{"podcast":{"title":"The Eastern Border","slug":"the-eastern-border-1102925","podcast_index_feed_id":1102925,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/cfd8aed5-6d63-4b2f-b325-46e4b5665583","website_url":"http://theeasternborder.lv/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6100808131fd81f125b34da8/show-cover.jpg","author":"Kristaps Andrejsons","episode_count":742,"summary":"A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:19:30.944993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-eastern-border-1102925"},"episode":{"title":"2.44 August Without an Emperor","slug":"2-44-august-without-an-emperor","published_at":"2026-07-11T22:20:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-eastern-border-1102925/2-44-august-without-an-emperor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-eastern-border-1102925","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theeasternborder/episodes/244-august-without-an-emperor","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theeasternborder/e/6a52c1a873fcc6a8a7e409a0/media.mp3","summary":"August has always been a bad month for the Russian Empire. In this comprehensive Eastern European Gonzo brief, Kristaps Andrejsons rips through the sanitized corporate vranyo to document the real-time death rattle of a late-stage totalitarian regime. The deep rear is officially on fire. Tonight, we analyze the absolute, terminal architecture of the \"Unholy Trinity\" bringing down the Kremlin's vertical: a catastrophic, systemic fuel apocalypse ( The Fuel-Energy Tsushima ), a bleeding 8-trillion-ruble budgetary black hole, and the total unmasking of the empire's most expensive regional praetorian, Ramzan Kadyrov. From ordinary serfs weaponizing highway blockades over Euro-3 diluted naphtha to billionaire Duma deputies awarding themselves multi-million ruble bonuses to \"correct social injustice\"—the unwritten imperial contract is dead. The master check is bouncing. Grab your jerrycans and pull the plug on the rig. Become our patron: https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder Merch store + another option for memberships: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe: https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv Download all episodes for free on our website; pictures accompanying certain episodes can be found there as well! http://theeasternborder.lv/ Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"August has always been a bad month for the Russian Empire. In this comprehensive Eastern European Gonzo brief, Kristaps Andrejsons rips through the saniti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4409,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-eastern-border-1102925/episodes/2-44-august-without-an-emperor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-eastern-border-1102925/2-44-august-without-an-emperor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}