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Gudrun Persson
Author of Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War
Stockholm University
Episode: Gudrun Persson, "Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War" (Georgetown UP, 2025)
Emilia Palonen
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
Episode: Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
Zsolt Enyedi
Professor of Political Science, Central European University
Central European University
Episode: Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
Sam Kassow
Historian and Visiting Research Historian at the YIVO Institute
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; Trinity College
Episode: The Shtetl: Myth and Reality with Samuel Kassow
Dr. Mark Steinberg
Historian and author of Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa and Bombay.
Retired from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Episode: Mark D. Steinberg, "Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa, and Bombay: Sex, Crime, Violence, and Nightlife in the Modern City" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Shelley Puhak
A former English professor, now a full-time writer living near Washington, DC, and author of 'The Blood Countess'
Bloomsbury
Episode: Shelley Puhak, "The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Dr. Alexis Lerner
Assistant professor at the United States Naval Academy and author studying graffiti in authoritarian regimes.
United States Naval Academy
Episode: Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
Colleen Moore
Historian and author
McGill University
Episode: Colleen M. Moore, "The Peasants' War: Russia's Home Front in the First World War and the End of the Autocracy" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2025)
Dr. Claire Morelon
Cultural and social historian of East Central Europe in the early 20th century
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Claire Morelon, "Streetscapes of War and Revolution: Prague, 1914–1920" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
One of your hosts, also affiliated with the New Books Network, has a focus on bringing scholarly insights into engaging conversations about topics in Eastern European Studies.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 67 ratings
  • Great content, terrible audio

    Needs a pro mix and EQ

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    3
    fourweeks
    United States8 months ago
  • today’s show

    worthwhile content today with john connelly...he is easily understood but the host is barely intelligible...please fix this...hard to spend an hour listening to such poor audio...

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    4
    Knihovnik527
    United States5 years ago
  • Great content, but bad quality

    Great, interesting content, excellent books. Just wish that the audio quality would be on the level. A lot odd noise, fade outs, tough to hear parts make it not easy to enjoy.

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    4
    Caliwinter
    United States6 years ago
  • 5 stars content. 1 start production.

    This work is too important to have such poor production values. Echoes, fade out, stuttered audio.

    Some fantastic books. Articulate authors who are able to discuss their work so that the educated layman may follow it.

    The audio should be the easy part. The guests (and listeners) deserve better.

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    NemoX1970
    United States8 years ago
  • Deserves 5 stars except for one thing--sound quality

    Dear God these people at the New Books Network must have a tin-ear. Far too many of the podcasts are poorly recorded enough to realize that they seem to not care or made their interviewers try to maintain quality recording . I listen to several other podcasts, NONE have the quality control problems the "New Books Network" seems to have on some of theirs.

    C'mon guys get your act together, podcasts have come a long way.

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    t78tt.r
    United States11 years ago

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Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
Q: How useful is the term populism for understanding Orban and Fidesz, and how do you operationalize it?
Emilia argues populism has heuristic value to describe mobilizing rhetoric and us-versus-t them framing, while Zsolt contends that voters in Hungary show illiberal and nationalist traits rather than truly populist attitudes, suggesting a more nuanced construct like paternalistic populism.
Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
Q: What role did the electoral system play in the polarisation up to 2010?
Zsolt notes the system was inherently majoritarian, with gerrymandering and district design that favored Fidesz, helping secure a two-thirds majority despite not always receiving a majority of votes.
Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
Q: Emilia, why would you say it's actually worth looking at the communist period, particularly the post-1956 period under Janos Kádár, in understanding Fidesz rise to power?
Emilia explains that studying the communist and post-89 periods illuminates the long-term hegemonic strategies and the roots of Fidesz's appeal, including the embrace of national and religious values that helped build a loyal core electorate.
Mark D. Steinberg, "Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa, and Bombay: Sex, Crime, Violence, and Nightlife in the Modern City" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Q: What did the word 'hooliganism' mean in Odessa?
Hooliganism referred to irrational behavior that created disorder, especially among young male workers, and was seen as a challenge to proper conduct in public spaces.
Mark D. Steinberg, "Moral Storytelling in 1920s New York, Odessa, and Bombay: Sex, Crime, Violence, and Nightlife in the Modern City" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Q: Why then New York, Odessa and Bombay in the 1920s?
Dr. Steinberg chose these three port cities for their openness and interconnectedness, allowing a comparison of moral campaigning and ordinary life despite differing civilizational contexts.

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