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Logically Irrational

Wondery presents Bunga Bunga

Logically Irrational

YEA MEDIA GROUP

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Silvio Berlusconi was a charismatic multi-millionaire real-estate mogul who upended the Italian political order and hypnotized an entire nation. He was the longest-serving prime minister of one of the world’s wealthiest countries, until he was brought down by three powerful women - and two words: “Bunga Bunga.” From Wondery, the makers of Dirty John and The Shrink Next Door, and hosted by comedian Whitney Cummings, “Bunga Bunga” is an eight part series on the incredible true story of the rise and fall of Silvio Berlusconi, told with Whitney’s signature wit and style.

Listen today at http://wondery.fm/Logically_BB

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0:00.0

Okay, Ty and I have a show that we need to recommend to you all.

0:03.2

It's centered around this one man whose name may sound a little familiar to you.

0:07.6

Sylvia Burlesconi, he's the former Prime Minister of Italy.

0:11.5

And you all know we love our reality TV around here and

0:14.3

this guy's life story is a reality TV show for the ages. Seriously, government-funded

0:19.9

scandals, multiple wives, fraud charges, and that's only from his first couple years in office.

0:25.6

It's called Bunga Bunga and it's hosted by legendary comedian Whitney Cummings.

0:30.3

So here's some background.

0:31.5

Sylvia started in real estate and media, but when his businesses kept hitting legal roadblocks,

0:36.6

he decided, why not I'll run for Prime Minister to see if he could make all those laws go away.

0:42.0

And even though the entire political system was laughing at him,

0:44.8

he somehow still won.

0:46.4

Turns out, manipulating the Italian people isn't that hard when you have charm, money,

0:50.9

and lots and lots of self-tanner. But instead of making good on his promises to help

0:56.0

the people, he threw wild sex parties, blackmailed government officials, and spent most of his time

1:01.5

watching soccer games.

1:02.9

Truly a piece of work, folks.

1:04.8

But the craziest part about this story

1:06.4

is that everyone in Italy knew what was going on

1:08.9

and they still voted for him.

1:11.0

That is, until two words brought his entire empire crashing down.

1:15.0

Bunga Bunga. We're about to play you a preview of Bunga Bunga, but while you're

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