# Episode 682: Samizdat is Not a Monolith

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Published: 2026-05-01T19:01:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3668

## Resource

A recovering academic discusses Russian dissident literature and why samizdat is not a monolithic genre. Guest: Dr. Josephine von Zitzewitz, author of The Culture of Samizdat: Literature and Underground Networks in the Late Soviet Union First broadcast May 1 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81260 Playlist "Yoga?"

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