Best Fossil Free Now Podcasts (2025)

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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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Fraud Friday: The 90’s Bank Bamboozlers w/ Jojo T. Gibbs 55:51

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Laci welcomes Jojo T. Gibbs (Fresh, Twenties) for the 100th episode of Scam Goddess, and they discuss one of the biggest bank fraud schemes in history. Plus, someone posing as actor Colin Firth scams three Italian women out of thousands of pounds. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 08/23/2021) CONgregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now …

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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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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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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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Another Heist at the Louvre w/ Yvette Nicole Brown 1:13:21

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Laci welcomes her mentor and great friend, Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Squeezed Podcast), to look through her binoculars and examine last month’s heist at the Louvre, which took place on October 19th at approximately 9:30 a.m. Please note that, at the time of this recording, only two suspects had been apprehended. Plus, they discuss the other r…

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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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S22,E09: 11/10/25 (Holy Hive, ANIMA!, Freedom Fry, Tom Lark, Marlon Williams, World Brain, Dwayne Gretzky) 49:52

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Season 22 Episode 9 If I Could See You Now - Holy Hive Jumpy - ANIMA! Rest In Peace - ANIMA! Best Friend - Freedom Fry A Farewell - Freedom Fry Fuselage - Tom Lark Busy Living - Tom Lark Aua Atu Rā - Marlon Williams Kōrero Māori - Marlon Williams Open - World Brain Minute papillon - World Brain You Can Call Me Al - Dwayne Gretzky This episode featu…

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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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Fraud Friday: The Bamboozling Beau with Tracie Morrissey 50:41

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Laci welcomes Tracie Morrissey (Pot Psychology Podcast)to dig into a man who was caught defrauding 35 of his “girlfriends” in Japan, his maybe wig, and his love of cake. Plus, a former senior advisor in the federal government was accused of stealing from New York City public schools. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 05/31/2021) CONgregation, cat…

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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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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…

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BREAKING: US Military Scales Down in Europe - Time to Wake Up! 11:38

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Silicon Bites Ep264 - Day 1,349 - 2025-11-03 | Washington trims forces in NATO’s front line member state, causing concern in some quarters, and signalling weakness and withdrawal in the face of a revanchist Russia. This broad geopolitical canvas unfolds as Moscow hammers Ukraine’s grid and Kyiv hits back, deep and hard, at Russia’s fuel arteries. D…

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The Dark Knight of Brentwood w/ Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, & Max Silvestri 1:06:06

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Laci welcomes comedians, writers, and actor besties Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri, and Gabe Liedman (I Need You Guys' podcast) to catch up on her adventures in Ireland, learning about Berlin’s KitKatClub, and getting help at the airport at any cost. They also discuss Steve Farzam, the “fake firefighter” who was arrested without bail for impersonating …

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Oreshnik Obliterated in Daring Raid by Ukraine on Secret Russian Base 19:02

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2025-11-03 | Silicon Wafers 047 | DAILY UPDATES | Putin wants everyone to think he’s a tough nut – uncrackable in fact. And the Oreshnik missile system is an extension of his threat and bluster, one might even say symbolic of his authority and virility. But the Oreshnik appears to have been cracked by Ukraine. Let’s explore this! “Oreshnik” (the ha…

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860. Putin's Catastrophe - A War he Can't End But which May End Him? 1:06:48

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Phil Ittner is a veteran broadcast journalist now working independently in Ukraine. Currently he's based in Kyiv and produces a weekly interview podcast "On the Edge". Disillusioned with how mainstream media was covering the historic war in Ukraine, Phil decided he had to step in and bring a professional and credible perspective to reporting from U…

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Shock Strikes on Core Russian Fuel Infrastructure - the Circle Pipeline 15:33

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2025-11-02 | Silicon Wafers 046 | DAILY UPDATES | Deep strikes: HUR says it hit a military fuel pipeline near Moscow. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) says it struck the Koltsevoy pipeline — a 400-km ring feeding Russian forces — in the Moscow Oblast on Oct. 31, calling it a disruption to the supply of jet fuel and diesel flow. Local authoriti…

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BREAKING: What Really Caused the Moscow Blackout? 8:25

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Silicon Bites Ep263 - Day 1,348 - 2025-11-02 | Moscow goes dark. Trains stall, pumps stop, traffic snarls — and the Kremlin scrambles for a credible cover story. Let’s unpack what failed, who’s blaming whom, and why it matters for the winter energy war. – the attritional struggle to disrupt and destroy resources and energy logistics that will deter…

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Has Putin Blown it? Overplaying his Hand and Alienating Trump? 21:57

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2025-11-01 | Silicon Wafers 045 | DAILY UPDATES | His Putin blown his advantage? Through his addition to war, his obsession with the erasure of Ukraine, and the relentless tricks and lying, has he turned Trump against him? Or is this merely a spat between presumptive monarchs? A tussle of tyrants? A clash of unroyal kings? This episode, Tomahawks, …

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Will Russia's Financial Crisis be Worse than the 1990s? 15:44

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Silicon Bites Ep262 - Day 1,346 - 2025-10-31 | Russia’s War Economy Is Eating Itself. The Kremlin’s “military-Keynesian” sugar high is fading. The budget is creaking, sovereign reserves are thin, taxes are going up, and Russia’s elites are grumbling – but are they plotting? Given the risks of being found out, and the unfortunate consequences of tha…

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862. Putin's Empire is Crumbling - But he Cannot Stop the War Now 1:18:35

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Elvira Bary is an author, researcher, and creator working at the intersection of storytelling, self-discovery, and political insight. She also runs an insightful YouTube channel on Russian politics, history, and culture, where she explores how Russia’s history continues to shape the choices that the country makes today. Elvira writes historical fic…

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Putin Plays Game of 'Nuclear Chicken' - Triggering Arms Race with US 17:07

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2025-10-31 | Silicon Wafers 044 | DAILY UPDATES | Russia flexes with another nuclear systems test days after the last one — as Washington toys with resuming its own. Has Trump called Putin’s bluff by threatening to resume US nuclear tests, after decades of broad global agreement to end them? Moscow hammers Ukraine’s grid again, Poland scrambles jet…

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863. Prepare to Defeat Russia to Preserve Peace and Security in Europe 45:01

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Today I’m speaking with Artur Rehi, influential YouTuber, and Estonian reserve soldier. He completed conscription in 2018 in Kuperjanov Infantry battalion in company communications and now delivers aid to Ukraine after every 2 months and generates fundraisers for his viewers on YouTube. He looks at the war with insight, empathy, and humour, and bri…

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Fraud Friday: The Poisonous Beauty Product Peddler w/ Alaska Thunderfuck 48:45

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Laci welcomes Alaska Thunderfuck (RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2) to discuss a Victorian era beauty influencer who peddled deadly beauty products and was a full-time criminal. Plus, a bride and groom planned a wedding at a venue they didn't own or rent because the Lord told them so. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 05/17/2021) CONgregatio…

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861. Putin's Nuclear Poker Game with Trump - Livestream with Yuri Rashkin 52:41

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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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856. War in Mind - The Neuroscience of Warfare - Is War Russia's Affliction? 56:24

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Dr Nicholas Wright, MRCP, PhD is a neuroscientist who researches the brain, technology and security at University College London, Georgetown University, and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, where he also advises the Pentagon Joint Staff. Nicholas worked as a neurology doctor in London and Oxford, and has publishe…

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859. Capturing the Kremlin - Livestream with David DeBatto and Ilya Ponomarev 1:01:04

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Ilya Ponomarev is a Russian-Ukrainian politician who was a member of the Russian State Duma from 2007 to 2016. After the 2022 Russian invasion, Ponomarev joined Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces, and categorically denounced the invasion. While a member of the Russian State Duma, he was the only deputy not to vote in favour of the Russian gay pro…

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857. A Revolutionary Coup is Under Way in the U.S. Argues Glenn Carle 1:09:01

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Glenn Carle is an American writer and former intelligence officer. He is the author of The Interrogator: An Education (2011), which describes his involvement in the interrogation of a man at the time believed to be one of the top members of al-Qa'ida. Johns Hopkins Magazine has found The Interrogator to be "unusually candid in its portrayal of the …

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Rumours of a Coup in Moscow are Greatly Exaggerated - But Why? 18:45

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2025-10-29 | Silicon Wafers 043 | Coup Rumours in Moscow: Cracks in the regime, signalling for purges, or dreamt up for clickbait performance in the fevered imaginations of commentators? Coup rumours swirl again in Moscow. Is it just Telegram fever—and wishful think on the part of the dissident opposition — or is the sanctions shockwave finally pry…

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855. Trumpism Versus Putinism - Which will Outlive its Creator? 1:00:10

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GUEST: Vlad Vexler, Social Philosopher, and popular YouTuber. It’s my pleasure today to welcome back onto the channel Vlad Vexler, Social Philosopher, and unique YouTuber. Our previous three video conversations proved to be extremely popular, and a lot has happened since we last spoke. Please do check out Vlad’s channel on YouTube, as it has a coll…

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The Criminally Morbid Mortician w/ Harvey Guillén 1:01:14

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In the spookiest of scam stories yet, Laci welcomes actor Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows, Companion) to dig into David Sconce, a mortician who found new and gruesome ways to cut corners in the cremation business, turning his family’s funeral home into a money machine. Stay schemin’! CW: Mention of death‑care industry misconduct. CON-greg…

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What Are You Afraid of Vova? Putin's Paranoia Grows Rampantly 22:07

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2025-10-27 | Silicon Wafers 042 | DAILY UPDATES | Drones over Moscow, in mass, seem to be doing nothing to ease Putin’s natural paranoia as autocrat of Russia, quite the reverse. In this episode we look at the targets of Ukraine’s sanction, Moscow, Ryazan and other nodes within Putin’s military machine. We try to separate lies from truth, propagand…

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BREAKING - Putin Regime Crumbling - Oil Sanctions Terrify Regime 17:47

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2025-10-26 | Silicon Wafers 041 | DAILY UPDATES | The hammer is falling on Putin’s regime, swinging against the oil revenues that support the system and the illegal war. The first cracks are showing in Moscow’s façade, as oil is targeted, and the main buyers China and India blink. Putin says that the sanctions are serious but will not affect his re…