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NBN Episodes hosted by Joy:

Laurence Bogoslaw, "Russians on Trump: Coverage and Commentary" (East View Press, 2018)

May 23, 2018

Russians on Trump

Laurence Bogoslaw
Hosted by Joy Neumeyer

For all the American media coverage of President Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia, what’s rarely heard are the voices of Russians themselves. Ru…

Erik Scott, "Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire" (Oxford UP, 2016)

April 24, 2018

Familiar Strangers

Erik Scott
Hosted by Joy Neumeyer

From Stalin’s inner circle to Soviet dinner menus, the small nation of Georgia had a remarkable influence on the politics and culture of the USSR. Eri…

Dan Healey, "Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi" (Bloomsbury, 2017)

March 6, 2018

Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi

Dan Healey
Hosted by Joy Neumeyer

In 2013, when the Russian State Duma passed a law banning the propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships to minors, some rushed to boycott Rus…

Joshua Rubenstein, "The Last Days of Stalin" (Yale UP, 2016)

December 11, 2017

The Last Days of Stalin

Joshua Rubenstein
Hosted by Joy Neumeyer

On March 4, 1953, Soviet citizens woke up to an unthinkable announcement: Joseph Stalin, the country's all-powerful leader, had died of a stroke. In T…

Rebecca Mitchell, "Nietzsche's Orphans: Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire" (Yale UP, 2015)

October 23, 2017

Nietzsche's Orphans

Rebecca Mitchell
Hosted by Joy Neumeyer

At the close of the nineteenth century, Europe was teeming with apocalyptic dreams of destruction and renewal. In Nietzsche's Orphans: Music, Metaphys…