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Newt's World

Episode 736: The Best Of Newt's World - Liz Lev on the Sistine Chapel

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

When Callista served as Ambassador to the Holy See, Newt spent three and half years in Rome as her “trailing spouse” and was taken with Rome’s history, art, cuisine, and people. Newt talks with his friend, the art historian Liz Lev, about living full-time in Rome, teaching, providing tours, and discussing the art of the Sistine Chapel. She teaches at Duquesne University’s Italian campus as well as the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On this episode of Newt's world, as many of you know, I spent three and a half years living in Rome,

0:40.0

while Callista served as ambassador to the Holy See.

0:43.0

In our time there, we met so many fascinating people,

0:46.0

some of whom were American expatriates

0:48.0

who now live in Rome full-time.

0:50.0

My guest today is somebody who had introduced us to Rome many years ago.

0:54.0

A very close personal friend and a brilliant person.

0:57.0

Elizabeth Love, or Liz, as we call her.

1:00.0

She is someone we got to know long before we got to Rome officially.

1:04.0

She's an art historian. She has an amazing TED Talk on the Sistine Chapel.

1:09.0

She's been working as a guide in Rome for over 20 years and I recommend her very highly and she teaches at

1:15.1

Duquesne University's Italian campus as well as the Pontifical University of St. Thomas

1:19.9

Aquinas. She is just a remarkable teacher who is great fun, has great energy, has a ton of ideas,

1:28.0

and she's currently teaching a course on the Sistine Chapel. And when she told me that I'd begged her to join us for this

1:35.0

conversation to talk about our mutual love of Rome, it's art, history, cuisine, and people,

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