Remembering Yugoslavia

Rakija is the distilled essence of the Balkan soul. More than a spirit, quintessential as it may be, rakija has a long history. Lately it has seen both threats to its survival and a resurgence.

With Bill Gould (Faith No More / Yebiga Rakija), and Iskra Vukšić and Ekaterina Volkova (Javna Tajna). Featuring music by Dario, Dubioza Kolektiv, Luboyna, Magnifico, Pedja Vujić, and S.A.R.S.

More in the extended version.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Rakija/
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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The K67 Kiosk is a symbol of Yugoslavia. Once ubiquitous in its thousands, only a few hundred units remain around the former country, many in various state of disrepair, and a handful of others around the world. But particularly over the past decade, the Kiosk has been experiencing a revival of sorts. It nowadays inspires educators, artists, designers, and others in their work. 

With Filip Filković and Dijana Handanović.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript:  RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-K67-Kiosk
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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Yugonostalgia as a collective emotion is a sentimental longing for a positively remembered past of the former country and life in it. Why and how does it arise? What are its positive and negative effects? And what are its implications?

With Borja Martinović and Anouk Smeekes.

More in the extended version.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript:  RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Collective-Nostalgia
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. In this installment, a Canadian and an Australian with Croatian Serb heritage share stories about longing and belonging. 

With Nina Platiša and Nik. Featuring music by Nina Platiša.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript:  RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Diaspora-Voices
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project.

Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it.

These are their stories.

Part 4 of many: Designers (mostly).

With Tadej Anclin (3D monuments), Claire Condon (Yugopaperniks), and Dejan Medojević (Dejoslavija), and contributions by Mikal Ahmed and Igor Riđanović / Tito AI Chatbot. Featuring music by Detective Spook.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Inspired-by-Yugoslavia4
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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In 1981, an obscure English punk band recorded a song whose cover by an Istrian punk band became famous in the former Yugoslavia. It took three decades and serendipity for the dots to connect. 

With Barry Phillips (Demob) and Nenad Milić (Tito's Bojs). Featuring music by Agent Tajne Sile, Defiance, Hladno Pivo, JazzIstra Orchestra, and Tito's Bojs.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Titos-Punks
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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Films made after 1991 that are set in socialist Yugoslavia keep the former country present in popular culture. From Tito and Me (1991) to How I Learned to Fly (2022), from Slovenia to Serbia and beyond, from nostalgic tales to dark thrillers, the post-Yugoslav cinematography remembers Yugoslavia. Similarly, Czech directors have tackled the socialist period in their own ways. A comprehensive, comparative perspective.

With Mirko Milivojević and Vladan Petković (YU) and Veronika Pehe (CS). Featuring music by Spirituál Kvintet and others.

More in the extended version.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Celluloid-Retro
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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There’s an invisible way of remembering the former country and especially how it fell apart: in your body. This is doubly true for trauma. How do the people of the former Yugoslavia experience and deal with trauma of their country's dissolution? How does trauma get passed down over generations? And how can we dance our way out of it?

With Stefan Jovanović and Snježana Pruginić.

More in the extended version.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Trauma
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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Vladimir Nazor was a poet, Partisan, and politician. His greatness and popularity endured through five regimes/countries. Who was Croatia's greatest children's writer and first president? How did the author of so many Croatian national classics turn into Tito’s adulator ? How come he remains a popular figure in today’s anti-communist Croatia?

With Marijan Lipovac and Martin Mayhew. Featuring select poetry and prose of Vladimir Nazor (lots more in the extended version).


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Vladimir-Nazor
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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The Day of Youth was a major Yugoslav holiday. It continues to be annually commemorated to this day in Tito's birthplace. What was the holiday and how was it celebrated in Kurmovec? How is the defunct Yugoslav holiday commemorated today?  Plus a field report from the 2022 edition of the event.*

With Nevena Škrbić Alempijević and Jovan Vejnović (plus Hrvoje Klasić and Larisa Kurtović).

* The extended version available on Patreon  includes a report from the 2023 event.

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month.

• Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Dan-Mladosti
• Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia
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