William Taubman

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

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

56mins

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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

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

12mins

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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

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

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

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

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

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

1hr 6mins

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