It's 1967, the Cold War, and Joseph Stalin's daughter, Stetlana, the princess of the

Kremlin, has just fled Mother Russia.

Her new home?

A place where the roads are paved with gold, and people bake apple pies out of baseball's

and freedom.

A place called America.

That story alone would be worthy of a podcast, but this one, Stetlana, is about what comes

next, and it's the craziest story I've ever heard.

It has KGB agents, mystics, and a Frank Lloyd Wright Commune, destiny, immortality, and

breakable cycles, weird sex stuff, weird money stuff, weird dances, three Olga's, two

Stetlana's, and one neurotic gay playwright who won't shut up about it all.

Guess which one I am?

Listen to Stetlana's Stetlana on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

get your podcasts.

This is what it sounds like inside the box card.

I'm journalist and I'm Wharton in my podcast, City of the Rails.

I plunge into the dark world of America's railroads, searching for my daughter Ruby, who ran

off to hop train.

I'm just stuck on this train, not where I'm going to end up, and I jump.

Following my daughter, I found a secret city of unforgettable characters, living outside

society, off the grid, and on the edge.

I was in love with a lifestyle and the freedom, this community.

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