Gastropod is the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history. This month we're revisiting a conversation we had with Timothy Snyder, a historian at Yale. He explains how Ukrainian national identity manifested in the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. We also discover why champagne's bubbles were originally considered a flaw and how to give a sturgeon an ultrasound.
Vladimir Putin believes Ukraine belongs to Russia, and he used that a pretense to invade. In an episode originally released in February, historian Timothy Snyder explains why Putin is wrong.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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