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 i...
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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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20 of 217 episodesEpisode 207: Chumbawamba
Turns out these guys do more than just Tubthumping! They’re straight up anarchists with some killer songs about rebellions, strikes, imperia...
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. Check us...
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 understand...
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 environm...
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...
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. Check us out on social...
Episode 202: Shootin’ the Shit - It’s All Fanfic
Mostly Palestine talk today, with a bit of regulatory capture, Revelations, and China. Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teep...
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/poli...
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, a...
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? Wha...
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. Check us out on social media...
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? W...
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...
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 e...
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...
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, buil...
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 t...
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-com...
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, tra...