St. Paul of Amsterdam

Welcome back for another episode of The Russians. Today we talk about Paul Verhoeven’s latest movie, Benedetta, and what unites Verhoeven and Todd Solondz. We also get into Philip K. Dick and how starting a religious cult is the only answer to the problems plaguing society right now. —Evgenia and YashaListen to our previous episodes:* Episode #17: Immigrant Deprogramming with Nika Dubrovsky* Episode #16: Imaginary Futures with Richard Barbrook* Episode #15: Behind the Silicon Curtain* Episode #14: The Soviet Jew & good riddance Los Feliz* Episode #13: Immigrant Deprogramming with Anna/Аня* Episode #12: “I didn’t want to live in a simulacrum of American life in the ruins of the Soviet Union”* Episode #11: Watching American movies in the USSR ft. Boris Levine This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yasha.substack.com/subscribe