Hey, everybody. Welcome to Trashy Devourses. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.

My name is Alicia, and I especially want to thank you for joining us today on our season 18 closing episode.

A story about the hubris of the mighty Stacy, who you got to close us out with season 18.

Today, we're going to talk about the life and crimes of the recently departed former Prime Minister of Italy.

He of the Bunga Bunga Parties, the disgraced Rascal himself, Silvio Berlusconi. A complicated public figure, 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.

I think you're saying it's a man's man's man's world. Gosh, that is really a rare type.

A rare type. We never see that.

Friends, this story is fairly lengthy. We included the spider webs in it. We wanted to give everybody a little something to chew on during our off-week.

But before we get into Bunga Bunga, man's man's man's world, Stacy.

Who do I see in our new Patreon member Magic Mirror this week?

Absolutely. Thank you so much for joining us at patreon.com slash trashy divorces. Bridget O. Catherine K. Blue Rock. Leslie C. Alex D.

Sam's mom, Jamie C. Carly N. and Scott M. with a little wink and a nod to Scott M. I love it when people we know in our real life support us over here on Patreon Scott.

We need to come see you sometime soon in the ATL. Friends, we really hope that you're enjoying the dumpster dives and bonus divorces that are over on Patreon.

Maybe even joining us for our regular twice a month zoom salons. Remember, as a programming note, here we are off next week while we get season 19 ready for your ears.

Don't worry, those Stacy and I are going to be back with brand new pipe and hot trashy divorces starting Wednesday, July the 5th.

Alicia, if we're going to get to the most scandal plagued Italian leader since Rome fell, what do we need to do?

We've got to go, go, go, but an Italian on Dore on Dore on Dore.

All right Stacy, I missed out on the whole Bunga Bunga thing. I think this story is fairly trashy.

Should we let everybody know just to sit down, settle in, get ready?

Absolutely, also worth noting some of later in the story, there are some fairly graphic descriptions of things that happens if you have littles, maybe, I don't know, use your judgment.

But this is the trashy divorces and much more of Silvio Berlusconi, worth noting that Italy has had approximately 70 governments since World War II.

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