Italy, the country that first coined the term 'fascismo' over a century ago, is poised on Sunday to elect a prime minister whose party descended from Fascism. The failure of Italy's current ruling party to maintain a coalition has left Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Brothers of Italy party in the lead. Why would Italy choose to return to its fascist past?
In this episode: 

Michele Barbero (@MicheleBarbero), AFPTV Live Deputy Editor-in-Chief and writer for Foreign Policy
Barbara Serra (@BarbaraGSerra), Italian journalist and producer of 'Fascism in the Family: Al Jazeera Correspondent'

Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Ashish Malhotra with our host, Halla Mohieddeen. Ruby Zaman fact-checked this episode. Our production team includes Chloe K. Li, Alexandra Locke, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei, Amy Walters, and Ruby Zaman. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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