S4 – Interview 1: Douglas Smith
Unobscured
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.7 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2022
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Our interview with Douglas Smith, award-winning historian, author, and translator. His book "Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs" is a major study of Rasputin's rise and influence, and the very best historical work available on the life, death, and legacy of the Siberian peasant who became advisor to the Tsar.
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| 0:00.0 | This holiday season, 12 strangers, 12 tales. |
| 0:05.0 | Something was out there. |
| 0:07.0 | Whatever it is, it's ravenous. |
| 0:09.0 | Is that the last person to see you alive? |
| 0:11.0 | 12 Ghosts, starring Malcolm McDowell. |
| 0:14.0 | Who are you? |
| 0:15.0 | I'm the in-keep. |
| 0:17.0 | Presented in immersive 3D audio, a co-production of I Heart Radio |
| 0:21.0 | and Grim and Mild from Erin Manky. |
| 0:23.0 | Listen to 12 Ghosts on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:26.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Unobscured, a production of I Heart Radio and Erin Manky. |
| 0:37.0 | We begin the interview series for Unobscured Season 4 with Dr. Douglas Smith. |
| 0:42.0 | Dr. Smith is the author of Rasputin, Faith Power and the Twilight of the Romanovs. |
| 0:47.0 | Just one of six books he has published on Russia. |
| 0:50.0 | Douglas is an award-winning historian and his writing has been published into more than a dozen languages. |
| 0:55.0 | Anyone who has researched the life of Gregori Rasputin knows just how difficult it can be |
| 1:00.0 | to separate the man from the myth. |
| 1:02.0 | As you'll know well from this season of Unobscured, Dr. Smith's work has become an essential guide to that difficult task. |
| 1:09.0 | His original research set a new standard of understanding the Siberian mystic, |
| 1:13.0 | from his early life to the details of his murder and the importance of his legacy. |
| 1:18.0 | Both the man and the myth matter, and there's no one better for walking through the details than Douglas Smith. |
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