

Teach Me Communism
Teach Me Communism
Christine wants to learn about socialism and communism. Grady, their brother, is a big nerd about those things! A podcast for the people.
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 18, 2023 • 1h 47min
Episode 151: The South African Communist Party
What does communism have to do with apartheid? Join us this week as we learn about how the South African Communist Party worked with other groups to overturn a brutal regime with strikes, civil disobedience and a paramilitary group with a sick spear logo.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

May 11, 2023 • 1h 53min
Episode 150: Shootin’ the Shit - Transhumanist Space Communism
This week’s topics: the singularity, company towns redux, the Oakland teachers’ strike and the Writers’ Guild strike. Christine is philosophical in this one.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

May 4, 2023 • 1h 44min
Episode 149: What Happened in the Hungarian Revolution?
This week, a tale of Republics, Rákosi, reforms, and Russians. That’s right, it’s the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, plus its backstory of course.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 29min
Episode 148: Metaphors of Capitalism
Topics this week: commodification of images, tamale ladies, hermit crabs, yelling at your boss, railroad dreams, teacher strikes, anti-retirement weirdos, gender affirming healthcare in Cuba, and more.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Apr 20, 2023 • 2h 1min
Episode 147: Communist Movie Night - Total Recall
Let’s watch Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall and see Arnold Schwarzenegger shoot up a bunch of guys. And also lift the veil on an imperialist capitalist plot. Or is it a dream? Should we just become hot communists luring folks to our revolutionary movement?
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Apr 13, 2023 • 1h 53min
Episode 146: Shootin’ the Shit: Communist Utopia Hour
We’re a little utopian today! Starting off our discussion with the need for unpleasant jobs, then moving on to a sci-fi book Christine is reading, guillotines (of course), school lunches, attention spans, and the elections in Cuba.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Apr 6, 2023 • 1h 19min
Episode 145: What is Trotskyism?
What’s this guy’s deal? We talk global theories, a permanent and exported revolution, degenerate worker states, factionalism, and entryism. Also aliens, dolphins, and satanism.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Mar 30, 2023 • 1h 59min
Episode 144: Shootin’ the Shit: The Lead Cloak
Topics: a cool trans person from East Germany, badly comparing war crimes, a successful strike in LA education, a favorite comic strip of Christine’s, child labor laws, Steve Harvey and passive income, wage theft, and healthcare.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Mar 23, 2023 • 1h 29min
Episode 143: Listener Q&A 11
Mail call! Time to answer questions about dictatorships, the possibility of reformism, population size, and prisons.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!

Mar 16, 2023 • 1h 25min
Episode 142: Shootin’ the Shit: Pickleball HOA
We shoot the shit! Topics include: the bank bailout, pickleball, the French sanitation strike, artificial flavors, public spaces, and a bit of utopianism, just for kicks.
Check us out on social media:
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068
Instagram: @teachmecommunism
Twitter: @teachcommunism
Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com
Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism
And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!
Solidarity forever!