The Eurasian Knot
The Eurasian Knot
To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to Putin, and everything in-between. Subscribe on your favorite podcasts app, grab your headphones, hit play, and tune in. Eurasia will never appear the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Nov 9, 2020 • 56min
American Tourism to the USSR
Guest: Andrew Jacobs on American tourism to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.The post American Tourism to the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 30, 2020 • 1h 28min
Pogroms and Race Riots
Guests: Steven Zipperstein and Michael Pfeifer on anti-Jewish and anti-Black violence in Russia and the United States.The post Pogroms and Race Riots appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2020 • 1h 17min
From Aliaska to Alaska
Guests: Bathsheba Demuth and Ilya Vinkoveysky on Russian and American colonialism and the environment in Alaska.The post From Aliaska to Alaska appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2020 • 56min
American Famine Relief to Soviet Russia
Guest: Douglas Smith on The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.The post American Famine Relief to Soviet Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 9, 2020 • 1h 24min
Russian and American Empire
Guests: Daniel Immerwahr and Willard Sunderland on American and Russian Empire.The post Russian and American Empire appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 2, 2020 • 53min
Enter Dopeworld
Guest: Niko Vorobyov on the adventures in dopeworld.The post Enter Dopeworld appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 25, 2020 • 1h 8min
Russian Serfdom and American Slavery
Guests: Amanda Brickell Bellows and Alessandro Stanziani on Russian serfdom and American slavery.The post Russian Serfdom and American Slavery appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 23, 2020 • 1h 1min
SRB Presents: Geopolitics on the Move
Presenting Geopolitics on the Move, a podcast series I recorded this summer with Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs.The post SRB Presents: Geopolitics on the Move appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 11, 2020 • 47min
Protests in Belarus
Elena Gapova on the protests in Belarus.The post Protests in Belarus appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 2, 2020 • 29min
Biculturalism and the Apollo-Soyuz Mission
The final two short audio pieces from the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. “A Brief Conversation on Biculturalism” by Alexandra Diouk and “Remembering the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Mission: 45 years of US-Russian Space Cooperation” by Lisa Becker.The post Biculturalism and the Apollo-Soyuz Mission appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
