Radio War Nerd EP 467 — Pavel Durov, Telegram & Internet Weaponry, feat. Yasha Levine

Guest: Yasha Levine Recorded: August 29, 2024 Friend o' the show Yasha Levine returns to talk about his dining experiences with recently-jailed Telegram billionaire Pavel Durov, Telegram and governments, the powerful myths that keep us hooked into the largest surveillance weapon ever conceived. Subscribe to Yasha's substack here.Buy Yasha's book Surveillance Valley.Follow Yasha on twitter and other surveillance platforms. Previous RWN episodes with Yasha:-EP #357 — Out Of Russia & Into The Twittergarchy, with Yasha Levine-EP #229 — 50 Years of US Mercenary Coups + Yasha Levine on Weaponized Immigrants-EP #126 — Early Portuguese Empire + Yasha Levine on Cambridge Analytica-EP #120 — The Secret Military History of the Internet, with Yasha Levine-EP #66 — Yasha Levine on Russia Hacker Panic Total time: 1:48:01 * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World