Stalin
Professor Lea Ypi: coming of age at the End of History
Lea Ypi grew up in Albania, once one of the most isolated countries on Earth and the last Stalinist outpost in Europe. But after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, everything changed. Audio
John Baker: The search for Stalin's wine cellar
The hunt for a wine collection believed to have been hidden in a remote Georgian winery during the Second World War is at the centre of a new book, Stalin's Wine Cellar. First owned by Nicholas II… Audio
Jung Chang: 'I still have a tremendous optimism for China'
Chinese-born British writer Jung Chang joins the show to discuss her latest book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister and why she still remains optimistic about the future of her homeland. Audio
Pundit - Left Politics
University of Otago political historian A. Prof Brian Roper deconstructs public policies from around the globe. Trotskyism – the socialist current defined by its critique of both Stalinism and social… Audio