Best Mike Corradi Podcasts (2024)

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181 - Cesare Borgia flying high (1501 - 1502) 15:28

7h ago15:28

15:28

After doing his part for the French in the second Italian War Cesare Borgia heads back to Rome to concur with his father pope Alexander VI. They take care of some internal business with the Colonna, Orsini and Savelli and Cesare takes some time to kill some bulls and impregnate a few women. Then Cesare heads back to expand his duchy of Romagna aimi…

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180 - The Challenge of Barletta (1503) 16:41

10d ago16:41

16:41

We first follow the life of the military captain Ettore Fieramosca (Hector Proudfly) and his troubled love story with Ginvenra da Monreale which ended tragically after the intervention of Cesare Borgia. We then move to the lead up and action to one of the most famous duels in Italian history, the Challenge of Barletta (La Disfida di Barletta) in wh…

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179 - Italian Wars 9: The Fall of Naples and France vs Spain 21:07

23d ago21:07

21:07

Naples once again falls to the French of king Luis XII, but once again they can't hold on to it for long as the delicate agreement with the Spanish of Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand quickly melts away and the legendary general Gonzalo De Cordoba manages to win the kingdom of Naples for his sovereigns with great victories at Cerignola and on the …

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178 New triumphs for Cesare and Naples under three (again) 1500 - 1501 16:21

1M ago16:21

16:21

We follow Cesare Borgia as he continues his conquest ousting Giovanni Sforza from Pesaro, Pandolfo Malatesta from Rimini and Astorre Manfredi from Faenza. We are also introduced to one of his most important generals, Vitelozzo Vitelli and his vengeful hatred for the Republic of Florence who executed his brother. Finally, France and Spain reach a se…

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177 - Italian Wars 8 - Il Moro back in Milan… for a bit (1500 - 1508) 17:55

2M ago17:55

17:55

With the French hold on Milan looking weak, Ludovico il Moro sees his chance to take his duchy back, but only manages for a while before he is defeated at the Battle of Novara, made prisoner and taken to France where he will spend the rest of his days in captivity.By Mike Corradi

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176 - Cesare the conqueror (1499 - 1500) 19:22

2M ago19:22

19:22

As we set the scene for the start of Cesare Borgia's military campaign, we start to observe the ominous signs of what is to come in Rome with the arbitrary accusation and confiscations of the Roman nobility. Then we go exploring to see what we intend with the term "Romagna" and trace it back to Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the Byzantines and Julius Ces…

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175 - The Italian Wars 7 - Milan under threat (1499) 16:21

3M ago16:21

16:21

King Louis XII prepares to descend upon Milan to stake his claim to the duchy. Before he sees out he needs to make deals with England, The Swiss and the Italian powers, Savoy and Ve3nice. Meanwhile, duke Ludovico il Moro is also preparing and doing a really bad job of it. The results will show.By Mike Corradi

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174 - The last stand of the tigress - Caterina Sforza part IV (1499 - 1509) 21:13

3M ago21:13

21:13

We follow the last stand of Caterina Sforza as the French once again descend upon Italy with king Louis XII and Cesare Borgia, made representative of Romagna by his father Pope Alexander VI, closes in on the lands of Caterina as she prepares for her last great battle.By Mike Corradi

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173 - The roar of tigress - Caterina Sforza part III (1488 - 1499) 15:34

4M ago15:34

15:34

After the assassination of her husband Girolamo Riario, Caterina is in full control as regent for her son, Ottaviano Riario. She has to navigate regional issues in Romagna, another assassination in Faenza and then the tricky balancing act during the descent of Charles VIII of France. During all of this she managed to start a new passionate relation…

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The Tigress in her Den - Caterina Sforza part II (1481 - 1488) 19:36

4M ago19:36

19:36

After settling in to their new signoria, Caterina Sforza and her husband Girolamo Riario have to deal with continuous plots, the War of Ferrara and the death of uncle pope Sixtus IV. After that Caterina will really show what she's made of by taking and holding Castel Sant Angelo, her sword at her side, while seven months pregnant. In the end after …

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171 - The Tigress rising: Caterina Sforza part 1 (1464 - 1481) 20:37

5M ago20:37

20:37

We look at the early years of the woman who would come to be known as "The Tigress of Forlì", Caterina Sforza starting with her youth at the court of her father, duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria. We then move on to the traumatic start to her marriage to Girolamo Riario, nephew of pope Sixtus IV, as he starts his ambitious rise to power, that will event…

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170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua 21:03

5M ago21:03

21:03

Having met Francesco II Gonzaga, at the battle of Fornovo, we take some time to go back and have a look at the beautiful city of Mantua from its legendary origins, surrounded by lakes created by the tears of a prophetess, through the period of our heroine, Matilda of Tuscany, countess of Canossa, to see the arrival and rise of the Corradi of Gonzag…

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Special: Republic Day 2024 17:55

6M ago17:55

17:55

To celebrate 2nd June, Republic Day as well as the release of the related film "C'è ancora domani" (There's still tomorrow) by director Paola Cortellesi, we are brushing up our episode on the Historical events that lead up to the referendum od 1946 which abolished the Italian monarchy, sending the Savoy family into exile. All of this against the ba…

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169 - The Italian Wars 6 - round 1 aftermath, the north 16:22

6M ago16:22

16:22

After leaving the Papal States with Cesare Borgia waiting for us, we head into the Republic of Florence to look at the struggle with the other Italian powers over Pisa and also stop to talk a little about the man who named America, the Florentine Amerigo Vespucci. After that it's over to the Duchy of Milan where duchess Beatrice d'Este dies in 1497…

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168 - The Italian war 5 - round 1 aftermath - the south and centre 16:14

7M ago16:14

16:14

After seeing French King Charles VIII out of the Italian peninsula, we take a quick tour around to see what the situation is at the end of the 15th century and make sure everyone is on the same page. We look at Sardinia, Sicily, the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal States under the Borgias, but also take time to talk about syphilis and some naughty …

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167 - The Italian Wars 4 - Charles has left the building (1495 - 1498) 19:12

7M ago19:12

19:12

Charles VIII of France is on his way out as king Ferrandino of Naples, along with Gonzalo de Cordoba, are gradually taking back the kingdom. Meanwhile Charles is headed off by the Holy League of Venice at the town of Fornovo in the Apennines of Parma. In the ensuing battle, he manages to get through, but not without losing all the supplies and spoi…

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166 - The Italian Wars 3 - finally Naples… for a bit (1495) 21:45

8M ago21:45

21:45

Charles VIII of France finally managed to get to Naples, but doesn't hang around long, the players on the Italian scene feel he has worn out his welcome and Venice, Milan, the pope, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian and Ferdinand II of Spain band together in the Holy league to threaten France. Things kick off in the south with the new king of Naples Fe…

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Special - The Gulf of poets: Byron, Keats and Shelly in Italy 18:59

8M ago18:59

18:59

A chance visit to the beautiful Ligurian town of Porto Venere, staying in a 900 year-old tower, Torre Capitolare (https://www.capitolare.com/) gave us the opportunity to meet not only with medieval history, the Republic of Genoa and Pisa, the Castle of the Doria, but also with the Romantic ports: Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly and the great Mary Shelly…

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165 - The Borgias are the bosses (1492 - 1497) 16:35

8M ago16:35

16:35

After his election as pope Alecander VI Rodrigo Borgia gets straight down to business, sorting out the lawlessness in Rome, tinkering with the delicate national balance with the Duchy of Milan, the Republics of Florence and Venice as well as the kingdom of Naples. He then has to also deal with the descent of French King Charles VIII, but most of al…

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Special - Lucrezia Borgia 22:53

9M ago22:53

22:53

To celebrate the "A History of Italy" podcast joining the "Sentire" media network (sentire.media), we take a look at one of the most maligned women in history, Lucrezia Borgia. By the 20th century, her reputation was turned around a bit and from the poisoning murder and sexual predator, she became the innocent victim of the machiavellian scheming o…

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Special - Caterina of Siena 18:51

9M ago18:51

18:51

To celebrate A History of Italy of joining the Sentire podcast network (sentire.media) we go back to visit with a peculiar young girl who went from early, rather graphic and violent religious visions to become one of the most influential people of her time, able to grasp the attention of rulers and popes, treating them, if necessary, like children.…

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Special - Matilde di Canossa 21:12

9M ago21:12

21:12

To celebrate the A History of Italy podcast becoming a member of the Sentire Media podcast network we go back and visit with one of our personal favourites, Matilda of Canossa Margarine of Tuscany, a woman of power in a time, the late 11th century when women were not supposed to wield power. She ruled over lands that stretched from the confines of …

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164 - The rise of the Borgias 16:39

10M ago16:39

16:39

After seeing Charles VIII though Rome with an uncertain deal with pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, we go back to see how the Borgias came to Italy from Spain with Alphonse of Aragon, rose to the papacy with Callixtus III who in turn raised his nephew Rodrigo. He would eventually, thanks to one of his many lovers, have three children before becomi…

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6th Anniversary episode - Best of the sketches 45:20

11M ago45:20

45:20

To celebrate our 6th anniversary on 3rd January, we look back on some of the most memorable sketches that have accompanied the regular episodes. From the first appearance of the Great Turnip, through the fish, frog, falcon fly king, strange trade corporations in Florence, agreeing on baguette battles to a conversation with the supreme being himself…

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Interview on the Aldo Moro Affair with Simon Gaul, Author of "White Suicide" 43:03

11M ago43:03

43:03

We spoke to Travel book author, adventurer and novelist Simon Gaul about his new book "White Suicide" which covers a dark period of Italian history in which Christian Democrat Party leader Aldo Moro was kidnapped and assassinated just as he was about to sign a historical deal which would have allowed the Italian communist party a seat at the table …

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181 - Cesare Borgia flying high (1501 - 1502) 15:28

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180 - The Challenge of Barletta (1503) 16:41

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179 - Italian Wars 9: The Fall of Naples and France vs Spain 21:07

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178 New triumphs for Cesare and Naples under three (again) 1500 - 1501 16:21

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177 - Italian Wars 8 - Il Moro back in Milan… for a bit (1500 - 1508) 17:55

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176 - Cesare the conqueror (1499 - 1500) 19:22

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175 - The Italian Wars 7 - Milan under threat (1499) 16:21

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174 - The last stand of the tigress - Caterina Sforza part IV (1499 - 1509) 21:13

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173 - The roar of tigress - Caterina Sforza part III (1488 - 1499) 15:34

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The Tigress in her Den - Caterina Sforza part II (1481 - 1488) 19:36

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171 - The Tigress rising: Caterina Sforza part 1 (1464 - 1481) 20:37

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170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua 21:03

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Special: Republic Day 2024 17:55

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169 - The Italian Wars 6 - round 1 aftermath, the north 16:22

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168 - The Italian war 5 - round 1 aftermath - the south and centre 16:14

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167 - The Italian Wars 4 - Charles has left the building (1495 - 1498) 19:12

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166 - The Italian Wars 3 - finally Naples… for a bit (1495) 21:45

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Special - The Gulf of poets: Byron, Keats and Shelly in Italy 18:59

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165 - The Borgias are the bosses (1492 - 1497) 16:35

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Special - Lucrezia Borgia 22:53

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Special - Caterina of Siena 18:51

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Special - Matilde di Canossa 21:12

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164 - The rise of the Borgias 16:39

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6th Anniversary episode - Best of the sketches 45:20

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Interview on the Aldo Moro Affair with Simon Gaul, Author of "White Suicide" 43:03

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