Best Marcus Kolga Podcasts (2025)

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Lithuania - A shining city on the front lines of democracy with Mantas Adomenas 30:13

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6M ago30:13

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In this episode of Active Measures, we focus on Lithuania—a frontline nation in the global struggle against authoritarian threats. As a refuge for exiled Belarusian and Russian activists, Lithuania has emerged as a beacon of democratic resilience, courageously confronting Vladimir Putin’s aggressive campaign against freedom and democracy. Marcus Ko…

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Taiwan Power: Taiwan's Experience & Defence Against PRC FIMI with Ben Graham Jones 27:52

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In this episode, we’ll explore how one of the world’s most vulnerable nations—Taiwan, which faces a daily barrage of Chinese state information and influence operations—has successfully built resilience against PRC information warfare . We’ll delve into Taiwan’s comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to countering these threats. Joining me today i…

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Influencers at the Gate: The Role of Influencers in Russian Info & Influence Ops 37:16

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In this episode, your host, Marcus Kolga, travels to Tallinn Estonia where he meets with leading global expert on Russian influence and information operations, Molly McKew, to talk about the role of domestic US and Canadian influencers in those operations, their impact on our society, and about those nations that have successfully challenged them, …

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The Frontline of Russian Deception: Defending Latvia against Russian Information Warfare 22:22

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In this episode, Marcus Kolga travels to the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he chats with former Latvian Defence Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Artis Pabriks, the founder and chairman of the Northern Defence Policy Center Think Tank. Dr. Pabriks highlights Latvia's early recognition of Russian hybrid and information warfare, emphasizing …

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Nordic Shadows: Russia's Information Operations in Sweden with Patrik Oksanen 20:52

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Episode 5 turns to Russia's information operations targeting Sweden. In this episode, our host, Marcus Kolga, travels to Estonia’s capital, Tallin, where he speaks with Swedish journalist and foreign policy expert Patrik Oksanen. The impact of Patrik's work has made him a significant target of Russian transnational oppression, which we will cover i…

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The West versus Russian disinfo with Jakub Kalensky (Senior Analyst, Hybrid COE in Helsinki) 29:22

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In this episode, our host Marcus Kolga, travels to Helsinki, Finland, where he meets with Jakub Kalensky, a senior analyst at the European Center of Excellence for countering hybrid threats in Helsinki, who is active in the development of the EU's external action services, EU versus Disinfo at the eastern STRATCOM and now with the Hybrid COE - an i…

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NATO and cognitive warfare with Jay Janzen 29:22

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Welcome to the third episode of Disinfo Watch and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Active Measures podcast. Over the past two episodes, we've looked at the history of Moscow's information and influence operations. In this episode, our host Marcus Kolga travelled to Helsinki, Finland, where he met with former Canadian Brigadier General Jay Janzen, …

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Estonia's historical experience & resilience 25:14

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In this episode, we'll look at how our allies on NATO's eastern flank have been the targets and victims of Russian operations for nearly a century. Marcus Kolga travels to Tallin in Estonia to meet with Estonian Member of Parliament, Eerik-Niiles Kross, to talk about how his country has endured, how it continues to be targeted, and what we might le…

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The Gouzenko Affair: Russia's Cold War information & influence operations 24:08

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In this episode, we’ll look at Russia’s historic information and influence operations in the western world and specifically Canada, with renowned historian Professor Amy W. Knight who is described by the New York Times as the world’s foremost scholar on the KGB. We’re going to step back to 1945 when a soviet military intelligence cipher clerk, Igor…