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Episode of the week · No. 112

The man who lights the lighthouse

Sergey Volkov — lighthouse keeper on the White Sea

An hour and a half about a day with nobody in it but you, the wind and a lamp that reaches forty kilometres.

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  1. № 112 · 12 Sep

    The man who lights the lighthouse

    Sergey Volkov, lighthouse keeper

    An hour and a half about a day with nobody in it but the wind and a lamp that reaches forty kilometres.

    • #solitude
    • #sea
    • #craft
    90 min
  2. № 111 · 5 Sep

    A thousand identical cups

    Anya Reznik, ceramicist

    Why a series is harder than one masterpiece, and what to do with the rejects.

    • #craft
    • #series
    64 min
  3. № 110 · 29 Aug

    Six hours over an open heart

    Marat Ismailov, cardiac surgeon

    On concentration, music in the operating theatre and how to rest afterwards.

    • #medicine
    • #focus
    78 min
  4. № 109 · 22 Aug

    Code nobody will ever see

    Lena Tsaryova, back-end developer

    On invisible work, legacy and the joy of «it just works».

    • #code
    • #invisible
    52 min
  5. № 108 · 15 Aug

    First run at five in the morning

    Igor Naydyonov, train driver

    Dawn from the cab, silence in the depot and why he still gets nervous.

    • #road
    • #dawn
    71 min
  6. № 107 · 8 Aug

    Silence as a tool

    Olga Men, librarian

    How a room where you can't talk works, and who really comes there.

    • #silence
    • #city
    46 min
Archive: 106 more episodes

Said on air

«Solitude isn't when there's nobody around, it's when there's nobody to call»Sergey Volkov · No. 112«The thousandth cup is no worse than the first»Anya Reznik · No. 111«I don't get tired of the work. I get tired of the waiting»Marat Ismailov · No. 110
«The best code is the code nobody ever thinks about»Lena Tsaryova · No. 109«Dawn from the cab never gets old. Twenty years of checking»Igor Naydyonov · No. 108«Silence is a sound too, just a rare one»Olga Men · No. 107

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Sergey Volkovlighthouse keeperNo. 112Anya ReznikceramicistNo. 111Marat Ismailovcardiac surgeonNo. 110Lena Tsaryovaback-end developerNo. 109Igor Naydyonovtrain driverNo. 108Olga MenlibrarianNo. 107Daniil SternchefNo. 106Vika LimfloristNo. 105

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