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President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains among Latino communities during the 2024 election. MSNBC contributor Julio Ricardo Varela explains why. And, Trump will face multiple foreign policy challenges in his second term. NPR's Emily Feng in Beijing, Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv, Charles Maynes in Tblisi, Georgia, and Eyder Peralta in Mexico City join us. Then, forget about the Red Delicious. We are living in a golden age of apples with more than 20 different varieties available at grocery stores. David Bedford, an apple researcher at the University of Minnesota, joins us.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Germany, China and Russia react to Donald Trump's re-election to the U.S. presidency with cautious words of welcome— and sometimes, silence. NPR's International Correspondents Rob Schmitz, John Ruwitch and Charles Maynes report.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

From Academy Award-winning films like "U-517" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" to shows like "Gettysburg" and "Seal Team," Charles Maynes has been behind memorable and impactful sounds in modern film and TV. We sat down for a wild and wide-ranging chat about music, sound, and life in general.

Charles Maynes and Frank Bry have been friends and admirers of each other's work for decades. They combined forces for the new sound effects library BLAST, that featuresincredible explosion recordings. They talk about the process of recording Tannerite, dynamite, debris and lots more. Plus they discuss their thoughts on 32bit recording, the importance of creativity in field recording and what is gained after years of practice with recorders and microphones. Please take a few minutes to help out the show and answer our quick listener survey. There are only 12 questions, and should only take a few minutes. tap here: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/listener-survey/ Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/271-recording-explosions-with-frank-amp-charles/ Podcast Home Page: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Host this episode: Timothy Muirhead

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2023 began with his war against Ukraine stagnating. It went on to deliver one of the most public challenges to his leadership, ever. Now as 2023 comes to a close, the man who lead the rebellion against Putin Yevgeny Prighozin is dead. US aid to Ukraine is on the Congressional chopping block, and Putin is getting ready to embark on a fifth campaign for the presidency of Russia. Odds are, he'll win.NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Russia correspondent Charles Maynes about Putin's year that was, and how things are looking for 2024.Email us at considerthis@npr.org

NPR's Charles Maynes tells us about China's Defense Minister's second visit to Moscow this year and what it means for China's support of Russia in its war in Ukraine.

NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow tells us about two significant developments between Russia and Ukraine. First, Russia announces it is backing out of a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain to world markets. And a key bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Russian-annexed Crimea was attacked, apparently by Ukraine.

The Kremlin has revealed President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries just days after they staged an uprising against military leadership. And one of Russia's top generals has resurfaced. NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow explains what we know.

NPR Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes explains what we know about the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and his apparently crucial role in ending the crisis in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a direct challenge to his authority over the weekend. Mercenary fighters with the Wagner group took over a military headquarters and launched a march toward Moscow.The group's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, eventually called off the uprising. He's apparently accepted a deal to live in exile, and claims the weekend's events were a protest, not an attempt to overthrow the government.NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow, and Greg Myre in Kyiv, explain what the turmoil could mean for the future of Putin's rule and the course of the war in Ukraine.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

A mercenary leader launched a brief uprising against the Russian military and the authority of Vladimir Putin, taking over a Russian military headquarters and even sending fighters toward Moscow, before later turning them around. NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow and Greg Myre in Kyiv tell us about the aftermath of this event in Russia and Ukraine.

For the past three decades, Russia has tried to mediate a border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But NPR's Charles Maynes found that the war in Ukraine is causing ripple effects in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Russia claims Ukraine attacked Moscow with eight drones. We hear from NPR Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes.

Insights In Sound - Sound Design: Your Brain's the Best Plug-In - Season 12, Episode 6 (#116)   In today's world of nearly unlimited audio processing power and options, the sonic possibilities for sound design are greater than ever before. But despite a nearly unlimited array of plug-ins and processors, inspiration still comes from the individual. We hear from veteran sound designers Drew Schlesinger, Rick Allen, and Charles Maynes on having a focused and purpose-driven approach to creating a sonic canvas for the most challenging projects. Recorded live at the NAMM Show 2023.  

Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes tells us about a new Russian law cracking down on draft dodging and its implications for the war in Ukraine.

Yevgeny Prigozhin founded the Wagner Group, a mercenary force fighting for Russia in Ukraine. NPR's Charles Maynes has a portrait of Prigozhin from his home town Saint Petersburg.

Russian protestors are still demonstrating following President Vladimir Putin's announcement last week of troop mobilization. More than 100 protesters have already been detained. We learn more with NPR's Charles Maynes. Then, we get an Iran news roundup with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh. Protests continue in the country over the death of a woman held in police custody for not wearing a headscarf. And, we talk about the latest in state abortion rules: An Arizona judge allowed a state law that bans nearly all abortions. Washington Post health reporter Rachel Roubein joins us. Plus, more details are coming to light about a welfare fraud scandal that funneled money to former NFL player Brett Farve, among others. Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe tells us more.

President Biden has exchanged letters with the WNBA all-star, who is behind bars in Russia. It's the latest example of the thorny politics surrounding Americans jailed abroad.And the president will take his first trip to the Middle East next week, visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia. His administration has embraced the success of the Abraham Accords, an agreement brokered during the Trump administration to better integrate Israel with its neighbors in the region.This episode: political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Support the show and unlock sponsor-free listening with a subscription to The NPR Politics Podcast Plus. Learn more at plus.npr.org/politics Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.

McDonald's was one of the largest companies to pull out of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. But now the fast-food restaurants are returning with very similar food and a new name. NPR's Charles Maynes reports. And, extreme heat is sweeping across the United States. Nearly 100 million Americans are under heat-related warnings and advisories. Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci joins us.

Dmytro Veselov, 31, discusses what the situation is like in Kyiv, Ukraine, as he and other Ukrainians take up arms to defend the city from the Russian invasion. And, sanctions against Russia have dropped the ruble by almost 30% against the U.S. dollar. The measures are meant to force Putin to the negotiating table, but the sanctions are hitting ordinary Russians too. NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow joins us.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Washington and French President Emmanuel Macron is in Moscow as the two leaders attempt to resolve tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe. The leaders, whose countries have strong economic ties to Russia, have been more receptive than President Biden to Vladimir Putin's security concerns.This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.

Ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, Eddie Glaude of Princeton University weighs in on the state of our democracy. And, Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains his threat to take more Ukrainian territory. We look at diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis with NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow.

U.S. officials have accused Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko of being the latest to take advantage of desperate migrants. They say he helped bring migrants from war-torn nations to the Belarus border in order to create a humanitarian crisis and put political pressure on his European neighbors. Officials worry this type of strategy might be used again.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and reporter Charles Maynes.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.

Ever wondered how sound in films works? Ever wondered what goes into making a machine gun sound fearsome? What goes into making a battle sound realistic? This week we are lucky enough to be joined by Charles Maynes, an Emmy-winning sound engineer, who has worked on a dozen prominent war films including Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima, Starship Troopers, The Alamo, The Great Raid, The Pacific and The Forgotten Battle. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.com Thanks for listening!

It turns out there’s a lot more to Russia than just Putin and election meddling. Sure, we talk about that, but independent radio producer Charles Maynes in Moscow tells us tales of Russian culture from the early Soviet era to present. While he may not always think of himself as a journalist, that may be what makes his journalism work so great. Also, in a first for the podcast, we hear a poetry reading.  Publications featured: Voice of America, NPR, 99% Invisible, Radiotopia Countries featured: Russia, USA Charles discusses his affinity for the Midwest where he got his start as a musician and journalist (5:10), a visit to Moscow that turns into a whole lot more (11:30), back to the US and some good jobs, some bad jobs and some weird jobs (15:49), returning to Russia on a Fulbright to work with local radio stations (18:22), modern Russia under Putin and sticking a thumb in the eye of the U.S. (26:03), telling the story of an early Soviet composer who directed the sounds of the city (40:16), the lightning round (43:58), a long but entertaining tangent about Russian architecture, the Transiberian Railroad, Lake Baikal and Chinese tourism (49:43), the lightning round again (59:38), and how he views his career (1:14:00)   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Charles’ Spacebridge podcast on Radiotopia - http://apple.co/3nQBlwN His piece on Symphony of Sirens on 99% Invisible - http://apple.co/3ijCiMN Russian news website Meduza (in English) - http://bit.ly/35HaU6j NPR’s radio drama version of Star Wars (English, not Russian) - http://bit.ly/3qhBuuS Wind of Change podcast - http://apple.co/352Bg1y William B. Williams bio - http://bit.ly/3nOnJlB James Agee’s book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - http://bit.ly/3stNPOh The poem Radio of the Future by Velimir Khlebnikov - http://bit.ly/38N6qgq   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

My conversation with Charles Maynes. Charles discusses his experiences and techniques in sound design and mixing, sound effects libraries and live on-set weapons and helicopter recordings. Great stories about his long career in our industry.

While driving across Russia on my way home from the Mongol Rally (the story I documented on the first season of this podcast), I had several conversations and interactions with people in Russia and Kazakhstan that surprised and even baffled me. So on this episode, I call up Charles Maynes, an American public radio journalist based in Moscow, to help me interpret and understand Russian culture. If you want to hear some of Charles’s reporting, I highly recommend the Spacebridge documentary series he co-produced that ran on PRX’s Showcase podcast. Far From Home is a podcast where award-winning public radio journalist Scott Gurian visits parts of the world that most people never think about and tells stories they've never heard. For more info, visit farfromhomepodcast.org

It's been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, marking the beginning of the end to the Cold War and the Soviet Union. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the lessons learned and the invisible divisions left by the Wall on Germany and Europe in general. Correspondent Henry Ridgwell joins us from Berlin; former Secretary of State James Baker recounts the days surrounding the fall of the Wall and looks at the challenges we now face; correspondent Charles Maynes reports on German nationalism on the rise; and historian Hope Harrison from George Washington University. Aired November 6, 2019.

Russian feminists paraded a 13-foot-tall model vagina down the streets of St. Petersburg on May 1, 2018, without getting arrested. It was a big win.“[Police] arrested only those who they have orders to arrest,” says Leda Garina, director of the Eve's Ribs, a social, artistic, documentary and communication project devoted to the subject of gender discrimination. “But there were no vagina orders, so they didn't know how to react.”The giant vagina didn't spark police action in 2018, but participants were not so lucky in 2019. Six Eve's Ribs activists were detained.In a country where the concept of feminism remains at best socially neutral and at worst a “mortal sin,” activists fighting for gender equality under the banner of feminism have to take success where they can get it. And it's often fleeting. Leda Garina, director of the Eve's Ribs project in St. Petersburg  Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World “This year, one of the girls wore a vagina costume, and they made her take it off so right there in the middle of the May 1 parade, so she was walking basically naked in the middle of the parade and she was just showing everyone the finger,” says Garina, 37.  Activists like Garina and other women at Eve's Ribs are working to unite people interested in feminism by bringing them together in a physical space. To that end, they opened Cafe Simona — a women-only workspace by day and event space by night.“The idea was that here you can feel at ease, because in public spaces in Russia, men always bother you,” Garina says. “Men will always come up and ask, ‘What are you writing, what are you eating, what does it say on your shirt?' It's terrible.”There's a generational shift happening when it comes to feminism in Russia. Millennials and Gen Zers are online — many read English and have been exposed to the fundamental reasoning behind the concept of men and women being born equal. And after decades of repression under the Soviet Union, feminist activism is reemerging in today's Russia.Related: Russia's youth flex their political power“Officially, after the [1917 Russian] Revolution, all women's rights were achieved, so therefore according to the Soviet system, feminism as a movement had no need to exist,” Garina says. A participant attends a rally, held to support women's rights in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 8, 2019.  Credit: Anton Vaganov/Reuters But the ideal of gender equality as espoused in Marxist doctrine was far from reality. Though equality was touted in principle after the Communist revolution and women's education and literacy rates rose, in practice, it looked quite different. Female participation in the labor force was not free of gender gaps and didn't translate into equality in domestic duties. Despite some strides (the Soviet space program had a woman cosmonaut decades before the US did), women were still largely expected to take on work in the home, care for children, and stand in long lines for food in addition to their “equal work” outside the home.  As the USSR was crumbling, feminism began to resurface as a more active movement. But when the Soviet Union did collapse in 1991, women faced new challenges.“The next problem that women encountered was capitalism. Suddenly there was this new pressure where women became objectified,” Garina says. “This was not the case during the Soviet Union. This meant that women needed to look like super sexualized models in addition to doing all the housework.”In the post-Soviet years, the main achievements of feminist activists has been “gradual conscious-raising,” pointing to issues that had rarely been in the public discourse previously, such as domestic violence, sexual harassment and discrimination against women and sexual minorities.Related: Russia's volunteers take on the state — and its workloadBut these gains have sustained major blows. In 2017, the Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, eased penalties for perpetrators of domestic violence.“The 2017 amendments symbolized a green light for domestic violence by reducing penalties for perpetrators, made it harder for women to seek prosecution of their abusers, and weakened protections for victims,” according to Human Rights Watch.Studies suggest that at least one in five women face domestic violence, largely from partner abuse. The vast majority of such incidents go unreported — only about 3% make it to court. The 2017 law — sometimes dubbed the "slapping law” — allows first-time offenders against a partner or a child to be subject to a fine, rather than a criminal charge. It was also supported by the Russian Orthodox Church, which touts “traditional family values.”The church has been vocally opposed to feminist groups. The band Pussy Riot was famously detained for a rebellious performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, then found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” — directly linked, by the judge, to feminism.    Pussy Riot band member Nadia Tolokonnikova looks out from a holding cell during a court hearing appealing her conviction for hooliganism in April 2013. Credit: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters Garina of Eve's Ribs has been arrested more than once for her feminist work. But she says it won't deter her.“My personal goal, as a creative person and as a director, is spread the word about feminism,” she says. “Therefore it needs to be funny, controversial, sexualized, but we can't just complain. We can always complain about domestic abuse and sexual abuse, but I think that if we don't show that we can be aggressive, none of our complaints will be heard.”Another prominent feminist activist, Zalina Marshenkulova, 30, has taken to social media to talk directly to people. Marshenkulova runs “Woman Power” — a channel on Telegram, a popular messaging app in Russia. Zalina Marshenkulova, a feminist activist, runs a “Woman Power” channel on Telegram. Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World Her goal is to explain feminism to a mainstream Russian audience, but Marshenkulova is also known for a Russian Reebok ad campaign that sparked outrage with this slogan on Instagram:“Don't sit around hooked on male approval — sit on a man's face.”Reebok deleted the campaign, but later put the images back up, except for the controversial one.Internet users shared screen grabs of the deleted ad:Пишет телеграм-канал "Русский маркетинг":Как выглядит рекламная кампания Reebok на Западе: "Никогда не извиняйся за то, что ты сильная".Как выглядит рекламная кампания Reebok в России: "Пересядь на мужское лицо". pic.twitter.com/vdtzJ6c1Hp— дейенерис татариен (@brave__pancake) February 7, 2019“I think this ad was good for the Russian audience because if this ad were to run in this light, vanilla, Western style, which I don't like  — something like, 'be strong, women are great' — you know, the stuff you see in European ads, this doesn't work at all here,” Marshenkulova says. “Basically whining and saying ‘let's respect women' — this doesn't work here. This is not Europe, it's not America.”Still, Marshenkulova's frank attitude toward Russian feminism has won her a lot of fans online — including men.“Yes, I have very many male supporters,” she says. “They understand what I want and they understand the patriarchy kills men too, not only women.”Marshenkulova, who grew up in a small town in Russia's far north,  says she was raised to “be modest, be quiet,” but it didn't suit her personality.Related: 'If not I, then who?': Armed with the internet, Russia's young people want to remake their world“Since I was a kid, I've always been rowdy,” she says. “I have a strong personality, you can't shut me up, you can't tell me my place. My place is wherever I want it to be, so I try to pass this idea along to other women.”As in politics, going against the status quo in Russia means taking on some risk. “Opinion makers in this country are always in danger,” Marshenkulova says. But change is happening — slowly.“I think that one of the big victories for feminism happened just in the past two years,” she says. “Now feminists sometimes appear on television, and not too long ago we were completely invisible. It's a big accomplishment for us that some channels started talking about feminism in a neutral tone as opposed to highly negative tone. In the past, it was all negative.” A poster promoting “girl power” hangs in Eve's Ribs in St. Petersburg.  Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World Marshenkulova and Garina take different approaches to feminist activities in Russia, but they agree most activists are largely working toward the same goal.“Some of them are radical and separatist — they want to work with women exclusively. Others are more liberal,” Garina says. “I believe that all of these movements are important and are moving in one direction because they all influence society. I am willing to work with everyone, women, men, animals, plants, as long as we actually cause some change.”This is part three in The World's “Generation Putin” series. Marco Werman and Charles Maynes contributed reporting.

Russian feminists paraded a 13-foot-tall model vagina down the streets of St. Petersburg on May 1, 2018, without getting arrested. It was a big win.“[Police] arrested only those who they have orders to arrest,” says Leda Garina, director of the Eve's Ribs, a social, artistic, documentary and communication project devoted to the subject of gender discrimination. “But there were no vagina orders, so they didn’t know how to react.”The giant vagina didn't spark police action in 2018, but participants were not so lucky in 2019. Six Eve's Ribs activists were detained.In a country where the concept of feminism remains at best socially neutral and at worst a “mortal sin,” activists fighting for gender equality under the banner of feminism have to take success where they can get it. And it's often fleeting. Leda Garina, director of the Eve's Ribs project in St. Petersburg  Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World “This year, one of the girls wore a vagina costume, and they made her take it off so right there in the middle of the May 1 parade, so she was walking basically naked in the middle of the parade and she was just showing everyone the finger,” says Garina, 37.  Activists like Garina and other women at Eve's Ribs are working to unite people interested in feminism by bringing them together in a physical space. To that end, they opened Cafe Simona — a women-only workspace by day and event space by night.“The idea was that here you can feel at ease, because in public spaces in Russia, men always bother you,” Garina says. “Men will always come up and ask, ‘What are you writing, what are you eating, what does it say on your shirt?’ It’s terrible.”There's a generational shift happening when it comes to feminism in Russia. Millennials and Gen Zers are online — many read English and have been exposed to the fundamental reasoning behind the concept of men and women being born equal. And after decades of repression under the Soviet Union, feminist activism is reemerging in today's Russia.Related: Russia's youth flex their political power“Officially, after the [1917 Russian] Revolution, all women’s rights were achieved, so therefore according to the Soviet system, feminism as a movement had no need to exist,” Garina says. A participant attends a rally, held to support women's rights in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 8, 2019.  Credit: Anton Vaganov/Reuters But the ideal of gender equality as espoused in Marxist doctrine was far from reality. Though equality was touted in principle after the Communist revolution and women's education and literacy rates rose, in practice, it looked quite different. Female participation in the labor force was not free of gender gaps and didn't translate into equality in domestic duties. Despite some strides (the Soviet space program had a woman cosmonaut decades before the US did), women were still largely expected to take on work in the home, care for children, and stand in long lines for food in addition to their “equal work” outside the home.  As the USSR was crumbling, feminism began to resurface as a more active movement. But when the Soviet Union did collapse in 1991, women faced new challenges.“The next problem that women encountered was capitalism. Suddenly there was this new pressure where women became objectified,” Garina says. “This was not the case during the Soviet Union. This meant that women needed to look like super sexualized models in addition to doing all the housework.”In the post-Soviet years, the main achievements of feminist activists has been “gradual conscious-raising,” pointing to issues that had rarely been in the public discourse previously, such as domestic violence, sexual harassment and discrimination against women and sexual minorities.Related: Russia’s volunteers take on the state — and its workloadBut these gains have sustained major blows. In 2017, the Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, eased penalties for perpetrators of domestic violence.“The 2017 amendments symbolized a green light for domestic violence by reducing penalties for perpetrators, made it harder for women to seek prosecution of their abusers, and weakened protections for victims,” according to Human Rights Watch.Studies suggest that at least one in five women face domestic violence, largely from partner abuse. The vast majority of such incidents go unreported — only about 3% make it to court. The 2017 law — sometimes dubbed the "slapping law” — allows first-time offenders against a partner or a child to be subject to a fine, rather than a criminal charge. It was also supported by the Russian Orthodox Church, which touts “traditional family values.”The church has been vocally opposed to feminist groups. The band Pussy Riot was famously detained for a rebellious performance in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, then found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” — directly linked, by the judge, to feminism.    Pussy Riot band member Nadia Tolokonnikova looks out from a holding cell during a court hearing appealing her conviction for hooliganism in April 2013. Credit: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters Garina of Eve's Ribs has been arrested more than once for her feminist work. But she says it won't deter her.“My personal goal, as a creative person and as a director, is spread the word about feminism,” she says. “Therefore it needs to be funny, controversial, sexualized, but we can’t just complain. We can always complain about domestic abuse and sexual abuse, but I think that if we don’t show that we can be aggressive, none of our complaints will be heard.”Another prominent feminist activist, Zalina Marshenkulova, 30, has taken to social media to talk directly to people. Marshenkulova runs “Woman Power” — a channel on Telegram, a popular messaging app in Russia. Zalina Marshenkulova, a feminist activist, runs a “Woman Power” channel on Telegram. Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World Her goal is to explain feminism to a mainstream Russian audience, but Marshenkulova is also known for a Russian Reebok ad campaign that sparked outrage with this slogan on Instagram:“Don’t sit around hooked on male approval — sit on a man’s face.”Reebok deleted the campaign, but later put the images back up, except for the controversial one.Internet users shared screen grabs of the deleted ad:Пишет телеграм-канал "Русский маркетинг":Как выглядит рекламная кампания Reebok на Западе: "Никогда не извиняйся за то, что ты сильная".Как выглядит рекламная кампания Reebok в России: "Пересядь на мужское лицо". pic.twitter.com/vdtzJ6c1Hp— дейенерис татариен (@brave__pancake) February 7, 2019“I think this ad was good for the Russian audience because if this ad were to run in this light, vanilla, Western style, which I don’t like  — something like, 'be strong, women are great' — you know, the stuff you see in European ads, this doesn’t work at all here,” Marshenkulova says. “Basically whining and saying ‘let’s respect women’ — this doesn’t work here. This is not Europe, it’s not America.”Still, Marshenkulova's frank attitude toward Russian feminism has won her a lot of fans online — including men.“Yes, I have very many male supporters,” she says. “They understand what I want and they understand the patriarchy kills men too, not only women.”Marshenkulova, who grew up in a small town in Russia's far north,  says she was raised to “be modest, be quiet,” but it didn't suit her personality.Related: 'If not I, then who?’: Armed with the internet, Russia’s young people want to remake their world“Since I was a kid, I’ve always been rowdy,” she says. “I have a strong personality, you can’t shut me up, you can’t tell me my place. My place is wherever I want it to be, so I try to pass this idea along to other women.”As in politics, going against the status quo in Russia means taking on some risk. “Opinion makers in this country are always in danger,” Marshenkulova says. But change is happening — slowly.“I think that one of the big victories for feminism happened just in the past two years,” she says. “Now feminists sometimes appear on television, and not too long ago we were completely invisible. It’s a big accomplishment for us that some channels started talking about feminism in a neutral tone as opposed to highly negative tone. In the past, it was all negative.” A poster promoting “girl power” hangs in Eve's Ribs in St. Petersburg.  Credit: Daniel Ofman/The World Marshenkulova and Garina take different approaches to feminist activities in Russia, but they agree most activists are largely working toward the same goal.“Some of them are radical and separatist — they want to work with women exclusively. Others are more liberal,” Garina says. “I believe that all of these movements are important and are moving in one direction because they all influence society. I am willing to work with everyone, women, men, animals, plants, as long as we actually cause some change.”This is part three in The World's “Generation Putin” series. Marco Werman and Charles Maynes contributed reporting.

Spacebridge tells a largely-forgotten saga of the late Cold War, when despair about the prospects of a nuclear conflict gripped the world. Both Soviets and Americans grasped at emerging communication technology via satellite and early Internet “spacebridges” that brought together citizen diplomats ranging from New Agers to tech-enthusiasts to astronauts. The urge to “just connect” helped tilt the world from top-down broadcasting to the more horizontal, Internet-levelled society where we all now live…for better and/or for worse. Co-hosted by Julia Barton and Charles Maynes, Spacebridge is a production of Showcase from PRX’s Radiotopia with additional funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Our Russian content partner is the history site Arzamas.Academy. Find out more at radiotopia.fm/showcase.

We don’t do breaking news. But when Robert Mueller released his indictment a few days ago, alleging that 13 Russian nationals colluded to disrupt the 2016 elections, we had a lot of questions. Who are these Russian individuals sowing discord? And who are these Americans that were manipulated?? Join us as we follow a trail of likes and tweets that takes us from a Troll Factory to a Cheesecake Factory. This episode was produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen with reporting help from Becca Bressler and Charles Maynes.  Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. 

A disembodied voice, digital ghosts and the contraptions we build that alter our humanity - Josie Long presents new short documentaries about machines. We hear from the voice of Siri in the UK about losing control of what you say. Also - the story of a digital version of yourself outliving you and our relationship to the tools we build and the scars they leave. Daniel Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Replika Produced by Charles Maynes and Mika Golubovsky 15 Years Produced by Shereen Ashman, Michelle Macklem and Daniel Guillemette Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

This week on the show we’re presenting one of our favorite radio features, “Three Records from Sundown,” about singer Nick Drake. The documentary, by producer Charles Maynes, retraces the roots of Drake’s legend through interviews with Drake’s producer, Joe Boyd. Boyd … Continue reading →

This week on the show we're presenting one of our favorite radio features, “Three Records from Sundown,” about singer Nick Drake. The documentary, by producer Charles Maynes, retraces the roots of Drake's legend through interviews with Drake's producer, Joe Boyd. Boyd … Continue reading →

Episode 7 features a round table discussion on the art of field recording firearms. Regular hosts Rene, Timothy and Dustin are joined by Frank Bry (of www.therecordist.com) and Charles Maynes (one of Hollywood’s go to gun guys), who sit in for the whole podcast. Axel Rohrbach (from Germany’s Boom Library) and renowned weapons recordist Watson Wu also chime in with their points of view on the subject. We talk everything from session prep to locations to gear to mistakes to avoid and much more…

Episode 7 features a round table discussion on the art of field recording firearms. Regular hosts Rene, Timothy and Dustin are joined by Frank Bry (of www.therecordist.com) and Charles Maynes (one of Hollywood’s go to gun guys), who sit in for the whole podcast. Axel Rohrbach (from Germany’s Boom Library) and renowned weapons recordist Watson Wu also chime in with their points of view on the subject. We talk everything from session prep to locations to gear to mistakes to avoid and much more…