Teach Me Communism

We’re putting on our anarchy-communist hats this week as we look at Peter Kropotkin’s seminal work, The Conquest of Bread. This covers chapters 1-5. Join us next week for part 2!   Find the reading he...

23 Sep 20212h

We’re back for part 2 of the history of the socialist republic of Vietnam! This time: war, atrocities, and scandals. Plus, what’s an economy to do when they’re recovering from a war and have no trade ...

16 Sep 20212h 1min

Where does Labor Day come from? What's up with that other holiday in May? The answers to these questions and more include a case of mistaken identity, a parade, and unions! Plus, we answer a listener ...

9 Sep 20211h 28min

Sorry, no new episode this week! Grady is out sick (don't worry, it's not covid-related). We'll be back next week with a new episode! In the meantime, Christine is hard at work on t-shirt designs! So ...

2 Sep 20212min

This week, we're learning about the history of Vietnam, from its origins as a French colony all the way up to its partition in 1954. Christine plans the heroic arc of the podcast. We talk brand recogn...

26 Aug 20211h 45min

We talk about the fascist dystopia presented in Terry Gilliam's 1985 movie Brazil, featuring lots dream sequences, retrofuturist technology, and characters as metaphors. Christine is a bit of a grouch...

19 Aug 20211h 44min

Christine's teaching us all about Huey Long, aka the Kingfish, Louisiana's wheelin' and dealin' bad boy. We talk demagogues, populism, fascism, and scheming!   Check us out on social media: Instagram:...

12 Aug 20211h 53min

Another Q&A! This time we cover: political charts and how they relate to communism, artisan goods in the utopia, the October 15 general strike, a brief aside about Blizzard's union-busting, Democratic...

5 Aug 20211h 18min