Podcasts and public talks

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Russian, German and English languages

My podcasts

Mixed Feelings is the podcast of the research center Affective Societies at Freie Universität Berlin. It explores how we navigate emotional conflicts — in our personal lives, in politics, and in the world of work.
In each episode, scholars sit down with activists, journalists, and artists to untangle the knots of complex emotions — from love to hate and everything in between.

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A Free Evening (in Russian)

What do we need freedom for? What does it mean to be a free person? And what kind of freedom are we really looking for? In the podcast Svobodny vecher (A Free Evening), created for Radio Sakharov, I explore these questions in conversations with people from all walks of life — from writers to entrepreneurs. My guests have included anthropologist Alexei Yurchak, poet Polina Barskova, and stylist Yanina Tsybulskaya.

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Public talks

Meduza Publishing House, Berlin
Public talk with Meduza's publisher Galina Timchenko: What Is “Unfeeling”—And How Did It Become Russian State Policy? Why Is Hope Dangerous?
11 June 2025, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Language: Russian | Read the transcript

Einstein Forum, Potsdam
Panel discussion: Gefühle des Krieges, Krieg der Gefühle. Affekt und Gewalt in der Erinnerungspolitik
(Feelings of War, War of Feelings: Affect and Violence in Memory Politics)
With Irina Scherbakowa (Memorial) and Svetlana Müller (PANDA Platforma)
11 February 2025
Language: German

Meduza Publishing House, Berlin
Film screening and panel:"Why I have been swimming against the current" — a film about the first Soviet sex educator Igor Kon
Moderated conversation with director Igor Sadreev
20 June 2024
Language: Russian

Sapere Aude School of Civic Education, Prague
Lecture: Will Love Save the World? Introduction to Political Emotions.
24 February 2024
Language: Russian

ZOiS Forum, Berlin
Panel discussion: Aufgeregte Öffentlichkeit: Neue Sprache der Emotionen in Russland
(Outraged Publics: The New Language of Emotion in Russia)
With Tatyana Golova, Hasan Huseynov, and Yulia Lerner
12 June 2023
Language: Russian