Podcast

Episode 1 : What is Speer?

In this episode, Sophie Chochaeva (Haverford '22) talks to Roman Shemakov (Swarthmore '20) about founding SPEER, academic life in the Tri-Co, the challenges of running a student organization, Russia and Ukraine, conflicting visions of Eastern Europe, immigrating to the U.S., and what it feels like not to see one's family for nine years.

Credits:

Roman Shemakov, Swarthmore ‘20 - SPEER founder, narrator

Sophie Chochaeva, Haverford ‘22 - host, Executive Producer

Grace Sewell, Swarthmore ‘22 - Supervising Producer

Yangchen Lhamo, Swarthmore ‘23 - Editor-in-Chief