122 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - the Anti-Sexist Kollontai Vodka of Italy
Kristen Ghodsee reads an article about the creation in 2019 of the Kollontai Vodka Antisessista by a group of self-managed workers in Milan. Sales from this vodka are used to finance a autonomist lite...
26 Apr 202316min
121 - A.K. 47 - "Alexandra Kollontay: The World's One Woman Ambassador" Part 2
Kristen Ghodsee reads the second half of a biographical article written by the American Katharine Anthony and published in The North American Review in September 1930. At this point in time, Kollontai...
18 Apr 202319min
120 - A.K. 47 - "Alexandra Kollontay: The World's One Woman Ambassador" Part 1
Kristen Ghodsee reads the first half of a biographical article written by the American Katharine Anthony and published in The North American Review in September 1930. At this point in time, Kollontai ...
11 Apr 202319min
119 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Clara Zetkin on the Establishment of 8 March as International Communist Women's Day
To celebrate International Women's Day in 2023, Kristen Ghodsee reads an abridged version of Clara Zetkin's article on the official establishment of March 8 as International Communist Women's Day. The...
8 Mar 202319min
118 - A.K. 47 - Alexandra Kollontai in Mexico
Kristen Ghodsee reads two news items about Alexandra Kollontai from December 25, 1926 and April 21, 1927, during the time that Kollontai served as the Soviet ambassador to Mexico. Ghodsee also shares...
22 Feb 202317min
117 - A.K. 47 - The First Steps Towards the Protection of Motherhood
Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses Alexandra Kollontai's 1918 essay, "The First Steps Towards the Protection of Motherhood." Kollontai saw motherhood as a "obligation" and "sacred duty" of women, and...
15 Feb 202324min
116 - A.K. 47 - Kollontai Seizes the Alexander Nevsky Monastery for War Veterans
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee speaks with professor Page Herrlinger at Bowdoin College about the political ramifications of Alexandra Kollontai's untimely seizure of the Alexandra Nesky monastery o...
5 Feb 202324min
115 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Should we put a value on friendship?
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the "value" of our relationships. Why is it an achievement to have a hundred thousand followers on social media (most of whom you will never k...
29 Jan 202323min
