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Welcome to the age of the Peripheral Man (and Woman)
You thought you were smarter, stronger, and wiser just because you were the ones on top. But something is changing inside you. You don’t want to admit…
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Yasha Levine
All is not well here
We recorded this ep on the centennial anniversary of the Great Gatsby but end up having a wide-ranging convo about culture, religion and politics …
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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2:08:52
The best biography of Lenin
On his 155th birthday
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Yasha Levine
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How to harass your servants with class
Rich Russians learning etiquette
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Evgenia
6
What You Should Know
Book, novels, films, news. 4/20/25.
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Yasha Levine
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When the 1% actually writes about what it knows: "Quiet Street" by Nick McDonell
Or how America’s 1% compares to Russia’s 1%…
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Evgenia
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NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS LIVE!
Talking about collapse and nihilism. 4/13/2025.
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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2:13:36
Hollywood Refugee w/Joshua Turek
We talk to poet and stand-up comedian Joshua Turek about today’s cultural and political crisis and ways to deal with it.
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Evgenia
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Yasha Levine
7
2:09:59
How will Americans deal with the disgrace that comes with decline?
lessons from another collapse
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Yasha Levine
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The USA and USSR are one
Evgenia and I were talking a bit and I was taking some notes for our event tonight in NYC and I ended up typing up a very basic outline of something…
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Yasha Levine
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Hobbes in Russia. My favorite movies about girls during social collapse.
Weekend movie recs.
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Evgenia
4
Trump and Tariffs and Political Taboos w/Joe Costello
We talk to our friend Joe Costello about Trump’s tariffs, democracy, deindustrialization, the Yeltsinification of America, and the innate human desire…
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Yasha Levine
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Evgenia
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Joe Costello
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