October 11, 1955. Nearly three hundred of the Soviet Union’s top scientists sign a secret letter demanding the removal of one man: Trofim Lysenko. For decades, Lysenko had Joseph Stalin’s ear, ruling Soviet biology with an iron fist—banning genetics, rewriting textbooks, and sending dissenting scientists to prison or worse.
How did a peasant-turned-agronom ... Show More
May 11
The Berlin Airlift and the Birth of the New World Order (Part 2)
May 12, 1949. After eleven months under Soviet blockade, the people of West Berlin flood into the streets to celebrate. The lights are back on. The autobahn is open. The siege is over. But just months earlier, West Berlin seemed doomed. Surrounded deep inside Soviet-controlled te ... Show More
31m 15s
May 4
Surviving the Mad Propagandist of Nazi Berlin (Part 1)
May 9th, 1942. In the Lustgarten, a sprawling park in the center of Berlin, a strange new attraction opens to the public. It’s a maze of tents, glowing under red lightbulbs. Inside: a staged vision of the Soviet Union. Filthy streets, starving children, torture chambers. A horror ... Show More
36m 5s
Jan 2025
The Truth about Lenin, Stalin and the Soviet Union - Michael Malice
Michael Malice is the author of Dear Reader, The New Right, The Anarchist Handbook & The White Pill. He's the host of the "YOUR WELCOME" podcast on YouTube @MichaelMaliceofficial | SPONSOR: Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to our sponsor https://aura. ... Show More
1h 12m
Nov 2024
Pourquoi un médecin russe a causé la mort de millions de personnes ?
<p>Trofim Lyssenko est une figure tristement célèbre dans l’histoire de la science pour avoir causé, de manière indirecte, la mort de millions de personnes en imposant des théories erronées en agriculture et en génétique. Dans l'Union soviétique de Joseph Staline, Lyssenko promut ... Show More
2m 25s
Sep 2024
Stalin: Man of Steel, Episode 9
Joseph Stalin, feared by all, now clings to life, isolated and powerless. As his power-hungry rivals fight for control of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s henchmen begin to face the consequences of their actions. But even as Russia attempts to break free from Stalin’s legacy, history t ... Show More
44m 39s
Mar 2025
Real Wives of Dictators | Nadya Alliluyeva, Stalin's Wife
<p>Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born into a revolutionary family, but was it always her fate to marry Joseph Stalin?</p><br><p>She was independent, intelligent and highly politicised. Indeed, Stalin was a hero of hers growing up.</p><br><p>What was it like to be so heavily involved in ... Show More
40 m
Nov 2023
Charles S. Maier, "The Project-State and Its Rivals: A New History of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries" (Harvard UP, 2023)
We thought we knew the story of the twentieth century. For many in the West, after the two world conflicts and the long cold war, the verdict was clear: democratic values had prevailed over dictatorship. But if the twentieth century meant the triumph of liberalism, as many intell ... Show More
50m 49s