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073 - Немного о китайском вирусе (+ улучшенный мембершип)
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! Многие спрашивали мое мнение о китайском вирусе и я решил поделить...
072 - Digital addiction and 10 ways to fight it
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
В этом выпуске мы поговорим о том, что такое "цифровая зависимость". Действите...
071 - Freedom and chaos - life of Russian people in the 90s
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Жизнь в 90-х. Часть 2. Сегодня мы будем говорить о жизни людей в 90-е. Как крушение Сове...
070 - Russian 90s. The greatest crisis ever!
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Привет! "Россия в 90-е годы" - это очень непростой топик для обсуждения. Однако, ...
069 - Как Новый Год встретишь, так его и проведёшь
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! Добро пожаловать в 2020 год! Яхуу! В этом подкасте обсуждаем как в Рос...
068 -What Russians think about the Global warming?
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Всем привет! Сегодня мы будем говорить о глобальном потеплении. Что русские думают...
067 - Существует ли интуиция?
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Каждый день мы используем всякие удивительные слова, типа, "интуиция", "чут...
[Live]📖 Book club - Reading a contemporary Russian author
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Live youtube show recording. Читаем современного русского автора. Короткая история про кофе. Ви...
066 - Слушать или читать? Эффективны ли аудиокниги?
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет всем! Сегодня я хочу порассуждать на тему "реальных" книг и электронны...
[Live] Life in Russia | Q&A (in Russian)
07 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
HQ-audio version of the last YouTube live show. Video: https://youtu.be/7DpQTK7XwjY Talking about life in Russia and answering your questions. ----- T...
065 - One month in Berlin (Dialogue)
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет всем! В этом эпизоде мы с моим другом Митей будем говорить о его поездке в Бе...
[Live] Does self-improvement exist? | 3rd Covey's habit
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
HQ Audio version of the last Youtube live show. Talking about Covey's 7 habits book and self-improvement in Russian. Russian listening comprehen...
064 - Why I can't find myself in Moscow
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! Сегодня у меня будет довольно личный подкаст. Может быть даже аудио...
063 - Inner Freedom. Viktor Frankl
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Сегодня я хочу поговорить о книге Виктора Франкла "Сказать жизни "Да!". Псих...
062 - The U.S. from a Russian perspective (Conversation with Julia)
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Julia is telling us her experience of living and working in the U.S. What is different between these two countries? What she liked and...
061 - How autumn depression affects Russians
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Russian Podcast I'm talking about Autumn Depression in Russia. Do we really have such a disease? How it affects us? At the ...
060 - Living in two capitals of Russia. (Slang and Expressions)
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I moved to Moscow for some time and today I would like to tell you a bit about these two Russian capitals and their differences. ----- This podcast ...
059 - Perestroika. How the USSR was crashing
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about Perestroika, part 2. Was perestroika successful? Did it bring good to people or destroy their lives? ----- This podcast is for learning ...
058 - Perestroika. Beginning. Life in the USSR
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about one of the most controversial part of the Russian history Perestroika ( Restructuring). It's always hard to talk about histor...
057 - Business, Success and How I met Arnold Schwarzenegger
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Comprehensible Russian Podcast I'd like to talk about an event called "Synergy Global Forum", which I recently vi...
056 - I did it! My story of getting driver's license and...
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет всем! In this episode I'm talking about how I finally got my driver's license and what the story was behind it. Of course, yo...
055 - Common Russian expressions, Podcast's Birthday and news
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy birthday Comprehensible Russian podcast! It’s been a year together, guys and I’m so happy about that! After a bit of slobbering I will talk ...
054 - How to get a better job (Dialogue)
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a dialogue in Russian with Julia. We discuss job hunting, creating resume, and how to prepare for an interview. Julia has a large expe...
053 - 📖 «Ёжик» – история о напрасной суете
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Many of you asked for short stories in Russian by Russian writers. So I recently read one and I found it's a great story! It has a good moral, not...
052 - The greatest escape from the USSR
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Russian Podcast I'm going to tell you a story of a Russain (he's rather a Soviet Union guy), who escaped from the USSR....
051 - Samovar and Rituals in our life (Conversation with Mitya)
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a Russian conversation with a friend of mine named Mitya. What's the history of the traditional Russian samovar? Why ceremonies an...
050 - Mass meetings in Moscow
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'll answer two questions I recently received and tell you what is happening in Moscow these days. The videos I mentioned: https://youtu.be/...
049 - Mental Traps and how to avoid them
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Comprehensible Russian podcast we discuss 5 most common mental traps from the book by Andre Kukla. ----- This podcast is for lear...
048 - Do Russians believe in superstitions?
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do Russians think about superstitions? How they affect us? How they affect our daily life? I collected 11 most common Russian (probably not only ...
047 - A song of Negligence and Fire
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I'm going to tell you a story of Negligence and Fire. Once upon a time, there was a guy who loved nature very much. He wanted to spend a night i...
046 - Don't waste your thinking!
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings! In the first part of this episode I'm going to answer a question about 2 particles "-то" and "-ка". In the seco...
045 – We Are All Getting Dumber!
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss some thoughts from a book called "Чертоги разума. Убей в себе идиота" Андрея Курпа...
044 - How life in a small Russian town looks like
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What does life in a small Russian town look like? Why people think about the government? Hi there, in this episode of our Russian Podcast I'm go...
043 - The only Truth...
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don't except me to talk about meditations and prayers, today we will talk about The only Truth! The videos I mentioned and transcripts: https://w...
How much is it to travel in Russia? - LIVE YouTube show
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this LIVE Russian Podcast we talk about travelling in Russia. I answer your questions and tell you about my experience. Watch video here: htt...
042 - Russian people in cities and villages
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет-привет!^^ I recorded this episode sitting by the side of a big lake during my last trip up to the north from Saint-Petersburg. I ca...
041 - I don't have time for that
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why we always have no time for something? Is this because we really do a lot of stuff that bring us happiness? Or it's just a form of avoiding o...
040 - Summer in Russia
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The summer is going on. How do Russians spend summer? What do we do? What am I going to do? Let's dive into the summertime. The video I mentioned...
039 - A sign from above and bureaucracy
08 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Приветики! As I promised in the last episode of our Russian Podcast I do a bonus recording in order to tell you what happened after I turned ...
038 - Fake life
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode of our Russian Podcast I share with you my thoughts on why the virtual life sucks. We want more comfort. We want ease. We tend to have...
037 - Fear
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No, no, no... I'm not gonna tell you about darkness, vampires, and horror films... although it sounds interesting :D Today I want to talk about my...
036 - Media, Mind control, World government and...
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I recently met my uncle who lives in Germany and our talks took me to this monologue. Where are we going? Who stands behind all this political crap? D...
📖Princess Frog - Wisdom in Fairy Tales - Reading in Russian
18 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Russian Book Club series. HQ audio version of the last episode. Video: https://youtu.be/tvH1-R8ElXQ ----- This podcast is for learning Russian (A2, lo...
035 - Boooorn to be... - Driving school and corruption in Russia
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, I'm thinking to buy a bike, but... I have to get a driver license before. Today we will talk about what you need to do if you want to drive a...
034 - And nothing else matters...
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Good day to you! No, unfortunately we are not going to talk about the Metallica's song today, however it is somehow related to the discussion. In ...
033 - Reading and discussing your parables with Diana
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Приветики, дорогие друзья! Today my niece and I are discussing the parables you sent to me 2 weeks ago. Thank you very much fo...
032 - Common chat, alcoholism and why I love Moscow
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a common chat in Russian with Max about what recently happened and why I... HATE drinking and LOVE Moscow:) Let's jump into...
031 - What schools never teach you! Chat in Russian with Julia
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all! We continue with our education topic, but today we have a guest named Julia who we are going to talk about informal education with. What is &#...
030 – Less stuff less stress. Minimalism
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi there! I'm happy to have you here! This episode of our Slow Russian Podcast is about minimalism. We probably need 10 episodes to cover this top...
029 - American Dream, Russian Dream and alternatives
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all! In this episode I want to discuss some 'alternative' ways of living. There are some stereotypes about the American Dream as if it'...
028 - Family happiness... or disaster?
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. " That was the beginning of the Anna Karenina novel by L. Tols...
027 - Got depressed (The dark side of Russian literature)
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет! Yep, that's true! For 2 days I've been really depressed about a Russian book I read during my way to Tver. This book called The ...
026 - They want to isolate Russian internet. WTF?
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This time in our Comprehensible Russian Podcast I'd like to tell you about one new Russian bill called "internet isolation". They trie...
025 - The most famous Russian musician and thinker - B. Grebenschikov
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello my dearest! In this episode of our Russian Podcast I am answering a question that one of our listeners called Ricardo asked. I am going to tell ...
📖 The Green Lamp - by A. Green | Russian Book Club
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! This is a HQ audio version of our last Book Club video: https://youtu.be/F9pje19bjHE Read the full text, and watch a shor...
024 - I want a revolution in Russia!
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет всем! "You're either with us, or against us" - The slogan of the October Revolution. We had a lot of revolutions i...
023 - Do we really need education?!
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет всем! Today I want to talk about education in general. In Russia we still have the idea that if you want to succeed, you have to have...
022 - Health & How I became blind for 90 minutes
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I want to tell you about my recent experience of becoming blind. It made me think that very often we don’t appreciate what we have...
📖 Russian Book Club | Three little pigs
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We start reading in Russian! Hooray! This is the first book called The three little pigs and today we will take a half of it. This is a short HQ audio...
021 - My way back to Russia and what I feel about it
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our slow Russian Podcast I decided to walk around the place I live in Saint Petersburg and make a live recording of my thoughts. I ...
020 - How to turn disadvantages into advantages
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет-привет! Hey my dearest learners! In today's episode of our slow Russian podcast we are going to talk about one smart guy who fa...
019 - How to travel in Russia without money
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, мои дорогие и замечательные! Today in our Slow and Comprehensible Russian podcast I'm going to talk about my...
018 - Russian Conversation with Katya - Learning languages
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Приветствую, дорогие товарищи! In this episode we have a conversation in Russian and our guest is Katya from Live Russian. W...
017 - What is Love? Relationship and dating vocabulary in Russian
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Приветствую всех! In this episode of our slow and comprehensible Russian podcast we are going to learn some relationships and dating v...
016 - Is money Evil? - Bank terms, vocabulary in Russian
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, дорогие! Let's talk about a few Russian bank terms and finance vocabulary in Russian. Today you will learn how to say some ba...
015 - Instagram as a tool for learning Russian
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all! In this episode of our slow and comprehensible Russian podcast we will talk about Instagram as a tool for learning Russian. We'll also c...
014 - Verbs in Russian (QaA)
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Привет! Verbs in Russian is a very tough topic to talk about. Perfective, imperfective, reflexive verbs and so on.. There are so many thing we n...
013 - Russian TPRS lesson - Irrational thinking
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a TRPS Russian lesson. I tried a new format for our Russian podcast with storytelling and question answering. I'm sure that this method is...
012 - Yoga and Language | Real Russian conversation with Lida
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Russian language podcast we will learn a bunch of new vocabulary words related to... spirituality! This is a real conversation ...
011 - Learn Russian with movies and conditionals in Russian
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Привет!:) In this episode of our Russian podcast I am going to answer your questions about movies in Russian which I can recommend you and also ...
010 - Travel to Hong Kong, Days of the week in Russian
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of my Russian language podcast I am going to tell you a little bit of my recent trip to Hong Kong and who I met there. We will also re...
009 - Vegetarianism, history, to be or not to be
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there! Today's topic is vegetarianism! I used to be a vegetarian, but now I'm not. Why? Hmm... This is the topic for the next podcast, but...
008 - Job description, vacancy, salaries in Russia
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we will talk about seeking a job, salary ranges in Russia and learn a few new vocabulary words. В этом подкасте мы п...
007 - How to acquire a language, Krashen's hypothesis
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there! Who is Steven Krashen and what are his hypothesis? Today we will talk about the general idea of Krashen's second-language acquisition t...
006 - Living abroad: Live conversation with Katya
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Надоело слушать только Макса?! Отлично!! Сегодня вы услышите прекрасный голос одно...
005 - Transport, Trains in Russia, travelling (recorded in a train)
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I'm in a train and it's time to record a podcast due to my ride. Today let's talk about trains in Russia and China. Enjoy the show!:) Я в...
004 - News in Russian - Electronic passports
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hi there! Today I'm going to read you some news in Russian and afterwards I'll explain the vocabulary words! It's a longer podcast, but I ...
003 - Schools and education system in Russia
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Back to school again..? Oh, gosh! Today's topic is education system in Russia. Снова в школу..? Ох, блин! Сегодняшн...
002 - Got a cold, sicknesses and winter swimming in Russia
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I got a cold!!! Oh, dear... How to get any profits from it?! Hmm... Talk about it in the show! Hooray! Я простудился!!! Вот, блин.....
001 - About this Russian podcast and me
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, everyone! This is the first episode of my Comprehensible Russian Podcast! Today I'm going to talk about myself, this Russian podcast and it...
346 - Спокойствие духа и вдумчивое чтение. Мудрость Сенеки
01 Jan 1970
Contributed by Lukas
В этом выпуске Макс обсуждает идеи Сенеки о спокойствии духа, осознанности и важно...
346 - Спокойствие духа и вдумчивое чтение. Мудрость Сенеки
01 Jan 1970
Contributed by Lukas
В этом выпуске Макс обсуждает идеи Сенеки о спокойствии духа, осознанности и важно...