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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Jun 30, 2019 • 51min
Russian Revolutionary Postcards
Guest: Tobie Mathew on Greetings From The Barricades: Revolutionary Postcards in Imperial Russia published by Four Corners Books.The post Russian Revolutionary Postcards appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 21, 2019 • 52min
Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible
Guest: Joan Neuberger on This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia published by Cornell University Press.The post Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2019 • 51min
Soviet Anti-Americanism
Guest: Rósa Magnúsdóttir on Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 published by Oxford University Press.The post Soviet Anti-Americanism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 7, 2019 • 59min
Stalin’s Short Course
Guest: David Brandenberger on Stalin's Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course published by Yale University Press.The post Stalin’s Short Course appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2019 • 47min
The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us
Guest: Anna Krakus on the stories Polish police files tell us.The post The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2019 • 14min
“The Reddest of the Blacks”
For the past several months, I've been researching the life of Lovett Fort-Whiteman. Here's a short film I made about his eventual arrest and death in Stalinist Russia.The post “The Reddest of the Blacks” appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17, 2019 • 1h 7min
Russia Without Putin
Guest: Tony Wood on Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War published by Verso.The post Russia Without Putin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 8, 2019 • 1h 1min
Local Perpetrators and the Holocaust in Ukraine
Guest: Jared McBride on the Holocaust, Soviet Secret Police Archives and Local Perpetrators in Western Ukraine.The post Local Perpetrators and the Holocaust in Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 25, 2019 • 1h 35min
Peering Under the Rug: Sources of Information about Russia
Guests: Mark Galeotti, Kevin Rothrock, and Maxim Trudolyubov on making sense of Russia.The post Peering Under the Rug: Sources of Information about Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 14, 2019 • 1h
Lenin’s Government
Guest: Lara Douds on Inside Lenin’s Government: Power, Ideology and Practice in the Early Soviet State published by Bloomsbury.The post Lenin’s Government appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
