Cold War Daily
C ZapponeA private feed of ideas on politics, media, books and ideas that I have posted to share.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 18 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Government | |||
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The Congress for Cultural Freedom was an anti-communist cultural organization created during the Cold War. Author Arthur Koestler was critical in advocating for its creation and shaping its initial direction.
Is technology making you feel helpless? According to this analysis of the writings on Peter Thiel’s philosophy and the Pope Leo XIV, there is a reason why: Silicon Valley is trying to engineer power away from existing, often democratic, institutions.... more
…and information disorder, untruths, trolling, disinformation. The virtual event is an effort to resurrect the global language of democracy after its rough start in the new century. One of the traits of this era is escalating complexity of systems. N... more
It’s been a while…I’m trying something new…The sources discussed in this Google LLM Notebook generated audio are posts by former Russian Oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and US journalist Heidi Siegmund Cuda. They discuss the reality of journalism in a ... more
Given the interest in Elon Musk’s flirtation with the Kremlin view on Ukraine, the topic of the Western tech world’s openness to Kremlin narratives has emerged again. I’ve gotten a small spike of interest in a presentation I made at SXSW in 2018. So ... more
The strategy of declassifying intelligence around Russia’s intentions to invade Ukraine has recast the global narrative about Russia, and possibly about authoritarianism too. The way the White House declassified and shared intelligence on Putin’s mil... more
Too much information, too much contradiction and too much confusion. In this era, how do we even think about where democracy stands in the world? The former president of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, in a speech in honour of Russian dissident Alexei ... more
I wanted to push a little deeper on the question of how (or even why) US foreign policy should be more in sync with the middle class. (Writing in 2026: This was a part of the Biden policy that was missed by the public and media alike).
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Chris Zappone has been following Cold War 2.0 before the days of the Trump administration. I’ve followed his work for Melbourne’s The Age and his presentations at SXSW for a long time. He was the first major journalist to point out Russia’s misinformation ops in the United States. His analysis of foreign policy has been spot on, including his March podcast on Joe Biden and Russia’s surging and traditional imperial ambitions. If you want to hear it 12 months before it happens, I would subscribe.
Apple Podcasts5B.J. Bethel
United States4 years ago - Great podcast
Insightful and honest coverage/opinions. Seems ahead of the curve when it comes to news. Really interesting.
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Australia4 years ago
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Global political analysis with a focus on democracy, information warfare, and strategic narratives tends to center on how states compete for legitimacy in the information economy. Episodes often dissect how transparency, disinformation, and media ecosystems shape public perception, with recurring attention to Russia, China, and Western policy. Notable strengths include long-range forecasting, historical context, and a willingness to connect domestic policy with international outcomes, making it useful for listeners who want to understand the intersection of politics, media, and technology on a global scale.
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3. Chris Sippone
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