SPECIAL EPISODE Sevaoborot ( Texas edition) 2019 (Севаоборот в Техасе)
A special Texas edition of the celebrated BBC Russian Service program Sevaoborot (Севаоборот), which aired faithfully from 1987 for over a decade from London s Bush House. Seva from Austin, TX reprises his popular show with guest and cohost Dr. Tom Garza. For audio only version visit: Partial English Transcript: Seva Novgorodsev: This signature tune was first broadcast on the BBC s Russian service on November 8, (that was on November 7, and that s a huge difference, because Nov 7 was a Memorial Day of the Russian Revolution, one of the 3 biggest holidays in the USSR, hence the mentioning of revolutionary program below. ) 1987, that is 32 years ago, and this was, of course, a revolutionary program, because for the first time people went on the air without any script. They spoke freely, one could say, improvised, but what was even more scandalous, they opened a bottle of wine on the air and poured it out to all participant
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