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There were endless famines, genocides against minorities within the nation, and an industrial base that was constantly tottering on the edge of collapse. But instead of trying to address these issues at home, the leaders of the USSR were fixated only on world domination, on spreading communism in order to destroy freedom around the world. From Europe and Asia to Latin America and Africa, the Communists were a threat to freedom the world over. …. Or were they? Learn the story of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic you’ve never heard! What was life really like in the Soviet Union? How authoritarian was it? Did a “totalitarian” state really exist? How did the economy function to meet the needs of its citizens? How were the governing apparatus structured? And were the Soviets…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T00:22:14.036803+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656"},"episodes":[{"title":"28 - Economy? 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The Peasant Question, In All Its Glory","slug":"20-the-peasant-question-in-all-its-glory","published_at":"2025-12-31T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656/20-the-peasant-question-in-all-its-glory","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/sovietpod/2402891","duration_seconds":3277,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656/episodes/20-the-peasant-question-in-all-its-glory/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656/20-the-peasant-question-in-all-its-glory.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"19 - 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