Have a friend who’s trying to inform himself a bit on Mao, but he can only find podcasts and audio books that are western propoganda. Any of you have any recommendations?
Rev Left did a great episode on On Contradiction that just fit rereleased in their best of series.
Guerilla History did a four part series on modern Chinese history. They could go ham on those:
Guerrilla History: The Taiping & Boxer Rebellions w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 1)
Episode webpage: https://sites.libsyn.com/307478/the-taiping-boxer-rebellions-w-ken-hammond-modern-chinese-history-pt-1
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/Taiping-and-Boxer.mp3?dest-id=2463146
Guerrilla History: The Chinese Revolution & Civil War w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 2)
Episode webpage: https://sites.libsyn.com/307478/the-chinese-revolution-civil-war-w-ken-hammond-modern-chinese-history-pt-2
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/Chinese-RevolutionCivil-War.mp3?dest-id=2463146
Guerrilla History: The Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 3)
Episode webpage: https://sites.libsyn.com/307478/the-great-leap-forward-cultural-revolution-w-ken-hammond-modern-chinese-history-pt-3
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/cultural-revolution.mp3?dest-id=2463146
Guerrilla History: The Deng Reform Period w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 4)
Episode webpage: https://sites.libsyn.com/307478/the-deng-reform-period-w-ken-hammond-modern-chinese-history-pt-4
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/reform-period.mp3?dest-id=2463146
This is probably not you’re asking for, but (MLM) People’s History of Ideas is a pretty good deep dive into the Chinese revolution.
Besides that, there’s the RevLeft Radio episode on him and Red Pen on the revolution (it’s pretty harsh on the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution).
