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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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.
Apr 5, 2019 • 50min
Soviet Intelligence and African National Liberation
Guest: Natalia Telepneva on Soviet and Warsaw Pact intelligence services and African anti-colonial movements. The post Soviet Intelligence and African National Liberation appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 27, 2019 • 47min
Photography and Russian Literature
Guest: Katherine Reischl on Photographic Literacy: Cameras in the Hands of Russian Authors published by Cornell University Press.The post Photography and Russian Literature appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2019 • 1h 3min
The Soviet Origins of Lamaze
Guest: Paula Michaels on Lamaze: An International History published by Oxford University Press.The post The Soviet Origins of Lamaze appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2019 • 53min
Russian Nationalism
Guest: Marlene Laruelle on Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields, published by Routledge, and her edited collection Entangled Far Rights: A Russian-European Intellectual Romance in the 20th Century, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.The post Russian Nationalism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 1, 2019 • 1h 9min
The Gulag at War
Guest: Wilson Bell on Stalin’s Gulag at War: Forced Labor, Mass Death, and Soviet Victory in the Second World War published by the University of Toronto Press.The post The Gulag at War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 22, 2019 • 56min
The Kazakh Famine
Guest: Sarah Cameron on The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan published by Cornell University Press.The post The Kazakh Famine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
