In Episode 43 of The Blender, we look at how a growing culture of violence is destroying traditional ways of life in the North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. Plus, the challenges ahead for the new Kyrgyz president, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's plans for using the Internet to forge links with ordinary people in Iran.

In Episode 42, we profile celebrated dancer David Hallberg, the first American to be welcomed into the Bolshoi Ballet. Plus, a look at Yury Luzhkov, the colorful former Moscow mayor who spoke frankly to RFE/RL and now finds himself immersed in legal woes, and a presidential vote in Kyrgyzstan stained by a grisly murder.

The Blender this week has an interview on a new book about Lee Harvey Oswald's time spent in Minsk, a discussion with the granddaughter of Josip Broz Tito about her grandfather's legacy and her efforts to heal ethnic divisions in the former Yugoslavia, and a feature on the first outdoor rock festival in Afghanistan in 35 years.

Kosovo's president stands firm on Serbia. Plus, when pronunciation goes bad, and an interview with "The Guardian" newspaper's former Moscow correspondent Luke Harding.

In Episode 39, going to jail in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan simply for reporting the truth; harvesting marijuana by horseback in Central Asia; the 9/11 generation confronts the horror of war; plus Moldova's Ethno Jazz Festival.

In Episode 38 of The Blender, a closer look at the televised blow-up between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his finance minister; a Pakistani TV star talks about women's rights and her on-air clash with a castigating cleric; and we examine a physics experiment that could undermine Einstein's famous theory.

Episode 37 of The Blender is dedicated to dictators. We find out from Alastair Smith, one of the authors of "The Dictator's Handbook," why bad behavior is almost always good politics.

In Episode 36, we speak with Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls about Afghanistan's first rock music festival since 1975. Plus, author Jonathan Kay takes a hard look at 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Episode 35 of The Blender explores memory and consequence, as it examines lives around the world affected by the events of September 11, 2001, and other tragedies like it.

Director Renny Harlin's latest movie is about the Russo-Georgian war of 2008 and is called "5 Days of Hell," but as one reviewer noted, it feels like an eternity if you're in the audience. Plus, Jamie Kirchick in Libya, psychedelic rock from Iran, and the world's 6th billionth person, once celebrated, now lives in poverty.