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The Slavic Literature Pod — 190 episodes
Mosquito by Akhmet Baitursynov (with translator Jake Zawlacki)
Sofia Petrova by Lydia Chukovskaya
For Your Consideration: John Williams' Butcher's Crossing (and why I don't think we should compare it to Blood Meridian)
The Last Letter (2002) by Frederick Wiseman + What Vasily Grossman and Life & Fate mean today
PREP WORK: The Last Letter (2002) by Frederick Wiseman
A School for Fools by Sasha Sokolov (w/ Dr. José Vergara)
Chevengur by Andrei Platonov, Chapters 25-43
Zvenihora (1928) directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories (w/ editors Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska)
My five favorite films of the year + Sayat Nova, dir. by Sergei Parajanov
Earth (1930) directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Not Russian by Mikhail Shevelev (w/ Ally Pitts, host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast)
Chevengur, chapters 1-25, by Andrei Platonov
The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky and Delicious Hunger by Hai Fan
An update, a reason to podcast, a look through October
For Your Consideration: War Diary by Yevgenia Belorusets & The Time of Doves by Merce Rodoreda
A message from Matt
Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets & The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Alindarka's Children by Alhierd Bacharevič & Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Europe Central by William T. Vollmann & Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi & In The Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
The Story of Sonechka by Marina Tsvetaeva (w/ Inessa Fishbeyn and C. D. C. Reeve)
A look forward to June
The Moscoviad by Yuri Andrukhovych (w/ Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky)
I Live I See by Vsevolod Nekrasov (w/ trans. Bela Shayevich and Dr. Ainsley Morse)
Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov (w/ the author himself)
Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy (w/ Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich)
To Hell with Poets by Baqytgul Sarmekova (w/ translator Mirgul Kali)
I Burned at the Feast by Arseny Tarkovsky (w/ translators Philip J. Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev)
Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Stiazhkina (w/ translator Dominique Hoffman)
A Look Forward
The Talnikov Family by Avdotya Panaeva (w/ translator Fiona Bell)
A Hiatus, Kind of
December Break: The Performance by Sergei Dovlatov
Office Hours - Is Tolstoy still relevant?
The UnSimple by Taras Prokhasko
To Hell with Poets by Baqytgul Sarmekova
Office Hours - Why don't straight men read novels?
Strike! (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein
The Tears & Smiles of Things by Sodomora (w/ translators Dr. Roman Ivashkiv and Sabrina Jaszi)
Office Hours - Enrolling in Jordan Peterson Academy
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
Devil's Yard by Ivo Andrić
August Break - The Czech Manuscripts (w/ author Dr. David L. Cooper)
August Break - Ochre & Rust by Gandlevsky (w/translator Philip J. Metres)
August Break - Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture (w/ author Dr. Maya Vinokour)
Life and Fate (Part 3, Chs. 49-61) by Grossman
Life and Fate (Part 3, Chs. 19-48) by Grossman
Aelita (1924) by Protazanov
Office Hours - Answering r/Dostoevsky's hottest questions
Life and Fate (P. 2, Chs. 51-62, P.3 Chs. 1-18) by Grossman
The Body of the Soul by Ulitskaya
Office Hours - Ranking our best episodes
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 2, Chapter 49
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 2, Chapter 48
Life and Fate (P.2, Chs. 21-50) by Grossman
Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture (w/ author Dr. Maya Vinokour)
Office Hours - We Read This Book So You Don't Have To
Life and Fate (P.1 Chs. 61-70, P.2 Chs. 1-20) by Grossman
Light Breathing by Bunin
Office Hours - Do-stoevsky it for the 'gram, Empress Theresa
Life and Fate (P.1, Chs. 32-60) by Grossman
The Czech Manuscripts (w/ author Dr. David Cooper)
Office Hours - Dissertation, sea monsters, DostoevskyGPT
Life and Fate (P.1, Chs. 1-31) by Grossman
Ochre & Rust by Gandlevsky (w/translator Philip J. Metres)
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 5
The Sulphur Spring by Durova/Alexandrov
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 4
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 3
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 2
Life and Fate Read Along: Part 1, Chapter 1
December Break: The Sistine Madonna by Grossman
Coming Soon: Supporter Drive '23
We Need To Talk: Supporter Drive '23
SAVE OUR SHOW: Supporter Drive '23
The Master and Margarita (chs. 26-epilogue) by Bulgakov
A Volga Tale (The Pupil-The Son-The Children) by Yakhina
Office Hours - Life and Fate Chapter a Day Read Along 1/1/2024
The Master and Margarita (chs. 19-25) by Bulgakov
A Volga Tale (The Wife-The Daughter) by Yakhina
Solaris (1972) by Tarkovsky
The Master and Margarita (chs. 10-18) by Bulgakov
Signs and Symbols by Nabokov (w/ Drs. Sara Karpukhin and José Vergara)
Office Hours - "Literary" fiction, bookstagram, and questionable takes
The Master and Margarita (chs. 1-9) by Bulgakov
The Kreutzer Sonata by Tolstoy (w/ Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich)
The Performance by Dovlatov
Leviathan (2014) by Zvyagintsev
An Out-Of-Tune Piano, An Accordion by Andrukhovych
On The Way: A Sketch by Khvoshchinskaya
A New Name, A New Look, The Same Show
June Break: The Captain's Daughter
June Break: The Orchard by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
June Break: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina
Bonus 11 - June Break 2023 + What's Next
War and Peace p.14 (Epilogues I & II)
War and Peace p.13 (Book 4, Part 4)
War and Peace p.12 (Book 4, Part 3)
War and Peace p.11 (Book 4, Part 2)
War and Peace p.10 (Book 4, Part 1)
War and Peace p.9 (Book 3, Part 3)
War and Peace p.8 (Book 3, Part 2)
War and Peace p.7 (Book 3, Part 1)
War and Peace p.6 (Book 2, Parts 4-5)
War and Peace p.5 (Book 2, Part 3)
War and Peace p.4 (Book 2, Parts 1-2)
War and Peace p.3 (Book 1, Part 3)
War and Peace p.2 (Book 1, Part 2)
War and Peace p.1 (Book 1, Part 1)
Chekhov Becomes Chekhov (w/ Author Bob Blaisdell)
Bonus 10 - 2 Years of Tipsy Tolstoy and BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
Robert Chandler Talks Stalingrad and Translation
The Shot by Pushkin
The Sistine Madonna by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 35-56) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 23-36) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 3, Chs. 1-22) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 40-52) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 20-39) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 2, Chs. 1-19) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 53-69) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 35-52) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 19-34) by Grossman
Stalingrad (Part 1, Chs. 1-18) by Grossman
Envy by Olesha (w/ Dr. José Vergara)
Bonus 9 - State of the Podcast
The Orchard (w/ Author Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry)
Eugene Onegin p.3 by Pushkin (w/ Dr. Katherine Bowers)
Eugene Onegin p.2 by Pushkin
Eugene Onegin p.1 by Pushkin
Crime and Punishment Epilogue (w/ Dr. Kate Holland)
Crime and Punishment p.6 (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
Crime and Punishment p.5
Crime and Punishment p.4
Crime and Punishment p.3
Crime and Punishment p.2
Crime and Punishment p.1 (w/ Dr. Katherine Bowers)
The Polykhaevs by Nilin (w/ Dr. Ian Garner)
Father Sergius by Tolstoy
Bonus 8 - December Announcements!
Cement p.2 by Gladkov
Cement p.1 by Gladkov
Morphine by Bulgakov
The Captain's Daughter by Pushkin
Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov
The Funeral Party by Ulitskaya
Bonus 7 Preview - Movie Night!
The Meek One by Dostoevsky (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
Anna Karenina p.8
Anna Karenina p.7
Anna Karenina p.6
Anna Karenina p.5
Format Change
One Soldier's War by Babchenko
Anna Karenina p.4
Matryona's House by Solzhenitsyn
Anna Karenina p.3
The Unwomanly Face of War by Alexievich
Anna Karenina p.2
Pkhentz by Sinyavsky
Anna Karenina p.1
The Lady with the Dog by Chekhov
Zuleikha p.2 by Yakhina
Zuleikha p.1 by Yakhina
Anna Karenina Film Adaptations with Ally Pitts
Love of Worker Bees by Kollontai
What Is To Be Done? by Lenin
What Is To Be Done? by Tolstoy
What Is To Be Done? by Chernyshevsky
We p.2 by Zamyatin
Bonus 4 - Politely and Calmly Discussing 1984
We p.1 by Zamyatin
Song of the Final Meeting, Lot's Wife, and Requiem by Akhmatova
The Cow & The Third Son by Platonov
How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Tolstoy
Bonus 3 - An International Relations Major's Lament
Fathers and Children p.2 by Turgenev
Fathers and Children p.1 by Turgenev
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
The Overcoat by Gogol
Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
Kolyma Tales by Shalamov
Sankya p.2 by Prilepin
Bonus 1 - Russian Melancholy
Sankya p.1 by Prilepin
The Nose by Gogol
Red Cavalry by Babel
Alyosha the Pot by Tolstoy