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Reflecting on the election in Italy and whether Giorgia Meloni is far-right live on TalkTV. Peter Cardwell interviewed me live on 1 October 2022 below:

As the last election results in Italy were being counted on 26 September 2022, I was interviewed live on TalkTV by Mike Graham:

On 25 September 2022, as Italians were voting for a new government, I was interviewed about the election live on TalkTV by Kevin O’Sullivan:

GB News live interview with me on 18 October 2021 after widespread protests in Italy following the introduction of COVID-19 ‘green’ vaccine passports in all workplaces, for all flights, long-distance trains and buses, to enter cultural and sporting events, to enter universities and discos and to eat in restaurants. Click on the image below to see the interview:

TRT World News live TV interview with me 1 August 2021. This was the day large ships were banned from navigating through the centre of Venice by the Italian government after UNESCO threatened to put Venice on its list of endangered sites:

Sportscast of Ideas podcast about England and Italy before the football Euro final. Comments by others and me. This discussion was held on Zoom on 8 July 2021 and broadcast on 9 July before the final of the UEFA European football championship, which was postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We reflected on recent matches and made some prediction for the final before it was scheduled for 11 July 2021. You can listen by clicking on this link: https://instituteofideas1.podbean.com/e/speed-surprise-and-suspense-could-it-really-be-coming-home/

Academy of Ideas Economy Forum ‘Covid-19 and the economy, part 4: Italy and South Africa’. Online introduction by me on Italy followed by discussion before South African part. Broadcast on 1 July 2020 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLAVFzaVnA8

Australia’s ABC Radio National programme Counterpoint. Former Australian Ambassador to Italy and government minister Amanda Vanstone interviewed me on Italy’s economy and Covid-19. Others were also interviewed and my interview starts 14 minutes into the programme. Broadcast on 11 May 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/11-05/12227680

Academy of Ideas ‘Podcast of Ideas: the lockdown lifts in Europe?’. Interview with others and me. Broadcast on 1 May 2020: https://instituteofideas1.podbean.com/e/podcast-of-ideas-the-lockdown-lifts-in-europe/

The Spiked Podcast ‘Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown’. Broadcast on 13 March 2020: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/inside-italys-coronavirus-lockdown/

Sky News live Kay Burley interviewed me about the start of Coronavirus lockdown in Italy. Broadcast on 9 March 2020. Here is one part of the interview: https://twitter.com/i/status/1236922394025099264

Sky News Daily Podcast ‘Italy becomes centre of European COVID-19 outbreak’. Broadcast on 24 February 2020. Interview by Dermot Murnaghan with me and others: https://news.sky.com/story/italy-becomes-centre-of-european-covid-19-outbreak-11942378

Euronews live interview on the worst floods in Venice for 53 years. Broadcast on 12 November 2019.

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Discovery Science programme If we built it today. Episode 8 ‘Doomsday in Venice’ includes interviews with several people including me. It was broadcast in the US in September 2019. This episode can be viewed using this link:

https://www.amazon.com/If-We-Built-Today-Season/dp/B07V8LHBQF

Sky News live interview on climate change, land use and feeding people. Broadcast on 8 August 2019.

https://dstandish.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_7457.mov

TRT World The Newsmakers episode ‘Venetians are Fed Up with Overtourism’. It includes interviews with several people including me. Broadcast 31 July 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=EhuRHNNr3ks&app=desktop

https://dstandish.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/venetians-are-fed-up-with-overtourism.mp4

Al Jazeera The Stream episode ‘Is mass tourism ruining vacations as we know them?’ It includes interviews with several people including me. Broadcast on 30 July 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=Rr5tj5HMtH4

Sky News live interview on the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge. Broadcast on 15 August 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GP9_4hZMHk

Sky News live interview on EU intervention in the formation of an Italian government. Broadcast on 28 May 2018:

The Spiked Podcast ‘Using the law against the people’. My interview starts 20 minutes into the podcast. Broadcast on 10 December 2016: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/using-the-law-against-the-people/#.WEwOVqKLTeQ

BBC World Service Radio and Podcast The Documentary episode ‘Cruising’. Broadcast on 23 August 2016. My interview is three minutes into the programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p044trlb