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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Aug 31, 2020 • 24min
Trash Protests and Leninopad
Two short audio pieces from the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. “The Great Russian Trash Crisis” by Seth Farkas and “An Empty Pedestal: Ukraine after Leninopad” by Sabrina Beaver.The post Trash Protests and Leninopad appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 23, 2020 • 49min
Soviet Military Masculinity
Guest: Erica Fraser on Military Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union published by the University of Toronto Press.The post Soviet Military Masculinity appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2020 • 16min
REEES Faculty Spotlight: Olga Klimova
Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh's Olga Klimova.The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: Olga Klimova appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2020 • 14min
REEES Faculty Spotlight: Katie Manukyan
Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh's Katie Manukyan.The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: Katie Manukyan appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 17, 2020 • 56min
Stories Along the Trans-Siberian
Guests: Marina Dmukhovskaya and Georg Wallner about their podcast project Mesto47. The post Stories Along the Trans-Siberian appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 8, 2020 • 49min
Rebroadcast: Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest: Mark Steinberg on the experience of the Russian Revolution.The post Rebroadcast: Experiencing the Russian Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 1, 2020 • 56min
Rebroadcast: The Kazakh Famine
Guest: Sarah Cameron on The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan published by Cornell University Press.The post Rebroadcast: The Kazakh Famine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 24, 2020 • 57min
Russia’s Wily Man
Joshua Yaffa on Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia published by Penguin Random House.The post Russia’s Wily Man appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 17, 2020 • 1h 4min
Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg
Guest: Francine Hirsch on Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II published by Oxford University Press.The post Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 3, 2020 • 1h 7min
Censorship in Late Stalinist Classical Music
Guest: Leah Goldman on censorship and collaboration in the production of Late Stalinist classical music.The post Censorship in Late Stalinist Classical Music appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
