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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Nov 5, 2021 • 1h 26min
Soviet Flower Power
Juliane Furst on Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in the Soviet Hippieland and Beyond published by Oxford University Press.The post Soviet Flower Power appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2021 • 1h 25min
Russia Upside Down
Guest: The Americans creator Joe Weisberg on Russia Upside Down: An Exit Strategy from the Second Cold War published by Public Affairs.The post Russia Upside Down appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 22, 2021 • 1h 30min
The Return of the Romanovs
Guest: Russell Martin on the recent wedding of George Romanov and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini.The post The Return of the Romanovs appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 5min
Cold War from the Margins
Guest: Theodora Dragostinova on The Cold War from the Margins: A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene, was published by Cornell University Press.The post Cold War from the Margins appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 8, 2021 • 56min
The Vampires of A. K. Tolstoy
Guest: Irina Erman on her article “Nation and Vampiric Narration in Aleksey Tolstoy’s “The Family of the Vourdalak” published in the January 2020 issue of The Russian Review. The post The Vampires of A. K. Tolstoy appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 1, 2021 • 1h 23min
Cuban-Soviet Scientific Exchanges
Guest: Clare Ibarra on scientific exchange between Cuba and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.The post Cuban-Soviet Scientific Exchanges appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 24, 2021 • 1h 2min
African Students in the USSR
Guest: Constantin Katsakioris on the experience of African students in the USSR during the Cold War.The post African Students in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2021 • 1h 32min
Unpacking Alexey Navalny
Guests: Jan Matti Dollbaum, Morvan Lallouet, and Ben Noble on Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? published by Hurst Publishers.The post Unpacking Alexey Navalny appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 12, 2021 • 1h 7min
Revisiting the Russian Military
Guests: Michael Kofman and Dmitry Gorenburg give an update on the Russian military.The post Revisiting the Russian Military appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 3, 2021 • 55min
Russian Conquest of Central Asia
Guest: Alexander Morrison on The Russian Conquest of Central Asia published by Cambridge University Press.The post Russian Conquest of Central Asia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
