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The Slavic Connexion — 215 episodes · page 1 of 3
Harry Potter and Putin’s Russia: Fantasy, Fandom, and Politics with Eliot Borenstein
Remembering the Forgotten: Eastern Europe’s Migrant Experience
Tower of Mud and Straw: War and Propaganda Through the Lens of Sci-Fi
Degrees of Freedom: Women Under Serfdom in Russia
Unlocking Change: Meet the Prague Civil Society Centre
The German Perspective: NATO, Ukraine, and Russian Information Operations
"Bad Romance": Sex, Spies, and Lies from the Cold War
Stable Division: Belarus & the Continued Battle for Democracy
"We're all in cyberspace together": Digital Literacy from Ukraine to the World
"I tried the 'Truth' thing": Telegram, Free Speech, and the Debunking Dilemma
It's Complicated: North Macedonia, Historiography, and Indigenous Nations
Metaphor to Direct: The History of Russian New Drama
Words Without Bars: Russian Prison Literature & the Encyclopedia of the Dog
"Dynasty Divided: A Family History of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism"
Cyber Crime & Punishment in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Liberty After Liberalism: Post-Maidan Transformations in Ukrainian Media
Through American Eyes: Citizen Diplomacy and the Post-Soviet Market Economy
Reporting in "Relative Unfreedom": A Conversation with Pjotr Sauer of The Guardian
Haunted Empire: Power, Trauma, & the Uncanny in Russian Imperial Gothic Literature
Ukraine and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections with Terrell Jermaine Starr
From Empires and Kings to Hitler and Co.: Democracy and Dictatorship in Central and Eastern Europe
Resiliency, Corruption, and Uncertainty: Assessing Ukraine's Politics and Long-Term Prospects
Germany and NATO: Developing Interoperability, Information Advantage, & Resiliency
Demystifying Cyber: Building Resiliency in the Modern Technology Landscape
"Atomic Steppe": The Soviet Nuclear Legacy and the Global Arms Race
Ballistics and Ballots: The Ukraine War in 2024 and Beyond with Michael Kofman
Mordor to Moscow, Potter to Putin: Into the Slavic Multiverse with Eliot Borenstein
Battle Without Borders: Cyberwarfare and the Russian (Dis)advantage
Gravedigger of the Present: Memory Politics and the Weaponization of History
The State of Investigative Journalism in Russia Today with Mikhail Rubin
The (Grass)roots of Illiberalism: Contemporary Authoritarianism, Identity Projects, & Culture Wars in Europe
Surveillance, Liberty, & Privacy: A Conversation on National Security & Emerging Technologies with Adam Klein
Bravehearts: The Real Story of the Chechens' Unending Fight for Independence (#Connexions speaker series)
Yellowing Paper: Russian Journalism, the New Proletarian Elite, and an Economy of Smugglers
On the Wings of Russian Propaganda: Slovakia and the Decline of Democracy in Central Europe
A Matter of Defense: Russia's Arms Industry, Post-Soviet Wars, and American Pragmatism
From Fallujah to the Forty Acres: History, Strategy, and Statecraft with Paul Edgar
From Russia to Hollywood: Bringing Slavic Culture to the Silver Screen
There's No Business Like War Business: Prigozhin, Putin, and Weakening Partnerships
Bohemian Forgery: The Legendary Czech Manuscripts and National Myth
Post-Soviet Protests, Politics, and Premature Dismissals of Russia's Regional Governors
The Case of DOXA: A New Chapter in Russian Youth Repression
Behind Black & White Frontlines: Literature Development in Wartime Ukraine, 2014-2022
The Art of Transition from Socialist to Post-Socialist Russia
KAZKA: The Voice of Ukraine
You Only Need to Die: The Secret Police of East Germany and Romania
Milan Rastislav Štefánik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia
"In the Storms of Transformation": History of Balkan Migration and Globalization with Ulf Brunnbauer
The Other: Russian-American Relations Through the Centuries with Ivan Kurilla
Compounding Conflicts: Russia in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa with Robert Freedman
The Reception Desk: Soviet Bureaucracy with a Human Face, 1979-1985
The Politics of Soviet Football in the 1950s and 60s
"Budapest's Children: Humanitarian Relief in the Aftermath of the Great War"
Russian Law: "Is There Any?" with Will Pomeranz
"The Demise of the Multiethnic Soviet Union" with Brigid O'Keeffe
"Oil, the State, and War" with Emma Ashford
Shifting Sands: The Middle East and North Africa in Russia's War in Ukraine
"Ingredients of Change": History of Food in Bulgaria with Mary Neuburger
"The Fastest Game in the World" with Bruce Berglund
Putin's War in Ukraine: Mobilization, Annexation, and the Coming Winter
Putting Poland, Ukraine, and Russia in Context with Norman Davies
"Black Garden Aflame": The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict with Artyom Tonoyan
Black Widows: Female Terrorists in Chechnya
"All Future Plunges to the Past" with José Vergara
The Far-Fetched Far Right Non-Story with Andreas Umland
Operation "Denver" and Russia's Disinformation Playbook with Douglas Selvage
Youth Political Engagement in the 2019 Ukrainian Presidential Election
Putin's War in Ukraine: Russian Roulette with Leonid Ragozin
Putin's War in Ukraine: "Truth will be told" with Alex Kokcharov
Putin's War in Ukraine: The History of the Conflict with David Marples
Российская оппозиция: Беседа с Владимиром Кара-Мурзой
The Russian Opposition Today and the Legacy of Boris Nemtsov with Vladimir Kara-Murza
"Čas proměn": Prague in a Time of Transformation with Mark Baker
NATO and the "Bear in the Woods" with Sergey Radchenko
North Macedonia and the Mired Quest for EU Accession
"Long Hair Goes a Long Way": Exploring the Soviet Hippie Movement with Juliane Fürst
Everything You Need to Know About Eastern Europe (and More!) with Tomek Jankowski
"From Odessa With Love" with Vladislav Davidzon
Nord Stream 2 and You: More Than A European Problem
Sports (History) Illustrated: Cold War Edition with Johanna Mellis
"And Still We Rise": Uncovering the Story of the Bosnian Genocide
Mountains without Borders: Discovering the Carpathians with Patrice Dabrowski
"Frozen by the Thaw": The Soviet Masculinity Crisis of the Long Sixties with Marko Dumančić
The Unexplored History of the USSR, Afghanistan, and the Cold War with Timothy Nunan
An Intimate Look at Prostitution in Late Imperial Russia with Siobhán Hearne
Afghanistan: A Strategic Failure with Ret. Col. Robert Hamilton
Decolonization in Eastern Europe: A Critical Geographer's Perspective with Zoltán Ginelli
The Inside Scoop on "Cold War Correspondents" with Dina Fainberg
Eurovision: More than a Song (Contest) with Sophia Kontos
Steppe by Steppe: From America's Great Plains to Russia's Grasslands (and Back Again!) with David Moon
The Pivoting Anthropologist: From Chernobyl to Social Activism to Kurt Vonnegut to... with Sarah Phillips
The Ghana-Soviet Connexion with Nana Osei-Opare
Ukraine Through the Author's Pen with Oksana Lutsyshyna
"American Girls in Red Russia" with Julia Mickenberg
"Hate in the Homeland": The Global Far Right with Cynthia Miller-Idriss
"Russia Resurrected": The Paradox of the Perception of Russian Power with Kathryn Stoner
Poison, Prison, Protests: The Continued Saga of Alexei Navalny with Mark Galeotti
From Red to Green: The True Nature of Environmental Activism in Russia with Angelina Davydova
Russia's Mercurial Role in Southeast Europe (with Dimitar Bechev)
"Mixed Messages": The Survival of the Buryat Language with Kathryn Graber