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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Sep 27, 2022 • 1h 20min
The Economic War
Guests: Ben Aris and Ilya Matveev on the Russian economy during wartime.The post The Economic War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2022 • 1h 6min
Mixed Marriages in the USSR
Guest: Adrienne Edgar on Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia published by Cornell University Press.The post Mixed Marriages in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 13, 2022 • 52min
Remembering Anne Garrels
Rebroadcast of my 2016 interview with the recently departed Anne Garrels, author of Putin’s Country: A Journey into the Real Russia.The post Remembering Anne Garrels appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 6, 2022 • 1h 30min
Soviet Aid to West Africa
Guests: Alessandro Iandolo and Natalia Telepneva on Soviet engagement with West Africa during the Cold War.The post Soviet Aid to West Africa appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 1, 2022 • 54min
Rebroadcast: The Life and Times of Mikhail Gorbachev
Guest: William Taubman on Gorbachev: His Life and Times.The post Rebroadcast: The Life and Times of Mikhail Gorbachev appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2022 • 1h 13min
Soviet WWII Mythologies
Guest: Jonathan Brunstedt on The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR published by Cambridge University Press.The post Soviet WWII Mythologies appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 2, 2022 • 1h 6min
Queer Spaces in Imperial St. Petersburg
Guest: Olga Petri on Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg published by Cornell University Press.The post Queer Spaces in Imperial St. Petersburg appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 26, 2022 • 1h 11min
Clientelism in Soviet Abkhazia
Learn about the patron-client networks in Soviet Abkhazia and the influential figure Nestor Lakoba. Explore the history of clientelism and nationality policies in early Soviet Abkhazia, and the life of Nestor Lakoba. Hear about the relationship between Soviet and American people during the Cold War. Discover the relationship between nationality policy and clientelism in Ap Jase. Investigate Nestor Lakoba's political career and his downfall. Reflect on flawed perceptions of society and traditional aspects that are still present but not acknowledged.
Jul 14, 2022 • 1h 5min
Limonov and the National Bolsheviks
Guest: Fabrizio Fenghi on It Will Be Fun and Terrifying: Nationalism and Protest in Post-Soviet Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press.The post Limonov and the National Bolsheviks appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 6, 2022 • 1h 13min
Russian Orthodox Converts in Appalachia
Guest: Sarah Riccardi-Swartz on Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia published by Fordham University Press.The post Russian Orthodox Converts in Appalachia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
