Russia's More Than That: Recent Episodes
Radiotopia
I'm Smith Freeman, co-host of the She's In Russia podcast along with my best friend Olivia Capozzalo who lives in St. Petersburg. We talk about Russian politics, history, and culture, try to make Russia more real for non-Russians and sometimes try to talk about things Russians are talking about. This playlist collects episodes about Russia that counteract stereotype, sensationalism, and the rising anti-Russian rhetoric in mainstream liberal American media.
Masha Gessen explains how “Russiagate” is both an excuse for Dems’ election failure and a security blanket.
Oh the boys of leftist fame. My favorite part of this episode is when they sum up pretty much all Russian stereotypes in about 30 seconds.
We’re the peanut gallery, listening to clips from Hillary and Lavrov’s “Reset” moment to CIA videos for Reagan to hypocritical UN speeches.
Usually Sean’s the host, here the tables are turned on This Is Hell! Sean gets to the core of the political space created by Alexei Navalny.
Brand spankin’ new. I like the guest’s phrasing that America is competing nicely in the Paranoia Olympics. Plus a good rundown of the news.
Cara’s production and narration reigns supreme. In this sad, but important story of the Moscow bombings of 1999 Cara brings us full circle.
Kristaps delivers an emotional (I do not mean that pejoratively) and diligent case study of Russian propaganda in former Soviet states.
I think my favorite part about this episode is Ames coining the term “Cold War Car” as in it’s easy to rev up the old Cold War rhetoric car. Beep beep.
Okay sorry, if you don’t speak Russian this one isn’t for you. This episode asks the question ‘why do we need school at all?’