{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Worth Knowing","title":"Putin’s War on Reality | 12","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2061,"description":"Putin couldn’t destabilise the West through military force, so he launched an invasion of our reality. The methods he pioneered now work far beyond the Kremlin.\nMatt and Elliot trace how Putin found the cracks in Western democracies and threw fuel on the fire. Elliot even casually drops in a story about when his Dad stayed at one of Putin's summer palaces.\nFrom Dresden to the Internet Research Agency, Brexit, Trump and AI-driven bots, this is the story of the playbook Putin created and the agitators who followed him through.\nHe was the icebreaker. He poisoned our information well. Now reality is becoming untethered.\nChapters ➡\n00:00 If Russia leaves Ukraine\n00:17 Russia, Trump and the diesel deal\n05:06 How Putin acquired power\n08:14 The invasion of reality\n09:42 Late Soviet propaganda comes west\n14:38 Brexit and plausible deniability\n18:52 Trump, Putin and kompromat\n21:01 Elliot's dad's encounter with Putin\n24:34 Putin the icebreaker\n27:53 Arguing with bots\n29:36 Big Tech and democratic failure\n31:01 Starlink, Ukraine and a free Europe\n33:32 The poisoned information well\nWatch and subscribe to the channel now, as well as our Substack and your favourite podcasting channels, at: https://worthknowingpod.com\nFor show notes and a deep dive on each episode, visit the Substack via the link above.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kLOyudmflklpLa-NLw5_OVigjIyc7rj5qEtrsj0bHtc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NjFi/MmVkNzEyOTJhZWQx/NjE5ZjM1OTk2MjFk/N2Q3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}