Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine
Guests: Valerie Kivelson and Christine Worobec on witches, magic, spells in their new sourcebook Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 published by Cornell University Press.
February 26, 2021
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Conquering Nature in Sakhalin and the Arctic
Guests: Paul Josephson and Sharyl Corrado on conquering nature, settlement, and Russian expansion in the Arctic and Sakhalin.
February 19, 2021
From Soso to Stalin
Guest: Ronald Suny on Stalin: Passage to Revolution published by Princeton University Press.
February 12, 2021
Watering the Soviet Lands
Guests: Maya Peterson and Christopher Ward on water and the environment in the Soviet Union.
February 5, 2021
The Texel Uprising
Guest: Eric Lee on Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler’s Revenge – April-May 1945 published by Greenhill Books.
January 29, 2021
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Surveillance Valley
Guest: Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet published by Public Affairs Books.
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June 18, 2018
Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria
Guest: Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage, on Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria.
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June 1, 2018
Russia’s Long Hangover
Guest: Shaun Walker on The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press.
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March 23, 2018
November 19, 2017
Russia and Its Near Abroad
Guest: Gerard Toal on Near Abroad: Putin, the West and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus.
July 24, 2017
December 19, 2016
The Origins of the Donbas War From Below
Guest: Serhiy Kudelia on the local dimensions of the Donbas war.
September 12, 2016
The Use and Abuse of Nagorno-Karabakh
Guest: Ryan McCarrel on the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
April 12, 2016
What’s Going on in Ukraine?
Guest: Balazs Jarabik on the evolution of post-Maidan Ukraine.
February 29, 2016
The Ukrainian Left and the Maidan Protests
Guest: Volodymyr Ishchenko on the Maidan and the Ukrainian left.
February 1, 2016