Stories of Communism

Stories of Communism 42: The Bears And The Bees

Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, author of "I Tried", shares more amusing stories, and reflects on...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 41: In Search of Used Toothpaste

We discuss the memoir "I Tried", by Romanian immigrant Gyuszi Suto, a collection of lighthearted...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 40: Little Socialist Women

The strange story of the socialist commune where author Louisa May Alcott spent part of her...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 39: The New Man

We catch up with Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand, the Cuban lawyer who tried to teach free market...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

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...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 37: A Strange Zoo

Discussing Slavonia Draculic's “A Guided Tour Through the Museum of Communism: Fables from a...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 36: Radioactive Spinach for Kids

We interview Nora Clinton about her memoir \"Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds\",...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 35: Repeating History in Venezuela

We continue our discussion of modern Venezuela, looking at Raul Gallegos's book "Crude Nation"....

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 34: Cuba's New Colony

Interview with two recent Venezuelan refugees about the last few decades of changes in their...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 33: Special Circumstances

We discuss author Vladimir Voinovich's comical (but real) attempts to upgrade his apartment in...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 31: Forbidden Love

We discuss Teodor Flonta's memoir "Paper Rings", telling the story of his cross-Iron-Curtain...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 32: Romania's Worst Spy

Following up on the last episode, we interview Teodor Flonta, still happily married to Ariella 50...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 30: No Need For Comfort

We interview Sergey Grechishkin, following up on his memoir "Everything Is Normal" that we...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 29: Empty Shelves, Full Pantries

Sergey Grechishkin's memoir "Everything Is Normal" reveals the USSR's pervasive lack of everyday...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 28: Out of Czechoslovakia

We interview Klara Sever about her experiences as Slovakia transitioned from Nazi to Communist...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 27: The First Massachusetts Commune

We discuss a memoir of communism among early American settlers, and its relevance to today's...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 26: The Communist Patriarchy

We interview successful Bulgarian actress Lilia Slavova, who fled to the west in the 1980s and...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

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...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 24: Unlicensed Meditation

Interview with Jennifer Zeng, who describes her persecution and torture by the Chinese government...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año

Stories of Communism 23: The Sarcastic Refusenik

We discuss the memoir of famous Jewish dissident Arkady Polishchuk, an activist in the USSR in...

• 0
• 0
• +1 año