She's In Russia

A podcast where two best friends — one in St. Petersburg and the other in Brooklyn — call each other and talk about Russia.

Episodes

110: Everybody hates Russia

March 6, 2022 • 103 mins

We check in about what’s been happening in and to Russia since the “special military operation” started in Ukraine. Why most of Lily’s Russian friends are leaving or thinking about leaving, peoples’ fears about the current situation and future of being in Russia, and the humanitarian effects of mass sanctions and corporate virtue signaling against Russia. Links we referenced: https://musatkin.com/iran-sanctions/ https://journal....

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109: Ukraine Explain

February 24, 2022 • 82 mins

SIR has reunited once again to revisit the latest saga in the conflict with Ukraine, partially so that Lily’s brain doesn’t explode trying to explain to people separately or so she doesn’t start writing things on the internet she will likely regret later. First we get into some historical context to this latest wave of the crisis/conflict/war in Ukraine (which we remind, started in 2014). Also, we talk about how the mostly always i...

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108: "Pogrom"

May 31, 2020 • 49 mins

Are riots good? Are protests good? Plus Lily gives the etymology of the word pogrom.

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107: Ukrainian War Prop

May 24, 2020 • 54 mins

Family history and Ukraine's war-time propaganda machine in Lugansk.

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106: Telegram Saga

May 18, 2020 • 53 mins

Lily gets updates on coronavirus in Russia from America and tells the story of Telegram's failed blockchain platform.

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105: Potato Healing

April 26, 2020 • 60 mins

Petersburg doesn’t care about corona, Russian medicine, Soviet nostalgia and Ivan Chai.

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104: Krestos Voskres

April 19, 2020 • 62 mins

Russian Orthodox Easter greetings and cake, Lily registers her new car.

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103: My Brilliant Friend

April 12, 2020 • 64 mins

Lily's finally reading Ferrante. Also a small COVID-19 in Russia update. And a tour of an abandoned experimental soviet neighborhood built in the late 1920s (Кондратьевский Жилмассив//Kondratyevsky Residential Area?)

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102: Coronareunion

April 5, 2020 • 74 mins

In these times of troubles, SIR is back to update you on Russia’s response to COVID-19.

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Undefined Hiatus

June 12, 2019 • 14 mins

Undefined Hiatus by Olivia Capozzalo and Smith Freeman

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101: An Evening with Norstein

May 29, 2019 • 47 mins

Lily went to see an artistic evening with animator Yuri Norstein, best known for his movies Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales.

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100: Eurotrash Rennovation

May 23, 2019 • 45 mins

Lily returns to St. Petersburg. We talk about Soviet interior design, the Mongol Yoke and ordering Kosher on Aeroflot.

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99: Taking a Shvitz

May 15, 2019 • 41 mins

We tell the tale of the legendary 10th St. baths in New York. Also known as The Shvitz or the Russian and Turkish Baths or simply The Baths, the place has been co-owned by two Soviet immigrants since 1995, bringing its own particular breed of bath-spa culture to its devoted clientele.

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98: Tragic Gorbo

May 8, 2019 • 59 mins

We watched Werner Herzog's latest documentary, Meeting Gorbachev. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev wast the last general secretary and only president of the Soviet Union. He's known for supporting nuclear disarmament, causing mass chaos and having a birthmark on his balding head.

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97: Severe Russophobia

April 30, 2019 • 43 mins

FALSE CLAIM: SIR is run by Putin trolls FACT: SIR is run by two brilliant lady humans who are here to dispel myths about Russia Russian Embassy's report The Russiagate Hysteria: a Case of Severe Russophobia: https://washington.mid.ru/en/press-centre/news/russian_embassy_special_report/

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96: Pink Beets ft. Olia Hercules

April 25, 2019 • 57 mins

We talked to Ukrainian-born, London-based chef and cookbook author Olia Hercules about some of her delicious family recipes, summer kitchens, Georgian food you only get in Georgia and dishes from her childhood in Cyprus. Check out Olia's cookbooks: https://oliahercules.com/books/ Follow Olia: https://www.instagram.com/oliahercules/?hl=en Episode photo from Olia's cookbook Mamushka, taken by Kris Kirkham

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95: Viking Voyage ft. Polya Shubina

April 16, 2019 • 64 mins

Special guest and dear friend Polya once sailed across the North Atlantic ocean on a viking-style ship. Now's she's written a book about it based on her notes and drawings from the onboard. We talk about the voyage, how the crew slept, ate, socialized and went to the bathroom on an open wooden ship at sea. Plus a bit about sex ed and drug prevention in Russian schools. *11 days left* to pre-order Polya's book by contributin...

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94: How Now Maddow

April 9, 2019 • 63 mins

Dissecting Rachel Maddow's screen vom and crimes against journalism. Related episodes: Troll Factory indictment https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/37-indict-me Annexation of Crimea https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/episode-11-crimea-it-existed-before-2014 2018 elections https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/39-maybe-putin-wont-be-president-anymore * Support SIR: https://www.patreon.com/shesinrussia Shop for new Russian fa...

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93: Vyborg Express

April 2, 2019 • 34 mins

Lily went to the great medieval city of Vyborg and gawked at abandoned buildings and Finnish tourists. * Support SIR: https://www.patreon.com/shesinrussia Shop for new Russian fashion: https://www.depop.com/fortochka/

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92: Elite Terror

March 26, 2019 • 75 mins

Why the right loves Solzhenitsyn and his Gulag writings. Anna Akhmatova's everyday life of squalor, drama and paranoia during the Terror. * Support SIR: https://www.patreon.com/shesinrussia Shop for new Russian fashion: https://www.depop.com/fortochka/ Watch ContraPoints: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvsIonJdJ5E4EXMa65VYpA

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Episodes

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108: "Pogrom"

107: Ukrainian War Prop

106: Telegram Saga

105: Potato Healing

104: Krestos Voskres

103: My Brilliant Friend

102: Coronareunion

Undefined Hiatus

101: An Evening with Norstein

100: Eurotrash Rennovation

99: Taking a Shvitz

98: Tragic Gorbo

97: Severe Russophobia

96: Pink Beets ft. Olia Hercules

95: Viking Voyage ft. Polya Shubina

94: How Now Maddow

93: Vyborg Express

92: Elite Terror

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