Stories of Communism 42: The Bears And The Bees
Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, author of "I Tried", shares more amusing stories, and reflects on...
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Stories of Communism 42: The Bears And The Bees
Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, author of "I Tried", shares more amusing stories, and reflects on...
27:26
Stories of Communism 41: In Search of Used Toothpaste
We discuss the memoir "I Tried", by Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, a collection of lighthearted...
27:21
Stories of Communism 40: Little Socialist Women
The strange story of the socialist commune where author Louisa May Alcott spent part of her...
23:44
Stories of Communism 39: The New Man
We catch up with Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand, the Cuban lawyer who tried to teach free market...
28:19
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...
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Stories of Communism 37: A Strange Zoo
Discussing Slavonia Draculic's “A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a...
23:03
Stories of Communism 36: Radioactive Spinach for Kids
We interview Nora Clinton about her memoir \"Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds\",...
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Stories of Communism 35: Repeating History in Venezuela
We continue our discussion of modern Venezuela, looking at Raul Gallegos's book "Crude Nation"....
28:23
Stories of Communism 34: Cuba's New Colony
Interview with two recent Venezuelan refugees about the last few decades of changes in their...
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Stories of Communism 33: Special Circumstances
We discuss author Vladimir Voinovich's comical (but real) attempts to upgrade his apartment in...
23:02
Stories of Communism 31: Forbidden Love
We discuss Teodor Flonta's memoir "Paper Rings", telling the story of his cross-Iron-Curtain...
22:38
Stories of Communism 32: Romania's Worst Spy
Following up on the last episode, we interview Teodor Flonta, still happily married to Ariella 50...
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Stories of Communism 30: No Need For Comfort
We interview Sergey Grechishkin, following up on his memoir "Everything Is Normal" that we...
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Stories of Communism 29: Empty Shelves, Full Pantries
Sergey Grechishkin's memoir "Everything Is Normal" reveals the USSR's pervasive lack of everyday...
37:40
Stories of Communism 28: Out of Czechoslovakia
We interview Klara Sever about her experiences as Slovakia transitioned from Nazi to Communist...
30:03
Stories of Communism 27: The First Massachusetts Commune
We discuss a memoir of communism among early American settlers, and its relevance to today's...
19:42
Stories of Communism 26: The Communist Patriarchy
We interview successful Bulgarian actress Lilia Slavova, who fled to the west in the 1980s and...
32:02
Stories of Communism 25: An American in the Gulag
We discuss the memoir of Thomas Sgovio, who emigrated from the US to the Soviet Union and spent...
24:12
Stories of Communism 24: Unlicensed Meditation
Interview with Jennifer Zeng, who describes her persecution and torture by the Chinese government...
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Stories of Communism 23: The Sarcastic Refusenik
We discuss the memoir of famous Jewish dissident Arkady Polishchuk, an activist in the USSR in...
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