Why we’re still mesmerized by the myth of Rasputin
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 10, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:50:00

In the century since Russia’s “Mad Monk” was poisoned, we’ve come to believe a lot of things: he was mystical, he was evil, he was the world’s greatest lover.

This hour: Rasputin — the all-too-human peasant who found his way to friendship with the Romanovs and the comical, absurd version of him that just won’t die.

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