About “the Genie in the Bottle”
1.46 Campari as an elite brand 3.10 The Milanese market 4.17 The world of the factory is the factory of the world 6.22 Pop & glamour 7.29 The dawn of...
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Italian Culture delves into Italian history, traditions and customs in order to overcome stereotypes by entrusting the narrative to local researchers. Each episode tells unheard stories, uncovers obscure facts and explores places that resonate with “Italianness”.
The Genie in the Bottle
There’s a small piece of art in almost every fridge, even in yours. It’s from the Twenties, the time when an avant-garde artist (Fortunato Depero) and...
About “When the Pope’s Corpse went on trial”
- 2.10 Ripples and bubbles: the Roman factions and a dissolving empire - 5.03 The four margraves - 6.22 The complexity of the papacy - 8.48 Formosus: ...
When the Pope's Corpse went on trial
Here’s one question you didn’t expect to ever ask yourself: can the Pope take a dead Pope to court? The answer is yes, but be ready for another surpri...
About “Let there be Sandwich, and there was Sandwich”
- 1.40 The secret recipe - 2.27 Inside a Mulassano’s tramezzino - 4.53 Mulassano before it was Mulassano - 8.09 VIP customers: legend and truth - 11.1...
Let there be Sandwich, and there was Sandwich
What if I told you that the good, old sandwich has both a birthplace and a birthdate? What if this place was Italy and the year was 1926? In this epis...
About “Forgotten Voices”
- 3.35 Opera and gender construction - 5.36 “Tuneful scarecrows”: orchiectomy and its effects - 6.35 Masters of the voice: the castrato training - 9.2...
Forgotten Voices
A candid angel, a bratty popstar and a cunning smuggler: what have they in common? They sacrificed their testicles and gained a splendid voice. In thi...
About “Portrait with Devil’s Smile”
- 2.27 Who is Antonello da Messina? - 4.45 The portrait of Unknown - 5.47 Two smiles - 6.44 Antonello’s eyes - 9.18 Enrico Piraino, il Mandralisca: po...
Portrait with Devil's Smile
The painting is cursed, it portrays the devil who’ll drive crazy whoever looks at him – that’s what people say. Why is his gaze so unsettling? Who is ...