TODAY: Building Resiliency Around Democracy with Dr. Charles Kriel — Bette’s Happy Hour Tuesday July 30, Noon PT

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“I don't know how you can watch the clown show that we all saw last week, which unfortunately also happens to have a trailer attached to the clown car that carries fascism — and not think that we just have an awful lot of work to do when it comes to building resilience against disinformation or authoritarianism.

“We need to work on building resilience around democracy… We need to absolutely ensure that Trump and the authoritarians do not win, and that Ukraine does not lose.”—Dr. Charles Kriel, Ep104 RadPod

Thank you to all the new Bette members and to those who upgraded to Founding Member! Just a quick reminder that our next event for all paid members is today, Tuesday, July 30, at noon PT/3 pm ET, with Dr. Charles Kriel. And a little birdie tells me that we will be joined by Monique Camarra of EuroFile, with updates from Ukraine and Europe.

Dr. Charles Kriel and his wife Kat Gellen are filmmakers who directed two of the most important documentaries on the subject of data and disinformation. Although the titles have changed to accommodate global distribution, the subject matter is the same — one, People You May Know/Data and Disinformation investigates Cambridge Analytica’s interference in global democracies; and the other — Dis/Informed/The Disinformation Age — focuses on how conspiracy theories are weaponized to radicalize unsuspecting groups of people, think, yoga moms radicalized to become anti-science. You can find additional links on where to watch their movies at Metrotonemedia.com or search them on various platforms.

RadPod’s latest interview with Dr. Kriel — Building Resiliency Around Democracy — will offer ideas on questions you might wish to ask him on Tuesday. More quotes here.

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More on Dr. Kriel here:

Dr. Charles Kriel is the co-Founder of Metrotone Media, a film and television production company based in London and Oslo. He is the co-Director of the documentary People You May Know, which follows his breakthrough Cambridge Analytica investigation while serving as Special Advisor to the UK DCMS Select Committee on Disinformation and Fake News. Charles is also the Founder of Kriel.Agency, a strategic communications, research and policy agency with a portfolio that includes the Persian Gulf, Northern Asia, the Baltic, Balkans, Caucasus and Caribbean.

A lifelong broadcaster and journalist, Charles works in conflict zones and fragile states promoting free press and countering disinformation and violent extremism. He’s a filmmaker, an Emmy-nominated game designer, ex-BBC Radio 1 Resident Artist and a novelist, and also directed a film about conspiracy theories as weapons of war, Dis/Informed/The Disinformation Age.

Charles has consulted NATO, UNESCO, the House of Commons, and the UK Electoral Commission among others, and recently designed a vast counter-disinformation programme commissioned by the US State Department, supporting 1,400 journalists and frontline workers in Central and Eastern Europe. He worked with the U.K. Parliamentary Committee writing the Online Safety Bill. He grew up in Alabama, and claims carny roots.

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