Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA School for Fools by Sasha Sokolov (w/ Dr. José Vergara)
Show Notes:
This week, Dr. José Vergara returns to the podcast to talk about Sasha Sokolov’s A School for Fools. The novel, first published in English…
20 hours ago
Chevengur by Andrei Platonov, Chapters 25-43
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron takes on the back half of Andrei Platonov’s Chevengur, covering chapters 25-43. As our characters finally arrive in the…
2 weeks ago
Zvenihora (1928) directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron returns to the beginning of Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s Ukrainian Trilogy with “Zvenihora.” The film, released in 1928, explo…
1 month, 1 week ago
Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories (w/ editors Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska)
Show Notes:
This week, we see that every author starts somewhere in Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories: Stories, Novellas, Humoresques, 1880-1882. To tal…
2 months ago
My five favorite films of the year + Sayat Nova, dir. by Sergei Parajanov
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron talks a little bit about director Sergei Parajanov’s “Sayat Nova” (also known as The Color of Pomegranates), and five o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Earth (1930) directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
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This week, Cameron dives into the final entry into Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s Silent Trilogy, “Earth” (1930). The film’s dec…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Not Russian by Mikhail Shevelev (w/ Ally Pitts, host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast)
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This week, Ally Pitts — host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast — joins Cameron to talk about the book Not Russian by Mikhail Shevelev. T…
4 months ago
Chevengur, chapters 1-25, by Andrei Platonov
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron dives into Andrei Platonov’s Chevengur, covering chapters 1 through 25. Through the late Russian Empire into the early …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron returns to Vasily Grossman, covering his first novel of World War II, The People Immortal. The novel follows the Red Ar…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky and Delicious Hunger by Hai Fan
Show Notes:
This week, Cameron dives into Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic and Hai Fan’s Delicious Hunger, trying to probe the question plaguing recent e…
6 months ago