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Latest Episodes

S4E3 - Fanning the Flames: Extremist Exploitation of Anti-Western Sentiment and Misinformation
April 15, 2024

Spotify Podcasts Apple Podcasts TuneIn Podcasts Is West Africa turning against Democracy? Following recent coups in Niger, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Mali, new governments and supporters have sound

S4E2 - Islamic Jihadism in West Africa: Disinformation and Propaganda
April 02, 2024

Spotify Podcasts Apple Podcasts TuneIn Podcasts Boko Haram is one of Africa's most deadly and infamous terrorist groups, which garnered worldwide attention and uproar in the early 2010s for a slew

S4E1 - The Psychology of Terrorism: Unveiling the Vulnerabilities of Radicalization
March 18, 2024

Spotify Podcasts Apple Podcasts TuneIn Podcasts In this fascinating episode, we enter the mind of a terrorist. What makes them commit violent acts and adopt radical ideologies? How do they justify

S3E6 - NATO and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
June 21, 2023

Spotify Podcasts Apple Podcasts TuneIn Podcasts This special live episode of Media Minded takes a deep dive into NATOs role in the Ukraine crisis. The in-person panel discussion facilitates a con

S3E5 - NATO and Disinformation
September 07, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused the attention of many to the ongoing challenges of disinformation, propaganda and misinformation and the potential harm it can inflict. Disinformation seeks to deepen

S3E4 - NATO and Public Diplomacy
August 25, 2022

How does NATO communicate with the public in order to promote dialogue around security? As an intergovernmental organization that spans across 30 countries, harmonising all public diplomacy activities

S2EP13 - How to Create the Perfect Conspiracy Theory
August 16, 2022

From 5G coronavirus beliefs to age old antisemitic tropes, it often feels like we are witnessing the rapid spread and dissemination of conspiracy theories online, with very real offline consequences.

S3E3 – NATO and Crisis Management
August 10, 2022

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of non-state actors, the face of warfare has evolved considerably. To adapt to these changes, NATO has developed a unique and robust set of political

S2EP12 - The Coming Storm
August 02, 2022

Not too long ago, on January 6 2021, swarms of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to win back the presidential election. A large number of those who took part in the insurrection we

S3E2 - NATO Members, Decisionmaking and Accountability
July 27, 2022

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is an ever-expanding Alliance and is currently made up of 30 independent member states. Even so, consensus decision-making is a fundamental principle of N