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Back to EpisodesKevin McKenna on Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Union, and In the First Circle
Episode 646
Published 7 years, 11 months ago
Description
Russian Literature Professor Kevin McKenna of the University of Vermont talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and times of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. This is the opening episode of the EconTalk Book Club for Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece In the First Circle: The First Uncensored Edition. A subsequent episode to air in the next few weeks discusses the book itself.