Teach Me Communism
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Teach Me Communism
Christine wants to learn about socialism and communism. Grady, their brother, is a big nerd about those things! A podcast for the people.
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Episode 208: The Finale
Of course, there is a dog chewing a bone in the background of our final episode, because why not, so apologies for the sound quality. Tune in to find...
Episode 207: Chumbawamba
Turns out these guys do more than just Tubthumping! They’re straight up anarchists with some killer songs about rebellions, strikes, imperialism, and...
Episode 206: Shootin’ the Shit: International Electoral Woes
This week: Supreme court nonsense, shittin’ in the Seine, presidential debacles, and updates from Haiti, Kenya, Bolivia, and Iran.
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Class Announcement: 6-27-24
No new episode this week; turns out even teachers need a break! We'll be back next week with a Shootin' the Shit. Thanks for your understanding!
Episode 205: Communist Movie Night - Pom Poko
What does a studio Ghibli film featuring tanukis with… interesting anatomy have to tell us about organizing, guerrilla tactics, and environmentalism?...
Episode 204: Shootin’ the Shit - The Shame Flag
This week’s topics: tax money for gen0cide, free menstrual products for schools, lung cancer and diabetes cures, flag wife, religion, idioms, and nost...
Episode 203: France, May 1968
A story of student protests, throwing bricks, and a huge general strike. We also make fun of Charles de Gaulle a lot.
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Episode 202: Shootin’ the Shit - It’s All Fanfic
Mostly Palestine talk today, with a bit of regulatory capture, Revelations, and China.
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Episode 201: Socialist Albania
Join us in the land of eagles as we learn about the history of socialist Albania. In this episode: dictators serving looks, poet/priest/politicians, s...
Episode 200: Shootin’ the Shit - Cuban Summer Camp
This week’s topics: rich people escape plans, digital guillotines, secret Cuban plots, falling birth rates, commodified human interaction, and more.
Episode 199: Communist Movie Club - Starship Troopers
Today we tackle the satirical sci-fi romp, Starship Troopers. How does a war movie about bugs make us rethink the effects of propaganda? What would a...
Episode 198: Shootin’ the Shit - Very Smart, Very Evil
Our main topic: student protests. Also: hangry judges, puppy killers, quiet quitting 2.0, and Cartier earrings.
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Episode 197: The Jungle
How did a sweeping socialist epic focusing on poor immigrant workers end up being primarily known as the yucky book about meat production? We discuss...
Episode 196: Shootin’ the Shit - Shrimp Me Up, Brother!
Labor actions and their revolutionary potential, everybody’s a spy, the shrimp heart attack gun, Christine’s commie alien theory, Mr. Smith Goes to Wa...
Episode 195: Monk and Robot Series
We take a look at some novellas by Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. These books explore a unique eco-friendl...
Episode 194: Shootin’ the Shit - A Madman, An Imbecile, and a Bum
We’re back with our bud Kenny to talk media criticism: History Channel re-enactments, classic movie musicals, craft versus consistency, the Octopus Mu...
Episode 193: The Mongolian People’s Republic
We’re back to finish up our tale of how a rural country went from subsistence agriculture to amazing feats like reaching full literacy, building whole...
Episode 192: Shootin’ the Shit - Edison’s Cool New Chair
We talk the royal soap opera, UAW unions, the Boeing whistleblower, hate crimes, posting your dating Ls, the usual war crime coverage, and the 32-hour...
Episode 191 - The Mongolian Revolution of 1921
Follow the tale of Mongolia from Ghengis to imperialism to theocracy, to a MAD BARON??? And finally, revolution! Apologies for some anti-communist dog...
Episode 190: Shootin’ the Shit - The People Churning Machine
This week’s topic: tricky Dick Nixon, library anxiety, teacher pronouns, Biden’s “superfans”, the healthcare death machine, moondoggles, trad wives, a...
Episode 189: Communist Movie Night - Red Dawn
We talk about a completely off the rails movie about terrible Soviet invasion plans, hunky teen freedom fighters, and overall very bad politics.
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Announcement: 2-22-24
No new episode this week due to unexpected travel. Sorry!
We'll return next week to discuss the thrilling action movie slash documentary...
Episode 188: Shootin’ the Shit - A Beautiful Quilt
This week’s topics: memory problems, late to the game anxieties, sculleries, the MTA, performance reviews, teaching atrocities to five year olds, and...
Episode 187: Engels’ Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State Part 2
We’re back to discuss more gens, economics, and why we even have states.
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Episode 186: Engels’ Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
What does marriage have to do with productive forces? Turns out, a lot! Plus, are we all peasants? And what the heck is sex-love?
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Episode 185: Shootin’ the Shit - My Gun, My Flag, My Cheese
Unfortunately we’re on track to have our first trillionaire, but maybe the doomsday clock will run out first? We also chat about the Johnstown flood,...
Episode 184: The Fate of Patrice Lumumba
King scammers, soccer riots, paid off leaders, toothpaste-based plots, and more await you in the tale of the assassination of Lumumba.
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Episode 183: Shootin’ the Shit - Buyer Beware
This week: consumer culture, Swiftie conspiracy theories, bad planes, death bets, and your regular coverage of the ongoing atrocities being committed...
Episode 182: The Fall of the Soviet Union
What happens when your party is so big that it includes capitalists? Bad stuff. A story of reformists, sneaky creeps, coups, and eyebrows. Christine’s...
Episode 181: Shootin’ the Shit - A Commune for Christmas
A short one this week, but we still chat about Yemen, upcoming labor contracts, restaurant pricing, and the Sims. Oh and we concept out a Hallmark Chr...
Episode 180: Star Trek Deep Space 9 - Bar Association
We bring back our buddy Kenny to talk about an episode of DS9 with all of our favorite things: Ferengis, hot Irish dudes, Marx quotes, and a UNION! Th...
Episode 179: Communist Movie Night - The Wobblies
We watch a documentary full of cool old people, daring strike actions, lumberjack stunts, and a knock-off Felix the Cat!
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Episode 178: Shootin’ the Shit - How the Grinch Saved Communism
Why do people hate work? Plus, the Grinch, Cuban spies and sisters, Gaza, and Kissinger. And how to find your folk singer pseudonym.
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Episode 177: The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
This week: how the idea of One Big Union brought the city of Winnipeg together in solidarity… and also bike lessons and church! What happens when cops...
Episode 176: Shootin’ the Shit - Back of the Napkin Cosmology
We talk about religion and death for some reason. Aliens too, along with contract law, video game pricing, movies, and retirement home scams.
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Episode 175: Surveillance Capitalism, Pt. 2
We’re back to talk about nasty, nasty tech trends, namely how big tech wants to mine the human experience — our emotions, our psychology, our physical...
Episode 174: Shootin’ the Shit: The Big One
This week: Israel updates, labor actions (teachers, actors, UAW), and how modern history is taught.
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Episode 173: Surveillance Capitalism, Pt. 1
In part one of Christine’s book report, they tell us about the basic theory of surveillance capitalism, aka how companies use our data to make money....
Episode 172: Shootin’ the Shit - Bring Back Hecklers
This week: more Israel stuff, including TX’s boycott on speaking out against it and its worrying campaign to funnel money into more war crimes. Plus,...
Episode 171: Democratic Centralism - The Antis
Okay so what about people who aren’t into the State? Is individualism all it’s cracked up to be? What about democracy? Discipline? We read some works...