All Episodes

June 1, 2023 15 mins
Liquore Strega and the bewitching power of literature (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)

* The fascination for "La" Strega (the witch) and the apprenticeship at "Lo" Strega liqueur factory
* Poster #advertising and the aura of Strega. The blue, green, and red "witch" by Marcello Dudovich
* The Roman city of Benevento, the legends of witchery, and the #drink of Giuseppe Alberti
* A Southern Italian excellence from 1860 to the present. Guido Alberti as #entrepreneur
* The passion for #storytelling. The Nazi occupation of Rome and the salotto of Maria Bellonci
* The birth of Premio Strega, a laboratory of postwar culture & Italy's most important literary award
* From literature to #cinema. The acting career of Guido Alberti, from Fellini to Rosi
* Of #cocktails and literary imagination. What do #stories do? What is their added value?
* Guido Alberti. A complex entrepreneur and #intellectual in search of never-fading #beauty

Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to the YouTube channel. Thanks for listening!
Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Dateline NBC
Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex & Money

Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.

Stuff You Should Know

Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2024 iHeartMedia, Inc.