In this episode,we are again joined by Prof. Citlali Sosa-Riddell (Cal State University, San Marcos) She will be examining essential Rock Nacional (Argentino) songs to consider how "el rock nacional" became a space to confront the painful memories of the military dictatorship even before the dictatorship collapsed.

The songs became important discursive spaces across Latin America because it was a way to engage with the national conscience, to tell stories of the murdered victims, and to deal with crimes of the dirty wars of the state against the population when the courts and nation would not.

Song Listing: In this episode we heard “El Show de los Muertos” by Sui Generis, León Gieco with “El Fantasma de Canterville.” Luis Alberto Spinetta with "Maribel se durmió." Alejandro Lerner’s “Indulto” and Bersuit Vergarabat wi ...