Past Interviews

The Soviet Rock Scene


Guest: Artemy Troitsky reflecting on his life in the Soviet and Russian rock scenes.

The Economic War

Guests: Ben Aris and Ilya Matveev on the Russian economy during wartime.

Mixed Marriages in the USSR


Guest: Adrienne Edgar on Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples:  Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia published by Cornell University Press.

Soviet Aid to West Africa


Guests: Alessandro Iandolo and Natalia Telepneva on Soviet engagement with West Africa during the Cold War.