The Eurasian Knot

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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The Eurasian Knot

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History

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Psychotherapy and Neoliberalism in Russia 28.07.2018

Guest: Tomas Matza on  Shock Therapy: Psychology, Precarity and Well-Being in Postsocialist Russia published by Duke University Press. [spp-player] The post Psychotherapy and Neoliberalism in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution 20.07.2018

Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on  Red at Heart: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution published by Oxford University Press. [spp-player] The post Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators 13.07.2018

Guest: Lynne Viola on the Soviet collectivization of agriculture, resistance, and Stalinist perpetrators. [spp-player] The post Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Banya is Everything 06.07.2018

Guest: Bryon MacWilliams on  With Light Steam: A Personal Journey through the Russian Baths was published by Northern Illinois University Press. [spp-player] The post The Banya is Everything appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia’s A Terrible Country 29.06.2018

Guest: Keith Gessen on America's Russia Hands and his novel A Terrible Country published by Viking. [spp-player] The post Russia’s A Terrible Country appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surveillance Valley 18.06.2018

Guest: Yasha Levine on  Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet published by Public Affairs Books. [spp-player] The post Surveillance Valley appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian Literature and Terrorism 09.06.2018

Guest: Lynn Patyk on  Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture published by the University of Wisconsin Press. [spp-player] The post Russian Literature and Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria 01.06.2018

Guest :  Maxim Suchkov , editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage, on Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria. [spp-player] The post Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow 18.05.2018

Guest: Michael Idov on  Dressed Up for a Riot: Misadventures in Putin’s Moscow published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. [spp-player] The post A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Early Soviet Urban Communes 30.04.2018

Guest:   Andy Willimott  on  Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press. [spp-player] The post Early Soviet Urban Communes appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Putinomics 24.04.2018

Guest: Chris Miller on  Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia published by the University of North Carolina Press. [spp-player] The post Putinomics appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stalin Constitution 16.04.2018

Guest: Samantha Lomb on  Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution published by Routledge. [spp-player] The post The Stalin Constitution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mitki Art Collective 09.04.2018

Guest:  Alexandar Mihailovic on  The Mitki: The Art of Postmodern Protest in Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press. [spp-player] The post The Mitki Art Collective appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William C. Bullitt in the USSR 02.04.2018

Guest:   Alexander Etkind  on  Roads not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt published by Pittsburgh University Press. [spp-player] The post William C. Bullitt in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia’s Long Hangover 23.03.2018

Guest: Shaun Walker on  The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press. The post Russia’s Long Hangover appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism 19.03.2018

Guest: Irina Meier on Boris Savinkov and Russian revolutionary terrorism. The post Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Georgian Democratic Republic 09.03.2018

Guest: Eric Lee on  The Experiment: Georgia’s Forgotten Revolution, 1918-1921 published by Zed Books . [spp-player] The post The Georgian Democratic Republic appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Local Identity in Mid-Nineteenth Century Vladimir 27.02.2018

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.

The Stalinist Film Industry 17.02.2018

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.

Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky 09.02.2018

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.

Old Age and Claustrophobia in Putin’s Russia 26.01.2018

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.

The Ethics of Soviet Journalism 19.01.2018

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.

Deaf in the Soviet Union 11.01.2018

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.

The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap in the Open Air of History 24.12.2017

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.

The Epic of the House of Government 29.11.2017

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.

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