Luigi Mangione & The History of Bourgeois Terrorism

Breaking History

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Luigi Mangione appears in court this week. He stands accused of murdering a healthcare CEO in cold blood. It’s not the first time a well heeled winner has been celebrated for his embrace of political violence. Today we look at the West German woman who paved the way. We dive into the phenomenon of breaking rad. Eli Lake tells the story of Ulrike Meinhof and the infamous Red Army Faction. ******* And a note from our sponsors: Go to groundnews.com/BreakingHistory to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and stay fully informed on today’s biggest news stories. Listen to Unpacking Israeli History here: https://link.chtbl.com/VdmA8PCO For more info about ChairFlicks visit: https://welcome.chaiflicks.com/lake/ ******* CREDITSProducer Poppy DamonExecutive Producer Alex Miller Our interview with Bettina Rohl was translated into English and read by Anna-Carolin Augustin. Our voice actors were Constantine Gregory and Priscilla Hagen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode contains some descriptions of suicide, including method.
0:04.3	Take care when listening.
0:06.6	The next court hearing for a celebrity in New York City is scheduled for next month.
0:13.0	TMZ will fight the New York Times for space inside the courthouse, and guards will be on hand
0:18.0	to stop fans from breaking up the proceedings.
0:20.9	But it's not your regular celebrity trial,
0:23.9	because the defendant is being accused of a political assassination of sorts.
0:28.9	In the dock is Luigi Mangione,
0:31.9	and he's being tried for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.
0:40.2	Before Thompson died, no one had heard of Mangione,
0:42.3	but now the man is an icon.
0:44.2	How did this happen?
0:48.2	Well, there's another figure in history who can help us understand it.
0:51.5	She was a journalist who quit her magazine and went underground to rob banks and so terror.
0:55.4	She bombed, killed, stole, and was worshipped for doing so.
0:59.3	Her name was Ulrika Meinhauf, and we'll be digging into what
1:03.2	Meinhof's story can tell us about the Mangione trial, right after the break.
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