Ep 96 - Kims of the Roundtable

Ep 96 - Kims of the Roundtable

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December 17, 2025 · 1h 46m · Season 3 · Episode 96

About this episode

The episode discusses the writings of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, exploring Juche and its implications in the context of Marxism-Leninism.

The gang's all here! On the first classic Proles episode in a while, the crew reads through texts written by Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. We unpack what makes Juche and the DPRK unique inheritors of the tradition of Marxism-Leninism as well as dialectical and historical materialism. Jeremy covers the Juche Idea, Tony talks governance and reuinification, and Rae gives us a look at Korean theater, music, and art. We've started including a short preview of our bonus episodes at the end of the main feed, so stay around for those! You can sign up at Patreon where you get access to early release episodes, study guides, the aforementioned bonus episodes, TheoryBeats, and MORE! YOU CAN DO SO FOR FREE, which will get you the study guides, merch, and other random drops. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @prolespod and Tiktok @proles.pod. If you have any questions or comments, email us at prolespod@outlook.com. May the spectre haunt your streets, and solidarity forever. Sources: Kim Il sung (1948-1994) Reminiscences: With the Century Let Us Create South-South Cooperation On…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeremy, Tony, Rae

Topics covered

  • Juche
  • DPRK
  • Marxism-Leninism
  • Korean theater
  • Korean music
  • Korean art
  • governance

Keywords

  • Juche
  • DPRK
  • Kim Il-Sung
  • Kim Jong-Il
  • Marxism-Leninism
  • Korean culture
  • theater
  • music
  • art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DPRK

Books & works: Reminiscences: With the Century, On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work, On Achieving the National Reunification by the Great Unity of the Nation, Ours is the Socialism of Juche, On the Art of the Drama, On the Art of Music, Abuses of Socialism Are Intolerable, On the Juche Philos

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