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This hour: Rasputin 鈥� the all-too-human peasant who found his way to friendship with the Romanovs and the comical, absurd version of him that just won鈥檛 die.
Plus, a look at "."
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- Douglas Smith: Historian and author of
- Anne Applebaum: Staff writer at , Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the School of Advanced International Studies, author of books including
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Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, Cat Pastor, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, parts of which originally aired May 3, 2022.
