{"podcast":{"title":"Silicon Curtain","slug":"silicon-curtain-5936295","podcast_index_feed_id":5936295,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a2dc0f30/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@SiliconCurtain/featured","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/27223308/27223308-1672150380433-f8bd61637bdca.jpg","author":"Jonathan Fink","episode_count":1576,"summary":"Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias. 1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:18:14.673670+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295"},"episode":{"title":"1118. What's REALLY Happening in Russia Right Now?","slug":"1118-what-s-really-happening-in-russia-right-now","published_at":"2026-06-26T21:46:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/1118-what-s-really-happening-in-russia-right-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/episodes/1118--Whats-REALLY-Happening-in-Russia-Right-Now-e3lavok","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6340003161.mp3","summary":"Jason Jay Smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. Due to his work with the democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin, Smart was made persona non grata for life by Russia in 2010. Jason is a Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Post. It’s the state of US support for Ukraine that we will discuss today.----------LINKS:https://jasonjaysmart.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/5 https://americanpoliticalservices.com/https://www.facebook.com/jasonjaysmarthttps://twitter.com/officejjsmart ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga’s Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine’s largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components.----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Com…","meta_description":"Jason Jay Smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. Due to his work wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2965,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/silicon-curtain-5936295/episodes/1118-what-s-really-happening-in-russia-right-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/1118-what-s-really-happening-in-russia-right-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}