Podcast Episodes

159 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - 7th Anniversary of the Podcast!

Kristen Ghodsee shares a conversation with her daughter in Berlin on the 7th anniversary of the podcast. This is their 17th shared episode.

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158 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism

Season 7 Episode 7

Kristen Ghodsee reads her own December 2025 essay "The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism”

This text appeared as the featured essay in the Winter 2025 special issue of Jacobin.de on “Love.” Below…

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157 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 4

Season 7 Episode 6

Kristen Ghodsee reads the final part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women.

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156 - A. K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 3

Kristen Ghodsee reads the third part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women.

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155 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Kristen Ghodsee and Astrid Zimmerman in Berlin (6 November 2025)

Season 7 Episode 5

A special extended, bonus episode for those of you traveling for the long weekend. Kristen Ghodsee shared a conversation with Astrid Zimmerman for the Shakespeare and Sons bookstore in Berlin, German…

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154 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 2

Season 7 Episode 4

Kristen Ghodsee reads the second part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women.

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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

153 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 1

Season 7 Episode 3

Kristen Ghodsee reads from her own chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from her 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women, available now in  Spanish, Italian, Slovak, Chines…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

152 - A.K. 47 - My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor

Season 7 Episode 2

Kristen Ghodsee reads the first English translation of Alexandra Kollontai’s “My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor,” originally published as "Suomen köyhälistölle kuuluu sydämeni" by the Finnish Trad…

Published on 2 months ago

151 - A.K. 47 - Narva

Season 7 Episode 1

Kristen Ghodsee reads Cathy Porter’s translation of an excerpt from Alexandra Kollontai’s autobiography. Reflecting on a visit to Narva, Estonia in March of 1896, when she was just 24-years-old, Koll…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

150 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Capitalism, Socialism, and Esteem with Prof. Scott Sehon

Season 6 Episode 15

Kristen Ghodsee revisits her discussion about arguments for socialism with Bowdoin College professor of philosophy, Scott R. Sehon. This conversation focuses on the role of esteem and how it is incre…

Published on 8 months ago