PACK ONE BAG (Deep Dive): September 2024
This month we’re doing a deep dive into a single podcast: Pack One Bag. Pack One Bag is a Tribeca-winning podcast series tells the epic true story of an Italian family, split apart by love, fascism and war. When documentarian David Modigliani was a kid, his grandfather, Franco, won the Nobel Prize. But, David’s always been more fascinated by the love story that made it possible — his grandparents’ romance on the run from Fascist Italy. When he digs into their story, he uncovers a darker side to their fairytale escape: a brother left behind to face the Nazi occupation – and startling personal connections between his family and Benito Mussolini. In Pack One Bag, he returns to Italy to investigate his family’s past, carrying a pressing question: if Fascism takes over your country, do you stay or do you try to flee? And what happens if you can’t?
Holidays & Religion: Listening List
With the holidays approaching, let’s hear the history of those holidays, some quirky family holiday stories, and how some people are caught between two worlds. Thanks to Chicago PBClubber, Lisa, and Twitter friend, @saralistens, for choosing the listenings for this month: Backstory: Naughty & Nice. BackStory brings historical perspective to the events happening around us […]