Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history

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The Stephen Kotkin episode. Kotkin is arguably the world’s foremost expert on Joseph Stalin and has written a massive 2-volume biography on him (with a 3rd volume in the works). No other individual had more of a profound impact on the 20th century than Stalin. He held the power of life and death…

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• T2Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in historyPodcasts: Practical AI / TWIML / No Priors / Dwarkesh10 Jul 2025, 16:11