This Wednesday, October 20, 2021, ten years have passed since ETA announced the “definitive cessation of armed activity .” During his period of activity (1968-2010) he committed more than 3,000 attacks, leaving more than 7,000 victims and murdering 857 people. To understand the Basque conflict, there are several podcasts on Spotify about ETA that are very worthwhile.
Goodbye ETA (Goodbye ETA)
A 37 minute 23 second podcast directed and narrated by Jon Sastiaga. A documentary that analyzes in detail the circumstances that led to the “collapse” of the terrorist gang . It also refers to the consequences that five decades of violence left in Basque society.
The Invisible Line
A Movistar Plus podcast produced by Sentido Films, Foroka and Lavinia Voice. Thanks to a deep journalistic investigation and more than 30 interviews , it revolves around historical events and characters that inspired the series ‘The Invisible Line’. It tries to answer one of the unresolved questions about the origin of ETA: who murdered Melitón Manzanas.
Melitón Manzanas was a Spanish policeman assassinated by ETA on August 2, 1968. It was the first premeditated attack by the terrorist gang.
The ETA Footprint in Madrid
Another podcast about ETA that you can listen to on Spotify. María Jesús González, Irene Villa’s mother, walks along with the journalist Vicente Zabala de la Serna some of the sites where ETA attacked in the city of Madrid .
Homeland
‘Patria’ is an eight-episode miniseries based on the novel by Fernando Aramburu. It encompasses three decades of the Basque conflict, with special emphasis on its impact on ordinary citizens. The protagonists are the widow of a man killed by ETA and the mother of the imprisoned terrorist .
On Spotify you have the opportunity to listen to the podcast of the series . The eight chapters of ‘Homeland’, each one lasting between 60 and 70 minutes, so that you can listen to them: Benign October, Meet us, Last snacks, Txato, The country of the quiet, Patrias y mandangas, Bloodstained bread and Sunday mornings.
These are the best podcasts about ETA on Spotify .
