{"podcast":{"title":"Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers","slug":"sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867","podcast_index_feed_id":661867,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/business-game-changers","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/business-game-changers","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/f7/61/d7/3f/f761d73f-8bf0-4d88-a17a-07387b44fa9e/9ce68486fd8c662bfc6f67e172a28446176109083be5822a199e5254d7888e2f9d6478f6c0639c4aec91050551600db4c27416b8f88166addadc7c1cecafab58.jpeg","author":"Sarah Westall","episode_count":1441,"summary":"Courageous Reporting on Issues that Matter: Big issues, disruptions, and cutting edge innovation. Each episode brings you leading experts, visionaries, and newsmakers to provide insights on trends, fluctuating markets, and important issues.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T04:20:06.840284+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867"},"episode":{"title":"Called a Russian Disinformation Agent — Files Prove Otherwise | John Mark Dougan","slug":"called-a-russian-disinformation-agent-files-prove-otherwise-john-mark-dougan","published_at":"2026-06-17T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867/called-a-russian-disinformation-agent-files-prove-otherwise-john-mark-dougan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/82d3209a-aac7-4ae9-bb10-485feaecc0a8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/82d3209a-aac7-4ae9-bb10-485feaecc0a8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"See the Deep Dive Peptide Replay at https://sarahwestall.substack.com/p/replay-deep-dive-peptide-webinar Former Marine and former Sheriff's Deputy John Mark Dougan rejoins the program to discuss the controversial biolabs in Ukraine that he investigated and reported on years ago. In 2021, Dougan published reports detailing the existence of biolabs operating in Ukraine, only to be aggressively dismissed by mainstream media and labeled a Russian disinformation asset. Now, following the June 12th release of recently declassified documents by the Director of National Intelligence showing U.S. funding connected to approximately 120 biolabs in 30 countries—including roughly 40 in Ukraine—Dougan argues that the evidence validates key aspects of his earlier reporting. In this discussion, Dougan shares what he uncovered, why the topic became so politically charged, and how media organizations responded to those who questioned official narratives. He explains the smear campaigns directed at journalists and researchers who investigated the issue and discusses what these newly released documents reveal about government transparency, public trust, and the information war surrounding Ukraine. What really happened with the biolabs in Ukraine? Were legitimate questions deliberately dismissed? And what does this mean for the public's ability to separate truth from propaganda in an increasingly polarized media environment? You can follow John Mark Dougan's work at https://badvolf.com/ Links and Offers Mentioned in the show: Buy quality at Quince.com/BusinessGame - get free shipping and 365-day returns! Now available in Canada too! Receive up to 45% Off Native Path Collagen: Head to explorenativepath.com/Sarah ,To try it risk-free with a 365-day money-back guarantee. Try QUO for free PLUS…","meta_description":"See the Deep Dive Peptide Replay at https://sarahwestall.substack.com/p/replay-deep-dive-peptide-webinar Former Marine and former Sheriff's Deputy John Ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3441,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867/episodes/called-a-russian-disinformation-agent-files-prove-otherwise-john-mark-dougan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sarah-westall-business-game-changers-661867/called-a-russian-disinformation-agent-files-prove-otherwise-john-mark-dougan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}