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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Jul 20, 2018 • 1h 10min
Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution
Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on Red at Heart: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution published by Oxford University Press.[spp-player]The post Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2018 • 1h 1min
Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators
Guest: Lynne Viola on the Soviet collectivization of agriculture, resistance, and Stalinist perpetrators.[spp-player]The post Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 6, 2018 • 57min
The Banya is Everything
Guest: Bryon MacWilliams on With Light Steam: A Personal Journey through the Russian Baths was published by Northern Illinois University Press.[spp-player]The post The Banya is Everything appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2018 • 59min
Russia’s A Terrible Country
Guest: Keith Gessen on America's Russia Hands and his novel A Terrible Country published by Viking.[spp-player]The post Russia’s A Terrible Country appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 18, 2018 • 60min
Surveillance Valley
Guest: Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet published by Public Affairs Books.[spp-player]The post Surveillance Valley appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 9, 2018 • 55min
Russian Literature and Terrorism
Guest: Lynn Patyk on Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture published by the University of Wisconsin Press.[spp-player]The post Russian Literature and Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 1, 2018 • 47min
Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria
Guest: Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage, on Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria.[spp-player]The post Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18, 2018 • 54min
A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow
Guest: Michael Idov on Dressed Up for a Riot: Misadventures in Putin’s Moscow published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.[spp-player]The post A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 30, 2018 • 59min
Early Soviet Urban Communes
Guest: Andy Willimott on Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press.[spp-player]The post Early Soviet Urban Communes appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 24, 2018 • 50min
Putinomics
Guest: Chris Miller on Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia published by the University of North Carolina Press.[spp-player]The post Putinomics appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
