026: Hot Sauces & Italian Healthcare

Love spicy food? Want to know what the health care system in Italy is like?   In this, the first of a two part interview, we discuss both topics with Joe and Andrea Lathe-Vitale. These two are making the big move to Italy as well as making their own line of hot sauces. Finally, near the end of the podcast, we get into how the healthcare is here in Italy compared to the U.S.

Click here for 5 fun & delicious places to add spice.

Topics we cover:

How Andrea and Joe are planning on moving to Italy

Our common love for hot sauces

How they name their products after their cats

You'll find their products at Fancy Cat Sauce Co.

Joe's favorite pepper

Finding the right mix of flavor and heat when it comes to hot sauces

Joe and Andrea's visit to the mill

The ibuprofen properties of extra virgin olive oil

Where I first learned about it in Extra Virginity

Why Steven doesn't fear fat (and how he lost 30 lbs. — Be sure to check out Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino's podcast for more info and Vinnie's best-selling book)

Did some kid really die from eating a Carolina Reaper? We couldn't find this to be true, but if you know about it, let us know.

Joe and Andree's decision to move to Italy

L'arte di arrangiarsi "the art of getting by" v. America which is all about "the art of getting ahead."

How we believe the health care in Italy contributes to l'arte di arrangiarsi. (Here's an article talking about Italy being ranked the 2nd Healthiest Country in the World)

What the doctors' offices are here like in Italy

How Italian doctors make house calls

How the casual, friendly nature of doctors in Italy actually makes them feel less profession to Americans

The cost of prescriptions in Italy

Below is the video Steven was talking about where John discusses the reasons why the U.S. spend so much more on health care than any other country in the world.    The term Steven couldn't think of is inelastic demand.