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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2021 · 25 MIN

Nicolae Ceausescu vs. The Counter-Economy

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Irina Nistor is our guest today. Irina worked for an underground film smuggling operation bringing western media into communist Romania. The work of her and her cohorts has been credited with inspiring the 1989 Christmas Day Revolution that put an end to Nicholae Ceausescu's brutal communist dictatorship.

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Irina Nistor is our guest today. Irina worked for an underground film smuggling operation bringing western media into communist Romania. The work of her and her cohorts has been credited with inspiring the 1989 Christmas Day Revolution that put an...

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