The Slavic Connexion
A fresh international chat show on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia from The University of Texas at Austin
We found 10 episodes of The Slavic Connexion with the tag “elections”.
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Season 2 Begins: "The Colorful Revolution" (Part 1)
September 9th, 2019 | Season 2 | 25 mins 13 secs
albania, bulgaria, corruption, elections, macedonia, mass protest, political unrest
Welcome to Season 2! To kick us off we have with us in the studio Fulbright-er (that's a word, right?) Aleksej Demjanski. Aleksej brings the riveting tales of protest movements in Southeast Europe to the microphone...
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The Monkey Cage
April 30th, 2019 | Season 1 | 55 mins 30 secs
communism's shadow, communist regimes, democracy, elections, gender equity, information wars, nonpartisan blogs, political science
Tom and Matt host a special guest of the Information Wars symposium: Dr. Joshua Tucker, director of NYU's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, and co-editor of the Washington Post independent political science newsletter "The Monkey Cage".
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Polls, Politics, and Presidents with Matt & Tom
March 23rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 28 mins 40 secs
corruption, elections, politics, russia, ukraine, united states
Beginning a new format, hosts Tom Rehnquist and Matt Orr bring to the studio current events and political debates ripe for discussion, and so today that means the Ukrainian presidential elections. Find out which candidate is Matt's chosen "horse" in this episode.
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From Radio Free Europe to the US Russia Foundation with Mark Pomar
March 12th, 2019 | Season 1 | 45 mins 46 secs
civics, democracy, education, elections, politics, putin, russia, trump, ukraine, voting
Dr. Pomar discourses on a full breadth of topics, including his experiences living in the Soviet Union under Brezhnev and the ideological bent of Radio Free Europe after the collapse of the USSR.
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The International Breakdown with Dr. Michael Mosser
March 11th, 2019 | Season 1 | 28 mins 17 secs
churchill, civics, democracy, economy, elections, eu, european union, gardening, geostrategic, government, international relations, military, nato, normative, russia, space, superpower, trump, ukrainian elections, voting
Dr. Michael W. Mosser talks with TSC host Lauren Nyquist about democracy on the international playing field.
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All About Civics (with Matthew Orr)
March 11th, 2019 | Season 1 | 44 mins 44 secs
civics, democracy, elections
Graduate student and researcher Matthew Orr talks about civic education and discourse in modern-day Russia and Ukraine.