Episode 30 - The GULAG within me

The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons

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

4.7 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Greetings, Comrades!We have reached the conclusion of our GULAG series. It has been a dark and terrible story…and it has no happy ending. But at the end of the episode, you’ll understand me, and possibly any other Baltic person that you may know, so much better. This one is about the scars. And it’s not pretty.

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0:43.9	forward slash plan. Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the Eastern border.
1:03.8	Hello to you in the last episode of this month, and the last episode of our Gullog series,
1:13.6	the Gulag KGB series to be more exact,
1:20.1	because we will move away from the Gulags this time as this episode is intended to be sort of a,
1:23.5	I don't know, wrap-up episode, so to speak.
1:30.8	I'm a bit confused here because a lot of subjects to talk about and a lot of conclusions to draw, actually.
1:39.3	Not a simple episode to make as usual, but this series has to end, and I want to end it on a philosophical note.
1:49.6	Oh yeah, and before we even start with that, I would like to apologize to the people who felt offended by my PDRP episode, which I published just a few days ago.
1:54.7	If you disagree with the opinions, stay there. Feel free to comment, as many have done.
1:59.7	But so that, you know, I'm a journalist.
2:01.6	I am all for freedom of speech.
2:05.1	I don't endorse anything going on in any of my podcasts.
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