June 2008
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Watch
Here is Part 1 of my interview with Christopher...
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May 2008
2 posts
In a couple of weeks, I’m interviewing Christopher Shulgan about his new book on Aleksandr Yakovlev, former Soviet media komissar, ambassador to Ottawa, and ideological bastion of perestroika. Yakovlev, from rural beginnings, rose to an elite position in Soviet society. He fought for Stalin as a young officer, took bullets for him, and worked for him afterward. He went to the States as a...
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This Is Guy Stevos In The Field
I am Guy Stevos. I was born in 1982. MY CITY - TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA I feel intricately connected to the city my of birth. I remember calm, snowy Decembers, riding around Willowdale on a sled, eating candies while my arthritic grandmother gave her knees and ankles out for my happiness. I recall trips to downtown to visit Trudeau era buildings that charmed me with their strange but endearing...