"Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"

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

Moron or Madman? Addenda

duped by Mendelist-Morganists

We thought our episode on Trofim Lysenko was too focused on the what and when rather than the how and why. This bonus episode should clear things up.

Categories: Bonus Episodes, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Least Popular, Science & Nature, Supplement, The Marvels of Science

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

Published: May 3, 2021

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