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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion.

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A Kinder, Gentler Eliminationism

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Podcast #272: The Great Divergence

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