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This podcast tells us the story of how the Mexican melodrama "Yesenia" became the biggest box office hit in Soviet history. In the 1970s, the film flopped in Mexico but became a huge hit in the Soviet Union, touching millions of Soviet people and especially women who recognised themselves and their emotional struggles in that film.

Many people tend to think of the Soviet Union as a place completely shut of from the rest of the world. However, this was not the case. Indian and Latin American cinema were very popular and became central for the Soviet cinema landscape.

The weird backstory of how Yesenia became so important is greatly researched in this mubi podcast, which is generally is one of my favourite podcasts produced.

The real-life brave new world existed and I just learned about it now. Tomáš Baťa was Czech Republic's Henry Ford, who believed in a utopia that is unimaginable today. He was the founder of the shoe company Bat'a and made out of it a utopist company, city and lifestyle for all its workers. It became a quite authoritarian company, with many rules and regulations and somehow nothing truly went wrong. Just listen to this episode and hear for yourselves!

I still remember the moment I got my first pair of Bat'a shoes. My shoes were completely broken down and my parents decided that it's time for me to get proper shoes. Bat'a shoes. I must have been around 8 years old and it was a big day for me. I got a pair of white leather loafers and was officially a grown-up from that day onwards. Bat'a therefore always had a special place in my heart and finally I learned this amazing background story to the brand that was always more than just a brand to me.

Remembering Yugoslavia is the perfect podcast for your interrail through the Balkans. Every episode takes you on an adventure. It is learning in a fun way. Peter Korchnak's (the host) passion is contagious, and one only wants to know more about this mysterious country with all its layers and hidden histories.

Korchnak explores the memory of Yugoslavia, with all its facetted. Be it politics, history, society, yugonostalgia, (diaspora) identity, rock music, food, minorities, film - there is something for everyone.