"communism"

In which we discuss socialists, communists, and communards of all stripes.

a Burevestnik/Krivak class destroyer (but not the Storozhevoy)

Mutiny on the Storozhevoy

a second Communist Revolution

In 1975, an idealistic Soviet officer decided it was time to restart the Communist Revolution by fomenting mutiny on a state-of-the-art destroyer.

Categories: Daring & Epic Journeys, History, Series 16

Tags: communism Presented by #42 Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Published: March 2, 2026

Errata #2

in which we own up to some more mistakes

Errata for The Hot House; French Leave; The Icelander; "I'm the Naughty Boy"; What-Is-It?; Moron or Madman?; Suffer Little Children; and more.

Categories: Bonus Episodes, Errata

Tags: baseball Bayard Pfundtner Peakes civil law Colonel John Ignatius Rogers Colonel Joseph H. Wood communism dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Dr. Dicran Hadjy Kabakjian Dr. Dinshah Pestanji Framji Ghadiali Dr. John Ballou Newbrough Ed Delahanty Elizabeth Rowell Thompson Fairmount Park Henry M. Bennett Ira Colver Sparks Jersey Devil Laura Biggar Oahspe Olaf Strandwold Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Pontifacts Presented by #13 Silver Lake Tales from Aztlantis The Constant Thorfinn Karlsefni Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Walter Wanger

Published: November 1, 2021

Suffer Little Children

John Ballou Newbrough, Oahspe, and the Faithists of SHalam

In 1880, God dictated a new Bible to J.B. Newbrough, and then told him to move to New Mexico and open up the weirdest orphanage the world has ever seen.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Most Popular, People & Places, Series 7

Tags: Australia communism cult Dr. John Ballou Newbrough Elizabeth Rowell Thompson extra sensory perception Faithism Freemasonry New York, NY Oahspe paranormal Presented by #13 religion Shalam Colony Spiritualism Theosophy

Published: May 24, 2021

The Great Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature

Moron or Madman?

in which science is subordinated to politics

Trofim D. Lysenko (1898-1976) set back the study of biology in the Soviet Union for two generations -- but the lessons you should learn from his story are not the one scientists and philosophers have pushed.

Categories: Biography, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Science & Nature, Series 7, The Marvels of Science

Tags: agriculture biology communism genetics Joseph Vissanorovich Stalin politics Presented by #13 pseudo-science Russia Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Union of Soviet Socialist Republics World War II

Published: April 26, 2021

Exceeding Great

that's Ezekiel 9:9 for those of you reading along at home

How many times will folks fall for the same old tricks? You might be surprised. The story of Prince Mike, King Ben, and the Houses of Israel and David.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Least Popular, People & Places, Series 5

Tags: "King" Benjamin Franklin Purnell "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition Ann O'Delia Diss Debar baseball Canada communism crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI Messiah Michigan Presented by #13 Protestantism religion United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: November 23, 2020

a graphic illustration of the cellular cosmogony

We Live Inside

greetings from the inside of the Hollow Earth

Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed may have been a madman, or the Messiah, but only he was bold enough to tell the truth: that we live on the inside of a hollow Earth.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Most Popular, People & Places, Series 4

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition American Civil War Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Chicago, IL communism cult Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" eclectic medicine faith healing Florida Fort Myers, FL geodetics Harmony Society hollow Earth Koreshan Unity Messiah New York, NY Presented by #13 pseudo-science religion San Francisco, CA The Constant

Published: August 10, 2020

That No Man Take Thy Crown

the rise and fall of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world [Part 2]

The Harmony Society managed to survive the death of its founder, but could it survive the twin ravages of time and greed?

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 2

Tags: Ambridge, PA Christianity civil law communism Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Economy, PA Harmony Society John S. Duss Koreshan Unity Old Economy Village Pennsylvania Presented by #13 Protestantism religion

Published: January 27, 2020

Hold Fast What Thou Hast

the rise and fall of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world [Part 1]

An unusual cemetery leads us to the story of the Harmony Society (1803-1905), the richest communists in the world, and the saga of their rise and fall.