Time 15.November 2026

Radio

Yuri Chekalin14.11.2026
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11min136
I signed it The Cobbler Under the Tracks — 高架下の靴修理屋. I. The Kiosk Under the Tracks My kiosk stands beneath the elevated railway tracks in Yurakucho, between a noodle shop and old Mr. Fukuda’s umbrella store. It’s about the size of an elevator: two stools, a cobbler’s last, a shelf of glue and nails, and […]

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In September 1973, I started working as a Soviet reporter in Canada. That was my first travel to the West as an adult. At the beginning my Canadian acquaintances would often inquire, “Do you feel a cultural shock?” Lots of things, quite understandably, seemed peculiar to me and my wife. However, we took them in […]


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