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I don't know a lot about Georgian but I once had the pronunciation of Dzhugashvili explained to me as basically being 'Jooug-ash-villy'
Posted by: J.P. | 21 February 2021 at 04:08 PM
Finally caught up! You have helped me stay sane throughout all this, and I can’t thank you enough. Keep doing what you’re doing, and I hope to be listening far into the future.
Posted by: Mason Smith | 21 February 2021 at 05:50 PM
I loved this episode. Someone needs to adapt this historical event into a motion picture!
Posted by: Doug Maynard | 22 February 2021 at 12:43 PM
Oh, come on, Mike! You're not gonna say Stalin's birth name??
First name - Yoh-seb (in Georgian) or Ee-oh-sif (in Russian). Last name - Joo-gah-shvee-lee (or as the earlier comment transcribed it if that's simpler).
Also - if it's not obvious, "Stalin" is from the Russian word for "steel", which speaks to the image of himself that he wanted to project. "Koba", similarly, was a Robin Hood (Pancho Villa) type, bandit-hero character from a popular book.
Awesome episode indeed. Liberal speeches in parliaments are great history, but they need to be spiced up with some iron and blood ;-).
Posted by: Mystikos | 23 February 2021 at 10:58 AM
I've been waiting for you to get to my boii Stalin, my mans was literally Tony Montana and Bugs Bunny on steroids who got away with everything.
My man needs a gangsta movie made about him.
Posted by: Swimming Bird | 23 February 2021 at 09:11 PM
Thank you for the excellent episode.
I really like the fact that you actually have a genuine file name when you download it, and not something like sl103@#_(54jsj
Posted by: David | 28 February 2021 at 12:13 AM