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Part two of David reading Anton Chekhov's The Bet.
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Part one of David reading The Bet by Anton Chekhov.
April 6, 2020
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Right now Covid 19 and the Corona Virus are spreading around the world causing so many people to practice social isolation and put themselves in quarantine. Back in 2004 David spent 3 weeks quarantined at the hospital battling sickness. In this episode he tells Grant all about his experience and what "macha" means in Russian. Take care of yourselves out there. Stay home if you are able, check in with your friends, family, and neighbors and let's flatten the curve together! https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/new-maps-show-how-1889-russian-flu-rode-the-rails-to-circle-the-globe-in-months/ https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(08)00369-X/fulltext https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2014/08/11/mapping-the-1889-1890-russian-flu/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867475/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_flu_pandemic
March 25, 2020
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Some like it hot, some like it cold. A common myth about Russia is that it is always cold. David and Grant talk about the weather they experienced in Southern Russia and how the summer heat drives away the frost so often experienced during winter months in the motherland. Become a Patron of TRWL at https://www.patreon.com/trwl_podcast Articles Cited in this episode: https://www.russianlife.com/stories/the-russia-file/russians-celebrate-epiphany-in-ice-cold-water/?utm_source=Russian+Life&utm_campaign=c6d7a193c3-TWERF&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e99ba62b2-c6d7a193c3-191314893&goal=0_2e99ba62b2-c6d7a193c3-191314893&mc_cid=c6d7a193c3&mc_eid=8251c08e25 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50677161 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/02/07/camel-pulls-car-out-of-snow-in-russia-saving-driver-video-a64435 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg41CuwLKxo https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/lowest-temperature-inhabited?fb_comment_id=957394674288768_2259891097372446 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01/30/the-temperature-in-siberia-rose-more-than-100-degrees-in-two-weeks/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01/16/in-the-coldest-village-on-earth-eyelashes-freeze-dinner-is-frozen-and-temperatures-sink-to-88f/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Yupik
February 28, 2020
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