029 - American Dream, Russian Dream and alternatives

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's filled up with materialistic ideas and so forth, but in fact we do have the same concepts in Russia, I mean this tendency to get more, to have bigger houses, more expensive cars and so on.  Communism crushed, however some people still want to build communes and they have had this idea since... 1960! Some links I promised to give you: A family went living off-grid:  https://vk.com/familykatkovy A man started living in an abandoned village:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jZdWIqjlc  ----- This podcast is for learning Russian (A2\lower intermediate and above). My goal is to get you involved in the Russian language through interesting, fun, educational, and controversial topics. I speak clear and slow, explaining words in Russian to build your strong Russian foundation and help you on your way to understand real Russian (TV-shows, movies, podcasts, etc). Learn Russian more efficiently with Max: ► ⁠Join our membership program⁠ to get podcast transcripts (PDFs), new vocabulary lists, additional practical materials for podcast episodes ► Find more comprehensible content (short and slow stories, real dialogues with transcripts, etc) at my website: ⁠⁠www.russianwithmax.com⁠ ----- You can also ⁠support the project⁠ and keep it absolutely advertisement free! ----- Social networks: ►Follow ⁠my YouTube channel⁠ with more than 250 videos for learning Russian ►Stay informed about new content with ⁠my Telegram channel⁠ ►Follow ⁠my instagram⁠ although it updates rarely ►Visit ⁠RussianWithMax.com⁠ to post comments and questions Музыка(Гусли): Максим Анухин (aka Gudimir)