A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A show that sheds light behind the Dark Myths Collective members, and host other collaborative projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to Secret Police! A history podcast about the world’s most infamous secret police forces. We take a detailed look at the deception and the brutality secret police impose upon their own people to further the goals of totalitarian depravity.
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We’re back – this time, with fresh news about the events in Kursk. Putin’s visiting candy factory in Azerbaijan and lying about Beslan, failing to be a leader of any sort whatsoever, meanwhile Russian propagandists have received new instructions about the new normal and internet’s getting properly blocked within Russia. Support this show http://sup…
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Russian Economy and More ft. Andrew Heaton pt.2
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As I’m working on yet more news episodes, here is (the more global and philosophical) part 2 of our conversation with Heaton from Political Orphanage. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Kursk. Timeline, Theories and Vatnik Tears.
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What's happening in Kursk region, what are the perspectives for the Ukrainian side, what are the goals of the operation and what can be reallistically achieved. Also, how the Z - vatniks react to all of this. The events that happened during the past few days have forced me to enter full journalism mode. I've worked with both primary sources and ana…
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Russian Economy and More ft. Andrew Heaton pt.1 (Yes, Kursk ep is coming)
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Episode about events in Kursk oblast is coming very soon – it’s just that in my case, I literally am waiting until some people call me back and confirm concrete facts that I could talk about, instead of a surpirises and rumours that you’ve probaby heard everywhere else. However, I also recorded a very lengthy discussion about Russian economy with m…
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News about the war in Ukraine! Z-vantiks comment on the prisoner exchange, including Girkin's wife. And Russian soldiers are losing not only their gadgets, but their cars too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Linux Propaganda ft. Sean from Advent of Computing
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As the big windows PC crash swept over the world, Russia remained unaffected. To explain why it was so, I invited my dear friend Sean over to give some clarity. Of course, it weered into sad and existentially dreadful patters that make you question your own existance. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on A…
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Greetings, Comrades! As I’m busy, working on my news episode and dealing with all the personal stuff I’ve mentioned on previous episodes, I want to bring You the latest episode of Garden of Doom podcast, where I talked aliens and conspiracy episodes and space. Do give Jeff a subscribe if you haven’t already. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/garden-…
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A Nazi from the Wagner group has been killed in Mali, Peculiarities of the national Crimea vacation and, of course, more “kartopolov law”. Oh, and a PSA concerning the Paris olympics, because yes, it was very French, but no, not in the way that you might imagine. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See ac…
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Russians accidentally strike Romania with a few drones, continuation of the Kartapolov law (the gadget ban), and finally, Igor Girkin's buddy, Maxim Kalashnikov muses about United States - and on that one, I'll be glad to get emails with your comments. Contact: theeasternborder@gmail.com Merch store: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/en-…
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Comrades! Today I'm bringing You the most exquisite of vatnik tears! I thought it was not possible even theoretically, but a new breakthrough in idiocy has been achieved! Russian government just banned the use of any and all gadgets on the front. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f…
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News from the front: sanitary zone that Putin promised has been created, but there are nuances, hipocrisy of the whole Z-public, Ukraine winning the drone war, actual protests in cities near the front. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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As I heard the news about the attempted Trump assassination, Alex from History Impossible reached out to me, and we had a conversation to make sense of it all. We had spoken before about the rise in such attempts, so the idea was to maybe calm everyone (including ourselves) down a bit. And, hey, even our common favorite Russian academic Dugin had a…
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Putin and Zelensky react to Trump's assassination attempt, Lukashenka backstabs Russia and news from the front. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv, Z-vatniks complain about the average Russian attitude towards the war and The Moscow Times gets declared illegal in Russia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Future of Warfare ft. John Michael Godier
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In this episode we are joined by our dear friend, a Sci-Fi author, YouTuber and Futurologist John Michael Godier to discuss the future of war. Sattelites with chainsaws, drone warfare and nuclear power. Links to JMG stuff His main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnMichaelGodier Event Horizon: https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShow Our discor…
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Situation on the front, Trump's "peace plan", Russians react to Kanye West and some good, hopeful news for Ukraine at the end. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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News about the front - status of women and disabled people and also what do the Z channels think about the US election. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Russian relatives, my aunt and denunciations
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In this special episode, I explain what my aunt experienced in St. Petersburg and why I was so worried about her. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An in-depth look at the 23rd of June terror attacks in Dagestan Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We’ve heard about a lot of evil on Secret Police, but the actions of the Kempeitai and the wider Imperial Japanese Army are particularly poignant for their brutality and the extent to which violence prevails if you believe your enemy is inhuman. Who were the Kempeitai? How did the Kempeitai develop out of Japan’s long military history? What were th…
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Z channels react to Putin's visit to North Korea, outrage about Russian athletes going to olympics, ATACMS used to strike Russian territory, and food delivery industry is the root of all evil. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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In this episode: hostage crisis in Rostov-on-Don, look at Putin's article for a North Korean newspaper, some deligthful Z-wankery and economic news as Russia's drowning in payday loans. Oh, and they're about to ban books by 'foreign agents' from public libraries now too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast…
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I go through telegram posts of various pro-war, pro-Putin public figures, looking at what they write about the recent developments in the war and the so-called 'peace offer'. There are a lot of booze jokes too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Putin spews blatant lies and sabre rattling at western journalists for 3.5 hours, new propaganda instructions (they're not very good), and latest updates about the war. Here's our discord link too: https://discord.gg/dYuZF7FFk2 And merch store: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternbord…
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I went on Quora to answer people's questions about the war in Ukraine. Some of them were meaningul, but...well, there's plenty of Putin's trolls to go around. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Girkin remains in prison after his appeals, Macron sends instructors to Ukraine and insists that the west should allow their weapons to be used to strike Russia. In response, Russia saber rattlles with nukes again and forces schoolgirls to remove underwear in public, before a state exam. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder…
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Today I am joined by a guest from the Canadian military who appproacheed me asking about whether or not I have made an episode about the most famous Russian invention of all time – the glorious AK. So easy to use, that a kid shoot one. And many do! A subject this iconic deserved a proper episode, and hopefully, we have delivered. Enoy! Support this…
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode: Events on the front lines, Russia lies about their successes, Belousov unsurprisingly corrupt and dissappoints the pro-war people in Russia. And here's the link to our merch store: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See a…
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Belousov has replaced Shoigu as Russia's minister of defense - and for some reason, western media reports this as a threatening thing for Ukraine. In this episode I explain why they're mistaken, and how this proves that Putin's admitting that he no longer has endless money for the war effort. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternb…
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...so, I've been doing this for a decade now...
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Eastern Border 10th anniversary episode. A bit more meta-podcsast stuff than usual, but don't worry, plenty of important news as well. Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/HCu6J5hS Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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We're back! Putin just got inaugurated, but he's actually just lost all legitimacy. Russia's throwing around nuclear threats again, but at the same time Gazprom's reporting losses for the first time ever and the economy looks a bit bleak. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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The Soviet Who Saved the World (ft. Alex from History Impossible)
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While I was in Texas, enjoying the honeymoon I knew I had to record stuff, because the show won't wait for me, but I did not want to do heartbreaking stuff. Thankfully, Alex had listened to my pre-wedding episode, and wanted to dig deeper about our hero, Stanislav Petrov. We used the rare occasion of a much smaller time zone difference than usual a…
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Part 2 of what we've learned and experienced in Texas. Don't worry, the episode with Alex about Stanislav Petrov is incoming, and so are horrible, depressing news about the war. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Visiting the Political Orphanage, with Andrew Heaton
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In this episode, I'm hanging out live with our friend Heaton and we discuss the war, terrorism, politics and other fun stuff that you can't stop thinking about on a honeymoon. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Greetings, Comrades! We're just married, in Texas, and saw NASA stuff. Back to news stuff on wednesday! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is one of those episodes where I am riding the: "Okay, I was off for a few days, now I'm married, so what's happe...oh...oh no" Well, at least we also have Girkin news. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Greetings, Comrades! I'm gettinng married in a few hours. And on this special day, I wanted to give you a bit of a throwback, Soviet history episode...with a message that is relevant even today. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Today, we have Evita on the show to share an Afganistan war story of her family with you, and we also talk about economics. Mostly involving gasonline. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We had an extra question to Michael that we forgot to ask. And he responded with 17 minute audio file, which I could not retelll. Thus, here is the addeendum to our interview. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Terrorism and Geopolitics ft. Michael of The Red Line
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Greetings, Comrades! After the terror attack in Moscow and an accumulated metric ton of questions from the Russian oppositon side, I decided that it was the right time to grab Michael from The Red Line podcast and have a talk about the big picture. Enjoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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ISIS-K, a subgroup of the Islamic terrorist organisation, attacked a concert hall in Moscow yesterday, with over 60 dead and many more wounded. Here's everything that I've gathered about what happened, how we know who did it and a bit of analysis on what it means. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See a…
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Final results of Putin’s farcical pseudo-voting event are in: absoulutely no surprises there. Also, Belgorod is still under assault, but still we have nothing reliable. Except that there are battles there. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The event, formerly known as "elections" is happening in Russia - and of course, it's falsified, turned into a farce and has nothing to do with any actual choice by the people. Which makes it kind of fun, if it wouldn't be so tragic. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…
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We're back to the regular programming, amidst turbulent personal life aand controversial interviews. On the weird side, Putin recently attempted to claim that Belgium exists because of Russia, the so-called election is a mess and some genuinely sad stuff. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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Depressing Thoughts ft. Alex & Daniele pt. 2
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Greetings, Comrades! Still getting myself back in order after smashing my head on the scooter. So, here you go, part 2 of our huge interview with Alex and Daniele! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I’ve gotten myself into a crash with my scooter. So while I’m getting myself in order, here’s part 1 of our masssive interview with Alex from History Impossible and Daniele Bolelli from History on Fire! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Magic and Tragedy, ft. Desolator Magic
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After all the funeral stuff and everything surrounding it, I wanted to do a breather episode again. This time, with Desolator Magic, one of the most important M:TG YouTubers out there. We talk Magic: The Gathering, politics, everyday life and survival. It's a fun listen, hope you'll enjoy it. He's more right leaning than my other guests have been l…
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War in Ukraine: Episode 209 - Two Speeches
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In this episode, I compare and contrast two important speeches: Putin's address to the Federal Council and Yulia Navalnaya's speech to the Europarliament. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, I focus on the Kremlin media leaks and what we've found about the propaganda activities that Russia organize both in the west and in the occupied territories. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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So, it's been two full years of war ar this point. Two full years of ongoing insanity, violence and immense human suffering. We're entering year 3, and I've chosen this moment to remind You all why exactly we simply must do everything we can to support Ukraine. To remind you that war is, and can never be, "the new normal". Support this show http://…
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