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George Shultz on Economics, Human Rights and the Fall of the Soviet Union

Published 2007-09-03 fall shultz soviet

George Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, talks with Econ…

Kevin McKenna on Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Union, and In the First Circle

Published 2018-09-10 soviet mckenna solzhenitsyn

Russian Literature Professor Kevin McKenna of the University of Vermont talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the life and times of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn…

Sinking Cities, Waving Cuttlefish and Falling Spacecraft

Published 2025-05-13 sinking cuttlefish spacecraft

A 1970s Soviet spacecraft is hurtling down from space—and no one knows where it will land. All 28 of the most populous cities in the U.S. are slowly sinking. In…

EP.128 - Doug Griffin (Chess writer/translator/blogger)

Published 2019-05-29 segment chess soviet

Douglas Griffin is a chess author/blogger, translator, and an indispensable source of historical chess perspective on “chess twitter”. He is particularly intere…

Were there 'lost cosmonauts' in the early Soviet space program?

Published 2026-11-11 judica spacecraft signal

Micah Hanks is a science reporter and podcaster focusing on space and astronomy, and Editor at TheDebrief.org. F…