Remembering Yugoslavia

What do you call Yugoslavia after Tito? Titanic. It's the end of the year, time to get serious about humor. What did people in the former Yugoslavia joke about and, most importantly, why? What about ...

26 Des 20221h 23min

Burek is a pastry dish comprising thin layers of dough and a variety of fillings—a quintessential Balkan breakfast staple, late night snack, or anytime-anywhere fast-food delight, really. Burek is als...

12 Des 202259min

Rock music is a huge part of Yugoslavia’s legacy. Soon, there will be a place in Sarajevo bringing Yugoslav rock back to life. With Will Richard, Zenit Djozić, and Petar Janjatović. Featuring songs ...

22 Nov 20221h

When you think of sports in Yugoslavia, ice hockey doesn’t exactly skate to mind. But not only does hockey have a tradition in the former Yugoslavia, in one unexpected part of the disappeared country ...

7 Nov 202243min

The story of a tiny immigrant community in the first permanent American settlement west of the Mississippi.With Djordje Čitović.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that...

10 Okt 202228min

A close look at how Yugoslavia and the European Union, both supranational entities with uneven economic development and riven by nationalism, strive(d) to change institutions, structures, economies as...

26 Sep 20221h 15min

A barren island in the Adriatic Sea was between 1949 and 1956 the site of an internment camp where Tito's regime sent its opponents for "re-education." At Goli Otok, the newly minted anti-Stalinists w...

8 Aug 20221h 10min

Lepa Brena was the most famous Yugoslav singer of the 1980s. Her popularity during the decade eclipsed that of the late Tito. She remains the greatest and best-selling Yugoslav pop star. But Lepa Bren...

25 Jul 202243min