A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
by Kristen R. Ghodsee
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165 - A.K 47 - Who are the social democrats and what do they want? - part II
Jun 10, 2026
20m 25s
164 - A.K 47 - Who are the social democrats and what do they want? - part I
May 27, 2026
23m 40s
163 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - What would Kollontai think of Taylor Swift?
May 13, 2026
54m 26s
162 - A.K. 47 - “Formative Years” - Celebrating the 154th Anniversary of Kollontai’s Birth
Mar 31, 2026
32m 15s
161 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - 2026 International Women’s Day from the streets of Berlin
Mar 9, 2026
15m 55s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/10/26 |  165 - A.K 47 - Who are the social democrats and what do they want? - part II✨ | social democracyhistorical analysis+3 | — | Who are the social democrats and what do they want?No babies? Blame capitalism.+1 | — | social democratsAlexandra Kollontai+3 | — | 20m 25s | |
| 5/27/26 |  164 - A.K 47 - Who are the social democrats and what do they want? - part I✨ | social democracyhistorical analysis+4 | — | Red ValkyriesVerso Books+1 | BerlinShakespeare and Sons | social democratsAlexandra Kollontai+5 | — | 23m 40s | |
| 5/13/26 |  163 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - What would Kollontai think of Taylor Swift?✨ | Taylor SwiftAlexandra Kollontai+3 | Dr. Angelina Eimannsberger | — | — | Taylor SwiftAlexandra Kollontai+3 | — | 54m 26s | |
| 3/31/26 |  162 - A.K. 47 - “Formative Years” - Celebrating the 154th Anniversary of Kollontai’s Birth✨ | women's liberationcommunism+3 | — | The Palgrave Handbook of Communist Women Activists around the WorldRed Valkyries+1 | — | Alexandra Kollontaiwomen's liberation+3 | — | 32m 15s | |
| 3/9/26 |  161 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - 2026 International Women’s Day from the streets of Berlin✨ | International Women's Dayprotests+3 | — | NPRNew York Times+1 | Berlin | International Women's DayBerlin+3 | — | 15m 55s | |
| 1/11/26 |  160 - A.K. 47 - “Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg: Fighters, Martyrs, Heroes"✨ | obituaryGerman history+3 | — | Red Hangover | — | KollontaiLiebknecht+5 | — | 18m 06s | |
| 1/1/26 |  159 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - 7th Anniversary of the Podcast!✨ | podcast anniversaryfamily conversation+3 | daughter | — | Berlin | podcastanniversary+3 | — | 34m 07s | |
| 12/15/25 |  158 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism✨ | political economylove+3 | — | Jacobin.deThe Political Economy of Love in Capitalism+3 | — | political economylove+5 | — | 35m 25s | |
| 12/10/25 |  157 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 4✨ | biographyfeminism+4 | — | JacobinRed Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women+3 | — | Alexandra KollontaiKristen Ghodsee+5 | — | 21m 25s | |
| 12/1/25 |  156 - A. K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 3✨ | biographyfeminism+3 | — | Frei UniversitätJacobin.de | BerlinVienna | Alexandra KollontaiKristen Ghodsee+4 | — | 27m 39s | |
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| 11/25/25 |  155 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Kristen Ghodsee and Astrid Zimmerman in Berlin (6 November 2025)✨ | motherhoodtradwives+3 | Astrid Zimmerman | Shakespeare and Sons | Berlin | motherhoodtradwives+5 | — | 46m 34s | |
| 11/13/25 |  154 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 2✨ | biographyfeminism+3 | — | Ms. MagazineRed Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women+1 | — | Alexandra KollontaiKristen Ghodsee+3 | — | 26m 07s | |
| 11/5/25 |  153 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 1✨ | feminismsocialism+3 | — | Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary WomenThe Red Riviera | — | Alexandra Kollontaifeminism+3 | — | 26m 20s | |
| 10/28/25 |  152 - A.K. 47 - My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor | Kristen Ghodsee reads the first English translation of Alexandra Kollontai’s “My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor,” originally published as "Suomen köyhälistölle kuuluu sydämeni" by the Finnish Trade Union Federation yearbook Työn Juhla: Suomen ammattijärjestön juhlajulkaisu in 1911. Translated from Finnish by MLH, edited and commented by Cathy Porter. New Spanish translation with Verso Libros: Valquirias rojas: Lecciones feministas de cinco mujeres revolucionarias Details for the... | 28m 35s | ||||||
| 10/19/25 |  151 - A.K. 47 - Narva | Kristen Ghodsee reads Cathy Porter’s translation of an excerpt from Alexandra Kollontai’s autobiography. Reflecting on a visit to Narva, Estonia in March of 1896, when she was just 24-years-old, Kollontai describes the event that radicalized her forever. Recent Writings from Kristen Ghodsee: “Clima y Utopía,” El País Semanal, October 17, 2025 “Materialists skewers the dating market – but stops too short,” Jacobin Magazine, July 12, 2025 “From Democracy to ‘Safety’,” Los Angeles Review o... | 26m 21s | ||||||
| 4/29/25 | 150 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Capitalism, Socialism, and Esteem with Prof. Scott Sehon | Kristen Ghodsee revisits her discussion about arguments for socialism with Bowdoin College professor of philosophy, Scott R. Sehon. This conversation focuses on the role of esteem and how it is increasingly commodified in a capitalist society. Mentioned in this podcast: Book by Scott R. Sehon: Socialism: A Logical IntroductionArticle in the Wall Street Journal: "$1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year"Interview in Jacobin Magazine:, Part 1: "Tradwi... | 29m 58s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 | 149 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Embrace your political despair | Kristen Ghodsee shares a conservation with a previous guest from March 2022, a self-described anarchist activist, about the value of feeling one’s political despair and using it to generate political creativity. Mentioned in this episode: I Want a Better Catastrophe Also this article: "Kollontai: Leaving behind Menshevik pacifism" Send us Fan Mail Thanks so much for listening. This podcast has no Patreon-type account and receives no funding. There are no ads and there is no monetization... | 17m 59s | ||||||
| 4/5/25 | 148 - A.K. 47 - The New Morals | Kristen R. Ghodsee reads a 1930 interview with Alexandra Kollontai about the new morality around love and marriage in the Soviet Union. Kollontai argues that romantic love and relationships will no longer be the most important thing in women’s lives because they will have the support of the socialist state in reducing their responsibilities for domestic work and will have a wider community of citizens helping them to raise up the next generation. One version and the archival references ... | 21m 22s | ||||||
| 3/8/25 |  147 - A.K. 47 - March 8, 1947 | Kristen Ghodsee reads Aleksandra Kollontai’s March 8, 1947 International Women’s Day address, taken from the book: Alexandra Kollontai: The Plight, Struggle, and Liberation of Women Send us Fan Mail Thanks so much for listening. This podcast has no Patreon-type account and receives no funding. There are no ads and there is no monetization. If you'd like to support the work being done here, please spread the word with your networks. Kristen R. Ghodsee is the award-winning author of twelve cri... | 20m 39s | ||||||
| 2/16/25 |  146 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Sally Rooney's Intermezzo (with spoilers) | In this special bonus episode, recorded on Valentine's Day 2025 in Dublin, Kristen Ghodsee and her daughter discuss the book Intermezzo, the latest by the Irish novelist, Sally Rooney. Rooney identifies herself as a Marxist and often mixes politics and social commentary into her stories. Kollontai's ideas about "comradely-love" and of troubling the confines of the nuclear family find interesting resonances in this 2024 novel. The episode has many SPOILERS for Intermezzo. Send us F... | 26m 55s | ||||||
| 2/2/25 | 145 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 6 | Kristen Ghodsee reads the final section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915/1916 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This is especially salient today because the United States is on the eve of a trade war with Mexico and Canada. This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollontai's writing published by Progress Publishers in the Soviet Union, which claims that the essay was written while Kollontai was in exile in Norway. She sent it... | 20m 42s | ||||||
| 1/26/25 | 144 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 5 | Kristen Ghodsee reads the fifth section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This is especially salient today because of the narrow confirmation of the new U.S. Secretary of Defense under the Trump Administration, and the emergence of the reinvigorated oligarchy in the United States. This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollontai's writing published by Progress Publishers in the Soviet Union, ... | 21m 27s | ||||||
| 12/3/24 | 143 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 4 | Kristen Ghodsee reads the fourth section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollontai's writing published by Progress Publishers in the Soviet Union, which claims that the essay was written while Kollontai was in exile in Norway. She sent it to Vladimir Lenin (then in exile in Switzerland) who also edited it before publication. The final pamphlet was fir... | 18m 00s | ||||||
| 11/4/24 | 142 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 3 (and a special message for election eve) | Kristen Ghodsee reads the third section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollontai's writing published by Progress Publishers in the Soviet Union, which claims that the essay was written while Kollontai was in exile in Norway. She sent it to Vladimir Lenin (then in exile in Switzerland) who also edited it before publication. The final pamphlet was firs... | 26m 37s | ||||||
| 10/24/24 | 141 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Is Internationalism possible? | In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee discusses Alexandra Kollontai, nationalism, internationalism, and supranationalism with her daughter, just home from Ireland for fall break. Trigger warning: lots of Irish history! Mentioned in this episode: "Imagine" by John Lennon (and Yoko Ono) "Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin' for today Ah Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no re... | 31m 00s | ||||||
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