Italian Innovators

How basketball became a thing of culture. A conversation between Luca Cottini and Flavio Tranquillo, journalist, writer, sportscaster, and Italian voice of the NBA for Sky Sport.

* How basketball made it to Italy. Why Italy is one of the hottest markets for the NBA
* The Italian reinvention of American products. NBA, Walt Disney, chewing gum
* The business and culture of sports. On money and education
* Basketball as a platform for cultural exchange, diversity, and mutual understanding
* Why sports is a fundamental tool in the fight against organized crime

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The Aesthetic Creativity of Science
* The Higgs boson and the scientific, philosophical and religious search of the prime mover
* The first woman to lead CERN, the world’s largest institute of fundamental research in physics
* Music and the arts as the foundations of Gianotti’s scientific work
* The pursuit of ‘useless’ knowledge in science and the humanities
* The method of beauty. An ‘imperfect symmetry’ that continually opens the horizon

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A conversation with Vic Rallo (restaurateur, wine critic, and host of the show "On the Road with Vic Rallo)
* What is Italian food?
* On quality, freshness, and genuineness vs counterfeits
* Italian food as a platform to create and recognize value
* What makes Italian wine distinctive?
* Wine as culture, memory, imagination
* How to create a wine list? The cellar as a gallery

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The Wise Audacity of Fighting
* Fighting off prejudice. Italian-Americans and boxing
* The boxing metaphor. The story of an African-Italian boxer and the current racially-related protests
* The multifarious personality of the Black boxer who defied Mussolini’s racial propaganda
* A normal life. Prudence, imagination, and innovative thinking against discrimination
* The fight against racism and our timeless urgency to pursue virtue

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A conversation with Ignazio Marino, transplant surgeon, professor of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, former Italian senator, former mayor of Rome, executive director of the Jefferson Italy Center and executive Vice President for International Innovative Strategic Ventures.

* Assessing the Italian medical system. International ranking, scientific model, and political organization
* The Italian culture of medicine. From early Renaissance hospitals to contemporary healthcare
* Translating worlds. An Italian surgeon in the US. A US-based doctor in Rome
* Bridging the American and Italian approaches. The Jefferson-Rome program
* The Italian contribution to American medical research

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The Pursuit of the Impossible.
* Business as an impresa. The Adventure of Entrepreneurship
* Mountaineering as a Calculated Pursuit of the Impossible. About Risk and Discipline
* Stepping into the Unknown. K2, Mont Blanc, Patagonia, Matterhorn
* From Active Alpinism to Storytelling. World Travelling as a Cultural Narration

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A conversation with Nicola Guerini (General Manager at Milano Fashion Institute)
* The Milano Fashion Institute at the Intersection of Culture, Business, and Logistics
* The Italian Fashion System as a Synthesis of Creativity, Manufacture, and Entrepreneurship
* The Collaboration of Designers and Managers
* What is Italian Fashion in a Global Context?
* Fashion & Sustainability. Fashion & Pandemic

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Philosophizing Fashion. On Business, Culture, and Ethics.

* About Umbria as a Laboratory of Identities and Landscapes
* A Different Approach to the Fashion Industry
* Philosophy as the Basis of Ethical Capitalism
* Culture and Industry. About the Dignity and Meaning of Work
* Turning Entrepreneurship into Legacy. Continuity Across Generations


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A conversation with Pier Forlano, Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia

* Italy in the United States. A Consular, Cultural, and Commercial Network
* On Italy as #1 Country for Cultural Influence and as an Extraordinary Country of Infinite Surprises
* About Cultural Diplomacy, Soft Power, and International Political Relations
* The World from an Italian Point of View. Italy from a Global Perspective

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A Woman Astronaut and Our Endless Quest for the Moon

* The Moon of Galileo and the Moon of Leopardi. On Science & Poetry
* From Apollo 8 to the Gateway Project. Man (or a Woman?) on the Moon
* The Italian Space Agency/Industry. Italy’s Role in the International Space Station
* The Woman of the Stars. A Unique Path of Excellence, Innovation, and Professionalism
* Between Science and Culture. The Incredible Adventure of an Italian Female Astronaut


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