Latest Historycurriculum Podcast Episodes

Episode 8: Jan's Life in Czechoslovakia

My Life under Communism - February 01, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes
Jan Hoblik was born in Czechoslovakia in 1963 and lived in Czech until 1998, experiencing communism in Czechoslovakia before Prague Spring and spending most of his memorable years in Czechoslovakia during the "normalization" period post-Prague Spring invasion. In this episode, we learn of Jan's ...

Episode 7: Ildiko's Life in Hungary

My Life under Communism - January 01, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour
In this episode, I chat with Ildiko Scott about her experiences in Hungary post World War II. Ildiko grew up during a turbulent time in Hungarian history after a devastating war and under the grip of the Soviet Union. She shares about her experiences at school, her attempts to illegally escape, ...

Episode 6: Loredana's Life in Venezuela

My Life under Communism - December 10, 2020 17:08 - 41 minutes
In this episode, Loredana shares her experience growing up in Venezuela, a country that used to be one of the prosperous countries in Venezuela and has seen an exodus of nearly 5 million people in recent years due to food, electricity, and medicine shortages, as well as oppression and censorship...

Episode 5: Jennifer's Life in China, Pt 2

My Life under Communism - November 02, 2020 05:04 - 41 minutes
In the second part to my interview with Jennifer Zeng, Jennifer tells us of when she first realized that China was lying to its citizens during the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, her experience with the religion Falun Gong, her time in Re-education Labor camp where she endured horrific tortu...

Episode 4: Jennifer's Life in China, Pt 1

My Life under Communism - October 02, 2020 13:50 - 37 minutes
In this episode, I chat with Jennifer Zeng about her experiences growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976). Her experiences are horrific. Learn about how China suppressed its people by totally controlling every aspect of their life: housing, grocery visits, schooling, consci...

Episode 3: Ramon's Life in Cuba

My Life under Communism - September 01, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes
In this episode, Ramon shares his experiences growing up in communist Cuba during the early 1960s. He shares how his family had to wait seven years to be allowed to leave Cuba, how his father was subsequently sent to the sugar cane farms to work, and how his life growing up in poverty was the no...

Episode 2: Zdenka's Life in Czechoslovakia, Pt 2

My Life under Communism - August 01, 2020 14:17 - 48 minutes
In this continuation of the conversation with Zdenka about her experience in Czechoslovakia during the normalization period of communism (1968-1989), we hear about Zdenka's participation in the Velvet Revolution. This ten-day protest began as a commemoration of the Czech day of the student, and ...

Episode 1: Zdenka's Life in Czechoslovakia, Pt 1

My Life under Communism - June 23, 2020 04:14 - 41 minutes
In this episode, Zdenka shares her early childhood and aspects of her daily life growing up in Czechoslovakia during the normalization period of communism (1968-1989). She describes how her school life was affected by communism, her encounters with the Czech Secret Police (StB), and her experien...