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The legacy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; The human cost of unemployment, Part I
The legacy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; The human cost of unemployment, Part I
Dec 28, 2024 6:08 PM

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, John Couretas, Acton’s director munications, talks with Daniel J. Mahoney, professor of political science at Assumption College, about the legacy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in light of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir recently released in English, “Between Two Millstones Book I: Sketches of Exile,” the first of two books in which Solzhenitsyn recounts his exile in the West. Afterwards, reporter Anne Marie Schieber takes us on the first of a three-part series exploring the difficulty of unemployment.

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcasttopics:

PurchaseBetween Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974–1978 by AleksandrSolzhenitsyn

Visit TheAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center site

Read“Teaching The Gulag Archipelago to American college students” by JohnCouretas

Unemploymentas economic-spiritual indicator — November 2018 report

Learn more about EaRN, the Employment and Resource Network

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Acton team that youwould like answered in future podcast segments? We want to hear from you! Leavea message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected].Lastly, if you like what you heard on today’s episode, don’t forget to give usa rating on iTunes.

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