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No matter the route, the process of self-discovery is always fascinating and, while each person&#8217;s journey is unique to them, it also partakes of many universal, shared aspects, which is why these stories seem to resonate for so many of us. <strong>William &#8220;Billy&#8221; Manzo,<\/strong> founder and impresario of <strong><em>Federal Hill Pizza<\/em><\/strong> in Providence, Rhode Island, is definitely one of those fascinating people. In this inspiring conversation and tour of the Federal Hill Pizza &#8220;<em>Castle<\/em>,&#8221; recorded in the fall of 2020 during the peak of the first wave of the Covid pandemic, \u00a0Billy shares the many twists and turns that led to his emergence as one of the great pizza makers and visionaries in America. The one theme that continually emerges in this, and in all the <em>Pizza Talk<\/em>\u00a0interviews we recorded in 2020, is <em>resilience<\/em>. 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