{"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":"Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi & In The Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien","slug":"tolstoy-rasputin-others-and-me-by-teffi-in-the-lake-of-the-woods-by-tim-o-brien","published_at":"2025-06-13T09:47:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403/tolstoy-rasputin-others-and-me-by-teffi-in-the-lake-of-the-woods-by-tim-o-brien","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403","url":"https://slaviclitpod.com","audio_url":"https://audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/43f4a8ad-30c1-4e9b-8868-136873854461/stream.mp3","summary":"Show Notes : This week, Cameron dives solo into two books: Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi and In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien. He’ll pull apart their authors’ mutual love for taking a creative license to their own lives. Major themes: Emotional truth, social expectations, Vietnam The interview with Tim O’Brien I read from. The documentary on My Lai I mentioned. Seymour Hersh’s article on My Lai 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 solo into two books: Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me by Teffi and In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien. He’ll p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6584,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-slavic-literature-pod-2534403/episodes/tolstoy-rasputin-others-and-me-by-teffi-in-the-lake-of-the-woods-by-tim-o-brien/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/tolstoy-rasputin-others-and-me-by-teffi-in-the-lake-of-the-woods-by-tim-o-brien.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}