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Podcast: The Italian American Podcast
Episode: IAP 105: "If There's No Government in Italy… Who's Running the Place?" A Brief Examination of the August 2019 Italian Parliamentary Crisis
Description: On August 20, 2019, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned from his office, bringing to an end the strange fourteen-month experiment that was Europe's first "Populist Government". So, on this week's Italian American Podcast, co-hosts John Viola and Pat O'Boyle attempt to tackle the timeless challenge of explaining Italian politics for the uninitiated. They'll discuss how Italy's "Second Republic" came to be, and introduce the cast of characters behind the current Parliamentary drama that has the world casting weary eyes towards the Italian motherland. You'll get to know Italy's main political parties and the men and women w...