Episodes

  • What the Future Holds

    What the Future Holds
    Dec 12 2024
    Welcome to the Season Finale of Good Night and Good Luck. A long journey, in covering the 2024 US Elections, comes to an end with this special episode that features two interviews and a “open-mic session” hosting many members of the newsroom highlighting what they expect to see in 2025, from the new Trump administration and beyond.

    Special guests of the episode are Tito Boeri, Professor in Economics here in Bocconi and a former consultant for the European Commission and the IMF (among other experiences), and Giuseppe Agliastro, a freelance journalist from Moscow covering Russian affairs for ANSA and La Stampa.

    Episode recorded on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 December and hosted by Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Annalaura Maurino, Vittoria Chiarini, Yashvardhan Bhatia, Wolfie McLeish, Pradyumn Arora, Nino Dolidze, Nastassia Tsialpuk, Anna Barla, Stefania Pasquazzi, Miriam Li Pira, Tainara Cappellini, Luca Galbusera. Interviews made by Natalia Papuashvili (Tito Boeri) and the students of the Television and Culture course (Giuseppe Agliastro).

    Good Night and Good Luck’s executive producers are Ennio Terrasi Borghesan and Andrea Quartarone. A special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    55 mins
  • Clashes and Agreements

    Clashes and Agreements
    Dec 3 2024
    Welcome to the ninth episode of the second season of Good Night and Good Luck. Our analysis of the aftermath from the 2024 US Elections continues by looking at recent days news on internal and foreign prospects, observing in general main clashes and agreements done in recent weeks as Donald Trump’s second inauguration draw closer. Among the topics discussed in our roundtable, the President Elect’s cabinet choices, his clashes with NATO and with some journalists, the future of the Democratic Party.

    Episode recorded on Thursday 28 November and hosted by Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Ludovica Bazzani, Pradyumn Arora, Vittoria Vantini, Gaia Greco and Wolfie McLeish.

    Good Night and Good Luck’s executive producers are Ennio Terrasi Borghesan and Andrea Quartarone. A special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    32 mins
  • Looking Back to Look Forward

    Looking Back to Look Forward
    Nov 24 2024
    Welcome to the eight episode of the second season of Good Night and Good Luck. Our debrief of the 2024 US Elections continues with a deep focus on both current and dated topics related not only to the Presidential race won by Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. As the episode title states, in our round table we tried to look back in order to look forward, including a comparison between Trump’s economic policies (2016 vs 2024), the situation over the war in Ukraine, Elon Musk’s involvement in the future Trump’s administration, Kamala Harris’ future and more.

    Episode recorded on Thursday 21 November and hosted by Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Lucrezio Pellacani, Wolfie McLeish, Nastassia Tsialpuk, Natalia Papuashvili, Yashvardhan Bhatia, Ludovica Canton, Vittoria Chiarini and Annalaura Maurino.

    Good Night and Good Luck’s executive producers are Ennio Terrasi Borghesan and Andrea Quartarone. A special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    54 mins
  • How & Why He Won

    How & Why He Won
    Nov 19 2024
    Welcome to the seventh episode of the second season of Good Night and Good Luck, the radio program of Università Bocconi Television and Culture's students from the Cleacc and Bemacc courses. Our analysis of the fallout from the 2024 US Elections continues by looking at reasons and lessons on what happened in the weeks (and months) that led up to November 5.
    This week’s guest is Federico Rampini, one of the most prominent Italian journalists on Foreign Affairs topics and a US columnist from New York for Corriere della Sera. Mr Rampini is now in libraries with his new book, Grazie Occidente, published by Mondadori.

    In this episode:
    • Why Donald Trump won: strengths and lessons from his comeback to power (01:12)
    • Why Kamala Harris lost: a closer look at reasons and demographics (6:25)
    • How media, both in the US and globally, covered the result (17:10)
    • The GOP trifecta: the Presidency, the Senate and the House (27:38)
    • Marco Rubio’s appointment as the new Secretary of State (31:22)
    • Photography and photojournalism in Elections, Wars and current times (39:47)
    The episode has been recorded on November 14, 2024 by the Television and Culture students' newsroom.
    Episode speakers, in order of appearance: Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Giulia Parini, Wolfie McLeish, Miriam Li Pira, Oleg Dzigajev, Luca Galbusera, Nino Dolidze, Camilla Malpiedi.
    Interview by Annalaura Maurino.
    Producers and show runners: Andrea Quartarone & Ennio Terrasi Borghesan.
    Special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    51 mins
  • 47 is the new 45

    47 is the new 45
    Nov 11 2024
    The 45th President of the United States will also be the 47th as Donald Trump completed this week an incredible return to the White House, four years after ending his first term on a tumultous way. The sixth episode of Good Night and Good Luck's second season features a new round table with some members of the newsroom discussing about what this Election Night and this result has told us about the US and also about ourselves.

    Episode recorded on Thursday 7 November and hosted by Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Vittoria Chiarini, Annalaura Maurino, Yashvardhan Bhatia, Pradyumn Arora, Wolfie McLeish and Stefania Pasquazzi.
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    56 mins
  • Election Day in America

    Election Day in America
    Nov 5 2024
    It’s Election Day in America and Good Night and Good Luck returns with the fifth episode of the second season. A different setting than usual, a round table with some members of the newsroom discussing about expectations on the actual Election night, what these weeks of analysing and looking closely at the campaign and the race for the White House has taught us. Remember that you can join us live on Election Night by watching the live streaming of our event in Bocconi, on Radio Bocconi’s YouTube page from 23:45 on Tuesday 5 all-night-long.

    Episode recorded on Monday 4 November and hosted by Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Vittoria Chiarini, Annalaura Maurino, Yashvardhan Bhatia, Pradyumn Arora and Wolfie McLeish.
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    43 mins
  • Picking up Pace

    Picking up Pace
    Oct 20 2024
    Welcome to the fourth episode of the second season of Good Night and Good Luck, the radio program of Università Bocconi Television and Culture's students from the Cleacc and Bemacc courses. A quick disclaimer: it’s the final episode before election week, as students will have to undergo midterm exams in the next 10 days.

    This week’s guest is Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global PhotoVogue and the Director of the PhotoVogue Festival. You can read the Substack article mentioned the episode at this link: https://alessiasupdates.substack.com/p/symbolism-spectacle-and-bias-a-reflection

    In this episode:
    • Town Halls and their role in the US Elections (01:00)
    • Hurricanes, Climate Change and the candidates’ position (10:42)
    • The situation in Taiwan (18:04)
    • Kamala Harris’ final weeks campaigning (27:39)
    • Donald Trump’s appeal to voters (34:12)
    • Photography and photojournalism in Elections, Wars and current times (39:47)
    The episode has been recorded on October 17, 2024 by the Television and Culture students' newsroom.
    Episode speakers, in order of appearance: Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Gaia Albi-Marini, Hannah Smith, Gaia Greco, Gaia Rapisarda, Pradyumn Arora, Stefania Pasquazzi, Anna Barla, Wolfie McLeish.
    Interview by Pradyumn Arora.
    Producers and show runners: Andrea Quartarone & Ennio Terrasi Borghesan.
    Special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    55 mins
  • Moments of Truth

    Moments of Truth
    Oct 13 2024
    The second season of Good Night and Good Luck, the radio program of Università Bocconi Television and Culture's students from the Cleacc and Bemacc courses, continues with another insightful episode.

    This week’s guest is Veronica Costanza Ward, an Italian American journalist for Sole 24 Ore and International Juror for the Golden Globe Awards.

    In this episode:
    • Kamala Harris’ $1B fundraising campaign (01:05)
    • How Donald Trump can win Pennsylvania (also with Elon Musk’s help) (06:27)
    • The US-China relationship during the run-up to the Election (15:17)
    • Both candidates’ media strategies in the final month of the campaign (22:54)
    • The abortion factor in the 2024 race (29:56)
    • Kamala Harris’ communication style: strengths and differences from Trump (36:51)
    The episode has been recorded on October 10, 2024 by the Television and Culture students' newsroom.

    Episode speakers, in order of appearance: Ennio Terrasi Borghesan, Martina Gravaghi, Miriam Li Pira, Wolfie McLeish, Alessia Pallini, Alice Amoruso, Dominga Ricciardelli, Mariam De Vita, Ninutsa Dolidze.
    Interview by Annalaura Maurino and Vittoria Chiarini.
    Producers and show runners: Andrea Quartarone & Ennio Terrasi Borghesan.
    Special thanks to Chiara Cuzzocrea and Beatrice Merli.
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    58 mins