Podcast Episodes

AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 12

In this episode of the podcast we continue with our study of the AQA syllabus - Russia 1917-53: Revolution and Dictatorship. We explore the nature of Stalin's first Five Year Plan and its economic an…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Lenin and Ukraine 1917-19

Lenin had no intention of national independence for Ukraine or any of the other non Russian nations of the former Tsarist empire. This podcast explores how the Bolsheviks responded to the national mo…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Civil Rights and the Fragmenting of the New Deal

Franklin Roosevelt knew that supporting black emancipation in the south would lose critical southern white support for the New Deal and so ignored for the most part the plight of black Americans and …

Published on 1 year ago

Approaches to history Part 8: Marxist Historiography

Karl Marx is the most influential figure in the production of 20th Century history texts, influencing Marxist and non Marxist historians alike. This is the first part of our exploration of his signif…

Published on 1 year ago

Making sense of Syria

The sudden collapse of the Assad regime and the actions and intentions of the regional and global powers involved present us with strange contradictions, but we must also be aware of the terrible hum…

Published on 1 year ago

Britain, Abyssinia and appeasement: 1935

In 1935, Italy invaded Abyssinia, creating one of final crises of the League of Nations. The deal made between British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare and his counterpart Pierre Laval to allow League …

Published on 1 year ago

AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 11

This is part ten of the Explaining History study course based on the AQA A level history module Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.

In this episode we examine Stalin's motivation for the Grea…

Published on 1 year ago

Paleolibertarianism and MAGA

American conservatism fundamentally changed in 2016, its old nostrums were destroyed by the Trump movement and replaced with a mixture of MAGA nationalism and anarchocapitalism. This episode explores…

Published on 1 year ago

Spreading Stalin's Terror: 1937 - 1938

How did Stalin's terror spread to incorporate more and more victims? This podcast episode explores the effect of Stalin's terror on ordinary people and how denunciations, confessions and the effect o…

Published on 1 year ago

Russian Defeat in Syria

In the 48 hours since the Assad regime fell there has been a flurry of speculation about the effect on the Middle East. This episode explores the effect on Russia, Assad's patron and its collapse of …

Published on 1 year ago