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# Friends, I've recorded a fresh podcast on "The White Lotus" in the context of Eastern cultures
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/rebiat-ia-zapisal-svezhii-podkast-o-belom-lotose-v-kontekste-vostochnykh-kultur/
- Published: 2025-04-12T17:09:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:33.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: In the Press, Faith, The East, Cinema

With my co-host and fellow Orientalist Lesha Strizhov, we discuss how the plot of the series is connected with the history of Thailand. What do the heroes of "The White Lotus" have in common with the heroes of Eastern epic? What mythological and religious parallels can be traced in the fabric of the series? And what place do incest, gratitude and irresponsibility occupy in the narrative?

This is the first episode of my new project for ["The Magical East".](https://t.me/sarkyt?ref=theparnassian.com)

Download, [listen,](https://vvostok.mave.digital/ep-1?ref=theparnassian.com) share, comment! The second episode follows in a week.

*For now the podcast has been uploaded to* [Yandex Music,](https://music.yandex.ru/album/36266567?ref=theparnassian.com)[Litres](https://www.litres.ru/podcast/a-m-radaev/volshebnyy-vostok-71884528/?ref=theparnassian.com) *and* [Apple,](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA/id1809108921?ref=theparnassian.com) *other platforms should appear shortly, but in any case the link gives you a convenient player with the option of downloading the whole file*