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S1E43 Laos: Revolutions in Reproduction w/ Holly High
After a long hiatus, AES is back — and we're kicking things off with the return of a favorite guest: Holly High! In this episode, we dive into Holly's latest project, her substack Laos: Revolutions…
S42E1 Vietnam: A Homecoming w/ Jen (@HowTheRedWasWon)
For this long awaited episode on Vietnam - Jen (@HowTheRedWasWon) joins to talk about her recent unique experience of visiting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a country that her grandparents fled…
S1E41 The Stalin Eras: An Introduction (1878-1917)
Since March of this year I have been the co-host of another podcast called Prolespod (my tenure starts on Episode 49). On that show we have been working extensively on producing a special event…
S1E40 North Korea: Socialist Living After War (1953-1965) w/ Andre Schmid
In this fascinating episode Andre Schmid joins to discuss his book "North Korea's Mundane Revolution". As always on this show, we're covering something new by talking about the early years of the…
S1E39 Soviet Punk Rock: Counterculture & Collapse in the Late USSR w/ Alexander Herbert
In this fascinating episode Alexander Herbert joins to discuss his book "What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot". As always on this show, we're…
S1E38 Win or Else: Soviet Sports, Soccer, and the NKVD w/ Samantha Lomb
In this episode, Samantha Lomb returns as a guest to talk about a recent book she edited entitled: Win or Else: Soviet Football in Moscow and Beyond, 1921-1985. In Win or Else, the late soviet…
S1E37 Understanding Siege Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill
Gabriel Rockhill joins to talk about a controversial concept for Western socialists: "siege socialism". A term coined by the great Michael Parenti. Unlike most episodes of this show we won't be…
S1E36 Indigenous & Soviet: Politics, Power, and Prejudice w/ Sardana Nikolaeva
Sardana returns to finish our discussion on her recent study published through Ziibiing Lab "Indigenous Diamonds : Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia." In our…
S1E35 Indigenous & Soviet: Diamonds of Sakha w/ Sardana Nikolaeva
Sardana Nikolaeava joins this episode to discuss her recent study published through Ziibiing Lab "Indigenous Diamonds : Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia." In our…
S1E34 Remembering Soviet Georgia's Healthcare w/ Sopo Japaridze
In this episode we'll be discussing Sopo's article on Jacobin entitled "How Free-Market Ideologues Dismantled Health Care in Post-Soviet Georgia". In doing so we will be talking about not only her…
S1E33 China & Palestine: A Revolutionary Solidarity w/ Qiao Collective
In this episode, Charles Xu of the Qiao Collective (a diaspora Chinese media collective challenging U.S. aggression) joins to walk us through the long history of solidarity between China and…
S1E32 The American Ambassador Who Supported Stalin w/ Dominique Petit-Wagner
This episode features Dominique Petit-Wagner discussing her masters thesis entitled: "Briefing the Ambassador: Joseph Davies and the U.S. Press Corps in Moscow, 1936-1938." Our discussion focuses on…
Class Based Affirmative Action in Socialist Poland w/ Agata Zysiak
This episode features sociologist Dr. Agata Zysiak talking about her recent work "Limiting Privilege: Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland" (2023), which examines…
S1E30 How to Visit North Korea w/ Zoe Stephens
This episode features Zoe Stephens (@Zoediscoversnk), an experienced tour guide to North Korea (DPRK). Using her own experience, knowledge, footage and education - Zoe's goal is to present a image of…
S1E29 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 102: Post-World War II to Present w/ Iskolat
Iskolat, a Latvian communist, returns to teach us more about the shrouded history of Latvia, which was a part of the Soviet Union, officially known as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic…
S1E28 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 101: Pre-history to World War II w/ Iskolat
Iskolat, a Latvian communist, joins to show to teach us about the shrouded history of Latvia, which was a part of the Soviet Union (officially known as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic)…
S1E27 The Propaganda War Against China w/ Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez (@agent_of_change) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this final part of a three part discussion we'll…
S1E26 Is China a democracy? w/ Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez (@agent_of_change) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this second part of a three part discussion we'll…
S1E25 How China Avoided The Soviet Union's Fate w/ Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez (@agent_of_change) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this first part of this three part discussion on…
S1E24 Black Girl From Pyongyang, North Korea w/ Monica Macias (PATREON PREVIEW)
Monica Macias joins the show to discuss her book "Black Girl From Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity" which covers the harrowing tale of her life journey from post-colonial Equatorial Guinea ,where…
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