Dispatches, thoughts, and miscellanea from writer Jon Konrath

Tag: Russian As Fuck

  • Current Obsession: Pole Chudes

    I don’t know how I got to this, but I’ve been borderline obsessed with the Russian version of Wheel of Fortune, which is called Pole Chudes. I do not speak Russian, and can’t solve Cyrillic letter puzzles, but the fascinating thing about the show is how little it has to do with the actual word…