Remembering Yugoslavia

The world’s most popular sport played a role in the creation of socialist Yugoslavia, in promoting the ideology of brotherhood and unity, and ultimately in the country’s violent dissolution.  With Nadan Hadžić and Richard Mills. 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...

Literature is a crucial piece in the puzzle of Yugoslavia's memory. Let's give English translations a read. Part 2 of 2. With Vesna Marić ( The President Shop ), Eamon McGrath, and Buzz Poole (Sandorf Passage). 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 per month...

Literature is a crucial piece in the puzzle of Yugoslavia's memory. Let's give it a read. Part 1 of 2. With Eamon McGrath @balkanbooks and Danja Bujas @danchireads. 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 per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia...

One hundred thousand women fought in the Yugoslav Partisan forces and two million more provided support to the resistance (and revolution) in the rear. Today the generation of these women’s granddaughters carries on the legacy of their struggle.  With Chiara Bonfiglioli, Ana Džokić, and Lura Limani. Featuring music by PMG Kolektiv and Sticky Keys. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the me...

A walk through Yugoslavia's legacy in Dubrovnik and a visit to the Red History Museum.  With Krešimir Glavinić (Red History Museum). Featuring music by Sticky Keys. 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 per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/...

On the road in the former Yugoslavia with a couple of Americans: one recreating his trip from 1984, the other looking for cheese. With Chad Miller and Babs Perkins. Featuring music by Sticky Keys. 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 per month. Show notes/transcript:...

Why did Yugoslavia fall apart? With Susan L. Woodward. 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 per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Dissolution-of-Yugoslavia/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscri...

One in three Bosnians live outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most Bosnians outside their country, about 87 percent, are dispersed around Europe. Though only about 10 percent live in the United States, the country is home to the biggest Bosnian city abroad. With Akif Cogo, Patrick McCarthy, and Gino Srdjan Jevdjević. Featuring music by Kultur Shock. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the...

In which I answer listener questions...about anything (but strictly Yugoslavia-related). 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 per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-AMA1/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayP...

Rakija is the distilled essence of the Balkan soul. More than a spirit, quintessential as it may be, rakija has a long history. Lately it has seen both threats to its survival and a resurgence. With Bill Gould (Faith No More / Yebiga Rakija), and Iskra Vukšić and Ekaterina Volkova (Javna Tajna). Featuring music by Dario, Dubioza Kolektiv, Luboyna, Magnifico, Pedja Vujić, and S.A.R.S. More in the e...

The K67 Kiosk is a symbol of Yugoslavia. Once ubiquitous in its thousands, only a few hundred units remain around the former country, many in various state of disrepair, and a handful of others around the world. But particularly over the past decade, the Kiosk has been experiencing a revival of sorts. It nowadays inspires educators, artists, designers, and others in their work.  With Filip Filkovi...

Yugonostalgia as a collective emotion is a sentimental longing for a positively remembered past of the former country and life in it. Why and how does it arise? What are its positive and negative effects? And what are its implications? With Borja Martinović and Anouk Smeekes. More in the extended version . The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. C...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. In this installment, a Canadian and an Australian with Croatian Serb heritage share stories about longing and belonging.  With Nina Platiša and Nik. Featuring music by Nina Platiša. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Pete...

The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project. Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it. These are thei...

In 1981, an obscure English punk band recorded a song whose cover by an Istrian punk band became famous in the former Yugoslavia. It took three decades and serendipity for the dots to connect.  With Barry Phillips (Demob) and Nenad Milić (Tito's Bojs). Featuring music by Agent Tajne Sile, Defiance, Hladno Pivo, JazzIstra Orchestra, and Tito's Bojs. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast expl...

Films made after 1991 that are set in socialist Yugoslavia keep the former country present in popular culture. From Tito and Me (1991) to How I Learned to Fly (2022), from Slovenia to Serbia and beyond, from nostalgic tales to dark thrillers, the post-Yugoslav cinematography remembers Yugoslavia. Similarly, Czech directors have tackled the socialist period in their own ways. A comprehensive, compa...

There’s an invisible way of remembering the former country and especially how it fell apart: in your body. This is doubly true for trauma. How do the people of the former Yugoslavia experience and deal with trauma of their country's dissolution? How does trauma get passed down over generations? And how can we dance our way out of it? With Stefan Jovanović and Snježana Pruginić. More in the ex...

Vladimir Nazor was a poet, Partisan, and politician. His greatness and popularity endured through five regimes/countries. Who was Croatia's greatest children's writer and first president? How did the author of so many Croatian national classics turn into Tito’s adulator ? How come he remains a popular figure in today’s anti-communist Croatia? With Marijan Lipovac and Martin Mayhew. Featu...

The Day of Youth was a major Yugoslav holiday. It continues to be annually commemorated to this day in Tito's birthplace. What was the holiday and how was it celebrated in Kurmovec? How is the defunct Yugoslav holiday commemorated today?  Plus a field report from the 2022 edition of the event.* With Nevena Škrbić Alempijević and Jovan Vejnović (plus Hrvoje Klasić and Larisa Kurtović). * The e...

Let's go to the movies! Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav film is a port window projecting the region’s cultures and history. From Gibanica to Kraut Westerns, from Black Wave to Prague School, and from films of remembrance to war movies, this is seventy years of cinematic history in a single arc. With Dijana Jelača and Sanjin Pejković.  The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a cou...

Yugonostalgia is like a vessel that everyone fills with their own ideas and meanings. What is it and why does it exist? How does it manifest and how do different people experience it? And where is it headed?  A deep dive in the yugonostalgia plus a comparison with nostalgia in the former Czechoslovakia. With Milica Popović and Boris Strečanský. Featuring music by Polemic & Medial Banana. The R...

Jews have been part of Sarajevo's human tapestry since the 16th century, only to be "discovered' by the rest of the world during the Bosnian War. This is their story. With Jakob Finci* and Francine Friedman. Featuring music by Shira Utfila and Flory Jagoda. * Bonus episode featuring the full interview with Finci available exclusively to Patreon and other supporters . The Remembering...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. In this installment of Diaspora Voices, a Vlach-American from Eastern Serbia and a Yugoslav-Australian from Slavonia share stories of their journeys to themselves and their tribes.  With Daniela Vančić and Denis Svob. Featuring music by Šizike and Mechanism of Action. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explor...

The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project.<!--more--> Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of i...

The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project. Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it. These are thei...