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The Day of Youth was a major Yugoslav holiday. It continues to be annually commemorated to this day in Tito's birthplace. What was the holiday and how was it celebrated in Kurmovec? How is the defunct Yugoslav holiday commemorated today?  Plus a field report from the 2022 edition of the event.* With Nevena Škrbić Alempijević and Jovan Vejnović (plus Hrvoje Klasić and Larisa Kurtović). * The extended version available on Patreon on June  5th includes a report from the 2023 event. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Dan-Mladosti Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

Let's go to the movies! Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav film is a port window projecting the region’s cultures and history. From Gibanica to Kraut Westerns, from Black Wave to Prague School, and from films of remembrance to war movies, this is seventy years of cinematic history in a single arc. With Dijana Jelača and Sanjin Pejković. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Yugoslav-Cinema Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

Yugonostalgia is like a vessel that everyone fills with their own ideas and meanings. What is it and why does it exist? How does it manifest and how do different people experience it? And where is it headed?  A deep dive in the yugonostalgia plus a comparison with nostalgia in the former Czechoslovakia.With Milica Popović and Boris Strečanský. Featuring music by Polemic & Medial Banana.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Yugonostalgia Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

Jews have been part of Sarajevo's human tapestry since the 16th century, only to be "discovered' by the rest of the world during the Bosnian War. This is their story. With Jakob Finci* and Francine Friedman. Featuring music by Shira Utfila and Flory Jagoda.* Bonus episode featuring the full interview with Finci available exclusively to Patreon and other supporters.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Jews-of-Sarajevo Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. In this installment of Diaspora Voices, a Vlach-American from Eastern Serbia and a Yugoslav-Australian from Slavonia share stories of their journeys to themselves and their tribes.  With Daniela Vančić and Denis Svob. Featuring music by Šizike and Mechanism of Action.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Diaspora-Voices-4 Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project.Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it.These are their stories.Part 3 of many: Partisans.With Daniel Skoric (Comrade Commando), Darko Nikolovski (Join the Partisans) and Ana Radovcich (Unuka Partizana). Featuring music by Nikolovski.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Inspired-by-Yugoslavia3 Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project. Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it.These are their stories. Part 2 of many. With Igor Simić (Golf Club Wasteland), Jovana Radujko (Brutalizam i Renesansa), and Donald Niebyl ([New Belgrade Database]). Featuring music by Autopark (Belgrade) and from Radio Nostalgia from Mars: Golf Club Wasteland (Original Game Soundtrack).The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Inspired-by-Yugoslavia2 Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

 The country of Yugoslavia may no longer appear on any physical maps, but it remains on many people’s mental maps; though Yugoslavia may be dead forever as a political entity, it lives on as a cultural project. Yugoslavia's material and cultural production inspires many people to make art and products. And a lot of them have little or even no lived experience in or memory of it.These are their stories. Part 1 of many: With Kaja Šišmanović & Matija Hajdarhodžić (Future Yugoslavia), Vjosa Musliu (Yugoslawomen Plus), and Rima Sabina Aouf (Yugo: A Graphic Biography). Featuring music by Aaron Tinjum & the Tangents and PMG Kolektiv.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Inspired-by-Yugoslavia1 Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription Support the show

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 the post-Yugoslav landscape of laughter?With Zenit Djozić (Top Lista Nadrealista) and Marina Orsag (Croatian stand-up). Featuring music by Los Kretenos.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Extended version AKA Encore: Patreon Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Yugoslav-Humor Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

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 also a metaphor that varies across the former Yugoslav lands. Burek is food is life is culture is politics is burek. With Irina Janakievska, Ksenija Hotić, and Spasia Dinkovski. Featuring music by Ali En, Best Burek, Burek, Burek Brothers Trio, Dosh Lee, Las Balkanieras, Vlada i Teoretičari Zavere, and Voodoo Popeye.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Extended version AKA Seconds: Patreon Show notes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Burek-in-Space Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

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 by Zed Mitchell, Yugo Project, Zabranjeno Pušenje, Uroš Andrijašević, and more.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes once or twice per month. Shownotes and transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-ExYURockCenter/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

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 the beautiful game is on the up and up.With Amil Delić and Will Richard.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Extended version AKA Overtime: Patreon Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Bosnian-Ice-Hockey Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon :: PayPal :: Subscription

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 no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Yugoslavs-Astoria-Oregon/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

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 well as behavior and practices in Kosovo in order to build a certain kind of state and society in their image. With Vjosa Musliu. Featuring music by Gjurmët and Diadema.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-YU-EU-Kosovo/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

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 were fighting Stalinists with Stalinist methods. How did the prison and labor camp at Naked Island come about and what happened there? How do people remember and commemorate this dark stain in Yugoslavia's history? With Tiha Gudac. Featuring songs titled "Goli Otok" by Ratsmagick, Valter i Perspektiva, and Voyvoda.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes one to two times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Goli-Otok/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

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 Brena was more than a pop icon: she continues to personify Yugoslavia for many to this day. What's her story? And what does she mean for Yugoslavia's memory? With Olga Dimitrijević. Featuring a cover of "Jugoslovenka" by Inje.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Lepa-Brena-Yugoslav/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

There’s a Yugoslav car that was even more important than the Yugo for the country and for the country’s memory. Better known by its nickname, Fića / Fićo / Fićko, Zastava 750 was the first Yugoslav car. It was and continues to be a Yugoslav icon, a symbol of that disappeared country and an object of nostalgia. In metaphorical terms, Fićo is Yugoslavia…and probably always will be. This is Fića's story. With Martin Pogačar and Jovana Stojiljković. Featuring the song "Piči Fića" by Sabrija Vulić.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Fico-Zastava-750/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

A conversation with journalist and writer Slavenka Drakulić.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Slavenka-Drakulic/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

The scars of the Siege of Sarajevo have marked an entire generation of Sarajevans—and their children. How do children of Bosnian refugees growing up abroad form their identity? What culture do they belong to? Where is home? And what of Yugonostalgia among the post-1991 cohort?An installment of the Diaspora Voices series. With Anja Savčić and Arnela Išerić. Co-produced with Jelena Sofronijević. The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Third-Culture-Kids/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW ›

In the last 75 years, two Yugoslav-born women were the First Lady of their respective countries: Jovanka Budisavljević was the third wife of Josip Broz Tito and Melania Knavs is the third wife of Donald John Trump. A look at similarities, differences, and legacies of two most famous ex-Yugoslav women.  With Sonja Bjelobaba, Sandi Gorišek, and Mirjana Menković.The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month. Shownotes/transcript: RememberingYugoslavia.com/Podcast-Jovanka-Melania/ Instagram: @RememberingYugoslavia SUPPORT THE SHOW › Support the show