Радионяня, или Что смешного в кенгуре

In this article the legendary radio programme of the 1970s, Radioniania (Radio Nanny), is described as a symptomatic example of late Soviet radio broadcasting. Officially, the programme, which was both educational and entertaining, was directed at young children, but it reached a much wider audience. The reason why it became so popular had to do with changes in the system of education and also with changes in the relation between the individual and the state: at that time it became less obligatory to resign oneself to the “omnipotent” authorities.