Teach Me Communism

This week's topics: consumerist blues, worker issues in the world of comics and game development, allergies, big feelings, Elizabeth Gilbert, fake priests, Oklahoma communists, and the worry over who ...

22 Jun 20231h 20min

Not another Orwell book! Ugh, time to talk about 1984 and its bad worldbuildling, hatred of women, and total lack of materialism. Clearly we’re big fans.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https:/...

15 Jun 20232h 3min

No new episode this week due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry! We'll return next week to discuss 1984 by "friend of the show" George Orwell.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepu...

8 Jun 202356s

Today’s topics: class warfare from Minnesota to the Netherlands, to… ancient Egypt? Plus, the airline pilot strike, snobby restaurants, and probably more things I’m forgetting. Look, I’ve had a long w...

25 Mai 20231h 14min

What does communism have to do with apartheid? Join us this week as we learn about how the South African Communist Party worked with other groups to overturn a brutal regime with strikes, civil disobe...

18 Mai 20231h 47min

This week’s topics: the singularity, company towns redux, the Oakland teachers’ strike and the Writers’ Guild strike. Christine is philosophical in this one.   Check us out on social media: Merch: htt...

11 Mai 20231h 53min

This week, a tale of Republics, Rákosi, reforms, and Russians. That’s right, it’s the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, plus its backstory of course.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.tee...

4 Mai 20231h 44min

Topics this week: commodification of images, tamale ladies, hermit crabs, yelling at your boss, railroad dreams, teacher strikes, anti-retirement weirdos, gender affirming healthcare in Cuba, and more...

27 Apr 20231h 29min