Remembering Yugoslavia

A documentary filmmaker's search for a post-Yugoslav identity at home and abroad.  With Marija Ratković Vidaković ( IKEA for YU ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and...

Remembering Yugoslavia the podcast is FIVE years old! A gift to you in celebration of our 5th birthday: a reverse episode with me as the guest expanding on the podcast's origin story. Plus travel, socialism, and Yugonostalgia* * *. With Peter Korchnak ( Remembering Yugoslavia ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an extended, ad-free episode featuring extra interview footage, stories, and...

Remembering Yugoslavia the podcast is FIVE years old! A gift to you in celebration of our 5th birthday: a revised and remastered version of the podcast's inaugural episode. There's a company in Zagreb that rents and gives tours in Yugo cars. Let's go for a ride!  With Antonija Buntak (Yugocar Adventure) and Božo the Red Yugo. Birthday song by Ekrem Jevrić and Svega City. * * * On Re...

The untranslatable word fjaka describes "a very particular state of mind when you desire nothing more than to gaze off into the distance and abandon all forms of activity. It's “the art of doing nothing" and "a yearning for nothingness." It's also the title of the latest book of travel writing about the former Yugoslavia, out of Poland. With Aleksandra Wojtaszek ( Fja...

The post-Cold War / post-Yugoslav history of the Nonaligned Movement. Vestiges and legacy of nonalignment in Yugoslavia and elsewhere. The future of nonalignment and of explorations thereof. With Rima Sabina Aouf, Agustín Cosovschi, Natalija Dimić Lompar, Ljiljana Kolešnik, Petra Matić, Goran Musić, Bojana Piškur, Ljubica Spaskovska, and Paul Stubbs. Featuring music by SZ (Creative Commons), Tolga...

Nonalignment had its limits. For all its accolades and accomplishments, for all its pomp and prestige, the Nonaligned Movement constantly bumped against reality. All that Yugoslavia achieved with its foreign policy of nonalignment must be placed side by side with all that it could not.  With Agustín Cosovschi, Natalija Dimić Lompar, and Damir Vučićević. Featuring music by Duo Aguayo Huayamabe (cou...

Student scholarships were a huge part of Yugoslavia’s nonaligned diplomacy and one of the most tangible and visible ways Yugoslav citizens experienced nonalignment. Between 1955 and 1984, Yugoslavia granted nearly 8,000 scholarships to young people from 90 political parties, liberation movements, and countries of the Global South, with foreign students receiving professional, military, and univers...

Yugoslavia pursued its own socialist path in the realm of culture, too, exporting its production to the Global South to showcase its progress. Though the Nonaligned Movement lacked a policy on culture, cultural cooperation was part and parcel of decolonization and peaceful coexistence. In the process, a global network of cultural exchanges and a distinct version of modernism ( PLUS ) developed.  W...

Self-management was at the core of the identity of Yugoslav socialism and its best export. It was an outgrowth of nonalignment, the domestic expression of Yugoslavia's aspirations to play a global role and differentiate itself from the two power blocs. Yugoslavia’s nonalignment would not have been possible without self-management and Yugoslavia's self-management would not have been possi...

Decolonization was a goal of the Nonaligned Movement as a prerequisite for peaceful coexistence; the Movement supported liberation movements and organizations in Africa and Asia. Throughout its post-WWII existence, Yugoslavia provided all forms of aid and assistance to the "peoples who conduct just struggle for their national independence and liberation from imperialism, colonialism, and all...

An introduction to the Nonaligned Movement, its history, and its meaning for Yugoslavia, as well as reasons for a growing interest in it. With Paul Stubbs. Featuring music by Real Sounds of Africa. Part 1 of 7. * * * Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an extended episode featuring additional commentary, stories, analysis, archival footage, and music. Exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering...

Stories of WWII resistance, inspired by a familiar hero. With Nicolas Moll ( Wer Ist Walter? ). Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Wer-Ist-Walter/ Instagram: @rememberingyugoslavia & @yugo.blok JOIN YUGOBLOK Support the show

A deep dig into volunteering in the former Yugoslavia, from youth work actions of yesteryear to volunteer camps of today. With Michael Alpert, Goran Gabrić, and Amra Kazić. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Youth-Work-Actions/ Instagram: @reme...

The story of a humble and versatile Balkan dish. With Aida Ibišević, Irina Janakievska, and Vjosa Musliu. Featuring music by Fakat, FK Basket, Meraque, Mr. Ajvar, Tonci Huljić & Madre Badessa, Typol, and Yasserstain. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes, transcript, and...

What if New Belgrade had an ocean beach? An "Inspired by Yugoslavia" Fragment. The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps and it inspires their creativity. The Inspired by Yugoslavia series features such people and their creations. With Unknown Author AKA Svakodnevnik. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast explo...

A story of a video game that’s really not a game. An "Inspired by Yugoslavia" fragment. The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps and it inspires their creativity. The Inspired by Yugoslavia series features such people and their creations. With Petrit Hoxha. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the m...

A look back, across 4+ years and 99 episodes, at the memory of a country that no longer exists. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes, transcript, and extended version: Yugoblok.com/One-Hundred/ Instagram: @rememberingyugoslavia & @yugo.blok JOIN YUGOBLOK Support the show

An illustrated story about a country that never existed. An "Inspired by Yugoslavia" Fragment. The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps and it inspires their creativity. The Inspired by Yugoslavia series features such people and their creations. With Miloš Kozlovački. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast expl...

A story of a graffiti that may or may not have existed and of a very real documentary about it. An "Inspired by Yugoslavia" Fragment. The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps and it inspires their creativity. The Inspired by Yugoslavia series features such people and their creations.  With Valeriya Boyko. Remembering...

Literature is a crucial piece in the puzzle of Yugoslavia’s memory. Let’s give English translations a read again, through the eyes of translators. With Ellen Elias Bursać, Will Firth, Rawley Grau, Mirza Purić, Ena Selimović, and Jennifer Zoble. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. This one started with an email. With Tanya Pikula (Sarajevo / Toronto). Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: Yugoblok.com/Diaspora-V...

A visit to cemeteries in the former Yugoslavia. With Carol Lilly. Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes, transcript and extended version: Yugoblok.com/Better-Grave Instagram: @rememberingyugoslavia & @yugo.blok JOIN YUGOBLOK Suppor...

All around the world, there are people with no familiar or formal links to Yugoslavia who carry the country in their hearts and souls with love. "Yugophiles of All Lands" is a new series on Remembering Yugoslavia featuring yugophiles. Today, we take a look at the place from the Netherlands by way of Ireland with Stephen Eustace and from Spain with Sebas Velasco. Remembering Yugoslavia is...

Yugoblok is a global community for all who celebrate Yugoslavia’s legacy, cultivate its memory, and imagine its future possibilities. Yugoblok grew out of the Remembering Yugoslavia podcast and is its new home. It's also the new home for my writing.   Yugoblok is a membership-based social network for yugophiles, post-Yugoslavs, and the yugo-curious all over the world.  Yugoblok is a destinati...

A look at Yugoslavia's most successful sport. Why do people remember Yugoslavia so fondly through basketball? Why was Yugoslavia so good at basketball?  With Billie Addleman and Tilen Jamnik; Mitja Velikonja with an assist. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times p...