118 - A.K. 47 - Alexandra Kollontai in Mexico
Kristen Ghodsee reads two news items about Alexandra Kollontai from December 25, 1926 and April 21, 1927, during the time that Kollontai served as the Soviet ambassador to Mexico. Ghodsee also shares...
22 Feb 202317min
117 - A.K. 47 - The First Steps Towards the Protection of Motherhood
Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses Alexandra Kollontai's 1918 essay, "The First Steps Towards the Protection of Motherhood." Kollontai saw motherhood as a "obligation" and "sacred duty" of women, and...
15 Feb 202324min
116 - A.K. 47 - Kollontai Seizes the Alexander Nevsky Monastery for War Veterans
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee speaks with professor Page Herrlinger at Bowdoin College about the political ramifications of Alexandra Kollontai's untimely seizure of the Alexandra Nesky monastery o...
5 Feb 202324min
115 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Should we put a value on friendship?
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the "value" of our relationships. Why is it an achievement to have a hundred thousand followers on social media (most of whom you will never k...
29 Jan 202323min
114 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - 4th Anniversary Interview: "Self care is out; community care is in"
Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the what's in and out for the new year, including Kollontai, Kir Royale cocktails, and community care. Mentioned in the episode are Rebecca Amsellem's podcast,...
8 Jan 202324min
113 - A.K. 47 - "Russian Women Are Still Charming"
Kristen Ghodsee reads a 21 January 1923 piece from the New York Times. A labor leader from Seattle gives his impressions of women in Russia, including his attendance at the World Congress of Women he...
4 Dec 202222min
112 - A.K. 47 - "Heroine of the Bolsheviki Upheaval In Petrograd"
In this episode Kristen Ghodsee reads a newspaper article from the periodical Current Opinion from 18 January 1918, just months after the Russian Revolution. The article, "Madame Kollontay: Heroine of...
21 Nov 202220min
111 - A.K. 47 - Women Workers Struggle for Their Rights - Part 7
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee finally finishes the second essay in the 1919 pamphlet, "Women Worker's Struggle for Their Rights," where Kollontai implicitly acknowledges the important work of bourg...
1 Nov 202219min
