Soviet Flower Power
Juliane Furst on Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in the Soviet Hippieland and Beyond published by Oxford University Press.
November 5, 2021
Youth
Wine and Cheese: Komsomol Etiquette and Emily Post
SRB interns Amelia Parlier and Felix Helbing dive into the weird world of advice columns. Two unlikely parings on the block—Komsomol decorum and the diva of dish, Emily Post. It’s wine and cheese!
July 16, 2021
Perestroika and Punk Rock
Guest: Vladimir Kozlov on punk rock, perestroika, his stories and films.
January 20, 2019
Youth Movements in Eastern Europe
Guest: Olena Nikolayenko on Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe published by Cambridge University Press.
January 11, 2019
Soviet and American Children in the Cold War
Guest: Margaret Peacock on Soviet and American Children in the Cold War.
November 5, 2018
Communist Neverland at the Russian International Children’s Home
Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on “Communist Neverland: New Research on a Russian International Children’s Home, 1933-1991.”
October 22, 2018
Communism, Youth and Generation
Guest: Matthias Neumann on communism, youth, and generation.
October 6, 2018
Early Soviet Urban Communes
Guest: Andy Willimott on Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press.
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April 30, 2018
Young Communists Under Stalin
Guest: Seth Bernstein on Raised Under Stalin: Young Communists and the Defense of Socialism.
October 21, 2017
October 3, 2016
