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Winning Over Enemy Troops: Mao’s Leninist Approach to Fomenting Mutiny in the Guomindang (January 1930)
Apr 4, 2026
29m 46s
A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (January 1930) (Part Two)
Mar 21, 2026
30m 53s
A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (January 1930) (Part One)
Mar 14, 2026
22m 44s
How Brainwashing was Good and Maoist Propaganda was True: An Interview with leading China scholar Aminda Smith
Mar 7, 2026
58m 12s
Chen Duxiu Update (or, the Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands) (1929)
Dec 11, 2025
31m 21s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/4/26 |  Winning Over Enemy Troops: Mao’s Leninist Approach to Fomenting Mutiny in the Guomindang (January 1930)✨ | Mao ZedongGuomindang+4 | — | GuomindangMao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 | — | MaoGuomindang+5 | — | 29m 46s | |
| 3/21/26 |  A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (January 1930) (Part Two)✨ | revolutionChina+4 | — | Mao’s Road to PowerMao Zedong: A Biography | — | MaoLin Biao+5 | — | 30m 53s | |
| 3/14/26 |  A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (January 1930) (Part One)✨ | Mao ZedongChinese history+3 | — | Stuart SchramMao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930+3 | — | Mao ZedongLin Biao+3 | — | 22m 44s | |
| 3/7/26 |  How Brainwashing was Good and Maoist Propaganda was True: An Interview with leading China scholar Aminda Smith✨ | Maoist propagandabrainwashing+4 | Aminda Smith | Michigan State UniversityThought Reform and China’s Dangerous Classes+2 | — | brainwashingMaoist propaganda+5 | — | 58m 12s | |
| 12/11/25 |  Chen Duxiu Update (or, the Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands) (1929)✨ | Chinese Communist PartyTrotskyism+3 | — | Chinese Communist PartyChina’s Urban Revolutionaries: Explorations in the History of Chinese Trotskyism, 1921-1952+3 | — | Chen DuxiuTrotskyism+3 | — | 31m 21s | |
| 11/21/25 |  Did the German Communists Really Say “After Hitler, Our Turn?” Exploring the Historical Evidence✨ | German Communismfascism+3 | — | KPDThe Communist International, 1919-1943: Documents, vol. 3: 1929-1943 International Press Correspondence+1 | — | German CommunistsKPD+3 | — | 19m 11s | |
| 10/31/25 |  Revolution in the ‘20s, Go For It: The ‘Third Period’ Comes to China✨ | Chinese Communist PartyComintern+4 | — | CominternOn the International Situation and the Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party+2 | — | CominternChinese Communist Party+5 | — | 26m 35s | |
| 10/10/25 |  The Chinese Communist Party Interventions in the 1929 Sino-Soviet War✨ | Chinese Communist PartySino-Soviet War+4 | — | Chinese Communist PartyManchurian Railways and the Opening of China+2 | — | Chinese Communist PartySino-Soviet War+7 | — | 23m 26s | |
| 6/28/25 |  The 1929 Sino-Soviet War Concludes✨ | Sino-Soviet WarChiang Ching-kuo+3 | — | Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaThe 1929 Sino-Soviet War+1 | — | Sino-Soviet WarChiang Ching-kuo+3 | — | 21m 30s | |
| 5/14/25 |  The 1929 Sino-Soviet War Begins✨ | military historySino-Soviet War+3 | — | Manchurian Railways and the Opening of ChinaThe 1929 Sino-Soviet War+1 | — | Sino-Soviet Warmilitary history+3 | — | 21m 56s | |
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| 4/9/25 |  The Chinese Eastern Railway: Background to the 1929 Sino-Soviet War | The Guomindang moves to seize Soviet assets in Manchuria. Also, subscribe to the new substack at https://peopleshistoryofideas.substack.com/. Further reading: Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin, eds., Manchurian Railways and the Opening of China Michael M. Walker, The 1929 Sino-Soviet War Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Chairman of Central Committee Propaganda Department Chen Duxiu, Co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party Li Dazhao, Co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party Lev Kar... | 20m 25s | ||||||
| 1/25/25 |  “On the Problem of Party Organization” (The Gutian Resolution—Part Three) | Mao discusses problems in party organization and how to fix them. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 “On the Revolutionary “Three-in-One” Combination” Episode artwork: May 1967 poster “Resolutely Protect the Policy of the Revolutionary Three-in-One Combination” Support the show | 25m 46s | ||||||
| 1/18/25 |  “The Problem of Correcting Erroneous and Nonproletarian Ideological Tendencies in the Party” (The Gutian Resolution—Part Two) | We continue our textual analysis of the Gutian Resolution. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” “Bury the Slave Mentality Advocated by China’s Khrushchov” in Peking Review (April 14, 1967) Some names from this episode: Liu Shaoqi, top level Commu... | 31m 43s | ||||||
| 1/10/25 |  The Gutian Resolution (End of 1929) (Part One) | On the importance of the Resolution, and a beginning discussion of the actual text. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” Episode artwork: Photo of the Gutian Congress Support the show | 25m 53s | ||||||
| 12/28/24 |  Two Letters and “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” (November to December 1929) | We look at two letters written by Mao on November 28, 1929, and introduce our discussion of “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” and the other parts of the Gutian Resolution. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” Abimael Guzmán, “Report of t... | 30m 22s | ||||||
| 12/21/24 |  The Battle for Shanghang (mid-September 1929) | The Communists take the fortified city of Shanghang in southwestern Fujian. Further reading and watching: Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] The Battle for Dien Bien Phu Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Some names from this episode: Lin Biao, commander of the first column of the ... | 20m 00s | ||||||
| 12/14/24 |  The Politburo in Shanghai Discusses the Line Struggle in the Red Army and Issues the September Instruction | The Central Committee turns out to support centralized leadership. Also, the Comintern publishes Mao’s obituary. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934 Mao Zedong nianpu, 1893-1937 (毛泽东年谱) Chen... | 21m 54s | ||||||
| 12/7/24 |  Mao gets Kicked from Party Leadership, and Organizes a Land Reform in Western Fujian | The line struggle continues and does not go Mao’s way. Plus, comments on the historiography. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934 Mao Zedong nianpu, 1893-1937 (毛泽东年谱) Chen Jian, Zhou Enlai: A... | 24m 15s | ||||||
| 11/30/24 |  Mao’s 14 June 1929 Letter to Lin Biao | We continue our close reading of Mao’s letter to Lin Biao. In this episode, Mao discusses the roving rebel band mentality and the organizational state of affairs in the army, party, and mass organizations. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh... | 33m 32s | ||||||
| 11/23/24 |  The Line Struggle Between Mao Zedong and Zhu De (May to June 1929) | The Party Center’s intervention in the Fourth Red Army combines with a string of military victories to bring a simmering dispute between Mao and Zhu to a head. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934... | 36m 22s | ||||||
| 6/26/24 |  The Red Army Victorious: The Conquest of Several Counties in Jiangxi and Fujian in the Spring of 1929 | The conquest of Yudu, Xingguo, Ningdu, Longyan, and Yongding counties by the Fourth Red Army. Zhu De reminisces. Also, poetry. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Peng Dehuai, Memoirs of a Chinese Marshall Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Joseph Fewsmith, Forging L... | 29m 46s | ||||||
| 5/1/24 |  Mao Tells Zhou Enlai about Guerrilla Warfare | Mao’s April 5, 1929 reply to Zhou Enlai. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 David Apter and Tony Saich, Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Michael Heinrich, Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Developm... | 24m 14s | ||||||
| 4/4/24 |  The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai | A close look at Zhou Enlai’s February 7, 1929, letter to Mao Zedong and Zhu De. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 E. H. Carr, Foundations of a Planned Economy, vol. 3 Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Some names from this episode: Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Depa... | 22m 24s | ||||||
| 3/10/24 |  Mao’s March 20 Letter to the Central Committee, and the 5th Red Army’s Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to April 1929) | Mao plans to expand guerrilla warfare, and meets up with Peng Dehuai in Ruijin. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Peng Dehuai, Memoirs of a Chinese Marshall Some names from this episode: Yuan Wencai, Bandit leader who join... | 25m 08s | ||||||
| 2/4/24 |  On the Experience of the National Bourgeoisie in the New Democratic Revolution | Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after taking Changting in 1929. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Yao Wenyuan, “On the Social Basis of the Lin Piao Anti-Party Clique” (for heavenly horses reference) David Apter and Tony Saich, Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Rep... | 26m 43s | ||||||
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