Broadcasting form the heart of the Caucasus, the Tbilisi Bureau podcast covers all the latest news from around the former Soviet Union and takes you deeper with Kanal PIK reporters and experts working at the center of the story.

27 Jan 2012 16:00 Tbilisi Bureau: Between a Rock and a Nuclear Progam

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau podcast we look at the ongoing dramas in Syria and the Persian Gulf, and I'll speak with Kanal PIK Reporter Nana Pliyeva, who has been following the standoff between Iran and the U.S. and how it affects the South Caucasus.

17 Jan 2012 19:16 Editor's Notes: You're Both Right, Both Wrong

In this week's Editor's Notes, I look at Russia's evolving political landscape and how, despite the new additions, the discourse is pretty much the same.

13 Jan 2012 20:00 Tbilisi Bureau: The Many Secrets of Georgia's Building Boom

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau podcast, we look at complex row between Ukraine and Russia over gas prices, and the failure of one of Putin's most ambitious election promises. Then, we go deep into the murky details of Georgia's public construction projects with Eurasianet Reporter Molly Corso.

10 Jan 2012 17:25 Editor's Notes: Everyone is Lying to You

In this week's Editor's Notes, we look at an Uzbek university student's discovery of the plight of his compatriots affected by the Aral Sea disaster, and Nicholas Clayton looks at how every one of the players in the diplomatic sparing over the European Missile Shield is lying. All of them.

06 Jan 2012 18:31 Tbilisi Bureau Podcast: Advertising Monopolies and Political Speech

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau Podcast we catch up with events in Central Asia and the Caucasus where Azerbaijan has two big new chairs, and Tashkent and Dushanbe hit a new low in relations. Then, we speak with Mathias Huter a researcher with Transparency International Georgia who dug deep into the ways that Georgia's consolidated advertising industry stifles independent media.

15 Dec 2011 12:26 Tbilisi Bureau Podcast: Putin Q&A and Tskhinvali Rises

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau Podcast, we continue following the developments in after the sea change in Russian politics, including a leadership shakeup at the country's most respective news group. Then, we speak with Liz Fuller who has been following the South Ossetian political crisis from Prague.

12 Dec 2011 17:17 Editor's Notes: The Politics of Hugging Too Tightly

In this week's Editor's Notes, Kanal PIK blogger Nima Khorrami Assl looks analyzes the complicated Russia-Tajikistan relationship and Nicholas Clayton explains why Russia needs relationship advice from a 30-year-old rock song.

09 Dec 2011 21:54 Tbilisi Bureau Podcast: Supplying Afghanistan and Rigging Elections

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau Post, we talk about NATO's supply routes and how they affect a large swath of the former Soviet Union. Then, we talk to a young Russian election observer who shares her impressions of violations and confusion last Sunday.

06 Dec 2011 16:00 Tbilisi Bureau Podcast: Gunshots in Tskhinvali, Peace Corps Outta Kazakstan

This week on the Tbilisi Bureau Podcast we talk about Ukrainian pensioners, Russian polls, and take a look at the political crisis brewing in South Ossetia. Then, in the wake of the Peace Corps' murky pullout from Kazakhstan, we take a look at what it's like being a volunteer in the former Soviet Union.

28 Nov 2011 20:00 Editor's Notes: Georgia is Not Always the Bride

Nicholas Clayton discusses the recent European Parliament's recent resolution on Georgia and the spin by Tbilisi that it was all about the occupation.

25 Nov 2011 20:00 Tbilisi Bureau: the Rose Revolution Turns 8

On the debut Tbilisi Bureau Podcast, we bring the latest news from the Middle East and the former Soviet Union and discuss the 8th Anniversary of the Rose Revolution in Georgia and what it means for the country and the region with Kanal PIK reporter, Temur Kiguradze.