Zamir Gotta & Russia

Never meet your heroes, they say. But Ciaran Kavanagh (@kavanaghciaran1) did and it changed his life. As a seventh-generation chef at The Gravediggers (@thegravedigger2) in Dublin, Ireland, he shares the rich history of his family's pub since 1833. Ciaran unfolds the story of ...  Show more

Tune in for an insightful and entertaining journey through the culinary experiences of cookbook author and television personality Sara Moulton. A protégée of Julia Child, Sara was the co-founder of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance, executive chef of Gourmet magazine, Food E ...  Show more

Michael Calvey (Odyssey Moscow: One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State) is an investor, businessman, and author. Michael joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how the Soviet Union existed when he climbed the the matterhorn but had fallen by the tim ...

Sept 5, 1698. Tsar Peter the Great of Russia returns home from a year-long European tour. When noblemen, religious figures, and friends gather to welcome him home, Peter pulls out a straight razor, holds it to their throats, and…forcibly shaves their beards. This event will go do ...  Show more

NPR’s National Security Correspondent Greg Myre spent the summer reporting on the war in Ukraine. He saw the devastation of the conflict. But he also saw something else: the country leveraging its resources at home to meet the moment…including in Lviv where they’re racing to make ...  Show more

Vladimir Putin survived the short lived revolt that saw thousands of mercenaries march towards Moscow, but at what cost?Jonny Dymond is joined by:Polina Ivanova: foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, covering Russia and Ukraine. Owen Matthews: journalist, historian and a ...  Show more