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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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.
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.
Jan 11, 2018 • 59min
Deaf in the Soviet Union
Guest: Claire Shaw on Deaf in the USSR: Marginality, Community, and Soviet Identity, 1917-1991. The post Deaf in the Soviet Union appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 24, 2017 • 44min
The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap in the Open Air of History
Mark Steinberg on the symbolism of angels, wings, and flight in the Russian Revolution.[spp-player]The post The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap in the Open Air of History appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 29, 2017 • 60min
The Epic of the House of Government
Guest: Yuri Slezkine on The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution.[spp-player]The post The Epic of the House of Government appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 19, 2017 • 1h 1min
Assessing the Russian Military
Guest: Michael Kofman on the Russian military.The post Assessing the Russian Military appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 8, 2017 • 55min
Daughter of the Cold War
Guest: Grace Kennan Warnecke on growing up in George F. Kennan's shadow.The post Daughter of the Cold War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
