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General who spewed the "biolab" nonsense killed; Putin spends over 4 hours, spewing nonsense and irritates Z-vatniks; Russian Central Bank thinks it can get the inflation to 4% next year.
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Vatniks have now reached the point of irrepairable cognitive dissonance. Russian economy is doing horribly bad, mobilized realize that they probably won't have any carreer to go back to...and many other symptoms of a failed state.
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Reaction to the collapse in Syria. Girkin's buddies plotting to take power at the right moment. Russian economy is basically in the drain...and Ramzan Kadyrov appears to be humbled and a bit weak.
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Actually, I should've just called this episode War in Syria. But, as usual, it all ties together as we're seeing a second front open up...and then collapse violently. And in between all of this, Ramzan Kadyrov just MASSIVELY overstepped the line, and now there's just complete madness everywhere.
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While I was preparing for an economy episode, major events in Syria happened. Oh, and the Russian army is taking away cars from the front line now. Together with the phones.
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Yeah, this is a long one – lots of important things happened during my vacation, which just shows that I’m not alllowed to relax. I talk about the Oreshnik, economy, Merkel’s memoires…oh and the Orthodox Church have been extra weird lately.
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As I'm about to go to a short vacation to The Netherlands, I'm bringing You my discussion with our friend Alex from History Impossible podcast, where we talk about the Trump election, it's impact and how you might deal with it on a philosophical level. It's a weird, catharsis episode. I, for one, tried to find optimism where I could.
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Russia's playing the blame game on chemical weapons use, while showing their use by their own soldiers on national television, Z-vatniks complain that Orwell's "1984" is much more popular than literature about the "SMO" in the book sales rankings.
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Two audio recordings from folks in important positions in Russia reveal problems in the military-industrial complex and show that meat assaults are a feature, not a bug. Meanwhile, Z-community is getting fed more false hopes.
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I waited for a day before making this, and it was well worth it. Because now we have a speech by Putin and reactions from Russian opposition and vatniks. And they are nowhere near the elation and joy as most western media that I've seen is claiming. As usual, everything is much more complicated.
"I do not know what is going to happen now. I have no clue." / Putin, 2024.
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Allthough I’ve caught a cold and sound pretty miserable, I decided to release this one before everyone is 100% focused on the election results. Putin’s original negotiations plans, HIV and hepatitis in the Russian army and another letter from Igor Girkin.
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Maxim Kalashnikov writes about what are the wins and losses of USA in this war - and talks about the systemic issues of the Russian army. I look at those issues in more depth than usual, because it seems to me that we're near a breaking point. Not because of each individual issue, but because they're finally beginning to add up.
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In today’s episode I am joined by our friend Michael (who claims to actually be Prigozhin) from The Red Line podcast. He, together with his team has worked hard to map out the militaries of Central Asia. Turns out, that we fund Tajikistan way more than you might think. Of course, we also have discussions about other subjects, of varying degrees of seriousness. Enjoy!
https://oxussociety.org/viz/military-units/ – Results of the research – a map of military units in Central Asia
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Girkin sends another letter from prison - agreeing with Ukraininan analysts and following my predictions about what's gonna happen with Russia in the future. Kremlin's now relying on North Korea to win a technological war. And, of course, the deaths of Ernest and Goodwin continue to damage the morale all over the Z-blogosphere.
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In this episode, you'll find out why people are willing to go to certain death for 20,000$, why more and more of them are aged 40 - 60, what kind of people they are and what's on their minds. Independent Russian journalists at "Vyerstka" just published an incredibly powerful piece, which I decided to give you in full. Because most western media will just ignore it - and those that will take notice are almost guaranteed to misunderstand it. This is a very existential episode, obviously. And hopefully thought provoking.
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Zelensky's victory plan, another letter from Girkin, and "dragon's teeth" doing massive sabotage in the Russian rear. And, well, more. This time, darker than usual, so there are warnings.
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Gang warfare in Caucasus returns and they don't waste time. Ramzan Kadyrov and Chechen gangs vs. Ingushetia and Dagestan and their own gangs. Criminalization of Russia has now stepped over the breaking point. Also, Russia bans discord, which disrupts their massive counterattack in Kursk.
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Ukraine's returned to the oil refinery bingo, Russian opposition squabbles among themselves, investigation confirms what we all knew - that Navalny got poisoned - and yet another tragedy for the vatniks, the "Thirteenth" Z-blogger got arrested.
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Russian problems with drones at the front. Also Maxim Kalashnikov explains his GLORIOUS (extreme sarcasm) plans for the future of Russia. Which is basically modern USA except without the free market.
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First of all, congratulations (no, seriously) to North Korea's U20 women's soccer team. And in the more serious news, analysis why the ideological fithers of Russia are a dying breed and how the support for the war is inevitably dying with them.
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Girkin gives a short interview to Russian state media while his buddies and the Russian people in general have become utterly disillusioned with the war. Also, a German far-right politician uses Belorussian slave labor in his onion farm.
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Ernest and Goodwin story reach it's natural conclusion, Russian hardliners are losing faith in their government and becoming doomers, wives of the mobilized get arrested.
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Gigantic explosion in Tver, 90's are returning to Russia and why nothing will change for the better while Putin is in charge.
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Ukrainians are causing a lot of problems for Russians in the Kursk region - but not as many as the Russian officers are causing for the Russian army. The deaths in a meat assault of two Russian Z-vatniks who happened to be very prolific on Telegram and also among the top Russian drone experts have revealed glaring issues in the vatnik army.
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Russia counterattacks in Kursk region, but stalls near Pokrovsk. Z channels continue to whine about the ‘wrong’ people and are yet again struck by unpleasant surprises in the tech department. Also, decommunization.
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Z Community is having a bit of a civil war, Putin wants to live forever and confuses medics, and...well, the Joe Bide's America Adventures have failed to work as a propaganda piece.
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Russian TV netvork TNT, their HBO equivalent, has just presented a new, state sponsored, "comedy" series about Joe Biden, visiting Russia, because the sanctions are not working and all the Russians are too happy. I am reading the leaked pilot script. There are no jokes. And the propaganda part is...baffling. Imagine the usual ultra fascism, USA bad, Russia AMAZING, with every stereotype ever, bu...also...the love interest of the main Russian character, the main female character of the show is a schoolteacher who is forced to work as a prostitute, because of poverty. This is unintentionally bad, turned kafka-esque, and I am...at a loss here.
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A little bit of my birthday celebration, intertwined with utter and complete corruption in the Russian army. And a bit more info on Pavel Durov.
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Arrest of Pavel Durov has caused panic and shock among the Russian troops and the Z community - as all of their military comms rely on Telegram. That, and other problems in the orc horde - as they've started to embrace being orcs themselves.
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You’ll laugh, of course, but there has been another ISIS related terror incident in Russia. Also, the unbelievable has happened, and a small bit of truth has been said on Russian state TV. Oh, and Z channels react (badly) to Ukrainian recent successes.
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We’re back – this time, with fresh news about the events in Kursk. Putin’s visiting candy factory in Azerbaijan and lying about Beslan, failing to be a leader of any sort whatsoever, meanwhile Russian propagandists have received new instructions about the new normal and internet’s getting properly blocked within Russia.
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As I’m working on yet more news episodes, here is (the more global and philosophical) part 2 of our conversation with Heaton from Political Orphanage.
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What's happening in Kursk region, what are the perspectives for the Ukrainian side, what are the goals of the operation and what can be reallistically achieved. Also, how the Z - vatniks react to all of this. The events that happened during the past few days have forced me to enter full journalism mode. I've worked with both primary sources and analysts and scoured the Z channels for this, and there was quite a lot that I had to leave out because of the informational silence policy, which I absolutely respect. I've included as much as I could, both directly and "in between the lines" as I could, without endangering the whole operation, as to not put my friends in danger. One thing is for sure though - sop worrying about the nuclear plant, it's not about that and any media personality who focuses on that both knows nothing about warfare and is shamelessly clickbaiting with the most sensational stuff that they could find. The mess...as usual...is much more complicated.
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Episode about events in Kursk oblast is coming very soon – it’s just that in my case, I literally am waiting until some people call me back and confirm concrete facts that I could talk about, instead of a surpirises and rumours that you’ve probaby heard everywhere else. However, I also recorded a very lengthy discussion about Russian economy with my buddy Heaton from Political Orphanage. Our discussion veered into global geopolitics, which is why I split it in two parts, about an hour long each. So, Comrades, I hope that You’ll enjoy this discussion while I’m getting the facts straight and making the news episode.
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News about the war in Ukraine! Z-vantiks comment on the prisoner exchange, including Girkin's wife. And Russian soldiers are losing not only their gadgets, but their cars too.
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As the big windows PC crash swept over the world, Russia remained unaffected. To explain why it was so, I invited my dear friend Sean over to give some clarity. Of course, it weered into sad and existentially dreadful patters that make you question your own existance. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! As I’m busy, working on my news episode and dealing with all the personal stuff I’ve mentioned on previous episodes, I want to bring You the latest episode of Garden of Doom podcast, where I talked aliens and conspiracy episodes and space. Do give Jeff a subscribe if you haven’t already.
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/garden-of-doom--4863095
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A Nazi from the Wagner group has been killed in Mali, Peculiarities of the national Crimea vacation and, of course, more “kartopolov law”. Oh, and a PSA concerning the Paris olympics, because yes, it was very French, but no, not in the way that you might imagine.
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Russians accidentally strike Romania with a few drones, continuation of the Kartapolov law (the gadget ban), and finally, Igor Girkin's buddy, Maxim Kalashnikov muses about United States - and on that one, I'll be glad to get emails with your comments.
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Comrades! Today I'm bringing You the most exquisite of vatnik tears! I thought it was not possible even theoretically, but a new breakthrough in idiocy has been achieved! Russian government just banned the use of any and all gadgets on the front.
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News from the front: sanitary zone that Putin promised has been created, but there are nuances, hipocrisy of the whole Z-public, Ukraine winning the drone war, actual protests in cities near the front.
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As I heard the news about the attempted Trump assassination, Alex from History Impossible reached out to me, and we had a conversation to make sense of it all. We had spoken before about the rise in such attempts, so the idea was to maybe calm everyone (including ourselves) down a bit. And, hey, even our common favorite Russian academic Dugin had a lot to say about this..
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Putin and Zelensky react to Trump's assassination attempt, Lukashenka backstabs Russia and news from the front.
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Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv, Z-vatniks complain about the average Russian attitude towards the war and The Moscow Times gets declared illegal in Russia.
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In this episode we are joined by our dear friend, a Sci-Fi author, YouTuber and Futurologist John Michael Godier to discuss the future of war. Sattelites with chainsaws, drone warfare and nuclear power.
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Situation on the front, Trump's "peace plan", Russians react to Kanye West and some good, hopeful news for Ukraine at the end.
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News about the front - status of women and disabled people and also what do the Z channels think about the US election.
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In this special episode, I explain what my aunt experienced in St. Petersburg and why I was so worried about her.
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An in-depth look at the 23rd of June terror attacks in Dagestan
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Z channels react to Putin's visit to North Korea, outrage about Russian athletes going to olympics, ATACMS used to strike Russian territory, and food delivery industry is the root of all evil.
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In this episode: hostage crisis in Rostov-on-Don, look at Putin's article for a North Korean newspaper, some deligthful Z-wankery and economic news as Russia's drowning in payday loans. Oh, and they're about to ban books by 'foreign agents' from public libraries now too.
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I go through telegram posts of various pro-war, pro-Putin public figures, looking at what they write about the recent developments in the war and the so-called 'peace offer'. There are a lot of booze jokes too.
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Putin spews blatant lies and sabre rattling at western journalists for 3.5 hours, new propaganda instructions (they're not very good), and latest updates about the war.
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I went on Quora to answer people's questions about the war in Ukraine. Some of them were meaningul, but...well, there's plenty of Putin's trolls to go around. Enjoy!
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Girkin remains in prison after his appeals, Macron sends instructors to Ukraine and insists that the west should allow their weapons to be used to strike Russia. In response, Russia saber rattlles with nukes again and forces schoolgirls to remove underwear in public, before a state exam.
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Today I am joined by a guest from the Canadian military who appproacheed me asking about whether or not I have made an episode about the most famous Russian invention of all time – the glorious AK. So easy to use, that a kid shoot one. And many do! A subject this iconic deserved a proper episode, and hopefully, we have delivered. Enoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode: Events on the front lines, Russia lies about their successes, Belousov unsurprisingly corrupt and dissappoints the pro-war people in Russia.
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Belousov has replaced Shoigu as Russia's minister of defense - and for some reason, western media reports this as a threatening thing for Ukraine. In this episode I explain why they're mistaken, and how this proves that Putin's admitting that he no longer has endless money for the war effort.
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Eastern Border 10th anniversary episode. A bit more meta-podcsast stuff than usual, but don't worry, plenty of important news as well.
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We're back! Putin just got inaugurated, but he's actually just lost all legitimacy. Russia's throwing around nuclear threats again, but at the same time Gazprom's reporting losses for the first time ever and the economy looks a bit bleak.
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While I was in Texas, enjoying the honeymoon I knew I had to record stuff, because the show won't wait for me, but I did not want to do heartbreaking stuff. Thankfully, Alex had listened to my pre-wedding episode, and wanted to dig deeper about our hero, Stanislav Petrov. We used the rare occasion of a much smaller time zone difference than usual and made this for You - which Alex also posted on his feed too. Enjoy!
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Part 2 of what we've learned and experienced in Texas. Don't worry, the episode with Alex about Stanislav Petrov is incoming, and so are horrible, depressing news about the war. Enjoy!
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In this episode, I'm hanging out live with our friend Heaton and we discuss the war, terrorism, politics and other fun stuff that you can't stop thinking about on a honeymoon. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! We're just married, in Texas, and saw NASA stuff. Back to news stuff on wednesday!
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This is one of those episodes where I am riding the: "Okay, I was off for a few days, now I'm married, so what's happe...oh...oh no" Well, at least we also have Girkin news.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm gettinng married in a few hours. And on this special day, I wanted to give you a bit of a throwback, Soviet history episode...with a message that is relevant even today.
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Today, we have Evita on the show to share an Afganistan war story of her family with you, and we also talk about economics. Mostly involving gasonline.
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We had an extra question to Michael that we forgot to ask. And he responded with 17 minute audio file, which I could not retelll. Thus, here is the addeendum to our interview.
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Greetings, Comrades! After the terror attack in Moscow and an accumulated metric ton of questions from the Russian oppositon side, I decided that it was the right time to grab Michael from The Red Line podcast and have a talk about the big picture. Enjoy!
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ISIS-K, a subgroup of the Islamic terrorist organisation, attacked a concert hall in Moscow yesterday, with over 60 dead and many more wounded. Here's everything that I've gathered about what happened, how we know who did it and a bit of analysis on what it means.
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Final results of Putin’s farcical pseudo-voting event are in: absoulutely no surprises there. Also, Belgorod is still under assault, but still we have nothing reliable. Except that there are battles there.
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The event, formerly known as "elections" is happening in Russia - and of course, it's falsified, turned into a farce and has nothing to do with any actual choice by the people. Which makes it kind of fun, if it wouldn't be so tragic.
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We're back to the regular programming, amidst turbulent personal life aand controversial interviews. On the weird side, Putin recently attempted to claim that Belgium exists because of Russia, the so-called election is a mess and some genuinely sad stuff.
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Greetings, Comrades! Still getting myself back in order after smashing my head on the scooter. So, here you go, part 2 of our huge interview with Alex and Daniele!
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I’ve gotten myself into a crash with my scooter. So while I’m getting myself in order, here’s part 1 of our masssive interview with Alex from History Impossible and Daniele Bolelli from History on Fire!
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After all the funeral stuff and everything surrounding it, I wanted to do a breather episode again. This time, with Desolator Magic, one of the most important M:TG YouTubers out there. We talk Magic: The Gathering, politics, everyday life and survival. It's a fun listen, hope you'll enjoy it. He's more right leaning than my other guests have been lately, but we talk about that too. Here's his YouTube link:
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In this episode, I compare and contrast two important speeches: Putin's address to the Federal Council and Yulia Navalnaya's speech to the Europarliament.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I focus on the Kremlin media leaks and what we've found about the propaganda activities that Russia organize both in the west and in the occupied territories.
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So, it's been two full years of war ar this point. Two full years of ongoing insanity, violence and immense human suffering. We're entering year 3, and I've chosen this moment to remind You all why exactly we simply must do everything we can to support Ukraine. To remind you that war is, and can never be, "the new normal".
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As the recent events were a bit...much, I invited a Latvian/American journalist Karlis Streips to help me analyze what's going on and why. Now, mr. Streips is a bit more radical that my own views, especially when it comes to the Republican party, but I find his insight and knowledge valuable.
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So, Navalny's dead. That actually took me by surprise. So, this episode is about his biography, views, impact and why it's just normal that he had to die. Just...maybe not as quickly.
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One thing is for sure, that was not an interview. It was, however, exactly how Putin and his propaganda talk all the time for the "internal marker" and they actually believe that too. All of it. Yes.
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Totally legitimate western journalist and my good friend Victor returns on the show where he talks about the situation on the front and his experiences there and what it all means. Once learn to differentiate between good and bad rockets by sound, there is no going back really.
Also, we both promised some links in the episode. I presume Victor is extremely busy, because he hasn't sent me any just yet - however, here's our Discord link, so you could prod him yourself about tthose - I think that'll only make him happy.
And if you're listening to this as it's being published: in 3 hours (6PM EST, 1PM Latvia time) Tucker Carlson will release his interview that he's made with Vladimir Putin in Russia. We're having a MST3K watchalong as I'll be streaming the interview and doing my best to comment on all the nonsense and the lies. So, please, if you haven't already, join our discord group!
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To the surrprise of absolutely nobody in Latvia, turns out, the representative of the most pro-Putin party in the Europarliament, elected from Latvia, is a Russian spy. Who would've guessed.
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Today I bring you probably the weirdest story from the war that I've heard so far - but one that characterizes what really is this "Russian World" and what's it's true essence. Enjoy!
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Today, to paraphrase Taleyrand, Putin did something worse than a crime. He made a mistake. Girkin is "not found" and has been unpersoned. For now.
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While there's not much going on at the front lines, Russian internal situation - especially the stability of Putin's regime, in the light of upcoming electionsn - continues to crumble.
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Bild has posted a document, stating that NATO war with Russia is imminent. Western "experts" sow more panic, even got me scared for a moment. In this episode, I want to calm You all down a bit, as there are no "second Russia" which has all the equipment, manpower, organisation, logistics and tactical genius to even think about a war with NATO. There's only the one, that's not being very successful in Ukraine. All this panic does is distract from giving help where it's necessary - on the front lines right now!
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm back, after I finally took a bit of a vacation. More news concerning the War in Ukraine. And how social situation is degrading inside Russia.
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Russian conservatives, who were just informed by the evils of oral sex and other western degeneracies now have to cope with the fact that they're own "cultural elites" just organised an "almost naked" Christmas. And oh boy, that blew up. Also, don't trust anything Arestovich is posting now, he's gone completely insane.
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Doom and gloom in western media, I've caught covid, and Russian officers are torturing soldiers for christmas gifts.
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The main thesis of a real Russian academical law journal article about what's been happening with Russians. It's utterly insane. Don't listen with kids around.
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Putin's finally running for re-election. Navalny's missing. Russia's turning into an even more totalitarian state. At least, we have another message from Girkin!
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By this point, you shouldn't be surprised that, of course, Putin and Russia, being close allies of Maduro, are also involved in this mess.
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Protests of mothers of the mobilized intensify in Russia. They've also released a manifesto. I asked Evita to give her perspective on the whole matter.
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We have a special request here, as in Chechnya a friend of the show's brother is being persecuted. Russia's education system is, apparently, "being assaulted by the west" and GosDuma is trying to prevent kids from learning about the casualities as it seems to be bad for the morale. Also, Putin gave a dumb, nonsense speech.
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To my great surprise, it turned out that the EU and some US companies have been selling precision machine tools for ammo production to Russia throughout the war. And they haven’t been sanctioned at all. (Warning: Episode contains a LOT of swearwords)
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Girkin's Memoires. Part 1 was published just before this, and is about Arestovich, don't miss!
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Arestovich, his lies and ambitions. Girkin in part 2.
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What's it like to be recruited by the Wagner group? In an exclusive interview with one of my contacts in the military, they share their experiences about how the Wagner group recruiters used to work in NATO countries.
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Z channels fight amongst themselves, Russian mainstream media flirt with nukes, western reporters (yet again) misreport the situation on the fron lines.
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Anti-semitism has now hit an all-time high in Russia, as there are now litreral pogroms happening – at the same time as HAMAS leadership is visiting and doing talks with Putin.
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I'm VERY dissappointed in how the western media cover important events lately. So there's a bit of complaining about that, but for the most part - news related to Ukraine war.
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ATACMS arrive in Ukraine, Putin remains clueless and Igor "Crybaby" Girkin writes about the situation in the middle east, while remaining in prison.
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Victor is back in Ukraine, with even more stories to tell - and an even more sober view on the war and the world than last time. Also a bit of global news.
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Greetings, Comrades! This month is a bit more quiet as I'm working on more long-form episodes and a bigger news segment. But...what happened in Israel and the comments I heard struck me emotionally and made me ask - what, exactly, is the value of a human life. So I invited Anthony Bartaway, our friend from Ukraine Without Hype podcast to help me answer that question.
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Horrific events in Israel and any potential Russian ties and how it can affect the Ukraine war. Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference and a letter from Girkin which I had missed.
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Russian propagandist calls to nuke...Russia. Also, Russian tank factory has the best tech support in existance, even responding to Ukrainian calls. Yeah, this episode is a bit insane.
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Situation on the front lines, Russia's next year budget and gasoline woes and Putin, after 25 years in power, learns 8th grade Economy lessons.
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We talk all about Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam this time. The video of him, beating a detained person has shocked most of Russian society - and made people remember how his dad fixed MMA fights for kids for him.
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Another missile strike on Sevastopol, Azerbaijan wins in Nagorno Karabakh and humiliates Russia, and we can rejoice, because Girkin's sent a new letter to the world via his lawyer.
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The very quick and decisive war in Nagorno Karabakh and of course, Shrodinger's Kadyrov!
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Part 2 of our discussion with Alex from History Impossible. I have to admit, it got quite depressing at points...and mentally exhaused me quite a lot.
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Greetings, Comrades! I bring you the first part of my conversation with the friend of our show, Alexander from History Impossible podcast. By the end of this - which will show up more in part 2 - he got me exhausted and even a bit traumatized as we delve deep in political philosophy as it relates to this war. Enjoy!
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News about the most recent events, related to the war - besides the Sevastopol strike, which I posted about a bit earlier. The destruction of the S-400 will also come tomorrow, as this was recorded before that.
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How Ukraine managed to successfully attack the Russian navy in Sevastopol, what does this mean for the future, and why nobody's talking about the "red lines" anymore.
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Regional elections in Russia. Wagner Group prisoner convicts are returning home with expectable results. Meduza has interviewed mothers of Russian schoolkids about how they deal with propaganda.
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Identity polititics and Russia. How Putin destroys the common ties that bind the people together, causing long-term damage for short-term gain.
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News about the war in Ukraine. More weirdness from Russia, Ukraine's defence minister change and some success on the front lines.
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Greetings, Comrades! Was asked to write an article, explaining why the top league in football is at it's worst shape, decided to turn it into a breather episode. If you have even the slighthest interest in sports, you should check out EPL this year - because it's not about who wins, it's about who's going to lose slightly less than the other teams.
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Greetings, Comrades! This is our conversation with Victor, as he's home now from Ukraine as well. We had some crazy adventures together, and then he had some on his own...and there's also a bit of news.
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Greetings, Comrades! Today we are joined by our good friend Sean from the amazing Advent of Computing podcast, to discuss about how computers are integrated in modern weapons systems and, of course, how that might impact the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Enjoy!
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I gathered everything that we know for sure and did some proper analysis on what happened, so here you go. Prigozhin's death with all the facts, possible versions of events and proper analysis. Better than what you'll get anywhere else.
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Breaking, and as it happens. Verified data. Part 2, after more info is known.
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First news episode with our new microphone. Russia says it doesn't need democracy, Z-patriots now seriously advocate for "finding out" stuff about NATO, and why the Luna-25 mission was such an epic failure and why it matters. Oh, and Wagner Group is being pushed out of Africa too.
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News about the war. Situation on the front, the "meanwhile in Russia" segment, which contains a lot of human rights abuse, and also I got hacked yesterday.
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Today I'm talking about my conversation with the Ukrainian officer, responsible for Russian PoW's in Zaporizhizye region, a bit on the other stuff that happened to me while I was over there, and respond to some things you asked about yesterday's episode.
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This is the name that was chosen to be the title of Navalny's letter. The first one that he's posted via his team after the latest sentence of 19 years. The problem is - if you pick a title like that, it puts a certain responsibility on You - or more likely Your team. You have to take it seriously, any message with such a title ought to be witty, well-written, explosive and thought provoking. The 'collective west' likes their subtle references, nuances and symbolism. This could have been great. But then Navalny's team absolutely failed to live up to the title. And nobody there actually gives a shit. And Navalny has neither read the books, nor seen the movie nor even heard of Hunter S. Thompson.
This is one of those cases, where it is very likely that his PR team picked a "cool sounding title" gave it to Alexey and he, without any additional information or knowledge, wrote what he thought would be expected with such a title.
There is a bright lining to all of this, however. If I get my PhD in communications science, then I know that I'll be using this letter in class to show how terrible form can undermine content - made all the worse when the content is about how important proper form is. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm back from Ukraine, there are things I need to catch up on, stuff happening, articles to write, and lots to talk about. For the next few days I'll be once again releasing episodes daily - otherwise we'll reach Carlin levels of podcast lenght. This time, as I managed to talk with some economists, I wanted to talk about the material side of why I think Russia will be facing internal struggles pretty soon. Treat this as a companion episode to the Russia's Suicidal Consciousness one. Oh, and there's some weird news too.
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Greetings from Krivy Rih! Recording in a cottage in Zelensky’s home city about the news related to the war.
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I think I just experienced the most Gonzo thing in my life. This...this was a hell of a night. We got arested by Ukrainian border guards on the Transnistrian border, due to an angry, drunk man, who was wearing nothing but his underpants. Also, lost my GoPro.
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Greetings, Comrades! Before I make a news episode (as there has been a lot of things going on) I’d like to give You my first interview from Kyiv, with an American enterpeneur Mark, who’s been helping Ukraine and is now working towards driving more investment here. Enjoy!
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New instructions from Putin to propaganda which you'll hear on the paid media. Also, new mobilization laws, and western media being stupid about everything once again.
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In this short episode, I explain what our best enemy, Igor Girkin is and why he’s been arrested. If you’ve listened to this show for any period of time, you’ll understand why I just had to.
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This started out as an investigation in some weirdness related to the Crimean bridge explosion. But, as it happens, when you go full research mode, and now I give you an episode that should outline the main societal disasters and their potential causes and instigators that await Russia in the near future. And...sorry for the clickbaity title but it'll make sense in the end.
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode (a very long one) is our conversation about dictatorships, Putin and the war with out dear friend Andrew from Political Orphanage podcast. This was done on our discord, as will be some future episodes, so please join in! Also, a special Thanks goes out to Secret Police Podcast who did the editing! Enjoy!
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I was peacefully working on my article about Soviet/Russian army Hazing traditions, and was about to go to sleep...but then, I read news so weird that...well...just had to share them with you.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's getting into consipiracy theories, pro-war Z folks getting more dissappointed with Putin, criminalization of Russia increases.
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The "butthurt vatniks" edition. Seriously, today, somehow, all levels of Russians who can be seen in the public sphere, managed to cry and get hurt somehow. Official Kremlin, pro war Z-scumbags including Girkin and also the so called "liberal opposition" who made one of the worst PR decisions in their carreers.
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News about the war - but as not that much has happened, I took some time to dig up the archives for some bit more philosophical articles and research on this war. There are nrumors out there again, about making some negotiations or a deal...and I wanted to dig up some arguments and show you why that's nearly impossible - and even if it would be, it's a much worse idea than just defeating Russia on the battlefield.
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I’ve not only outlasted Wagner group, I’ve also outlasted Prigozhin’s troll farms. And…now there’s also nobody to feed students in Moscow schools. Oh, and….soryy about the sound here, my nose is completely clogged up. But, you know, Happiness is Mandatory!
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As I had a day off, I had the time to answer some emails and also talk with people on discord. A few of these email questions were…hard hitting. Also, some plans about the future, thoughts about the war, and in general, issues related to the podcast. Obviously, patrons are not going to be charged for this episode. Please, come join us sometime:
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Everything is a mess in Russia. Both on the front lines and off them. Meanwhile, our friends in the Club of Angry Patriots make bold political statements!
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Greetings, Comrades! The "coup" delayed this for a bit, but here you go. Oz is a friend of ours, he was there on the ground from the very first day the war started, and he's also covered war in Syria. One of the most inspiring - and brave - people I've spoken to, a truly professional war journalist sharing his opinions and perspectives.
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Because of how this ended up….we just recorded this on discord with Zack from When Diplomacy Fails and Alex from History Impossible…and I hope this ends up as an uneventful night.
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Prigozhin crisis analysis. Took some crazy effort, and we did crazy things on discord. Enjoy!
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News about the war, events in Russia and more. Ramzan "Don-don" Kadyrov's genius daugther, Wagner hiring their own military police, world wildlife fund declared terrorists.
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Senile man pretending that he’s an actual competent leader talks in a supposedly international economics forum with his own propaganda machine, fails spectaculary.
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This is a national rememberance day here in Latvia, and in all the Baltic states. Today we remember the tens of thousands of people, sent to die in Siberia, either in the wilderness or in the GULAG's by the Soviet Union, because Stalin said so. But we, in the Baltics, are ancient peoples that have endured. And now it's our duty to help our friends in Ukraine endure. May this winter be short and merciful.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm working on a news episode as you're reading this, but I wanted a breather episode, so we had a nice talk about architecture and why it matters with David from https://www.livingprocess.net/ - he also was the very first person I ever collaborated with many years ago. This was one of the most interesting and relaxing episodes for me to record, and I hope you'll love it as much as I did - but be prepared to pause frequently and google stuff up. Enjoy!
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News about the war. Kahovka dam situation, Prigozhin's conflicts with Kadyrov and Russian army and how the internal accounting of Wagner group works.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm honored to present you an interview recorded yesterday on 05.06 with our newly elected president. We spoke about Latvian internal issues, diaspora problems, cooperation with our NATO allies and Ukraine, how to communicate our issues to the west - and how to deal with the postsoviet mentality that sadly so many of us still have.
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News about the war in Ukraine. "Meanwhile in Russia" edition, in the weirdest way possible. Prigozhin's conflict with Kadyrov and other things that prove that Russian government is simply insane.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Wagner buys mobilized, new peace conditions by Russia. Also, Latvian Hockey team made history today!
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Everything that I know so far about the events in Belogorsk oblast, and the reaction to them and what we should look out for. Will keep You updated, please, follow me on Twitter for real-time stuff. @torquemadastark
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As I'm making a news episode about the events in Belgorod oblast, I'd like to give you this interview with a colleague of mine, Dylan Burns - American journalist and streamer, who's in Ukraine currently and doing a great job there. Everyone should also check out his homepage, if You haven't already! https://www.dylanburns.tv/
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Greetings, Comrades! I was busy with my Foreign Policy Magazine article (which can be found here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/16/russia-prisons-wagner-group-ukraine-crime-culture/ ) last week, so I didn't have enough time to focus fully on the podcast news. But a major event is about to happen in my home country of Latvia and I really wanted to cover that. So, I invited Juris Kaža, who's been on the show multiple times by now to help me with that. Enjoy! Oh, and check out the article too - especially if you've listened to my Prison Culture 101 episode.
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News about the war. Prigozhin's angering Kremlin, Zakhar Prilepin's not telling us the truth about his explosion and yet more counterattack rumors.
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Today is an extremely sad day for me. However. No matter what, Happiness is Mandatory. I bring you the news from Ukraine. Until the war ends. Information about the Ukraine counteroffensive from Prigozhin, Dmitry Medvedev and his nonsense, and new guidelines for Kremlin's propaganda machine.
Happiness is Mandatory.
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Journalists from Вёрстка have created and finalized an in-depth investigation about how Putin first decided that he had issues with Ukraine and how this ties into with Viktor Medvedchuk…which, by the way, is often called “Putin’s Godfather”, and his childhood buddy with whom they did organised crime together. Also, his favorite Philosophers and everything. And I, of course, once again, did not sleep to make sure you get the English version first. Enjoy!
Prigozhin and his personal weirdness coming in the next episode.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we are joined by Zack from When Diplomacy Fails podcast, to talk about how Girkin did (or did not) start the whole mess, make some predictions about the future, and discuss Irish politics a bit, because, they too - technically - are on the Eastern Border of the EU.
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I'm hated by the Russian opposition, phone conversations that you have while the phone is tapped are considered public and everyone's on the edge about the counterattack.
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News about the war. Info about the situation on the front, Putin and Zelensky visit the front, more prisoner recruitment, Girkin has published the manifesto of his rag-tag angry patriot group, and an even more insane message from an even more rag-tag angry patriots.
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In this episode, I tried to make a basic overview of the post-Soviet prison culture, and how Putin relates to it and why you can't really be an expert of Russia if you don't understand it. It ended up being very long, chaotic and...well, I hope, entertaining. Cat decided to go utterly crazy today, and trying to compress a subject as deep and complex as this into a single episode also wasn't optimal. But hey, this isn't a news episode, this is just an in-between extra, so I don't really feel that bad about it.
Also, links to my previous, more in-depth prison culture episodes.
Part 1 - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/zaharchenko-and-prisons/id1070996136?i=1000419135897
On apple podcasts, because the link on my homepage does not work, probably because of the cyberattacks the page experienced in 2020. Will try to get a homepage link working soon as well.
Part 2 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GVDUAAoZ7Ha9yjt9ENg5b
Because again, I'm not sure if the homepage will work. I hadn't realized how old these episodes actually were.
News coming out tomorrow. Happiness is mandatory!
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I'm back on twitter! And people are helping me grow again! My tag is @torquemadastark, please join and tell others. About the news - in this episode, I look at the blatantly fascist, bordering on totalitarianism new conscription laws that Russia has adopted. There's also quite a lot of introductionary things aimed at my new listeners and also information about how Russia has constantly lied about the draft. Oh, and Girkin's finally getting into trouble.
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Greetings, Comrades! As I'm recoding my news episode now - and that's a difficult one - I'd like to present you our discussion with our friend Andrew Heaton from the Political Orphanage podcast and our recurring sidetracking expert, and current Mad Baron of California, Alex from History Impossible. We tried to understand what Socialism really is, what it means in the west and in my side of the planet - and in the end, why do we keep calling new phenomenon using 19th century terms and what is says about us.
Also, note that this is the first episode with our new theme song! I hope you like it, because...you know, a year in the war, it just felt wrong to keep using a Soviet army song, as kitch and ironic as it is. We're not throwing that one away, it's just that we have a new one, composed to us by a talented Estonian music writer Kristjan Thomas Haaristo.
Enjoy!
News coming soon - I'm using the fact that Anete just finished editing this to buy me some time for a better episode!
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Conflicts errupt in Russia among radical pro-war groups - Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen thugs are in an open conflict with Girkin's buddies, the Russian ultranationalists. Normally, that would be the news - as it is big and important. This week, however, we learned that a FGS defector - an officer of Russian Secret Service - has defected and escaped to the west. And he's given an interview.
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Russian "war correspondent" has been blown up in St. Petersburg cafe, and who did it actually kind of doesn't matter. How it was done, and what such events mean for the country, now that's the important part. Oh, and Russian science has found a new low to fall down to.
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Greetings! Our guest in this episode was a businesswoman, philantropist, writer and Ukraine war volunteer, Mitzi Perdue - who is now organising a charity drive to ensure a landmine-free childhood for Ukraine. Enjoy!
Link to where you too can support the removal of landmines from Ukrainian fields:
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In this episode, we finally have hard, documented proofs about how Russian propaganda creates fakes and I take a look at why exactly wagner group is more effective than the rest of the Russian army.
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This episode is about war crimes. Italian newspaper, La Repubblica posted the materials, given to the inernational criminal court, by Italian investigators. I read those materials - and then the UN reports, that have been published previously and...well, on one hand, you'll learn what's behind the more polite descriptions of events that mainstream press use. On the other, please, do take the trigger warnings in the beginning seriously. Because what I read...yeah, that was hard even for me.
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, I bring you an interview with one of Latvia's most prominent journalist and one of the most prominent LGBTQ+ commune people in Latvia, where we talk about the stupid side of Latvian politics, war, his experiences being a Latvian and growing up in Chicago and what he things about republicans. I enjoyed this interview thoroughly, even if I wouldn't be so aggressive about some of the political stuff as he was. Enjoy!
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News related to the war. Putin now has an arrest warrant on his head! And, apparently, his own propagandist wants to nuke him!
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News about the war. This time, a bit of philosophical musings about the end goals of the war, as I see them and an update about the most recent situation on the front lines.
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News about the war. Death of Timofey Shadura, Ramzan Kadyrov's apparently ill but still loves horses, and seems that there has been a change of plans for Ukraine in Bakhmut.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Today we go to the border town of Bryansk, and deal with the story…whatever it actually was. Concerning one of the very few actual nazis on the Ukrainian side, who’s actually a Russian and travels abroad with a Jewish passport apparently. It’s that kind of a story.
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News about the war in Ukraine! More pointless meatgrinder on the Russian side, Russia also damages their own education system and just a SPLENDID and GLORIOUS sabotage action by Belarussian partisans.
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So, it’s been a year now. Every other news source will tell you about the tragic parts and all that, come, join me as I sit down (in massive amounts of pain tho) with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and talk about hope and light and the inspirational stuff. Sometimes you need that too. I even say a few good things about Biden on this one.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin's causing a major rift inside of Russia, while a "famine of ammunition" causes massive damage to any offensive attempts of Putin's army.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Biden visits Kyiv, Girkin's showing some political ambition.
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You'll laugh, of course, but we have another "fell out of a window". Also, Putin's plans for the "heroes of Russia" - namely the anniversary of the war have been leaked.
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Situation on the front with Girkin’s view about the future – and news from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, post-Soviet countries with traditionally close ties to Russia, who are now experiencing difficulties. Uzbekistan – because Russia can’t (or won’t) help them anymore, Kazakhstan – because they’ve chosen to turn to China as their strategic partner, to get away from Russia, and that brings it’s own set of problems.
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Things are getting hot on the front lines again, and Russian offense looks even worse than expected. Meanwhile, hackers leak the official list of words, which Putin finds offensive.
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It's been five years since I first mentioned Wagner group on my show, and it's a very special date for them - their first actual loss. A truly evil person also has died today, and we have our first reports about the current state of Russian economy, and it's looking worse than expected.
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News about the war in Ukraine. More infighting in Russia, this time between Putin's "United Russia" party and what they call "turbopatriots", which is accompanied by a snail's pace in the front and more deaths of the mobilized. Also, some predictions by those very turbopatriots why any Russian offensive is doomed to fail.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's feud with Prigozhin, how the chief of Wagner is losing influence and how his prisoner conscripts are abusing some newfound loopholes.
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Greetigns, Comrades! This episode is a personal catharsis for me, because now and then I just want to have interesting people on my show and have a chat about them – it’s how I relax from all the war stuff. So, as many of you (just like me) play Paradox Interactive grand strategy games, especially EU4, you’ll find this episode extremely interesting, as I had a great conversation with what I consider the smartest and best EU4 streamer out there – and we talk quite a bit about serious stuff as well.
But, you know, If you have zero idea about what I’m even talking about, feel free to skip, as you’ll get very confused. Or don’t, EU4 community is great, and so is the game! Maybe you’ll find it fun.
And, of course, you can find Laith’s channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSocialStreamers
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Don't have good news for you today, But at least some explanation so that you knew. Because obviously Kremlin shills found a new way to make my life worse. I must have hurt Wagner group and Prigozhin's ego REAL bad.
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I had to lower the audio quality on this one, because acast only allows 150 mb's of upload size, Don't get angry. Because oh boy, where do I even start. Probably with the fact that this episode is so huge that I can't even directly upload it on my homepage, because of the sheer size of it. Also, it's mega, extra, triple controversial in every possible aspect. But...hey. It is, what it is.
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News about the war. Arestovich resigns - and that's seen as a good thing by many Ukrainians, weird ads on Russian TV and some commentary by our best nemesis, Girkin.
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News about the war in Ukraine. What the Russian conquest of Soledar has revealed about the cracks in their military leadership, some more western misconceptions about Russia and one more story for the "only in Russia" segment.
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Greetings, Comrades! About a year ago (give or take a few days) the Latvian-American journalist Juris Kaža was on our show, and we talked about the possibility of war, how it would go and made some hopeful and not-so hopeful predictions. So, I asked Juris to come back and look at how it all went. Enjoy!
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News about the war in Ukraine. With a rant that takes up half of the episode, because Russian liberals are best at what they do again – doing nothing and trying to prove to everyone that they’re amazing.
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News about the war. HIMARS strike in Makiivka and new instructions from kremlin handed out to Russian propagandists.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Russian woes continue! Ammunition is scarce, morale is low...and people are going to prison.
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Merry christmas, Comrades! It sure isn't happy for Russians, and in this episode, I loot at all the doom and gloom and talk about why.
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News about the war. This time, weird stuff (as usual) happening in Russia, and pro-war Girkin's friends explaining why it'll be hard for Russia to defend against Ukraine's next large offensive.
And please, help our US friends fighting in Ukraine get the body armor they need:
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News about the war. Yet more signs that Russian state is collapsing from within, as Putin's government is losing it's monopoly on legitimate violence.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the activities of the infamous PMC Wagner and how they operate in other theatres of war outside Ukraine. They're still very inhuman, and this episode was difficult to make. At any rate...here it is.
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Girkin and Pals! Yeah, while my proper ep about Wagner group atrocities in Mali is being edited, just had to inform you that, as I call him on this ep, murder hobo adventurer Girkin is back in the information sphere! And oh boy, what adventures he's had!
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Back with the news about the war. This time, it's the weirdest, funniest story I've heard all war, yet another murder by Kadyrov's men and shenanigans concerning Russian opposition media and Latvian law.
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News concerning the war. This time, about how Russia's got declared a state sponsor of terrorism by Europarliament and the saddest, most miserable, most disgusting staged, faked, propaganda event Putin could ever muster.
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What we know about the Polish missile incident and two court decisions - with extremely interesting implications.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This time, about life in liberated Kherson...and Wagner group does some truly evil acts.
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News about the war. Russians announce a retreat from Kherson and the leader of the occupation administration Stremousov dies in mysterious circumstances.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I look at the official handbook, published by Russian ministry of defence, that’s intended for the soldiers fighting in the “special military operation” in Ukraine. The interesting parts anyways. Also, sorry about the slight weirdness, I had some health issues while recording, but I hope it’ll be ok.
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As we’re preparing the long-form episode, here’s a detailed analysis of the military situation in Ukraine with future prospects. Oh, and some news.
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News about the war in Ukraine. And, to respond to some emails, why I thought that Russia was preparing for the war before most people did and why I think it's very likely to fall apart after this war.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Drone strikes in Sevastopol, end (?) of mobilization in Russia and more people agreeing with me that a united Russia after this war seems more and more fleeting by the day.
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Greetings from Warsaw! News about the war in Ukraine: Martial law in Russia, plane crashes are the new open windows and Kherson's being evacuated.
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We’re back! Literally could not speak for a while, because of illness, but now we’re back with the show!
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Russian warcrimes continue – to the extent that even I’m confused. Also, some evidence that Musk’s fallen for Russian propaganda, and more news about the war.
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Russia responds to the Crimean bridge explosion by appointing "General Armageddon" - whose first act is, unsurprisingly, to launch indiscriminate missile striles all over Ukraine against civilian targets.
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Everything known so far about the explosion on the Crimean, Kerch bridge. Happy birthday, Vladimir Vladimirovich!
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Greetings, Comrades. Once again, I am forced to explain the obvious - obvious for literally everyone in the post-soviet sphere, because once again, people in the west with very little knowledge of our region and culture have decided to teach us how to live.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this proper, long form episode we sit down with Anthony from Ukraine without hype podcast who was with me on the front to debrief about our experiences on the front lines. Also, do visit Hero Homes! Met the guy personally, the CEO is a great person, and we're happy to share his site with you! https://www.herohomes.com/contactus
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Interview with an ex-USMC now serving in the Ukrainian armed forces here, in Mikolayiv, Kraig. He really saved our day and had quite a few interesting comments about being here. We spoke with him in a local pub at the time when we could grab this interview, hope you'll like it.
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News about the war in Ukraine. A catastrophe looming on the Georgian border, some conclusions from the Dagestani interview and Nord Stream 2.
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News about the war in Ukraine. What we saw here in Mikolayiv, situation on the front, Dagestan and mobilisation and Russians complaining about waste of ammunition.
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News about the war in Ukraine, straight from the front lines. I’m in Mikolayiv now, tired and telling you about my experiences and the latest stuff concerning the war. Anthony btw told me that the Azeri gas station name is Socar. You’ll understand when you’ll listen!
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I’m safely in Kyiv, met local journalists, will be on my way to the front tomorrow. In this episode, we look at the absolute mess that is Russian mobilisation, I try to explain how Kremlin’s trying to salvage the situation and some fun messages from the escaping guys, stuck on the Russia-Georgia border.
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News about the war in Ukraine. A more detailed look at the mobilization, people's reaction to it and the exchange of AZOV soldiers.
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In this episode, we look at the likely mobilization on the Russian side and explain why it’s more stupid than scary and also I give an account on how I’ll go to Ukraine and my budget there and your funds.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Russian pro-war groups getting more and more worried about Kherson, recruitment in prisons and Alla Pugachova.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Putin's getting visibly shaken...and a new warmongering article by Alexander Dugin, that puts Putin in a very uncomfortable position.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Besides the current events, I also am happy to report that Girkin got a complete lunatic on his "situation analysis" show he does on fridays that managed to just highlight the insanity of the pro-war Russians.
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News about the war in Ukraine. As usual, updates about the situation on the fronts, and this time - also a personal story about life in the Russian occupied territory.
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Greetings, Comrades! We once again are joined by Alex from History Impossible podcast in a discussion about the larger meaning of this war - how it has changed the world, and what does it all mean to all of us. Enjoy!
Wanted to post this a bit later, but my microphone's dead so can't record news ep's, which is why I had to skip yesterday and posting this today. Don't worry, getting my replacement tomorrow morning, will record as soon as it arrives.
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What happened yesterday evening, Comrades, I think was the breaking point. Not just for war, but for Putin’s whole carreer.
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BREAKING: Kharkiv front, Russian morale, Girkin’s spirit and hopes of the Pro-War useful idiots.
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This is the economy episode I've been wanting to make for a while now. About how corruption and dictatorships can ruin one's country - and why Russia can't sustain the intensity of this war for prolonged periods of time.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Many interesting developments in at the front, and Girkin's back to doing his analysis videos, since his weird escapades in Crimea, so we look at that.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's becoming a doomer, yet he has interesting facts about how the "default" L/DPR company looks like.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This episode dedicated to the surprising plot twist that one of my most hated people ever, Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov just provided via his social media.
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News about the war. Kherson counteroffensive (as much as I can talk about it), more HIMARS strikes and death of Gorbachev.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Pro-War Putinoid comments about the war, including our best nemesis Girkin, I have a birthday, and the dates of my return to Ukraine.
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Greetings, Comrades! It’s a bit late, but because of technical issues, we weren’t able to present you this earlier. This episode is all about commercial drones and why they’re useful in this war – and also, tons of cyberwarfare. Please, do give our guest, Sean, from Advent of Computing a follow – he’s a goood friend and makes an amazing podcast!
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News about the war in Ukraine. Everything that I know about Dugina’s assassination, crazy theories and what I think actually happened – and what the consequences already are.
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Greetings, Comrades! As I mentioned in the last episode, here's a discussion with our friend Alexander von Sternberg from the glorious History Impossible podcast (link: https://www.historyimpossible.com/ ) about my experiences in the United States and some interesting philosophical tidbits (which tie into the war) that caught my eye in the global context. Enjoy!
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News about the war in Ukraine. This time, the weird adventures of our best nemesis, Girkin and updates from the fronts. No, Prigozhin is 99% NOT dead.
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In this Ukraine news episode: Explosions in Crimea and how Russian pro-Putin sphere reacted to them and an interesting study about Ukrainian losses and their combat capabilities from an unusual source.
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News about the war in Ukraine: NYC edition...and frontline updates. Message me if you're around NYC, Portland, Boston or DC - and come chat tomorrow at 6PM on 951 Dean Street, Brooklyn - Wild Birds!
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News about the war in Ukraine. Situation on the front, Putin's ego and absolutely bizzare Russian official propaganda guide. See you in the US!
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News about the war in Ukraine. Both from the front and also from further away and answers to listnener questions.
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Another dark news episode from the war. News about the front are in the end this time. Russian ruthlessness truly knows no bounds.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This is an important episode, as it seems that the “battle for initiative” has begun, with active fighting happening as you listen to this one!
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The meta-ep I’ve promised for so long, and only made it because of massive amounts of pain and because my therapist told me to do it.
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This is a bit of an unintentional one. It's been 150 days of the war, I had a small camping retreat in the Latvian countryside, but my listeners told me that the last minute of the previous ep was missing, so I fixed that...and decided that if I'm to do work anyways, might as well record a news ep.
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Greetings, Comrades! It's been a long time since we've had a proper long-form ep. But here you go - this one's about the schism in the Russian pro-war side and how that plays into the whole war. Enjoy!
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News about the war in Ukraine. And...you'll laugh, of course, but Russian McDonalds analogue has run into even more troubles.
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News about the war. What role does Russian Isekai play in the whole matter.
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Vinnytsa. This episode will make you angry. Consider being warned. It's about civilian deaths, pointlessness, cruelty and why Putin and his supporters deserve a fate worse than death.
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News about the war in Ukraine. More fascist weirdness from Russia, how HIMARS are proving to be extremely valuable, double agents in Russian opposition parties and why being poor is being normalised by Putin's supporters.
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News about the war. In this episode: Why are HIMARS the greatest things ever (with pro-Putinist salt) and what Girkin and his ilk actually think about the reasons behind this war.
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News about the war in Ukraine - info on the preparations for the next phase of the war.
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News about the war. This time, with a look on the bigger picture and some conspiracy theories.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's reports from the front lines are back, and of course I talk about the tragedy in Kremenchuk.
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News about the war in Ukraine and weird events inside Russia. The Insider has made a report about how new laws approved by Gosduma will basically destroy Russian ecology.
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News concerning the war in Ukraine. In this episode, we focus on Kazakhstan's president Tokayev, snubbing Putin and explain what's with Lithuania and Kaliningrad.
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In this episode, I look at the CNN article that a lot of you have sent emails about and why western perspectives and "expert opinions" should be taken with a grai...BAG of salt.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This time, we pay special attention to the "St. Petersburg International Forum of Economics" as, surprisingly enough, it managed to produce quite the news this year, despite the sanctions.
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Digest about the most important war-related news - what Russia intends to do in Ukraine, how's the fight going and new censorship laws.
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Greetings, Comrades! As I prepare a major important events digest, here's parts 3 -5 of that huge Russian soldier's blog post that we mentioned previously in the Two Perspectives episode.
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Greetings, Comrades. This…is a dark episode. But a one that You should listen to. To prepare. Drove me to a bit of existential crisis.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I talk with a Latvian/Ukrainian pediatrician and a recent social media star and influencer, beautiful and talented Dana Isarova. We discuss the war, problems in Ukraine and what the west should learn from this war. Also, why being next to Russia is just like if your partner is an abusive alcoholic and what you should do. Enjoy!
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News from the front lines! Igor Girkin is unhappy as usual, and I take a look at Russian military corruption and discuss some interesting implications about the recent rocket deliveries to Ukraine.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I take a philosophical look at how and why Putin's Russia is objectively a fascist country. To fully grasp what's up here, You'll probably need to listen to some of our earlier eps, because I didn't explain every single example. Enjoy!
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News about the war in Ukraine. In this episode, looking at the poor condition of the L/DPR soldiers and how some Russian diplomats have discovered that they have consciousness after all.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we go back to what made our show special. People’s stories. And this time, we have two, different narratives about the same war. A Russian soldier on the ground…and Putin’s daughter. Enjoy!
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News update about the war in Ukraine. Igor Girkin’s comments on the controversial NYT editorial and sadly a confirmation about how the Azovstal defenders that are now in Russia will be treated.
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We’re back with Igor Girkin’s analysis of the situation on the front lines, some news and future perspectives.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This episode is dedicated to doublethink, mental gymnastics, Ukrainian army’s largest success in this war and Senator Rand Paul who honestly surprised me.
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I'd write a descripion but typing hurts. News. As usual. About what it says on the title.
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News about the war in Ukraine. New propaganda, Medvedev accuses Poland of aggression and Kadyrov gets snubbed by Moscow. For this episode, Happiness is especially Mandatory.
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News about the war in Ukraine. Most important stuff that went on in the last two days with a message to all of you from the Ukrainian ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end.
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News about the war from Ukraine. This time, from The Netherlands. Situation on the front, most important events of the past two days and the ongoing saga of Sergei Lavrov and how he just continues to offend countries at random. Because him, basically calling jews “the real nazis” wasn’t enough.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This time, about why the Bratva dislike this war and about the hidden mobilization inside Russian prisons. Also, preventively countering some disinfo that's sure to pop up soon.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm currently unpacking a lot of news information, so I think it's the right time to bring you my very recent interview with a futurist and science fiction author John Michael Godier from the Event Horizon podcast and YouTube channel, as a bit of a breather episode.
We had a conversation about how the Soviet Union viewed life in the future, what were their goals and...then we went to a lot of tangents. Some of which are very dark, as you really can't escape the modern realities that easily. Enjoy!
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News about the war in Ukraine. More news about the front, and also some interesting Russian economy updates, because there have been some serious political decisions.
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News about the war. We're looking at the big picture now, and some massive fails by the FSB. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! A while ago, as this war had just started, I was invited on Martyrmade podcast, to discuss the Ukraine war - and as you'll see our opinions differ. That episode went on Darryl's paid substack feed, but now, when some time has now passed, I'm allowed to bring this interview to my audience as well. It gets heated at times. Contrast and compare with what I've said on my show and what has happened since.
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News, kinda. We mostly answer listener questions here and get emotional as part of You have asked as it gets me confused sometimes about what You'd actually like to hear.
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News about the war in Ukraine. This time, apparently not good news for the Russian forces, which means great info for the rest of us! No, I'm not even hiding my allegiances here.
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News about the Ukraine war. We're back to safety for now, but there's the Moskva that got destroyed and a new offensive in Donbass.
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Greetings, Comrades! While in Kyiv, and working hard, we bring you an interview with a guest that's my mentor in this whole podcasting business, quite probably the greaest history podcaster on the planet, Dan Carlin. We discuss the war in Ukraine, it's geopolitical consequences, reasons and possible outcomes. Enjoy!
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. Including my question to the presidents in the conference.
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Report from the situation on the ground from the towns that Russians had occupied. This is not a pleasant episode to listen to. Please, do check out our twitter or our FB page for pictures.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, how I honestly got into my first really stressful situation here, what I leaned from it, and, of course, more info from our fav enemy, Igor Girkin.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. Igor Girkin is back, I found his Telegram channel. My private battles with bureaucracy continue.
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Daily news about the war. This time, also with some info about the everyday life in Odesa. Life's good, bomb sirens - not so much.
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Daily news about the war. This time, straight from Odessa, Ukraine. It's been a long trip for us to get here.
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Greetings, Comrades! As you’re listening to this, I am on a plane to Budapest, and after that, I’ll have a 17 hour train trip to Ukrainian border and we’ll get a bus to Odessa from there. In this episode, we discuss Ukraine matters with an expert – Antony Bartaway, from 'Ukraine without Hype' podcast who’s an American journalist who has been living in Ukraine for 8 years now and whom I’ll also meet in person. In these dark times, I hope that our conversation will help you understand the situation more. We tried to debunk some myths here.
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Fuck Putin
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Daily news about the war. This time, a deep dive on Putin's health and the recent claims about his potential cance.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, we answer the question about what Putin wants from this war – because we got hold of an article, automatically published in Russian state media, and then recalled whiich tells us exactly that.
Rus: https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, Russia now officially is best buddies with Taliban and I got a short interview with refugees who’re now staying next to my mom.
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Daily news about the war. This time, peace talks and Russia, moving goalposts and how their propaganda is shifting.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, with a letter from Azov, explaining themselves.
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Daily news digest about war in Ukraine. Today, vague claims about the fall of Mariupol, answers to people who support Putin and some dark vit by Nevzorov.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, about Russia's changing plans and some very strange deaths of high profile people.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. Requiescat in pace Oksana Baulina.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. This time, I give you the NATO perspective and some emerging threats.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. Russia’s economic voes just get worse by the day. And there are some interesting political developments too.
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Daily news digest about what's going on in Ukraine. An angry God has awoken.
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Daily news digest about war in Ukraine. This time, including the very first mention of Vladimir Putin in media, from 1992.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. This time, about Ukrainian successes which is nice, and the forced support demonstrations, Putin’s forcing his people to attend.
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Daily news about the war in Ukraine. This time, focusing on Putin's reaction to his military failures and Russia's attempts to become North Korea 2.0
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Daily news digest about Ukraine. This time a bit ranty again, but it's there so you know I haven't abandoned my task,
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Your daily news digest about the events in Ukraine, surrounding the war! This time, recent news and a look at the arrested FSB officers!
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Your daily news digest about the events in the war in Ukraine. Better than the last one, because I have actually slept and eaten properly. Sorry about the ranting, I've recharged my batteries now. And there's a LOT of substantial stuff to talk about this time.
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Daily news digest about what’s happening in Ukraine. The war that is. Tired and angry, I hope your day is fine over all.
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Daily news digest about the events in Ukraine – today, looking more at the Russian perspective, the anti-Putin Russian perspective that is.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine, this time, about a letter our media got on how the anti-war protests in Russia are going.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. A very sad and tired news digest, focusing on the human costs of the war.
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Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine, this time about the letter that was leaked to Bellingcat. Didn’t trust the other English translations, made one myself.
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Daily news update about what’s happening in the war in Ukraine. I’ll keep using Igor Girkin as a source, he probably doesn’t know that someone who speaks English even reads his stuff. I mean, hey, if the one person that I KNOW has info on Russian movements and plans on the ground then it's him, so why not make sure that all his info goes into Ukrainian hands.
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, we have a bit more in-depth ep about how it’s like on the border, how people are facing the difficulties here and a bit about the news as well.
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Daily news from the war in Ukraine. This time, we use Igor Girkin as a source. And thankfully it hasn’t been as loud and terrible as in the previous days.
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Greetings, Comrades! Continuing to give you the most recent and important information about the current war in Ukraine. This time, straight from the Polish-Ukrainian border
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Greetings, Comrades! Daily news digest about the current events in Ukraine, this time delivered from Warsaw, Poland!
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Daily news update about what’s happened in the Russian agression towards Ukraine, please share and spread to people that you know!
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Greetings, Comrades! We bring you another daily news digest about the most important events, do not fall for disinformation!
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Greetings, Comrades! I hope this episode finds you in good health and spirit. Today we’re back with one of our analytical episodes. We are joined by Perri from The Red Line podcast and talk about Putin’s disinformation, current events and looking at what should we be watching ot in these dire times! Glory to Ukraine!
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Greetings, Comrades! This has been a LONG and hard day for us, I've done a lot of planning and research and everything, but here you go. The first news digest is here, more will follow - this one, like I said in the previous episode, I'm not charging Patrons for this, so don't worry. Have a great day, stay safe and glory to Ukraine!
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Greetings, Comrades. A short intro about the recent events and what’s going to happen with our show now. The plan about what we’ll do when a war breaks out, is now activated. Glory to Ukraine!
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Our interview with the director of the first ever Latvian horror movie is here!
Here’s the YouTube link where you can watch the movie for free – https://youtu.be/VrkB6-S9d2M
However, if you’d like to support the creator (and I highly recommend that you do) here’s an amazon link for the US and UK where you can buy the movie. – https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09PVNCCNZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
And here’s their facebook group where you can get all the news about his movie and the upcoming one’s https://www.facebook.com/landofbluelakes
Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This might be a bit old since the news change every day and this was recorded on 14.02, however, when the time to get Russia on our news radar comes again…IF this one is truly over now, which I find doubtful, then this will definitely be informative for you. Juris is a Latvian/American journalist, one of the best we have, living in Latvia for many years now, but originally his stomping grounds are Boston. He’s been on the show before as well, and I hope you’ll enjoy his perspective!
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Greetings, Comrades! Here's part 2 of our Soviet Deficit history, about how the USSR tried to fix the shortage issues...and failed miserably. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is all about what shortages we experienced in the Soviet Union and how 21 people died, because we lacked chewing gum. And it's actually not funny. Some of this stuff even surprised me, out of all things. Enjoy! Oh, and do consider becoming our patron at patreon.com/theeasternborder or just visit theeasternborder.lv and donate to the show!
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Greetings, Comrades! As we promised to Bob, here's our episode on the postal service of the USSR. This was a huge subject and we had to cut some stuff out as this was already a long episode - but it's chock full of interesting facts and stories, like a care package sent to some poor conscript in Vorkut or Khabarovsk. This episode made me realize that logistics are a nightmare and that folks who care about our mail are unsung heroes. And hey - if some of them will listen to this ep, while doing their delivieries, it'll make me a tad bit happier. This one's dedicated to you, postal workers! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we're joined by John Christmas, author of the recently released KGB Banker book and the cetral whistleblower in the famous Parex affair. We discussed corruption concerning the bank by high-standing politicians, funding Putin's regime and organised crime and what could be done about it. Enjoy! And don't forget to check out the KGB Banker!
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Anete’s on vacation with her husband atm, I’ve fixed up my health but it’s still new year’s so this one was done in one take, and is my unedited actual live voice. This is about new year’s greetings, our plans for the next year…and also how winter holidays are celebrated in Russian prisons, because of course I just had to. Happy New Year! Happiness is EXTRA Mandatory!
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is not very good in my mind, telling that honestly – I was in massive pain while recording, and we ended up having to abruptly end it, because it got really bad and I had to get in touch with medical personnel. However, so that the part 2 would make sense, and because I don’t know when exactly I’ll fit in a re-record, I hope that you’ll forgive me and enjoy what can be enjoyed from this episode on Soviet Standards. Which are an interesting subject. Next week, we’re doing something special, stay tuned! Oh, and MASSIVE thank You to all who support our show! It’s situations like these where I value it the most. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Greetings, Comrades! We’re busy, recording episodes about Soviet everyday life, however this time, we bring you Michael from the amazing The Red Line podcast to discuss the peculiarities of post-soviet politics. It’s complicated, messy and leaves you slightly depressed with more questions than answers. Just the way we enjoy it here. We dragged out Michael and threatened him with KGB so that he’d get a bit of relaxed conversation, instead of the very technical expertise he usually does on his show, and I think it ended up really well.
Oh, and a quote from him that I promised to put in the show notes:
“First law of journalism: The more bullet holes in your hotel, the better and cheaper the food!” /Michael
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As the possibility of another war with Ukraine looms over us again, I dug through the weird parts of the Russian media that usually don't get covered that much in the west, especially Igor Girkin's (the ex-leader of Donbass separatists who started this whole mess back in 2014) takes on the matter, together with other, in my opinion, overlooked people and made it in a digest form. Obviously, a few things have happened since friday when this was recorded, but this should give you some understanding about the warmongering side of Russian society. Enjoy!
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To round up this month, I wanted to speak about something not as terrible as I have in the past few episodes, so to continue our military tech series, here's THE most famous Soviet WW2 plane of all time.
Enjoy! (I'm very happy to be able to say "enjoy" again, at the end of the episode)
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Greetings, Comrades! We welcome the return of the Stalin series with an episode about Holodomor, one of the first and lesser known mass acts of tyranny that Uncle Joe committed. This one...this one's dark. Extra dark. It's about the man-made famine of 1932-1933, a genocide of the Ukrainian nation. But I couldn't speak about anything else, as this...this is Holodomor rememberance month. Вічна пам'ять!
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This one isn't pretty and I already know that a lot of people won't like it. It's a bit of a harsh take, from a very realpolitik perspective on this matter.
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It's been a while since we've had a proper guest on my show - and this time, it's Roberto from History of Saquartvelo Georgia! I'm always happy to introduce You to others who care about our glorious side of the world, and his show's amazing. We spoke about the most bad-ass Georgian poet of all time, Galaktioni and his shenanigans with the Soviets and also had a lot of fun discussing Georgian culture in general. Oh, and I had a migraine in the middle. Enjoy! And check out History of Saquartvelo Georgia! (all the links are below)
https://historyofsaqartvelo.com/
https://twitter.com/History_Georgia
https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryOfSaqartveloGeorgia
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdK0d7XlcKe_gX2ZcjmF3Q
https://www.instagram.com/thehistoryofsaqartvelogeorgia/
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is all about Soviet urban legends, straight from the USSR army! Enjoy!
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This ep is all about how and why Navalny wasn't avarded the Nobel peace prize, but was instead awarded the Sakharov prize. And Sakharov, who actually was awarded the Nobel peace prize. Look...it's complicated! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, it's Soviet Schools and how to survive them. Managed to grab some interviews just before the crazy lockdowns started! Enjoy! T-Shirt market on the page, incoming!
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We interviewed the creators of ATOM RPG two years ago, when their original Post-Soviet oldschool RPG game came out. And...now there's a sequel, named Trudograd! And we're IN IT! DJ Kristaps lives! It's like a dream come true!
Anyways, I've got some free Steam keys for this amazing game, so if you want a copy, do let me know! And if you're not among the lucky few, please do support the devs! The game is good and really cheap.
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Greetings, Comrades! Ohboy. After this utterly bizzare Eastern European team from literally the weirdest country in Europe managed to beat Real Madrid at home…yeah, had to provide some explanation of why you should absolutely care about Sheriff! Soviet Schools next. Enjoy!
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In 1908, a huge ball of flame struck Siberian countryside. For the eyewitnesses, it was as if the world was ending, for scientists of the day, a magnificent astronomical event and for the conspiracy theorists a splendid source of weirdness. Seriously tho, it was aslo quite lucky that it fell there, in the middle of nowhere and not, say, on Paris or London or somewhere like that. It’s a cool little story, and I hope you’ll enjoy this one!
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So, over the weekend there was a three day event in Russia, concerning gosduma where they went to the ballots, threw in some papers and then some of those papers were pulled out and shredded and some more were stuffed in and the remaining papers were counted with people doing so, pretending that it matters. It was a bit of a comedy, bit of a mess, United Russia's still in power. This ep's all about it. Also, hi, I'm back from being hit by a car and have a lot of catching up to do. Enjoy!
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Today we continue our story about the weird and innovative flying boat plane things! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the weirdest and most amazing Soviet achievement in transportation technology, the Ekranoplan! Notably, the caspian sea monster. Enjoy!
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This episode turned out weird. I mean…EXTRA weird. What was meant to be about just how Belarus is using poor souls as their political weapon turned into somehting else when the migrants just…dissappeared. Not even kidding.
Also, yeah, there will be only 3 eps this month, due to how insanely difficult it was to make this one and Kristaps’s birthday is on the 28th. So if you can, please do click that PayPal button. Thank You!
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Today, we’re looking at the weird and interesting history of computers and cybernetics as it were in the Soviet Union. Because now and then, I’d like to cover topics that are actually, you know, NOT terribly depressing. Also, don’t forget to check out Advent of Computing podcast, and enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! Part 2 of the Peter the Painter is here. Sorry about the weird way how I speak, I’ve understood that I should NEVER rely on translations made by other people, because this…this was so weird that it got me a massive headache and confusion. Sydney Street Siege, Churchill and ever evasive Peter in this one! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, we take a look at a thing that I’ve wanted to make an ep for a long while. Latvian bomb throwing anarchists that came into being right after 1905. And Peter the Painter is the most famous of them all, literally being the reason why British cops walk everywhere armed. Involved with a firefight with Churchill himself, it’s an amazing story. Part 2 coming soon! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This week, we return to the tank series once again, and we look at the…well…REALLY WEIRD ONE’S. With very little information to go about, I coulnd’t make an episode on each of them individually, so this is what you get. Enjoy! Oh, and visit our homepage Theeasternborder.lv for pics!
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Greetings, Comrades! As we skipped political episodes completely last month, it’s just fair that we start with something nice and positive in this one. I had a blast while making this, and in comparison, despite the title, this is a much more lighthearted episode than the previous one’s! Enjoy! Oh, and also listen to the very end please, we have a new outro now!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is Part 2 of Chechen wars, Part 1 is out too, and they're split for story reasons. This one’s STRICTLY 18+ and not recommended to people who’re squeamish or who get offended easily, and has literally every trigger warning related to violence ever.This…is for your consideration. For fairness, for those who fought. For you to understand how much true, animalistic, mad, pure hate shaped this conflict. And it is not nice.
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This is a subject that I had wanted to cover for a while now. And once I starterd working on this, I understood that this time, people’s stories and actual history would definitely need to be separated. This part, although about war, is what I’d recommend everyone should listen. The people’s stories part….yeah, not so much. Also, our webpage is back, so go visit Theeasternborder.lv we've missed you!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode you'll hear the story of the greatest pyramid scheme in the Post-Soviet sphere, and possibly globally even. This is the story of Sergey Mavrodi, one of the most wicked, crazy men who've ever lived! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! While we're dealing with technical issues, have this...VERY dark episode about the ingenuity of post-Soviet prisoners. I'm glad I keep back up's. Man, this was hard to translate tho.
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Greetings, Comrades! So, our new ep on the whole "stealing the plane" affair is here! Enjoy!
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And, as promised, Part 2 is here too.Hope you'll like this, and if you didn't hear this before there is a part 1, just look at it in your podcast player, listen to it before this one!
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Greetings Comrades! Part 1 of our Mayak episode, P2 coming tomorrow. You'll hear everything yourselves, basically. But we had to split this in two, it got too long and too weird. Then again, it's Mayak - the WORST place to work on the planet! Enjoy, this one's weird!
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Greetings, Comrades! Sorry, we launched the wrong version yesterday. That's due to us, using dates as internal naming, so we accidentally published the 07-04-2021 ep instead of the 07-05-2021 one. This is the proper episode, with fixed audio. Been wanting to do this for a while, and after talking with folks on Twitter, decided to finally talk about my favourite sport - football. The European variety of, as it's lately seen a lot of issues, but for that to be interesting I had to explain how the leagues work and all that. So, I do that here. This is a bit unorthodox ep, but I sincerely hope you'll like it. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was a completely classy guy. If by classy, you mean mad as a hatter and completely murderous! Enjoy his story! Also - thank You everyone who's supporting the show, at this point, it looks like we could get the webpage back in about two weeks or so. You're the best!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is a bit shorter than usual, but everything gets explained in the show. Well...except what Putin meant in his "state of the union" address, as that was just weird this year.
Please, consider supporting the show, so we can get our website back asap! This farm experience has hurt us quite a bit. Our paypal is ihatebalrog@gmail.com and our patreon is patreon.com/theeasternborder - and if you don't enjoy either option, you can email us - theeasternborder@gmail.com. Thank You very much beforehand.
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Greetings, Comrades! This time we’re discussing the wholesome, family friendly subject of taking your 8 year old, giving him guns and combat training and mental preparedness to sacrifice his life in the struggle against Putin’s enemies! YunArmiya, or ‘The Youth Army’ of Russia. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! I honestly didn’t want to make an episode like this, but the recent escalation hit me hard. As you know, I reported from Donbass at one point, so it’s quite hard imagining everything going up in flames again. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen. But…for now, I’m forced to tell you why it just might.
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is a current events digest about the weirdest events that happened in relation to Russia in the past month. And hey, this time, we even got a theme – it’s all about lies, criminal activities and censorship, all tied together in a story resembling a psychological struggle anime like Kaiji or Liar Game. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! Today’s episode is all about the BT tanks and the insane, neo-pagan, kind-of-a-bolshevik madman, Red Army Marshall who was behind their introduction in the USSR military forces. Spoilers: He was shot by Stalin in a show trial, but not because of Perun. Perun plays a huge part in this. Enjoy this surprisingly weird story, Comrades! Happiness is Mandatory!
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Greetings, Comrades! As I’m still on the farm, I decided to make an animal-related episode. And it turned very dark, very quickly. This is among the darkest ep’s I’ve made, and I hope it’ll be a bit thought provoking too.
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, from a cow farm. But that doesn’t stop me, so have another tank episode, this time about the Iosif Stalin tank series, the first “shot” of the cold war!
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Greetings, Comrades! We dediced to end the month on a lithger note, so here’s our interview with Allistair Pitts from the wonderful Soviet movie analysis podcast “Russophiles Unite” which I’ve plugged here many, many times before. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is a short special about the Defender of the Fatherland day…and what Stalin did to Chechens and Ingushs that day.
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This episode is dedicated to the Kursk Submarine catastrophe that happened in 2000, and served as a catalyst for the things to come. It’s…not a happy one.
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This time, we talk about the heavy fist of the early WW2, the KV tank, whose mistakes were then later fixed by the T-34. Enjoy! And don’t forget to visit rusandsov.com and use Easternborder at checkout for a 10% discount!
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This time, I bring you an update on Navalny. It’s…looking pretty grim out here. Also, don’t forget to visit Rusandsov.com and use the code “Easternborder” at checkout for your 10% discout, they really have awesone stuff!
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, we talk about THE most famous tank, this side of the iron curtain. The thing that won the battle of Kursk. The tank that everyone in this part of the planet instinctively thinks of, when someone asks them to think about the default “tank”.
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As per request, a neat timeline of various weird stuff concerning Navalny and his return to Russia. And wouldn’t you know it, mass protests happening right now as I post it! Enjoy!
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Welcome to the episode that shows Stalin’s Anti-Semitism, and all the bullshit that he did to harm the Jews. It’s…a sad and a terrible thing, and yeah…I can’t say enjoy this time. Learn.
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This is part 2 of our recap. Please, check out part 1, otherwise this will make no sense. Also, lots of love to our Patrons, artists, and everyone who supports the show. Happy New Year to you and yours! (This is basically insane Russian news, just in case you missed part 1)
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Greetings, Comrades! This is a VERY aptly named Russian 2020 news recap…and the recent updates too. They make it…pure insanity. Love Y’all, especially my editor, Anete!
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Just before Christmas, boy, do I have a present for You! I haven’t laughed this hard while making an episode in a long, long while. And it’s about Navalny’s poisoning investigation and Putin’s press conference. It’s…a farce. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!Welcome to December. And what better way to enjoy this lovely month than with a story about Russia’s first real revolutionaries – the Decembrists. Surrounded by a ton of myths, these guys definitely left an impact. Enjoy!
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This time, we’re looking at the news again. We have two serious subjects and one about…well, Hitler. No, seriously. Also, my computer is fixed, HMC Byzantium LIVES! Enjoy!
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This time, we go back to people’s stories time, and, I’m happy to announce that this is the last ep recorded on the Kalvis’s PC, so we should be back to normal soon. This one is all about how Soviet cafe’s and restaurants operated. And why getting into one was more expensive than the meals themselves. Oh, and a little bit of weird politics at the end. Enjoy!
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Today is Latvia’s Independence Day! The first time one, happened right after WW1. However, there is some weirdness around it, and our founding father Ulmanis is with a bit of a mired history. So there we go. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! Presidental elections are over, I can get back to posting. In this episode, some weird Latvian stories, some podcasting housekeeping, and some conspiracy level madness from Russian politics. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! Part 2 of our emergency ep is out now - as our computer is dead. Please, consider supporting the show by becoming our patron or donating via paypal to ihatebalrog@gmail.com or just clicking the donate button on our homepage, theeasternborder.lv - but the show's great, I think. Enjoy!
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Sadly, this ep, and the next one, were pulled out from my in case of emergency, break glass box, and recorded on a very non-suitable equipment. You’ll hear on the show, but I hope that you’ll enjoy this story about one of the actually pretty neat and good things the Soviets did. The late space station “Mir”. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is a politics catch-up episode that's a bit long but talks about all the important stuff that happened while I was in the Balkans. And...it's a bit scary. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is part 2 of my Balkan Experience series, where I look at Tito, Yugoslav identity and what makes them different from Russians. Of course, brought to You, by The Red Africa, redafrica-travel.com/
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Greetings Comrades! And welcome to The Eastern Border, Bosnia edition. Brought here and hosted by The Red Africa. This is my first impressions episode, and there’s a lot to think about. And don’t forget to visit www.redafrica-travel.com
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This time, we are joined by Shawn from American History Podcast, about Reagan, Cold war, collapse of the USSR…and what similarities that has with today’s Russia and much more. Enjoy! Oh, and here’s the link to the article about the Soviet space laser pistol, which totally is a thing: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a21527129/the-soviet-laser-space-pistol-revealed/
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Our page is back online, after the attack…and we’re back too, after our sore throat. Navalny’s having it worse. Lukashenko’s having it MUCH worse, but on a mental level, because I simply don’t believe he’s really sane anymore. Enjoy!
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I wanted to end this month on a positive note, so there’s a historical ep about how Russia conquered Eastern Siberia and who were the pioneers and colonisers. I’ve lots of work ahead of me, but I’ll manage. Thanks to everyone for your mails and stuff!
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This episode is basically news updates on what’s up with Navalny and goings on in Belarus as that’s all over the news here. And then, after that some “thank you’s” and as it was my birthday when I recorded this, some general podcast/life talk. Enjoy!
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Continuing from our previous week, I talk about protests in Belarus and of course the #1 event in Russia this week – poisoning of Navalny.
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Greetings, Comrades! Zhive, Belarus! Here’s my coverage of the stuff happening in Belarus as of now, and why it’s important to everyone. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! We’re done with western Siberia. Time to march forward and expand isaiak ever further into the east, while Tzar establishes cities, industrial centers and, of course, all sorts of places where they’ll later exile various revolutionaries. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is our take on the protests in Khabarovsk – and of course, their new governor, which is a candidate for “weirdest bills introduced in a parliament ever” award. It’s crazy. Also, don’t forget that we just published a new historical episode too – so, check it out, your feed should contain both!
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Welcome to part 5 of our episodes of Russian colonial efforts, expanding east. This one took a long time to make, so it’s supplemented by a political episode too, posted separately. Enjoy!
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So, that voting thing passed. I want to go back to Siberial colonisation. But I asked online, on socilal media, do you really NEED an episode on the utter amd complete nonsense that just happened…and the answer was “No, but we need You to tell us about it”. And I am telling you about the ultimate farce in election rigging that has ever happened. And continuation on the super antisemitic orthodox priest that took over a monastery. Because why not. Retrurning to reasonable episodes next week, I guess,
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This is our cathch-up on the Russian politics and it ain’t pretty.
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Today we continue digging into Russian exploits of colonizing Siberia. In this episode we look at first major battles, deaths of prominent people and how the native people’s got dehumanized.
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Today we are continuing our fun advendtures in Siberia with Yermak and others. And learn about the Mighty Stroganov family. It’s a wild ride.
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We’re experiencing electricity loss here in Ludza, due to hail and a massive storm. So, I literally couldn’t record all I wanted in this episode, but please enjoy the stories of Siberian colonisation up to the mid 17th century. Enjoy!
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Obviously, I wasn’t going to tackle all of Russian Alaska in one episode. Because the subject is so huge, that it involves ALL of Russian Empire’s colonial policy. So, for this reason, have one of the darkest ep’s on the show, about how and why I’m not gonna use any Soviet sources in these series. And I also try to give voices to the unheard people’s of the Russian empire. Enjoy!
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In this minisode, I explain what sort of bizzarre weird reaction happened JUST after I posted my Kadyrov ep. That is, how we're all evil now, and why I, too, apparently have issues with cops.
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This episode is another topical one, but that’s because I had intended to do my Latvian episode, but Delfi, the hosting site cancelled all indie podcasts there. Oh well. Anyhow, this is news, because I was nervous and also a Russian National-Bolshevik, which is basically a Pro-Putin, Pro-Stalin Neo-Nazi who’s funded by Russia, working for Sputnik.tv as a blogger has now gone to Latvian cops and wrote that I’m about to murder him and that he’s deadly afraid of me, because I wrote on his last super provocative hatred bullshit that people like him should be shot, while tipsy. Boo. We’re scary now. Let’s see how this works out, but just in case, I’m letting you know.
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The author’s family, turns out, wasn’t happy about our show. They forbade me to use their matherials…so I brought another KGB spy story for you this time. And man…I HATE people’s personal memoires. Interviews are way easier to process into a script. But…at any rate, enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode has everything. Protests, rioting, conspiracy theories, warmongering, hatred of america, absolute mad lads from Russian GosDuma…everything. At this point, Russia has 3 out of 4 apocalypse riders, and Death doesn’t seem to be that far away.
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Some episodes make me feel bad – but for various reasons. Some have awful subject matters, some…like this one, was created from a source so awful and incoherent – even though the subject matter is really interesting – that making a coherent narrative was just a massive pain in the backside. Oh, and we don’t even get to the boat itself. Because seriously, if I’d try to mix that one in as well, you’d probably get very confused at the end. But the groundwork needs to be set, and this is what we do here. Enjoy!
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I'm recording the boat ep, but this just happened, and I simply had to put it for your consideration
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Boat is coming. Meanwhile, we take a look at how to not to run a country. If it’s being run at this point. It’s all a tad bit weird. Russia’s getting some extra stuff even not counting the virus. Enjoy!
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And as promised, I bring you some very Soviet Sci-Fi! More to come, especially if you’ll join our patreon. Enjoy!
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We’re fully awake from our infection. And might even read the comments on our website and respond to them, which I haven’t in a while. But anyways, this is all about how Putin’s regime is acting like a fish out of water, and don’t know what to do with this situation. This virus…just might be their downfall.
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So, I’m in quarantine now. And I’m feeling very ill too. 🙁 To stay alive, and not just sleep all the time, I’ve decided to produce podcasts, so that you also go through this agony. In this one, I try to talk about plagues and famous people who’ve suffered from them in Russia. Enjoy!
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In the light of the Covid-19, storming arount the world, our buddy, Vovochka, has decided to basically nullify his own presidental terms. Together with oil prices and rouble. It’s more funny than you think. By this point, Putin's carreer needs to be a Blumhouse movie.
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This minisode is about what happens to people like me in less safe environments. Because a friend of mine just survived an assassination attempt. Oh, and if you’re a rich oil tycoon, please, we’re 500$ short of paying off our med bills. Off to get the boat ep script, but hey – ultra rich listeners, please throw a bit of cash our way.
Also…enjoy. And Patreon stuff coming out in the next 24h too. If technology will allow us.
Oh, and by the way, Ramzan Kadyrov is a murderous piece of shit, disgrace of Chechnya and all Muslim community, complete waste of oxygen, worst among worst, a fly on a pig’s tail, the devil excretes and his army eats, a total and complete pile of human garbage. Thrice damned, nine times condemned, may he suffer an eternity in hell, and even that would be too little for him.
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I still haven't received my spyboat script and book yet, which is a complete shame, but I had this very interesting subject to look at. Namely, relationship ads in Latvian press from about 100 years ago, and with a bit of analysis, we can discover some quite interesing facts about the society of that time period.
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Sorry for the ep, being so late, ran into a lot of issues, like my health and my cat, literally eating my mic cable. Oh, and when I got back home, turns out, I had left my USB flash with my script, and the book about the ship in the place I stayed at. Just…winter wonderland Latvia. At any rate, thankfully there’s plenty of news in Russia to heep everyone entertained. Enjoy!
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I did what I had promised on social media, and translated the weirdest response to a journalist question that I had ever heard. I also look at a recently dead, ultra-conservative priest who had said that Stalin did the work of God, that female circumsision is a good thing and called for a physical purge of Russia’s internal enemies. Oh, and four CEO’s of Belarus’s sugar factories have been arrested in suspicion of a plot. This…this is a strange one.
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Greetings, Comrades! I managed to do a really dumb thing and fumble into a sewer hole, due to a hard-to-notice half-closed sewer lid and hurt my leg real bad. So, I’m talking about all the books that I’ve received and am reading now, with a rant about WW2 tossed in between. Some of those books you should even buy. I don’t know, I’m in pain and my head isn’t exactly working. Enjoy!
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This time, we take a deep dive inside the constitutional changes, just proposed by president Putin – what they mean, why are they there, and what will the fall guy Medvedev do now. Enjoy! And...if you can, please support us in Patreon or donate via Paypal, we're running behind things now. But doing our best to make the best shows that we can.
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We wanted to start this year with something positive. And…we sort of did. Because this is one of those back to the roots, people’s stories episode. With that, don’t forget to check out Chris and his knitting, send your mails to: Knitterinkeef@outlook.com or SMS or WhatsApp to: +1-605-846-3166 for SMS (USA) or WhatsApp (international)
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Greetings, Comrades! Here's our new episode for you! It's about a country sligthly to the south east of ours, that will probably cease to exist sometime next year.
And also some info:
1. There's going to be a special new year's ep for Patrons later today.
2. Audio on this one was pretty inconsistent, because I don't even know what happened with my recording setup, so we're working on it.
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We’re catching up with our plan for the year, but then, suddenly, another terrible surprise happens.
Ehh. This is a pretty cold Christmas.
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This time, we talk about the current events in Russia. Which is soon-not-to-be Russia, according to our sources.
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Sorry for the delay, we ran into some technical difficulties here. But all is fine now, so enjoy our part 2 of the comparative constitutions! This time, we dig even deeper into what went down on paper in 1977 and what does it actually mean.
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This time, we take a look at the Soviet constitution of 1977, and try to understand what it says about the USSR, by comparing it to the constitutions of other countries. Oh, and Emperor Norton I also makes an appearance.
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Greetings, Comrades! Here are the random stories from the people who live on The Eastern Border whom you can’t hear anywhere else but that doesn’t lessen their insanity. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is our interview on The Red Line podcast, while I’m working on the next one, which, due to health reasons, is taking more time than usual. Enjoy!
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I have returned from my travels in lands yet untouched by civilisation, where, as I presume, a “burger” is a form of currency, and where they measure temperature in “fahrenheits” which apparently mean some indigenous nonsensical unit, because clearly no naturalist explorer would use that to describe temperature. And although I am about to divulge the knowledge that I’ve gained by the people living there, yet untouched by the caring hand of civilisation, alas, today I must make an episode about what has happened in Russia while I was gone.
Seriously though, US was amazing, and I saw Texas and NYC and met a lot of amazing people, but this is a mandatory catch-up.
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This episode is all about the weird Estonia tragedy - the ferry, no the country, that happened in 1994. One of the most tragic sea incidents ever, with 859 people dead, it carries a lot of crazy conspiratorial material. Some of which has been proven to be true. Yet, for the victim and survivor families, there is pretty much still no justice.
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Here’s our episode from the Sound Education conference – we managed to acquire an interview with famous Rome expert and theoretical revolutionary Mike Duncan, and talked about the various aspects of history, podcasting and…well, what makes a good revolutionary. Enjoy!
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This time, we bring you a historical introspective of peoples lives during world war 2, here in the Baltics, from a cook book printed in 1942, during the Nazi occupation. As you can see, this one will be both educational, emotional and extremely practical!
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Greetings, Comrades! Out of the hospital, but still feeling pretty bad. Can’t script really, and my voice is terrible, so doing this light-hearted stuff, and a reading of a Sci-Fi short story for Patreons a bit later. Anyhow, in this episode, I explain the stereotypes that we have about the Europe here, in EU, using the stereotypes that I know of about various American places – not just US, but all of the Americas because otherwise it would be to narrow. So…err, take this in good fun, please. I’m getting better and I hope this will serve as a way to understand each other a bit more.
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Sorry for the shortness this time, it’s all explained in the episode, which ended up being a bit of a philosophical diatribe about hate, relationships and politics, using the Kennedy-Khruschev meeting as context. Sort of. At the same time, I’m making a Patreon special, releasing later today, where I’ll explain the (stereotypical versions of) European countries, by using American stereotypes. Enjoy – and be nice to each other. See you in October, US folks. Oh, and non-Patreon supporters who’ve donated via Paypal – please, do email us to theeasternborder@gmail.com to claim your extra stuff, otherwise I can’t give you the links as PayPal doesn’t show me your mail addresses.
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In this episode, we look at the aftermath of the Russian elections and compare it to Stalin’s policies during his “five year plan”. It…makes sense in context.
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Greetings, Comrades! Today is the election day in Russia, the same one for the honesty and transparency of which, the protest actions happened. Not like it’s going to help. This isn’t even funny anymore, but I still have to cover all of them in the region. And so I do – because there are people out there who have received real prison sentences because of this.
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In this episode, I look at the reasons why and how the Soviet union collapsed – and why it is especially important to look at these reasons today. Because things are brewing in Russia, to which there might not be easy answers.
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By popular demand, in this episode, we analyze what the awesome HBO series got right, what they got wrong, why the mistakes were made and does it impact the show in any meaningful way. Enjoy!
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This time, I bring You an interview with the lead writer of an amazing Soviet-themed post-apocalyptic RPG game in the style of Fallout 1 & 2! And we also have a contest where you can win the game. It’s a genuine experience of how Soviet union would be like after a nuclear war, which I greatly enjoyed and I think that You should too!
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This is a political episode, and as by now is usual in Russia, a depressing one. Because it’s august, and everything that can go wrong, does go wrong in this month there. Also, which wasn’t mentioed, as it happened after the recording, a nuclear missille detonated and leaked its radioactive contents near a Russian submarine base in the nothern parts of the country, where all the ice is. But yeah, they accidentally an ICBM while transporting. Because August. This…this is a dark month. I hope it gets better.
Enjoy.
Oh, and also the next ep will be nitpicking Chenlobyl series for the few, yet…kinda important things they got wrong. But it’s just nitpicking. Those were phenomenal series which I finally watched. But some things…well, if explained, they would be even better. So I’ll do that.
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So, by request of the nice folks who granted me a free tattoo…yeah, here comes a weird episode where I look at the Soviet depictions in video games, how accurate they are, why they are that way and…why stereotypes are sometimes necessary. Enjoy!
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This is the part 2 of when we were on the glorious Atomic Hobo show! Please, enjoy and subscribe to them too!
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I’m sort of ok. But in this dark time of mine, I want to bring you one of the most impactful episodes out there. Moreso even than Chernobyl, the stuff that’s happening in the now-drying Aral sea, specifically in the ressurection/rebirth island…yeah. Wanted to do this for a while, and my illness allowed me to do it. Picture: Aral sea with the island.
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I’ve been dealing with a lot of serious health issues lately, my heart’s acting up bad, so that is why ep’s have been late. However, I was interviewed in the glorious Atomic Hobo podcast about the survival in the atomic age. And as that was an amazing discussion, with their permission, I upload it here. And am back to making content! Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I talk about how Putin’s decisions and squabbles between Russia and Georgia have now directly impacted the show once again. And it’s our birthday! Yay! So this, for once, is a cheerful episode. A bit chaotic, but hey…partying never killed anyone, right? Also, the episode’s featured art on our home page this time is literal fan art of Lenin from 1934. Not propaganda. Fan art. Seriously. Enjoy!
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In this part of my Ukraine visit, I want to tell you about Donetsk. And normalcy. Shame that it’s really hard to get a DonMac anywhere else. And…maybe a good thing too.
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This is the part two of our Ukraine series. And probably, one of the saddest, heaviest episodes that I’ve made. This is the tale of Igor and Oleksandr, and…how war is never a pleasant business.
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This is part 1 of my Ukraine adventures, about Kyiv and a crazy 18h train ride. Made after said ride, so kind of audio bloggy, but I wanted to get this out, to have my head clear for what’s about to come. Enjoy!
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Before going to Ukraine, I’m obviously doing research on what’s going on there, with Russia, giving out passports to Donetsk and Luhansk inhabitants…but then I struck a story. A really heartfelt one. About the refugees who went to Russia, during last year’s world cup using the FAN ID cards…and stayed there. Their stories are terrifying and heart-wrenching, and I hope that we’ll learn something about being good to each other here. Enjoy!
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Our proper new episode is out now! This time, we re-visit the GDR (as did I) and look at how Stasi impacted everyday lives of people, how it changed their culture and compare the East German political jokes with the Soviet one's.
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I went to Germany for this one. Europarliament elections are coming. They’re practically here even – so this time, we’re teaming up with Ciaran of Previously in Europe fame, to explain what they are, and why they are especially important for the Eastern Border part of the planet. Historical episode coming soon, with new DDR material, but I wanted to get this out there asap.
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This episode is with Matt from Nooks and Crannies podcast, where we talk about drug policies, the way Canada differs from the US, and how you, colonials, differ from us on the motherland, and why does it all matter. It’s a very neat conversation, and I hope you’ll like it. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades. Due to popular request, here’s our review of Imperator: Rome and an introduction to Paradox grand strategy games to the rest of you. This does’t replace my standard episodes and patrons will not be charged for it, but if you’d like more content like this one, please do click that donate button. Enjoy!
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The 26th of April was the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. And since the last time we did the Chernobyl episode a few years ago, new documentation - namely KGB reports about the whole thing, have been declassified. And...well, they make one wonder, why it happened so late, and why it was the only one such tragedy of it's kind. So, in this episode, we revisit Chernobyl again, and look into this documentation.
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This episode is about the Russian swearword culture – and why it matters, how it formed the society and why is it so important to us all. There’s a poem by Pushkin inside there too. But, obviously, an episode about swearwords and their massive cultural meaning contains, well, you know, swearwords. And they're used extremely liberally throughout the show too. So, obviously, do not listen with your kids, or if you’re easily offended.
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This one's important. Russia's Gosduma just passed a law, that would in effect allow the Russian government to isolate their internet from the rest of the planet at will, and would basically serve as an extra layer of internet censorship there. What better time to contrast and compare that to an in-depth look at how censorship worked in the Soviet Union. Enjoy, think about it, and make your own conclusions.
Also, for the only person who'll get this: Good luck in Vegas, fyi my lucky number's 11!
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Posting this episode just a few hours before flying back home to Latvia. In this episode, me and Stephen from the glorious and highly recommended Baked and Awake podcast (http://bakedandawake.com/) discuss a peculiar released CIA document from 1957, called "National Cultural Development Under Communism" which you can find here: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-02771r000200090002-6
First part of the show is me, reading the document - which is also available in full in Baked and Awake youtube channel as a separate entity, as we couldn't find it in a read/presented form anywhere online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5um-HkhZ9q4 The second part is our analysis of it, including some conspiratorial stuff and shenanigans. Stephen's been a great host and I've been staying with him in Seattle for the past few days, and his weed is great but his show's even better, so do give him a listen. And I sincerely hope you'll like this episode.
Enjoy!
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I’m posting this from Vancouver, Canada. How crazy is that. And I spent a while in the US, and will be spending some more and…well, it’s pretty crazy. You’ll hear about them in the episode. But yeah, had a long vacation, but woah…there’s plenty of stuff to talk about. Back to the regular schedule again.
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This time, we bring you a special. A very important special, as we’re trying to offend the most dangerous man in Russia here, and are being god at it. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This is the second part of Anete’s experiences in Cuba, this time, with a more political twist. I think you’ll find it highly enjoyable.
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Today we bring you Anete’s accounts on how it’s like in Cuba. As you heard in the last episode, she was there for about two weeks or so, and recorded two episodes about her experiences. And I hope some nice Soviet nostalgia as well. While I’m packing up and dealing with personal stuff, please enjoy what our talented and glorious soundmaster Anete has to offer. This one’s a bit shorter than usual, but the next one as far as I know is full length again, and then, in the late January you’ll get a massive Stalin. Enjoy!
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We're back from our vacation. Back with a vengeance, looking back and following up on all the news that happened last year, together with a fresh look on what's about to happen with Belarus. And none of those things are particulary nice. Enjoy!
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This one’s for a quick Christmas special. Unedited, because I wanted to make sure that you get the real emotions. That, and our editor is in Cuba, relaxing and gathering matherials. You see, I did an episode in November about how it was for me to visit the USA, and now, for Christmas, as this is a time of happiness and cheer and all that other stuff, I snatched my fiancee Chantelle and we sat down and talked about how it’s like to be an American in the Baltics. Hope you’ll enjoy this short special one, a longer news episode coming next week, but for now, merry Christmas and happy holidays to You and Yours, dear comrades!
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I wanted to bring you something special this time. Something completely dfferent, but something that will allow you to look into a very special kind of mindset. It’s a motivational speech (of sorts), originally given in Russian, by one of my personal heroes and folks who inspired me to be a journalist, Alexander Nevzorov. See, it’s something that had been sitting on my mind for a long while now, and as everyone currently is all about spreading cheer and optimism and whatnot, I, instead, chose to share with you one of the most interesting takes on the subject about how to actually be good at debates. And seeing as Nevzorov is one of the most widely known Russian opposition journalists, and how he just manages to be on top of things…I kinda wanted to give you this, albeit quite bizzare, speech as a christmas gift.
Enjoy. Although the ep is relatively short, it was extremely work intensive. Turns out, transcribing youtube speeches from Russian to English in real time and then editing them to be a scenario is definitely not easy.
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Greetings, Comrades! This is the episode when millions die. For the first time but not the last one. Also Trotsky leaves the scene here. Have fun.
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Greetings, Comrades. I started this ep as a fun thing, about the weird sex-ed book from the Soviet Union. As it stands now, this episode is raw, brutal, sincere, explicit, ugly, offensive and just the story that needed to be told. Because it ended up being about how the whole regime oppressed people, how they tried to control and “normalize” the most intimate aspects of people’s lives and…how those lives were ruined. Also, this is seriously 18+ – I didn’t sugarcoat anything. I didn’t hide anything. And everything’s brutal and honest. Do NOT listen to this if you’re a minor, or overtly emotional or easily offended. You have been warned.
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Greetings, Comrades! Once again, insanity happens. So, I bring to you the completely unedited (one take and not my good mic as am not home too) result of working in the middle of the night to inform you about the details of the boat incident in the Kerch strait. This will be followed up, but for now, here’s a gathering of literally everything that there is to know from eastern European media about this whole thing. Enjoy! And if you want to be in the know, join our discord. We talk with everyone there. https://discord.gg/6jnGV5e
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We got our hands on KGB instructional manuals, about what were their goals, how they were supposed to act and what and why did they do things that they did. But this is not a history episode. Sadly, this is a news episode, Think about it while you listen.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this special episode, dedicated to the Latvian 100th anniversary, I’d like to tell you the adventures of the migthy (and utterly insane) Latvian terrorist Aijo Beness. It makes sense at the end. Enjoy!
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This was supposed to be a news episode, but instead I somehow did a whole thing about the GRU instead. It just came naturally. Also, I talk really fast in this one as…well, I didn’t originally intend to make a whole ep about this and it’s pretty long already. Enjoy!
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So, I shipped out to Boston, and went on and had a speech in Harvard, walked the freedom trail in full and did a lot of fun and interesting things in the USA. Also, had a short spot-on interview with Our Lord and Master, Supreme Podcaster, Saint of All who use the Microphone, Dan Carlin. Which is in the end of the episode. Seriously tho, I really liked eagleland, and ths is my story about the experiences there, with the Dan Carlin interview in the end, which I did together with Sam Davis from the Inward Empire podcast. Enjoy!
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This episode is a great discusson with Sebastian Major from https://ourfakehistory.com/ podcast! He’s just done a great three part series on Stalin myths, which you all should go and listen to immediately. We talk about Uncle Joe, about how he’s portrayed, how he’s influenced history and how sometimes, the hardest part is admitting that it’s humans who’re the greatest villain, and not monsters.
P.S. If you’re in the area, come to the Sound Education conference in Harvard – https://www.soundeducation.fm/ I’ll be speaking there on 2nd of November, my speech is from 3.30PM to 4PM in the Divinity Hall, Divinity Chapel there!
Enjoy!
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Sadly, the events that happen in these parts unfold so quickly, that I can’t really keep up with everything that I want to do, which would be more specials and Stalin series – but not like I can skip over the news either. Because from Riga, it looks like the world is about to fall apart. Also, on the good news: we have new podcast art! Coming soon, to our t-shirt store, and there will be prints as well! Signed prints!
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This episode is about a “small war”, and you’ll get to know exactly what that means. This episode isn’t fun. It’s horror and war from the first person perspective. This was hard for me to make, and I fully excpect it’ll be hard for you to listen. It should be that way.
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In this episode, which I just had to make, we look back at what happened to Latvian elections, and also at the utter weirdness of Russian politics lately, including something that might cause some real problems – land trade between Chechnya and Ingushetia.
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Latvian elections are coming- and they’re among (if not the) craziest one’s we’ve ever had. So, when else would be a better time, to finally talk our own politics. For this episode, I interviewed one of the best Latvian journalists, Juris Kaža, and we tried to make some sense out of this whole sad mess. Mess that’s actually surprisingly important for the whole region, in these…quite interesting times.
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This time, we’re back to our Stalin series, and you get to hear our new editor’s voice too. This episode serves as a wrap-up and a move to a whole new era. Both for the show, and for Stalin – who, at this point, has destroyed the triumvirate, dealt with Trotsky, and…well has ran a massive campaign against illiteracy, which was amazing for him, because you know, when you’ve learned how to read and write using Stalinist propaganda…yeah, what could possibly go wrong there. Enjoy!
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This is a super-extra episode. Because I haven’t seen such weird things in ages, and it complements the last, full ep, nicely. For one, in this episode, I root for a genuine Communist. From the Russian Communist Party. Because he deserves that. I know, right?
Anyhow, enjoy. Had to make this one, upon my journalistic honor.
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This time, we look at the ridiculous stuff that has happened in Russia lately. Duelling and tourists, visiting Solisbury spire. Which is 123 meters tall. And has the oldest working clock. Yeah, and they’re also totally NOT GRU agents.
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Due to the death of our favourite separatist, Alexander Zaharchenko in an explosion, I just had to make an episode about it. And then it quite smoothly turned into a gruesome explanation of the “Ponatiya” – the unwritten prison laws, and their harsh inner caste system and things you should and shouldn’t do if you get sentenced in Russia, Belarus or other places in the post-Soviet sphere. But yeah – warning, it does get VERY unsettling.
Enjoy. I…hope?
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I was planning a civil defence episode, using that book I recently acquired…but it turned out to be actually very good and competent. Which probably will go into another episode, but it wasn’t fun enough for my birthday episode (turning 29 tomorrow) So, I grabbed the chairman of the Latvian Transhumanist Association, and we had a discussion about what transhumanism is, and a bunch of funny really hard science stories. Because Astronomy can be fun, comrades!
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This episode is a fundraiser. Because I must visit you guys, and see how amazing the US is. And now I have the chance to do so, which I simply can’t miss. Also, this episode is a special one. About how the art people felt in the Soviet era, purely made from stories that I gathered from people working in the theater and opera. As I hadn’t had a people’s history show for a while, I sincerely hope that you’ll enjoy this one!
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Greetings, Comrades! Today, you’ll get the promised interview with the chairman of the Latvian Chamber of Trade and Commerce…who also runs the largest private university in the Baltics. He cetainly has a very interesting perspective, especially about how business should be run. Enjoy!
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This episode is dedicated to my colleagues and great journalists – Orhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguyev and Kirill Radchenko. They were killed in Central African Republic, while investingating the actions of PWC Wagner there, and the reasons why the Russian merc group was there in the first place.
Shoutout to Sam Davis from The Inward Empire podcast who edited this.
In memoriam.
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This time, we’re back to history, And we’re looking at the final conflict of Lenin and Stalin, and how the whole system slowly turned into the pyramid of power that we’ve learned to know and love. Love in quotation marks, of course. Together with the constitution of 1924. Enjoy!
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This week was a very busy one in the political sense, with the Trump and Putin meeting in Helsinki, and many of you on Facebook and Twiter had asked me to give my insights and opinions about the current events because of that. So…obviously, I complied. Now, this one might sound a bit rambly again, and goes off topic – but the sheer chaos of everything that has been going on, and the fact that we now, truly, do live in very interesting times, means that I had to condense a lot of information. Not particulary proud of this episode, frankly…but I hope it’ll provide you with a fresh look and maybe make you think about the recent events a bit deeper. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This week, we’re going to post our interview with our ex-finance minister, and a member of the higher council, Edmunds Krastiņš, about how stuff really went down in the “atmoda” era. Also, we’re posting the winners of our anecdote contest tomorrow! Have fun!
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Greetings, Comrades! Due to editing issues, we lagged behind with this episode, but here it is. A semi-serious interview with Jonathan Waterlow PhD, author of the newly-published book “It’s only a joke, comrade!” – a book about Soviet political jokes during Stalin’s era in the 30’s. Semi-serious, because we talked about the cultural impact of jokes and…well, Stalin himself, this episode consists of the largest quantity of jokes of all of our episodes. I also managed to look like a worried amateur at times, but as I do that now and then, it should be ok. We also have a contest in the end.
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Greetings, Comrades. It’s been about two years since my grandmother died. She was an amazing – rough, a bit xenophobic, but an amazing nonetheless, person who taught me that I should be more stoic, be a warrior and do my best. This is her story. A story on how a devout Lutheran managed to do crazy things in the USSR – a collection of anecdotes from her life that I wrote down when she was alive, and sort of a living memory of one of my closest people ever. I hope you’ll be happy that I share them with you. Warning: graphic content. Not in the rude way but still.
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This time, we’re back to Stalin. Stalin’s assuming total control, and we’re looking and why, how and what parallels can we draw with today. Because the more Stalin actually gets to do things, the more similarities we can actually draw. Including how things get done. This ep’s to be listened with a thinking cap on. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! And happy birthday. To us!
Can’t really believe that we’ve been here for all this time. Hey IN the episode, I mention that we’ve hit two years, but it’s been three by now. THREE. It’s crazy. And as great as it is, to talk about the podcast and the plans and what’s been going on, we’ve grown now. And Putin just held his 4.5 hour livestream, so called “tele-bridge”. Obviously, we tied that in, or more precisely tied our birthday in. With some historical stuff, some philosophy and the usual “hey, these things happened, but I couldn’t put them in an episode” segment. Oh, and I do have a Stalin ep ready for you next week, and then more history stuff incoming. Unless really interesting things happen again.
Happiness is Mandatory! Enjoy.
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In this episode, by popular demand, we look into the whole faked murder thing, concerning Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. It also gets crazy, raises more questions than answers, and as I received more news, some of them being completely untested, amidst writing the script and then – recording, it’ll also allow to test my sources. All in all, complex. Yet-I hope you’ll like it!
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Hi, Comrades! This is a special episode, all about how we treated the computer gaming in the past, and how it’s now. Specifically dedicated to Ian Bodreau, but I hope you’ll all enjoy it!
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Greetings, Comrades! Hello from Sweden, where I’m currently visiting PDXCon. But I just couldn’t leave you without an episode, now could I? So, this is why I recorded one before leaving the town. It’s all about Soviet Cinema – but, as it turns out, as there is just a ridiculous amount of stuff to talk about in this subject, I turned this into a Stalin series episode. It’s about the early, really really good movies of Eizenstein, what they meant, and how Stalin made things a lot worse with micromanagement. Serious micromanagement. Enjoy!
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Newest episode in our political themed series, this one focuses on the Telegram app in Russia, its owner and strange details surrounding them.
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Sorry for the delays – we lost a recorded 3-hour interview, AND this episode was very research-intensive. But nonetheless, welcome to the true beginning of Stalin’s era in the Soviet Union. This episode is about the Soviet-Turkic subjugation of Georgia, in the background of which, Stalin had finally assembled his power base. And his machine had finally started running. Enjoy!
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Simo had to wait and be contextualized. The ep I just recorded is about people here who believe that Khazar Jew Nazi KGB Satanists from Israel are secretly controlling Putin, to eliminate native people’s all over the world, and especially in Latvia, because we’re the spiritual center of the planet. Dead serious. Latvian conspiracy sites for our first ep in April, because I wanted to make it light-hearted. Anyhow, this is pure crazy. Enjoy!
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This episode started with one of our oldest fans, Dave, sending us a book, “Setting the East Ablaze” by Peter Hopkirk. It was about the struggle between Lenin and Bolsheviks and Great Britain about the influence in the east, especially in India. Then, while doing this month’s episodes about Putin and everything, I decided that the book had only English and Russian perspectives, but no Indian ones, and then I googled and researched, and…oh boy, it grew and grew and now I have a whole new aspect of the Eastern Border show that I’ll try to cover. Enjoy!
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This episode was made by the request of our listener, Oliver. It explains the statement I made in the last episode, where I said that the bombings were Putin’s work. Well, now you’ll know why I think so. Also, more history episodes incoming, I’m getting REALLY tired of Putin.
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This is my account on the events in the Russian elections, together with some analysis. Normally, I don't insist on it, but, please, if you can, share it and recommend to people, who want to know how things actually went down. One thing, that really matters tho, is that while this episode was being edited, Zhirinovsky already managed to declare, that United Russia plans to abolish elections, and create some sort of a grand council, which would hold all the power, and where the membership would be for life. And yes, it is Zhirinovsky, but hey...like I said, he's an over the top mouthpiece. But a mouthpiece still.
Enjoy. We live in very interesting times.
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Sorry for being…well, let’s just say, not-as-much in time with our episodes. We’re plagued with deep personal issues at this time, and to be frank, making the show is the thing that keeps me sane. This episode covers the recent news about Russia, and is intended to be a follow-up to the PWC Wagner episode. Covering the nuclear threats, new weapons Putin presented in his “state of the union” speech and what were the political reasons of him doing so. Also, any and all paypal donations/patreon support very much appreciated. Thank you, everyone, and I hope you’ll enjoy this episode. I’m just gathering strength to continue right now, but…we’ll march on. Happiness is Mandatory after all.
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This is a special episode, that I have to publish now, because I’ll have to give the source book away. But it’s a glorious book – “Tales from the great congress”, which is a review of the all-communist party congress in 1939. It’s full with tasty propaganda and excellent stuff. Hope you’ll enjoy this episode – and I apologize for my deep sarcasm in places. It was a natural reaction to blatant lies, and frankly – being honestly stunned by this book.
Enjoy!
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Today, we look at Stalin’s personal life, his views on capitalism (which weren’t very pleasant) and how the bolsheviks experienced minor issues with the whole “war communism” thing. You know…destitute poverty, misery, cannibalism, crime, famine…nothing that death camps can’t solve!
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This episode covers the events on the 7th to 8th of February in Syria, where American-led coalition forces, in a counterattack, while defending their base, basically annihilated a large number of Russian soldiers from the Private Warfare Company “Wagner”. Now, there already have been news about the “what” part, but I delve into the “why” and deeper reasons of the whole thing, on the Russian side. Both, why would people go and fight, who owns the “Wagner” and all the other, quite deeply philosophical stuff. Ugh. This is a hard one.
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We’re in the middle of a move now. And working hard. And our PC died. Nonetheless, this week, we have an interview with the She’s In Russia podcast girls, who invited me to their show, and I think it went really nice, so so check them out!
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Turns out, doing dubbed-over interviews, that are translated as-is from Russian to English, like we set out to do with mr. Potapenko’s interview, takes a lot more time than expected. So, this time, have another Stalin episode, while we deal with the dubbing and everything. Also, there’s always time for more Stalin! Especially since this episode covers his rivalry with Trotsky, what Stalin and his gang did during the civil war, and in the end, we also talk about Latvian Red Riflemen a bit. Enjoy!
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This time, after all the previous super serious episodes (and the serious interview with Dmitry Potapenko and more Stalin, both incoming) we decided to do some laid-back, chill discussion about one of our favourite subjects: The Cossacks. And Daniel, is, as you all know, a foremost expert of the subject from his history podcasting days. We had a nice discussion, and it felt good, not to talk about tremendous tragedies or personal suffering or translating formal regulations of the secret police…you get the idea. This is just a fun, laid-back episode, where we finally have some fun ourselves. Enjoy!
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With the help of our academical friends in the Latvian KGB research center, we acquired a very interesting document: “Regulations of the USSR KGB “On the agency apparatus and trustworthy persons in the USSR State Security Committee”, from 1983. Yes, it’s authentic, and as, I couldn’t find a full, widely available English translation on the internet. So…I translated the whole thing. If anyone is interested in reading it themselves, I’ll be glad to share. I hope you’ll find this interesting, as this is a bit more dry episode – I wanted the text to speak for itself, explaining only the very necessary things. But…making jokes about this text felt a bit wrong. Enjoy!
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Greetings Comrades! As you can see, this part’s name, together with the last part’s name makes a pun. Yeah, it’s a brick joke. It’s blunt, same as what I’ll do now. With the “reality shifts” made by Stalin later in place, and with this period being covered in the Lenin series, this episode got stuck in development hell, and ended up a bit…awkward, by the end. But we’ll make it up, and it’s necessary. Hope you’ll like it, despite it’s flaws. This period in time is a bit weird. Enjoy!
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This is a re-upload because acast went haywire last year.
This year, Grandfather Frost brings you a whole new episode, very work-intensive, about how it’s like to be an opposition journalist in Russia…and how it’s like to be in the Eastern European media, talking about Russia in general. Together with analytics, and reports on the latest events. And some jokes. Because why not. Enjoy!
In addition, links, promised in the episode:
Medusa.io English site: https://meduza.io/en
Real Russian News youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpUzS-wzKjaT-2HPoQeLiQ
Vata.TV, special greetings to those guys: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2DyezQaSMK81FbYkHZM_g
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Greetings, Comrades! Today’s episode has it all! Sneaky deception, warfare, guns, riots, police violence, drama, philosophy, a theory that Rosewell incident was caused by Stalin and Mengele working together… I hope you enjoy it. If someone guesses the name of the next ep, they get an extra souvenir in mail! Great day for you, Comrades!
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This time, thanks to the KGB research commitee, we can enjoy some very real criminal cases about smuggling in the USSR. It's pretty great, as we found out that a Latvian/Swedish teacher can just swindle a smuggling gang, and that smuggling gang should be called "Nylon Mafia" anyways. Also, according to theme, here's a link to our card game - made by a listener John - about smuggling. https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/kontrabanda We hope to work more with the KGB research guys in the future, and while you're waiting for the next Stalin - enjoy this weird episode!
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My voice’s not perfect already, but by jingo, we really need to get through World War One, so that we can finally do the revolution again in the next episode. And…well, as it turns out, the revolution was possible, because the Bolsheviks were the only guys against the war in the Russian empire…and so, they weren’t sent to die in the front lines against the German and Austrian machine guns, but instead were sent to exile in Siberia, which was really, really far from machine guns. Including Stalin, who, by now used to this, enjoyed the whole process. Again. And sent many letters. It’s a complex issue, but kind of fun, as there actually were people who could stop him then and there, but then they all died.
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I currently have no voice, due to illness. So, Alice took over for this episode, and did it her own style. So, what we have here is a very hardcore episode, containing the look in the life of a true Soviet woman in the year of 1960 – because we had ALL the Latvian Soviet Woman magazines from that year, which allows for a very interesting perspective. Both of the good things and bad. Enjoy!
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I've been really ill past week. You'll hear that on the show. And, besides watching Stalin documentaries to fall asleep, and history of Crimea for a future episode, I went full zombie mode...and experienced Russian news. Being unable to think clearly and in massive pain is the only way how a reasonable person could take this on. This episode goes weird, really fast. Enjoy! Also, please visit theeasternborder.lv for all the source links, as that list is too long to publish here.
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Our new Stalin ep is here again. By this time, Stalin and Exile have become comedy terms. But there are unfunny things in this episode too. Enjoy!
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We bring you the latest episode of October, the one about InTourist, and the very weird experience of being a foreign tourist in the USSR! Hope you’ll love it! Enjoy! And no, I won't be giving lengthy descriptions of the episode, Not today! :D
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Greetings, Comrades! Today’s episode was made out of schedule, but it was so timely, and so urgent, that I just had to do it. Special thanks to Travis J. Dow, my Dark Myths colleague and friend from the Bohemican podcast (and many others) for inspiration here. It’s about radicalism in Russia, about trolls, about how your opinion can easily be swayed and what you should watch out for. I mean, they got me! I was outraged about what turned out to be totally fake news last week. So, instead of being angry at people who’re literally burning cinemas in Russia because of a movie about Nicholas the 2nd, I got worried about…nonsense. Anyhow, very complex episode, hope that you’ll like it, but for the most part – this is supposed to remind everyone that in this modern day, everyone needs to adjust their angry reactions for the likely possibility of trolling. Enjoy. Stalin coming monday or tuesda
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Greetings, Comrades! Today, I want to give you an episode about something completely different. About one of the…strangest..communes out there. I’ve been wanting to make an episode about this sub-denomination of the Orthodox church and their weird destinies for a while now, so now that I had the chance, I did. And It came out as one strange episode. Hope you’ll like it!
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As we've just returned from our vacation to Berlin, it's due time to present this episode on STASI, the dreaded KGB analogue of East Germany, that surpassed the "sword and shield of the communist party" in many different ways. Sorry that the beginning of this episode is so disjointed. The construction company, building an extra floor on my local shashlik bar decided that it was just the perfect day to do more construction, so I had to re-record everything multiple times. Sill, hope you'll like it. Enjoy some German communism, comrades! Also, here's the link for the SUDIO earphones: https://goo.gl/J3wL96
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Greetings, Comrades! Welcome to the one of the most depressive episodes I've ever made. Bonus points for you, if you caught the song reference in the title. This episode is about tragedy. Deep, personal tragedy and how it makes monsters out of men. Don't want to spoil much else here. Also, about how sources and research can be tricky sometimes and why making this stuff isn't easy - I take jab at one of the books I use, because ohboy...we came to a point, where the uncertainties and errors were just too much. And also, to the point where there are people out there who actually attribute things to Stalin which he has never done to make him more evil - most probably, because they didn't know of all the things he actually did, and those, really, are quite enough. Hope you'll like the episode. It's not funny, however.
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Greetings, Comrades!I got terribly ill – had tonsilitis in a heavy form. Basically, I was tormented with fever so I couldn’t script as well as I wanted, and then, turns out that with a terribly sore throat, recording is literally impossible to do. But – as I’m almost ok now, recorded this episode, which I admit, isn’t the best one that we’ve ever made – but it’s full with fun statistics, and is all about the communal flats. And why people in modern day Russia still live in those quite often. Basically – enjoy. Tons of comparisons, lots of history and some modern day economics. Hope you’ll like it, despite the flaws. Ooh, and we have pictures this time!
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Greetings, Comrades!I had two scripts prepared, one for this and one for Stalin, for this week - and this won out in the social media voting. So here you go. Honestly - I'm normally very, VERY critical of my episodes, but this is what I consider to be one of my top tier shows. A must listen. Because...wow. The work I put in here, in my opinion, really paid off. And the things I discovered, were truly surprising and weird. But I guess, it's how podcasting goes. This is a "fun" episode. And if it isn't - well, how much more in dark comedy and depression should I go to make it fun? Also, if you're from Sweden, please write to us - as we're visiting very soon for a day.Enjoy!Kristaps
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Greetings, Comrades!This episode is a "fun" one, and as it contains crime, violence, descriptions of gory events, explicit language, secret marriages and conspiracies, it's not suited for younger listeners. Yes, we've now managed to get into the period, where, as we discovered in the last episode, Stalin's decided to "do practical things" and "take matters further". It's the story leading up to, and all about the grand Tbilisi heist in 1907. Also, it's my birthday tomorrow (and my half brother's too, by the way, he's exactly 3 years younger than I am) so we're going to a party later today, so the book for the patrons is going to be out on the 29th or 30th. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!This episode will be a bit dry. It's mostly about lies...and actually, the differences between Social Democracy and Socialism, and how zealous people can screw things over. But seriously, it's a bit dry, as we're preparing to talk about the true crime stories of Stalin himself - this is how Stalin basically became a terrorist, after almost bankrupting the Bolshevik party. And how that party was made. It's very weird - but pull through, as this is necessary. And in the end - it'll make you think, and we'll get to the more funnier stuff soon enough. But this time...this time it's all about data and facts as they'll be extremely important to understand the context. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Listeners!Firstly, here’s the link to Time Cube. http://timecube.2enp.com/ Don’t know what time cube is? Don’t worry. It comes up in the 2nd hour of this discussion that you should really listen through. This one is all about ideologies. And religions. And how they both get so intertwined, especially in the United States, that they affect modern political decision making. Our guest is the amazing David Sheally, and we make a lot of jokes and a lot of tangents…but…but this episode turned out so good, and so well done – and so important, that I’ve decided to include it in the main feed as well. But really – be sure to listen throught. It all comes to a point in the end.
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Greetings, Comrades!In this episode, me and Brandon Newberg from the Dead Ideas podcast discuss Stalin's relationships with Tito. And who was more bad ass. But then, philosophy and analytics get in the way, we get sidetracked and stuff becomes way more awesome. Sorta. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades! This PSA is here, to inform you that you should watch our fist ever video episode about our three-day Soviet car festival, which ended in a Latvian tank museum and which I filmed. I'm not very great with a cam, tho. So, like said in this PSA - click here, to watch our first ever video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7RW7SyDfY
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Greetings, Comrades!Alice is still away, and I feel like a lost puppy. I can’t find where any of my stuff is, and nobody pokes me and everything’s pretty much not nice. For those of you, who’re not yet married – it’s actually a wonderful feeling, when you understand that you function so much as a team with your “other half” that you begin to miss them intensely after a while, and can barely function. But, nonetheless, even though I can’t release Stalin episodes now, as Alice would be super angry at me, I can do other things. Such as, for one, doing the other part of my show, which are the current events that are happening here, in The Eastern Border. And they sometimes get scary and make you think. That was my goal with this episode, so…please, enjoy!Also, super huge thanks to my fellow Dark Myths colleagues, the Secret Transmission podcast, for editing this, without them, this episode would’ve never be released.
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Greetings, Comrades!Alice is away for three weeks, working in a children's camp. That means I don't have an editor, so regular episodes are taking a small break - but, in this sunny time, this means, you get specials! And some other stuff later on, but we'll see. Anyhow, here's an episode that we wanted to do for a while now, it's about the Bulgarian prophetess Vanga, together with Sam from the Strange Matters podcast. A bit less Soviet stuff, a bit more philosophical discussion on the nature of man and why it's really hard to actually make some concrete statements about this nice, old Bulgarian lady. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!On today’s episode, we answer many important questions. And give out some others. But it doesn’t matter, as Uncle Joe responds to them all, with a) escaping from prison and b) urging more people to a violent uprising. This is how it goes in the USSR. Hope you’ll like the show. And send in your questions!Do svidaniya, tovarischi!
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Greetings, Comrades!This is our next Stalin episode AND our anniversary episode. And it's not quite awesome, as I'm suffering from a food poisoning now. But it's pretty good still. However, there are a few things I'd like to say.Firstly, thank you for being here. Secondly...well...this is going to get explicit: People send me death threats. People want to beat me up. People used to tell me that I'll never finish college, because I'm obviously too stupid and not "organised enough" - I've been dumped, because they thought I'd never achieve anything and that I'm just "dumb and base" and that I'd never be worthy of them. Well, look at where we are after two years. And if you mistake being rude sometimes for being dumb, that's your own problem. I've never been a conformist, never tried to be liked by anyone just because it looks good, just because it's the popular, nice thing to say. And now...now I'm here. And you're here. And I thank you for that. And together, we can say surely to the Putin's agents and the arrogant stuck-up people, and the people who think I'm weird, because I actually talk with US people - The Eastern Border shall live on. Happiness is Mandatory! I love you all!
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Greetings, Comrades!My usual Stalin episode is written down, and all I needed was to record it. But then, as sometimes happens, my dad arrived, and this time, he was carrying some documents and books with him. They turned out to be Soviet reports of various peace conferences - and the collected works of Anna Sakse, a children's writer...and a massive, massive propaganda master and state-paid spreader of lies, bashing the west at every opportunity. And this just turned out to be SO amazing, that I couldn't resist - no, I must give you this! This episode will make you cringe, will make you laugh a bit...but when you think about it, it's actually pretty sad. Anyhow, enjoy - and Stalin and PDRP coming up soon!
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Greetings, Comrades!In this episode, we discuss Stalin. ALL that is Stalin. Superman can take a rest...if he was real, and Stalin were the head of the USSR, Supes would end up in a GULAG. We're talking about a man, who almost killed his father, when he was 7. Intentionally. Also, he's endured almost everything. And yeah...this is the happiest episode of the series that I have to make about the person who's responsible for the genocide of my people. About one of the greatest men in history...and one of the most evil, bloodthirstiest men in history. Enjoy. Or not. It's more about me, telling the story this time.
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Greetings, Comrades!Today is a special day – we bring you the final episode of the Red Dawn series, about Lenin’s death…and eternal life in mausoleum, people’s memory, anecdotes and culture. It…was amazing in the beginning, but turned out to be a laughing stock in the end. Next time, we’re moving to the Man of Steel – Stalin. But for now, remember: Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin – Eternally Alive! Enjoy, comrades! And…I actually apologize, because after ww2, it does get kinda boring for a while.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'll be honest with you - the previous week has been a living hell for me, I'm dealing with a dying grandfather, for whom I have to do all the paperwork while he's still here with us. And it's hard. And Alice has exam season. And Alice spilled water on her laptop, so I had to re-record the whole episode. And then, we had to fix some factual errors in our episode, as it turns out, some of the documentaries that we watched were literally based in nothing. But...we pulled through. We did our best, and clenched our teeth and did amazing things. Like the Soviet people, during the NEP era, when they finally got some opportunities to do some private enterprises. Or, like Stalin, who, even though, curbed all of those private business activities, nonetheless kind of represents the stereotypical NEP-man in the political world. He was shrewd, cunning, tough, witty and...indescribably selfish, evil and with no sense of honor or loyalty to his allies. But...in a way, that's how the businessmen in the NEP were, and Stalin probably has more in common with Ostap Bender and Voland than he probably had imagined. And I'll leave this long description at that, comrades. Enjoy the show!
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Greetings, Comrades!We are honored to bring you The Greatest episode. Our humble show was visited by the Grandmaster of podcasting himself - Dan Carlin. We talked about Russian and Eastern European politics, role of new media in modern society, a bit about podcasting and then some Soviet history. It was a lot of fun, and I have to say that Dan's also a really kind and nice person. (Besides having the wisdom of ages, and reaching almost divine status in podcaster circles.) For an independent, Latvian podcast that started out in Hardcore History forums, it was very awesome to get his approval on what we're doing. And humbling. I truly hope you'll appreciate this interview, but even more so - that it'll make you reflect a bit.
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Greetings, comrades! Today, we have an episode, discussing the tribes. Both of Native Americans and ancient Balts. Why? Because sometimes I feel like I have to explain why I feel closer to them rather than the colonial people. We are joined by Andrew James Cotter from Iroquois History and Legends Podcast http://www.longhousepodcast.com/ and discuss reservations, oppression, culture, tribal customs and myths that sometimes are there when you mention tribes to someone. Hope you'll enjoy this.
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Greetings, Comrades!Today’s episode had a very troubled production. Basically, we had to re-do the script completely, when in the fact-checking segment of the production, we were forced to throw out huge chunks of the material, because it just couldn’t be verified and turned out to be published in some very shady news sites. And it’s no wonder, really, seeing how history is used these days to advance political agendas. For that, we also advance the timeline in Russia a bit, and you get to listen about the gruesome murders of the Romanovs. And the reasons why all of us, in the Baltics, were actually able to beat Bolsheviks in 1918 – 1920. Because “war communism” encapsulates many meanings. Enjoy. If you can.
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Greetings, Comrades!This episode, quite probably, is the closest we’ll ever get to being a true crime podcast. You see, we acquired the Soviet criminal code. With comments. Educational edition. So, to have a break from doing our narrative episodes, we decided to do this. But, you see, comrades, reading this book is like staring into the eye of madness itself. There might be laws in these books, but there is no order. Oh, and everyone’s a criminal. And corruption is, essentially, de facto supported, encouraged and, if you think about how things are, simply inevitable. So, we threw out what script we had prepared, called my little brother – otherwise, he was very lonely this Easter, as his wife and kid is in the countryside, opened a beer and tried to make some sense of all of this. This is a chill episode, as…well, going easy, and with dark humour was literally the only way how to cover this actually very dark and serious subject. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!In this episode of our Russian Revolution series, we look at the events that led to the independence of Latvia and Estonia! That’s because Lithuania shall get paired with Poland in the next episode. Sorry for the delays, but this has proven to be one of the most research intensive episodes to date. I hope you’ll enjoy this one!
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Greetings, Comrades!The regular episode is shortly coming up, just in a day or two – but so many of you have sent in questions regarding the Russian state and media responses to the USA missile strike on Syria, that I just had to talk about this. It’s my journalistic duty, and hey, I might not be here for long, if this continues like this, so might as well make more episodes. At any rate, this is a sporadic and nervous, direct discussion and translation episode, a complete extra that had to be put out there ASAP. But I sincerely hope you’ll learn something from it. Also, here are the links to all the sources, for our new listeners:https://lenta.ru/news/2017/04/07/dam_edge/https://lenta.ru/news/2017/04/07/putin/https://lenta.ru/news/2017/04/07/note/https://lenta.ru/news/2017/04/07/mid/http://vesti.lv/news/tramp-raspyal-russkogo-malychika-v-sirii
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Greetings, Comrades!Let’s strike a deal, you enjoy this episode now, and I make the Baltics independence one a great show? In all seriousness, that subject turned out to be way, way bigger than I had originally anticipated, so I pulled our prepared April the 1st episode and made a switcheroo. So that I wouldn’t have to give you a sub-par episode on how Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania even begun. It’s like a trick, really. But made with Science! MAD SCIENCE! Just like this show, where I, Chris Cogswell from Mad Scientist Podcast and David Flora of Blurry Photos fame discuss the utter weirdness that was the Soviet Science. State-funded psychics! Scientific truths, determined by propaganda! Cow-Antilope hybrids! An army of super-soldiers, composed of human-orangutan hybrids! Volunteers! All that and more, in this, for once, light-hearted and fun episode! Enjoy!Oh, and we’re back to the serious stuff next time, I sincerely want to make that episode great.
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Greetings, Comrades! Here we are, with the 6th part of our series on the Russian revolution. Creating this episode and explaining what was going on in this time period was about as difficult as explaining the thoughts of a sugar cube, slowly dissolving into a cup of coffee. I, personally, blame Trotsky. And Lenin. If you're not constantly asking "What? But...why?" as you're listening to this episode about everyone's war against everyone, ridiculous decrees and attempts to consolidate power, you're doing it wrong. Also, tragic story of Ukraine. With hetmans and warlords and everything. And no, this is not about a video game. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!This episode is dedicated to all the women podcasters out there! I wish all the best for you and for your shows!In this, special episode, I and Our Dark Lady (being from our Dark Myths podcast collective) Matilda Clare Testoni from the Singing Bones podcast, discuss the International Women’s Day, Valentina Tereshkhova and how Eastern European women differ culturally and where all of this comes from. And how much of this is actually real and how Soviet government used it for their own political gains. I treated this subject with a lot of respect, because…well, you’ll hear on your own. I hope you’ll find this episode interesting.
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Greetings, Comrades!This is part 5 of our Red Dawn series – here, I talk about the events that commenced in October 1917, and how the whole insurrection happened. Because there was no second revolution. There was, however, a coup, beginning of a civil war and a bunch of decrees. This is when Lenin finally gets to put his theoretical ideas into practice. Enjoy! Oh, and also: for all of our Patreon subscribers, the next part of Anna Politkovskaya’s “Russian Diary” is also already waiting for you on our Pateron site!
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Greetings, Comrades! This episode is pretty bad. Like Nicky the 2nd's government. But we have to get over this one, to get to better episodes in the future. I apologize for inconvenience, but due to source overload, making this one felt like a real chore. All in all, we did our best. I hate dry facts, but...this is what we have. Then again...this is the same kind of nonsense, the citizens must've felt in Russia. I'll do better next time. When the events make more sense.
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Greetings, Comrades!Today’s episode is an extra – a report about how it’s like to live in the pro-Russian separatist territories in eastern Ukraine. Don’t worry, I’ll hit the revolution soon enough – in fact, I already started recording that episode, but…I received fresh information about what’s going on in Donetsk and Luhansk literally yesterday morning – so I spent the whole day, translating matherials, scripting and recording, to bring you the most current, most accurate report, straight from the people, about how it’s like in eastern Ukraine today. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Citizens!In this episode, we shall look at the second largest country on planet earth, an important member of NATO, and a place where a lot of Latvian refugees went in the aftermath of WW2. Also, a lot of people from USA wanted to migrate there following the Trump elections. The problem is – politics of Canada, it’s history and issues aren’t well known and understood outside that country, yet, it’s often used as an example of healthcare and other issues. So, we try to figure out what’s the context of Canadian politics, it’s political history and what’s up with all the singing lumberjacks anyway.Enjoy! Sapere Aude!
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Greetings, Comrades!This episode is all about Lenin's youth, and what he was doing starting from the point of his brother's execution, up to revolution. Turns out, he was a bit of a lazy jerk. And the factual list of things is long, tedious and...actually, not that fun. Instead, what IS fun are stories about Lenin from this time period, from his contemporaries, excerpts from his works and talking about his general ideas. Because seriously, I'm not going to list all the socialist gatherings in Europe he went to - but I'm giving you, comrades, a feel on what went down in these gatherings. Oh, and to help me with that, this week we have Prof. CJ on the show, from Dangerous History Podcast. He's very knowledgeable about revolutions and revolutionaries, and makes sure that everything I speak a bit more understandable. Also: Warning! We do have a sound issues near the end of the episode, that couldn't be fixed - it sounded fine on skype, but Zencastr had some lags apparently. Alice did what she could.
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Greetings, Comrades!Today’s episode will be slightly different than planned, but nonetheless interesting! Today we’ll find out why Czar Nicholas II wasn’t as meek or neutral as people tend to portray him. In fact, Bolsheviks learned a lot from him. In the bad way. All in all, enjoy this, longer than usual episode, while we set the stage for even more Lenin. And go and listen to Inward Empire show in the mean time.
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Greetings, Comrades! This is our first episode in the Russian Revolution series, which we have dubbed "Red Dawn" as we enjoy bad cinematography. The episode itself is the story of Lenin's childhood, as we decided to split up his biography in two parts. I hope we can match Mike Duncan in quality and do this properly. As it's one of the murkiest things in Soviet history, to be honest. Anyways, enjoy!
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Greetings, Comrades!We've been pretty dark this year, this year has been pretty dark this year, so we decided to go completely silly. And dark. And myths. Okay, sorry about the puns. Basically, I love the British panel show QI. And like all podcasters, we do like a bit of a vacation. So, we came together with other podcasts - Twilight Histories, Astonishing Legends, Rumor Flies and Blurry Photos and made a tipsy parody of QI, hopefully Stephen Fry won't kill us. It contains a lot of facts and a lot of banter from your favourite podcasts. Merry Christmas, everyone! Hopefully, you'll get a good laugh. See you on the 28th, with our question/answer show! We'll post updates on social media on the specific times!And finally: You know, I run not only this, but also the Dark Myths podcast - https://www.acast.com/darkmyths/ It's let's mysterious than it sounds, it's basically me, interviewing other other members of that podcasting community. If you listen to any other shows in our collective, you might find it fun.
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Greetings, Comrades! I received an ominous call from Russia last night. Warning me about dire threats to my life. This episode is all about that. And more.
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Greetings, Comrades! I’ve managed to catch flu right now – but thankfully, we have this – an interview with Johan Andersson, lead designer of Paradox, who’s behind the grand strategy games that I (and at least some of you) enjoy: Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4 and Hearts of Iron 4. We hope you’ll enjoy this! Oh, and to the people who have just come here from Paradox forums: check out our other episodes too!
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Greetings, Comrades!We have reached the conclusion of our GULAG series. It has been a dark and terrible story…and it has no happy ending. But at the end of the episode, you’ll understand me, and possibly any other Baltic person that you may know, so much better. This one is about the scars. And it’s not pretty.
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Greetings, listeners! In today’s episode, we are joined by Stephanie Ellaine Hunt, leader of the Drinking Liberally New York section to talk about Trump election, to discuss “how it is” and make some sense about how to still stay friendly to each other in this partisan environment. Also, we discuss race issues, women’s issues, LGBT rights and why, exactly, are minorities and these aforementioned groups afraid of Trump. And should Trump voters be afraid of Trump? Maybe there can be something good from this election? Who knows. In the next episode, which shall be released soon, we’ll be talking with Ben. That one was recorded before election – but it will be interesting to listen to that, after both election and after this episode. Enjoy. Also, music was taken from a royalty-free site, and it’s Actionable by talented Ben Sound.
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Greetings, listeners! In today’s episode, we are joined by Stephanie Ellaine Hunt, leader of the Drinking Liberally New York section to talk about Trump election, to discuss “how it is” and make some sense about how to still stay friendly to each other in this partisan environment. Also, we discuss race issues, women’s issues, LGBT rights and why, exactly, are minorities and these aforementioned groups afraid of Trump. And should Trump voters be afraid of Trump? Maybe there can be something good from this election? Who knows. In the next episode, which shall be released soon, we’ll be talking with Ben. That one was recorded before election – but it will be interesting to listen to that, after both election and after this episode. Enjoy. Also, music was taken from a royalty-free site, and it’s Actionable by talented Ben Sound.
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So, we finally deliver you our reading of A. Politkovskaya's "A Russian Diary". Full book, chapter by chapter, will go to our Patreon/Paypal supporters, as a thank you, but this - this is a prologue to get you interested, comrades!
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While we work on our final, all-encompassing episode on GULAG (and KGB) which has consumed all free time and energy in the known universe, at least the parts of it, that are available in Latvia, we present to you our interview with the Dead Ideas podcast on the Red Scare, Duck & Cover, communism, answers to questions about communism, bits of Star Trek and why USA actually doesn’t have 50 states. Enjoy!
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In this episode we take a step back from the darkness and turn on to an interview about the ancient tribes that lived in modern day Latvia, especially the Curonians! In an interview with a person that's a good candidate of being the most interesting man ever to live!
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Halloween is here. It's also bullshit. This is...real tragedy. This episode is about the genocide against my people. The most depressing and hardest one to make so far. But I just have to tell this story. I don't ask you to enjoy. I ask you to learn...and never repeat this again.
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Greetings, Comrades! We continue our series on the penal system of the USSR, this time exploring KGB. History of the institution, how it operated, who benefited…who suffered. It’s weird like that. And deeply personal.
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Greetings, Comrades! We continue our series on the penal system of the USSR, this time exploring KGB. History of the institution, how it operated, who benefited…who suffered. It’s weird like that. And deeply personal.
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Greetings, Comrades! This is part 1 of our multi-part series about GULAGs and the Soviet prisons, punishments and other...non-human activities, that turned people into subjects. A hard theme, if there ever was one.
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Greetings, Comrades! Sorry that we’re a bit slacking off this month, but this is due to wedding and everything. We’ll return in our full might in October, with Gulag survivor stories. But for now – for now, we’re doing something that was requested by one of our listeners. Soviet/Russian Mafiya and their KGB connections and comparison to the USA Italian Mafia. With very competent guests – Rob from The Lone Gunman podcast and Greg from Rumor Flies. I hope you’ll enjoy this – and await us in October!
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Greetings, Comrades!
In this episode, which was created during the marriage process…and before…and slightly after, we talk about various stories that just didn’t make it in other episodes. Most of which are about art, alcohol, propaganda and theater. Because some things just cannot be separated from each other.
Today’s picture:
Actor Uldis PūcītisAgain, it will make more sense once you listen to the episode. Enjoy, and…do svidaniya, tovarischi!
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Greetings, Comrades!
First things first – I’m just married, so that is why the episodes have been a bit late. Sorry for that, but we’re working hard to make sure everything’s on time and properly done. Secondly – this episode is all about Soviet history textbooks. And…as it was very funny, and I wanted to know what exactly to talk about, and didn’t have that much time before the wedding – this is also a Lesser Bonapartes (much more serious than usual) crossover. Glen asked us, what you would like to know, and we provided. And it turned out amazing. Hope you’ll enjoy this. And don’t worry – there’s more incoming in September!
And, humongous thank you to everyone who supported our wedding! Me and Alice are very, very thankful, and will post pictures as soon as they’re ready. Oh, and today’s plug- the wonderful Clara Testoni, from the Singing Bones podcast. Go check her out!
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Yes, yes – I said only two PDRP episodes here, and the rest go to that feed. BUT…it’s my birthday, and I can give you this…well, present, actually.
Hello, listeners of the People’s Democratic Republic of Podcast! Our episode about Denmark is in the works – the recording got a bit delayed, and this was supposed to be aired after that, BUT…it’s my birthday, and thus, I bring this to you. Here, Glen who is a self-proclaimed Zen Socialist from the Lesser Bonapartes podcast, meets Prof CJ, an Anarchist Libertarian from the Dangerous History Podcast. And…actually, they don’t duke it out. They prove that in this time of party polarization, even people with extremely opposing views can find things to agree upon, have a civilized discussion and figure things out. I’m just there to help. At the end, the problems are clear to everyone and are the same. The solutions, however, are possibly very different. IF they’re even possible. And politics…well, if politics makes you hate your fellow man, think again. Maybe it’s not the fellow man. Maybe it’s the one’s doing the politics. We’re wide-eyed cynics, ladies and gentlemen, and we like it that way.
Also, thank you to Daniele Bolelli for providing our intro text. We found it fitting.
And, of course, check out my fellow Dark Myths comrade shows:
Lesser Bonapartes podcast – http://thelesserbonapartes.libsyn.com/
Dangerous History podcast – http://profcj.org/
Today’s song: “RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I didn’t even know how much I can be motivated, when I get really angry. And this time, for a good reason – as Russian propagandists decided to desecrate one of, if not the, most important tragedies in the Baltics – the Vilnius massacre. So in this episode, we expose some very tragic events of the past, looking at the newspaper articles of the time and compare them with what Putin’s propaganda machine is spewing out now. And, of course, we look at the workings of that system as well.
Pictures for today:
The most iconic image from the Vilnius massacre in 13th January, 1991. Soviets ordered tanks to crush people and opened fire at the civilians.The Voice of Riga newspaper, used in the show.The Independent Struggle newspaper from 1991, used in the episode.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder.
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Greetings, Comrades!
Our wedding tradition episode is here. Wedding traditions in these parts of the woods, starting from the 12th century, up to modern day. Listener questions are being answered too, and there’s a plethora of crazy stories from my dad, who played in a Soviet wedding band as a side job for years. As mentioned, this one’s a fundraiser so that we (me and Alice) could get married, so we at one point wanted to sell it for 1$, but then…ahh, no, we’re not capitalist enough, so, hopefully you’ll be nice enough to support us. Enjoy.
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Greetings, Comrades!
Today’s episode is dedicated to Sports in the Soviet Union. We gathered what interesting stories we could about the subject, that show the spirit of the times, and put them here. This episode, although a bit short, is still one of the funniest I’ve made. And slightly depressing as usual, but…in the end, it’s about real people stories – and athletes have some of the best one’s to tell. Enjoy!
Soviet speed skater Evgeny Grishin. This picture becomes instantly funny once you listen to the episode.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder.
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Greetings, Comrades! Sorry for posting another PDRP show on this feed again – but I want to popularise that show, and you know, you actually [...]
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Greetings, Comrades!
While we’re preparing for wedding here, and preparing new episodes, here’s a surprise for you. It’s an episode that we did for the paid feed of the Lesser Bonapartes, about the Baltic/Northern Crusade. You know – the piece of history that we’re asked to cover but that kind of can’t find a place. It’s also very, very long. Normally, you’d have to be a supporter of the Lesser Bonapartes show, paying 10$ or more to have this, but I’m giving this one to you, because…yeah, why not. So that you’d have something to listen to, while waiting for my next episode. And no, this means I won’t be covering all of those events separately, because 4h is quite enough, really. Have fun, as I’m preparing for wedding.
And I expect a lot of questions from those who don’t read the text part of the RSS feeds.
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Greetings, comrades!
This is a preview, that is the first episode, of our spin-off show, People’s Democratic Republic of Podcast that we just launched. It can be found here: http://pdrp.lv/ obviously, everything is brand new and under construction there, but we’re working. This is a podcast about the comparison of parliaments in various countries, taking a look at the inner workings of the system, important parties, history of elections, politically interesting events and, of course, controversy. Where I interview people and get to use my journalism skills and academical knowledge. It’s a spin-off that’ll come out once per month, but the episodes will be really long. Because I thought that other, popular news and politics shows aren’t cynical, gonzo and punk enough and don’t take their time about the small things. Well, I do.
If you’re interested – check this episode out, and find that show on iTunes or wherever, or that homepage and give it a listen. Oh, and enjoy!
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In our special anniversary episode, we do indeed deliver something special. This episode looks at a conspiracy theory that Putin might actually be dead…and what is uncovered, truly, is strange and weird. It shocked us, even – as this theory has way too much legitimacy behind it than it should have, and so, a thing that was supposed to be a fun anniversary episode, turned out to be one of investigative journalism. With examples. There’s also some discussion between me and Alice in the end, as this IS our official one year anniversary episode. But really, it’s overshadowed by what facts we managed to gather. And I obviously can’t say that something’s been definitely proven, it is a conspiracy theory after all – but it’s a really good one.
And today’s images are…well, Putin, during various years. It becomes relevant during the show, and you’ll most likely want to come back to this page and take a look, once you get there in the episode.
Putin in 1991
Putin in 2000
Putin in 2001Putin in 2007Putin in 2010Putin in 2011Putin in 2013Putin in 2015Comparison of Putin between 2010 and 2011Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder.
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Greetings Comrades! Our episode about 1989 in the eastern bloc is out! Within: Baltic Way, interview about the Berlin Wall, soap operas, revolutions and more. As today is the largest Latvian national celebration of the year, I can’t provide more explanations right now, I have to jump over a fire, while drinking a beer! Līgo!
Pictures for today’s episode:
These are from the Baltic Way. They might seem naive and too optimistic, but…we were like this at the time. And we’re proud of it!
And this is one of my sources, the Soviet Youth newspaper of the November 7th, 1989.
Thank you for listening, I hope you’ll enjoy the show and…await our special episode.
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This is the extra episode I promised you in the previous regular episode. Feel free to skip if you’re not into historical humour, a bit of awkwardness and/or have already listened to this. In short, the introduction of me, as a co-host to the Lesser Bonapartes show. Just so that you’d get a feel, and hey – maybe you’ll enjoy that one as well. Next regular episode is June 15, but while you wait…you know, Lesser Bonapartes is there, check it out. Oh, and no – this is not the June surprise. That one’s special, and will be revealed on our 1 year anniversary, June 27th. But for now – enjoy me, trying to work on another show!
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Greetings, Comrades!
In this episode we take a look at how childhood looked like in the USSR. A fair warning, as this episode might not be suitable to children. Not because it’s explicit – but because they might get some ideas about misbehaving. Then again, that’s the Soviet way.
Today’s picture – Soviet Pioneers, giving the traditional salute, in a ceremony.And don’t forget to check out Dark Myths – especially Twilight Histories and Rumor Flies, which are the recommendations for this week! Oh, and please fill our survey!
Do Svidaniya, Tovarishci! And enjoy the show.
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After all of our editing issues which you know about already, if you follow us on social media, this episode is finally out. (Alice is far away and Andrew’s PC died at the last moment) This one ended up focusing on Marriage, Family and Everyday life. I had an unprecedented amount of people, giving me their stories and they were so good that I didn’t want to throw any of them out. So, I didn’t. I hope you’ll like this show, as I think it really captures the “feel” of being a Soviet person. We’ll continue with the entertainment and chess next time. And a few other things.
Oh, and one more thing – this episode is best enjoyed while listening to it together with your spouse/partner/significant other. Seriously. Because at the end it’s about what families had to go through, and how they did it.
Today’s images are: pictures from various Soviet stores!
A typical queue. They’re waiting to get into a shoe store, by the way.These TV’s differ by how they improve morale. (Latvian National Archive photo)Your Brezhnev-era typical shoe store. This is how it looked normally, and the queues formed when they actually brought in something that you could buy.A vegetable/canned good section on a good day. Still, note that while there’s a lot of stuff here, there’s almost no selection of anything. And half of it all is probably disgustingly bad.
The sour cream has already been diluted!
A butcher’s store – with the usual lack of merchandise, wrapping paper and the iconic Soviet weights.
A special thanks to Ryan Caligari from the Rumor Flies podcast for editing this on such a short notice.
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter, support us on Patreon or Paypal and leave us reviews on iTunes. Oh…and of course, don’t forget to love your spouse. That’s the most important part.
Hope you’ll enjoy the show!
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You might find that this episode is not as epic as the previous one – but that’s because we’re overworked. Anyway, we tried our best, and here it is. It’s very patriotic, however. And also – we’re on google podcasts now. For other news, listen to the show. Also, Ieva Akurātere is awesome.
Today’s picture is a photo from the October 7th manifestation for a just state.
And here’s the link to Ieva Akurātere – My Country, in the 1988 Liepājas Dzintars festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnjZVVgqqEU
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we talk about the Soviet side of the Space Race. It is a bit fun, a bit dark humor, a bit looking from the people side, but…it gets dark. Really, really dark. This episode includes discussing some of the most tragic deaths ever, and is definitely NOT recommended for children. It will get lighter in the future, but for now…enjoy what we can bring you. As much as you can, as the stuff becomes extremely grim, and I tried to balance it out with some fun. Also, no Alice hadn’t read the script in the info part of the show, before recording it.
Today’s pictures are:
Yuri Gararin, pre-launch, with the CCCP letters just painted on his helmet.
The photographs, showing how Bondarenko was just…deleted.
Komarov’s remains in his funeral. I seriously don’t know why they chose an open casket for this one.
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Greetings, Comrades! If you didn’t know, we took over The Lesser Bonapartes podcast this week, by sending Glen & Daniel to Siberia, turned into a Greater Bolshevik show and spoke about weird foods and DIY vodka. (you can listen to it here: Greater Bolsheviks ) But, our reign didn’t last long, as they seem to have escaped. Curses. But, before that, the KGB investigators sent us their work – about the Pop music in the Soviet Union! And after you’ve done, go and check out our work on their podcast. The Space Race is coming soon, we had to throw a lot of the script out. Enjoy the Power of Rock’n’Roll!
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And here’s our collaboration work with Strange Matters podcast. Please, do check them out. Also, I’m a bit tipsy and depressed due to personal deaths in the first part, hope you won’t mind. But two episodes at the cost of one? Who wouldn’t want that. Enjoy the show, and forgive our mistakes. And check the guys out, please!
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This episode covers more of Gorbachev, including his recent interviews – and historically, the events in 1986 – 1987, and how Glasnost and Perestroika influenced the Soviet culture. We’re trying something new this time, so there’s a bit of a change in format this time – we’re still trying to find that perfect recipe, so all of your comments are very appreciated.
We have two images for you today:
First is the famous Russian singer, Viktor Tsoi, we talk about his death on the show, thought you might like to see him.
Secondly, your typical block house, in Soviet design. There are tons of those in Riga, forming most districts. We mention those in the show – they’re called “Khruschevkas”
Thirdly – Here’s the link to where you can find out more about Heather’s (from Rennaisance England podcast) book, Casting the Past, in which we’re a part in, where to buy it and all the info you need to know: Casting the Past
And if you do decide to acquire the book in one of the links provided on that site, remember to do so, using the code FQ27K to get a discount and support this show a bit.
Also, some useful links – mentioned on the show, but decided to put this here:
“Is it easy to be young” by Juris Podnieks, in a playlist: Here (Apparently it is legal to share this) no English subtitles here, though – but as soon as I’ll find them, I’ll post them!
Кино – Закрой за мной дверь, я ухожу, Kino – Close the doors after me, I’m leaving so that those of you, who don’t know him, might learn of Tsoi’s music.
Līvi – Dzimtā Valoda, Līvi – Native Language and some Līvi for you as well, so that you’d enjoy our patriotic rock of the time.
And finally – our comrades from the Dark Myths collective, Strange Matters podcast with whom I’m collaborating now on the myths of Chernobyl (which you’ll hear soon) and who did today’s intro plug.
Don’t forget to follow us on twitter and facebook, and if you want, support us on Patreon.com/theeasternborder! And to my patreon supporters – please, send us your e-mail address, we’ll have a gift for you soon!
Do svidaniya, tovarischi!
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We’ve had a rough February – and we didn’t manage to fix all of our errors in the previous podcasts, but…here we are nonetheless. This show was one of the hardest ever to make, and I really hope you’ll not only enjoy it, but will also take some time to understand the depth of the tragedy. Today’s picture is – Pripyat. Empty, irradiated and ghastly, it stands there to remind us of the evils of ignorance.
Please, support us on Patreon (or here) and leave us good ratings on iTunes. And check out Lesser Bonapartes and other Dark Myths shows!
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This time, we have something special for you – about an hour-long conversation (recorded through Skype) with Scott and Forrest from the Astonishing Legends podcast, about mysteries, USSR, podcasting, strange experiences, media, a bit of politics and other random things. We did edit some things out, as to not spoil their next show, though.
It is an extra for you, while we’re making our Chernobyl episode, recording a new intro and fixing our mistakes. By the way, thank you for pointing out our mistakes. We’ll continue making these extra shows in the future – our Patreon supporters and paypal donaters will get their hands on them first, but they all will eventually be released to the public anyway.
Also, if you don’t like me, talking with other podcasters and rambling, including making Trump jokes, feel free to skip this episode. Important note – I sound a bit weird here, as the audio recording was done by the Astonishing Legends guys, as I was in Ludza at the time, and quite ill.
Today’s image is: The Astonishing Legends logo
Be sure to check them out on their website – http://www.astonishinglegends.com/ iTunes, or your favourite podcast app. I hope you’ll enjoy them, while we’re working on things. Enjoy the show!
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Greetings, Comrades! Sorry for the delay, we had some issues on this end…but we’ve now delivered, and that’s what matters, right? In this episode – Gorbachev’s Perestroika and Glasnost. And why the first privately owned businesses in the USSR were completely insane. Here’s the two pictures, related to this show:
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. (GERARD FOUET/AFP/Getty Images)And, the awesome and (in)famous State Mark of Quality:
As always, enjoy the show – and don’t forget to give a listen to Inward Empire, and check our Dark Myths collective! Next episode in mid February!
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we talk about the death of Brezhnev and how that brought two old, sick men into power that they probably should never have had in the first place. And how they tried to take alcohol away from the USSR citizens. All of this went about as well as you could imagine.
Today’s featured image, however, is a drawing that we received from the talented and beautiful Diona Nikitenko. It’s truly amazing, and you can use that for whatever you’d like.
This is Yuri Andropov, the first of our old men. He who started the anti-alcohol campaign.
Constantine Chernenko, the other old man – even older and sicker than Andropov. Good that he really didn’t do anything.
The poster, mentioned on the show: It says “Schoolchildren who drink, study worse than those who don’t.”, followed by some statistics. Look at the age of the kids depicted – and if THEY need an anti-alcohol poster, then think about the general state of alcohol consumption in the USSR.
And finally, here’s the link to the youtube video, where you can see Chernenko’s funeral in full length, as shown on the Soviet television:
And don’t forget to visit Dark Myths collective for more shows like this one, and Ben’s wonderful Wittenberg to Wesphalia: Wars of the Reformation podcast.
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Greetings, Comrades, and Merry Christmas!
Sorry for the small delay, but the new episode is finally here. All the listener questions we received are answered…and then we talk about the very depressive issue of Christmas in the Soviet Union. Special thanks goes to Lynn, from The History of The Ottoman Empire podcast, for doing the intro – and he allowed us to do his, so after you’ve done with this episode, go and check him out at https://historyoftheottomanempire.squarespace.com/
We have two pictures this week! One is the Rubles that you might be getting in the following three months:
And the second one is Ded Moroz and Snegurochka. Santa Claus has nothing on this!
Also, you can now follow us on Twitter – @Eastern_Border. We post podcast updates, funny pictures, historical pictures, one movie link, which was really sad, and some news comments. Basically, stuff that’s at least kind of related to what we do here.
Anyways…enjoy the show, I hope your questions have been answered, and..,Merry Christmas!
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Greetings, Comrades!
We are very happy to publish a new episode so soon, but we also have to apologize for the brevity of this episode – Moscow Olympics is a subject that just didn’t fit in anywhere else, so, better to publish this alone. Here are the pictures, mentioned within the show:
Firstly, the Moscow Olympic emblem and the glorious bear, Misha!
Then comes a typical poster for the Olympics
Soviet-made Coca-Cola and Fanta. It exists, tovarischi!
And finally, Kozakiewicz, having uncontrollable muscle spasms.
There are also some things I’d like to say:
Firstly, huge thanks to Darryl Cooper, he’s a friend of ours, and we highly recommend you, giving his “Fear and Loathing in New Jerusalem” podcast a listen, if you haven’t done so already – it’s a dark and moving story about the history of the Jew and Arab conflict in Palestine, and it’s very good.
Secondly, between the recording and publishing of this show, I managed to get into hospital. find the issue that iTunes might have with us, get out of the hospital and decide what to do with my Soviet memorabilia. That means that we still might somehow get into iTunes, which is awesome. Also, that means that as the next episode is a Christmas (in the USSR) and Q&A special, there will be prizes! I have a lot of pins, badges and all kinds of small Soviet memorabilia at my or my relative’s places, and some of that stuff is quite awesome – including some real Soviet medals for actual achievements, like “Hero of Labor” and “Work Veteran” and the like. So, we’ll be giving you stuff. Cool, old Soviet stuff. The ways to get stuff are:
1. If you have any questions you would like us to answer, so post them in the comments, send them to our e-mail, or to our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheEasternBorder/ – as I know that some of you can’t find us by searching) , and we shall answer them in our next show and the author of the best question (or authors of questions, not limited to just one), shall be contacted and some interesting soviet pin or badge or a small flag will be sent to them. The time limit is the 19th of December, and the winners shall be announced on the next podcast episode, which will come out in the week after that.
2. And this is a bit bigger one: We shall also choose one person among those who donate to our show during December, and send them an actual Soviet Medal. An authentic medal, given to people for real achievements. (Achievements may be possibly pointless.) You can feel like Brezhnev, while wearing this to work, basking in the adoration of your capitalist colleagues. Yes, this is a bit of a fundraising scheme, but the size of the donation has zero impact on who gets to be the new owner of a Soviet medal, and we feel that this is the fairest means of doing one. We can’t really afford to send more than one, though, because a lot of you don’t live in Europe, which means that the shipping costs limit us. Also, the time limit for this one, is all of December, and we shall announce the winner of a genuine Soviet Medal in the first episode we make in January. Important note: this will be a civilian medal, not a military one. We at The Eastern Border believe that military medals should only be worn by those who earned them, and that giving away such medals randomly is morally wrong.
The photos of the actual stuff that you’ll be getting will be posted on our webpage and our Facebook page at about 15th of December.
And, as always – enjoy the show!
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Greetings again, comrades!
Sorry for being so late with this episode, but as you’ll hear in it, I’ve run into some issues with my life. Some of you wrote me e-mails asking me, if I’ll be making any new episodes – and yes, I will. This is Eastern Border, we love it here, and we don’t intend to stop anytime soon. Huge “thank you” to everyone who donates, writes comments, sends e-mails or just listens to our show. You’re all awesome.
Now, about this episode a bit: this one is a more serious, more emotional episode than usual. It was also a bit harder for me to make, due to having to do some quote translations on the fly, as I would have taken an eternity more, if I’d scripted everything – so, I apologize for some parts of the show, that might sound a bit worse than you would expect. Otherwise, I’m actually really happy about how this turned out, especially considering my situation – so I hope you’ll enjoy it.
The picture, for this time, is one of the infamous Zinc coffins – in which the soldiers were sent home during the Afghanistan war.
Also, don’t forget to check out this episodes podcast recommendation – the Historical Intentions podcast, by Joseph Newton!
Edit: Also, for those who like the accent – I don’t really notice it, that’s just how I speak in English. I imagine it sounds a bit weird for you.
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We’re back with a vengeance! And small land and medals, and spring. In Prague! In all seriousness, I had some serious health issues, so I wasn’t able to make the episode in time, but I promise that such things will not happen in the future. I have to add that I made a small mistake in the episode, Daugavpils is in the south-eastern part of Latvia, not in the southern part. Well, it IS in the south, but it’s also very to the east, so I should add that. To add to your listening experience, here’s a picture of what happened in Prague, 1968:
Soviet invasion and protests in Prague, 1968Also, this time’s recommendation is Wittenberg to Westphalia: The wars of the reformation podcast. It is awesome, and you should pay them a visit, if you care about what and when happened during the reformation in Europe. Link: wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com
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Greetings, Tovarischi! In this episode I’ll try to introduce you to the basics of the Soviet culture life. And don’t worry, I will return to this subject sometime in the future I well. I hope you’ll enjoy the show.
Also, the word “tovarisch” is a latinized spelling of the word “Товарищ” meaning “Comrade” – and the way of me, pronouncing in the show is the proper Russian pronunciation of it. I received a question about the meaning of this from a listener, and as the answer isn’t included in the show, I thought I should post it here.
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Greetings, Tovarischi! This episode is about the Soviet army, it’s military might and the trials and tribulations of the common soldier – as heard from those very common soldiers. (And, of course, historical background and information on this as well.) Leave your comments below, and don’t forget to tell everyone about this podcast.
Also, I recommend you to go and listen to the Naval History Podcast, by Buckner F. Melton jr. because that podcast really deserves more attention. You can do that here: http://navalhistorypodcast.com/
And to make the lawyers happy: The intro music is a fragment from “My Army” by the Red Army Choir, and the epilogue is from “She thinks herself immortal” by Jim Rooster, used under the Creative Commons licence.
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Greetings, Tovarischi! In this episode: The economy of the USSR, craziness of Khruschev and plans for the future episodes. Leave your comments below, and don’t forget to tell everyone you know about this podcast!
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In this episode, I explain what all of this is going to be about, while I work on my first, real episode about M. Gorbatchev’s book on perestroika and work with all of my written material about the life in the USSR. This is the second iteration of the intro – so we spend some time explaining for our new listeners how the podcast has improved and evolved over time.
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