My dad and I used to go to museums together a lot. And I’d notice that when he’d start to share his views on a piece of art, people around us would often discreetly inch closer.

That’s what I did as I listened to Gail Russell Chaddock and longtime Moscow correspondent Fred Weir discuss Fred’s recent story about a Canadian family who decided to leave Saskatchewan to farm instead in Russia. What was the appeal of President Vladimir Putin’s recent invitation to people from Western countries deemed “unfriendly” to immigrate? Take a moment to listen to today’s “Why We Wrote This” podcast – you won’t have to eavesdrop, and you’ll leave with an enriched sense of the world.