Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia
Feb 05, 2026•44 min
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Episode description
Julia Loktev's acclaimed documentary, ‘My Undesirable Friends,’ follows young Russian journalists in the months before and after Putin's invasion of Ukraine — and the impossible choices they face when dissent means prison or exile.
Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead revisits a two-night set Miles Davis did in Chicago in 1965.
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