The Word's Worth

By The Moscow Times

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Tim
 Apr 23, 2022
An awesome podcast! I got to know so much new from it, even being a Russian myself.

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Get to know Russia from the inside out, with podcasts on Russian language, culture and the latest news.

Episode Date
Plug It, Mute It, or Hear It
Aug 11, 2023
Alexei Navalny and the Secret List of Forbidden Words
Aug 04, 2023
And Yet It's Nevertheless, All the Same, After All
Jul 28, 2023
A Guide to Giving a Bribe in Russian
Jul 21, 2023
Who is Gulya and Why Do We Care About Her Nose?
Jul 14, 2023
Spitting, Eating Your Teeth and Other Weird Gestures
Jul 07, 2023
Take Your Pick: Mutiny, Coup, Uprising or Nothing
Jun 30, 2023
Wait - What Russian Month is This?
Jun 23, 2023
What's in a Name? With Russian Holidays - Everything
Jun 16, 2023
A Gathering of Witches, Dues, Herbs and Classmates
Jun 09, 2023
Buy a Brilliant and Applaud an Artist
Jun 02, 2023
Tricks of the Trade
May 12, 2023
Under the Mighty Oak I Sit, Stupidly
May 05, 2023
The Cat Cried and Ran By
Apr 28, 2023
Serving and Not Serving in the Military
Apr 21, 2023
Two Words, Three Letters and Ten Meanings
Apr 14, 2023
How a Saint Becomes a Sinner
Apr 07, 2023
Of Courtyards, Grifters and Days Off
Mar 31, 2023
Shame That is Cringeworthy
Mar 24, 2023
Of Ear Noodles and Maniacal Printers
Mar 17, 2023
Please Don't Hit on Me, Bug Me, or Harass Me
Mar 10, 2023
A Pocketful of Somethings
Mar 03, 2023
A Year of the Language of War
Feb 24, 2023
The Ears Have It
Feb 17, 2023
Travels, Trips and Tours
Feb 10, 2023
Starting Anew or Again or Freshly Baked
Feb 03, 2023
Mark My Words: How to Remember and Forget
Dec 26, 2022
Mark My Words: How to Remember and Forget [old]
Dec 23, 2022
The Hopeless Quest for Language Purity
Dec 16, 2022
Words of the Year 2022
Dec 09, 2022
Angry? Join the Zoo
Dec 02, 2022
Get Russian-Ready for Seasons Greetings
Nov 25, 2022
Russian Pandemonium Pop Quiz
Nov 18, 2022
The New Russian Revolutionary Language
Nov 11, 2022
To Err is Human in Every Language
Oct 20, 2022
Why is There a Dog in Your Email?
Oct 18, 2022
Гойда! They Shouted. Say What?
Oct 07, 2022
Newspeak for the Russian New Economic Policy
Oct 01, 2022
Newspeak in the New Russia
Sep 16, 2022
Good King... Who?
Sep 09, 2022
What's In a (Dog's) Name?
Sep 02, 2022
Take That, You Confusing Preposition!
Aug 26, 2022
Annoying Russian Questions
Aug 19, 2022
All the World in One Russian Word
Aug 11, 2022
Warning: Do Not Say This in Russian
Aug 05, 2022
Chowing Down the Russian Way
Aug 05, 2022
The Russian Sedentary Diet
Jul 22, 2022
The Art of Russian Mumbling, Grumbling, and Babbling
Jul 15, 2022
Stop In, Go Behind and Lose Your Mind
Jul 08, 2022
Getting Stronger Every Day in Every Way
Jul 01, 2022
Thinking Outside the Box the Russian Way
Jun 24, 2022
Russian Gaffes, Goofs, and Assorted Blunders
Jun 17, 2022
How to Fail Spectacularly in Russian
Jun 10, 2022
On Wars, Ducks, Knocking and Anniversaries
May 27, 2022
The Russian Language of War
Feb 25, 2022
A Russian Sleeping Beauty
Feb 11, 2022
The Looming But Not Inevitable (Translation) Disaster
Feb 04, 2022
Getting a Bright Idea in Russian
Jan 28, 2022
A Russian Fig is Not a Fig
Jan 21, 2022
How Don't I Care? Let Me Count The Ways
Jan 14, 2022
Words of the Year 2021
Dec 31, 2021
Of Parasites, Felt Boots, and Garbage Words
Dec 17, 2021
How to Complain About Winter in Russian
Dec 10, 2021
When Pigs Fly in Russian
Dec 03, 2021
Let's Talk Turkey
Nov 26, 2021
The Russian Approach to Coming Closer
Oct 29, 2021
This is the Way We Roll in Russian
Oct 15, 2021
Who Is To Blame For Everything in Russian?
Oct 08, 2021
Neither Russian Fish nor Russian Fowl
Oct 01, 2021
Two Minuses Make a Plus in Russian
Sep 24, 2021
Drunk as a Skunk in Russia? Never!
Sep 03, 2021
In Russian, Too Much is Better Than Too Little
Aug 27, 2021
When Your Heart Speaks in Russian
Aug 20, 2021
The Road to Recovery in Russian
Aug 13, 2021
Of Snobs, Show-Offs, and Arrogant Jerks
Aug 09, 2021
Stuck-Up, High Maintenance and Oh So Demanding
Aug 06, 2021
Hazard a Guess on the Meaning of Азарт
Jul 23, 2021
Good and Bad Manners the Frenchified and Russian Way
Jul 16, 2021
Getting Married and/or Rejected in Russian
Jul 09, 2021
Clean Up Your Act the Russian Way
Jul 02, 2021
How to Survive a Russian Heat Wave
Jun 25, 2021
How to Interpret a President
Jun 20, 2021
The Many Faces of Живопырка
Jun 11, 2021
On, Near, About and Round About in Russian
Jun 04, 2021
Maybe I May Be But Probably I'm Not
May 28, 2021
No Way, No How, No Matter What
May 21, 2021
The No's Have It in Russian
May 14, 2021
Cleaning House the Russian Way
Apr 09, 2021
My Sweet Little Buggie-Wuggie
Apr 02, 2021
The Monster Under the Bed
Mar 26, 2021
Singin' in the Rain the Russian Way
Mar 19, 2021
Procrastinating the Russian Way
Mar 12, 2021
Watch What You Call That Old Woman
Mar 05, 2021
Of Men, Galoshes and Horseradish
Feb 26, 2021
All That Glitters is Russian Gold
Feb 19, 2021
The Language of UnFreedom from the Gulag
Feb 12, 2021
Two Hundred More Ways to Get Russian Wrong
Feb 05, 2021
Insurrection and Sedition in Russian Translation
Jan 29, 2021
'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Moscow 2020
Dec 25, 2020
2020 Words of the Year
Dec 18, 2020
All in a Day's Work in Russian
Dec 11, 2020
The Borshch Battles
Dec 04, 2020
Confusing Coffee and Bountiful Behinds in Russian
Nov 27, 2020
Getting the Electoral College Right in Russian
Nov 06, 2020
It's Time to Take a Stand in Russian
Oct 30, 2020
Everything Has a Price in Russian
Oct 23, 2020
The With, By, From, Per, About Preposition
Oct 16, 2020
Fast as a Russian Fly
Oct 09, 2020
The Fruit of Our Language Labor
Oct 02, 2020
The Giant Saber-Toothed Grasshopper and Other Endangered Species
Sep 18, 2020
Muttering and Grousing the Russian Way
Sep 12, 2020
Autumn Leaves Are Not Yet Falling
Sep 09, 2020
August's Holidays: Honey, Apples, Bread and Nuts
Aug 27, 2020
Please Don't Hurt My Feelings
Aug 01, 2020
You Gotta Have Heart
Jul 24, 2020
How to Protest, From A to Zip Tie Cuffs
Jul 17, 2020
When Not Enough is Way Too Much
Jul 16, 2020
Getting Out the Vote the Russian Way
Jul 03, 2020
Ten Ways to Be Tired in Russian
Jun 26, 2020
When Time and Place Meet in Russian
Jun 19, 2020
Flying Objects and Other Horrors of Russian
Jun 05, 2020
When a Russian Bum is Not a Bum
May 29, 2020
The Russian Dos of Don'ts
May 22, 2020
Shall We Zoom? I Zoom, Do You?
May 08, 2020
Russian Patience is a Virtue
May 01, 2020
Say, Where's That Quote From?
Apr 24, 2020
Easter and Eggs, Naughty and Nice
Apr 18, 2020
Black Swans and Russian Bird Lore
Apr 10, 2020
Cabin Fever in Russia? Never!
Apr 04, 2020
A Guide to Russian Stance Verbs
Mar 27, 2020
Telecommuting and Fist Bumps Russian Style
Mar 27, 2020
Starting the Presidency All Over Again
Mar 13, 2020
The Expat Russian Language Guide to Coronavirus
Mar 06, 2020
Breathing Out and Breathing In
Feb 14, 2020
The Russian Blahs
Feb 07, 2020
Fixing It Up the Russian Way
Jan 31, 2020
Shame On You!
Jan 24, 2020
50 Ways to Leave Your Government
Jan 17, 2020
The Key Words of 2019
Jan 10, 2020
Terms, Prerogatives and Matters of Taste
Dec 20, 2019
A Russian Holiday Party Primer
Dec 06, 2019
Merry Happy Holiday to You
Nov 29, 2019
Stand on the Right, Pass on the Left
Nov 22, 2019
Is Your Language Sordid and Gross?
Nov 15, 2019
Making a Fuss in Russian
Nov 08, 2019
Take a Mental Health Day in Russian
Nov 01, 2019
Russian Newspeak 2019
Oct 25, 2019
False Friends, Part 12
Oct 18, 2019
Breaking Wind the Russian Way
Oct 11, 2019
How Low Can You Go in Russian?
Sep 04, 2019
On Russian Time
Aug 28, 2019
Ranting the Russian Way
Aug 21, 2019
If I Were Queen of Translation Reviews
Aug 14, 2019
Those Nosy Russians
Aug 07, 2019
Russian Men in Black
Jul 31, 2019
One Russian Blueberry or Two?
Jul 24, 2019
For hedging your bets, Russian is divine
Jul 17, 2019
The Connotation Conundrum
Jul 10, 2019
On Your Russian Feet
Jul 03, 2019
Hit the Road, Jack, and Don't Come Back
Jun 26, 2019
Russian Sense and Sensibility
Jun 19, 2019
Happy Russia Day
Jun 12, 2019
Russian Magical Thinking
May 29, 2019
Getting Your Snark On in Russian
May 22, 2019
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
May 14, 2019
Becoming Oblomov
May 07, 2019
Take a Vacation, Russian Style
Apr 30, 2019
Happily Suffering While Worrying and Ignoring Insults
Apr 23, 2019
Don't Call Me That!
Apr 16, 2019
The Nerd's Guide to Russian Prepositions In and On
Apr 09, 2019
Let's Talk About Ukraine
Apr 02, 2019
Meet the Pupkins!
Mar 26, 2019
A Russian Boyfriend
Mar 19, 2019
Russian Boys Just Want to Have Fun
Mar 01, 2019
Stand By Your Russian What?
Feb 27, 2019
Pulling Strings for Fun and Profit
Feb 20, 2019
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Feb 13, 2019
The Secret of Russian Mysteries
Feb 11, 2019
Ode to a Preposition
Jan 30, 2019
No Brexit For Russia
Jan 23, 2019
Catastrophes, Geopolitical and Otherwise
Jan 16, 2019
Happy New Year From Your Leader
Dec 28, 2018
Russian Words of the Dreary Year
Dec 26, 2018
How To Dress Your Russian Holiday Tree
Dec 19, 2018
The Year of Living Toxically
Dec 12, 2018
Eat Your Grammar Spinach
Dec 05, 2018
Russian Wisdom and Wiseguys
Nov 21, 2018
How Sweet It Is in Russian
Nov 14, 2018
How Good is a Russian Not Bad?
Nov 07, 2018
What's the Story, Morning Glory?
Oct 17, 2018
Extreme Russian Grammar
Oct 10, 2018
Russian Autumn Fun
Oct 03, 2018
Of Meat and Men
Sep 26, 2018
Seventeen Moments, Seventeen Thousand Jokes
Sep 19, 2018
What Do They Say About Moscow?
Sep 12, 2018
Russian Chickens Get a Bad Rap
Sep 05, 2018
Russian Horseradish With a Real Kick
Aug 29, 2018
Falling For Cheburashka
Aug 22, 2018
What’s in a Russian Word? Just About Everything
Aug 15, 2018
Blowing Your Top the Russian Way
Aug 08, 2018
Let's Play in Russian
Aug 01, 2018
Muddling the Masses, Russian Style
Jul 25, 2018
Thanks For the (Linguistic) Memories
Jul 17, 2018
Moscow's Merchants, Malls, and Walls
Jul 11, 2018
Russia's Summer Folk Head Out to the Dacha
Jul 05, 2018
The Cranky Tourist's Russian Phrasebook
Jun 27, 2018
A Butterfly on the Football Field
Jun 20, 2018
Russian Grammar? Really?
Jun 13, 2018
The Strange Case of Russian Provocation
Jun 06, 2018
Why Is Russia Bombing Its Own City?
May 30, 2018
Putin's Bad Russian Conservatism
May 23, 2018
Putin's Language (R)Evolution
May 16, 2018
Russian Hell Hath No Fury
May 09, 2018
In Russian, Blame the Cat
May 02, 2018
Why Does a Russian Cat Weep?
Apr 25, 2018
Of Robes and Irresponsibility in Russian
Apr 18, 2018
The Bear Russian Truth
Apr 18, 2018
What Kind of Leader is Vladimir Putin?
Mar 30, 2018
Theresa May Ate What?
Mar 21, 2018
Harassment Russian Style
Mar 14, 2018
An Ode to У
Mar 07, 2018
Who's Sorry Now?
Feb 21, 2018
Be My Russian Valentine
Feb 14, 2018
I Get a (Russian) Thrill Out of You
Feb 07, 2018
(Not) Speaking Ill of the Dead in Russian
Jan 31, 2018
What Did Trump Call Them? What's the Russian for That?
Jan 24, 2018
Scary and Weird Russian Slang
Jan 17, 2018
Russian Words of the Year for 2017
Jan 03, 2018
A Modern Russian Christmas Carol
Dec 27, 2017
More Fun With Russian Measures
Dec 20, 2017
Measuring Up the Old Russian Way
Dec 13, 2017
The Winds of Russian Change
Dec 06, 2017
The Ungrateful Russian Wretch
Nov 29, 2017
A Very Russian Mishmash
Nov 22, 2017
The Soviet Language Revolution
Nov 15, 2017
Sounding Smart in Russian — Sometimes
Nov 08, 2017
Love as a Russian Chemistry Experiment
Nov 01, 2017
Coming Unglued in Russian
Oct 24, 2017
25 Russian Words For 25 Years: Part Two
Oct 18, 2017
25 Russian Words For 25 Years: Part One
Oct 10, 2017
That's a Russian Laugh and a Half
Oct 04, 2017
The Sweet Smell of Russian Money
Sep 27, 2017
The Russian Shame Game
Sep 20, 2017
Russian Grammar Friday
Sep 13, 2017
What Is the Word’s Worth?
Sep 13, 2017