10 Podcast Episodes
Interview with John Foot, research director, historian and author of 'Calcio' and his new book 'Blood and Power - The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism'.
Interview with John Foot, research director, historian and author of 'Calcio' and his new book 'Blood and Power - The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism'.
In this episode of TGU podcast host Frank Risorto speaks with the author of the legendary football book 'Calcio' John Fo... Read more
8 Mar 2023
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32mins
Interview with 'Calcio' author John Foot
Interview with 'Calcio' author John Foot
In his latest episode, Frank interviews John Foot, author of the seminal book 'Calcio: A History of Italian Football', o... Read more
12 May 2022
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46mins
Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia: his life, his impact, his legacy. A conversation with Professor John Foot.
Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia: his life, his impact, his legacy. A conversation with Professor John Foot.
John Foot is a professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Bristol in the U.K. He is an expert on the lif... Read more
18 Apr 2022
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50mins
Long Reads: John Foot on Italy's Two Republics From Anti-Fascism to Anti-Politics
Long Reads: John Foot on Italy's Two Republics From Anti-Fascism to Anti-Politics
John Foot joins Long Reads for a discussion about Italy from the era of partisan resistance to the current predicament o... Read more
12 Feb 2022
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1hr 10mins
LORO + DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE feat. John Foot
LORO + DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE feat. John Foot
We're talking satire and scandal as we take a look at the Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro and the Mel Gibson and Vince Vau... Read more
19 Apr 2019
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39mins
LO STADIO S01E17: Football writer John Foot on the political and ideological influences on calcio
LO STADIO S01E17: Football writer John Foot on the political and ideological influences on calcio
Willem Haak and Wesley Victor Mak take you on a tour through the Bel Paese, the country of the mediano, the trequartista... Read more
20 Feb 2019
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57mins
Italy: Football, Fascism, and the World Cup — with John Foot
Italy: Football, Fascism, and the World Cup — with John Foot
“We have made Italy; now we have to make Italians,” Massimo d’Azeglio famously stated. Has football made Italians? And h... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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35mins
How to Close All of Italy's Asylums if You're a Basaglia (John Foot)
How to Close All of Italy's Asylums if You're a Basaglia (John Foot)
In 1978, Italy passed a law to shut down its Asylums. The asylums were ageing, horrfying institutions that weren’t so gr... Read more
6 Oct 2016
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21mins
John Foot - La "Repubblica dei Matti" al Festivaletteratura 2015
John Foot - La "Repubblica dei Matti" al Festivaletteratura 2015
John Foot presenta La "Repubblica dei Matti", un libro Feltrinelli in cui l'autore con appassionato rigore storico rico... Read more
9 Nov 2015
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50mins
Basaglia Esquema Novo. Presentazione del libro «La Repubblica dei matti», di John Foot
Basaglia Esquema Novo. Presentazione del libro «La Repubblica dei matti», di John Foot
La sera del 19 aprile scorso, alla libreria Modo Infoshop di Bologna, abbiamo presentato il libro di John Foot “La Repub... Read more
29 May 2015
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2hr 3mins