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Podcast: State of the World from NPR
Episode: Going Back in Time to Soviet Central Asia's Boogie Nights
Description: Today we take a break from the serious and often depressing international news beat to bring you the sound's of Soviet Central Asia in the 1970's and 80's. Our Moscow correspondent introduces us to an anthology of songs that came out of a record factory in Tashkent documenting a wide variety of music from the silk road in that time period.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy