108: "Pogrom"

31.05.2020 • 00:49:52

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

107: Ukrainian War Prop

24.05.2020 • 00:54:12

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

106: Telegram Saga

18.05.2020 • 00:53:48

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

105: Potato Healing

26.04.2020 • 01:00:50

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

104: Krestos Voskres

19.04.2020 • 01:02:22

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

103: My Brilliant Friend

12.04.2020 • 01:04:50

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...

102: Coronareunion

05.04.2020 • 01:14:21

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

Undefined Hiatus

12.06.2019 • 00:14:08

Undefined Hiatus by Olivia Capozzalo and Smith Freeman

101: An Evening with Norstein

29.05.2019 • 00:47:48

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

100: Eurotrash Rennovation

23.05.2019 • 00:45:27

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