The Eurasian Knot

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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.

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Ideologies of Race in Russia 01.05.2020 1:04:08

Guest: David Rainbow on Ideologies of Race: Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union in Global Context published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The post Ideologies of Race in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Underground Entrepreneurs in the Soviet Union 26.04.2020 1:08:29

Guest: James Heinzen on "underground entrepreneurs" and black markets in the Soviet 1950s to the 1980s. The post Underground Entrepreneurs in the Soviet Union appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian Conservatism 17.04.2020 59:12

Guest: Paul Robinson on Russian Conservatism published by Northern Illinois University Press. The post Russian Conservatism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cholera in Russia 10.04.2020 44:26

John Davis on Russia in the Time of Cholera: Disease under Romanovs and Soviets published by Bloomsbury. The post Cholera in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Postcolonial Socialisms in Africa 03.04.2020 1:12:25

Guest: Priya Lal on African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania: Between the Village and the World published by Cambridge University Press. The post Postcolonial Socialisms in Africa appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Immortalism and Transhumanism in Russia 27.03.2020 57:52

Guest: Anya Bernstein on The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia published by Princeton University Press. The post Immortalism and Transhumanism in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary 20.03.2020 1:16:06

Guest: Martha Lampland on the commodification of labor in Socialist Hungary. The post Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political Diary from Russia 13.03.2020 1:05:57

Friends of the show Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev on the latest news from Russia. The post Political Diary from Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Structurally Adjusting Socialism 06.03.2020 57:20

Guest: Johanna Bockman on neoliberalism, socialist globalization, and the Non-Aligned Movement. The post Structurally Adjusting Socialism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nobility and the Russian Novel 28.02.2020 58:06

Bella Grigoryan on Noble Subjects: The Russian Novel and the Gentry, 1762-1861 published by Northern Illinois University Press. The post The Nobility and the Russian Novel appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the Colored Revolution 19.02.2020 43:02

Guest: Vasili Rukhadze on post-colored revolution regimes. The post After the Colored Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Exposing Chernobyl 07.02.2020 1:13:59

Guest: Kate Brown on Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future published by Norton. The post Exposing Chernobyl appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women of the Gulag 29.01.2020 35:55

Guest: Marianna Yarovskaya on her film Women of the Gulag . The post Women of the Gulag appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters 18.01.2020 57:00

Guest: Edward Geist on Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 published by University of North Carolina Press. The post Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia in Global Affairs 07.01.2020 1:10:20

Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia in the Middle East: Viewpoints, Policies, Strategies published by East View. The post Russia in Global Affairs appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ivan the Terrible 30.12.2019 1:01:00

Guest: Charles Halperin on Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press. The post Ivan the Terrible appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers 18.12.2019 1:09:13

Guest: Brandon Schechter on The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects published by Cornell University Press. The post The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia, China and Inbetween 07.12.2019 56:45

Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst. The post Russia, China and Inbetween appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Collective Farm 17.11.2019 1:18:35

Guests: Aaron Hale-Dorrell, Kristy Ironside, and Samantha Lomb on the collective farm system in the USSR. The post The Collective Farm appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Atoms and Aliens in Eurasian Science Fiction 10.11.2019 53:30

Guest: Anindita Banerjee on the nuclear in Soviet and Post-Soviet Science Fiction. The post Atoms and Aliens in Eurasian Science Fiction appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russians Under Nazi Occupation 03.11.2019 1:05:27

Guest: Johannes Due Enstad on Soviet Russians under Nazi Occupation: Fragile Loyalties in World War II published by Cambridge University Press. The post Russians Under Nazi Occupation appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Radioactive Mutants of Semipalatinsk 27.10.2019 1:08:19

Magdalena Stawkowski on the rural Kazakh communities in the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. The post The Radioactive Mutants of Semipalatinsk appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jewish Revolution in Belarus 21.10.2019 53:03

Guest: Andrew Sloin on The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia: Economy, Race, and Bolshevik Power published by Indiana University Press. The post The Jewish Revolution in Belarus appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Soviet Nuclear Industry 13.10.2019 59:38

Guest: Sonja Schmid on Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry published by MIT Press. The post The Soviet Nuclear Industry appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Soviet Lives of Western Culture 24.09.2019 1:01:39

Guest: Eleonor Gilburd on To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture published by Harvard University Press. The post The Soviet Lives of Western Culture appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.