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The Renaissance, The Mafia, The Rise of Silvio Berlusconi: The Paradox of Italy

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 2, 2015

Italy correspondent of The Economist and southern Europe editor of The Guardian John Hooper discusses his new book The Italians, which digs deep into Italian history, culture, and religion. Hooper sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism, and the reason why Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger, yet none for a hangover.

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