All Episodes

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