# The Eurasian Knot

> To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to …

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## Site

- [Homepage](https://www.euraknot.org/)
- [Sitemap](https://www.euraknot.org/sitemap.xml)
- [RSS feed](https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6744b7b7507c8fc412f628e8)

## Recent episodes

- [Marriage and Family in Chechnya](https://www.euraknot.org/marriage-and-family-in-chechnya/): published 2026-10-14

- [A Novel of Modern Russia](https://www.euraknot.org/a-novel-of-modern-russia/): published 2026-10-07

- [Latvian Soldiers in WWII](https://www.euraknot.org/latvian-soldiers-in-wwii/): published 2026-09-30

- [Los Rusos](https://www.euraknot.org/los-rusos/): published 2026-09-23

- [The Origins of the Ukraine War](https://www.euraknot.org/the-origins-of-the-ukraine-war/): published 2026-09-16

- [The Soviet Death Penalty](https://www.euraknot.org/the-soviet-death-penalty/): published 2026-09-09

- [Soviet Protestants](https://www.euraknot.org/soviet-protestants/): published 2026-09-02

- [Thresholds Part 7: Olga](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-7-olga/): published 2026-08-26

- [Thresholds Part 6: Yelena](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-6-yelena/): published 2026-08-26

- [Thresholds Part 5: Julia](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-5-julia/): published 2026-08-26

- [Thresholds Part 4: New Immigrants](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-4-new-immigrants/): published 2026-08-19

- [Thresholds Part 3: Russians in San Francisco](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-3-russians-in-san-francisco/): published 2026-08-12

- [Thresholds Part 2: Becoming White](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-2-becoming-white/): published 2026-08-05

- [Thresholds Part 1: Leaving the Old Country](https://www.euraknot.org/thresholds-part-1-leaving-the-old-country/): published 2026-07-29

- [The Rise and Fall of the Georgian Democratic Republic](https://www.euraknot.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-georgian-democratic-republic/): published 2026-07-22

- [The Man Who Knew Russia](https://www.euraknot.org/the-man-who-knew-russia/): published 2026-07-15

- [Reporting Russia's Descent](https://www.euraknot.org/reporting-russias-descent/): published 2026-07-08

- [Boris Nemtsov](https://www.euraknot.org/boris-nemtsov/): published 2026-07-01

- [The Last Soviet Artist](https://www.euraknot.org/the-last-soviet-artist/): published 2026-06-24

- [Remembering Alexander Rabinowitch](https://www.euraknot.org/remembering-alexander-rabinowitch/): published 2026-06-17

- [Anastas Mikoyan](https://www.euraknot.org/anastas-mikoyan/): published 2026-06-10

- [Soviet Holocaust Literature](https://www.euraknot.org/soviet-holocaust-literature/): published 2026-06-04

- [The Russian Paradox](https://www.euraknot.org/the-russian-paradox/): published 2026-05-27

- [Kurt Vonnegut in the USSR](https://www.euraknot.org/kurt-vonnegut-in-the-ussr/): published 2026-05-18

- [The Post-Soviet Human Condition](https://www.euraknot.org/the-post-soviet-human-condition/): published 2026-05-11

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