A podcast dedicated to exploring, past, present, and future real world manifestations of Actually Existing Socialism by talking to those who've studied, lived in, or currently live in a socialist country.
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Recent episodes include "Half the Sky 002. This Whole Thing Smacks of Gender." (1 July 2026, 103 minutes), "Laos: Revolutions in Reproduction w/ Holly High" (21 October 2025, 56 minutes), and "Vietnam: A Homecoming w/ Jen (@HowTheRedWasWon)" (15 January 2025, 57 minutes).
Actually Existing Socialism publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 43 episodes.
Booking probability for Actually Existing Socialism is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Actually Existing Socialism requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Actually Existing Socialism's contact route on record: verified email.
Actually Existing Socialism is a history podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Half the Sky is an attempt to provide a perspective often lacking from the podcast space: that of women (and women-adjacent folks). If and when those voices are present, they are quite often offset by their dude...
After a long hiatus, AES is back — and we're kicking things off with the return of a favorite guest: Holly High ! In this episode, we dive into Holly's latest project, her substack Laos: Revolutions in Reproduction...
For this long awaited episode on Vietnam - Jen ( @HowTheRedWasWon ) joins to talk about her recent unique experience of visiting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a country that her grandparents fled from in the 1960s...
Episode #41
Since March of this year I have been the co-host of another podcast called Prolespod (my tenure starts on Episode 49 ). On that show we have been working extensively on producing a special event series known as The...
In this fascinating episode Andre Schmid joins to discuss his book " North Korea's Mundane Revolution ". As always on this show, we're covering something new by talking about the early years of the North Korean...
In this fascinating episode Alexander Herbert joins to discuss his book " What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot ". As always on this show, we're covering something new...
In this episode, Samantha Lomb returns as a guest to talk about a recent book she edited entitled: Win or Else: Soviet Football in Moscow and Beyond, 1921-1985. In Win or Else , the late soviet historian Larry E. Holmes...
Gabriel Rockhill joins to talk about a controversial concept for Western socialists: "siege socialism". A term coined by the great Michael Parenti. Unlike most episodes of this show we won't be focusing on a specific...
Sardana returns to finish our discussion on her recent study published through Ziibiing Lab " Indigenous Diamonds : Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia. " In our discussion we delve...
Sardana Nikolaeava joins this episode to discuss her recent study published through Ziibiing Lab " Indigenous Diamonds : Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia. " In our discussion we...
In this episode we'll be discussing Sopo's article on Jacobin entitled " How Free-Market Ideologues Dismantled Health Care in Post-Soviet Georgia ". In doing so we will be talking about not only her memories of Soviet...
In this episode, Charles Xu of the Qiao Collective (a diaspora Chinese media collective challenging U.S. aggression) joins to walk us through the long history of solidarity between China and Palestine. We do this...
This episode features Dominique Petit-Wagner discussing her masters thesis entitled: "Briefing the Ambassador: Joseph Davies and the U.S. Press Corps in Moscow, 1936-1938." Our discussion focuses on American Ambassador...
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This episode features sociologist Dr. Agata Zysiak talking about her recent work "Limiting Privilege: Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland" (2023), which examines first-generation students'...
Episode #30
This episode features Zoe Stephens (@Zoediscoversnk), an experienced tour guide to North Korea (DPRK). Using her own experience, knowledge, footage and education - Zoe's goal is to present a image of North Korea that...
Iskolat, a Latvian communist, returns to teach us more about the shrouded history of Latvia, which was a part of the Soviet Union, officially known as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic continuously from 1944 to...
Iskolat, a Latvian communist, joins to show to teach us about the shrouded history of Latvia, which was a part of the Soviet Union (officially known as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic) continuously from 1944 to...
Carlos Martinez ( @agent_of_change ) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this final part of a three part discussion we'll be discussing the...
Episode #26
Carlos Martinez ( @agent_of_change ) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this second part of a three part discussion we'll be delving into...
Carlos Martinez (@agent_of_change) joins the show to talk about his excellent book "The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century". In this first part of this three part discussion on China we'll be...
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Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University
founder of one of Puerto Rico's largest dental practices, CAM Physical Therapy and Wellness Services
Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, University of Houston
US soldier who defected to the Soviet Bloc, German Democratic Republic
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