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Alan Anstead
An Englishman in Latvia
I first lived in Latvia as a diplomat from 1996-1999. I returned to live in Latvia in 2022. This story-telling and reportage podcast is my personal observation of aspects of life in Latvia and things to see and experience.
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5.0 stars from 5 ratings
Wonderful Tales of Latvia
A great podcast that describes many aspects of Latvian culture and history. Love hearing the perspective of Latvia in the 1990s vs today, and how life has changed.
ECJackson1918 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 09/27/23
Great and differentiated podcast
Great podcast with lots of thoughtful and differentiated content on Latvia — thank you so much for putting this together. As a minor improvement would be nice if pronunciation were taken a bit more seriously though. Most of the sounds that the podcaster routinely butchers exist in English as well...Read full review »
x8845 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/18/23
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Published 04/14/24
Sir Stephen Tallents was a distinguished British civil servant and a trailblazer in public relations. I focus on his work in Latvia between 1919 - 1920.   Due to his skill and determination, he assisted Latvia and the other newly independent Baltic States to achieve peace and prosperity for 20...
Published 03/31/24
Published 03/31/24
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