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Previous Episodes
Immortalism and Transhumanism in Russia
March 27, 2020
Guest: Anya Bernstein on The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia published by Princeton University Press.
Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary
March 20, 2020
Guest: Martha Lampland on the commodification of labor in Socialist Hungary.
Political Diary from Russia
March 13, 2020
Friends of the show Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev on the latest news from Russia.
Structurally Adjusting Socialism
March 6, 2020
Guest: Johanna Bockman on neoliberalism, socialist globalization, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Nobility and the Russian Novel
February 28, 2020
Bella Grigoryan on Noble Subjects: The Russian Novel and the Gentry, 1762-1861 published by Northern Illinois University Press.
After the Colored Revolution
February 19, 2020
Guest: Vasili Rukhadze on post-colored revolution regimes.
Exposing Chernobyl
February 7, 2020
Guest: Kate Brown on Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future published by Norton.
Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters
January 17, 2020
Guest: Edward Geist on Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 published by University of North Carolina Press.
Russia in Global Affairs
January 7, 2020
Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia in the Middle East: Viewpoints, Policies, Strategies published by East View.
