Mauro Felicori and Grazia Verasani Discuss Culture and Landscape on Artribune Podcast

Mariantonietta Firmani hosts a podcast episode of 'Contemporaneamente' on Artribune, featuring Mauro Felicori, Assessor for Culture and Landscape of Emilia-Romagna, and Grazia Verasani, a writer, screenwriter, and musician. The conversation explores professionalism in public service, self-expression through writing, and culture as a tool for emancipation. Felicori and Verasani share concrete examples from the UK, Rome's summer under Nicolini, and the Riace bronzes, highlighting mass culture. Felicori, a philosopher by training, has held numerous roles in Bologna's public administration and sits on boards including the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and Fondazione Marconi. Verasani has published fifteen books, including 'Quo vadis baby?' adapted into a film by Gabriele Salvatores and a Sky TV series, and her detective Giorgia Cantini features in six novels. The podcast aims to bridge art, science, literature, and philosophy for contemporary insights.