Kazakhstan Stories

I am surprized that you used one person for all of these opinions for a podcast, especially a person who is an ethnic Russian. Shouldn't you try to balance it out by interviewing an ethnic Kazakh person?
 

"^" i agree..

Yes, I agree, the ideas are of natasha's only. She cannot speak for the people of the Khazakh land. Try creating a part two with atleast a group of individuals present, so u don't have to go editing the audio, to get answers in the right spot.
 

Stavros,

Recently found this site through a google search - thanks for the fascinating stories and insightful podcasts. As a cultural anthropologist in training at the University of California Berkeley, I always look for fresh voices to hear from regions that seem to escape mainstream Western media. Keep up the great work!

Kameron S.
kamcs@berkeley.edu
 

What Natasha is saying is 100 per cent right,she is representing the average inhabitant of ALA (KZ or Russian, doesn't really matter). After quite a long time here as a foreigner, I can see that Russians and Kazakhs, share many things (especially people of a certain age that have a common upbringing). Kazakhs constitute in general a nation of xenophobes I'd say, not extremely "open" and frightened people. This unfriendly attitude can be perceived sometimes as an unjustifiable superiority complex. Shame really.
 

This is one of my favorite podcasts. Keep up the good work!
 

Stavros? what happened to the kazakhstan stories. I really enjoy them. I haven't listened to #9 yet, maybe these folks have good recommendations. But that doesn't change the fact that your podcast picks up the absurd and delicious details of life in a land that no one really knows enough about. I love your tunes. Can you do a whole podcast about Kazakh music? like Urker, or dombras? What about kazakh dance, or television?

What about politics? (or is that too sensitive). What's up with Nazarbayev's daughter?

please make more podcasts : )
 

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