Russian Pod- Stories from Russia

Russian Cars

Ryan tests his co-hosts' knowledge of Russian car history.  Learn about famous Russian cars like Zhiguli, Kopeika, Lada, why you would walk 30 min to your car garage, and what offends Russian drivers the most.

K19-Widowmaker

Hosts discuss the movie K-19: The Widowmaker,a 2002 historical submarine film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. This movie has everything:  crazy accents, nuclear almost-meltdowns, Harrison Ford, a bunch of counting, and Liam Neeson's guns that are too big to fit in the submarine.

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation - Soviet Comic Science Fiction

The hosts talk about a classic Soviet comic science fiction film Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation (Иван Васильевич меняет профессию) directed by Leonid Gaidai in 1973. The film has a time-travel machine, singing horses, Ivan the Terrible in modern times, as well as a thief and a building manager from Soviet union times ruling Russia back in the 1500s. This movie crazy and we loved it. You can watch this Soviet classic here with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50qT9bW2Qo

Russian Proverbs

If you call yourself a milk mushroom, get in the basket! and other Russian proverbs.

Eurovision

Hosts discuss Russian Eurovision participants over the years- including creepy sisters,  babushkas with a dancing oven, Dima Bilan, and Dima Bilan again. Learn about Russian's successes and failures at the beloved (by some) European music contest. Links to the Eurovision performances discussed in this episode: Alsou, 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw_Yg7j7ocs] Olsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA] TaTu, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOU] Dima Bilan, 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneo] Dima Bilan, again, 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI] Buranovskiye Babushki, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc Lordi, Winner of 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUU] Dina Garipova, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U] Tolmachevy Sisters, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5I] Polina Gagarina, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5s] Sergey Lazarev, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlg] Sergey Lazarev, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c] Little Big, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-Y] Serduchka, Ukraine Submission, 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE]