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Dec 25, 2016

25 Years After the USSR

Television sets manufactured in the USSR would sometimes spontaneously explode. It’s hard to say exactly what the…

Ryan T. Bell in Comrade Cowboys

Dec 27, 2015

Horsemen Respond to the Idea of Eating Horse Meat

Want something interesting to read? Here are two interesting comment threads on Facebook about my blog post “Kazakhstan: Where Horses are Revered and Eaten.” Over on Western Horsemen, it’s fascinating to see what members of the horse community…

Ryan T. Bell in Comrade Cowboys

Oct 4, 2015

Blood Moon Over Red Square

Act One: A Good Idea

The last time a Blood Moon shone down on Red Square, it was 1982. Soviet officials were strict about photography. You couldn’t just traipse on down to the Kremlin and snap a shot. But thirty-three years later…

Ryan T. Bell in Comrade Cowboys

Sep 15, 2015

Tips for Fellowship Applicants

This time last September, I sat in my home office back in Missoula, Montana, having a tiny panic attack. The deadline for the Fulbright National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship was three weeks away. My cluttered desk summed up the state of my application…

Ryan T. Bell in Comrade Cowboys

Jun 12, 2015

Video: The Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship

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