Years of Lead Pod
By Alexander Reid Ross
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Episodes: 110
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This is a podcast about the period of political violence that gripped Italy between 1967-1982, focusing on stories about its key protagonists and defining events. We'll have interviews with guests who are experts in the subject and/or were there at the time. It's planned as a limited series that moves in roughly chronological order with some bonus episodes for subscribers.
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The Winter Campaign, pt. 4: Decline and Fall of the Red Brigades
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Winter Campaign, pt. 3: De Tormentis
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May 09, 2024 |
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The Winter Campaign, pt. 2: Gladio Arcana, ft. Niccolò Petrelli
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May 02, 2024 |
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The Winter Campaign, pt. 1: The Beginning of the End
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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il manifesto, pt. 2: Unity, Democracy, Revolution, ft/ Matilde Marcolli
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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il manifesto, pt. 1: Revolt of the Intellectuals, ft/ Matilde Marcolli
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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International Fascism from Mussolini to the Years of Lead, ft. Emanuel Rota
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Murder, Intrigue, and Infamy: The Story of Italian Fascists Behind Bars
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The Vallanzasca Gang and Italian Crime Fiction of the 1970s, ft. Marek Turner
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ronald Stark and the Electric Terrorism Acid Test, ft. Phil Edwards
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Azione Rivoluzionaria: The Destructive Critique of Everyday Life
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Fascist Hobbits? A conversation with Hari Kunzru
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ludwig: The Fascist Serial Killer Cult
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 10: The Season of the Four Kidnappings
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The End of Prima Linea and Beginning of the Social Peace
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The Downfall of the Roman Fascist Underworld
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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La Mattanza and the Rise of Corleone
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 9: The D’Urso Kidnapping and the Ascent of Giovanni Senzani
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Bologna Massacre, pt. 3: "'It's them,' and 'finally.'" ft. Matilde Marcolli
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The Bologna Massacre, pt. 2: Evidence and Misdirections, ft. Matilde Marcolli
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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The Bologna Massacre, pt. 1: The Bomb, ft. Matilde Marcolli
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Children of Terror: The March 28th Brigade and the Attack on the Democratic Press
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The "Proletarian Subversion Committee" and the Murder of Giorgio Ambrosoli
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The Ustica Tragedy
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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"Create Armed Spontaneity": The Violent Rebirth of the NAR
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Illegal Work: The shady left-wing group that shook down nightclubs for the mob, traded bombs for guns, and pulled off an art heist, ft. Margaret Killjoy
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Sparks Fly Upward: Nights of Fires and the Origin of the Calogero Theorem
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 7: Crossing the Red Line – The Murder of Guido Rossa
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 8: Decline of the Moretti System
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Operation Alex and the Beginning of the End of the Front Line
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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"Left-Wing" Fascist Terror in the Anni di Piombo
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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The Fascist Legacy of Giorgio Almirante
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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The Memoriale and the Assassination of Mino Pecorelli
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 8: "The Red Brigades Are Finished"
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 7: "The Final Excommunication"
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 6: Between Heaven, Hell, and the Mafia
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 5: The War of Nerves Begins
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Exclusive Interview with Nicola Guerra on the Italian Far Right
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 4: The Massacre of via Fani
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 3: The Spring Campaign
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 2: The Third Phase
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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The Moro Case, pt. 1: Who Was Aldo Moro?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 6: "Knights of a Bloody Apocalypse"
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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"The Wild Bunch": Prima Linea and the '77 Movement
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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The Kidnapping of Duke Grazioli and the Rise of the Banda della Magliana
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 5: The New Generation of Brigadist Assassins, ft. Shane Burley
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 4: The Final Act of the Historic Nucleus, ft. Shane Burley
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The Corsican Fishers Who Snagged Eugenio Cefis
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Acca Larenzia and the Birth of the NAR
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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The '77 Movement, pt. 3: The "Black Autonomy" and the Murder of Walter Rossi
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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"Circulating Struggles" with Kevin Van Meter
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May 31, 2023 |
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The '77 Movement, pt. 2: "Chopin. Wine. Rage and Joy."
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May 25, 2023 |
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The '77 Movement, pt. 1: "Non Lama nessuno"
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May 18, 2023 |
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"The Witches Have Returned": How Italian Feminists Beat the Patriarchy, Won the Right to Abortion, and Changed the World
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May 11, 2023 |
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The Youth Proletariat Circles and the Cultural Revolution
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May 04, 2023 |
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Rauti's Return: The Conception of the Italian New Right and Third Position
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Death on the Idroscalo: The Murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Monsters of Circeo
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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General Dalla Chiesa and the Origin of Modern Counter-Terrorism
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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From «No Truce» to the Front Line: The Deadly Rise of Prima Linea
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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"Season of Death": The Assassination of Vittorio Occorsio
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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"The Monstrous Responsibility": The Kidnapping of Carlo Saronio
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Autonomia Organizzata and Armed Struggle in Rome, ft. Steve Wright
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Red Brigades, pt. 3: "Take the Attack to the Heart of the State," ft. Shane Burley
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The Origins of Autonomia, pt. 5: "No Truce" and the Communist Committees, ft. Tender
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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The Servizio d'Ordine and the Question of Force, ft. Fabrizio Salmoni
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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The PCI and the Historic Compromise, ft. David Broder
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Origins of Autonomia, pt. 4: Veneto, workerism and the environment
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Origins of Autonomia, pt. 3: Red Flags over Fiatnam
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Performing Clandestine Abortions, Organizing Security for Marches, and Getting Approached by the Red Brigades — Inside the 1970s Women's Movement with Lotta Continua Cofounder Vicky Franzinetti
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The Origins of Autonomia, pt. 2: Milan, ft. Michael Hardt
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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The Origins of Autonomia, pt. 1: Rome, ft. Steve Wright
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Unlocked: La banda "XXII ottobre": The Armed Group that Started the Years of Lead
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Unlocked: "I'll Report Them Tomorrow": The Rape of Franca Rame
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Unlocked: The Fashion Episode, ft. Emanuela Scarpellini
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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The Days of April in the Time of Wrenches
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Italian Feminism and the Struggle for Divorce (ft. Francesca Fiorentini)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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The Strategy of Tension Unravels, Pt. 2: Massacres of '74, ft. Alex Newhouse
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Strategy of Tension Unravels, Pt. 1: The Black Order, ft. Alex Newhouse
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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"Free Them All!", pt. 3: The Explosive End of the NAP, ft. Natasha Lennard
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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"Free Them All!", pt. 2: The Bloody Rise of the Nuclei Armati Proletari, ft. Natasha Lennard
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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"Free them All!", pt 1: The Birth of NAP, ft. Natasha Lennard
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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The Sindona Affair, pt. 2: "Se l'andava cercando," ft. Joshua Stephens
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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The Sindona Affair, pt. 1: The Rise of an Extraordinary Fixer, ft. Joshua Stephens
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Count Sogno's White Coup
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Rosa dei Venti, pt. 3: "The Fact Does Not Exist"
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Rosa dei Venti, pt. 2: NATO Psywars, Demodoxalogy, and a Tantric Murder Cult
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Rosa dei Venti, pt. 1: Active Combatantism and the Italian Stahlhelm
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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The Presidentialists: From Nuova Repubblica to the MAR
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Talking Esoteric Fascism, Terrorism, and Conspiracies with Jeffrey Bale
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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"A Window to Hell": The Milan Questura Massacre
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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The Assassination of Commissioner Calabresi
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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"Undoubtedly Inhuman": The Peteano Massacre
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ordine Nuovo, pt. 2: Imperialisms, Coups, and "Nazi-Maoism"
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ordine Nuovo, pt. 1: Origins
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 2: "Hit and Run" (ft. Shane Burley)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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The Red Brigades, pt. 1: Origins (ft. Shane Burley)
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Current Events: The Heirs of the MSI (ft. Valerio Alfonso Bruno)
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Feltrinelli 2: Return of the GAP (ft. Phil Edwards)
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Feltrinelli 1: The Italian Zhivago (ft. Phil Edwards)
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Black Thursday and Milan's "Silent Majority"
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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The Social Clash and the Struggle for Housing
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May 26, 2022 |
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"Let's Take the City!" and the Revolt of San Benedetto del Tronto (ft. Adam Weissman)
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May 20, 2022 |
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Reggio Revolt 2: From Popular Revolt to Mob War (ft. Danny Gold)
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May 12, 2022 |
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Reggio Revolt 1: The Hour of the Gun (ft. Danny Gold)
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May 05, 2022 |
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The Golpe Borghese: The Life and Abortive Coup of the Black Prince
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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"The Mother of All Massacres" pt. 2 (ft/ Shane Burley)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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"The Mother of All Massacres" pt. 1 (ft. Shane Burley)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Long '68
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Battle of Valle Giulia
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Apr 15, 2022 |