Nodir Nishonov
Blogger and host: one of the hosts of the popular-science history podcast “Qurultoy” and author of the “Susambil” YouTube channel.
- Occupation:
- Blogger, Podcaster, Education blogger
- Nickname:
- Susambil
Biography
Nodir Nishonov is a blogger and host working on Uzbek-language YouTube. He is one of the hosts of the “Qurultoy” podcast (the other is Eldar Asanov) and the author of the “Susambil” YouTube channel.
“Qurultoy” is a popular-science history podcast in Uzbek. Its guests are historians, linguists, musicians, writers, ethnographers and philosophers, and the conversations concern the history of the region. Themag.uz called it one of the rare examples of a popular-science podcast in Uzbek; at the time of the article the channel had about 30.5 thousand subscribers and 67 videos.
In its March 2024 roundup of Uzbek YouTube, Afisha.uz mentions Nodir Nishonov as the author of a “Qurultoy” episode in which, with the historian Sherzodxon Mahmudov, who studies the Kokand Khanate, the khanate's diplomacy and its relations with the Ottoman Empire were discussed.
In its December 2024 YouTube roundup, Gazeta.uz names him as the author of the “Susambil” channel: in the November 2024 episode he gave a full analysis of the world of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, one of the main characters of Chinese fantasy.
Life path
- 2024“Qurultoy”: Kokand Khanate diplomacy
An episode with the historian Sherzodxon Mahmudov on the diplomacy of the Kokand Khanate and its relations with the Ottoman Empire (Afisha.uz, March 2024).
- 2024“Susambil”: the world of the Monkey King
An episode giving a full analysis of the world of Sun Wukong (Gazeta.uz, November 2024).