Teach Me Communism
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Episode 158: Shootin’ the Shit - Fat Spiderman
Climate woes, the Hollywood strike, Barbie propaganda, TX corruption, privacy in France, marriage under capitalism, Spanish elections, and more. Christine partially read a lot of books this week.Ch
Episode 157: Hadestown
Its an old song, a sad song. All about climate change, a nasty capitalist god, worker uprisings, and oh, a love story too. Were talking about the award-winning musical Hadestown.Check us out
Episode 156: Shootin’ the Shit - I’m Over It
Lots of topics this week! France, Russia, the Supreme Court, why even vote, hotel worker strike, white collar woes, violence at the root, regulatory capture, and companies that can vote for some reaso
Episode 155: The Years of Lead
This week were learning about the rise of class conflict, facism, and violence in Italy from the 1960s-1980s. Christine guesses at Italian words. We look at lots of political groups and of course jud
Episode 154: Capitalism Gonna Fuck Ya
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
Episode 153: George Orwell’s 1984
Not another Orwell book! Ugh, time to talk about 1984 and its bad worldbuildling, hatred of women, and total lack of materialism. Clearly were big fans.Check us out on social media:Merch: https:/
Announcement: 6-8-23
No new episode this week due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry!We'll return next week to discuss1984 by "friend of the show" George Orwell.Check us out on social media:Merch: https://www.teepubl
Episode 152: Shootin’ the Shit: One Good Coup Deserves Another
Todays topics: class warfare from Minnesota to the Netherlands, to ancient Egypt? Plus, the airline pilot strike, snobby restaurants, and probably more things Im forgetting. Look, Ive had a long w
Episode 151: The South African Communist Party
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
Episode 150: Shootin’ the Shit - Transhumanist Space Communism
This weeks 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