Stories of Communism

By Erik Seligman and Manuel Castaneda

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 un... more

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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

Stories of Communism episodes:

December 27, 2021 Stories of Communism 41: In Search of Used Toothpaste
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.
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28min
November 01, 2021 Stories of Communism 40: Little Socialist Women
The strange story of the socialist commune where author Louisa May Alcott spent part of her childhood.
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24min
September 30, 2021 Stories of Communism 39: The New Man
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.
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29min
August 21, 2021 Stories of Communism 38: The Reality of Chinese Organ Harvesting
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.
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45min
July 12, 2021 Stories of Communism 37: A Strange Zoo
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24min
April 01, 2021 Stories of Communism 36: Radioactive Spinach for Kids
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27min
February 28, 2021 Stories of Communism 35: Repeating History in Venezuela
We continue our discussion of modern Venezuela, looking at Raul Gallegos's book "Crude Nation".
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29min
January 31, 2021 Stories of Communism 34: Cuba's New Colony
Interview with two recent Venezuelan refugees about the last few decades of changes in their country.
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38min
January 01, 2021 Stories of Communism 33: Special Circumstances
We discuss author Vladimir Voinovich's comical (but real) attempts to upgrade his apartment in 1970s Moscow, as he describes it in "The Ivankiad".
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24min
November 01, 2020 Stories of Communism 32: Romania's Worst Spy
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".
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40min

FAQs about Stories of Communism:

How many episodes does Stories of Communism have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.