The Eastern Border

Greetings, Comrades! We’re fully awake from our infection. And might even read the comments on our website and respond to them, which I haven’t in a while. But anyways, this is all about how Putin’s regime is acting like a fish out of water, and don’t know what to do with this situation. This virus…just might be their downfall. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder ....

So, I’m in quarantine now. And I’m feeling very ill too. 🙁 To stay alive, and not just sleep all the time, I’ve decided to produce podcasts, so that you also go through this agony. In this one, I try to talk about plagues and famous people who’ve suffered from them in Russia. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Greetings, Comrades! In the light of the Covid-19, storming arount the world, our buddy, Vovochka, has decided to basically nullify his own presidental terms. Together with oil prices and rouble. It’s more funny than you think. By this point, Putin's carreer needs to be a Blumhouse movie. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Greetings, Comrades! This minisode is about what happens to people like me in less safe environments. Because a friend of mine just survived an assassination attempt. Oh, and if you’re a rich oil tycoon, please, we’re 500$ short of paying off our med bills. Off to get the boat ep script, but hey – ultra rich listeners, please throw a bit of cash our way. Also…enjoy. And Patreon stuff coming out in...

Greetings, Comrades! I still haven't received my spyboat script and book yet, which is a complete shame, but I had this very interesting subject to look at. Namely, relationship ads in Latvian press from about 100 years ago, and with a bit of analysis, we can discover some quite interesing facts about the society of that time period. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternbo...

Greetings, Comrades! Sorry for the ep, being so late, ran into a lot of issues, like my health and my cat, literally eating my mic cable. Oh, and when I got back home, turns out, I had left my USB flash with my script, and the book about the ship in the place I stayed at. Just…winter wonderland Latvia. At any rate, thankfully there’s plenty of news in Russia to heep everyone entertained. Enjoy! Su...

Greetings, Comrades! I did what I had promised on social media, and translated the weirdest response to a journalist question that I had ever heard. I also look at a recently dead, ultra-conservative priest who had said that Stalin did the work of God, that female circumsision is a good thing and called for a physical purge of Russia’s internal enemies. Oh, and four CEO’s of Belarus’s sugar factor...

Greetings, Comrades! I managed to do a really dumb thing and fumble into a sewer hole, due to a hard-to-notice half-closed sewer lid and hurt my leg real bad. So, I’m talking about all the books that I’ve received and am reading now, with a rant about WW2 tossed in between. Some of those books you should even buy. I don’t know, I’m in pain and my head isn’t exactly working. Enjoy! Support this sho...

Greetings, Comrades! This time, we take a deep dive inside the constitutional changes, just proposed by president Putin – what they mean, why are they there, and what will the fall guy Medvedev do now. Enjoy! And...if you can, please support us in Patreon or donate via Paypal, we're running behind things now. But doing our best to make the best shows that we can. Support this show http://supporter...

We wanted to start this year with something positive. And…we sort of did. Because this is one of those back to the roots, people’s stories episode. With that, don’t forget to check out Chris and his knitting, send your mails to: Knitterinkeef@outlook.com or SMS or WhatsApp to: +1-605-846-3166 for SMS (USA) or WhatsApp (international) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder ....

Greetings, Comrades! Here's our new episode for you! It's about a country sligthly to the south east of ours, that will probably cease to exist sometime next year.  And also some info: 1. There's going to be a special new year's ep for Patrons later today. 2. Audio on this one was pretty inconsistent, because I don't even know what happened with my recording setup, so we're working on it. Sup...

Greetings, Comrades! We’re catching up with our plan for the year, but then, suddenly, another terrible surprise happens. Ehh. This is a pretty cold Christmas. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! This time, we talk about the current events in Russia. Which is soon-not-to-be Russia, according to our sources. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EDIT: The correct episode has been uploaded now! Greetings, Comrades! Sorry for the delay, we ran into some technical difficulties here. But all is fine now, so enjoy our part 2 of the comparative constitutions! This time, we dig even deeper into what went down on paper in 1977 and what does it actually mean. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. S...

Greetings, Comrades! This time, we take a look at the Soviet constitution of 1977, and try to understand what it says about the USSR, by comparing it to the constitutions of other countries. Oh, and Emperor Norton I also makes an appearance. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! Here are the random stories from the people who live on The Eastern Border whom you can’t hear anywhere else but that doesn’t lessen their insanity. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! This episode is our interview on The Red Line podcast, while I’m working on the next one, which, due to health reasons, is taking more time than usual. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! I have returned from my travels in lands yet untouched by civilisation, where, as I presume, a “burger” is a form of currency, and where they measure temperature in “fahrenheits” which apparently mean some indigenous nonsensical unit, because clearly no naturalist explorer would use that to describe temperature. And although I am about to divulge the knowledge that I’ve gained...

Greetings, Comrades! This episode is all about the weird Estonia tragedy - the ferry, no the country, that happened in 1994. One of the most tragic sea incidents ever, with 859 people dead, it carries a lot of crazy conspiratorial material. Some of which has been proven to be true. Yet, for the victim and survivor families, there is pretty much still no justice. Enjoy! Support this show http://sup...

Greetings, Comrades! Here’s our episode from the Sound Education conference – we managed to acquire an interview with famous Rome expert and theoretical revolutionary Mike Duncan, and talked about the various aspects of history, podcasting and…well, what makes a good revolutionary. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Greetings, Comrades! This time, we bring you a historical introspective of peoples lives during world war 2, here in the Baltics, from a cook book printed in 1942, during the Nazi occupation. As you can see, this one will be both educational, emotional and extremely practical! Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Greetings, Comrades! Out of the hospital, but still feeling pretty bad. Can’t script really, and my voice is terrible, so doing this light-hearted stuff, and a reading of a Sci-Fi short story for Patreons a bit later. Anyhow, in this episode, I explain the stereotypes that we have about the Europe here, in EU, using the stereotypes that I know of about various American places – not just US, but al...

Sorry for the shortness this time, it’s all explained in the episode, which ended up being a bit of a philosophical diatribe about hate, relationships and politics, using the Kennedy-Khruschev meeting as context. Sort of. At the same time, I’m making a Patreon special, releasing later today, where I’ll explain the (stereotypical versions of) European countries, by using American stereotypes. Enjoy...

Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the aftermath of the Russian elections and compare it to Stalin’s policies during his “five year plan”. It…makes sense in context. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, Comrades! Today is the election day in Russia, the same one for the honesty and transparency of which, the protest actions happened. Not like it’s going to help. This isn’t even funny anymore, but I still have to cover all of them in the region. And so I do – because there are people out there who have received real prison sentences because of this. Enjoy! Support this show http://suppo...