Ryan tests his co-hosts&apos; 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. 

Russian Pod- Stories from Russia

Russian Cars

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. 

K19-Widowmaker

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

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation - Soviet Comic Science Fiction

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

Russian Proverbs

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&apos;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_Yg7j7ocsOlsen Brothers (winners of the year 2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76xn52ZbhA TaTu, 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbGao-OxOUDima Bilan, 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9VdXSsneoDima Bilan, again, 2008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKIBuranovskiye Babushki, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc  Lordi, Winner of 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAh9NRGNhUUDina Garipova, 2013  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHNwk3Oez8U Tolmachevy Sisters, 2014  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7HKBlAzN5IPolina Gagarina, 2015  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gbKglCL5sSergey Lazarev, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKcFvqaOlgSergey Lazarev, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhk6rzBqW_c Little Big, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TJXI_Y2-YSerduchka, Ukraine Submission, 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE

Eurovision

Hosts discuss 2019 Russian movies. Most of them involve tanks, some kind of war, and a mashup of animated movies. You can watch the trailers of the movies discussed below: ПИКОВАЯ ДАМА: ЗАЗЕРКАЛЬЕ/Queen of Spades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4puHTUU-as Breakaway/Otryv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOFunu19cWILoud Connection/громкая связьhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKA6Gccn0USaving Leningrad/ Spasti Leningradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3YJUrEj4YT-34https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UDvi5xL9wBeanpole/ Dyldahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWhQXg4GrABillion/ Milliardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO55ENC2uBoSober Driver/ Trezvyi Voditelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3pq8P021YThe House Elf / Domovoi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjUfaE6HDIHow I became a Russian (full film)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlGi47LjpNwSheep and Wolves 2: Pig Deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ILERsIIwp0Quiet Comes the Dawnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMXIqbOshQwGuests/Gostihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhBvB6qys7kSeven Dinnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2nyumwpvwMistresseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY2ErP7zXCM

Russian Movies of 2019

Hosts tell each other Russian jokes (called anecdotes by Russians) about Russian circus, animals, Vovochka, and the Soviet Union. Lean our favorite jokes about talking cows, swimming green turds, and dick wallets. 

Russian Jokes - Anekdotes

The hosts discuss quarantine measures and how they are handling the lockdown in Russia and the US. We talk horse meat, distancing in Russian grocery stores, and why Leysan can&apos;t figure out Russian online ordering. Russia closed its borders on March 30 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The measure came into force at all vehicle, rail and pedestrian checkpoints, and applies to Russia&apos;s maritime borders. Russia has also enacted region-wide stay-at-home orders for residents. 

Quarantine in Russia

Answering riddles or bribing your way to your bride, kissing as guests yell "Bitter!" and other Russian wedding traditions. Amie and Ryan try to tackle some of the Russian riddles to find out that the answer is almost never "communism". 

Russian Weddings

Ryan, Amie, and Leysan talk about different games and toys that children in the Soviet Union enjoyed in late 80s and early 90s. 

Russian Games

We are back from a very long break! We are sorry for being away for so long and hope this episode about very strange Russian idioms will make up for our long absence. When does a lobster whistle on a mountain? Is a toad strangling you? Follow Amie and Ryan as they try (and fail) to decipher the meaning of Russian idioms  Try to play along and see if you can guess any of the idioms correctly!  

Russian Idioms - strangling toads and whistling lobsters

In today&apos;s episode, we are joined by Eleanor Huntington to discuss the movie The Death of Stalin, written and directed by  Armando Iannucci. Eleanor is a host of the Podcast Good Film Hunting. Check it out on iTunes or wherever Podcasts are heard https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-film-hunting/id1140180259?mt=2

The Death of Stalin

In today&apos;s episode we explore Russian curse words and common slang. Say them along with us but be careful with repeating them on the streets! 

Russian Curse Words

Learn which one of the Russian sweets, according to Ryan, looks like a bread loaf that survived nuclear annihilation, and why Red October and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is the next movie cross-over that we can&apos;t wait to see made. Tundra Vodka and Bitters- http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2016/11/18/tundra-vodkas-and-bitters Halva- http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Halva Talkysh Kaleve image- https://es.postila.io/post/42610220 Red October Candy Factory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasny_Oktyabr_(confectionery_brand) We will also be posting images on our Twitter @TheRussianPod

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In this episode of The Russian Pod- Stories from Russia, hosts dive into a strange world of Russian folktales. It&apos;s a world where children turn into animals, pikes can grant you unlimited wishes, and you pick your wife by shooting her with an arrow.

Russian Fairytales

The Russian Pod- Stories from Russia is a podcast about Russian history, culture, and traditions from someone who lived in Russia, someone who visited, and someone who has never been. Join us as we discuss Russian food, fairy tales, current events, Russian holidays, movies filmed in Russia and the Soviet Union, and more. Follow us on Twitter @TheRussianPod

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