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“Fiziki i Liriki” (Scientists and Humanists), Radio Mayak, 17 June 2026. Listen → An appearance on the Radio Mayak programme “Fiziki i Liriki”, hosted by Alexander Pushnoy and Rita Mitrofanova. The conversation covered contemporary religious studies as a discipline — what researchers in the field actually study today and what the research programme of the field looks like. A substantial part of the discussion was devoted to atheism: its different varieties, its historical forms, and what distinguishes contemporary non-belief from the atheism of earlier periods. ...

Guest appearance on Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak. On how neural networks and digital technologies are transforming the religious experience of contemporary people. Listen →

Guest appearance on Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak — one of Russia’s oldest public radio stations, founded in 1964. Consistently among the top five most-listened-to stations in the country. On air: how a physics graduate invented the Flying Spaghetti Monster to fight the teaching of intelligent design in schools; why Pastafarianism is a way of carnivalising traditional beliefs and defending civil rights; how to tell parody from aggression; why Pastafarians wear colanders on their heads, etc. ...

Guest appearance on Fiziki i Liriki, Radio Mayak. On the transformation of religiosity in contemporary society — from traditional forms of belief to new spiritual practices. Listen →

Guest appearance on Byt Sovremennikom (Being a Contemporary), Radio Grad Petrov, with Darya Zavyalova. On the phenomenon of omens and superstitions from a scientific perspective: why around a third of Russians treat omens as part of everyday life, their communicative function in culture, and why the brain is evolutionarily inclined to seek patterns. With references to Robert Sapolsky’s research and Skinner box experiments. Listen →