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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Apr 2, 2018 • 50min
William C. Bullitt in the USSR
Guest: Alexander Etkind on Roads not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt published by Pittsburgh University Press.[spp-player]The post William C. Bullitt in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 23, 2018 • 56min
Russia’s Long Hangover
Guest: Shaun Walker on The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press.The post Russia’s Long Hangover appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2018 • 44min
Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism
Guest: Irina Meier on Boris Savinkov and Russian revolutionary terrorism.The post Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 9, 2018 • 41min
The Georgian Democratic Republic
Guest: Eric Lee on The Experiment: Georgia’s Forgotten Revolution, 1918-1921 published by Zed Books.[spp-player]The post The Georgian Democratic Republic appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2018 • 54min
Local Identity in Mid-Nineteenth Century Vladimir
Guest: Susan Smith-Peter on Imagining Russian Regions: Civil Society and Subnational Identity in Nineteenth-Century Russia published by Brill.[spp-player]The post Local Identity in Mid-Nineteenth Century Vladimir appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 17, 2018 • 54min
The Stalinist Film Industry
Guest:Guest: Maria Belodubrovskaya on Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin published by Cornell University Press. The post The Stalinist Film Industry appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 9, 2018 • 59min
Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky
Guest: Richard Robbins on Overtaken by the Night: One Russian’s Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.[spp-player]The post Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2018 • 1h 3min
Soviet Jokes Under Stalin
Guest: Jon Waterlow on Soviet jokes under Stalin.[spp-player]The post Soviet Jokes Under Stalin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2018 • 42min
Old Age and Claustrophobia in Putin’s Russia
Evgenia Kovda on her film Podrugi (Girlfriends), a tale of old age and claustrophobia in Putin's Russia.[spp-player]The post Old Age and Claustrophobia in Putin’s Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 19, 2018 • 46min
The Ethics of Soviet Journalism
Guest: Natalia Roudakova on Losing Pravda: Ethics and the Press in Post-Truth Russia published by Cambridge University Press.[spp-player]The post The Ethics of Soviet Journalism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
