Benito Mussolini Part 4: A Fine Bromance

Il Duce uses propaganda to become a folk hero - part saint, part
Father Christmas. He bans journalists from mentioning his birthday
or the fact he’s a grandfather - to promote an image of eternal
youth. Ernest Hemingway arrives in Switzerland to interview the
Italian strongman, and sees right through him. Italy launches a
genocidal campaign in Libya and gets away with it. And as the World
Cup comes to the Fatherland, Benito Mussolini prepares to finally
meet one Adolf Hitler… A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.
Many thanks to Giulia Albanese, Joshua Arthurs, John Foot, Nicholas
O’Shaughnessy, Lisa Pine, Helen Roche. This is Part 4 of 7. Get
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