1/4: Italian Lessons: Fifty Things We Know About Life Now by Beppe Severgnini (Author)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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1/4: Italian Lessons: Fifty Things We Know About Life Now by Beppe Severgnini (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Italian-Lessons-Fifty-Things-About/dp/0593315634/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652479747&sr=1-2
Is there an Italian way to deal with life? Can we all learn something from the Italians?
Italy often arouses in Americans a unique mix of attraction and bafflement, moderate disapproval and incredible allure. From the Italians' love of poetry to an innate desire to socialize to the regional differences between the north and the south, BeppeSevergnini, who has dedicated his career to the meticulous observation of his compatriots, embarks on an enthralling quest to identify a core Italian identity and explore how that identity has evolved since the global pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.4 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:11.2 | Italy March 2020. |
| 0:14.3 | The plague, the pandemic, the virus. |
| 0:18.5 | It's in Italy, it's in the United States. |
| 0:21.3 | And in response, Italy locks down. |
| 0:24.6 | But I welcome Bappy Severnini. |
| 0:28.2 | He is a columnist at Correa de la Sera, but he's also the author of a new book, Italian |
| 0:35.2 | Lessons, 50 Things We Know About Life Now. |
| 0:38.7 | After the pandemic, during the pandemic, reflecting upon hundreds of years, thousands of years |
| 0:44.9 | in Italy. |
| 0:45.9 | Bappy, congratulations and good evening. |
| 0:48.1 | I take you to a moment in March of 2020 when you were looking down from your office and |
| 0:55.2 | crossing the Piazza Duomo in your hometown, hometown Kramer. |
| 0:59.7 | You inadvertently or on purpose or serendipitously pushed open the side door of your cathedral, |
| 1:07.7 | Duomo Decrema. |
| 1:09.2 | And inside was one worshipper and then a crucifix, a crucifix that you date to the 13th century. |
| 1:16.5 | What does that crucifix represent to the people of Kramer? |
| 1:19.4 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:20.7 | Good evening. |
| 1:22.3 | Well, thank you for starting with an image and a symbol and it's also a piece of art, |
| 1:31.5 | but it's part of our life and it's been part of the life of people in Kramer for centuries. |
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