#007 - Fascism in Italy Part 3: First Year of Fascism
Mike and Jake return after an unexpectedly long break to continue their dive into Mussolini and Italian Fascism. Jake takes the lead this time, giving an overview of the first year of the fascist regi...
25 Jul 20231h 20min
#006 - The Cardinal's Mistress: Chapters 4 and 5
Mike and Jake continue reading The Cardinal's Mistress. The titular Cardinal continues to be absent, but Don Benizio decides to attempt to threaten Claudia into getting together with him and then get ...
4 Jul 20231h 35min
#005 - Fascism in Italy Part 2: Mussolini goes Fascist
Mike and Jake continue to delve into the wacky world of Mussolini and the Italian Fascists. Highlights include Mussolini betraying all his principles, arming a private army, destroying the lives of hi...
27 Jun 20231h 34min
#004 - The Cardinal's Mistress: Chapters 2 and 3
Mike needs more time to do research, so he and Jake decide to continue reading Mussolini's book. Things are beginning to look up, but weird writing choices are still present.
20 Jun 20231h 36min
#003: The Cardinal's Mistress: Introduction and Chapter 1
Mike and Jake begin their readthrough of Mussolini's most prominent (and only) work of fiction, The Cardinal's Mistress. Highlights include almost no dialog, the main characters doing nothing and a de...
13 Jun 20231h 33min
#002: Fascism in Italy Part 1: Mussolini's Early Life
Mike and Jake begin their exploration into the origins of fascism. Mike gives Jake an overview of Benito Mussolini's early life. We learn of Mussolini's initial political leanings as a socialist and h...
6 Jun 20231h 6min
#001: What is Fascism?
Hosts Mike and Jake talk about what they're actually fighting by discussing what fascism really is.
23 Mai 20231h 14min
#000: Introduction
Hosts Mike and Jake introduce themselves and explain why they decided to start this podcast.
8 Mai 202314min
