Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 35 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “russia”.
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Episode 249: Pew Pew Pew
December 30th, 2024 | Season 8 | 59 mins 34 secs
austria, belgium, croatia, cyprus, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, malta, netherlands, north macedonia, norway, romania, russia, spain, sweden, switzerland, turkey, united kingdom
As we head into 2025, we jump back 25 years to watch the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. How has the competition, fashion, and pop music changed in the last quarter-century(!)?
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Episode 246: Rockin' the Kremlin
November 19th, 2024 | Season 8 | 49 mins 6 secs
latvia, russia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
David Junk, originally from Ohio, was the first CEO of Universal Music Russia. In his memoir Rocking the Kremlin', he and co-author Fred Bronson from Billboard Magazine share stories about the "Wild, Wild East", Eurovision, and the influence of western pop culture after the fall of the USSR.
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Episode 242: Eurovisionaries
September 24th, 2024 | Season 8 | 41 mins 51 secs
azerbaijan, croatia, israel, russia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Dr. Zoë Jay returns to discuss Eurovisionaries, an academic research project investigating the ways Eurovision fans think about and practice forms of cultural diplomacy.
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Episode 200: PopCon 2023
July 4th, 2023 | Season 6 | 1 hr 13 mins
albania, armenia, australia, belarus, denmark, france, germany, iceland, israel, italy, lithuania, netherlands, russia, san marino, spain, ukraine, united kingdom
In celebration of 200(!) episodes, we're sharing the presentation we gave at this year's Pop Conference entitled: “Let’s Discoteque Right At My Home”: Eurovision, the Pandemic, and Learning to “Open Up” Again
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Episode 167: Welcome to Ukraine
September 6th, 2022 | Season 6 | 46 mins 23 secs
armenia, italy, poland, russia, ukraine, united kingdom
Happy Eurovision New Year! As preparations for 2023 begin, we explore defending champion Ukraine's Eurovision journey over the last 20 years.
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Episode 161: Trivial Pursuits
June 14th, 2022 | Season 5 | 38 mins 14 secs
belgium, cyprus, ireland, russia, ukraine, united kingdom
Professional TV quiz writer Alex McMillan joins us to talk about how to write tantalizing Eurovision trivia. We also learn about some of the differences between UK and US game show writing.
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Episode 146: Україна
March 1st, 2022 | Season 5 | 33 mins 27 secs
australia, finland, france, germany, iceland, italy, netherlands, romania, russia, serbia, sweden, ukraine
We stand with Ukraine.
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Episode 134: Belarus
November 9th, 2021 | Season 5 | 32 mins 15 secs
australia, belarus, germany, latvia, lithuania, poland, russia, ukraine
Belarus won't be competing at Eurovision in the foreseeable future, so this seems like a good time to take an historical view of the country and its identity.
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Episode 127: New Wave
August 2nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 34 secs
italy, latvia, moldova, russia, spain, ukraine
New Wave has been part of the music competition journey for many Eurovision contestants. We take a look at the contest's history.
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Episode 123: Live on Tape
June 8th, 2021 | Season 4 | 39 mins 46 secs
belarus, belgium, croatia, czech republic, greece, iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, norway, poland, romania, russia, san marino, serbia, switzerland, ukraine
Bre Booker joins us to discuss the pre-recorded Live on Tape performances from the 2021 Eurovision Song Celebration YouTube specials.