Welcome to TRWL's 3rd annual Halloween Episode featuring spooky writings from Russian literature throughout the years. Dave and Grant highlight some of their favorite horror stories and read excerpts from each of them.

Part 1 of Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Read by David Schmidt.

Many people say the 90s in Russia were like the Wild West. David and Grant experienced the tail end of the crazy "lawless" times in Russia and tell their tails in this episode. Special guest interview with Kirk Faulkner.

David reads part two of "Sleepy" by Anton Checkhov.

David reads "Sleepy" - a short story by Anton Chekhov.

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Part two of David reading Anton Chekhov's The Bet.

Part one of David reading The Bet by Anton Chekhov.

Right now Covid 19 and the Corona Virus are spreading around the world causing so many people to practice social isolation and put themselves in quarantine. Back in 2004 David spent 3 weeks quarantined at the hospital battling sickness. In this episode he tells Grant all about his experience and what "macha" means in Russian.

Take care of yourselves out there. Stay home if you are able, check in with your friends, family, and neighbors and let's flatten the curve together!

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/new-maps-show-how-1889-russian-flu-rode-the-rails-to-circle-the-globe-in-months/

https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(08)00369-X/fulltext

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2014/08/11/mapping-the-1889-1890-russian-flu/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867475/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_flu_pandemic

Some like it hot, some like it cold. A common myth about Russia is that it is always cold. David and Grant talk about the weather they experienced in Southern Russia and how the summer heat drives away the frost so often experienced during winter months in the motherland.

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Articles Cited in this episode:

https://www.russianlife.com/stories/the-russia-file/russians-celebrate-epiphany-in-ice-cold-water/?utm_source=Russian+Life&utm_campaign=c6d7a193c3-TWERF&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e99ba62b2-c6d7a193c3-191314893&goal=0_2e99ba62b2-c6d7a193c3-191314893&mc_cid=c6d7a193c3&mc_eid=8251c08e25

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50677161

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/02/07/camel-pulls-car-out-of-snow-in-russia-saving-driver-video-a64435

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg41CuwLKxo

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/lowest-temperature-inhabited?fb_comment_id=957394674288768_2259891097372446

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01/30/the-temperature-in-siberia-rose-more-than-100-degrees-in-two-weeks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01/16/in-the-coldest-village-on-earth-eyelashes-freeze-dinner-is-frozen-and-temperatures-sink-to-88f/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Yupik

In this special Christmas Episode David and Grant discuss the Russian letter Ë and recall celebrating Western Christmas as well as Orthodox Christmas while living in Russia.