The Eastern Border

While we work on our final, all-encompassing episode on GULAG (and KGB) which has consumed all free time and energy in the known universe, at least the parts of it, that are available in Latvia, we present to you our interview with the Dead Ideas podcast on the Red Scare, Duck & Cover, communism, answers to questions about communism, bits of Star Trek and why USA actually doesn’t have 50 states. Enjoy!

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In this episode we take a step back from the darkness and turn on to an interview about the ancient tribes that lived in modern day Latvia, especially the Curonians! In an interview with a person that's a good candidate of being the most interesting man ever to live!

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Halloween is here. It's also bullshit. This is...real tragedy. This episode is about the genocide against my people. The most depressing and hardest one to make so far. But I just have to tell this story. I don't ask you to enjoy. I ask you to learn...and never repeat this again.

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Greetings, Comrades! We continue our series on the penal system of the USSR, this time exploring KGB. History of the institution, how it operated, who benefited…who suffered. It’s weird like that. And deeply personal.

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Greetings, Comrades! We continue our series on the penal system of the USSR, this time exploring KGB. History of the institution, how it operated, who benefited…who suffered. It’s weird like that. And deeply personal.

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Greetings, Comrades! This is part 1 of our multi-part series about GULAGs and the Soviet prisons, punishments and other...non-human activities, that turned people into subjects. A hard theme, if there ever was one.

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Greetings, Comrades! Sorry that we’re a bit slacking off this month, but this is due to wedding and everything. We’ll return in our full might in October, with Gulag survivor stories. But for now – for now, we’re doing something that was requested by one of our listeners. Soviet/Russian Mafiya and their KGB connections and comparison to the USA Italian Mafia. With very competent guests – Rob from The Lone Gunman podcast and Greg from Rumor Flies. I hope you’ll enjoy this – and await us in October!

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Greetings, Comrades!

In this episode, which was created during the marriage process…and before…and slightly after, we talk about various stories that just didn’t make it in other episodes. Most of which are about art, alcohol, propaganda and theater. Because some things just cannot be separated from each other.

Today’s picture:

Actor Uldis Pūcītis

Again, it will make more sense once you listen to the episode. Enjoy, and…do svidaniya, tovarischi!

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Greetings, Comrades!

First things first – I’m just married, so that is why the episodes have been a bit late. Sorry for that, but we’re working hard to make sure everything’s on time and properly done. Secondly – this episode is all about Soviet history textbooks. And…as it was very funny, and I wanted to know what exactly to talk about, and didn’t have that much time before the wedding – this is also a Lesser Bonapartes (much more serious than usual) crossover. Glen asked us, what you would like to know, and we provided. And it turned out amazing. Hope you’ll enjoy this. And don’t worry – there’s more incoming in September!

And, humongous thank you to everyone who supported our wedding! Me and Alice are very, very thankful, and will post pictures as soon as they’re ready. Oh, and today’s plug- the wonderful Clara Testoni, from the Singing Bones podcast. Go check her out!

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Yes, yes – I said only two PDRP episodes here, and the rest go to that feed. BUT…it’s my birthday, and I can give you this…well, present, actually.

Hello, listeners of the People’s Democratic Republic of Podcast! Our episode about Denmark is in the works – the recording got a bit delayed, and this was supposed to be aired after that, BUT…it’s my birthday, and thus, I bring this to you. Here, Glen who is a self-proclaimed Zen Socialist from the Lesser Bonapartes podcast, meets Prof CJ, an Anarchist Libertarian from the Dangerous History Podcast. And…actually, they don’t duke it out. They prove that in this time of party polarization, even people with extremely opposing views can find things to agree upon, have a civilized discussion and figure things out. I’m just there to help. At the end, the problems are clear to everyone and are the same. The solutions, however, are possibly very different. IF they’re even possible. And politics…well, if politics makes you hate your fellow man, think again. Maybe it’s not the fellow man. Maybe it’s the one’s doing the politics. We’re wide-eyed cynics, ladies and gentlemen, and we like it that way.

Also, thank you to Daniele Bolelli for providing our intro text. We found it fitting.

And, of course, check out my fellow Dark Myths comrade shows:

Lesser Bonapartes podcast –  http://thelesserbonapartes.libsyn.com/

Dangerous History podcast – http://profcj.org/

Today’s song: “RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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