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341. Chairman Mao: The Clash With Stalin (Ep 4)

3/12/2026 • 48 min

Mao has declared that China is a communist republic. How did life change for ordinary people living in this new nation? To what extent was Mao’s China modelled on the USSR, and how did Mao and Stalin feel about each other? And how did Mao destroy the pillars of traditional culture and violently purge “class enemies”? William and Anita are joined once again by … Play episode

Chairman Mao: World War II, Japanese Invasion, & Massacre in Nanjing
Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising
Chairman Mao: Birth of A Dictator
337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Ruin…
336. Bronze Age Apocalypse: How To Survive The End of The World (Ep 5)
Bronze Age Apocalypse: Solving The Mystery of The Collapse
334. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Did Homer Write History? (Ep 3)
333. Bronze Age Apocalypse: The Fall of Troy with Stephen Fry (Ep 2)
332. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before The Collapse (Ep 1)
331. The Iranian Revolution: Will The Shah Return To Iran? (Ep 2)
330. The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026 (Ep 1)
329. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Raj is Born (Part 8)
328. Indian Uprising 1857: The Reign of Terror (Part 7)
327. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Strike Back (Part 6)
326. Indian Uprising 1857: India’s Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5)
325. Indian Uprising 1857: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)
324. Indian Uprising 1857: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)
323. Indian Uprising 1857: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
322. Indian Uprising 1857: The Mutiny (Part 1)
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margar…
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice
315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3)
313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing The Jungle Book (Part 2)
312. Rudyard Kipling: Son of Empire (Part 1)
311. Cricket In India: Beating The Brits At Their Own Game (Part 2)
310. The Origin of The Ashes & The Killer Cricket Scandal (Part 1)
309. Tintin, Nazis, & Soviets
308. Asterix and Obelix, Babar The Elephant, & Colonial Cartoons
307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
306. Joseph Conrad: From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)
304. Orwell: Animal Farm, 1984 & Totalitarian Dystopia (Part 3)
303. Orwell: Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War (Part 2)
302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Burma (Part 1)
301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Pa…
300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10)
299. Gaza: The Palestinian Revolt, The Black and Tans, & Bomber Harris (Pa…
298. Gaza: The British Occupation of Palestine (Part 8)
297. Gaza in WW1: A Rematch For Gallipoli (Part 7)
296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests & Rising Nationalism (Part 6)
295. Crusader Gaza: Saladin & Richard The Lionheart (Part 5)
294. Gaza & The Islamic Conquest (Part 4)
293. The Gaza Erotic Literature Festival: Byzantine Gaza (Part 3)
292. Ancient Gaza: From The Assyrians to The Romans (Part 2)

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