Review of The Eastern Border - Fascinating but still a Work in

Fascinating but still a Work in Progress

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“Seems on the whole to be exclusively addressed to a younger male American audience but other English speakers can still gain from a reasoned and yet very personal history of the Soviet Union from a Latvian perspective. The subjects come most alive when he talks about periods within his own memory or that of his immediate forebears but he still has valuable thoughts on earlier periods because of his lived experience. The scripts and presentation are still a bit wonky but please persevere as the podcast is gaining in strength with every episode.”

Stuff and Nonsense via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/17/16

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Great Latvian / Russian podcast

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well done

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“great insight to the mind of people who lived under the commies for years. very well done and worth the time to listen.”

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