{"podcast":{"title":"Useless Information Podcast","slug":"useless-information-podcast-627049","podcast_index_feed_id":627049,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/useless-information","website_url":"http://www.uselessinformation.org","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d853bcae-df4a-11e7-8053-ef52be625e36/image/z_useless_logo_3000_1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Airwave Media Podcast Network","episode_count":271,"summary":"Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:20:26.910392+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049"},"episode":{"title":"To Russia for Love - UI Podcast #242","slug":"to-russia-for-love-ui-podcast-242","published_at":"2025-06-17T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/to-russia-for-love-ui-podcast-242","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049","url":"https://uselessinformation.org/to-russia-for-love-podcast-242/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1638101346.mp3?updated=1750077234","summary":"A British man hadn't seen his Russian wife for nearly five years. The Soviets repeatedly refused to allow him into the USSR, and they denied her request to leave. He became so desperate that he decided to risk his life to see her. Would he survive? There are two videos on YouTube about this story: Brian Grover Home at Last (1939) (British Pathé) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJVeQbmjRY Mr. Grover and His Wife Return Home (British Movietone) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXfJgbTvOIQ Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/to-russia-for-love-podcast-242/ You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"A British man hadn't seen his Russian wife for nearly five years. The Soviets repeatedly refused to allow him into the USSR, and they denied her request t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/useless-information-podcast-627049/episodes/to-russia-for-love-ui-podcast-242/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/to-russia-for-love-ui-podcast-242.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}