21 Episodes

  1. Episode 13 supplemental - The Life of Natasha Morozova

    Published: 7/6/2025

  2. Episode 13 - The People on the Brink

    Published: 7/6/2025

  3. **Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!

    Published: 6/15/2025

  4. **Announcement** Patreon page updates!

    Published: 6/14/2025

  5. Episode 12 - Building Momentum

    Published: 5/27/2025

  6. Episode 11 - The People’s Defense

    Published: 5/12/2025

  7. Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce

    Published: 4/24/2025

  8. Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery

    Published: 4/14/2025

  9. Episode 8 - June and July

    Published: 4/3/2025

  10. Episode 7 - The People and the Party

    Published: 3/24/2025

  11. Episode 6 - Fumbling the Ball

    Published: 3/13/2025

  12. Episode 6, supplemental d - Miliukov’s Note

    Published: 3/13/2025

  13. Episode 6, supplemental b - Address of the Soviet to the Peoples of the Entire World

    Published: 3/13/2025

  14. Episode 6, supplemental c - The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Current Revolution

    Published: 3/13/2025

  15. Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1

    Published: 3/13/2025

  16. Episode 5 - Lights, Camera, Action!

    Published: 3/3/2025

  17. Episode 4 - Setting the Stage

    Published: 2/20/2025

  18. Episode 3 - Cast of Characters

    Published: 2/10/2025

  19. Episode 2 - What To Do About The State And Revolution?

    Published: 1/30/2025

  20. Episode 1 - The Phantom Red Menace

    Published: 1/20/2025

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We are often told the USSR was an oppressive, authoritarian society, lacking freedom and democracy. There were endless purges that claimed the lives of millions of “dissidents,” purges that were designed for one thing and one thing only: to keep power in the hands of those who wielded it.And as we all know, the economy was based on socialist and communist principles, which is why it barely functioned at all. There were endless famines, genocides against minorities within the nation, and an industrial base that was constantly tottering on the edge of collapse.But instead of trying to address these issues at home, the leaders of the USSR were fixated only on world domination, on spreading communism in order to destroy freedom around the world. From Europe and Asia to Latin America and Africa, the Communists were a threat to freedom the world over.…. Or were they?Learn the story of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic you’ve never heard! What was life really like in the Soviet Union? How authoritarian was it? Did a “totalitarian” state really exist? How did the economy function to meet the needs of its citizens? How were the governing apparatus structured? And were the Soviets hell-bent on world domination…. Or world liberation? Or neither?Subscribe to find out!