Fiery Emma

We give some backstory to Emma's childhood in Europe (Tsarist Russia-occupied Lithuania, Popelan, St. Petersburg, Königsberg) and her later experience as an immigrant in the “United States” ("Rochester" (Seneca land) and "New Haven" (Quinnipiac land) before her "spiritual birth" leading her into "New York City" (Lenapehoking).)

References:

• Drinnon, Richard. Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
• Avrich, Paul and Karen Avrich. Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
• Falk, Candace, Barry Pateman, and Jessica M. Moran, eds. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Vol. 1: Made for America, 1890–1901. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
• Falk, Candace, ed. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Vol. 2: Making Speech Free, 1902–1909. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
• Baer, Ulrich and Natasha Roy, eds. The Essential Emma Goldman. New York: Warbler Press, 2022.
• Goldman, Emma. Anarchism and Other Essays. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1910.
• Shulman, Alix Kates. "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World." In The Traffic in Women and Other Essays on Feminism. Albion: Times Change Press, 1970.

Special Thanks:

• "I Think I'm Emma Goldman" Sole w/ DJ Pain 1, the theme for the podcast!
• Dr. Shamma Boyarin for his special guest visit and intellectual work.

With respect to Emma's narrative framing in Living my Life, we follow Emma's first few days in "New York City." (Lenapehoking).

Note: RECUT: Emma becoming Most’s disciple did not happen in one day, rather starting a week after her arrival. Her relationship with Sasha really begins also the following day - not the first night. The audio has since been replaced (and better cleaned up!)

References:

• Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1931.
• Drinnon, Richard. Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
• Avrich, Paul and Karen Avrich. Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
• Falk, Candace, Barry Pateman, and Jessica M. Moran, eds. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Vol. 1: Made for America, 1890–1901. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
• Goldman, Emma. Anarchism and Other Essays. (Includes "Biographic Sketch" by Hippolyte Havel). New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1910.

See also:

• May Day, The Haymarket Martyrs, and Indigenous Resistance by Jeff Shantz: https://liberteouvriere.com/2025/07/24/may-day-the-haymarket-martyrs-and-indigenous-resistance-jeff-shantz-canada-2025/
• Haymarket Episodes by Margaret Killjoy on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-the-haymarket-affair-the-96317350/

Special Thanks:

• "I Think I'm Emma Goldman" Sole w/ DJ Pain 1, the theme for the podcast!

Join us, stay for a while.

My name is Luke, and from a young age, I have always been interested in Emma Goldman.

Clips in the trailer:

• Kristen Ghodsee in A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai, Episode 83 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Emma Goldman and Alexandra Kollontai
• "I Think I'm Emma Goldman" Sole w/ DJ Pain 1 Video by Submedia.tv
• Emma Goldman's Press Conference in New York (Lenape Territory) on February 1st, 1934.
• A help of a few comrades.
• Various mentions of her name without much information across the internet.