She's In Russia

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

How did the Bolshevik Revolution and the actual establishment of the Soviet Union inspire and encourage activists and intellectuals of the African Diaspora? With what specific mechanisms of hard and soft power did the Soviet Union, from its earliest years, seek to create a ‘global Black proletariat’?

We didn’t answer these questions ourselves, but thankfully someone else did!

For the week leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution (Oct. 7, 2017), The African American Intellectual History Society published a series of articles online written by various scholars of Black and Russian/Soviet history and art on this very interrelationship.

We present the main ideas from the articles and bring your highlights and analyses of the most compelling ones.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: SZA, Kehlani

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

How did the Bolshevik Revolution and the actual establishment of the Soviet Union inspire and encourage activists and intellectuals of the African Diaspora? With what specific mechanisms of hard and soft power did the Soviet Union, from its earliest years, seek to create a ‘global Black proletariat’?

We didn’t answer these questions ourselves, but thankfully someone else did!

For the week leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution (Oct. 7, 2017), The African American Intellectual History Society published a series of articles online written by various scholars of Black and Russian/Soviet history and art on this very interrelationship.

We present the main ideas from the articles and bring your highlights and analyses of the most compelling ones.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interludes: SZA, Kehlani

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

How has the Russian healthcare system transformed since 1991? How much does the average Russian doctor earn now? This week we bring you an overview of healthcare in Russia today, from how insurance works to why the constitution's promise of 'free healthcare for all' isn't quite as good as it sounds in real life.

Plus we're joined by our dear friend Izzy, who tells the story of her own personal saga cum cultural struggle with the Russian healthcare system when she was a wee student in St. Petersburg.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interlude: Skwod by Nadia Rose

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

How has the Russian healthcare system transformed since 1991? How much does the average Russian doctor earn now? This week we bring you an overview of healthcare in Russia today, from how insurance works to why the constitution's promise of 'free healthcare for all' isn't quite as good as it sounds in real life.

Plus we're joined by our dear friend Izzy, who tells the story of her own personal saga cum cultural struggle with the Russian healthcare system when she was a wee student in St. Petersburg.

Theme Music: Tierra Whack

Interlude: Skwod by Nadia Rose

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

On this week's episode we bring you the political mother. We trace the history of the Soviet conception of motherhood, interview an honest-to-goodness Russian mom, and talk about three recent tragedies (Kursk, Beslan, and The Ukrainian Crisis) to which mothers responded by politicizing and organizing.

Plus, we give some real practical and useful advice on how to stimulate the clitoris.

Music: Tierra Whack

On this week's episode we bring you the political mother. We trace the history of the Soviet conception of motherhood, interview an honest-to-goodness Russian mom, and talk about three recent tragedies (Kursk, Beslan, and The Ukrainian Crisis) to which mothers responded by politicizing and organizing.

Plus, we give some real practical and useful advice on how to stimulate the clitoris.

Music: Tierra Whack

This week in the Petersburg studio (Lily's room) we're joined by social entrepreneur, activist, and all around inspiring human, Olya Polyakova.

We talk about how she documented her arrest and 12-day detainment for peacefully protesting in June, how to best use the toilet in a 2-person prison cell, what it means to feel freedom in the city, and why it's important that Ksenia Sobchak is running for president.

Follow Olya on Instagram: @PolyakovaPolyakova

Watch the tour of her cell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRw2D7eSME

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

This week in the Petersburg studio (Lily's room) we're joined by social entrepreneur, activist, and all around inspiring human, Olya Polyakova.

We talk about how she documented her arrest and 12-day detainment for peacefully protesting in June, how to best use the toilet in a 2-person prison cell, what it means to feel freedom in the city, and why it's important that Ksenia Sobchak is running for president.

Follow Olya on Instagram: @PolyakovaPolyakova

Watch the tour of her cell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRw2D7eSME

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

We talk with Lily's friend Nastya all about Russian movies since perestroika. Well we were supposed to, but we lost most of the recording. So instead we bring you a baby episode about heating pads (get one!), and a theory about how The Return and Leviathan, both directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, exemplify Russia's changing relationship with The West.

Fear not, in the future, we'll re-record a full episode on Russian film.

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