13 Podcast Episodes
Cuando las puertas se abrieron: a 32 años de la caída del muro de Berlín, por William Taubman
Cuando las puertas se abrieron: a 32 años de la caída del muro de Berlín, por William Taubman
La noche del 9 de noviembre de 1989, una decisión burocrática puso fin al siglo XX. Apenas pasadas las 23.30, los guardi... Read more
8 Mar 2022
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14mins
Nikita Khrushchev with Prof. William Taubman Part 2
Nikita Khrushchev with Prof. William Taubman Part 2
In part two, Ben and Dr. Taubman discuss Khrushchev's time in power and his ultimate downfall. Dr. Taubman is the Bertr... Read more
11 Jan 2022
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56mins
Nikita Khrushchev with Prof. William Taubman Part 1
Nikita Khrushchev with Prof. William Taubman Part 1
In part one of this two-part episode, Ben and Dr. William Taubman examine the improbable rise to power of 20th century S... Read more
4 Jan 2022
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48mins
751: 6/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
751: 6/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. —Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev: His ... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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12mins
751: 5/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
751: 5/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: Gorbachev and his Ukrainian maternal grandparents, late 1930s Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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12mins
750: 4/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
750: 4/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: Cartoon shows Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin, resting on a cloud labeled "Communist Paradise," loo... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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10mins
750: 3/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
750: 3/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: Raisa Gorbacheva with George H. W. Bush and Nancy Reagan at the US-Soviet summit in Washington, D.C., December ... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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13mins
750: 2/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
750: 2/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: The Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered int... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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10mins
749: 1/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
749: 1/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman
Image: The former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev (center), waving, as he walks with Librarian of Congress James H. ... Read more
22 Nov 2020
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12mins
William Taubman | Gorbachev with Yuri Slezkine | House of Government
William Taubman | Gorbachev with Yuri Slezkine | House of Government
Watch the video here. William Taubman won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Khrushchev: ... Read more
16 Jul 2018
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1hr 6mins