Calendaring Bette: First Weeks of August

Released from Putin’s Dungeons, Hunted in Kherson, and Media Literacy training — all part of our community events for the first two weeks of August

***Bette Members: Registration links will be sent in advance of each event. If you would like to join our community events, please upgrade to a paid membership and help support independent investigative journalism. Our Speakeasy and Happy Hour events are open to all membership levels.***

I hope everyone is enjoying the dog days of summer. I am doing what I do every year — color coding my cashmere sweaters and organizing my favorite flannel shirts.

Falliday — The Eternal Quest for the Perfect Flannel in the Land of Endless Summer

… And of course, interviewing the greatest minds and bravest people in this time. More on that soon.

Just a quick calendar of upcoming events so you can save the dates/times:

• Bette’s Speakeasy with Dmitrii Kovegin: Released from Putin’s Dungeons, Sunday, August 4, 4 pm PT

  • Former Navalny campaign volunteer Dmitrii Kovegin, who survived a poisoning in Moscow, will share with us updates on the release of Russian political prisoners.

    • More on Dmitrii here:

      ICYMI: HELPING THOSE IN PUTIN’S DUNGEONS — ‘We Must Speak In the Language of Art’

• Bette’s Happy Hour with Zarina Zabrisky: Hunted in Kherson, Tuesday, August 6, noon PT

  • Author and war correspondent Zarina Zabrisky returns on Tuesday to give us updates from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and how the Russian military is using drones to hunt civilians in Kherson and how we can help get the word out.

    • More on Zarina here:

      ICYMI: Active Measures 101 with Zarina Zabrisky — RadPod Ep83 — An Urgent PowerPoint

• Bette’s Happy Hour with Tamar Kintsurashvilli: A Media Literacy Lesson, Tuesday August 13, 10 am PT

  • Executive Director of the Media Development Foundation in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tamar Kintsurashvilli is putting together a media literacy training for the Bette Dangerous community. Please try to make this special event at a special time.

    • More about Tamar here:

      ‘Georgia Needs West to Survive from Russia’ — An Interview with Tamar Kintsurashvili

I will be sending registration links separately, but I just wanted to give everyone an opportunity to calendar each event.

Thank you to everyone who supports my work. It means so much to me.

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Begin each day with a grateful heart.

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