Mafia Women

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Who was Pupetta Maresca? And what did she do to become the first woman in Italy to be prohibited from having a funeral?

In this episode, Kate chats to Barbie Latza Nadeau, a journalist and author who has lived in Italy since 1996, and who, to find out more about the women of the Italian mafia, actually went to meet some of them.

We find out why these women are just as dangerous as their male counterparts, and how their roles have changed through history.

*WARNING there are naughty words and discussions of crime and murder in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.7	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Hello, my lovely bird twixters.
0:34.2	This is Kate Lister.
0:35.6	I am just prefacing this episode as usual,
0:38.6	with a fair dude's warning.
0:40.2	Fair dudes, it's gonna contain some adulty themes.
0:43.0	We're talking about the Italian mafia today.
0:45.0	So we're talking about, they'll be sex,
0:46.8	they'll be violence, they'll be swearing.
0:49.0	And unfortunately, there might be me attempting to do an Italian accent,
0:52.3	which is warning that everybody needs.
0:55.4	I'll try my best to behave myself.
0:57.7	So, if that sounds like something that you can get on board with,
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