Podcasts

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Michele A. Berdy

Meet the Pupkins!

Russian can be fun, if it involves a verb (писать), a family (Пупкины) and lots of prefixes.
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Last Soviet Leader Steps Down. And the Story of an American Teacher Detained for 'Drug Smuggling'

The weekly news podcast from central Moscow.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

A Russian Boyfriend

What do you call the guy bringing you flowers and serenading you? In Russian it's tricky.
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Crimea Five Years Later. And How Russia’s Wealthy Are Taking Advantage of the Country’s Legal System.

The weekly news podcast from central Moscow.
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The Troika Laundromat Explained. And How Russia is Dealing with Returning Islamic State Brides

The weekly news and analysis podcast from central Moscow.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Russian Boys Just Want to Have Fun

I finally figured out why Russian words for young men are so confusing. We think of age differently.
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Two Senior Russian Cybersecurity Experts Convicted of Treason. And the Legacy of Media Executive Igor Malashenko

The weekly news and analysis podcast from central Moscow.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Stand By Your Russian What?

What you call your male Significant Other in Russian is a linguistic mine-field.
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Arrest of ‘Legendary’ U.S. Investor Calvey. And Why Russian Soldiers No Longer Can Take Selfies

The weekly news and analysis podcast from Moscow.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Pulling Strings for Fun and Profit

Oh the tangled webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive. In Russian, too.
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The Great Firewall of Russia. Why Polar Bears Pillaged a Siberian Village. Julia Ioffe on Putin and Trump.

The weekly news and analysis podcast from Moscow.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Baby, It's Cold Outside

By popular demand — and knowing Moscow weather — here's a short primer on how to chill in Russian.
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The Taliban Gets Moscow’s VIP Treatment. And Why Some New Russian Stats Are Raising Eyebrows

From Russia With News is a weekly news and analysis podcast produced by Moscow Times journalists
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

The Secret of Russian Mysteries

I love a good Russian language question. Keep those cards and letters coming, folks!
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The Kremlin Wants North Korean Workers Out. And Behind the Scenes of DAU, a Russian Film Spectacle

From Russia With News is a weekly news and analysis podcast produced by Moscow Times journalists.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Ode to a Preposition

I started thinking about the preposition при and stopped thinking about it three days later. Here's why.
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Does Nastya Rybka Have Proof of Russian Election Meddling? And Putin Says No Deal to Japan.

From Russia With News is a weekly podcast produced by Moscow Times journalists.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

No Brexit For Russia

Rumors of a new Russian verb flew around the interwebs -- but are the rumors true?
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Gay Purge in Chechnya. And Crumbling Soviet Infrastructure

From Russia With News is a weekly news and analysis podcast produced by Moscow Times journalists.
opinion
Michele A. Berdy

Catastrophes, Geopolitical and Otherwise

What did Vladimir Putin mean about that geopolitical catastrophe? It's still being argued over 14 years later.
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