Episode 29 - Death and Ideas

The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons

Ukraine, Politics, War, Cold War, History, Ussr, Russia, Documentary, News, Soviet, Society & Culture, Gonzo

4.7 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

While we work on our final, all-encompassing episode on GULAG (and KGB) which has consumed all free time and energy in the known universe, at least the parts of it, that are available in Latvia, we present to you our interview with the Dead Ideas podcast on the Red Scare, Duck & Cover, communism, answers to questions about communism, bits of Star Trek and why USA actually doesn’t have 50 states. Enjoy!

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0:15.2	Imagine you, you in a nice, comfy seat, With your hands behind your head
0:22.2	Taking in the views
0:24.2	Instead of taking on the road
0:26.4	Maybe even taking a nap
0:28.3	That's the bliss of getting where you need to go
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0:47.5	Hi, this is Alice. We want to thank all of our supporters, and we want to let you know that our book reading is coming up soon
0:56.0	but because of some technical difficulties that has been delayed and and this episode has
1:03.0	some sound quality problems but it will be fixed and next time we will finish about the gulags and the whole KGB system and discussing more important
1:14.7	issues. But this time, but this time we want to do something a little more lighthearted than usual
1:20.8	because talking about gulogs is some heavy stuff. So we hope you enjoy this episode.
1:26.3	And remember that you can always become a patron, even for $1.
1:30.7	We also have t-shirts, and we're on YouTube, where we're uploading all episodes, so it's easier for you to share them.
1:37.9	And now, enjoy the episode.
1:39.7	Music Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the Eastern Border once again, and like I promised you last show, here we have our glorious comrades from the Dead Ideas podcast.
2:06.6	The great podcast that looks at Dead Ide ideas is the things that people once thought true, but no longer. Anyway, we are here to discuss, well, basically what you thought about, Soviet Union,
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