Podcasts about Balkans

12. Professor Paul Thomas Chamberlain details Allied contingency plans like Operation Rank, designed to rush airborne troops into Berlin to prevent the Red Army from occupying all of Europe if Germany collapsed suddenly. He explains that by 1944, Churchill was deeply concerned about Soviet dominance and sought to redirect Western forces into the Balkans or Mediterranean to protect Britishinterests. Despite these internal tensions, the U.S. demonstrated unprecedented superpower capability by launching simultaneous major offensives across both the Pacific and Europe. (12)1942 TORCH AT CASABLANCA

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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: New music from Rajna Swaminathan; New experiential music from Lukas Ligeti & group;Tunisian jazz vocalist Fatima Charii; Scandanavian group Söndörgő; Sudanese jazz from Sharhabil Ahmed; ta'arab inspired vocal music music from Nyankol Mathiang Dut (Grande Comore); 70s Algerian pop/rock from Les Abrades; live in Deuthlkand:  Frank Foster, Jürgen Seefelder, Thomas Stabenow & Keith Copelandfrom; South Indian mârgam from Srimati Nandini Sharma et al. Greek vocals and Balkan instruments from, respectively,  Stelios Kazantzides, Sotiria Mpellou, & Laver Bariu; Muneer B. Fennell & The Rhythm String Band; new ensemble music from Jon Irabagon; compositional jazz from Things of This Nature (Caylie Davis, Chris Ferrari, Shogo Yamagishi, JHJ MAzza);  Rajasthani vocal from Allah Jilai Bai Bikaner; from and, as ever.....much, much, much more.... Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/22046673/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks Find WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR   NEW MAILING ADDRESS:  Stephen Cope  @ Conference of the Birds, POBOX 428, Tivoli, NY, 12583, USA. 

Vincent McAviney and Marta Lorimer join Emma Nelson to unpack the week’s news. Plus: Guy De Launey on Balkans news, Inzamam Rashid in Oman and Tyler Brûlé speaks to Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We trace James Henderson's 1920 ministry across eight countries and the ripple effects that reshaped Ohio Friends toward peace, global fellowship, and practical reforms. Young Friends push for voice and structure while meetings revise discipline, adjust customs, and face decline with care.• Henderson's tested call, funding, and interpreter support• Meetings in Germany and the Balkans during relief work• A moving witness among Bulgarian pastors• Reports from returned COs and AFSC service• Youth pressure for a formal peace committee• Delegations to Washington and legislative advocacy• Discipline revision and limits on disownment• Shifts in gender participation and school customs• Scheduling changes to broaden attendance• School standardization amid shrinking numbers• Pennsville's laying down and community memoryA complete list of our podcasts, organized into topics, is available on our website. To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), please visit ohioyearlymeeting.org. Those interested in exploring the distinctives of Conservative Friends waiting worship should consider checking out our many Zoom Online Worship opportunities during the week here. All are welcome! We also have several Zoom study groups. Check out the Online Study and Discussion Groups on our website. Advices read in these podcasts can be found on page 29 in our Book Of Discipline. We welcome feedback on this and any of our other podcast episodes. Contact us through our website.

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Faton Ademi hat sich mit nur 19 Jahren ins Rampenlicht gespielt. Der junge Mittelfeldspieler agiert extrem abgezockt und ist in der Heimat seiner Familie, dem Kosovo, schon in der U21 angekommen. Im Podcast „You never talk alleng“ erzählt er von seiner Doppelrolle und der besonderen Bedeutung, es aus Aachens Jugend bis in die Startelf geschafft zu haben. Er spricht über seine Ziele, über Mut im Fußball und gibt persönliche Einblicke in die Kabine, in seine Rituale, Menschen und Momente, die ihn geprägt haben – und die Hörer erfahren so manches, das sie über Faton Ademi sicher noch nicht wussten. ­ Alle Folgen unseres Alemannia-Podcasts findet Ihr hier: https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/themen/you-never-talk-alleng/ – mit freundlicher Unterstützung unseres Partners Johnson & Johnson MedTech, dem Spezialisten für Herzgesundheit aus Aachen. https://www.abiomed.com/de-de. ­ Redaktion: Ebener, Engels Moderation: Engels, Ebener Produktion: Engels Cover: Claßen; Foto: EngelsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 Hours and 13 MinutesPG-13Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer.Here, in one file, are the 3 episodes Thomas777 did with Pete covering the 1990's Balkans Wars.Episode 1: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 1 - 'The Homeland War' w/ Thomas777Episode 2: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 2 - WW2 Context - w/ Thomas777Episode 3: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 3 - The Hostilities - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

Vi har været ude og scoute et fodboldformidlingstalent i studiet: Sandro Spasojevic. Hvem var hurtigst på 10, 15 og 40 meter på plænen? 10 hurtige fra bænken til Sandro. Omskol dig fra helt fremme til back. Snyd dig til kontrakten i Hull City. Den fynske agent Bakary Bojang og programmets darling melder direkte ind. Man vinder Premier League på hjørnespark – eller gør man? Er Manchester City bedst med eller uden Erling Håland? Hvad havde Bendtner tjent i pund, hvis nogen havde ringet i 2026? Kan FC København virkelig rykke ned i Superligaen? Der kommer lige en check ind fra højre til Spurs. “Nu er jeg fra Balkan, så det er ret normalt med de følelser.”Vi holder meget af dig, Dorgu. En hjernedød kasse med en tordenfod mod Roma. Brian Riemer ved ikke, hvem der skal udtages. Lamine Yamal med sit første hattrick – og den forkerte fødselsdagskonsulent som 18-årig. Og så helt af helvede til i MLS.Værter: Peter Falktoft og Nicklas BendtnerGæst: Sandro SpasojevicProduktion: PodAmokJingle: Morten Breum

Izrael i SAD su zajednički napali Iran s ciljem svrgavanja islamističkog režima i otklanjanja opasnosti koja je od ove zemlje prijetila Izraelu. Posljedice ovog sukoba već se osjećaju svugdje u svijetu prije svega zbog porasta cijena energenata. Hoće li ovaj sukob ostaviti trajne negativne efekte po odnose u regiji Zaljeva ili se radi o početku jednog mirnijeg razdoblja? O razvoju rata i utjecaju na Europu Nenad Kreizer analizira s ekonomistom Damirom Novotnijem i reporterom Sašom Bojićem. Von Nenad Kreizer.

Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNqCjMic9o Rec Feb 19th, 2026 EMJ and Toni continues their discussions around the Culture Wars in the Balkans. They discuss the Mass for the Innocents commemorating the victims of the Bleiburg tragedy in Sarajevo Cathedral, 2020 and current events such as Carrie Prejean Boller's bold stance at a United States Religious Liberty Commission hearing, Catholic-Muslim alliance. Dr. Jones Books: fidelitypress.org/ Subscribe to Culture Wars Magazine: culturewars.com Donate: culturewars.com/donate Follow: https://culturewars.com/links CW Magazine: culturewars.com NOW AVAILABLE!: Walking with a Bible and a Gun: The Rise, Fall and Return of American Identity: https://www.fidelitypress.org/book-products/walking-with-a-bible-and-a-gun

Imagine cycling from Glasgow to China for your honeymoon! Well that's exactly what guest Helen Watson did with her husband Ed, back in 2010. That extended honeymoon turned into a huge 15-month adventure across Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and into western China.Helen gives us an insight into what it's like to use cycling as a way of moving slowly through cultures, and about what it feels like to experience places that are often reduced to headlines. She shares powerful stories of hospitality in Iran and Syria, including an experience which left her husband needing treatment in a Tehran hospital.Helen has recently published a book about this journey, Tea and Grit: A Bicycle Journey Along the Silk Road Old Man Mountain Big thanks to Old Man Mountain for supporting this episode of Seek Travel Ride. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showBuy me a coffee! I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

Serbest Atış ve Atletizm Dünyası'nın birlikte hazırladığı atletizm podcasti Pistten İlhamlar'ın yeni bölümünde Şevket Furkan Erbay, Anıl Kantemir ve Yavuz Yavuz'un gündeminde Balkan Salon Şampiyonası, Güney Amerika Salon Şampiyonası, Besim Aybars Kros Ligi ve Tokyo Maratonu var. Programa her zamanki bölümlerden haber turu ve Hatırlatma Servisi de eşlik ediyor.

As one of the world's most respected journalists, CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and exclusively from the Baghdad courtroom at the trial of Saddam Hussein, where the former dictator was eventually sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Her fearless reporting from conflict zones has taken her to places including the Balkans, Syria, Sudan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela and beyond. Throughout her career she has sought to challenge world leaders, expose war crimes and help viewers understand the consequences of war and peace. In February 2026 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to help us make sense of the World in 2026. Alongside journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah, Amanpour addressed some of the key questions of our time. Will Donald Trump name a successor or try to seek a third term as U.S. President? Could wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan escalate beyond their borders and cause global unrest? And what should journalism look like in a world of increasingly sophisticated AI and unregulated social media? --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bienvenido Bastarnauta a esta edición olor q vermut ahumado. Sumérgete en cabina con nosotros para deleitar tus pailas auditivas con sabrosuras musicales y relajar tus neuronas con conversaciones que no tiene sentido alguno, pero bien terminan conectando. Escucha Electric Worry de Clutch, una canción que no pide permiso para sacudirte; una rolita de Balkan beat box; una sabrosura de Dafunkis y una delicia funky para despedirnos con buen ritmo. Así que remángate los pantalones, péinate las patillas, desabróchate el cinturón, saca la panza y suéltate la greña!

The vampire didn't rise from Transylvania — it crawled out of the Balkans.Forget Count Dracula — before Stoker's gothic horror came centuries of chilling folklore, blood-soaked superstition, and very real vampire panics. In this spine-tingling episode, travel writer and award-winning author Nick Jubber joins Paul Bavill to rage against the myth that vampires were born in Transylvania.From Serbian graveyards and Croatian legends to the age of Enlightenment and Hammer Horror, Nick traces how fear, politics, and imagination turned the undead into one of history's most enduring monsters. Discover how the printing press helped spread vampire hysteria, how priests profited from graveyard rituals, and why monsters mirror humanity's deepest desires and darkest fears.Whether you're a folklore fan or just love a good supernatural tale, this episode will have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about the vampire myth.

As one of the world's most respected journalists, CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and exclusively from the Baghdad courtroom at the trial of Saddam Hussein, where the former dictator was eventually sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Her fearless reporting from conflict zones has taken her to places including the Balkans, Syria, Sudan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela and beyond. Throughout her career she has sought to challenge world leaders, expose war crimes and help viewers understand the consequences of war and peace. In February 2026 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage to help us make sense of the World in 2026. Alongside journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah, Amanpour addressed some of the key questions of our time. Will Donald Trump name a successor or try to seek a third term as U.S. President? Could wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan escalate beyond their borders and cause global unrest? And what should journalism look like in a world of increasingly sophisticated AI and unregulated social media? --- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Notes: Dr Samuel Tanner began his doctoral research examining war crimes and armed militias involved in mass violence in the Balkans, conducting extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants on multiple sides of the conflict. A central puzzle of his PhD research was not denial of violence, but how individuals who acknowledged their participation struggled to explain how they came to commit acts of mass violence. This led to an intellectual shift from viewing violence as purely intentional to understanding it as embedded in structures, representations, and processes of sense-making. Following a postdoctoral year at MIT working with political scientist Roger Petersen, Dr Tanner deepened his focus on the relationship between political violence, identity narratives, and institutional structures. After joining the Université de Montréal, he shifted toward research on policing and later co-led a major project examining right-wing extremism in Canada beginning in 2013. The Canadian project revealed that relatively few participants were “true believers.” Many were navigating economic precarity, cultural uncertainty, and political confusion, often influenced by moral or ideological entrepreneurs. Fieldwork in this area involved significant challenges, including surveillance, threats, cancelled interviews, and difficulties accessing participants. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Tanner and colleagues examined anti-restriction movements and observed how disinformation and fragmented information ecosystems shaped divergent interpretations of shared events. He argues that information is not neutral. Information produces order. The ways in which information is produced, amplified, and consumed shape how individuals interpret reality and coordinate socially. Social media platforms function as privatized public spaces, structuring discourse through governance mechanisms that are not democratically accountable. Dr Tanner's more recent research focuses on the evolution of extremist discourse, particularly the emergence of “pop masculinism,” where gendered and anti-feminist narratives are embedded within popular culture, fitness culture, gaming aesthetics, and entrepreneurial self-discipline discourse. The “sigma” discourse operates as a gateway into broader manosphere ideologies by framing personal discipline and self-improvement in opposition to women, feminism, and equality discourse. Interviews with young men and women reveal perceptions of a growing gender gap, including feelings among some young men of status loss and lack of positive role models. Dr Tanner raises concern about the erosion of shared institutional facts and the desynchronization of social expectations, suggesting that social trust depends upon shared informational baselines. He argues for an expanded criminology attentive to digital environments, disinformation, and the governance of online prejudice, aligning with broader developments in digital criminology. Central to his work is the question: how do people make sense of their world when institutional anchors weaken and informational environments fragment? About our guest: Dr Samuel Tanner https://crim.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/professeurs/professeur/in/in15014/sg/Samuel Tanner/ Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Tanner, Samuel & Gillardin, François (2025).Toxic Communication on TikTok: Sigma Masculinities and Gendered Disinformation.Social Media + Society, 11(1).https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251313844 Open access PDF:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251313844 Leman-Langlois, Stéphane, Campana, Aurélie & Tanner, Samuel (2024).The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. (Book overview: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.20829378) People mentioned in this episode: Jean-Paul Brodeur — Presses de l'Université de Montréal (institutional collection page) https://pum.umontreal.ca/collections/jean-paul-brodeur/ Roger D. Petersen — MIT Political Science profile  https://polisci.mit.edu/people/roger-petersen Aurélie Campana — Université Laval (Faculté des sciences sociales)   https://www.fss.ulaval.ca/notre-faculte/repertoire-du-personnel/aurelie-campana Stéphane Leman-Langlois — Université Laval (Faculté des sciences sociales)   https://www.fss.ulaval.ca/notre-faculte/repertoire-du-personnel/stephane-leman-langlois François Gillardin — Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC), Université de Montréal  https://www.cicc-iccc.org/fr/personnes/etudiants-supervises/gillardin Francis Dupuis-Déri — UQAM Professor   https://professeurs.uqam.ca/professeur/dupuis-deri.francis Anastasia Powell — RMIT University   https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/p/anastasia-powell Other: The term enrobage naïf (or naïf enrobage, as said) refers to a veneer of naivety; in this case, a problematic discourse wrapped in innocent or everyday cultural forms, akin to a wolf in sheep's clothing.  

With war in Europe looming, leaders around the Balkans work to tighten their grip on power. Supporters like you make this podcast happen! Check out www.patreon.com/bulgarianhistorypodcast to see the great perks you can get for supporting us. You can find images for this episode at: www.bghistorypodcast.com/post/250-tightening-grip Check out the book here: www.amazon.com/State-Builders-St…an/dp/6197814110/

Paramount-Skydance is the only show in town for ownership of Warner Brothers, with a deal valuing the movie maker and media empire at $111bn. But even if it seals the deal with shareholders and boards it still needs to get past regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. We head to the Balkans, where a multi-billion-dollar rail link between Belgrade and Budapest opens for freight today. We also hear about the secret to Pokemon's success, as the video game characters turn 30.

In episode 256 of Talk Eastern Europe, hosts Adam,Alexander and Nina mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine with a heavy week of reflections – as well as some other news from the region. They discuss ongoing protest movements across the Balkans (includingfresh demonstrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina following a deadly tram derailment), tensions in Serbia, and what these cycles of civic anger say about corruption and accountability.The episode then features an interview with Nedim Useinow - a Crimean Tatar originally from Crimea and now a program manager with the German Marshall Fund. Adam and Nedim discuss where the war stands after four years, why current “peace talks” feel hollow, what occupation has meant for Crimea and Crimean Tatars, and how Ukrainians' resilience has shifted from shock to long-term adaptation. The conversation also touches on Poland's evolving public mood, disinformation, and why continued support for Ukraine still matters for European security.Read online: “Tortured into confession. The plight of Ukrainian prisoners of war” https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/02/24/tortured-into-confession-the-plight-of-ukrainian-prisoners-of-war/Listen to Part 1 of this series here - https://talkeasterneurope.eu/episodes/ukraine-four-years-of-resistance-part-1-mobilizing-empathy-for-stolen-children

In the third episode of the Balkan Threads podcast, we explore Macedonia and Kosovo with Lura Pollozhani. Lura takes us on a journey from the shores of Lake Ohrid, moving through the dialects of Albanian and Macedonian, to the streets of Skopje and Prishtina. We discuss what it means to grow up speaking multiple languages, why multilingualism matters, and how governments can better support citizens in linguistically diverse societies. 

Broadcast from Serbia, this episode dives into the Balkans, the most misunderstood, most underestimated corner of Europe, and one with the biggest upside if it can ever stop tripping over its own history. We look at why Serbia sits so close to Russia, why Kosovo still blocks the country's European future, and how war, sanctions, hyperinflation, and decades of bad leadership turned a natural crossroads into an economic cul-de-sac. A new generation is pushing back against corruption and state capture, and culture may be moving faster than politics, from packed derby stadiums in Belgrade to a runaway rom-com hit about a Croat-Serb wedding that's quietly rewriting the story. If the Balkans can turn rivalry into cooperation, it could become one of Europe's great comeback economies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mystery caves, cursed mountains and unexploded ordinance…. let's hike the Peaks of Balkans Trail!                             Links- Peaks of Balkans Site - https://www.peaksofthebalkans.com/ Trek article - https://thetrek.co/peaks-of-the-balkans-114-unforgettable-miles-in-the-albanian-alps/#highlights Peaks of the Balkan Trail Guidebook - https://www.amazon.com/Peaks-Balkans-Trail-Montenegro-Albania/dp/178631231X Connect with Anna, aka Mud Butt, at info@traildames.com You can find the Trail Dames at: Our website: https://www.traildames.com The Summit: https://www.traildamessummit.com The Trail Dames Foundation: https://www.tdcharitablefoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traildames/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/traildames/ Hiking Radio Network: https://hikingradionetwork.com/ Hiking Radio Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingradionetwork/ Music provided for this Podcast by The Burns Sisters "Dance Upon This Earth" https://www.theburnssisters.com

In October 1940, Mussolini launched an invasion of Greece from Albania, determined to secure Italian expansion in the Balkans before any peace could be negotiated. This episode examines the lead-up to the Italo-Greek War, beginning with Greece under the Metaxas dictatorship and its efforts to build up military strength despite limited industrial capacity. We explore Italy's decision to target Greece after delays in North Africa, the flawed assumptions Italian leaders held about Greek willingness to fight, and the fabricated provocations used to justify the invasion. When the Italian ultimatum was delivered at 3AM on October 28th, Metaxas famously rejected it, and Greece mobilized with unexpected unity as political divisions evaporated overnight. The episode follows the opening days of the invasion, hampered by torrential rains and mountainous terrain, culminating in the Battle of Kalpaki on November 2nd where Greek artillery devastated Italian tank attacks. By November 8th, the Italian offensive had completely stalled, forcing a major reorganization and change of command that set the stage for further failures to come. Contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠megaphone.f⁠m Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ils sont partis sans savoir pour combien de temps... sans être forcément militants de l'opposition à Vladimir Poutine, ils ne voulaient pas vivre dans un pays en guerre sous une chape de plomb. Des centaines de milliers de Russes ont quitté leur pays depuis 2022. Dans les Balkans, la Serbie a accueilli entre 200 000 et 300 000 d'entre eux. Le pays attire grâce à une politique de visa souple, des liaisons aériennes quotidiennes et des liens culturels -mais aussi politiques - entre les deux pays. À Belgrade, les exilés russes apprécient une certaine liberté mais leur avenir reste suspendu à la position géopolitique de la Serbie. Reportage de Louis Seiller.     Documentaire : « Giorgia Meloni et le clan des goélands » ou la fulgurante ascension du rôle modèle de l'extrême droite européenne De son engagement à l'adolescence auprès des jeunes héritiers de Mussolini, à l'élection de 2022 qui la porte au pouvoir, Giorgia Meloni est restée fidèle à ceux qui l'ont toujours accompagnée et qui occupent aujourd'hui de très hautes fonctions dans l'appareil d'État. Le documentaire de Barbara Conforti raconte cette incroyable ascension. Entretien avec Eric Joszef, coréalisateur de ce documentaire à voir sur la chaine Arte le 24 février 2026 et sur arte.tv.   Agriculture La crise du monde agricole n'épargne pas l'Italie. En Sardaigne, les agriculteurs doivent aussi faire face à la concurrence, à l'exode rural, et aux calamités climatiques. Ces dernières semaines, des pluies torrentielles et des tempêtes ont infligé de gros dégâts aux futures récoltes de l'île. Et la profession tire la sonnette d'alarme. Reportage à Cagliari, Cécile Debarge. 

In dieser Zwischenfolge beschäftigen sich Krsto und Danijel mit einem echten Phänomen. Seit gut einem Monat bricht die kroatische Komödie „Svadba“ (Die Hochzeit) im ehemaligen Jugoslawien alle Zuschauerrekorde. Allein in Kroatien haben ihn inzwischen annähernd 700.000 Menschen im Kino gesehen – beachtlich für ein Land mit gerade einmal 3,8 Millionen Einwohnern. Die Prämisse des Films: Eine Kroatin ist schwanger, der Vater ist Serbe. Beide Familien pflegen ihren typischen Ethno-Patridiotismus und müssen jetzt doch irgendwie die Hochzeit über die Bühne bekommen. Inzwischen ist „Svadba“ auch in den Kinos im DACH-Raum angekommen. Und was soll man sagen? Auch hier sind die Säle voll. Zeit also, mal einen Blick auf die Hit-Komödie zu werfen.

Aus dem Kosovo direkt nach Mainz – Groundhoppen mit Zwischenstopp Bundesliga. Muchel hatte vermutlich die längste Auswärtsanreise der Saison. Warum das Spiel für ihn zwischenzeitlich ernsthaft auf der Kippe stand und was unterwegs alles schiefgehen konnte, erzählt er euch in dieser Folge selbst.

Ils sont partis sans savoir pour combien de temps... sans être forcément militants de l'opposition à Vladimir Poutine, ils ne voulaient pas vivre dans un pays en guerre sous une chape de plomb. Des centaines de milliers de Russes ont quitté leur pays depuis 2022. Dans les Balkans, la Serbie a accueilli entre 200 000 et 300 000 d'entre eux. Le pays attire grâce à une politique de visa souple, des liaisons aériennes quotidiennes et des liens culturels -mais aussi politiques - entre les deux pays. À Belgrade, les exilés russes apprécient une certaine liberté mais leur avenir reste suspendu à la position géopolitique de la Serbie. Reportage de Louis Seiller.     Documentaire : « Giorgia Meloni et le clan des goélands » ou la fulgurante ascension du rôle modèle de l'extrême droite européenne De son engagement à l'adolescence auprès des jeunes héritiers de Mussolini, à l'élection de 2022 qui la porte au pouvoir, Giorgia Meloni est restée fidèle à ceux qui l'ont toujours accompagnée et qui occupent aujourd'hui de très hautes fonctions dans l'appareil d'État. Le documentaire de Barbara Conforti raconte cette incroyable ascension. Entretien avec Eric Joszef, coréalisateur de ce documentaire à voir sur la chaine Arte le 24 février 2026 et sur arte.tv.   Agriculture La crise du monde agricole n'épargne pas l'Italie. En Sardaigne, les agriculteurs doivent aussi faire face à la concurrence, à l'exode rural, et aux calamités climatiques. Ces dernières semaines, des pluies torrentielles et des tempêtes ont infligé de gros dégâts aux futures récoltes de l'île. Et la profession tire la sonnette d'alarme. Reportage à Cagliari, Cécile Debarge. 

VOV1 - Trong những ngày qua, xoáy thuận từ khu vực Balkan quét qua phần châu Âu của Nga khiến tuyết rơi dày và gió giật mạnh tại thủ đô Moscow, đồng thời gây mưa tuyết, băng giá đến nhiều tỉnh miền Nam nước này.Tại Moscow đây là một trong những đợt tuyết rơi mạnh nhất kể từ đầu mùa đông. Theo cơ quan khí tượng, lượng tuyết đạt ngưỡng 15m - 20mm trở lên trong 12 đến 24 giờ. Tuyết rơi liên tục trong ngày, kèm gió giật mạnh khiến tầm nhìn giảm đáng kể.Mùa đông 2025 - 2026 có thể là một trong những mùa đông nhiều tuyết nhất ở Moscow trong 60 năm qua (Nguồn: aif.ru)

Galardones balcánicos y rusos Balkan and Russian recognitions Repasamos el resultado y algunas de las músicas que más interesantes nos han parecido de entre las galardonadas en varias convocatorias de las que los hacedores de Mundofonías somos miembros del jurado: Balkan World Music Chart, Russian World Music Chart y Russian World Music Awards, en las que se ha elegido los más destacados discos del 2025 en sus respectivos ámbitos. Escuchamos músicas de raíces croatas, serbias, húngaras, eslovenas, rusas, tuvanas y griegas. We review the results and some of the music we have found most interesting among the winners of several calls in which the makers of Mundofonías serve as jury members: the Balkan World Music Chart, the Russian World Music Chart and the Russian World Music Awards, where the most outstanding albums of 2025 have been selected in their respective fields. We listen to music with Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Russian, Tuvan and Greek roots. - Čipkice - Zumba iz Lovreća - Croatia in dub [traditional songs] - Paganke - Rasti bore više kuće moje / Grow, pine tree over my home - Od zlata jabuka / Golden apple - ViGaD - Tri, i (kolo) - Tri, i - Širom - Between the fingers the drops of tomorrow's dawn - In the wind of night, hard-fallen incantations whisper - Ansambl Krasnaya Gorka - Nakolola Masha nozhenku (zastolnaya) - Na gore-gore - Tatyana Molchanova - Prokhodi-ka, da moe skuchnoe vremya - Pesni Lidii Ruslanovoi. Chast 2 - Izumrud - Gusli-samogudy - Oduchu - Doshpuluur - Nostalgia - Sokratis Sinopoulos & Yann Keerim - Fast dance - Topos Širom (Nada Žgank)

Many years ago, we did an episode about the legends of the Balkans. We thought it would be interesting to go across the Black Sea and explore the legends of the Caucasus. The Caucasus is a region of Eastern Europe and Western Asia that includes the countries of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Southern Russia. This region is steeped in folklore, mythology, and legends and that isn't surprising because the history here is one of struggle, war, conquest and the precarious victory of independence. Paganism gave way to Christianization and cultural beliefs mixed. Join us as we explore the legends of the Caucasus! This Month in History features the sinking of the USS Maine. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2026/02/hgb-ep-625-legends-of-caucasus.html    Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump Music used in this episode: (This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Title: "Mummified Remains" Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0997280/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

From the jigs of County Clare to the reels of Donegal, this week we're taking you on a musical journey across Ireland and beyond. We've got everything from Boxing Robin's energetic traditional sets to contemporary voices like Nerea The Fiddler and Irish Millie. Plus, the legendary Altan stops by with a stunning reel selection. Grab your headphones—this is This Week in Celtic Music on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #747  -  -  Subscribe now at CelticMusicPodcast.com! Boxing Robin, Alex Sturbaum, Vienna Scheyer, The Drowsy Lads, Nerea The Fiddler, Erin Ruth, Autumn Rhodes, Tulua, ISHNA, Sue Tillotson, Jim Cunningham, Altan, Low Power Trio, Ian Alistair Gosbee, Ironwood music, Callán, Irish Millie, The Irish Rovers GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items with what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2026 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create this year's Best Celtic music episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06 - Boxing Robin "Clare to Donegal Jigs" from The View From Here 3:29 - WELCOME 5:29 - Alex Sturbaum "Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / Hills of Glenorchy / When the Cock Crows it is Day (feat. Vienna Scheyer)" from Slash 10:25 - The Drowsy Lads "Memories and Moments" from Time Flies 13:57 - Nerea The Fiddler "A Moment of Absence" from Off The Beatn Path 16:15 - Erin Ruth, Autumn Rhodes "Irish Ways & Irish Laws" from single 19:10 - FEEDBACK 23:09 - Tulua "Rambling Boys of Pleasure" from No Coming No Going 28:56 - ISHNA "Cunla" from Slí Amach 32:57 - Sue Tillotson & Jim Cunningham "Star of the County Down" from Water Horse 35:55 - Altan "The House of Baoithín Selection: Miss Stewart's/Bonnie Annie/Hand Me Down The Tea Things/House of Baoithín (Reels)" from Donegal 39:42 - Low Power Trio "Arthur McBride" from Dirty Old Town 45:13 - THANKS 47:05 - Ian Alistair Gosbee "Grace" from Ray of Sunshine 50:01 - Ironwood "The White Gypsy" from Gretna Green 54:08 - Callán "Young Bridie" from Bloody Callán 56:57 - Irish Millie "Big Red" from GRACE 1:00:49 - CLOSING 1:01:49 - The Irish Rovers "Across The Western Ocean" from Drunken Sailor 1:04:21 - CREDITS Support for this program comes from Hank Woodward. Support for this program comes from Dr. Annie Lorkowski of Centennial Animal Hospital in Corona, California. Support for this program comes from International speaker, Joseph Dumond, teaching the ancient roots of the Gaelic people. Learn more about their origins at Sightedmoon.com Support for this program comes from Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, Creating Transparent Borders for more than twenty five years, serving Alaska and the world. Find out more at   www.CascadiaLawAlaska.com The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather and our Patrons on Patreon. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with Graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. Visit our website to follow the show. You'll find links to all of the artists played in this episode. Todd Wiley is the editor of the Celtic Music Magazine. Subscribe to get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. Plus, you'll get 7 weekly news items about what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. Best of all, you will connect with your Celtic heritage. Please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Finally, remember. Clean energy isn't just good for the planet, it's good for your wallet. Solar and wind are now the cheapest power sources in history. But too many politicians would rather protect billionaires than help working families save on their bills. Real change starts when we stop allowing the ultra - rich to write our energy policy and run our government. Let's choose affordable, renewable power. Clean energy means lower costs, more freedom, and a planet that can actually breathe. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/. WELCOME THE IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic musician and also host of Pub Songs & Stories. Every song has a story, every episode is a toast to Celtic and folk songwriters. Discover the stories behind the songs from the heart of the Celtic pub scene. This podcast is for fans of all kinds of Celtic music. We are here to build a diverse Celtic community and help the incredible artists who so generously share their music with you. If you hear music you love, please email the artists to let them know you heard them on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. These musicians are not part of some corporation. They are small indie groups that rely on people just like you to support their music so they can keep creating it. Please show your generosity. Buy a CD, Album Pin, Shirt, Digital Download, or join their community on Patreon. You can find a link to all of the artists in the shownotes, along with show times, when you visit our website at celticmusicpodcast.com. Email follow@bestcelticmusic to learn how to subscribe to the podcast and you will get a free music - only episode. IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODFEST Join us Sunday, March 8, 2026, from 12 to 6 PM for the Irish & Celtic Music PodFest and Arts Market at The Lost Druid Brewery in Avondale Estates, Georgia. Spend the afternoon surrounded by live Celtic and folk music from Kinnfolk, The Muckers, May Will Bloom, and Marc Gunn. Grab a pint, enjoy the tunes, and share the energy of a true Celtic gathering. While the music plays, explore our Arts Market filled with handmade crafts, art, and unique gifts from local creators. It's a celebration of music, creativity, and community — all in one place. Come for the songs. Stay for the spirit. We'll see you at The Lost Druid on March 8.

The latest from Geneva as the US mediates two separate rounds of talks on Iran and the war in Ukraine. Then: we speak to Bill Browder about the future of Russia’s economy. Plus: Macron’s high-profile visit to India and news from the Balkans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Le bektachisme est l'une des confréries spirituelles les plus énigmatiques de l'histoire du monde musulman. Né entre mystique soufie, chiisme hétérodoxe et traditions populaires d'Anatolie, il a longtemps évolué à la marge de l'islam officiel, tout en jouant un rôle politique et culturel majeur dans l'Empire ottoman.La confrérie tire son nom de Hacı Bektaş Veli, un mystique du XIIIᵉ siècle originaire d'Anatolie. Personnage semi-légendaire, il prêche une spiritualité fondée sur l'amour, la tolérance, l'égalité entre les êtres humains et la recherche intérieure plutôt que sur l'observance stricte de la loi religieuse. Dans un monde médiéval souvent dominé par l'orthodoxie, ce message tranche radicalement.Le bektachisme se distingue d'abord par sa lecture symbolique et ésotérique de l'islam. Les textes sacrés ne sont pas rejetés, mais interprétés à plusieurs niveaux. Les rituels sont volontairement secrets, réservés aux initiés. Contrairement à l'islam sunnite classique, les bektachis ne mettent pas l'accent sur la prière canonique quotidienne, le jeûne strict ou la séparation rigide entre hommes et femmes. Le vin, normalement interdit, peut même avoir une valeur symbolique lors de certaines cérémonies.Autre particularité majeure : le bektachisme accorde une place centrale à Ali, le gendre du prophète Mahomet, et aux douze imams du chiisme, tout en intégrant des éléments préislamiques, chrétiens et chamaniques. Cette hybridation religieuse a longtemps nourri sa réputation de doctrine “hérétique” aux yeux des autorités sunnites.Son importance historique explose à partir du XVe siècle, lorsque la confrérie devient intimement liée aux janissaires, le corps d'élite de l'armée ottomane. Cette alliance offre au bektachisme une protection politique considérable. Pendant plusieurs siècles, la confrérie agit comme un contre-pouvoir spirituel, diffusant une vision plus égalitaire et plus souple de la religion au sein de l'Empire.Mais cette proximité avec les janissaires scelle aussi son destin. En 1826, lorsque le sultan Mahmud II fait massacrer et dissoudre les janissaires, le bektachisme est à son tour interdit. Les tekkes, les lieux de rassemblement, sont fermés, les maîtres spirituels persécutés, et la confrérie entre dans la clandestinité.Aujourd'hui, le bektachisme survit principalement dans les Balkans — notamment en Albanie — et en Turquie, sous une forme discrète. Plus qu'une simple confrérie religieuse, il incarne une autre voie de l'islam, profondément humaniste, où la quête spirituelle prime sur la loi, et où la foi se vit comme une expérience intérieure.Le bektachisme reste ainsi un rappel troublant : l'histoire religieuse n'est jamais monolithique, et certaines traditions ont longtemps prospéré… précisément parce qu'elles refusaient les dogmes rigides. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

In this special bonus episode from The Financial Times, "The Broker" tells the story of how a failed baseball hopeful and disgraced stockbroker reinvented himself as one of America’s most consequential modern arms dealers. From a family-run warehouse in Virginia Beach, Will Somerindyke built his company into a crucial conduit in the Pentagon’s covert supply chains — sourcing Soviet-era weapons for wars in Syria and Yemen before emerging as a central player in Ukraine’s fight against Russia. As artillery shells became the most sought-after commodity of the war, he placed a multimillion-dollar bet on reviving crumbling Cold War factories in the Balkans, transforming himself from middleman to manufacturer. Based on months of reporting, The Broker traces Somerindyke’s rise through the shadow world of privatized warfare — where geopolitics, profit and personal ambition collide — and reveals how modern conflicts are sustained not only by soldiers on the front lines, but by entrepreneurs who move the weapons behind the scenes. This piece, written by the FT’s Miles Johnson, host of Hot Money Season 2: The New Narcos, was originally printed in FT Weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special bonus episode from The Financial Times, "The Broker" tells the story of how a failed baseball hopeful and disgraced stockbroker reinvented himself as one of America's most consequential modern arms dealers.From a family-run warehouse in Virginia Beach, Will Somerindyke built his company into a crucial conduit in the Pentagon's covert supply chains — sourcing Soviet-era weapons for wars in Syria and Yemen before emerging as a central player in Ukraine's fight against Russia.As artillery shells became the most sought-after commodity of the war, he placed a multimillion-dollar bet on reviving crumbling Cold War factories in the Balkans, transforming himself from middleman to manufacturer.Based on months of reporting, The Broker traces Somerindyke's rise through the shadow world of privatised warfare — where geopolitics, profit and personal ambition collide — and reveals how modern conflicts are sustained not only by soldiers on the front lines, but by entrepreneurs who move the weapons behind the scenes.This piece, written by the FT's Miles Johnson, host of Hot Money Season 2: The New Narcos, was originally printed in FT Weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Solomon speaks to Paul Fonfara and Spencer Roth of The Brass Messengers, a Twin Cities-based brass band that blends elements of Balkan, Macedonian, Afrobeat, Free Jazz, New Orleans sounds. The group will play a Mardi-Gras show called "Dance Your Brass Off" Tuesday, February 17th at the Turf Club, presented by Jazz88.

Send a textSelco Begovic - Survivor of the Balkan War - SHTF Expert!  PART 2 InterviewSelco Begovic, a survivor of the tumultuous Balkan war in the 1990s, endured the daunting challenges of living in a besieged city without access to necessities like electricity, running water, and food distribution. Today, he shares his firsthand experiences through physical courses, offering invaluable insights for those eager to learn from his real-life ordeal.Through his online writings, Selco offers an unfiltered view of the brutal realities of survival in extreme conditions. With candid assessments of effective strategies and lessons learned from his trials, he also discusses contemporary preparations for uncertain times.Continuing his relentless pursuit of survival knowledge since the war, Selco provides a unique opportunity for others to glean from his experiences, even if they may never face such extreme circumstances.Explore Selco's articles, purchase his PDF books, including the highly acclaimed "The Dark Secrets of Survival," or dive deep into his expertise through his online course, the SHTF Survival Boot Camp. Enroll in his course, "One Year in Hell," to gain an insider perspective on life during a crisis.Selco's message is clear: Real survival lacks romance or idealism; it's a brutal, arduous, and often unfair journey. Let Selco guide you through this uncompromising world and prepare you for the realities that may lie ahead.https://www.shtfschool.com/ Join PrepperNet.Net - https://www.preppernet.netPrepperNet is an organization of like-minded individuals who believe in personal responsibility, individual freedoms and preparing for disasters of all origins.PrepperNet Support the showPlease give us 5 Stars! www.preppingacademy.com Daily deals for preppers, survivalists, off-gridders, homesteaders https://prepperfinds.com Contact us: https://preppingacademy.com/contact/ www.preppernet.net Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3lheTRTwww.forrestgarvin.com

Episode Summary:In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the cataclysmic events of 1912-1913 that shattered the Ottoman Empire and set the stage for the First World War.Following the humiliating loss of Libya to Italy, the Balkan states—Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria—sensed weakness and struck. We explore how this coalition of former subjects mobilized a massive army of over 700,000 men to drive the Ottomans out of Europe.Drawing on Eugene Rogan's The Fall of the Ottomans, Nick examines the internal chaos of the empire, from the violent coup led by Enver Pasha at the Sublime Porte to the desperate siege of Edirne. Why did the "Sick Man of Europe" fight so poorly in the Balkans but so fiercely later at Gallipoli? And how did the loss of its European heartland radicalize the Young Turk regime?Plus: Important announcements about our upcoming live masterclasses for history students in February, March, and April!Key Topics:The First Balkan War: How a coalition of small states defeated an empire.The Raid on the Sublime Porte: Enver Pasha's violent seizure of power.The Loss of Europe: The economic and psychological blow of losing Macedonia, Albania, and Thrace.Schrödinger's Empire: The paradox of Ottoman weakness in 1912 vs. resilience in 1915.Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the United States a nation state? Does it have a national identity? On this episode of the Transatlantic, scholar Colin Woodard discusses his early career experiences as a journalist in Eastern Europe and the Balkans at the end of the Cold War and how that work informs his work on national identity in the United States. He then talks about his current research uncovering what he describes as eleven distinct nations that make up the United States and how their clashing cultures and traditions have defined the country's struggle to form a national story and identity.    Colin Woodard – a New York Times bestselling historian and Polk Award-winning journalist – is one of the most respected authorities on North American regionalism, the sociology of United States nationhood, and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. Compelling, dynamic and thought provoking, he offers a fascinating look at where America has come from, how we ended up as we are, and how we might shape our future. Author of the award winning Wall Street Journal bestseller American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, Woodard has written six books including The Republic of Pirates — a New York Times bestselling history of Blackbeard's pirate gang that was made into a primetime NBC series with John Malkovich and Claire Foye – and Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, which tells the harrowing story of the creation of the American myth in the 19th century, a story that reverberates in the news cycle today. His latest book is Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, released by Viking/Penguin in November 2025. He is the founder and director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, an interdisciplinary research, writing, testing and dissemination project focused on counteracting the authoritarian threat to American democracy and the centrifugal forces threatening the federation's stability. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a visiting scholar at the Minneapolis-based HealthPartners Institute and a POLITICO contributing writer. As State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he received a 2012 George Polk Award, was named Maine Journalist of the Year in 2014, and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. A longtime foreign correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and seven continents from postings in Budapest, Zagreb, Washington, D.C. and the US-Mexico border and covered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and its bloody aftermath. His work has appeared in dozens of publications including The Economist, The New York Times, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and Washington Monthly and has been featured on CNN, the Rachel Maddow Show, Chuck Todd's The Daily Rundown, The PBS News Hour, and NPR's Weekend Edition. A graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago, he's received the 2004 Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Public Advocacy, a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Study and was named one of the Best State Capitol Reporters in America by the Washington Post. He lives in Maine.   This podcast is hosted by Bakhti Nishanov and produced by Alanna Novetsky, in conjunction with the Senate Recording Studio.

Soviet Samizdat: Imagining a New Society (Cornell UP, 2022) traces the emergence and development of samizdat, a significant and distinctive phenomenon of the late Soviet era that provided an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. In bringing together research into the underground journals, bulletins, art folios, and other periodicals produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, Ann Komaromi reveals how samizdat helped to foster new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens. Komaromi's approach combines literary analysis, historical research, and sociological theory to show that samizdat was not simply a tool of opposition to a defunct regime, but a platform for developing informal communities of knowledge. In this way, samizdat foreshadowed the various ways in which alternative perspectives are expressed to challenge the authority of institutions around the world today. Ann Komaromi is a Professor within the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Acting Director of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. Her interests include alternative publishing, underground networks and nonconformist literature and art, especially in the Soviet Union after Stalin. Iva Glisic is a historian and art historian specialising in modern Russia and the Balkans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Soviet Samizdat: Imagining a New Society (Cornell UP, 2022) traces the emergence and development of samizdat, a significant and distinctive phenomenon of the late Soviet era that provided an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. In bringing together research into the underground journals, bulletins, art folios, and other periodicals produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, Ann Komaromi reveals how samizdat helped to foster new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens. Komaromi's approach combines literary analysis, historical research, and sociological theory to show that samizdat was not simply a tool of opposition to a defunct regime, but a platform for developing informal communities of knowledge. In this way, samizdat foreshadowed the various ways in which alternative perspectives are expressed to challenge the authority of institutions around the world today. Ann Komaromi is a Professor within the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Acting Director of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. Her interests include alternative publishing, underground networks and nonconformist literature and art, especially in the Soviet Union after Stalin. Iva Glisic is a historian and art historian specialising in modern Russia and the Balkans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Soviet Samizdat: Imagining a New Society (Cornell UP, 2022) traces the emergence and development of samizdat, a significant and distinctive phenomenon of the late Soviet era that provided an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. In bringing together research into the underground journals, bulletins, art folios, and other periodicals produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, Ann Komaromi reveals how samizdat helped to foster new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens. Komaromi's approach combines literary analysis, historical research, and sociological theory to show that samizdat was not simply a tool of opposition to a defunct regime, but a platform for developing informal communities of knowledge. In this way, samizdat foreshadowed the various ways in which alternative perspectives are expressed to challenge the authority of institutions around the world today. Ann Komaromi is a Professor within the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Acting Director of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. Her interests include alternative publishing, underground networks and nonconformist literature and art, especially in the Soviet Union after Stalin. Iva Glisic is a historian and art historian specialising in modern Russia and the Balkans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett examine 20th-century Eastern Europe, detailing the tragic shift from organic aristocratic societies to brutal, industrialized totalitarian regimes. -- FOLLOW ON X: @whatifalthist (Rudyard) @LudwigNverMises (Austin) @TurpentineMedia -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (02:11) The Greatest Tragedy in Human History (04:47) The Transition from Monarchy to Totalitarianism (09:44) The Scythe Lens Mechanical Pressure (21:41) The Staggering Intellectual Loss (27:59) Capitalism Nobility and the Path to Democracy (35:32) Defining Mass Politics (54:19) The Ethnic Map of 1914 vs Modernity (01:05:43) The Hot Seat of the Balkans and WWI (01:22:47) The Eastern Front of WWI (01:38:13) The Urge to Submission (01:47:48) The Daily Horror of Stalinism (02:05:33) WWII The German Colonial Dream (02:17:15) The Legacy of the Holocaust and 40 Million Dead (02:28:44) Contemporary Resilience and Neoliberalism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ivana Stradner on Serbia's brute President Aleksandar Vučić welcoming PRC money, examining how Beijingexpands influence in the Balkans through investment while Serbia drifts from Western alignment.1800 BANK OF ENGLAND

FILE 7. SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AND FAILED NEGOTIATIONS. GUEST AUTHOR SEAN MCMEEKIN. During 1940 negotiations in Berlin, Hitler attempted to align the Soviets with the Axis powers, but talks failed due to Stalin's insistence on expanding influence into Finland and the Balkans. Consequently, Hitler decided to invade Russia to break their economic stranglehold, while Soviet leadership simultaneously began preparing their own military deployments for a future war with Germany,.1931

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