A pontificate lasting 27 years, a period from 1978 to 2005 full of scandals and mysteries that fully involved the Vatican.The Banco Ambrosiano scandal, with the dangerous relationships between Marcinkus' IOR and Calvi's dark finance, the Orlandi case, the murder of Oscar Romero, the Salvadoran archbishop murdered during a function, the meeting with Augusto Pinochet in Chile, the support for the controversial Opus Dei and much more.A pontificate with many shadows, some very dark, which marked the papacy of John Paul IILiving Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

A pontificate lasting 27 years, a period from 1978 to 2005 full of scandals and mysteries that fully involved the Vatican.The Banco Ambrosiano scandal, with the dangerous relationships between Marcinkus' IOR and Calvi's dark finance, the Orlandi case, the murder of Oscar Romero, the Salvadoran archbishop murdered during a function, the meeting with Augusto Pinochet in Chile, the support for the controversial Opus Dei and much more.A pontificate with many shadows, some very dark, which marked the papacy of John Paul IILiving Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

Abraham "Avi" Loeb is a theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He is the author of the best-selling book, “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth." In this podcast Mr. Loeb explains why the interstellar object known as Oumuamua could be evidence of alien technology and why the scientific comunity isn't open minded about life beyond earth.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

TWO PEOPLES, WHICH LAND? - There hasn't always been only Palestine. If in the past there have been abortive attempts at Jewish immigration in Uganda and Madagascar, the Palestinians have twice attempted to take control of other states, namely Jordan and Lebanon. All failed experiments, often with catastrophic consequences, reiterating the basic concept: the only way is through peaceful sharing.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

THE SIX DAYS: In June 1967, the Israeli General Staff orders a preemptive lightning war as a response to the blockade of the Straits of Tiran. At the peak of a long-standing standoff between the Arab powers and the Jewish state, the IDF's strategy drastically alters the political and military geography of the region. The Six-Day War (known in Arabic as "al Naksa," meaning "the defeat") initiates a prolonged period of confrontations and clashes, giving rise to terrorism and setting off a domino effect across the entire Middle East.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

Five battleships, one target ship, and two destroyers sunk; three more battleships and three heavily damaged cruisers. Almost a complete strategic victory. This is not the end of a game of Battleship, the classic board game that has entertained generations of kids and adults with pen and paper during boring hours. Instead, it's the terrible tally of the damage in one of the major Pacific harbors just hours after the start of a surprise attack that would go down in history.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

For the charges of conspiracy and treason, for which she is found guilty, I sentence her to five years of Festungshaft." The judge Georg Neithardt's gavel strike echoes inside the courtroom of the Munich Bavarian court at the conclusion of the trial, where nine individuals are accused of attempting a coup several months earlier to overthrow the democratic Bavarian Republic of Councils. Local newspapers have been covering the topic for over a month, already colloquially referred to as the "Bürgerbräukeller putsch," and have coined a special title for the judicial proceeding: they call it the "Ludendorff-Hitler trial."Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

The charred skeleton of a C-130 and a Sea Stallion helicopter, blackened by the explosion in the middle of the desert; in the distance, a ruptured tanker truck and on the ground, four other intact helicopters. It's all that remains of a rescue operation as ambitious as it was marred by preparation errors, devised to resolve an international crisis and ending in the most scorching of failures, documented in the following days with photographs and television footage certifying a monumental setback, a prelude to a political mistrust so swift that it directly affected a presidential election.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

The night between 30 June and 1 July 1934 forever marked Hitler's definitive rise to command of Germany. That night a bloody purge occurred which culminated in the killing of ERNST ROHM, head of the SA, the brown shirts loyal to Hitler. From that night, and thanks to subsequent events, darkness fell on Germany, a long night that lasted 11 years, until the end of the Second World War.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict nouns accompany very complex concepts. Here is a small orientation guide, a compass to avoid getting lost in the sea of ​​sometimes misleading definitions: the various Palestinian acronyms, the differences between Shiites and Sunnis, IDF and non-Tsahal, the various souls of the Israeli Services.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement

THE ORIGINS: Israel, Palestine, the season of Zionism, migrations, the interests of great nations, the tragedies of two peoples. In this video we analyze the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict starting from the origins of Jewish migration and the British mandate in the area, highlighting the appetites of neighboring countries on a land disputed by many but with never well-defined borders.Living Through History,where we embark on a captivating journey through the events, people, and stories that have shaped the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join us as we unravel the intricate tapestry of modern history, exploring pivotal moments, cultural shifts, political revolutions, and technological breakthroughs that have defined our contemporary world. With expert interviews, firsthand accounts, and deep dives into archives, Living Through History offers a fresh perspective on the recent past, revealing the fascinating and sometimes surprising connections between yesterday and today. Whether you're a history enthusiast or simply curious about how we got to where we are now, this podcast will inspire your curiosity and deepen your understanding of the modern era.Script: Federico BettuzziProduction: Giovanni ZorziThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5836131/advertisement