterdays" die Gegensätze Mathcore und Dreampop noch konsequenter als auf dem Debüt von 2018. "Trust The River" stellt für den ehemaligen At-The-Drive-In-Gitarristen Jim Ward und seine Band Sparta wiederum das erste neue Album seit 2006 dar. August Burns Red haben in der gleichen Zeit ganze sieben Alben veröffentlicht und ihren Metalcore stets um Nuancen erweitert, so auch auf dem insgesamt neunten Album "Guardians". Mit "Afterburner" hat das Mathrock-Quintett Dance Gavin Dance sein ebenfalls neuntes Album veröffentlicht und zeigt sich darauf groovy wie eh und je, aber so vielfältig wie nie. "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible" haben Enter Shikari ihr sechstes Album getauft. Dahinter steckt eine bissige Klimawandel-Dystopie, die dennoch Hoffnung versprüht und mithilfe des Prager Symphonieorchesters aufgenommen worden ist.

Это рецензия на новый альбом Enter Shikari - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible. Еще после предыдущего альбома группы «Spark» большое количество фанбоев и труЪ-любителей музыки сказали, что Шикари уже не те, мол, спопсились, скатились и сколотились. Не сказать, что и я был в лютом восторге от той работы, которая полнилась максимально облегченным звуком и скорее синт-поп-роковым подходом к звучанию при все той же абстрактно-понятной лирике ребят. В итоге, для меня оказалось значительным сюрпризом то, что с нововышедшими синглами коллектива, начали проклёвываться более динамичные, танцевальные, а иногда, даже и агрессивные тона. И пускай в целом у альбома есть одно большое негативное обстоятельство, портящее весь слушательский опыт, все равно я остался им очень доволен.

Welcome back! On today's show, we review the latest album by Enter Shikari, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible. Also on the show, Brandon does a quick review of the latest album from Brian Fallon, Zach reviews last year's Rocksound Album of the Year, You are OK by The Maine and we try the dark roast from Sea State Coffee out of Washington. Enjoy and stay safe and healthy!

How and why do authoritarian regimes seek to control information? On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino is joined by University of Maryland Associate Professor Cynthia L. Martin to explore how one country, the former Soviet Union, restricted access to information and stifled dissent — and what changed when that regime collapsed in 1991. Show notes: Podcast transcript Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia Cato Institute lecture: Stalin’s Propaganda and Putin’s Information Wars, featuring Princeton University Professor Stephen Kotkin Call for Proposals: 2020 FIRE Faculty Conference www.sotospeakpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Email us: sotospeak@thefire.org

It's almost here! Polaris are set to debut their second album The Death Of Me NEXT WEEK and to get you all kinds of ready for the masterpiece, this week we've got drummer/songwriter Daniel Furnari co-hosting the podcast to chat all about it. It's no secret the band have absolutely exploded over the past couple of years, scoring rave reviews from fans and critics alike, receiving an ARIA Nomination for their debut album The Mortal Coil and taking international audiences by storm every time they visit... But despite all of their success, the band still see themselves a long way away from where most of us place them and Dan discusses their rise to fame, their progression as musicians and how no matter what direction their music journey takes them, they'll always be trying new things to find their place in the heavy music world. One of the humblest blokes you'll ever come across so dive right into the world of Polaris before you get left behind. Podcast host Browny also takes a look at Enter Shikari's newly announced album Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible and their first single from it 'The Dreamers Hotel' as well as the beginning of the end of Dream On Dreamer who announced they'll be calling it quits after 11 years of making music together. There's plenty of New Music from Ocean Grove, Four Year Strong, Stand Atlantic, Static-X, The Used and Falcifer, throwbacks from Rolo Tomassi and Fit For A King + heaps more! #WoSUATW #Polaris #TheDeathOfMe #Metalcore #DanielFurnari #OceanGrove #EnterShikari #DreamOnDreamer #FitForAKing #Falcifer #RoloTomassi #TheUsed #StandAtlantic #FourYearStrong #NewFoundGlory #PopPunk #StaticX #MusicPodcast #WallOfSoundAU

This week, we quiz in the shadows, to serve the light, as Justin leaps into six trivia questions about his second-favorite video game franchise of all time, Assassin’s Creed. We also talk about architecture, actors, and inventions!

Peter Pomerantsev has written a couple of books with very interesting titles. Their subjects are important, too. A few years ago, Pomerantsev published “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” about the “surreal heart” of Putin's Russia. Now he has published “This Is Not Propaganda,” about … well, propaganda, or fake news, or disinformation. It is a worldwide epidemic. Pomerantsev is a Soviet... Source

Sam's guest in this week’s Spectator Books is Peter Pomerantsev. Peter lived in Moscow for a decade as a TV producer, and chronicled the metastasis in that country of 'post-truth politics' in his bestselling Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible. His fascinating and dismaying new book, This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, describes how Russia’s surreal new information politics turned out not to be a weird exception, but the harbinger of a worldwide phenomenon. In this new book, part travelogue, part reportage, part memoir, he travels from the Philippines to Ukraine, from Mexico to Beijing, to investigate how the internet — which we once thought would be the great political disinfectant — has been weaponised by criminal regimes worldwide. Presented by Sam Leith.

Sam's guest in this week’s Spectator Books is Peter Pomerantsev. Peter lived in Moscow for a decade as a TV producer, and chronicled the metastasis in that country of 'post-truth politics' in his bestselling Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible. His fascinating and dismaying new book, This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, describes how Russia’s surreal new information politics turned out not to be a weird exception, but the harbinger of a worldwide phenomenon. In this new book, part travelogue, part reportage, part memoir, he travels from the Philippines to Ukraine, from Mexico to Beijing, to investigate how the internet — which we once thought would be the great political disinfectant — has been weaponised by criminal regimes worldwide. Spectator Books is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. Hear past episodes of Spectator Books here (https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4905582) .

About the Guest: Peter Pomerantsev (Питер Померанцев) is a Soviet-born British journalist, author and TV producer. His father is the writer and broadcaster Igor Pomerantsev. He is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics. He specialises on propaganda and media development, and has testified on the challenges of information war to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the UK Parliament Defense Select Committee. He writes for publications including the Financial Times, London Review of Books, Politico, Atlantic and many others. His book on Russian propaganda, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, was nominated for the Samuel Johnson, Guardian First Book, Pushkin House and Gordon Burns Prizes. It is translated into over a dozen languages. His forthcoming book, THIS IS NOT PROPAGANDA, looks at developments in the 'battle for hearts and minds' across the world. Check out his upcoming August release on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Propaganda-Adventures-Against/dp/1541762118/ref=sr12?keywords=peter+pomerantsev&qid=1560456750&s=gateway&sr=8-2 You can find his previous award-winning book "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible" here: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-True-Everything-Possible-Surreal/dp/1610396006/ref=sr11?keywords=peter+pomerantsev&qid=1560456750&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Episode recorded April 25th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin. CREDITS Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist) Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew) Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit) Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k) Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio . Special Guest: Peter Pomerantsev.

Pascale Petit’s collection of poetry, Mama Amazonica, which explores motherhood, illness and pain through the foliage and creatures of the Amazon rainforest, won the 2018 Prize. Peter Pomerantsev’s winning book in 2016, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible, is a journey into the political and ethical landscape of modern Russia. In 2013, former Home Secretary Alan Johnson won the Prize with This Boy, a visceral memoir of growing up poor in 1950s and 60s London. Hisham Matar’s debut novel set within the highly charged political landscape of Libya, In the Country of Men, won in 2007. 2019 Ondaatje Prize shortlist as announced during the recording of this programme. Rania Abouzeid No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria (Oneworld) Aida Edemariam The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History (4th Estate) Aminatta Forna Happiness (Bloomsbury) Sarah Moss Ghost Wall (Granta) Guy Stagg The Crossway (Picador) Adam Weymouth Kings of the Yukon: A River Journey (Particular Books) The winner of this annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place will be announced on May 13th 2019.

What is the Jewish attitude toward confrontation and troublemaking?  

An hour-long discussion on bicycling ne'er-do-wells leads down the path of discovering truth, or lack thereof, among conservatives.

As Jason and Matthew sleep off their holiday induced Turkey Comas, War College presents an episode from the early days of the show. Here’s what we said back then—The media in Russia is lively, often entertaining and largely state controlled. Still, an illusion of freedom remains key for the Kremlin to maintain its grasp over a country that spans 11 time zones.In this episode of War College, we look at how Russian president Vladimir Putin crafts his message for both internal and external consumption.For many in the West, watching Russian TV is like staring into a broken mirror. At first glance, networks such as RT seem like any other channel, but viewers who watch long enough are treated to a bevy of bizarre pundits and conspiratorial spin.That’s by design.We’re speaking with journalist, author and former Russian TV producer Peter Pomerantsev. His book Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible explores Putin’s postmodern dictatorship and how the Kremlin uses television to control the country.“If Stalin was 75 percent violence and 25 percent propaganda,” Pomerantsev explains. “Putin is 75 percent propaganda and 25 percent violence.”You can listen to War College on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. You can reach us on our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/warcollegepodcast/; and on Twitter: @War_College. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How is your resistance going? We discuss this weeks political stories and how women like Sally Yates are leading the way. Alexei Navalny has been turned teenage mutant ninja green and Kim Kardashian has been spending a lot of time with Tony Robbins...whats up with that?! We also go into Mike Pense and his relationship with his wife, whom he calls, "Mother"...so...yea... Gmail: dontwasteyourpretty@gmail.com Instagram: @dontwasteyourpretty_ Twitter: @wastedprettypod Produced by: Angie Vroom Image by: Krystal Quiles www.krystalquiles.com

From 2012 to 2015, Evelyn Farkas served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, where she was responsible for policy toward Russia, the Black Sea, the Balkans, and Caucasus regions and conventional arms control.Farkas is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and I asked her on the show to explain two of the issues that worry me most right now: the horror that has befallen Syria, and the risky belligerence that has overtaken Russia. If this sounds like a tough episode to you, give it a chance. This conversation doesn’t presuppose deep — or really any — knowledge of either conflict. Farkas is clear, thoughtful, and insightful, and at a moment when Syria is destabilizing Europe and Russia is destabilizing the United States, it’s more than worth taking the time to dig into both.Along the way, we talk about Farkas’s time in Bosnia, her frustrations with President Obama’s hands-off approach to the Syria conflict, why she’s sick of “slippery slope” arguments in foreign policy, the ways in which the lessons of Yugoslavia and Bosnia collided with the lessons Iraq and Afghanistan, and what to make of Russia’s hack of the US election.Also, a number of you have asked me to start putting book recommendations in the show notes, so here they are:-David Rhode’s "Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II” -Peter Pomerantsev’s "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia” In the days since our interview, I picked up “ Nothing is True,” and Farkas is right: it’s amazing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Simpson joins Philip Dodd to discuss fifty years of reporting from around the world for the BBC and what the future holds for foreign correspondents. Once our news came from three primary sources: newspapers, radio and TV. But in a digital world which offers a proliferation of 'news' how do we separate fact from opinion or even fakery? Former director general of the BBC and current CEO of The New York Times Company, Mark Thompson, journalist Susie Boniface (aka Fleet Street Fox), author and TV producer, Peter Pomerantsev, and academic, Martin Moore, consider what we mean by news in 2016. We Chose to Speak of War and Strife: The World of the Foreign Correspondent is by John Simpson.Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia is by Peter PomerantsevEnough Said: What's gone wrong with the language of politics? is by Mark Thompson. Producer: Craig Templeton Smith

What up, Tandem Fam?! Today’s episode focuses on Ubisoft games and why they are on our naughty list! From unwarranted hype to cookie cutter game design to drug binges, we discuss various Ubisoft franchises and where they’ve gone wrong. In positive news, heavy fangirling ensues (again) over the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer; we discuss the novelty of Fallout Shelter in the wake of updates and gaming plateaus; Sims Freeplay fun; how to earn respect Saints Row style; our thoughts on the Assassin’s Creed movie and how its success may impact future movie-based games; last but not least, we remain cautiously optimistic over Watch Dogs 2. Let’s level up!

Peter Pomerantsev is an award-winning TV producer and a contributor to the London Review of Books. His writing has been published in the Financial Times,New Yorker,Wall Street Journal,Foreign Policy,Daily Beast, Newsweek,Le Monde Diplomatique, among others. He has also worked as a consultant for the EU and World Bank. He is the author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter Pomerantsev,Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute discusses his new book, 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible'. In conversation with Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute.