Originally published on Znet, I am grateful to Alexandria Shaner for her generous engagement and her shout out for my daughter.
A.K. 47 year in review
This is the first time I have noticed this “backtrack” feature of my podcast host, Buzzsprout. It’s nice to have an overview of these things sometimes, especially since I post new episodes so sporadically. January will be the 5th year anniversary of A.K. 47. Although I only recorded, edited, and published 20 episodes in 2023, I am quite pleased that they have reached listeners in 99 countries.
New podcast episode and free book offer! →
A new episode of A.K. 47 has posted. In it Kristen Ghodsee reads the first part of Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay, "The Labor of Women in the Evolution of the Economy."
Just in time for the holidays, the first 15 listeners in the United States who email Alexandra.kollontai.podcast@gmail.com will receive a free, signed, and dedicated copy of Everyday Utopia: What 2000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life.
Please be sure to send your address and the text of your dedication. Books will be sent via Media Mail and may take 7-10 business days to reach you depending on your distance from Philadelphia. Only available for listeners in the United States.
New podcast episode from A.K. 47 finally posted →
Finally managed to finish reading The Workers Opposition
New Video introduction to the A. K. 47 Podcast
I recorded this a long time ago and only just not got around to posting it.
Free Stickers! Celebrating the Two Year Anniversary of the Alexandra Kollontai Podcast
January 2021 will be the two year anniversary of the A.K. 47 podcast. To honor this anniversary, my daughter designed the nice three-inch matte stickers seen below.
She explained to me that podcasts are recommended by the algorithms based on the number of reviews they have. She thought it would be a good idea to encourage listeners to review the podcast in places like Apple Podcasts and Podcast Addict in order to increase its future visibility.
So if you leave a review, you can send a screenshot of that review and your mailing address to this email address: Alexandra.Kollontai.Podcast@gmail.com.
We will send one of each of the four stickers below to the first 200 listeners who send in their reviews. International listeners are also welcome to submit reviews, and will we do our best to get the stickers out to you in a timely fashion (considering the inevitable postal delays).
Let’s Celebrate Alexandra Kollontai and Keep up the good fight!
25th episode of A.K. 47
I’m a little over halfway to my goal of 47 episodes. But boy, I had no idea that podcasting was such hard work. Much respect to those that do this every week.
Finished reading "Make Way for Winged Eros"
For those of you interested in the works of Alexandra Kollontai and her views on sexuality, I finally finished reading the final part of her 1923 essay, "Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Youth" for my A.K. 47 podcast. I’ll be discussing it in depth during my next episode, but make sure you listen to the whole essay before you listen to the discussion.
Just launched a new podcast!
I did something crazy today and taught myself Garageband so I could produce my own little podcast about the life and work of Alexandra Kollontai. I just posted my first episode. Check it out here.
