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HEADLINE: Climate Change, Culture, and Cuisine in Italy's Undiscovered Friuli Region GUEST NAME: Lorenzo Fiori SUMMARY: Lorenzo Fiori details Italy's intense climate changes (drought, supercells). He promotes the undiscovered region of Friuli for its Fri

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

News, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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HEADLINE: Climate Change, Culture, and Cuisine in Italy's Undiscovered Friuli Region
GUEST NAME: Lorenzo Fiori
SUMMARY: Lorenzo Fiori details Italy's intense climate changes (drought, supercells). He promotes the undiscovered region of Friuli for its Friulian language, scenery, Ribolla wine, and porcini mushrooms.
1700 ROME

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This is CBS. Hi on the world. I'm John Batchel. I welcome my dear colleague Lorenzo Fiori,

0:39.9

who is my teacher about the wonderful world of Italy. We begin with weather, however, and that's going to take us to a new part of Italy. I didn't know existed Friuli. But the weather, the climate,

0:46.4

there is reason to believe the climate is changing every year. Lorenzo reminds me that Italy is

0:52.1

entirely surrounded by water on both sides of peninsula.

0:55.4

That might explain the heavy rainstorms that have been sweeping through the north, Milan, and Genoa,

1:01.7

where Lorenzo works and travels mostly.

1:06.9

The south of the peninsula, however, has been baking in a drought with temperatures of 39 centigrade.

1:15.0

That's 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more.

1:17.8

That's very hot.

1:19.7

Rome in the center has been having heat, followed by rain, followed by heat, followed by rain.

1:26.4

Right now, it can be tropical, and then again,

1:29.9

the supercells come in. Supercells have led to hail in some places, and we're going to go to

1:37.3

Trieste and Friuli. Lorenzo, a very good day to you. How is it in Milan today? What is your

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