Beyond the Scoop: A Harriman Magazine Podcast
Beyond the Scoop: A Harriman Magazine Podcast
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In this podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University’s Harriman Magazine, we go beyond the content on our pages into the stories shaping Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Interviews, insights, and deeper dives with the authors behind the headlines.
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Covers a variety of topics related to contemporary and historical issues in Russia and Eastern Europe, including the implications of the Ukraine conflict, the evolution of media during the Glasnost era, and reflections on Soviet history, with episodes like interviews with key authors and journalists addressing critical geopolitical shifts.

In this podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University’s Harriman Magazine, we go beyond the content on our pages into the stories shaping Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Interviews, insights, and deeper dives with the authors behind the headlines.
In the latest episode of Beyond the Scoop from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, host Masha Udensiva-Brenner speaks with geopolitical analyst Tinatin Japaridze (MARS-REERS ’19) about Georgia’s democratic backsliding and the personal toll of watching it unfold from afar.
Blending memoir and analysis, Tinatin reflects on her childhood in post-Soviet Georgia, her family’s displacement during the Georgian civil war, and her unexpected journey from music to geopolitics. As protests erupt in Tbilisi over the government’s pivot away from Europe, she explores how Soviet legacies, generational divides, and rising authoritarianism continue to shape the present.

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