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The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia

Conversation about life, culture and travel in Puglia and Italy. Served up (usually) twice a month, in English with a drizzle of Italian. Che bello! Follow us on Instagram @gaypugliapodcast

Ranked #1

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It's Sanremo Baby!

It's Sanremo Baby!

The boys chat about the Sanremo Music Festival just before the 69th edition takes place. Sanremo is an Italian phenomeno... Read more

1 Feb 2019

22mins

Ranked #2

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The BGPP Guide to Ostuni - Part 1

The BGPP Guide to Ostuni - Part 1

Like a game of football (AC Milan v Juventis), Part 1 of our guide to Ostuni is a game of two halves. With another new f... Read more

29 May 2019

38mins

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Perugia Reviewed, Three Prides Previewed...

Perugia Reviewed, Three Prides Previewed...

We review the triumph and tragedy that was our roadtrip to Perugia. We preview the three Prides of Puglia - Taranto Prid... Read more

7 May 2019

31mins

Ranked #4

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A caffè leccese and pasticciotto, please.

A caffè leccese and pasticciotto, please.

While Michele rehearses in Naples, Scott takes a trip to Lecce and enjoys a caffè leccese and pasticciotto with Gianmarc... Read more

11 Feb 2019

31mins

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Siete gemelli? Italian phrases for a good night out!

Siete gemelli? Italian phrases for a good night out!

This podcast contains some adult content. With spring in full bloom and summer seemingly around the corner Scott tests h... Read more

8 Mar 2019

32mins

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Mahmood and Italy - the "country of hate".

Mahmood and Italy - the "country of hate".

Post Sanremo, Michele glows in his correctly forecasting the winner of this year's competition, Mahmood. Scott laments h... Read more

17 Feb 2019

17mins

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The Tamburello Lesson and a Brexit Bite

The Tamburello Lesson and a Brexit Bite

With Michele still rehearsing for the play in Naples, Scott goes to his tamburello lesson, then moans about the inconven... Read more

21 Mar 2019

16mins

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We're Sweating It, Sanremo! The Catch-Up

We're Sweating It, Sanremo! The Catch-Up

We are half way through the 69th Sanremo Music Festival, and it's so gay (ish). With Italian icons past and future - wha... Read more

7 Feb 2019

12mins

Ranked #9

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The Salento Rainbow Film Festival 2019

The Salento Rainbow Film Festival 2019

We visit the Salento Rainbow Film Festival, Lecce's LGBT* film festival taking place 28-30 March 2019. But first Scott a... Read more

30 Mar 2019

28mins

Ranked #10

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C'mon Vogue! Striking a Pose with Kenjii Mizrahi

C'mon Vogue! Striking a Pose with Kenjii Mizrahi

We chat with professional dancer and voguer extraordinaire Kenjii Mizrahi, after his amazing Voguing Workshop for the Sa... Read more

30 Mar 2019

18mins

Ranked #11

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Why Italians love their bidet and the fine art of Florence.

Why Italians love their bidet and the fine art of Florence.

In Part 1 Scott and Michele consider why Italians love their bidet and why Italian guys are proud to fiddle with their p... Read more

25 Feb 2019

23mins

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A Soundscape for Easter

A Soundscape for Easter

So, this one is a little different. It's our Easter Soundscape. When people turn to religion, we turn to art. A tribute,... Read more

15 Apr 2019

6mins

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The Night Before The Morning After...

The Night Before The Morning After...

AKA the sleepover before the hangover… The boys take (another) trip to Lecce, this time to celebrate IDAHOT 2019 with th... Read more

18 May 2019

16mins

Ranked #14

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Lockdown Lives #1 - Roberto in Bergamo

Lockdown Lives #1 - Roberto in Bergamo

We visit Roberto in Bergamo, the 4th largest city in Lombardy and one of its most beautiful, to find out how he is spend... Read more

15 Apr 2020

50mins

Ranked #15

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Easter Soundscape 2020 - Puglia: from dawn to dusk

Easter Soundscape 2020 - Puglia: from dawn to dusk

Our Easter soundscape for 2020 starts with the morning chorus of birds recorded here in Puglia as the sun rises. A celeb... Read more

8 Apr 2020

12mins

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Coronavirus in Italy #1

Coronavirus in Italy #1

As news leaks that a quarter of Italy's population are to be put into quarantine, Puglia's President Michele Emiliano is... Read more

9 Mar 2020

19mins

Ranked #17

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From Basilicata with Love

From Basilicata with Love

In this mini-episode we speak to Antonio Nicoletti the Direttore Generale of Basilicata's tourist board, the Agenzia di ... Read more

21 Feb 2020

15mins

Ranked #18

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James Bond is back. So is the Salento Rainbow Film Festival.

James Bond is back. So is the Salento Rainbow Film Festival.

Bond is back! We preview "No Time to Die" filmed in Puglia and in neighbouring Matera. With guest Gianluca, one of the o... Read more

2 Feb 2020

49mins

Ranked #19

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Manscaping - the Italian Male Obsession

Manscaping - the Italian Male Obsession

When you think of Italian men, you might well think dark and hairy. But the modern Italian man prefers to "manscape", wa... Read more

5 Nov 2019

49mins

Ranked #20

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Champagne, Fun and the Power of Communication with Erasmus+ in Reims

Champagne, Fun and the Power of Communication with Erasmus+ in Reims

We take a detour from Puglia and our usual focus on LGBT+ life and culture when Scott represents Italy on a 10-day Erasm... Read more

29 Oct 2019

16mins

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