She's In Russia

This week we select clips from some of our favorite episodes of the year. Happy New Year.

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This week Lily tells Smith the tale of the Russian Christmas/New Year's tree. Pagan anti-demon rituals, Peter the Great shaking and moving, a pro-tree Pravda op-ed by a party leader: Lily plots the course of how the Christmas Tree came to Russia and then ultimately became the New Year's tree.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: Guayaba (aeonfuxxx on Soundcloud)

Special thanks to the scholarship of Elena Dushechkina

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

This week Lily tells Smith the tale of the Russian Christmas/New Year's tree. Pagan anti-demon rituals, Peter the Great shaking and moving, a pro-tree Pravda op-ed by a party leader: Lily plots the course of how the Christmas Tree came to Russia and then ultimately became the New Year's tree.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: Guayaba (aeonfuxxx on Soundcloud)

Special thanks to the scholarship of Elena Dushechkina

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

Cozy up for story time. This week we bring you a reading of two texts translated from Russian -- a short story called "Thirteen" by Alisa Ganieva and an excerpt from a novel called "The Gardener is Gone" by Lena Eltang.

The short story was translated by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and published in The Missing Slate. The novel is currently in the process (!) of being co-translated by Isaac and Reilly Costigan-Humes -- we're very grateful to the translators for the chance to get a sneak peek of their beautiful work and share it with our listeners.

Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack

Interlude: Taylar Elizza Beth

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

Cozy up for story time. This week we bring you a reading of two texts translated from Russian -- a short story called "Thirteen" by Alisa Ganieva and an excerpt from a novel called "The Gardener is Gone" by Lena Eltang.

The short story was translated by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler and published in The Missing Slate. The novel is currently in the process (!) of being co-translated by Isaac and Reilly Costigan-Humes -- we're very grateful to the translators for the chance to get a sneak peek of their beautiful work and share it with our listeners.

Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack

Interlude: Taylar Elizza Beth

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

This week we're checking in with “Russiagate”/ the “Russian matter” [российское дело]. You will learn: what Michael Flynn’s plea deal is and why there's a fuss about it; and what happened to RT America, the US branch of a multinational Russian news network.

RT’s case has in incited yet another tit for tat between the US and Russian governments involving their respective “Foreign Agent” laws (which are very much not the same), the tit of which is looking to be alot more harmful than the tat.

We give you the lowdown on these latest developments, plus, concordantly, a healthy dose of ethical discussion around social media and the very blankety term “fake news”.

Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack

Interludes: DoNormaal

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

This week we're checking in with “Russiagate”/ the “Russian matter” [российское дело]. You will learn: what Michael Flynn’s plea deal is and why there's a fuss about it; and what happened to RT America, the US branch of a multinational Russian news network.

RT’s case has in incited yet another tit for tat between the US and Russian governments involving their respective “Foreign Agent” laws (which are very much not the same), the tit of which is looking to be alot more harmful than the tat.

We give you the lowdown on these latest developments, plus, concordantly, a healthy dose of ethical discussion around social media and the very blankety term “fake news”.

Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack

Interludes: DoNormaal

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

This fall, European University at St. Petersburg was shut down under dubious circumstances. We talk with Molly Zuckerman about the school's contentious history with government and the plight of foreign students now stranded by the school's closure. Plus, she shares some good tidbits on kegels from a Russian sexologist.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: Tatarka

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

This fall, European University at St. Petersburg was shut down under dubious circumstances. We talk with Molly Zuckerman about the school's contentious history with government and the plight of foreign students now stranded by the school's closure. Plus, she shares some good tidbits on kegels from a Russian sexologist.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: Tatarka

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia

It would seem that governments are finally starting to cotton on to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The Russian government is no exception. This week we cover exactly what cryptocurrency and blockchain are, the Russian government's economic, legislative, and technological move into the crypto space, and the state of private crypto businesses in Russia.

Theme Music: Shit Happens by Tierra Whack

Interludes: Tiff The Gift

Telegram channel: https://t.me/shesinrussia