Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible
Guest: Joan Neuberger on This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia published by Cornell University Press.
June 21, 2019
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Soviet Anti-Americanism
Guest: Rósa Magnúsdóttir on Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 published by Oxford University Press.
June 14, 2019
Stalin’s Short Course
Guest: David Brandenberger on Stalin’s Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course published by Yale University Press.
June 7, 2019
The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us
Guest: Anna Krakus on the stories Polish police files tell us.
May 31, 2019
The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth
Guest: Paul Hanebrink on A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism published by Harvard University Press.
May 24, 2019
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Soviet Anti-Americanism
Guest: Rósa Magnúsdóttir on Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 published by Oxford University Press.
June 14, 2019
The Soviet Origins of Lamaze
Guest: Paula Michaels on Lamaze: An International History published by Oxford University Press.
March 20, 2019
Transcript: The Soviet Origins of Lamaze
Partial transcript with my interview with Paula Michaels on the Soviet origins of Lamaze.
March 18, 2019
Communist Neverland at the Russian International Children’s Home
Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on “Communist Neverland: New Research on a Russian International Children’s Home, 1933-1991.”
October 22, 2018
Rich Russians
Guest: Elisabeth Schimpfossl on Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie published by Oxford University Press.
September 30, 2018
Nation, Nationality, and Empire
Guest: Ronald Grigor Suny on nationality, nation, and empire in the Soviet Union.
August 24, 2018
Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution
Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on Red at Heart: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution published by Oxford University Press.
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July 20, 2018
Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators
Guest: Lynne Viola on the Soviet collectivization of agriculture, resistance, and Stalinist perpetrators.
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July 13, 2018
Early Soviet Urban Communes
Guest: Andy Willimott on Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press.
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April 30, 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