In Part 1 Scott and Michele consider why Italians love their bidet and why Italian guys are proud to fiddle with their privates in public; we consider two anti-LGBTI stories recently in the Italian news and a third heartwarming one. Finally Michele learns how not to pronounce the word "beach".

In Part 2 Scott takes a road trip to Florence to consider its beautiful art where he discovers that the men of Renaissance Italy were so renowned for sodomy that "Florenzer" in German meant sodomite!

Post Sanremo, Michele glows in his correctly forecasting the winner of this year's competition, Mahmood. Scott laments his loosing bets on 8th placed Arisa, before we hear about Loredana Berte's diva moments. Leaving Sanremo behind for this year (probably, maybe...) the guys overview the main feature in this week's news magazine L'Espresso, reporting a significant increase in violence and intimidation experienced by Italy's LGBTI citizens.

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While Michele rehearses in Naples, Scott takes a trip to Lecce and enjoys a caffè leccese and pasticciotto with Gianmarco from the Rainbow Network based there. They talk about gay life in Lecce, the work that Ra.Ne do to support Salento's LGBT community and Salento Pride, scheduled to take place this year on August 17 in Gallipoli. Find them on Instagram - @ra_ne_rainbow, on facebook and at www.rainbownetwork.eu

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We are half way through the 69th Sanremo Music Festival, and it's so gay (ish). With Italian icons past and future - what's not to like? We highlight our favourites and reveal just where we put our money.

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The boys chat about the Sanremo Music Festival just before the 69th edition takes place. Sanremo is an Italian phenomenon and institution. Italy virtually closes down over the 5 nights that the festival takes place.

Just how gay is Sanremo? Who are these Italian legendary artists that no-one outside of Italy will ever have heard of? And which are the "world" famous songs to come from the festival that you also will never have heard of? The boys parody a few by way of homage.

I ragazzi talk about Italian legend Mina and consider the effect that prosecco may have had on Italian legend Ornella Vanoni's lips over the years. Even Italian legend Laura Pausini gets a mention.

Too many Italian legends you've never heard of? That's Sanremo baby!

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Scott and Michele discuss the lack of rights and legal protections in Italy (a western European country and member of the EU) for LGBTI peoples. Michele explains what the best bits are about being gay in Puglia, and we talk art. Finally we consider, just why do so many Italian men pluck their eyebrows - is there a Vulcan conspiracy going on?

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With 800km (500 miles) of coastline Puglia, located in the southeastern region of Italy (the heel to the boot of Italy), is one of the top European destinations for LGBT and queer travellers. Over the last few years we have gone from being a hidden gem where only Italians came to vacation to one of the New York Times' top 20 places to visit in 2019.

In this episode we talk about some of the better known gay and gay friendly destinations in Puglia and tell you just a little bit about what to expect from the Big Gay Podcast from Puglia.