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
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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
1917 Centennial Series
Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast)
Guest: Doug Smith on Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs.
July 27, 2019
The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution
Guest: Lesley Chamberlain on The Arc of Utopia: The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution published by Reaktion Books.
August 31, 2018
The Georgian Democratic Republic
Guest: Eric Lee on The Experiment: Georgia’s Forgotten Revolution, 1918-1921 published by Zed Books.
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March 9, 2018
The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap in the Open Air of History
Mark Steinberg on the symbolism of angels, wings, and flight in the Russian Revolution.
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December 24, 2017
The Epic of the House of Government
Guest: Yuri Slezkine on The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution.
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November 29, 2017
Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution
Guest: Brendan McGeever on the Bolsheviks and antisemitism.
September 29, 2017
Women, Resistance, and Revolution
Guest: Sheila Rowbotham on a lifetime of socialist feminist activism. [spp-player]
September 1, 2017
Russian Peasants in Revolution
Guest: Aaron Retish on peasants in the Russian Revolution.
June 30, 2017
A Life with the Russian Revolution
Guest: Alexander Rabinowitch on the Bolsheviks coming to power.
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May 17, 2017
Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest: Mark Steinberg on the experience of the Russian Revolution.
April 3, 2017