Title
Presented
Story
This hour: The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
The Cosmic Frequency
by Jessie Borrelle (Paper Radio, 2011)
An American ham radio operator in Austrialia makes contact with Russian cosmonauts from the space station, Mir.
The Drinking Cure
Gregory Warner (Marketplace, 2011)
In America we have Alcoholics Anonymous... in Russia, there's an entirely different approach to dealing with the problem.
Icons of Soviet Design
by Julia Barton and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2011)
Soviet-era goods attempted (with varying degrees of accuracy) to mimic stuff from the U.S. These campy, industrial designs have been documented in a new book by Michael Idov.
A Man Like Putin
by Julia Barton (PRI's The World, 2011)
Oddly, Russia's most famous pro-Putin and anti-Putin songs were written by the very same man.
Producer
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Katie Mingle.
Extra
MUSIC FOR RE:SOUND IS PROVIDED BY RECKLESS RECORDS
Music
Messer Chups, "Tchaikovsky Beat," Cafe Sputnik (Eastblok Music, 2005)
Auktyon, "Zhdat," Girls Sing, (Geometriya, 2007)
Dima Vikhornov, "Folk Song," Cafe Sputnik (Eastblok Music, 2005)
Gene Marshall, "Jimmy Carter Says Yes," American Song-Poem Anthology
English version of A Man Like Putin:
Jimmy Carter Says Yes:
Links
Check out the Melbourne, Australia based audio journal, Paper Radio.
Hear more from Julia Barton.
See pictures of some Soviet era designs at 99% Invisible.
Listen to stories from all over The World. (PRI's, The World)