"The Patriots" by Sana Krasikov is a novel that follows the life of Florence Fein, an American Jew who moves to the USSR seeking a just society but ends up disillusioned, manipulated into betraying others, and suffering in the Gulag.

In episode 83 of Unorthodox, guests include Sana Krasikov discussing her novel "The Patriots" about a Jewish-American family affected by the Cold War, and Republican strategist Patrick Ruffini talking about data and technology in political campaigns.