Media on Nikita Obraztsov

Nikita Obraztsov Appeared on Radio Mayak

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 17 June 2026, Nikita Obraztsov was a guest on the programme “Fiziki i Liriki” (Scientists and Humanists) on Radio Mayak. The conversation covered contemporary religious studies as a discipline, its research programme, and the different forms of atheism and what distinguishes modern non-belief from its historical predecessors.

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What Makes Contemporary Atheism Different

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Appearance on 'Fiziki i Liriki' (Scientists and Humanists), Radio Mayak, 17 June 2026.

Interview for the SPEECH Podcast (Litres)

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

My interview for the Litres SPEECH podcast is out — on the nature of religion, quasi-religions, AI, and what it actually takes to start a new religion.

SPEECH Podcast (Litres): What Is Religion and How to Create One

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Interview for the Litres podcast on the nature of religion, quasi-religions, transhumanism, AI in spiritual life, and what it actually takes to start a new religion.

Forbes Russia: Stability, Silence, Community, and Psychotherapy — What Young People Are Looking for in Religion

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Expert commentary for Forbes Young on Gen Z religiosity, patchwork faith, and the compensatory appeal of religious communities.

Radio Mayak: How Neural Networks Are Changing Religious Experience

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Guest appearance on Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak

Radio Mayak: on Pastafarianism and Parody Religions

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Guest appearance on the radio programme Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak.

Radio Mayak: What Does the Modern Person Believe?

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Guest appearance on Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak

Pascal's Wager Podcast: What Does It Mean to Be a Rational Person?

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Guest appearance on the Pascal's Wager podcast — on rationality, science, astrology, and thinking.

Izvestia: Book of the Week — Religions of the World

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Book review by Lidia Maslova in Izvestia

Penguinopithec 2023: Best Popular Science Videos

Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Finalist, Crystal Penguinopithecus award for best popular science video of 2023.

Interview for Trikster Channel: On Religion, Atheism and Science

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Interview for Alexander Bydantsev's channel on Yandex Zen.

Radio Grad Petrov: Omens — Science or Superstition?

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Guest appearance on Byt Sovremennikom, Radio Grad Petrov

Sobaka.ru: How to Spot Conspiracy Theories and Pseudoscience

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Expert commentary for Sobaka.ru