Ranked #1
Episode 19: Soviet Georgia, Turkey and the South Caucasus Borderlands with Candan Badem
Episode 19: Soviet Georgia, Turkey and the South Caucasus Borderlands with Candan Badem
On this episode we have a wide ranging conversation with the illustrious historian Candan Badem who his an expert on the... Read more
1 Jun 2022
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1hr 23mins
Ranked #2
Episode 18: Anastas Mikoyan and Soviet Armenia with Pietro Shakarian
Episode 18: Anastas Mikoyan and Soviet Armenia with Pietro Shakarian
Anastas Mikoyan was an incredible figure. An Armenian old Bolshevik whose career spanned decades all the way from active... Read more
3 May 2022
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59mins
Ranked #3
Episode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel Moyn
Episode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel Moyn
On today's episode we welcome Samuel Moyn, professor of Law and History at Yale, to discuss the political history of hum... Read more
1 Apr 2022
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59mins
Ranked #4
Episode 16: The 2008 Russo-Georgian War with Gerard Toal
Episode 16: The 2008 Russo-Georgian War with Gerard Toal
On this episode, we have a discussion with political geographer Dr. Gerard Toal about the 2008 August War that embroiled... Read more
11 Mar 2022
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #5
Episode 15: The Criminalization of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War with Laure Neumayer
Episode 15: The Criminalization of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War with Laure Neumayer
In this interview with French political scientist Laure Neumayer, we discuss how a particular form of anti-communist mem... Read more
10 Feb 2022
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1hr 34mins
Ranked #6
Episode 14: Managing Epidemics in Post-Soviet Georgia with Erin Koch
Episode 14: Managing Epidemics in Post-Soviet Georgia with Erin Koch
In this episode we sit down with anthropologist Erin Koch to have a conversation about the shifts in medical practices, ... Read more
26 Jan 2022
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1hr 51mins
Ranked #7
Episode 13: Women & Film in Early Soviet Georgia with Salome Tsopurashvili
Episode 13: Women & Film in Early Soviet Georgia with Salome Tsopurashvili
One of the Soviet Union's most well known directors Mikhail Kalatozov was born as Mikhail Kalatoziashvili in Tiflis in 1... Read more
30 Dec 2021
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #8
Episode 12: Black Communists and the Soviet Union with Gerald Horne
Episode 12: Black Communists and the Soviet Union with Gerald Horne
On today's episode we sit down with prolific historian Dr. Gerald Horne to discuss the intimate political relationship i... Read more
23 Nov 2021
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #9
Episode 11: The Social Consequences of the end of Socialism with Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein
Episode 11: The Social Consequences of the end of Socialism with Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein
Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein have recently released a new book entitled "Taking Stock of Shock: The Social Con... Read more
4 Nov 2021
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1hr 36mins
Ranked #10
Episode 10: Navigating Nationalism, Russia and Research in Georgia with Archil Sikharulidze
Episode 10: Navigating Nationalism, Russia and Research in Georgia with Archil Sikharulidze
In this episode we sit down with Tbilisi-based researcher and lecturer Archil Sikharulidze, who specializes in securitiz... Read more
26 Oct 2021
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1hr 16mins