S18E24: It's A Man's Man's Man's World | Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi
Trashy Divorces
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4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
When news broke that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had died earlier this month, he went from a name on our list of potential subjects to a subject ripe for exploration. And what a ride it is - from his numerous affairs, to his scandalous (and criminal) "bunga bunga" parties, to his nearly flawless success in avoiding consequences for all manner of criminal conduct - his story is yet more proof that, like James Brown said, "It's a man's man's man's world."
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| 0:11.6 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Trashy Divorces, everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. |
| 0:18.8 | My name's Alicia, and I especially want to thank you for joining us today on our season 18 |
| 0:24.5 | closing episode. |
| 0:26.6 | A story about the hubris of the mighty. |
| 0:29.9 | Stacey, who have you got to close us out with season 18? |
| 0:33.9 | Today we're going to talk about the life and crimes of the recently departed former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| 0:41.7 | He of the Bunga Bunga parties, the disgraced rascal himself, Silvio Berlusconi, a complicated public figure, |
| 0:49.9 | but I'm pretty sure he was fairly simple at his core, just an absolutely amoral pleasure-seeking animal with too much money and power. |
| 0:58.7 | I think you're saying it's a man's, man's, man's world. |
| 1:02.9 | Gosh, that is really a rare type. |
| 1:05.7 | Rare type. We never see that. |
| 1:08.7 | Friends, this story is fairly lengthy. |
| 1:11.9 | We included the spider webs in it. |
| 1:13.9 | We wanted to give everybody a little something to chew on during our off week. |
| 1:18.0 | But before we get into Bunga Bunga, Man's Man's World, Stacey, who do I see in our new Patreon member Magic Mirror this week? |
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