People's History of Ideas Podcast

Hands down the best and most enjoyable series on China on the internet. The creator is an accomplished historian and author, and that shows in the depth and breadth of the content presented. Nowhere else will you find a (mostly) chronological exposition of Chinese revolutionary history day by day, person by person, and minute by minute on occasion. The interviews and occasional separate topics covered always add another layer to the content in its historical context by showing how the experiences of the CPC would inspire others, be remembered, or otherwise functioned on a world scale. All of this is done from an objective stance which assumes the CPC wanted genuine good change, which is hard to find anywhere, much less in English. The podcast is incredible, you should listen if you’re on the fence.

When most history of China or other current / historic socialist states is told from an explicitly anti communist and oppositional point of view, this extremely detailed podcast walks us chronologically through the Chinese revolution with a sympathetic but still rigorous historian’s approach. The entire project is so ambitious and deliberate (to go step by step through the entire Chinese revolution, possibly beyond), I can’t help but admire the hosts commitment and intentionality, especially given this is a side project for him. The podcast is enhanced by being sprinkled in with more topical and non chronological episodes. I loved the recent interview episode. Keep up the excellent work.

Really enjoying this podcast, goes into real depth on China’s modern revolutionary history. Highly recommended

extremely thorough thoughtful and engaging, the host is very patient and keeps the listener in mind, im so glad to have found this show. several times i have looked up information from this show only to find that PHOIP is the only source, showing that he uses a lot of original source documents or other hard to find scholarship. a true labor of love.