The Eastern Border

By Kristaps Andrejsons

A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general.

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The podcast currently has 682 episodes available.

The Eastern Border episodes:

November 01, 2021 Soviet Army Halloween Special
Greetings, Comrades! This episode is all about Soviet urban legends, straight from the USSR army! Enjoy!
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41min
October 27, 2021 History of prizes.
Greetings, Comrades!

This ep is all about how and why Navalny wasn't avarded the Nobel peace prize, but was instead awarded the Sakharov prize. And Sakharov, who actually was awarded the Nobel peace prize. Look...it's complicated! Enjoy!
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35min
October 18, 2021 Soviet Schools and how to survive them
Greetings, Comrades! This time, it's Soviet Schools and how to survive them. Managed to grab some interviews just before the crazy lockdowns started! Enjoy! T-Shirt market on the page, incoming!
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31min
October 18, 2021 ATOM: Trudograd minisode
Heyhey, Comrades!
We interviewed the creators of ATOM RPG two years ago, when their original Post-Soviet oldschool RPG game came out. And...now there's a sequel, named Trudograd! And we're IN IT! DJ Kristaps lives! It's like a dream come true!

Anyways, I've got some free Steam keys for this amazing game, so if you want a copy, do let me know! And if you're not among the lucky few, please do support the devs! The game is good and really cheap.
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11min
September 30, 2021 Sheriff Tiraspol
Greetings, Comrades! Ohboy. After this utterly bizzare Eastern European team from literally the weirdest country in Europe managed to beat Real Madrid at home…yeah, had to provide some explanation of why you should absolutely care about Sheriff! Soviet Schools next. Enjoy!

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22min
September 25, 2021 Tungutska Meteorite
In 1908, a huge ball of flame struck Siberian countryside. For the eyewitnesses, it was as if the world was ending, for scientists of the day, a magnificent astronomical event and for the conspiracy theorists a splendid source of weirdness. Seriously tho, it was aslo quite lucky that it fell there, in the middle of nowhere and not, say, on Paris or London or somewhere like that. It’s a cool little story, and I hope you’ll enjoy this one!

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39min
September 22, 2021 Electronic voting must die
So, over the weekend there was a three day event in Russia, concerning gosduma where they went to the ballots, threw in some papers and then some of those papers were pulled out and shredded and some more were stuffed in and the remaining papers were counted with people doing so, pretending that it matters. It was a bit of a comedy, bit of a mess, United Russia's still in power. This ep's all about it. Also, hi, I'm back from being hit by a car and have a lot of catching up to do. Enjoy!
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39min
September 05, 2021 Ekranoplans - part 2
Greetings, Comrades!
Today we continue our story about the weird and innovative flying boat plane things! Enjoy!
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30min
August 31, 2021 Ekranoplans - part 1
Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the weirdest and most amazing Soviet achievement in transportation technology, the Ekranoplan! Notably, the caspian sea monster. Enjoy!
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37min
August 26, 2021 Migrant crisis in Baltics
Greetings, Comrades!
This episode turned out weird. I mean…EXTRA weird. What was meant to be about just how Belarus is using poor souls as their political weapon turned into somehting else when the migrants just…dissappeared. Not even kidding.
Also, yeah, there will be only 3 eps this month, due to how insanely difficult it was to make this one and Kristaps’s birthday is on the 28th. So if you can, please do click that PayPal button. Thank You!
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FAQs about The Eastern Border:

How many episodes does The Eastern Border have?

The podcast currently has 682 episodes available.