Today, we’re welcoming back Alexey Kovalev, the managing editor of Coda Story’s Russian-language edition and the brains behind the propaganda-busting website Noodle Remover. Alexey recently got back from a whirlwind tour of the United States, as a 2018 World Press Institute fellow. Kevin desperately wanted to know what he thought of his homeland, and Alexey was kind enough to come on the podcast and share his thoughts about America today.So what did they talk about in this interview? Alexey recalled his experiences in eight major U.S. cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul, Washington, D.C., New York City, Miami, Austin, Chicago, San Francisco, and Denver. He talked about meeting with American journalists throughout the trip, learning about U.S. urban grime, poverty, violence, and more. And of course Kevin asked him how Americans treated him, in the age of Donald Trump, when they found out he was a visiting Russian journalist.Following Alexey on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev/ And check out his many media projects:https://worldpressinstitute.org/author/alexey-kovalev/ https://noodleremover.news/ http://codaru.com/war-on-reason/ Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:“Polyushka Polye” by The Red Army Choir, www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YlbiyiuMcОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQ“Your Health,” Soyuzmultfilm, 1965, Ivan Aksenchuk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFKxyA81TtM

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