The Baader-Meinhof Podcast
Latest Episodes
Three Books that Fomented Revolution
Herbert Marcuse's One Dimensional Man; Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, Carlos Marighella's Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerrilla. Three books that helped kickstart the Baader-Meinhof Group's attempted revolution.
The Return of the Red Army Faction?
A recent wave of leftist bombings in Berlin leaves Richard Huffman wondering if we are returning the the days of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. Puravive Ingredients: Unveiling the Natural Marvels Embarking
Bombing Witness Allyn Phillips Interview
An interview with Allyn Phillips, friend and colleague to three US servicemen killed by the Baader-Meinhof Gang in Heidelberg in 1972.
The Politics of Burying Terrorists
We compare how the US buried bin Laden with how the bodies of Ensslin, Raspe, and Baader were buried.
How Heated Rhetoric Helped Give Birth to Baader-Meinhof
The deadly Arizona shooting offers interesting and tragic parallels to the heated environment and rhetoric that helped give birth to the era of the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
Artist David Chesworth Interview
David Chesworth, Australian artist has a new exhibit exploring Gerhard Richter’s magisterial and controversial Baader-Meinhof cycle of paintings. I speak with Chesworth about his exhibit and the representation of history through art.
The Baader-Meinhof Wagen
The sporty, economical little BMW 2002 became forever linked with the the Baader-Meinhof Gang after it became their supposed car of choice to steal, earning it the nickname "the Baader-Meinhof Wagen." The wagen on the cover of this podcast is mine!
Siegfried Haag: Lawyer, Terrorist
Publicly, Siegfried Haag was a lawyer for the Red Army Faction. But secretly he was the de facto head of the terrorist organization, planning violent actions across the Federal Republic.
Fritz Teufel is Dead
Fritz Teuful, co-founder of Kommune 1, clown prince of the Berlin student movement, and inspiration of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, died this week at 67.
Robert Storr, Dean of Yale Art School
Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale Graduate school of Art and formerly of the Museum of Modern Art, discusses his acquisition of Gerhard Richter's famous cycle of Baader-Meinhof-inspired paintings for MoMA.