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The Allure of Evil, or The Enslaved Mind: An Interview with Science Historian Alexander Dmitriev

June 22, 1941, marked the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Today, 84 years later, Ukrainian cities are again under bombardment—but now the aggressor is Russia. How has the war in Ukraine altered our understanding of that past conflict? What revelations about history does the present compel us to confront? T-invariant discussed these questions with Alexander Dmitriev, a historian and native of Kherson, now a visiting researcher at the European University Viadrina (Germany).

Konstantin Sonin: “Both Putin and Trump Believe That Might Makes Right”

Following Donald Trump’s election and his initial presidential steps, it became abundantly clear: the world will never be the same. Who—or what—can save Ukraine today? Can private businesses support initiatives aiding Ukrainians and Russians opposing the war? Was Navalny doomed to die after the war began? What is the actual impact of international sanctions on Russia? How are Trump and Putin alike? T-invariant discussed these questions with economist Konstantin Sonin, a professor at the University of Chicago.

‘It’s some kind of silent conspiracy’: how the world’s media is reporting the death toll in Gaza

An international team of scientists analysed 1,371 reports of Gaza war casualties and found that the information circulated by the world’s leading media outlets was falsified. In episode 15 of the Invasion: Science in a Time of War podcast, we speak with the initiator of this study, sociologist Tatiana Glaser.

Major demographic shocks of the 21st century

Current demographic dynamics suggest radical changes around the world. Fertility will fall everywhere, but the main problems are not related to this, but to uneven population growth in different countries. Scientists predict a huge increase in the proportion of Africans by 2100 and a marked depopulation of Europe and North America. Alexander Markov and Olga Orlova discuss the main demographic shocks in the 10th episode of the CounterEvolution podcast.

Why did evolution need depression and why don’t we need it now?

Approximately 4% of the world’s people suffer from depressive disorder, and this figure is higher in women than in men. In the past, doctors used to call it melancholia and could not find a universal treatment. Now they have learnt to cope with depression quite well. And thank God, says Doctor of Biological Sciences Alexander Markov. This is the 11th episode of the CounterEvolution podcast.

“VK Video will simply postpone oblivion and media death. It’s a video hospice.” Popularizers of science and million-follower bloggers on the cessation of YouTube in Russia

The full-fledged work of the YouTube video service in Russia is gradually ceasing. What do scientists, leading million-viewer channels, and bloggers who popularize science think about this? Astrophysicists Sergey Popov, Vladimir Surdin, historian Mikhail Rodin, popularizers of science Vlad Goncharuk, Evgenia Timonova and Vitaly Egorov answer.

Sociologist Nika Kostenko: “Time works against the return of those who left”

At the beginning of March 2022, graduate students of the European University in Florence Emil Kamalov and Ivetta Sergeeva, political scientist Margarita Zavadskaya and sociologist Nika Kostenko launched a sociological project OutRush, during which they surveyed three waves of those who left. Who are these people, what do they do, what do they think about returning home, what do they hope for? Nika Kostenko, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, talks about the results of the T-invariant study.

From high-ranking fakers today to Phystech’s shutdown tomorrow

Why do we need an honest examination of science in Russia today? And is it really needed? Why has Russian society failed to demand for quality education in the humanities and social sciences? Why do we need Dissernet in a country where rational thinking is suppressed? Episode 2. The Invasion Podcast.