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Mentioned in 19 episodes

Dr. Zhivago

Book • 1957
Doctor Zhivago tells the story of Yury Zhivago, a physician and poet caught in the midst of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.

The novel explores themes of love, loss, and identity as Zhivago navigates his relationships with Tonya and Lara amidst the political upheaval.

Pasternak's masterpiece is a powerful portrayal of human resilience and the enduring power of art.

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Mentioned in 19 episodes

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Jay Dyer
telling how the work was used as Cold War cultural influence smuggled into the USSR to promote Western ideas.
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475 - Jay Dyer - The Elites Are Doing Warfare on the Public
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Maggie Aderin-Pocock
as resembling a scene from the movie in the launchpad's icy conditions.
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The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space
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Sean Wiswesser
through Boris Pasternak’s wartime analogy about Russian endurance despite extreme suffering and deprivation.
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1386: Sean Wiswesser | Inside Putin's Russian Intelligence Machine
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David Whyte
while distinguishing Boris Pasternak’s reputation as a novelist from his identity as a Russian poet.
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How Poetry Changes the Way We See the World with David Whyte
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Adam Curry
when discussing the potential impact of government policies on personal freedom.
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1804 - "Mucho Retardo"
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Boris Kodjoe
as the book he was named after, which was written by Boris Pasternak.
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Boris Kodjoe on Ghanaian Roots, Reclaiming African Identity & Navigating Racism | One54 Africa
Mentioned by Caitlin Talbot in the context of the CIA's covert circulation of banned books in the Soviet Union.
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The Intelligence: Sam Altman and the divide in the AI world
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Eric Cloward
as an example of a complex, widely read novel from 1958 used to illustrate past reading trends.
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Michael Lukich: The Stoic System Thinker | 386
Mentioned as one of the Easter novels of the 20th century that is a great novel of Russian literature.
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John Givens, "The Image of Christ in Russian Literature: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Pasternak" (Northern Illinois UP, 2018)
Mentioned by the narrator to illustrate that bestsellers in the past contained long, complex sentences.
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