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Russia Unfiltered

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 6

Russia Unfiltered is an English-language podcast recorded inside Russia and hosted by three Brits who call the country home. Each episode dives into life on the ground, from everyday culture and history to politics and global headlines, with first-hand insight you can only get from being inside the country.

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What Is "Real Russia"?

Episode 6

Monday, November 10, 2025 • Duration 54:24

James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle discuss where “real Russia” actually begins and ends, from Moscow’s outer districts to small towns and industrial suburbs. They explore how most Russians live in microdistricts and new housing complexes, balancing comfort and sameness amid quiet courtyards, chain stores and long commutes. The conversation touches on post-Soviet planning, car culture, social isolation and the quiet stability many residents prize over change. What emerges is a portrait of everyday Russia that is ordinary, modern and found more in the suburbs than on Red Square.

This podcast is an independent project and does not represent the views of our employers or affiliated institutions.

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How Russia’s State Controls Everyday Life

Episode 5

Monday, November 3, 2025 • Duration 57:29

James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle trace how the Russian state reaches from hospitals to housing, schools to smartphones. They break down its four layers – bureaucracy, surveillance, economic direction and moral oversight – and ask where public service ends and supervision begins. The discussion moves from Gosuslugi and CCTV to patriotic education, corporate loyalty and cultural bans, exploring how order and convenience coexist with limits on independence in daily life.

This podcast is an independent project and does not represent the views of our employers or affiliated institutions.

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Why Russia Experts Get Russia Wrong

Episode 4

Monday, October 27, 2025 • Duration 54:17

James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle examine why lived experience often contradicts desk-based takes, asking what language skills, fieldwork and everyday conversations add that surveys, Telegram feeds and think-tank incentives miss. They probe the outsourcing of “Russia expertise” to diasporas and distant commentators, the class divide between capitals and small towns, and why certainty sells even when nuance is truer. Along the way they discuss textbook myths, journalism-by-proxy, and the awkward fact that there is rarely a penalty for being wrong.

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Is Moscow Still the World’s Most Liveable City?

Monday, October 20, 2025 • Duration 48:56

James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle test Moscow’s reputation for effortless daily life: world-class metro and buses, expanding lines, e-governance, safety, and abundant parks and culture. They weigh the trade-offs since 2022, including curtailed travel, payment card problems, rising costs, and widening inequality, and dig into housing bubbles, micro-district legacies, and the split between old and new Muscovites. The conversation also looks beyond the capitals to ask what liveability means across Russia in 2025. This podcast is an independent project and does not represent the views of our employers or affiliated institutions.

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Who’s Moving to Russia in 2025?

Monday, October 13, 2025 • Duration 49:53

Since 2022 a new wave of Westerners has headed to Russia, drawn by talk of tradition, order and conservatism. James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle compare this cohort with earlier movers, ask what they are seeking versus what they find, and dig into language barriers, bureaucracy, soft power, the YouTuber economy, and how Russians actually view these arrivals. They also set this against the wider picture of Central Asian migration and everyday life in Moscow and beyond.

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Is It Okay to Like Russia?

Sunday, October 5, 2025 • Duration 52:57

Is it okay to like Russia in 2025? James C. Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle unpack why Russian art and literature still matter in the West, how academic debates over decolonising Russian studies spill into public life, and where personal taste ends and institutional endorsement begins. They also weigh Ukraine’s cultural pushback, whether boycotts work, and what everyday life in Russia actually looks like, from multicultural reality to Moscow’s day-to-day convenience.

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