{"podcast":{"title":"The History on Film Podcast","slug":"the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445","podcast_index_feed_id":7080445,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/672795e3c715c55b4a249749","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-on-film-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1730647278643-25e43602-784b-4f03-b639-790d9a30d2c9.jpeg","author":"Ross Lennon","episode_count":72,"summary":"The History on Film Podcast is an award-winning wide-ranging podcast series that looks at the intersections of history, film and media studies, technology, and more. Our goal is to make the educational parts entertaining and the entertaining parts educational. New episodes every Monday morning! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T18:18:37.560542+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445"},"episode":{"title":"Seeking Soviet Spirituality","slug":"seeking-soviet-spirituality","published_at":"2026-03-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/seeking-soviet-spirituality","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-history-on-film-podcast/episodes/the-spirit-carries-on-with-joseph-gaddnel","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672795e3c715c55b4a249749/e/68fd7ac51e3d261ce046c046/media.mp3","summary":"Ross is joined by historian Joseph Kellner to discuss spiritualist subcultures during the fall of the USSR. They discuss the ways in which these belief systems reflected the idealized New Soviet Man and how these alternative beliefs spread. Also, the ways in which American and Soviet conceptions of “nostalgia” differ, electronic music, and what the Collapse can tell us about 2026. FURTHER READING: Keller, Joseph. The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse. FURTHER WATCHING: ”Bells from the Deep” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ross is joined by historian Joseph Kellner to discuss spiritualist subcultures during the fall of the USSR. They discuss the ways in which these belief sy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3888,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/episodes/seeking-soviet-spirituality/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-on-film-podcast-7080445/seeking-soviet-spirituality.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}