Wondery presents Bunga Bunga

The MiscELENAeous Podcast with Elena Davies

YEA Networks

Tv & Film, Improv, Comedy

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 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 wondery.fm/MiscELENAeous_BB

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0:00.0	Surprises from miscellaneous are the best surprises because they all but guarantee to be good.
0:06.0	And this one, this one's good.
0:08.0	There is a new podcast at Wundry that will put any and all political scandal to shame.
0:13.4	It's called Bunga Bunga.
0:14.6	It's hosted by Whitney Cummings, we stand a comedy queen, and she takes us on a journey
0:20.0	of the insane true story of Silvio Burleskoni and just like miscellaneous this is a not
0:26.6	safe for work podcast okay so Silvio started out in real estate and media but when his businesses kept hitting legal roadblocks, he decided to run for Prime Minister, see if he could make all of those pesky laws just go away.
0:41.0	Respect. And even though the entire political system was laughing at
0:45.5	him, he actually won. Turns out manipulating the Italian people isn't that
0:50.1	hard with a little charm, money, and self-tainer, okay? But instead of making good on all of those
0:55.8	promises, you know, to help the people, he just threw wild sex parties instead and used his
1:02.1	mafia ties to blackmail government officials, regular, and spent most of his time watching soccer games.
1:08.0	Cool, cool, cool. But here is the craziest part. Everyone in Italy knew what was going on and they just still straight up voted for him.
1:17.6	That is until two words brought his entire empire crashing down.
1:23.6	Bunga bunga.
1:25.1	I'm about to play y'all a preview of bunga bunga,
1:28.0	but while you're listening,
1:29.2	be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts
1:31.6	or you can listen early and ad free by joining Wondery plus in the Wondery app
1:36.1	Download the app today. Okay now get ready to have your mind blown Okay, people, we're going to Milan, Italy.
1:47.0	Late on a Thursday night in May of 2010.
1:53.4	It's a quiet night in the courtyard at number 11 via Fatte-Benefertelli.
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