# stalin (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stalin. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Was Communism Appealing?](https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-was-communism-appealing) _2026-08-19 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ Lesson six in my new lecture series ## [Stalin's Revenge](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/stalins-revenge) _2026-08-14 · After History · The Stalin Era_ The War Against the Deep State ## [What is Ukraine?](https://snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-ukraine) _2026-08-12 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ The fifth lecture in my new class, "Hitler and Stalin Today" ## [Cold War 314: The Coffins of United Fruit](https://acoldwar.com/cold-war-314-the-coffins-of-united-fruit/) _2026-08-12 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ Eisenhower signs off on a covert plan to overthrow Castro in March 1960…. a plan which, to be clear, is literally titled “Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime.” Subtle. Meanwhile Cuba starts nationalising US oil refineries, Washington cuts the sugar quota, and Castro responds by reading the expropriation of 26 American corporations aloud at a baseball stadium at midnight while… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR9109094752.mp3) ## [On National Interest, Power, and Ethics with Susan Rice](https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-national-interest-power-and-ethics) _2026-08-11 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ Watch Tim's conversation with Amb. Susan Rice [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210773951/900899d1919a48eaff308b20ca495402.mp3) ## [What is Communism?](https://snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-communism) _2026-08-05 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ The fourth lecture in my new course, "Hitler and Stalin today." ## [Stalin Vs The Deep State](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/stalin-vs-the-deep-state) _2026-08-04 · After History · The Stalin Era_ The NKVD Conpiracy? ## [What is Fascism?](https://snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-fascism) _2026-07-29 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ The third lecture in my new course, "Hitler and Stalin today." ## [Lenin and the American Revolution](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/lenin-and-the-american-revolution) _2026-07-24 · After History · The Stalin Era_ Against Great American Chauvinism ## [A World of Empire](https://snyder.substack.com/p/a-world-of-empire) _2026-07-22 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ Lecture two of my new lecture series: "Hitler and Stalin Today." ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3uJpipLongnB) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Cold War 313: Pick Up the Gun (CUBAN REVOLUTION #38)](https://acoldwar.com/cold-war-313-pick-up-the-gun/) _2026-07-20 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ The CIA didn’t want Cuba buying weapons from Britain, so Allen Dulles quietly leaned on the British ambassador to kill the deal…. hoping Cuba would get desperate enough to buy from the Soviets instead, at which point the US could say “look, commies” and invade. Pick up the gun. Meanwhile, Gordon Gray – the man formally tasked with overthrowing Cuba – came from a family that ran R.J. Reynolds… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR7263261930.mp3) ## [New Lecture Series for the Public: "Hitler and Stalin Today"](https://snyder.substack.com/p/new-lecture-series-for-the-public) _2026-07-15 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ The first lecture in a ten-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin today. ## [Stalinism from Below](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/stalinism-from-below) _2026-07-13 · After History · The Stalin Era_ The Anti-Napoleon ## [Supergirl (Movie Review)](https://snyder.substack.com/p/supergirl-movie-review) _2026-07-11 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ The Tragedy of Carelessness ## [Cold War 312: Fatherland or Death (CUBAN REVOLUTION #37)](https://acoldwar.com/cold-war-312-fatherland-or-death/) _2026-07-09 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ A Belgian munitions ship called La Coubre blows up in Havana Harbour, killing somewhere between 75 and 100 people…. and Castro immediately points the finger at Washington, which is awkward given that the US had already been bombing Cuban sugar fields from Florida. Also at this funeral, Alberto Korda snaps a photo of Che Guevara that will eventually end up on condoms worldwide, and Castro coins the… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR1092247752.mp3) ## [On Tyranny — Special 250th Edition](https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny-special-250th-edition) _2026-07-04 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ With friends, on video, to recall and to rebel [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204772785.mp3) ## [The Generalissimo](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/the-generalissimo) _2026-07-02 · After History · The Stalin Era_ History on Horseback ## [Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio (updated)](https://snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cleansing-in-ohio-updated) _2026-06-29 · Timothy Snyder · Thinking about..._ Thanks to the Supreme Court ## [Cold War 311: Coletillas (CUBAN REVOLUTION #36)](https://acoldwar.com/cold-war-311-coletillas/) _2026-06-25 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ Mikoyan, Soviet deputy premier and ice cream king, rolls into Havana in February 1960 with a 40-person delegation, a science exhibit, and advice for Castro to just take all the American-owned land without compensation. Meanwhile, Cuba’s newspaper workers start inserting little clarification notes next to stories they disagree with…. which escalates until the clarifications are longer than the… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR1155277474.mp3) ## [Dark Trotsky](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/dark-trotsky) _2026-06-21 · After History · The Stalin Era_ On "Bureaucracy" ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pE0HbRA8SrK3) _2026-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Misreading Stalinism](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/misreading-stalinism) _2026-06-10 · After History · The Stalin Era_ Trotsky and the Myth of "Soviet Bonapartism" ## [Cold War 310: Ice Cream and Ideology (CUBAN REVOLUTION #35)](https://acoldwar.com/cold-war-310-ice-cream-and-ideology/) _2026-06-09 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ Cuba, 1959/1960, and Fidel Castro is desperately trying to walk the middle path…. no communism, no capitalism, just “humanism” – liberty with bread, bread without terror. Meanwhile one of his most senior commanders, Huber Matos, publicly resigns in protest at communist influence and ends up in solitary for 16 of the next 20 years. And then the Soviet Union’s most durable political survivor – the… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR4587586524.mp3) ## [The Red Robespierre](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/the-red-robespierre) _2026-05-29 · After History · The Stalin Era_ Stalinism as Marxism-Jacobinism ## [The Man Who Owned Everything: Cold War 309: Cuban Revolution #34](https://acoldwar.com/the-man-who-owned-everything-cold-war-309-cuban-revolution-34/) _2026-05-27 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ This week we dig into the fallout from Castro’s agrarian reform law — the land grabs, the diplomatic notes flying between Havana and Washington, and the moment a Texas cattle baron handed Eisenhower the blueprint for 60+ years of US Cuba policy. We also cover Castro’s brilliant political theatre: a fake resignation on live TV that ended with a million people in the streets demanding he come back,… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR8566504847.mp3) ## [The Red Jacobins](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/the-red-jacobins) _2026-05-20 · After History · The Stalin Era_ Terror in France and Russia ## [De-Stalinizing Stalin](https://thestalinera.substack.com/p/de-stalinizing-stalin) _2026-05-09 · After History · The Stalin Era_ Losurdo, Rockhill, and Soviet History ## [The Land They Were Never Meant To Own – Cold War 308 (Cuban Revolution #33)](https://acoldwar.com/the-land-they-were-never-meant-to-own/) _2026-05-07 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ On this episode we dig into the centrepiece of Cuba’s revolution — the Agrarian Reform Act of 1959. We break down exactly what the law said, why even the Cuban Communist Party thought Castro was moving too fast, and how ordinary Cubans from all walks of life started pooling their own money to make it happen. And we set up the moment one wealthy, well-connected American walked into Eisenhower’s… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR9964945556.mp3) ## [Fidel Does America – Cold War 307 (Cuban Revolution #32)](https://acoldwar.com/fidel-does-america/) _2026-04-29 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ Fidel is the newly installed as Prime Minister of Cuba — and immediately does on a charm offensive to the United States, where he wows crowds, spars with Richard Nixon, and somehow convinces a CIA analyst he’s basically anti-communist. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Eisenhower is conveniently playing golf… and quietly ordering the CIA to start planning Castro’s removal. [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR6326822666.mp3) ## [Prime Minister Castro – Cold War #306 (Cuban Revolution #31)](https://acoldwar.com/prime-minister-castro-cold-war-306/) _2026-04-26 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ This week we’re deep in the early days of Castro’s Cuba — watching a revolutionary figure out he’s now got to actually run a country. We cover Castro’s sweeping reforms: dissolving Congress, banning political parties, freezing corrupt officials’ assets, and the messy reality of ruling from outside the government before finally taking the job of Prime Minister. Along the way, Cameron and Ray dig… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR4082281267.mp3) ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mnI3gLHZDZi9) _2026-04-26 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Revolutionary Justice – Cold War 305 (Cuban Revolution #30)](https://acoldwar.com/revolutionary-justice/) _2026-04-14 · Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast_ This week we dig into the messy aftermath of Castro’s victory — the revolutionary tribunals, the firing squads, and the international blowback that followed. We also get into Fidel’s complicated personal life, including his stunning mistress Naty Revuelta, his secret illegitimate daughter Alina, and the gatekeeper Celia Sanchez who kept everyone at arm’s length. Plus, Britain tells Castro to get… [Listen](https://traffic.megaphone.fm/WCATR9365606392.mp3)