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The new episode of the show is a fascinating conversation with Simone Cinotto (professor, author, and food scholar at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy) on the reciprocal influences of Italian and American cuisines and the creation of a two-way “transatlantic diet.” We discussed the meanings of “local” and “global” (or “Ital...

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In the new episode of the show I present the story of Pietro Catelli, founder of the globally renowned brand of childcare products Chicco. While investigating his innovative approach to childcare as a complex relational ecosystem at the intersection of medicine, pharmaceutical research, and day-to-day parenting, I also explore his own experience as...

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The new episode of the show marks the beginning of a trilogy of episodes dedicated to the “converging influences” of American and Italian culture in the post-war years. In this first episode, we’ll examine American penetration in Italian society following the Marshall Plan, in the company of Jessica L. Harris, assistant professor of history at Sain...

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This is the story of Ducati, a legendary brand in Italian motorcycling, which started in the 1920s from the work of the radio pioneer Adriano Cavalieri Ducati and developed after the war with the creative design of visionary engineer Fabio Taglioni. So how did the greatest Italian manufacturer of radio parts become the most important producer of mo...

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Dear Friends of Italian Innovators, the new episode of the show is a conversation with Luca Vullo (director, actor, speaker, and communication coach) on the Italian language of gestures and the importance of non-verbal communication in delivering relevant and effective content. Starting from the Italian repertoire of gestures, we examined the gramm...

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Thu, September 9, 2021. 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CEST. Online event by Luca Cottini. Register here. The Italian 17th century was a time of rupture and a creative laboratory of innovative ideas (in architecture, science, music, and urban development). Monteverdi, Galileo, Caravaggio and Bernini belonged to a common cultural soil, which nurtured a new exper...

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Thu, May 6, 2021. 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CEST. The lecture explores the parallel life stories of Calvino and Fellini and the concomitant evolution of their narrative styles. Calvino and Fellini are the two master narrators of Italian 20th century. Their experimental work in literature and cinema has powerfully mirrored Italy’s transition from Fascism to...

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Wed, April 14, 2021. 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM CEST. Online event. What is the role of Italians in the development of our communication age? What impact did telephones, wireless telegraphy (radio), and gramophones have on the creation of our simultaneous world? How did Italian intellectuals like Marinetti and Pasolini read the new experience of ubiquity...

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