The Eastern Border

By Kristaps AndrejsonsSociety & Culture Documentary News History

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October 11, 2017 Extra: STASI vs KGB
Greetings, Comrades!
As we've just returned from our vacation to Berlin, it's due time to present this episode on STASI, the dreaded KGB analogue of East Germany, that surpassed the "sword and shield of the communist party" in many different ways. Sorry that the beginning of this episode is so disjointed. The construction company, building an extra floor on my local shashlik bar decided that it was just the perfect day to do more construction, so I had to re-record everything multiple times. Sill, hope you'll like it. Enjoy some German communism, comrades! Also, here's the link for the SUDIO earphones: https://goo.gl/J3wL96
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1 hr 5 min
September 30, 2017 Man of Steel 7 - Sad Stalin, No Liberty
Greetings, Comrades! Welcome to the one of the most depressive episodes I've ever made. Bonus points for you, if you caught the song reference in the title. This episode is about tragedy. Deep, personal tragedy and how it makes monsters out of men. Don't want to spoil much else here. Also, about how sources and research can be tricky sometimes and why making this stuff isn't easy - I take jab at one of the books I use, because ohboy...we came to a point, where the uncertainties and errors were just too much. And also, to the point where there are people out there who actually attribute things to Stalin which he has never done to make him more evil - most probably, because they didn't know of all the things he actually did, and those, really, are quite enough. Hope you'll like the episode. It's not funny, however.
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51 min
September 14, 2017 SovConomics 2 - There's no money but, you guys, hold on!
Greetings, Comrades!I got terribly ill – had tonsilitis in a heavy form. Basically, I was tormented with fever so I couldn’t script as well as I wanted, and then, turns out that with a terribly sore throat, recording is literally impossible to do. But – as I’m almost ok now, recorded this episode, which I admit, isn’t the best one that we’ve ever made – but it’s full with fun statistics, and is all about the communal flats. And why people in modern day Russia still live in those quite often. Basically – enjoy. Tons of comparisons, lots of history and some modern day economics. Hope you’ll like it, despite the flaws. Ooh, and we have pictures this time!
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49 min
September 06, 2017 SovConomics Part 1
Greetings, Comrades!I had two scripts prepared, one for this and one for Stalin, for this week - and this won out in the social media voting. So here you go. Honestly - I'm normally very, VERY critical of my episodes, but this is what I consider to be one of my top tier shows. A must listen. Because...wow. The work I put in here, in my opinion, really paid off. And the things I discovered, were truly surprising and weird. But I guess, it's how podcasting goes. This is a "fun" episode. And if it isn't - well, how much more in dark comedy and depression should I go to make it fun? Also, if you're from Sweden, please write to us - as we're visiting very soon for a day.Enjoy!Kristaps
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1 hr 4 min
August 27, 2017 Man of Steel 6 - Tbilisi Heist
Greetings, Comrades!This episode is a "fun" one, and as it contains crime, violence, descriptions of gory events, explicit language, secret marriages and conspiracies, it's not suited for younger listeners. Yes, we've now managed to get into the period, where, as we discovered in the last episode, Stalin's decided to "do practical things" and "take matters further". It's the story leading up to, and all about the grand Tbilisi heist in 1907. Also, it's my birthday tomorrow (and my half brother's too, by the way, he's exactly 3 years younger than I am) so we're going to a party later today, so the book for the patrons is going to be out on the 29th or 30th. Enjoy!
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1 hr 12 min
August 22, 2017 Man of Steel - Stalin '05
Greetings, Comrades!This episode will be a bit dry. It's mostly about lies...and actually, the differences between Social Democracy and Socialism, and how zealous people can screw things over. But seriously, it's a bit dry, as we're preparing to talk about the true crime stories of Stalin himself - this is how Stalin basically became a terrorist, after almost bankrupting the Bolshevik party. And how that party was made. It's very weird - but pull through, as this is necessary. And in the end - it'll make you think, and we'll get to the more funnier stuff soon enough. But this time...this time it's all about data and facts as they'll be extremely important to understand the context. Enjoy!
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40 min
August 13, 2017 PDRP - Time Cube Logic
Greetings, Listeners!Firstly, here’s the link to Time Cube. http://timecube.2enp.com/ Don’t know what time cube is? Don’t worry. It comes up in the 2nd hour of this discussion that you should really listen through. This one is all about ideologies. And religions. And how they both get so intertwined, especially in the United States, that they affect modern political decision making. Our guest is the amazing David Sheally, and we make a lot of jokes and a lot of tangents…but…but this episode turned out so good, and so well done – and so important, that I’ve decided to include it in the main feed as well. But really – be sure to listen throught. It all comes to a point in the end.
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2 hr 40 min
August 06, 2017 Man of Steel 4 - Stalin vs Tito
Greetings, Comrades!In this episode, me and Brandon Newberg from the Dead Ideas podcast discuss Stalin's relationships with Tito. And who was more bad ass. But then, philosophy and analytics get in the way, we get sidetracked and stuff becomes way more awesome. Sorta. Enjoy!
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1 hr 36 min
July 31, 2017 PSA: Video Episode
Greetings, Comrades! This PSA is here, to inform you that you should watch our fist ever video episode about our three-day Soviet car festival, which ended in a Latvian tank museum and which I filmed. I'm not very great with a cam, tho. So, like said in this PSA - click here, to watch our first ever video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7RW7SyDfY
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3 min
July 25, 2017 Eastern European News - Volume 1
Greetings, Comrades!Alice is still away, and I feel like a lost puppy. I can’t find where any of my stuff is, and nobody pokes me and everything’s pretty much not nice. For those of you, who’re not yet married – it’s actually a wonderful feeling, when you understand that you function so much as a team with your “other half” that you begin to miss them intensely after a while, and can barely function. But, nonetheless, even though I can’t release Stalin episodes now, as Alice would be super angry at me, I can do other things. Such as, for one, doing the other part of my show, which are the current events that are happening here, in The Eastern Border. And they sometimes get scary and make you think. That was my goal with this episode, so…please, enjoy!Also, super huge thanks to my fellow Dark Myths colleagues, the Secret Transmission podcast, for editing this, without them, this episode would’ve never be released.
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54 min

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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…