For those who missed the live-stream on March 16, here is a replay of my latest discussion with Youtube personality Destiny (Steven Bonnell).
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About my guest Destiny
Steven Bonnell, known online as Destiny, is an American streamer, political commentator, and YouTube personality. He was among the first people to stream video games online full-time and received attention as a pioneer of the industry. Bonnell was a professional Starcraft II player, but since 2016 has gained further attention for live-streaming political debates with other online personalities, in which he advocates for liberal politics.
About the host Phil Gurski
Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.
From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment (CSE – Canada’s signals intelligence agency), specialising in the Middle East.
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