Unwrapping The Enigma, Mystery And Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia To Andrew Roberts

Understanding the psyche of Russia and the Russians has bewildered Westerners for generations; foremost expert Stephen Kotkin gives some penetrating insights into how to do it.

[@maximilianglaus9811]

After just having binge watched all of Hoover's interviews and talks with Mr. Kotkin - it's a great delight to see you having him on once more.

[@stevefrayne]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for interviewing Kotkin. He is the most qualified man in the world to communicate to the west about the Soviet Union and hence modern Russia.

[@tsuich00i]

Andrew Roberts AND Stephen Kotkins?? You spoil us Hoover! I hope for many more duos and trios of genius like this.

[@bennnbrown]

Great conversation !!! Stephen never disappoints!!

[@ralphdevito5897]

Always enjoy hearing Stephen Kotkin

[@RasmusDyhrFrederiksen]

Absolute gem of an interview.

[@friendlyinternetman5271]

Immediate click for Kotkin

[@gabrielfriedel4754]

Love them both. Kotkin crystal clear as always.

[@thenoblegnuwildebeest3625]

Two of my favorite historians. It's amazing how Kotkin talks about learning Russian and Czech midway-through his PhD program. I've spent a year trying to learn French and feel like I've made no progress.

[@felipecortez1042]

I love these 2 historians, i really enjoyed listening to the whole interview

[@brianheil8656]

Great conversation, between two great minds!

[@alextyy]

Public demand works again. Kotkin is a national treasure these days.

[@MMircea]

Always a pleasure listening to Joe Pesci talk about historical and also contemporary Russian thugs :)

[@aslamtu]

Great discussion. Dr. Kotkin is amazing.

[@1969cmp]

The insight into Hong Kong is thought-provoking.

[@annexcanada9987]

Always great to hear Joe Pesci talk. Joe bless all of you.

[@StanleyGrill]

The opening music by Shostakovich by itself makes this a uniquely outstanding video!

[@MichelBedard98R]

Wonderful!

[@bagsjr1]

Within the video Stephen recommends reading: Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy Hardcover - February 8, 2022. I just ordered it.

[@shingnosis]

World-class.

[@gjgoyena]

I didn’t know Joe Pesci is such a scholar.

[@TheCtotheT]

This made my birthday 🎉

[@crazytactics3603]

Thank you

[@ferdinanddaratenas3447]

Stephen rules!

[@markb8468]

1st! WOOHOO. Any time I can hear this man speak I listen.

[@johnprice3443]

very well done. Dr. Kotkin do not take this personally but i really hate you for being so smart and humble. The sttory about learning czech and it going nowhere so you had to learn Russian i had heard and was bad enough. The new addition today about getting queezzey in an operating room and chnaging the course of your career really was the cherry on top. stay well, the rest of us normal people are watching.

[@Anthony-jo7up]

Kotkin!

[@michaelnichol8115]

Bloody brilliant! Thank you so much: Why oh why is he not on mainstream? HAH! do I really need to ask? 🤨Mick the Hick

[@patrickyoung2106]

Fantastic!

[@lynngilbert1596]

Keats had same problem in med school, trying to tie off a carotid artery as i recall. He drpped out.

[@thomastallerico6340]

A brilliant historian that never disappoints.

[@sprezzatura8755]

Always enjoy listening to Stephen. Sort of an Ivy League Joe Pesci.

[@lesseelye4747]

In this discussion Professor Kotkin indicates that the people of Russia in the 1930's were a true believer in the Soviet system. Accepting of the horrible treatment of the people. Did the people have that belief in the 1930's and Stalin rule exist because the conditions under the Czar's were even worse?

[@jameslippincott7440]

I don’t think so, what he’s talking about is people suspending disbelief for an ideal, which was ultimately unreal.

[@1969cmp]

The push for renewable energy and lowering carbon etc footprint.........could this have the potential to be the developed world's "Great Leap Forward", a disaster.

[@jakubjodlowski8416]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-dr5lz6su5f]

Interesting to hear that someone has estimated all victims of communism between 1917 and 2017 at 65 million people. What about British imperialism? My guess would be something like 200 to 500 million victims in India, China, Americas, Africa and Australia within the period between early 18th and mid 20th centuries. Is then British imperialism worse than communism of all kinds?

[@stephenhammel4168]

Stephen Kotkin is an absolute delight and no doubt the premier historian par-excellence specifically focusing on the years of Stalin’s rise and assent to what would arguably become the worlds most powerful man. On a somewhat negative note here and I must say it only confirms my earlier suspicions about how Andrew Roberts unabashed biased towards everything British to the point of blinding and deafening certain facts that as he puts here in the interview to Mr Kotkins. response on Hong Kong as blaming the British and so forth. How anyone could read into that response an indictment on the Brits is obviously an overt symptom of that person narcissistic relationship to his country in which all relevant facts that don’t jive with his Anglo Saxon St Vitus dance are tossed away like soiled tissue paper. After all it’s Great Britain not so, so Guam or pretty shitty Paraguay. Such humility.

[@paulheydarian1281]

Look at what the Hoover Institute hoovered up. *Joe Pesci*

[@doctorwoohoo1152]

Forst!

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