Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 262: "2 Fun Neapolitan Legends About Margherita Pizza And Mount Vesuvius"
Update: 2025-09-15
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This is the bonus show for Episode 262! (Neapolitan Ice Cream)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore two obviously incredibly fascinating legends about margherita pizza blowing the mind of a queen, and Mount Vesuvius's eruptions representing the lovesick anger of a transformed centaur.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Myths and legends of Italy Campania – Parthenope and the foundation of Naples (L'Italo Americano)
- This Day In History: Mount Vesuvius erupts (History.com)
- London 1908: A short-notice replacement for Rome (International Olympic Committee)
- IMDb listing for 'Parthenope' (2024)
- Parthenope: Paolo Sorrentino’s swooning tribute to Naples puts beauty before plot (British Film Institute)
- The Pursuit Of Italy: A History Of A Land, Its Regions, And Their Peoples by Sir David Gilmour
- Naples, Italy -- Birthplace of the Pizza Margherita Plaque (Atlas Obscura)
- Margherita of Savoy -- sculpture by Giulio Monteverde (Musei Di Genova)
- Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy (TheRoyalWomen.com)
- How Neapolitan Cuisine Took Over the World (The Paris Review)
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