Lex Fridman | Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Stalin, Hitler, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine | Lex Fridman Podcast #289 @lexfridman | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Stephen's Website: https://history.princeton.edu/people/stephen-kotkin
Stalin: 1878-1928 (Vol 1): amzn.to/3NvokpC
Stalin: 1929-1941 (Vol 2): amzn.to/3wIYqsT

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:19 - Putin and Stalin
13:09 - Putin vs the West
36:01 - Response to Oliver Stone
47:07 - Russian invasion of Ukraine
1:26:35 - Putin's plan for the war
1:34:33 - Henry Kissinger
1:40:28 - Nuclear war
1:51:01 - Parallels to World War II
2:13:47 - China
2:21:55 - World War III
2:29:24 - Navalny
2:33:41 - Meaning of life

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