Years of Lead Pod

Years of Lead Pod

Alexander Reid Ross

English History Explicit
Episodes 119
Avg. Duration 1h 2m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.6 (21)
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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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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Franco Piperno: The Insurrectionary Nuclear Physicist, ft. Matilde Marcolli

Oct 06, 2025 3h 16m

Matilde Marcolli is a computational linguist and mathematical physicist currently serving as Robert F. Christy Professor of Mathematics and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech. Her latest…

S3E11 The Uar, pt. 3: We're Just Mad About Saffron (ft. Cantor)

Dec 04, 2024 1h 15m

References Giacomo Pacini. La spia intoccabile. Torino: Einaudi, 2021. Guido Panvini, Ordine nero, guerriglia rossa. La violenza politica nell'Italia degli anni Sessanta e Settanta (1966-1975).…

S3E10 The Uar, pt. 2: The Rise of D'Amato (ft. Cantor)

Nov 27, 2024 1h 13m

References  Donatella Alfonso. Animali di periferia. Le origini del terrorismo tra Golpe e Resistenza tradita. La storia inedita della Banda XXII. Rome: Castelvecchi 2012. Jeffrey Bale, The Darkest…

S3E10 The Uar, Part 1: "Post-Fascist" Secret Police (ft. Cantor)

Nov 20, 2024 1h 20m

References  Foot, J. (2022). Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism. Bloomsbury Publishing. Gnocchi, A. "La leggenda nera di Eugenio Cefis e la morte di Rino Gaetano," Il Giornale, May…

S3E9 The Philosophy, Politics, and Poetics of Toni Negri, ft. Matilde Marcolli

Aug 01, 2024 2h 56m

References  Cazzullo, Aldo. I ragazzi che volevano fare la rivoluzione. Edizioni Mondadori, 2015. Potere Operaio. "Alle avanguardie per il partito," 1970. Negri, A., 2000. The savage anomaly: The…

S3E8 Berlinguer's "Accident" and the Origin of Lo Strappo

Jun 13, 2024 1h 2m

References Giovanni Fasanella and Corrado Incerti. Sofia: 1973. Berlinguer deve morire. Sperling & Kupfer, 2014. Carlo Feltrinelli, Feltrinelli: A Story of Riches, Revolution, and Violent Death,…

S3E6 Ambush on Via Carini: The Death of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

Jun 06, 2024 1h 2m

References Giovanni Bianconi. Ragazzi di Malavita. Il più documentario libro sulla Banda della Magliana. Milano: Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2004. Pino Casamassima, Gli irriducibili. Storie di brigatisti…

S3E6 Roberto Calvi's Last Dance

May 30, 2024 1h 9m

References Antonella Beccaria, Segreti della Massonera in Italia. Roma: Newton Saggistica, 2013. Rupert Cornwell, God's banker: an account of the life and death of Roberto Calvi. London: Gollancz…

S3E5 Years of Lead: Where Are They Now Episode

May 23, 2024 1h 4m

References Umberto Berlenghini, "Elio Massagrande, il gaucho," Spazio70, https://spazio70.com/estero/esfiltrati-italiani/elio-massagrande-il-gaucho/ Giovanni Bianconi, Ragazzi di malavita - Fatti e…

S3E4 The Winter Campaign, pt. 4: Decline and Fall of the Red Brigades

May 16, 2024 1h

References Barbera Balzerani, Compagna luna. Roma: Derive Approdi, 2013. Silvia De Bernardinis (ed.), Brigate rosse: un diario politico. Riflessioni sull'assalto al cielo. Roma: DeriveApprodi,…

S3E3 The Winter Campaign, pt. 3: De Tormentis

May 09, 2024 1h 4m

References Silvia De Bernardinis (ed.), Brigate rosse: un diario politico. Riflessioni sull'assalto al cielo. Roma: DeriveApprodi, 2021. Giorgio Bocca, Noi terroristi. 12 anni di lotta armata…

S3E2 The Winter Campaign, pt. 2: Gladio Arcana, ft. Niccolò Petrelli

May 02, 2024 1h 14m

Niccolò Petrelli, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Roma, Tre Reference: Petrelli, N. (2024). Through a…

S4E1 The Winter Campaign, pt. 1: The Beginning of the End

Apr 25, 2024 57m

References Antonella Beccaria, Segreti della Massonera in Italia. Roma: Newton Saggistica, 2013. Richard Oliver Collin, Gordon L. Freedman, Winter of Fire: The Abduction of General Dozier and the…

S3E25 il manifesto, pt. 2: Unity, Democracy, Revolution, ft/ Matilde Marcolli

Apr 18, 2024 56m

Pintor, L. (1997). Servabo: Memoire de la Fin D'un Siecle. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri. Rossanda, R. (2005). La ragazza del secolo scorso. Torino: Einaudi. Rossanda, R. (1971). Il manifesto: Analyses…

S3E24 il manifesto, pt. 1: Revolt of the Intellectuals, ft/ Matilde Marcolli

Apr 11, 2024 1h 1m

Pintor, L. (1997). Servabo: Memoire de la Fin D'un Siecle. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri. Rossanda, R. (2005). La ragazza del secolo scorso. Torino: Einaudi. Rossanda, R. (1971). Il manifesto: Analyses…

S3E24 International Fascism from Mussolini to the Years of Lead, ft. Emanuel Rota

Apr 04, 2024 1h 33m

Emanuel Rota's first book, A Pact with Vichy can be found here: https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823267293/a-pact-with-vichy/ Stay tuned for updates about the forthcoming book.

S3E22 Murder, Intrigue, and Infamy: The Story of Italian Fascists Behind Bars

Mar 28, 2024 57m

References ARTICOLO 90. CONCUTELLI FINISCE NEI «BRACCETTI DELLA MORTE», Spazio70, September 19, 2018, https://nazionalpopolare70.wordpress.com/tag/carmine-palladino/ Sergio Calore – dichiarazioni…

S3E21 The Vallanzasca Gang and Italian Crime Fiction of the 1970s, ft. Marek Turner

Mar 21, 2024 1h 12m

References Leonardo Coen and Renato Vallanzasca. L'ultima fuga. Baldini & Castoldi, 2013. Antonella D’Agostino, Faccia d'angelo. la Milano di Turatello, Le milieu, 2012. Vito…

S3E20 Ronald Stark and the Electric Terrorism Acid Test, ft. Phil Edwards

Mar 14, 2024 1h 6m

References Renato Curcio, Mario Scialoja, A viso aperto. Milano: Mondadori, 1993. Phil Edwards. "More work! Less pay!": Rebellion and repression in Italy, 1972–77. Manchester University Press,…

S3E19 Azione Rivoluzionaria: The Destructive Critique of Everyday Life

Mar 07, 2024 1h 6m

References Miguel Amorós, "A brief history of the Italian section of the Situationist International (updated and revised December 2017)," Libcom.org, 2018,…

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