Best Jonathan Stark Podcasts (2025)

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An Insider's Perspective with Pranav Kale: Jonathan Stark's Journey to Ditching Hourly 1:01:41

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Big Idea archaeologist Pranav Kale joined me on Ditching Hourly for a reverse interview about my journey to the center of the solar system. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Guest Welcome (00:39) - Pranav's Evolution and Current Focus (03:01) - Jonathan's Epiphany on Hourly Billing (06:26) - The Trust Fracture in Hourly Billing (07:45) - Jonathan…

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Urals Crude Price Slump - A Disaster for Putin's War Machine and Regime 20:47

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2025-11-22 | Silicon Wafers DAILY UPDATE 064 | Putin’s ship has been taking on water for some time but has now hit an iceberg – it’s called thirty-six dollars a barrel of Urals crude oil. Russia’s flagship Urals crude has collapsed to its lowest price since early 2023 – just as U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, the two giants of Putin’s oil emp…

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884. Darkest Hour and Stark Choices - Is it Time to Break Up with Trump?! 48:43

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Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. In 2016 he traveled to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of For…

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882. Threat of Coercive Peace Down the Barrel of a Gun 1:14:08

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Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce. ----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/autumn-harvest-sil…

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883. What are the Dangers of AI Everyone is Missing? Ceding Our Agency to Algorithms 20:43

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See the full interview here: https://youtu.be/OUdsZYYd3bo~~~~~~~~~Conversation about the advances in AI and their political and social consequences. Jacob Ward is an American journalist and author who has spent over 20 years covering science, technology, and their social consequences. He’s been technology or science correspondent for Al Jazeera, NB…

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Putin Says No to Trump's 28 Points - Demands "More" in Delusional Rant 8:27

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2025-11-21 | Silicon Wafers 063 | Tonight, Vladimir Putin has *apparently* welcomed Donald Trump’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine, though in guarded terms… if it had stopped there, it would have been worrying for Ukraine and its partners. But Putin then behaved exactly as I’ve been suggesting he would. Whenever he senses weakness, even if it is …

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881. SHOCKING Surrender Drafted in Moscow and Delivered by US?! 49:36

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Timothy Ash, who has been professional economist for more than 30 years, with two thirds of that in the banking industry. Timothy’s specialism is emerging European economics, and he writes and blogs extensively on economic challenges for leading publications such as the Kyiv Post, Atlantic Council, the Financial Times, and the United Business Journ…

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880. A 'Peace' Made in Moscow - Livestream with Yuri Rashkin and Jonathan MS Pearce 1:07:01

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Livestream with Yuri Rashkin and Jonathan MS Pearce----------Partner on this video: KYIV OF MINE Watch the trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJUcE1rxY0'Kyiv of Mine' is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. The film production began in 2018, and much has changed since then. It is now 2025, and this story is far f…

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Putin's Christmas Wish List - Demand for Ukraine's Capitulation in 28 Points 24:50

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2025-11-20 | Silicon Wafers 062 | When is peace not peace? What it’s proposed by the Kremlin, as a pretext for more war, and a strategy to attempt to divide Ukraine from its allies and partners. This is what we are seeing now – a ‘brand-new’ surrender plan cooked up in the Kremlin, which in fact contains nothing new, and has no chance of success. S…

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879. The Traitors and Grifters Episode - Livestream with David DeBatto 1:02:30

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David DeBatto is host of the ‘No Delusion Zone’ podcast @NoDelusionZone is a retired U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, a geopolitical analyst, writer, and podcaster. David is an Iraq war veteran who served as Team Leader of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team (THT) in operations within Iraq and is also a former police officer. David is co…

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The Surrender Plan - From a Plot Hatched in Moscow to Becoming US Policy 16:59

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2025-11-20 | Silicon Wafers 061 | When is peace not peace? What it’s proposed by the Kremlin, as a pretext for more war, and a strategy to attempt to divide Ukraine from its allies and partners. This is what we are seeing now – a ‘brand-new’ surrender plan cooked up in the Kremlin, which in fact contains nothing new, and has no chance of success. S…

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The Secret About Lawsuits That Can Save Your Firm Millions – Santiago Cueto - 508 27:56

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Send us a text Shownotes can be found at https://www.profitwithlaw.com/508. Most law firm owners don’t realize that one vague contract clause can cost them millions—or even put their entire business at risk. In this insightful interview, Moshe Amsel sits down with international attorney Santiago Cueto, best-selling author of “Winning Lawsuits in Fl…

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Decision Time for Zelenskyy as Corruption Scandal Intensifies 24:11

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2025-11-19 | Silicon Wafers 060 | DAILY UPDATES | Yesterday we dipped our toes into the political storm engulfing Zelenskyy’s administration. Today we dive into the eye of the storm. For the first time since the full-scale invasion began, it’s not only Putin’s missiles or Trump’s tantrums that threaten peace in Ukraine, but also what’s happening in…

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877. How Sabre Training Helps Save Lives in Ukraine 52:49

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Fundraiser mentioned in the video: https://www.givesendgo.com/familysupportuaKevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and …

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We Can't Ignore This - Umerov: Scandal or Russian Psyop? 16:06

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2025-11-18 | Silicon Wafers 059 | Kyiv has doubled down on the line: “He’s on a planned trip, not a fugitive”. They are referring to former defence minister Rustem Umerov and the persistent rumours he has “left the country and refuses to return”. The government vehemently claims these rumours spreading like wildfire on social media, are ‘very expli…

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Shachar Meir - How To Go Solo After 20 Years In Corporate (And What To Expect) 54:33

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Solo data advisor Shachar Meir (ex-Meta, ex-PayPal) joined me on Ditching hourly to share the details of his transition from being a manager in massive corporate environments to becoming a successful solo consultant. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Guest Welcome (01:05) - Shachar's Professional Background (03:47) - Transition to Solo Entreprene…

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Moscow Lashes Out with Desperate Sabotage Attempt on Polish Railways 30:16

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Silicon Bites Ep270 | News Update - Day 1,363 - 2025-11-17 | A railway track in eastern Poland, that you’ve probably never heard of, has been the target of apparent Russia hybrid terror operations. This track would have remained a matter of limited awareness to the world at large, but somebody blew it up. Over the weekend, an explosion ripped throu…

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Oil Offline After Major Strike on Ryazan Refinery - How Badly Will it Hurt Putin? 16:06

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2025-11-17 | Silicon Wafers 058 | DAILY UPDATES | We’re going straight to the heart of Putin’s war machine: fuel. Overnight on 15 November 2025, Ukrainian drones hit one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in Ryazan, around 200 kilometres south-east of Moscow – and, as Kyiv’s generals quietly noted, that wasn’t the only target. This was part of a co…

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710. How Russia Uses Culture as a Weapon of War and Ethnic Cleansing 24:21

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Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta is a Ukrainian cultural manager and curator of contemporary art. She is the director of the state enterprise Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex under the State Management of Affairs. In 2014, she served as the first Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine. In 2019, she was awarded the Women in Arts Award…

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Russia let Down by Allies as Artillery Shells Start to Run Out 19:39

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2025-11-16 | Silicon Wafers 057 | DAILY UPDATES | Russia’s war against Ukraine is being fought on a scale that few seem to imagine or comprehend, and that includes the scale of resources that are being consumed, from tanks to vehicles, people to artillery shells. The proportions are huge, and the scale is vast, so it should not come as a surprise t…

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UK Cuts off Intel to U.S. - Do we Trust America Anymore?! 28:51

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2025-11-15 | Silicon Wafers 056 | DAILY UPDATES | We follow the full spectrum of stories today, from Ukraine’s legal and righteous fight to eject the invader and gain dominance of the Black Sea, to the unfolding illegality in the Caribbean, and examine whether war is becoming a likely option for an embattled US president, to deflect and distract fr…

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Are Russian Oil's Days Numbered - as Ukraine's Flamingo Takes Flight? 21:49

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2025-11-14 | Silicon Wafers 055 | Flamingo Over Novorossiysk: Ukraine’s Long-Range Energy War. In the early hours of November 14, Russia’s biggest Black Sea oil hub, Novorossiysk, went dark in a way that brings a thrill to pro-Ukraine activists on social media. Giant fireballs, and mobile phone footage of Russian’s exclaiming and swearing in the en…

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876. Where is the Global Outrage? As Russia Tries to Erase Ukrainians 40:34

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Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her videos,…

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875. The Attack on Free Speech - Trump Threatens to Sue BBC for "$1bn"! 51:39

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Livestream with Yuri Rashkin----------Partner on this video: KYIV OF MINE Watch the trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJUcE1rxY0'Kyiv of Mine' is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. The film production began in 2018, and much has changed since then. It is now 2025, and this story is far from over.https://www.yo…

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Pokrovsk Holds - Latest Update - Can Russia Even Call This a Victory? 13:55

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2025-11-13 | Silicon Wafers 054 | DAILY UPDATES | In today’s episode we turn our focus to the Eastern front and try to tease out the truth from the tangled narratives emerging from the battle for Pokrovsk. This is a grinding struggle that seems to be entering its final stages, but the ever-shifting balance of the fight seems to be as much about con…

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874. Pokrovsk - Are Russian Logistics & Reserves 'Breaking' in Besieged City? 45:59

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GUEST: Anders Puck Nielsen - YouTuber and military analyst. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------Today I’m speaking with Anders Puck Nielsen, military analyst and influential YouTuber based in Denmark. He specialises in naval warfare and strategy; in today’s video w…

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Self-made Law Firm Owner on Overcoming Growth Bottlenecks – Bill Umansky - 507 41:14

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Send us a text Shownotes can be found at https://www.profitwithlaw.com/507. Most law firm owners spend years grinding, wondering why real growth feels slow—and why building and keeping an A-team seems impossible. In Episode #507, Moshe Amsel sits down with Orlando’s renowned “lawman,” Bill Umansky, founder of Umansky Law, for an honest, tactical co…

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BREAKING: Ukraine's MASSIVE Atomic Energy Corruption Scandal 10:03

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2025-11-12 | Silicon Wafers 053 | Ukraine’s $100M Energy Graft Scandal. Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies say they’ve cracked a $100 million kickback ring in the energy sector, centred on state nuclear operator Energoatom. Seven suspects, five in custody, two on the run — and the blast radius of this scandal now reaches cabinet level. President Volodym…

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873. Trump Hates Your Free Speech & Freedom - Guard Them with Your Lives! 1:01:10

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David DeBatto is host of the ‘No Delusion Zone’ podcast @NoDelusionZone is a retired U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, a geopolitical analyst, writer, and podcaster. David is an Iraq war veteran who served as Team Leader of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team (THT) in operations within Iraq and is also a former police officer. David is co…

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872. America is Down - But is it Out? Authoritarian Slide is Accelerating 50:49

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Down, but not out. American democracy in the 21st century.----------Marci Shore is an American professor at the Monk School Munk School of Global Affairs and previously professor of intellectual history at Yale University, where she specializes in the history of literary and political engagement with Marxism and phenomenology. Marci is author of Ca…

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Being Black in America's Schools 40:02

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In this conversation, Danny Brister, Jr., interviews Brian Rashad Fuller, author of Being Black in America Schools. They discuss the systemic challenges faced by Black students in the American education system, the importance of joy and purpose in education, and the need for grassroots movements to effect change. Brian shares his personal journey a…

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How did Ukrainian Sea Drones Take Out Russia's Oil Export Port?! 11:50

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Silicon Bites Ep269 | News Update - Day 1,357 - 2025-11-11 | Robots at the Pier: Ukraine’s Sea War Moves Ashore. Tonight: Ukrainian robot boats slam into Russia’s Black Sea energy lifeline. We’ll break down what got hit, why Tuapse matters, and how Sea Baby and Magura drones, plus the Flamingo long-range missile program, fit into a winter of attrit…

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865. Ideologues of the Russian Horde - Dugin, Surkov and Karaganov 1:06:07

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Adam P. Dixon has extensive experience in Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union as a consultant, businessman and entrepreneur, working mostly in aviation and telecommunications. He is currently working on a range of innovative military technologies, including a platform for the removal of landmines. Mr. Dixon studied at Harvard, Oxford, and Le…

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#165: BCH Promotion & ZCash Pump feat. John Moriarty 2:36:28

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Bitcoin Cash OG John Moriarty (@BitcoinOutLoud) discusses methods of BCH promotion, the sudden rise of ZCash, the fresh calls for a potential chain split soft fork in BTC, and more. Please share your thoughts in the comments below and subscribe for more. Links: John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinOutLoud Bitcoin Out Loud: https://www.youtub…

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Ukraine Without Power - Why is the Attritional Winter War Ratcheting Up? 15:31

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2025-11-10 | Silicon Wafers 052 | DAILY UPDATES | Russia hurls one of the biggest mixed salvos of the war at Ukraine’s power system; Kyiv is hit by emergency blackouts; Ukraine says Russia hit substations that feed nuclear plants; and Moscow pushes a fresh Zaporizhzhia “nuclear plot” narrative. We’ll separate facts from threats, fearmongering from …

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Does Latest Data Show the Russian Economic CRISIS is Here? 21:00

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Silicon Bites Ep268 | News Update - Day 1,356 - 2025-11-10 | ----------SOURCES: Monetary policy & macro* Bank of Russia key rate cut to 16.5% (Oct 24, 2025), official release. (Central Bank of Russia)* Reuters explainer on the cut and inflation backdrop. (Reuters)* Manufacturing PMI contraction (Aug 1, 2025). (Reuters)Budget, debt, NWF* Debt-servic…

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871. Will Russian Drones Destroy Costly NATO Platforms and Equipment? 20:22

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Joe Lindsley is a traveller and a writer, and American reporting on Chicago's WGN Radio from Ukraine each and every weekday of Russia's full-scale war. He once was protégé to Fox News founder Roger Ailes, but Lindsley escaped that frenzied world where power mattered more than truth. He came to Lviv for a Ukrainian Catholic University journalism con…

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Ukraine's DOOMSDAY Option - Attrition of Energy Logistics Culminating in Yamal Cross 22:34

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2025-11-09 | Silicon Wafers 051 | DAILY UPDATES | Despite the profusion of stories we’ve covered, the battle for Pokrovsk, energy sanctions, and so on, the most important strategic angle on the war this winter is the attritional energy war. And it’s unlike the Western attitude to the war throughout all these four years – to cede the escalation domi…

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867. Loss of Pokrovsk Would be a Strategic Disaster for Ukraine - Douglas J Davis 53:04

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Dr. Douglas J. Davis, MD, PhD is MCW Office of Global Health Liaison, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin----------Ukraine’s Winter War Is the World’s Test — and America Can’t Afford to BlinkOPINION — Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I stood in Dnipro while warning sirens cut across the city and Shahed drones screamed overhead. We…

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BREAKING: The Army of FAKES - Is Russia WEAPONIZING Generative AI? 19:43

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Silicon Bites Ep267 | News Update - Day 1,354 - 2025-11-08 | AI fakes try to poison Ukraine’s mobilization debate; Washington grants Budapest a carve-out on Russian energy; Kyiv’s defence industry talks up its potential with $30–35 billion in long-range output for 2026; the EU tightens visa screws on Russian nationals; Pokrovsk hangs in the balance…

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Lavrov is in TROUBLE - After Budapest Failure and Moscow UNESCO Fiasco 13:58

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2025-11-07 | Silicon Wafers 050 | Is Sergei Lavrov on the way out? After that embarrassment of the non-summit in Budapest, and the cold treatment of Kirill Dmitriev in Washington, it looks like Lavrov is falling out of favour with the Kremlin. But will he also be falling out with those square shaped and glazed objects, designed to let light into ta…

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BREAKING: Putin's #1 Threat is "Civil War" Claims Kremlin Sociologist! 28:56

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Silicon Bites Ep266 - Day 1,353 - 2025-11-07 | Civil War is Kremlin’s #1 Fear, according to the Kremlin’s own chief sociologist. If I was asked this question, I’d have said it’s a low probability, as is the fragmentation of Russia into myriad smaller states. Not impossible, but very unlikely, even after the conclusion of Putin’s disastrous war in U…

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870. Russia is on Fire - Livestream with Yuri Rashkin and Jason Jay Smart 1:02:27

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Livestream with Yuri Rashkin----------Partner on this video: KYIV OF MINE Watch the trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJUcE1rxY0'Kyiv of Mine' is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. The film production began in 2018, and much has changed since then. It is now 2025, and this story is far from over.https://www.yo…

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866. SHOCKING - Is MAGA Aligning with Ukraine and Zelenskyy Now? 50:48

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Steven Moore is a political strategist, who spent seven years as a chief of staff and senior leadership aide in the United States Congress, developing relationships with senior policymakers across the United States and around the world. He worked on Capitol Hill in the House of Representatives mostly as chief of staff for former Rep. Pete Roskam (R…

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If You’re Still Drowning Clients In Data, Then You’re Doing It All Wrong – with Elizabeth Bachman - 506 35:52

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Send us a text Shownotes can be found at https://www.profitwithlaw.com/506. Most law firm owners think their results speak for themselves — but in business, silence kills opportunity. When you’re in front of a potential client or referral partner, you have one shot to communicate your value in a way that connects, engages, and converts. In this epi…

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The Winter War - Russia Hits Out at Snacks and Pills (warehouses) 9:19

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2025-11-05 | Silicon Wafers 049 | DAILY UPDATES | Pokrovsk, the contested Donetsk rail-and-road hub has become the most consequential urban fight since Avdiivka, and the outcome of that fight may turn out to be instrumental for the outcome of the war, not only against Ukraine, but Russia’s war against Western democracy. In today’s episode, we are z…

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869. Lights Go Out Around Russia as Ukrainian Campaigns Rollout 1:03:11

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David DeBatto is host of the ‘No Delusion Zone’ podcast @NoDelusionZone is a retired U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, a geopolitical analyst, writer, and podcaster. David is an Iraq war veteran who served as Team Leader of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team (THT) in operations within Iraq and is also a former police officer. David is co…

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Pokrovsk on the Brink - Its Defenders Face the Fight of Their Lives 22:12

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Silicon Bites Ep265 - Day 1,351 - 2025-11-05 | Donetsk, the contested Donetsk rail-and-road hub has become the most consequential urban fight since Avdiivka, and the outcome of that fight may turn out to be instrumental for the outcome of the war, not only against Ukraine, but Russia’s war against Western democracy. In today’s episode, we are zoomi…

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864. First, Defeat the Invader - Then Ukraine Can Rebuilt and Heal 50:13

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Noel Tock has been in Ukraine since 2023, part-time running frontline evacuations. He has founded and participated in several charities to support Ukraine, and to pioneer work on the ground that is transparent in funding sources and effective in action. He is Director of Strategy at KLYN Drones and Dog Help Kharkiv and Co-Founder - Volara Foundatio…

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BREAKING: Major Naval Drone Strike on Russian Oil Export Port Tuapse 11:52

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2025-11-04 | Silicon Wafers 048 | DAILY UPDATES | We’re zeroing in on the Black Sea in today’s episode, much like Ukrainian drones. Ukraine’s sea-drone campaign has lit up Russia’s oil hub at Tuapse, with a tanker fire, damaged loading gear, and — as per independent analysis — apparently creating an oil slick stretching several kilometres into open…