All Episodes
Turan Tales — 53 episodes
Episode 42: Why Central Asia still needs akyns - the poets who speak truth to power
Episode 41: Hashish and survival in rural Kyrgyzstan
Episode 40: Abdulla Qodiriy's "Bygone Days" and the fight for intellectual property rights
Episode 39: What cinema can tell us about Central Asia
Iya’s lifelines: A Jewish journey to survival in Central Asia
Episode 38: Inside Turan. The Persian legacy in Central Asia
Episode 37: What has become of Russia's Wartime exiles in Central Asia?
Episode 36: Why is crypto growing in Central Asia - and who benefits?
Episode 35: Who is crying for Tashiev? The end of Kyrgyzstan's ruling duo
Rainbow Almaty: The end of a queer dream
Episode 34: Tengrism in Central Asia. From ancient belief to cultural phenomenon
Episode 33: Lessons on independence from the former Soviet republics
Episode 32: Kazakh women across centuries. From the yurt to digital resistance
Episode 31: Why is Kazakhstan rewriting its Constitution?
Episode 30: Goodbye, old Dushanbe. Hello, AI hub?
Episode 29: The human rights system is in peril. What does it mean for Central Asia?
Good education: The rise and fall of Hizmet schools in Central Asia
Episode 28: From nomad tents to Soviet walls - The story of Central Asian carpets
Episode 27: The Tajik-Afghan borderland - What’s going on and how we got here
Episode 26: The limits of change in the "New Uzbekistan"
Episode 25: Black gold nation - How oil and gas shaped Kazakhstan
Episode 24: Can modern art flourish in Central Asia?
Episode 23: After the elections - Inside the “New Kyrgyzstan”
Episode 22: Who will save Samarkand?
The Unlikely mercenaries: Central Asians fighting Russia’s war
Episode 21: Is Turkmenistan finally opening up?
Episode 20: The past and present of US engagement with Central Asia
Episode 19: Why is Tajikistan fighting witchcraft?
Episode 18: Uyat - Shame made in Central Asia
The Capital: In search of Astana's soul
Episode 17: The most famous Uzbek writer few in Uzbekistan have heard of
Episode 16: What does it mean to be Kazakhstani?
Episode 15: Pop made in the USSR - The sounds of Central Asian estrada
Episode 14: Central Asian ‘first daughters’ - heirs, icons, or leaders?
The girl with the seals: A fight for the Caspian’s last mammals
Episode 13: Post-Soviet nostalgia and colonial legacy in Central Asia
Episode 12: From Elbasy to pensioner. The legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev
Episode 11: Who’s left to defend Central Asian migrants in Russia?
“What am I, just cattle you can give away?” A nomadic tradition meets modern reality
Episode 10: Powering Central Asia - Is nuclear the best bet?
Episode 9: Is Central Asia’s cotton finally becoming ethical?
Episode 8: Whatever happened to Central Asia's "Island of Democracy"?
“Families should be built on love.” The story of a Kyrgyz stolen bride.
Episode 7: Why Tajikistan’s opposition turned to the International Criminal Court?
Episode 6: What’s behind China’s archaeological digs in Central Asia?
From the alas to the steppe. How Kazakhstan became the go-to destination for Sakha people fleeing Russia’s war
The Jadids - Muslim modernists purged by Stalin, reclaimed by Uzbekistan
Episode 4: Central Asia: BFFs or just friends with benefits?
"Then Trump came to power": Under-threat Karakalpak activist denied US resettlement
Episode 3: Reputation laundering in Central Asia
Episode 2: Why Uzbekistan's elite infighting turned violent?
Atomic Kazakhstan: The invisible curse
Episode 1: The quest to normalise Central Asia