Stalin Killed More People Than Almost Anyone in History. Why Don't We Talk About Him More?

Caleb and Christina both researched Stalin independently and spent this episode going back and forth on the history. The conclusion they kept landing on: he doesn't get the attention he deserves, and that's a problem worth naming out loud. They get into how a Georgian seminary student became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union, how he turned paranoia into a governing strategy, and why the people closest to him were statistically the most likely to disappear. The show trials, the purges that gutted his own military, the famines that killed millions while grain was being exported, the gulag system that ran less like a prison network and more like a forced labor economy. All of it. They also get into why Stalin occupies a different cultural space than other 20th century dictators and what that gap between reputation and reality actually costs us. This one is heavier than usual. It's worth it. Check out more episodes on Spotify or Apple at Stuff That We Like/Enjoy at Least at This Point in Time! https://open.spotify.com/show/6TY9yGU... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact us at [email protected] with any questions, concerns, or corrections! #podcast #Stalin #SovietHistory #communism #historypodcast #USSR #gulags #20thcentury #StuffThatWeLike #historyfacts #dictators Stalin history, Joseph Stalin explained, Soviet Union atrocities, Stalin purges, gulag history, cult of personality Stalin, most evil dictators, 20th century history podcast, Soviet terror, Stalin death toll -Caleb & Christina