Recent Posts

Immortalism and Transhumanism in Russia

Guest: Anya Bernstein on The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia published by Princeton University Press.

March 27, 2020

Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary

Guest: Martha Lampland on the commodification of labor in Socialist Hungary.

March 20, 2020

Political Diary from Russia

Friends of the show Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev on the latest news from Russia.

March 13, 2020

Structurally Adjusting Socialism

Guest: Johanna Bockman on neoliberalism, socialist globalization, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

March 6, 2020

The Nobility and the Russian Novel

Bella Grigoryan on Noble Subjects: The Russian Novel and the Gentry, 1762-1861 published by Northern Illinois University Press.

February 28, 2020

More on Nashi’s Brigades

Rubashov from Darkness at Noon has been hibernating for the past month or so after returning from research. He has returned with an great post titled “The Sound of Marching Boots . . .” about DMD and Nashi and their role in the upcoming Duma elections. He also links the informative Moscow Times article on the subject. I strongly urge readers to check out Rubashov’s discussion.