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Back to Search149 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Embrace your political despair
Season 6 Episode 14
Kristen Ghodsee shares a conservation with a previous guest from March 2022, a self-described anarchist activist, about the value of feeling one’s political despair and using it to generate political…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
148 - A.K. 47 - The New Morals
Season 6 Episode 13
Kristen R. Ghodsee reads a 1930 interview with Alexandra Kollontai about the new morality around love and marriage in the Soviet Union. Kollontai argues that romantic love and relationships will no l…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
147 - A.K. 47 - March 8, 1947
Season 6 Episode 12
Kristen Ghodsee reads Aleksandra Kollontai’s March 8, 1947 International Women’s Day address, taken from the book: Alexandra Kollontai: The Plight, Struggle, and Liberation of Women
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Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
146 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Sally Rooney's Intermezzo (with spoilers)
Season 6 Episode 12
In this special bonus episode, recorded on Valentine's Day 2025 in Dublin, Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the book Intermezzo, the latest by the Irish novelist, Sally Rooney. Rooney identif…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
145 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 6
Season 6 Episode 11
Kristen Ghodsee reads the final section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915/1916 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This is especially salient…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
144 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 5
Season 6 Episode 10
Kristen Ghodsee reads the fifth section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This is especially salient toda…
Published on 11 months ago
143 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 4
Season 6 Episode 9
Kristen Ghodsee reads the fourth section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day.
This translation is from a 198…
Published on 1 year ago
142 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 3 (and a special message for election eve)
Season 6 Episode 8
Kristen Ghodsee reads the third section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day.
This translation is from a 1984…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
141 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Is Internationalism possible?
Season 6 Episode 7
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee discusses Alexandra Kollontai, nationalism, internationalism, and supranationalism with her daughter, just home from Ireland for fall break. Trigger warning: lots of …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
140 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 2
Season 6 Episode 6
Kristen Ghodsee reads Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day.
This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollon…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago