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Season 4 Episode 6
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee interviews the French-Canadian feminist activist and fellow Kollontai aficionado, Rebecca Amsellem in Paris, France. Rebecca is the editor of a well-known feminist ne…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
88 - A.K. 47 - Working Woman and Mother Part 2
Season 4 Episode 5
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee reads Part Two of Alexandra Kollontai's 1916 essay, "Working Woman and Mother." This is an excellent essay to examine Kollontai's rhetorical strategies for reaching l…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
87 - A.K. 47 - Working Woman and Mother - Part 1
Season 4 Episode 4
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee reads Part One of Alexandra Kollontai's 1916 essay, "Working Woman and Mother." This is an excellent essay to examine Kollontai's rhetorical strategies for reaching l…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
86 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Louise Bryant on Alexandra Kollontai, 1923
Season 4 Episode 3
In response to a listener request from the Chicago Teachers' Union, Kristen Ghodsee reads Louise Bryant's chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Bryant's 1923 book: Mirrors of Moscow. Bryant was a femin…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
85 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Was Kollontai Bi?
Season 4 Episode 2
Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the relationship of Alexandra Kollontai with her lifelong Bulgarian friend, Zoya Shadurskaya. The two women met when they were six years old and remained fri…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
84 - A.K. 47 - The War and Our Immediate Tasks
Season 4 Episode 1
Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses Alexandra Kollontai’s 1914 essay, “War and Our Immediate Tasks,” which reflects her early commitment to pacifism during World War I. Mentioned in this episode is …
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
83 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Emma Goldman and Alexandra Kollontai
Season 3 Episode 30
In answer to a listener's question, Kristen Ghodsee discusses the meetings and interactions of the Russian-American anarchist with Alexandra Kollontai in 1920, quoting directly from Goldman's own wor…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
82 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Review of Kollontai: A Play by Agneta Pleijel
Season 3 Episode 29
Kristen Ghodsee discusses a recent edited collection of essays about the life and work of Alexandra Kollontai, published by Sternberg Press, which includes an English translation of a Swedish play by…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
81 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 3
Season 3 Episode 28
Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses the second part of Isabel de Palencia's 1947 translation of Alexandra Kollontai's essay, "A Letter to a Young Comrade." This essay was reprinted in a report writt…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
80 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 2
Season 3 Episode 27
Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses the first part of Isabel de Palencia's 1947 translation of Alexandra Kollontai's essay, "A Letter to a Young Comrade." This essay was reprinted in a report writte…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago