23 episodes
Russian Pod- Stories from Russia Amie, Ryan, and Leysan
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- Society & Culture
The Russian Pod is a monthly podcast about Russian history, culture, and traditions told from the perspectives of someone who lived in Russia, someone who visited, and someone who has never been. Join us as we discuss Russian food, fairy tales, current events, movies, and more. Follow us on Twitter @TheRussianPod
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Russian Cars
Ryan tests his co-hosts' knowledge of Russian car history. Learn about famous Russian cars like Zhiguli, Kopeika, Lada, why you would walk 30 min to your car garage, and what offends Russian drivers the most.
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K19-Widowmaker
Hosts discuss the movie K-19: The Widowmaker, a 2002 historical submarine film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. This movie has everything: crazy accents, nuclear almost-meltdowns, Harrison Ford, a bunch of counting, and Liam Neeson's guns that are too big to fit in the submarine.
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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation - Soviet Comic Science Fiction
The hosts talk about a classic Soviet comic science fiction film Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation (Иван Васильевич меняет профессию) directed by Leonid Gaidai in 1973. The film has a time-travel machine, singing horses, Ivan the Terrible in modern times, as well as a thief and a building manager from Soviet union times ruling Russia back in the 1500s. This movie crazy and we loved it. You can watch this Soviet classic here with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Russian Proverbs
If you call yourself a milk mushroom, get in the basket! and other Russian proverbs.
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Eurovision
Hosts discuss Russian Eurovision participants over the years- including creepy sisters, babushkas with a dancing oven, Dima Bilan, and Dima Bilan again. Learn about Russian's successes and failures at the beloved (by some) European music contest. Links to the Eurovision performances discussed in this episode: Alsou, 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocsOlsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA TaTu, 2003 https://www.youtu...
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Russian Movies of 2019
Hosts discuss 2019 Russian movies. Most of them involve tanks, some kind of war, and a mashup of animated movies. You can watch the trailers of the movies discussed below: ПИКОВАЯ ДАМА: ЗАЗЕРКАЛЬЕ/Queen of Spades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4puHTUU-as Breakaway/Otryv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOFunu19cWILoud Connection/громкая связьhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKA6Gccn0USaving Leningrad/ Spasti Leningradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3YJUrEj4YT-34https://www.youtube.com...