Be Fluent in Russian Podcast
Podcast image
E232 - Finishing Requiem
59 mins; April 02, 2026
E231 - Akhmatova's most iconic piece - Requiem
37 mins; March 22, 2026
E230 - Why Ahmatova's poems were not written
10 mins; February 24, 2026
E229 - Ahmatova's major life event
11 mins; February 17, 2026
E228 - Ahmatova's short biography
7 mins; February 11, 2026
E227 - Talking about politics in the world
10 mins; February 04, 2026
E226 - My goals for 2026
10 mins; January 20, 2026
E225 - Unknown story about War and Peace
16 mins; January 14, 2026
E224 - My thoughts on War and Peace
9 mins; December 28, 2025
E223 - War and Peace of Tolstoy
12 mins; December 16, 2025
E222 - Culture shocks I've experienced when I got to the US
10 mins; December 08, 2025
E221 - My thoughts on Turgenev's Rudin
10 mins; November 27, 2025
E220 - Story about Turgenev and a Hunter
15 mins; November 20, 2025
E219 - Ivan Turgenev's biography
23 mins; November 13, 2025
E218 - We got a dog! Let's talk about it :)
8 mins; November 07, 2025
E217 - The origins or psychological theatre
18 mins; October 06, 2025
E216 - My information detox
7 mins; September 29, 2025
E215 - Difference between Soviet and US cartoons
10 mins; September 10, 2025
E214 - Winnie-the-Pooh in the Soviet Union
17 mins; September 03, 2025
E213 - Thinking out loud
9 mins; August 27, 2025
E212 - Ivanov's greatest work
18 mins; August 21, 2025
E211 - Tereshkova's secret
14 mins; July 22, 2025
Be Fluent in Russian Show #4 - How I got fluent in English
33 mins; June 20, 2025
E209 - Flights and all the details about flying
12 mins; June 16, 2025
E208 - Story about Tolstoy
19 mins; June 09, 2025
Be Fluent in Russian Show #3 - Russian Education System, How to learn grammar
38 mins; June 09, 2025
Be Fluent in Russian Show #2 - "The father" of Russian, never forget vocab
30 mins; May 31, 2025
E205 - My recent 10k race
13 mins; May 27, 2025
Be Fluent in Russian Show #1 - Victory day, long-term fluency, 10 crucial verbs
41 mins; May 23, 2025
E203 - Our recent trip to Japan
16 mins; May 20, 2025
E202 - Talking about Saharov
18 mins; May 14, 2025
E201 - Who works for BeFluent
7 mins; April 15, 2025
E200 - Was Dostoyevskiy a gambler?
11 mins; April 03, 2025
E199 - Slow Russian - Moving places
7 mins; March 12, 2025
E198 - My plans for April - Fast Russian
7 mins; February 18, 2025
E197 - Slow Russian - Going to Russia this past month
11 mins; February 12, 2025
E196 - The reason why everyone should be in nature more
10 mins; January 29, 2025
E195 - The reason why I love cooking
9 mins; January 25, 2025
E194 - Things I do when I get back home
9 mins; January 18, 2025
E193 - Griboyedov's call for more life in our lives!
13 mins; January 14, 2025
E192 - My latest obsession - Soviet Movies
12 mins; January 11, 2025
E191 - A true treat from Brodskiy
22 mins; January 07, 2025
E190 - How Russians celebrate the New Year
9 mins; December 31, 2024
E189 - Lermontov's Angel
9 mins; December 24, 2024
E188 - The sports we played in school
11 mins; December 21, 2024
E187 - Learning from Lermontov's poem on a beggar
22 mins; December 18, 2024
E186 - Russia's math lessons (well, in my school anyway)
7 mins; December 13, 2024
E185 - Tsvetaeva's call for understanding
10 mins; December 11, 2024
E184 - The devices I use - Listening practice
12 mins; December 07, 2024
E183 - We're still learning from Marina Tsvetaeva!
10 mins; December 05, 2024
E182 - Things we used to read in school
10 mins; December 04, 2024
E181 - Tsvetaeva's greates poem for language learning
25 mins; November 29, 2024
E180 - A story about unexpected ice
7 mins; November 28, 2024
E179 - Marina Tsvetaeva's most famous poem
22 mins; November 22, 2024
E178 - Listening to Russian music
8 mins; November 21, 2024
E177 - Reading Chekhov together #18
20 mins; November 06, 2024
E176 - Reading Chekhov together #17
18 mins; October 26, 2024
E175 - Pushkin's The Covetous knight - my thoughts
11 mins; October 25, 2024
E174 - Reading Chekhov together #16
26 mins; October 18, 2024
E173 - Podcast about my health and overall thoughts
16 mins; October 18, 2024
E172 - Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter
21 mins; October 09, 2024
E171 - Reading Chekhov together #15
17 mins; October 07, 2024
E170 - about how I used to take vocal lessons
13 mins; September 27, 2024
E169 - Reading Chekhov together #14
20 mins; September 25, 2024
E168 - Reading Chekhov together #13
21 mins; September 18, 2024
E167 - 100% natural Russian speech, no slowing down.
19 mins; September 16, 2024
E166 - Surprising facts about Pushkin's biography
18 mins; September 07, 2024
E165 - Reading Chekhov together #12
22 mins; September 05, 2024
E164 - Why we went to Russia (back in 2021)
10 mins; August 26, 2024
E163 - Reading Chekhov together #11
20 mins; August 23, 2024
E162 - Reading Harry Potter for the first time
14 mins; August 16, 2024
E161 - Reading Chekhov together #10
24 mins; August 13, 2024
E160 - Top 3 foundational mistakes Russian learners make
12 mins; August 04, 2024
E159 - Reading Chekhov together #9
20 mins; July 28, 2024
E158 - Listening practice - What's our approach to teaching Russian?
20 mins; July 25, 2024
E155 - Reading Chekhov together #8
25 mins; July 08, 2024
E156 - Listening practice about sports
16 mins; June 20, 2024
E155 - Reading Chekhov together #7
21 mins; June 11, 2024
E154 - Some slang and listening practice
18 mins; June 03, 2024
E153 -Reading Chekhov together #6
23 mins; May 18, 2024
E152 - Story about a bear - for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS!
5 mins; May 14, 2024
Talks with Victoria #47 - Dealing with prefixes and small talk
24 mins; May 02, 2024
E150 - Reading Chekhov together #5
21 mins; April 30, 2024
E149 - Reading Chekhov together #4
18 mins; April 24, 2024
Talks with Victoria #46 - What book are you reading?
19 mins; April 17, 2024
E147 - Reading Chekhov together #3
22 mins; March 29, 2024
E146 - Reading Chekhov together #2
24 mins; March 26, 2024
E145 - Our work on BeFluent
12 mins; March 23, 2024
E144 - Reading Chekhov together #1
23 mins; March 18, 2024
E143 - Recent travels (Part 2)
19 mins; March 13, 2024
E142 - Talking about my recent travels (and useful vocab)
19 mins; March 05, 2024
E141 - Listening practice for ABSOLUTE beginners!
14 mins; February 06, 2024
E140 - Let 2024 begin!
12 mins; January 18, 2024
E139 - How we prepare for the Camps
11 mins; December 17, 2023
E138 - My 2023 reflection
21 mins; December 04, 2023
Talks with Victoria #45 - Happy Thanksgiving!
18 mins; November 24, 2023
Talks with Victoria #44 - Watching a 40s Movie
23 mins; November 16, 2023
E135 - Reading poems all Russian 1st-graders learn
23 mins; November 07, 2023
Talks with Victoria #43 - Our Halloween Weekend
19 mins; November 02, 2023
E133 - Working on my health
16 mins; October 27, 2023