In the past few days I’ve recorded two podcast episodes with two very different interviewers. This week, Hanna Rosin (of The Atlantic); last week, Tim Miller (of the Bulwark). Both wanted to talk about my Atlantic cover story, The New Propaganda, but from different angles. Hanna put the themes in the context of the war in Ukraine, Tim was more focused on U.S. politics. Anyway I thought both were excellent so I decided to share.
1. Russia’s Psychological Warfare Against Ukraine
“There is a battle going on between two worldviews, but the divisions aren’t geographical. They’re in people’s heads.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/05/russias-psychological-warfare-against-ukraine/678459/
2. Anne Applebaum: A New Propaganda War
Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy everywhere in the world. It's a theme so heartily embraced by MAGA, their messaging is often the same. Plus, coup sympathizer Samuel Alito, Ukraine's high-tech gains and low-tech losses, and our risk of being outflanked by foreign influence in 2024.
The article is, in part, an excerpt from my new book, Autocracy Inc, published in July…