Location:
United States
Genres:
History Podcasts
Description:
Welcome to Stories of Communism, a podcast for people of all ages where we explore the realities of life under Communism, as described in the memoirs, stories, and novels created by those suffering under this system over the past century. (Feedback email erik@storiesofcommunism.com).
Twitter:
@erikseligman
Language:
English
Contact:
5036408201
Website:
http://storiesofcommunism.com/
Episodes
Stories of Communism 50: Our Favorite Stories
4/5/2024
We discuss our favorite stories from past episodes. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:47:10
Stories of Communism 49: They Never Make Mistakes
11/4/2023
We discuss Anhua Gao's chronicle of living through China's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, and her surprise arrest during the "reform" era. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:32:38
Stories of Communism: Quick Update 08/23
8/21/2023
Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand's book is now available in English, order on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Promises-Reflections-Cuban-Exile-ebook/dp/B0CG11SYWK . (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:00:27
Stories of Communism 48: Broken Promises
4/24/2023
Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand reveals the many promises broken by the Cuban revolution. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:30:04
Stories of Communism 47: A View From The Top
1/31/2023
We discuss the strange and terrifying upbringing of Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:34:09
Stories of Communism 46: The Miracles of Socialist Healthcare
9/30/2022
We discuss Vladimir Tsesis's memoir "Communist Daze", recalling his early years as a doctor in the Soviet Union. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:27:26
Stories of Communism 45: The Heights Of Absurdity
6/20/2022
We discuss Alexander Zinoviev's satire of Soviet intellecutal life in "The Yawning Heights". (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:32:43
Stories of Communism 44: Leaving the Nonsense Behind
5/30/2022
Immigrant Joe Czismazia shares his story of escape from Communist Hungary in 1956. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:45:37
Stories of Communism 43: Through a Child's Eyes
4/18/2022
We discuss Eugene Yelchin's historical novel "Breaking Stalin's Nose", one of the few books in this genre aimed at young readers. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:25:29
Stories of Communism 42: The Bears And The Bees
1/31/2022
Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, author of "I Tried", shares more amusing stories, and reflects on the lessons of his Communist Romanian upbringing. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:37:40
Stories of Communism 41: In Search of Used Toothpaste
12/26/2021
We discuss the memoir "I Tried", by Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, a collection of lighthearted anecdotes about his early life in the final decades of Ceausescu's reign. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:27:20
Stories of Communism 40: Little Socialist Women
10/31/2021
The strange story of the socialist commune where author Louisa May Alcott spent part of her childhood. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:23:42
Stories of Communism 39: The New Man
9/29/2021
We catch up with Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand, the Cuban lawyer who tried to teach free market economics in his home country, and ended up having to flee to Brazil. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:28:19
Stories of Communism 38: The Reality of Chinese Organ Harvesting
8/20/2021
We hear from Chinese dissident Jennifer Zeng and 2010 Nobel Prize nominee David Kilgour about the terrifying procedures used to supply organs to Chinese hospitals. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:44:06
Stories of Communism 37: A Strange Zoo
7/11/2021
Discussing Slavonia Draculic's “A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a Mouse, a Parrot, a Bear, a Cat, a Mole, a Pig, a Dog, and a Raven”. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:23:02
Stories of Communism 36: Radioactive Spinach for Kids
3/31/2021
We interview Nora Clinton about her memoir "Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds", discussing her early life in Communist Bulgaria and her later experiences in the US. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:26:32
Stories of Communism 35: Repeating History in Venezuela
2/27/2021
We continue our discussion of modern Venezuela, looking at Raul Gallegos's book "Crude Nation". (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:28:23
Stories of Communism 34: Cuba's New Colony
1/30/2021
Interview with two recent Venezuelan refugees about the last few decades of changes in their country. (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:37:06
Stories of Communism 33: Special Circumstances
12/31/2020
We discuss author Vladimir Voinovich's comical (but real) attempts to upgrade his apartment in 1970s Moscow, as he describes it in "The Ivankiad". (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:23:02
Stories of Communism 32: Romania's Worst Spy
10/31/2020
Following up on the last episode, we interview Teodor Flonta, still happily married to Ariella 50 years after the cross-iron-curtain romance described in his memoir "Paper Rings". (Send feedback to erik@storiesofcommunism.com)
Duration:00:39:57
