The Orwellians

Roland Elliott Brown
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Conversations from London on Orwell territory: literature, modern history, Soviet legacies. Host: Roland Elliott Brown

Episodes

  1. 6D AGO

    Filip Kovacevic - KGB Literati

    Filip Kovacevic is an intelligence historian, an adjunct professor in the Departments of Politics and Global Studies at the University of San Francisco, and the author of KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union. In this interview, Kovacevic discusses the emergence in the USSR of heroic espionage stories written by people with backgrounds in Soviet intelligence. Their aims included promoting Soviet views of international relations, encouraging public vigilance against foreign spies, and establishing a heroic myth that would help recruit future generations of intelligence agents.

    1h 6m

  2. JAN 29

    James Rodgers - The Return of Russia

    Journalist James Rodgers discusses his new book, "The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin", which is about Russia's re-emergence as a military power in the decades since the end of the Cold War. James has reported from Russia for the BBC and Reuters. He has covered the collapse of the USSR, the two wars in Chechnya, the beginning of Putin's presidency, and Russia's 2008 war with Georgia. He now teaches journalism at City St. George's, University of London

    50 min

  3. JAN 8

    Masha Karp - George Orwell and Russia

    Author Masha Karp discusses her book, "George Orwell and Russia." Masha is the editor of the Orwell Society Journal and a board member of the Orwell Society. In addition to writing "George Orwell and Russia" in English, she has written the first biography of George Orwell to appear in Russian, and has translated Animal Farm into Russian. From 1991 to 2009, she worked for the BBC Russian Service, first as a producer and later as features editor.

    1h 34m

  4. 11/27/2025

    Peter Sturm - Staging Dostoevsky in London

    Playwright and director Peter Sturm discusses his London-based production of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Dream of a Ridiculous Man," which is performed by actor Tom Larkin. The genre-bending story, which has aspects of gothic horror, science fiction, and religious parable, first appeared in Dostoevsky's "A Writer's Diary" in 1877, alongside some of the writer's most nationalistic essays. But can Dostoevsky's unreliable narrator's message of universal love be interpreted as "an antidote to war"? More info about the production: splitmoontheatre.org tomlarkinproductions.co.uk Roland Elliott Brown is the author of Godless Utopia: Soviet Anti-Religious Propaganda with FUEL Publishing. He has written for New Lines, The Critic, The Spectator, The Guardian, and Foreign Policy, among other publications.

    57 min
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Conversations from London on Orwell territory: literature, modern history, Soviet legacies. Host: Roland Elliott Brown

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  • Creator
    Roland Elliott Brown
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Roland Elliott Brown
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