Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Slavic Connexion
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Slavic Connexion
By ConnexionsSociety & Culture
The Slavic Connexion episodes
- "The Continuity of Everything..." with John Gleb (and Matt & Tom)
John Gleb is back on the Tom & Matt Show to discuss his favorite topic: U.S. diplomacy. It's slightly less than Slavic, sure, but still relevant to understanding modern international relations and foreign policy.
Episode recorded April 12th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Co-Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Associate Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrrmatthew)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic Visit him on the web: www.charlieharpermusic.com)
Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com
Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio . Visit www.slavxradio.com for more episodes and information.
Special Guest: John Gleb.
40 min - Turbofolk 2: Revenge of the Balkan Divas
If you're interested in learning more about Turbofolk, check out the Scalar website which Dr. Beronja's class put together with the help of UT librarian Ian Goodale, featuring writings by the students along with further listening for your guilty pleasure.
Turbofolk website found here: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/turbofolk/index
Some YouTube music videos referenced:
Ceca - Oprostajna vecera - (Audio 1999)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfdNbabc_0MSeverina - Halo (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjYs1RtdZ3oSeverina - Silikoni (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRXGyCjZG7YSeverina - Uno Momento (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvchbkh4jQYSasa Kovacevic - Temperatura (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgezb4-UX0Episode recorded May 10th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Co-Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Associate Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Main theme: Charlie HarperOpening music: Phillip GrossSongs sampled from above referenced artists' YouTube videosExecutive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Special Guest: Vladislav Beronja.
41 min - "This is NOT Propaganda..." with Peter Pomerantsev
About the Guest:
Peter Pomerantsev (Питер Померанцев) is a Soviet-born British journalist, author and TV producer. His father is the writer and broadcaster Igor Pomerantsev. He is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics. He specialises on propaganda and media development, and has testified on the challenges of information war to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the UK Parliament Defense Select Committee.He writes for publications including the Financial Times, London Review of Books, Politico, Atlantic and many others. His book on Russian propaganda, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, was nominated for the Samuel Johnson, Guardian First Book, Pushkin House and Gordon Burns Prizes. It is translated into over a dozen languages. His forthcoming book, THIS IS NOT PROPAGANDA, looks at developments in the 'battle for hearts and minds' across the world.
Check out his upcoming August release on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Propaganda-Adventures-Against/dp/1541762118/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=peter+pomerantsev&qid=1560456750&s=gateway&sr=8-2
You can find his previous award-winning book "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible" here: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-True-Everything-Possible-Surreal/dp/1610396006/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peter+pomerantsev&qid=1560456750&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Episode recorded April 25th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Special Guest: Peter Pomerantsev.
26 min - One Maidan, Two Maidan, Three Maidan, Four... with Olga Onuch and Emma Mateo (Parts 1 and 2)
SlavX hosts Lauren and Milena sit down with Ukrainian researchers Olga Onuch (Westminster) and Emma Mateo (Oxford) to talk about their choice to study Ukraine and mass protest. Dr. Onuch and Emma were guest speakers at the Information Wars Symposium at UT Austin on April 25th, 2019 and thus graciously agreed to appear on the Slavic Connexion. We're so glad they did!
For more on Dr. Onuch, see https://www.slavxradio.com/guests/doctor-o
For more on Emma Mateo, see https://www.slavxradio.com/guests/emmaProducer's Note: At the time of the release of this episode, Lauren and Milena (and fellow host Matt) are in Ukraine visiting with university students who participated in the youth, media, and politics study conducted over the course of the spring 2019 semester.
Recorded at the University of Texas at Austin on April 26th, 2019.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Co-Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Associate Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Associate Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg
Special Guests: Emma Mateo and Olga Onuch.
1 hr 4 min - The Final One... of Season One
We know almost everybody is disappointed with the Game of Thrones ending - trust us, we feel your pain - but maybe this will cheer you up. All four of our hosts--Tom, Matt, Milena, and Lauren--get together in the studio to reflect on our first season before they each went their separate ways for the summer. But not to worry, episodes will continue to be released over the summer... but from Moscow! Thanks for listening!!
(Note: Bonus clip at the end)Hosts' Recommendations:
1) Lauren recommends... Snap Judgment (podcast)2) Milena recommends... The Color of Pomegranates (movie)3) Matt recommends... PBS Frontline (TV journalistic series)4) Tom recommends... Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze (book) https://www.amazon.com/Crashed-Decade-Financial-Crises-Changed/dp/0670024937/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WTQ4S5424FE5&keywords=crash+adam+tooze&qid=1558643237&s=gateway&sprefix=crash+by+adam+%2Caps%2C494&sr=8-1; Thunder Road (movie)Producer's Note: The name of the 16-year-old activist (whom Lauren could not quite remember) is Greta Thunberg. See her UN address on climate change here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg
Recorded at the University of Texas at Austin on May 10th, 2019.
CREDITS
Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg
34 min - INFORMATION WARS Symposium Part 5: "Annexation Agenda" and Protests in Russia and Belarus (Speaker - Aliaksandr Herasimenka)
Dr. Herasimenka in his own words:
I have been involved in media production since 2006. My favourite time as a professional in the field includes seven years of work as a journalist, an editor and a media relation specialist. During that time, I authored hundreds of publications both analytical and journalistic for TV, radio, newspapers and the web. This work was honoured with national and international awards. Currently, I am a research associate and a visiting lecturer at Westminster School of Media and Communications, University of Westminster, United Kingdom. I am also a Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.As an activist of several NGOs, I followed the election processes in difficult environments like Russia, Belarus and Ukraine where elections are not necessarily associated with a "democratic procedure." Struggle for the world without borders (at least in Eastern Europe) was another great passion of that period of my life.Follow Dr. Herasimenka on Twitter @alesherasimenka.
Thank you for listening!
Recorded Live at the Glickman Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin on April 25th, 2019.
www.slavxradio.com
Follow us on Twitter: @SlavXRadio Instagram: @slavxradio Facebook: /slavxradioAssociate Producer: Tom Rehnquist
Music: Charlie Harper www.charlieharpermusic.comSound effects: Daniel Simion and Mike KoenigExecutive Producer: Michelle DanielPlease note: The views expressed by Info Wars speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Slavic Connexion; the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; or the University of Texas at Austin.
Special Guest: Aliaksandr Herasimenka.
20 min - INFORMATION WARS Symposium Part 4: The World According to the Truthseekers (Speaker - Ilya Yablokov)
Ilya Yablokov teaches a variety of courses in Russian studies at the University of Leeds. The areas of academic interests are conspiracy theories as a tool of political mobilisation and political communication. His recent monograph 'Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World' explores how political elites in post-Soviet Russia use conspiracy theories for political purposes and to boost social cohesion. He is also working on the second monograph on conspiracy theories exploring the broadcasts of Russia Today and the place of conspiracy theories in it. The second stand of research is post-Socialist media management and the nature of self-censorship in the work of journalists across the former Soviet bloc.
Follow Dr. Yablokov on Twitter @ilya_yablokov.
Dr. Yablokov's latest book: FORTRESS RUSSIA available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Fortress-Russia-Conspiracy-Theories-Post-Soviet/dp/1509522654/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1B5YHV6DB524F&keywords=fortress+russia&qid=1557937087&s=books&sprefix=fortress+russia%2Caps%2C173&sr=1-1
Visit Dr. Yablokov's website for more information: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/1261/ilya-yablokov
Thanks for listening!
Recorded Live at the Glickman Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin on April 25th, 2019.
www.slavxradio.com
Follow us on Twitter: @SlavXRadio Instagram: @slavxradio Facebook: /slavxradioAssociate Producer: Tom Rehnquist
Music: Charlie Harper www.charlieharpermusic.comSound effects: Daniel Simion and Mike KoenigExecutive Producer: Michelle DanielPlease note: The views expressed by Info Wars speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Slavic Connexion; the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; or the University of Texas at Austin.
Special Guest: Ilya Yablokov.
21 min - Russian Language Online! with Dr. Heather Rice
Dr. Heather Rice, one of the nicest professors at the University of Texas, talks about her journey from Houston, Texas to post-Soviet Russia which made her eventually fall in love with the Russian language. As a Russian language professor, she discusses the difficulties and successes of her now-famous (relatively-speaking) Russian online course that's open to the public globally and taking the linguistics world by storm, making learning Russian actually FUN. Our very own Tom R. hosts as a former student of this very same class.
https://laits.utexas.edu/lang/russian/
NOTE: This episode was recorded April 26th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
Russian Online Trailer (made by LAITS)
About Dr. Rice in her own words:
Born and raised in Northeast Houston to Texan natives whose ancestry most likely traces back to French and Irish immigrants, I never knew much about Russia - its language or its culture. I came to The University of Texas as a freshman, ready to study Spanish and math, but instead ended up in a Russian class full of very clever and intimidating graduate students. I fell in love with the enigmatic beauty of Russian almost immediately and changed my major nearly as fast. I have traveled to Russia several times - as student, teacher, and study abroad guide. I continue to study Russian, for it is a life-long process, and my love for it has not once wavered. In 2015 I earned my Ph.D. in linguistics and Slavic languages, and I now have the privilege of creating the content for and teaching the Department's new and fully online Russian language course.About RUS 406:
Добро пожаловать! Welcome to Russian 406! This is the first of a three-semester online course designed to introduce you to the language and culture of one of the most influential and important regions of the world today. Russian is spoken by more than 200 million people in the former Soviet Union, and an additional 150 million throughout the world. Now you can speak it, too.This introductory Russian language course will be conducted entirely online. We will be using a new multi-media curriculum developed at the University of Texas. All course content and materials will be delivered online, and you will not need to purchase additional textbooks. Students will be required to meet as a class, along with the instructor, one hour per week in a virtual classroom.
The pace of Russian 406 is designed to be moderately intensive. Although class meets only once a week, you should expect to do between 12 and 18 hours of work each week, depending on the types and number of activities assigned. Your assignments will require you to work independently a large portion of the time, but you can also expect to work with your classmates for various communication activities, including video recording conversations in Russian.
Our goal is to introduce you to Russian language and culture and, by doing so, help you develop functional proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Additionally, we will be online, so you can expect to start learning to navigate the Russian language realm of the Internet, which is truly an entirely other world, replete its own social media, search engines, and shopping hot-spots.
This course follows the dates of the regular University of Texas fall semester, August 30 – December 11.
Just one video sample of the basics! (Video made by LAITS)
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Associate Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg
Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe!!
Special Guest: Heather Rice.
22 min - The Monkey Cage
Tom and Matt host a special guest of the Information Wars symposium: Dr. Joshua Tucker, director of NYU's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, and co-editor of the Washington Post independent political science newsletter "The Monkey Cage".
Books Mentioned:
1) PARTISAN HEARTS AND MINDS by Green, Palmquist, and Schicklerhttps://www.amazon.com/Partisan-Hearts-Minds-Donald-Green/dp/03001015622) CENSORED by Margaret E. Robertshttps://www.amazon.com/Censored-Distraction-Diversion-Inside-Firewall/dp/0691178860/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=censored+molly+roberts&qid=1556683176&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr3) THE CITY & THE CITY by China Mievillehttps://www.amazon.com/City-China-Mieville/dp/0345497511/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F1ZSTDFQ0FKA&keywords=china+melville&qid=1556683266&s=books&sprefix=china+mevill%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-1About the Guest
Joshua A. Tucker is Professor of Politics, affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, and affiliated Professor of Data Science at New York University. He is the Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, a co-Director of the NYU Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) laboratory, and a co-author/editor of the award-winning politics and policy blog The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post. He serves on the advisory board of the American National Election Study, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and numerous academic journals, and was the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Political Science. His original research was on mass political behavior in post-communist countries, including voting and elections, partisanship, public opinion formation, and protest participation. In 2006, he was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award for the top scholar in the field of Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior within 10 years of the doctorate. More recently, he has been at the forefront of the newly emerging field of study of the relationship between social media and politics. His research in this area has included studies on the effects of network diversity on tolerance, partisan echo chambers, online hate speech, the effects of exposure to social media on political knowledge, online networks and protest, disinformation and fake news, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, and Russian bots and trolls. Tucker has been a visiting Professor at the Fundacion Juan March in Madrid, Spain, and Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. His research has appeared in over two-dozen scholarly journals, and his most recent book is the co-authored Communism’s Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes (Princeton University Press, 2017), available here: https://www.amazon.com/Communisms-Shadow-Historical-Contemporary-Political/dp/0691175594/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1556495057&refinements=p_27%3AJoshua+Tucker&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Joshua+Tucker.Follow him on Twitter: @j_a_tucker .
Episode recorded April 25th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg
Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe!!
Special Guest: Joshua Tucker.
56 min - Belarus: "The Last Dictatorship of Europe" with Aliaksandr Herasimenka
For more on our guest, visit: https://slavxradio.fireside.fm/admin/guests/844c0e5b-e1c5-4117-8497-9661fbe51195/edit
This episode was recorded on April 24th, 2019 at the University of Texas at Austin.
CREDITS
Co-Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew)Associate Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist)Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit)Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k)Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com)Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86)Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio .
Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg
Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe!!
Special Guest: Aliaksandr Herasimenka.
42 min
About The Slavic Connexion
From the publisher's feed
An international chat show on the politics, history, current events, and peoples of the Slavic world, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian…
Studies and Clements Center for National Security. Whether you're a Slavophile, a foreign affairs junkie, or simply a curious mind, The Slavic Connexion offers insightful, accessible, and even fun discussions on the sprawling region in the context of our hyperconnected world. "It's not typical Texas..."