{"podcast":{"title":"The Slavic Literature Pod","slug":"the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403","podcast_index_feed_id":2534403,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/8100a5ac-e63a-4676-9165-e34193c74a47","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/slaviclitpod","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/1/4/7/ad6d4c3e-6f7b-40fc-8cfb-11e37a5d4165_0d798a660_10394377-1656108082867-a6609dcbc94d2.jpg","author":"The Slavic Literature Pod","episode_count":188,"summary":"The Slavic Literature Pod is your guide to the literary traditions in and around the Slavic world. On each episode, Cameron Lallana sits down with scholars, translators and other experts to dive deep into big books, short stories, film, and everything in between. You’ll get an approachable introduction to the scholarship and big ideas surrounding these canons roughly two Fridays per month.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T16:18:05.509327+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403"},"episode":{"title":"Europe Central by William T. Vollmann & Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami","slug":"europe-central-by-william-t-vollmann-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami","published_at":"2025-06-27T09:42:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403/europe-central-by-william-t-vollmann-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403","url":"https://slaviclitpod.com","audio_url":"https://audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/74919524-12d8-46ba-81bf-59cf137275c0/stream.mp3","summary":"Show Notes : This week, Cameron dives into William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central and Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood . The uniting theme this week: reflection and memory. Both novels cast a long shadow over his life, so it’s time to untangle exactly why that is. Can Europe Central be cleanly read as a series of parables? Is it appropriate to turn Hitler into a sort-of fairy tale? Is it a red flag that Cameron has read Norwegian Wood six times? Tune in to find your answers. “Shostakovich in Love: William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central ” by Peter G. Christiansen The music used in this episode was “Старое Кино / Staroye Kino,” by Перемотка / Peremotka. You can find more of their work on Bandcamp and Youtube . Our links: Website | ⁠Discord⁠ Socials: Instagram⁠ | BlueSky | Twitter⁠ | Facebook Questions, comments, want to hear your voice on a bonus episode? Send us an email at slaviclitpod@gmail.com . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands","meta_description":"Show Notes : This week, Cameron dives into William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central and Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood . The uniting theme this week: reflec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3832,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403/episodes/europe-central-by-william-t-vollmann-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403/europe-central-by-william-t-vollmann-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}