In Russian From Afar
Episodes
#147 - B1 - Четвёртый Поворот
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In this episode, I will do a mini-review of a book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy (1997), and see how this theory can be applied to...
#146 - B1 - Мини-отпуск без друга
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In this episode, I will tell you how I went on mini-vacation with my friend, who wasn't there. 📜 FREE TRANSCRIPTS AND VOCABULARY 👉 http...
#145 - B1 - Что у меня на уме?
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In this episode, I decided to vent a bit and tell you what's on my mind recently. SPOILER ALERT: War. 📜 FREE TRANSCRIPTS AND VOCABULARY 👉...
#144 - B1 - My relationship with coffee
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In this episode, I quit caffeine for two weeks to see how it would affect my sleep, energy, and mood. I share my withdrawal symptoms, what scie...
#143 - B1 - Детство 90х-00x: Беседа с Никитой (Часть 2)
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️Today is the second episode of Sergey talking with Nikita, from the channel "Inhale Russian" about similarities in their childhood from the 90s...
#142 - B1 - Детство 90х-00x: Беседа с Никитой
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode Sergey is talking with Nikita, from the channel "Inhale Russian" about similarities in their childhood from the 90s and earl...
#141 - A2 - Is Siberian winter really Awesome?
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode Sergey is reflect on wethear his idealization of Siberian winter is close to the truth or it's just his childhood nostalgia?...
#140 - A2 - Эксперимент
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is sharing yet another story from his childhood, where he was a subject of an experiment wihout his consent.Also, we...
#139 - B1-B2 - Разговор с Инной
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is talking with Inna from a channel "Comprehensible Russian" about traveling, life, work and other.If you want to sh...
#138 - B1 - 10 уроков от Толкина
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is sharing 10 lessons he has learned after finishing reading J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".If you want to sha...
#137 - A2-B1 - Выгорание
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is sharing about his struggles with creativity and inspiration.If you want to share your story or opinion, send an a...
#136 - B1 - Интервью с Дашей - Чему учат нас настолки?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Sergey interviewing Dasha, the host of the YouTube channel "Arkana Games", about boardgames, and what do they mean to her, why it's...
#135 - A2-B1 - Три месяца в Далате
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is reflecting on life in a new place, Dalat, which expectations came true and which did not.If you want to share you...
#134 - A2-B1 - Сколько стоит картошка в России?
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey and Taya are comparing prices for some veggies and fruits in Russia and Vietnam.If you want to share your story or o...
#133 - C1 - Pronunciation 101
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey interviews Alexei, expert in phonetics and pronunciation, on how to have a good pronunciation in a target language a...
#132 - A2 - Мини-поход
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey and his friend Philipp are going on a small hike and recording while doing that.If you want to share your story or o...
#131 - B1 - We lost the joy
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey and Taya are discussing why nowadays hobbies in our society doesn't bring as much joy as before.If you want to share...
#130 - A2-B1 - Переезд
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is taking about his experience with moving from Hoi An to Da Lat.If you want to share your story or opinion, send an...
#129 - B1 - Русские и Французы: от Ярослава Мудрого до Жана Рено
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode Sergey is taking about the history of relationships between Russians and French. If you want to share your story or opinio...
#128 - A2 - Говорим о Жизни 2
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode Sergey and Taya are just chatting about thier lives.If you want to share your story or opinion, send an audio recording to o...
#127 - B1 - Как изменить судьбу
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode Sergey is sharing the knowledge from the book "4 lessons of Liao-Fan", which is spiritual and philosophical Chinese work fro...
#126 - B1 - Верни мне мой 2007-й
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode Sergey and Taya are talking about their adolesence, and why 2007 was very important year in their life.If you want to share ...
#125 - A2 - Сила Ходьбы
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is taking about the power of walking. This podcast is inspired by interview with ne...
#124 - B1 - Русские и Немцы: ближе, чем кажется
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is taking about the relationshipt between Russian and Germans, how similar we are a...
#123 - B1 - How to find friends after 30?
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about how to find friends after you turn 30, and wether or not...
#122 - B1 - Why are we so tired?
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is talking about reasoning behind why we lately always feel tired and what can we d...
#121 - B1 - Podcast on shame
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about shame in Russian culture, and sharing embaressing moment...
#120 - A2 - Cultural Differences (between my wife and me)
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is talking about the diffenece in culture between him and his wife, what is fun and...
#119 - B2 - Рефлексия 2024
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are looking back on the previous year 2024 and sharing their personal insi...
#118 - A2+ Детство зимой
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is remembering his childhood during winter months.If you want to share your story o...
#117 - B2 - Одиночество
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about loneliness. If you want to share your story or opinion,...
#116 - А2 - Русские Суеверия
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is talking about 15 Russian superstisions.If you want to share your story or opinio...
#115 - B1 - Trip Tips
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is sharing with Taya his tips on traveling to Istanbul.Also, we listen to the audio...
#114 - B1 - Моя Вера
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm sharing with you very personal experience of obtaining my faith in Buddha through stru...
#113 - B1 - 20 years under the bed
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is reading for you the story of the soviet children's writer Viktor Dragunskiy whic...
🌟 Meet-Up Alert: Join Me in Istanbul! 🌟
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone!I’m thrilled to announce my very first meet-up with all of you amazing listeners and learners of Russian! Whether you’re in Turkey or...
#112 - A2 - Why I love Board games so much?
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is sharing his passion of playing boardgames with you.If you want to share your sto...
#111 - A2 - Concept: Time
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is taking about the concept of time.If you want to share your story or opinion, send...
#110 - B2 - Do I have ADHD?
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are taking test on ADHD.If you want to share your story or opinion, send an...
#109 - A2 - Summer Camp
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is sharing his memories about going to summer camps in his teenage years.If you want...
#108 - B1 - Back to Russia
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is talking with Taya about her trip to Russia after 5 years living abroad. Also, w...
#107 - A2 - Сергей VS Жара
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is sharing with you about his tips and trick on how to fight with the heat.If you w...
#106 - A2 - Bucket List
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is sharing his bucket list, the things he wants to do before he will die.Also, we h...
#105 - B1 - Отношения с едой
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about their relationship with food and difficulties that they ...
#104 - A2 - Staycation with my wife
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey will tell you how he spent 2 days with his wife on their first vacation in 5 years....
#103 - B1 - Выборы 2024 в России
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is expressing his feeling and thoughts about past presidential elections in Russia....
#102 - B2 - Психотерапия
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about their experience with psychotherapy and they are trying ...
#101 - A2 - Рефлексия об отпуске
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey reflects about his vacation and lists the things he missed while he was away. Also,...
#100 - B1+ Скучают ли люди по СССР?
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's 100th episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey ask his friend Yuriy about what things he misses about the life in the USSR, and what...
#99 - B2 - 10 лет веган
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and his friend Olya are celebrating 10 years being vegan, and talking about things that hav...
#98 - A2 - Мечта детства
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey is telling the story about his attempts of becoming a chef and opening his own restaurant.I...
#97 - B1 - Что для тебя значит дом?
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about the idea of home, and feeling at home.Also, we are going to list...
#96 - B1 - Подкаст с Ирой
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this candid and insightful conversation, Ira shares her remarkable journey, discussing her life, the inspiration behind her channel, and the challe...
#95 - B1 - О жизни
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Taya are talking about their life. Sergey shares about difficulties in his last month a...
#94 - A2-B1 - Am I childfree?
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I contemplate on the topic of childfree life and overpopulation, and also answer the question: "Am...
#93 - B1 - Music Talk with Taya
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, me and Taya are talking about music, our childhood music and how we evolved with music.BEST APP FO...
#92 - A2 - I thought I lost her
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will tell you a story how I almost lost my cat and what I had to go through to find her. It's no...
#91 - A2+ - Concept: Money
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will tell you everything you need to know about money in basic Russian.No audio messages from yo...
#90 - B1 - Interview with Zurab: Russian-Georgian math teacher, swimmer, writer and many more!
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you curious about the life and achievements of Zurab, a Russian-Georgian math teacher, swimmer, writer and more? In this video, I interview Zurab ...
#89 - B1 - Travel Talk
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sergey and Taya are sharing their traveling stories and exchanging experiences. No audio messages from you this time :( If you want to sent audio rec...
#88 - B2 - Духи, Призраки, Суеверия и Сверхъестественное
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sergey and Taya are talking about ghosts, spirits, superstitions and supernatural.No audio messages from you this time :( If you want to sent audio re...
#87 - A2 - Кемпинг
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm talking about camping and hiking, what role does it play in my life, my experiences and what do you need to take with you when you are going campi...
#86 - A2 - Школьные предметы
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm talking about school subjects in Russia and talking about my most favorite and least favorite....
#85 - A2 - Патриот ли я?
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm contemplating on the idea of patriotism. What does it mean to...
#84 - B1 - Аляска. Part 2
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Joel are talking about history of colonization of Alaska and relationships between USA ...
#83 - B1 - Аляска. Part 1
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Sergey and Joel are talking about their impressions of Alaska and their personal connection to it....
#82 - A2 - Концепция: Еда
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will explain to you in simple terms the concept of food. In this way you can learn a lot of word...
#81 - A2 - Как я изучаю языки
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will share with you my language learning routine and give you s...
#80 - A2 - Путешествие по Индии
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will tell you a story of my journey through India in year 2015....
#79 - A2 - 20 лет VS 30 лет
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)I will turn 30 soon.In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will talk about how I have changed, what ha...
#78 - A1+ - Concept: Traveling
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will explain to you in simple terms the concept of traveling. Through this way you can learn a l...
#77 - B1 - Подкаст о Турции (с моей сестрой)
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, Anya tells us about what does she like and doesn't like about Tur...
#76 - A2 - Рефлексия на 2022 год
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I will reflex on the past year and check if I completed my last N...
#75 - A2 - Кино и Сериалы
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about my favorite movies, tv-series and how they i...
#74 - B1 - City VS Countryside: What is better? Podcast with Taya
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk with Taya about the life in city VS in the country...
#73 - A2 - Мои любимые книги
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about my favorite books throughout the life. From ...
#72 - B1 - Мои страхи
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about my fears. I had several fears when I was a c...
#71 - A2 - Когда идёт дождь
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm talking about what do I like to do during the rainy weather. ...
#70 - B1-B2 Жизнь в СССР | Интервью с моими родителями
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I had an interview with my Russian parents about their life in So...
#69 - A2+ Моё тело
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(Transcript sample in the bottom)In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about my relationship with my body and food. It wa...
#68 - A2+ Substances
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about different psychoactive substances, my opinion on them and my experience with ...
#67 - A2+ Russian Summer House
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about Russian Summer House aka Дача. I will tell you about history of dachas, a...
#66 - A2 - Моя неделя #2
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, according to statistics, last episode about my week was quite popular, that's why I decided to mak...
#65 - A2 - Что русские делают летом?
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about what do Russian people usually do in the summer. Also we are going to listen ...
#64 - A2 - Американка об Америке и Стереотипах
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, I'm asking Janey from College Russian about her journey of learning Russian, she confirms/bust the stereotypes that Russians have a...
#63 - А2+ Best country in the World
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
В новом подкасте я провёл маленькое исследование, и выяснил, какая же самая лучшая...
#62 - B1 - Podcast with Girls
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, me and the girls are talking about their stories, who are they, how they ended up being in Vietn...
# 61 - A2 - My Language Learning Experience
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of In Russian From Afar Podcast, I'm gonna talk about my experience of learning different languages throughout my life, what langua...
# 60 - B1 - Русский ли я?
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! Я часто задавался себе этим вопросом в течении жизни, однако я нашё...
#59 - A2 - Мои Бизнесы
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's podcast I want to tell you about the different business that I started and ended in my life, from how I was selling the beer bottles to org...
#58 - Наши во Вьетнаме | Подкаст с Юрием | Электрик, который ухаживает за животными
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode NotesВы уже познакомились с Таей, а теперь послушайте нашу беседу с её папой, Юр...
#57 - A2 - На Байкал
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Привет, друзья! Я уже рассказывал вам о том, как я и моя жена путешествовали по Росс...
#56 - A2 - My week
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I decided to try a new format, telling you about one week of my life. It happened so, that my previous week was full on events so I de...
#55 - Наши во Вьетнаме | Подкаст с Таей
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
В сегодняшнем эпизоде я разговариваю с Таей о жизни во Вьетнаме, о том, что нам нрав...
#54 - B1 - Мои обещания на 2022 год
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Привет друзья! Решил рассказать вам в этом подкасте о том, какие обещания я даю себ...
#53 - A1 - New Year in Russia
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends! As you might know, that the most important holiday in Russia, it's New Year!Listen to the podcast to find out when and how do we celebr...
#52 - B1 - Мои отношения с музыкой
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Привет друзья! Решил рассказать вам в этом подкасте мою историю отношений с музыко...
#51 - A2 - 23 Things I like doing
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends! I my latest podcast I've decided to list all of my hobbies, sports, activities, basically, things that makes me happy :) And I got a lo...
# 50 - B1 - Игра в жизнь: история моих отношений с играми и не только
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Привет народ! В последнее время был очень популярен сериал "Игра в Кальмара" (Squid Game...
#49 - A2 - My Hometown - Russian Listening for Beginners
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's short episode, I will talk in slow Russian about my hometown, Irkutsk.Join our Discord Server, where people help each other to learn Russia...