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Viviana Altieri
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Uncovering Authentic Italian Food
Off the Beaten Path: Italy’s Secrets from Viviana Altieri
Today, I chat with Viviana Altieri, founder of Istituto Mondo Italiano in Pittsburgh, who promotes Italian culture and language through classes, workshops, and cultural events. Originally from Rome, she moved to Pittsburgh on a $100 bet and has since built a thriving cultural center. She also hosts "The Italian Radio Hour," where she explores Italian culture, food traditions, and Italian-American identity. When not in Pittsburgh, she's often exploring Italy's hidden gems.Viviana's contact info:WebsiteIstituto Mondo Italiano's InstagramViviana's Instagram
2024-11-08
42 min
Uncovering Authentic Italian Food
Off the Beaten Path: Italy’s Secrets from Viviana Altieri
Today, I chat with Viviana Altieri, founder of Istituto Mondo Italiano in Pittsburgh, who promotes Italian culture and language through classes, workshops, and cultural events. Originally from Rome, she moved to Pittsburgh on a $100 bet and has since built a thriving cultural center. She also hosts "The Italian Radio Hour," where she explores Italian culture, food traditions, and Italian-American identity. When not in Pittsburgh, she's often exploring Italy's hidden gems.Viviana's contact info:WebsiteIstituto Mondo Italiano's InstagramViviana's Instagram
2024-11-08
42 min
The Italian Radio Hour
ITALY IS OUT - Mario Badagliacca, Derek Duncan, Edvige Giunta
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - 'Italy is Out" is the fruit of the collaboration between Mario Badagliacca, established documentary photographer, and Derek Duncan, Professor of Italian at the University of St. Andrews and whose objective was to explore the implications Italian migration in a global perspective tracing cultural transformations across borders, generations, and languages.Badagliacca visited the project's key locations conducting interviews with Italians or people of Italian descent before photographing them in familiar locations. The subjects of the portraits were invited to bring along three objects representing their attachment to Italy. The...
2023-10-05
1h 19
The Italian Radio Hour
NEXXT Expo - The biggest Made in Italy Expo in Los Angeles, Oct 19-22, 2023
This week on The Italian Radio Hour we caught up with Lorenzo Lisi, to talk about NEXXT Expo, the biggest Expo of Made in Italy that take place Oct. 19-22 at CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles,. Nexxt Expo will feature over 120 vendors, meticulously curated to offer an authentic and immersive Italian experience. Also, this expo serves as an opportunity not only to showcase the best of Made in Italy but to offer a view into the US market for Italian companies that would like to expand their reach to the US. So, it is both a great...
2023-09-27
28 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Flavors of Umbria with Francesco Rossetti of Assisi Vino
This week on The Italian Radio Hour we travel to the region of Umbria. Defined as Italy's Green Lung, our expert sommelier Francesco Rossetti tells us about some of the amazing wines, cheeses, and olive oils produced in this region, and how "Assisi Vino" was born. Francesco will be soon embarking on a two month long tour in the US where he will share flavors of Umbria with the US audience. If you are in the Pittsburgh area, you'll be able to meet Francesco and try first hand wonderful Umbrian specialties in November. Stay tuned for more. ...
2023-09-22
26 min
The Italian Radio Hour
40 FINGERS: Italy's new musical phenomenon acclaimed all over the world!
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - With more than 90 million views on Youtube and Facebook, 40 FINGERS is one of the new crossover phenomenon acclaimed all over the world. They are a fabulous guitar quartet born in 2018. Each of them with a strong musical history and a different background, 40 Fingers explore new sounds in the name of fingerpicking combined with their unique style, offering an amazing repertoire of famous rock/pop songs cleverly arranged for four guitars (from Queen to Toto, from Dire Straits to Eric Clapton, from Astor Piazzolla to the Beatles). They are able to create...
2023-09-14
25 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Neighborhood Girl and Pittsburgh original Little Italy with Linda Schifino
PITTSBURGH ITALIANS: Who remembers Larimer Avenue's Little Italy? What memories do you have about Larimer Avenue? This week on The Italian Radio Hour, I caught up with Linda Schifino, author of her newly published book "NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL".On a recent drive thru Larimer Avenue, the neighborhood that was home to Linda and her family, she came to realize that what she grew up with, now is all gone. Wanting to find a way to preserve her family stories for her little granddaughter Alex, what was initially a collection of essays became, over the course of five years, a book...
2023-09-08
40 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"When I was your age" with Italo-Australian comedian Joe Avati
This week on The Italian Radio Hour we caught up with Italian-Australian comedian Joe (Giuseppe) Avati on a short break from his world tour "When I was your age".Joe and I met in Pittsburgh during his premier show in July.Joe seamlessly blends family anecdotes with relatable events from the collective memory and true mishaps in Italy.https://youtu.be/UYRWu8A7dfQJoe Avati
2023-08-31
26 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Discover Italy in Vermont with Lisa De Natale
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: DISCOVER ITALY in Vermont. In conversation with Lisa DeNatale, President of VICA - Vermont Italian Cultural Association. Last year, our initial contact with Italians living in VT, started with Alessandra Rellini, Owner and Operator of Agricola Vermont and Monte Verdi salumi in Panton, which then we visited of the July 4th holidays. That sparked more research into the Italian community in VT and we connected with Lisa De Natale, President of the Vermont Italian Cultural Association. In this interview, Lisa talks about the Italian influence on the territory, and the local industries...
2023-08-24
30 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Italian Folk Dances and Music with Andrea De Siena, Anthony Taddeo, and Laura Esposito
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Italian Folk Dances & Music with Andrea De Siena, Anthony Taddeo, and Laura EspositoTraveling throughout Italy, especially in the Summer can be a great opportunity to catch up on festivals, sagre and wonderful dance exhibitions.The passion for Italian Folk Dances is even stronger now that the new generation has embraced it as an artistic art form, an expression of the people, their voices, a bridge between the past and the future.We caught up with Anthony Taddeo, Founder of Alla Boara in Cleveland (OH) who has made...
2023-08-19
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
In conversation with Katie Parla on Food of the Italian Islands
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with KATIE PARLA (aka Katie "parla") I met up with Katie Parla in her tastefully decorated apartment in Rome, caught up on life, books, and all the great adventures that resulted in her latest beautiful book: FOOD of THE ITALIAN ISLANDS (FOTII), recipes from the Sunbaked Beaches, Coastal Villages, and Rolling Hillsides of Sicily, Sardinia, and BeyondFood of the Italian Islands contains over 85 recipes, both original and reimagined, that showcase the allures off Italy's coasts, including pane frattau featuring Sardinia's beloved flatbread; bigoli in salsa, a party pasta popular...
2023-08-10
37 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Italian American Podcast with John Viola & Patrick O'Boyle
This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: What does being Italian mean to you?Italians moving to the States now bring new traditions. Italians that have emigrated to the United States hundred years ago brought the traditions, the foods and the language of those times. So, even if the experience of being "Italian" might now differ, the sentiment remains the same: to preserve, to pass on, to appreciate everything that Italy and the Italian (and Italian American) culture has to offer.Keeping the conversation going and an open mind-set that transcends the idea of "real" and "authentic", is the...
2023-08-03
1h 07
The Italian Radio Hour
Prosciutto San Daniele with Arianna Prolongo
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - During our tour of Friuli Venezia Giulia, we savored many DOP products of the region but Prosciutto San Daniele reigned king. After a "sensorial" tour of Prosciuttificio Prolongo, we caught up with Arianna Prolongo, third generation owner of PROSCIUTTIFICIO PROLONGO to learn about the steps and the quality assurance processes to guarantee and obtain the one and only Prosciutto San Daniele DOP stamp.
2023-07-25
30 min
The Italian Radio Hour
MAGAZZINO ITALIAN ART and "Arte Povera"
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: Exploring Magazzino Italian Art, the only museum and Research Center dedicated to advancing scholarship and public appreciation of postwar and contemporary Italian art in the United States. The museum was founded by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu with the mission to share works of the group of Italian artists who exhibited together in the late 1960s and early 1970s, affiliated with the art movement of Arte Povera, with American audiences.Magazzino opened to the public on June 28, 2017, with an exhibition dedicated to the influence and legacy of Margherita Stein, a late Italian...
2023-07-13
1h 03
The Italian Radio Hour
Sara Bonfanti, the ballerina that traveled Italy on foot
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Meet Sara Bonfanti, the ballerina that traveled almost 8,000km on foot across Italy in 7 months from Friuli to Sardegna on the Club Alpinisti Trails.
2023-07-06
45 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Dante's Wife (La moglie di Dante) with Marina Marazza
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Gemma, the woman Dante never wrote about. What personality did this Florentine woman that no one remembers had? For love, she marries an inadvisable man: not rich, devoid of political power and moreover a poet. She doesn't let herself be dismayed when he finds himself on the wrong front, in a Florence where the bitter struggle between factions destroys lives and fortunes. And the rival, the angelic Beatrice? Will Gemma ever confront Dante? With this novel Marina Marazza brings us another historical novel that recounts the vicissitudes and strength of a...
2023-07-01
1h 18
The Italian Radio Hour
Like Father, Like Son - The Sunseri Family and the creation of Pennsylvania Macaroni
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - This week, I am joined by Massimo and Bill Sunseri, a household name here in Pittsburgh for anything Italian food related. The story of the Pennsylvania Macaroni Company is filled with pride, tradition, determination and much more. In the traditional Italian village of Trabia, Sicily there were three brothers of the proud, hard working Sunseri family who wanted to open an Italian food shop and bring their admirable work ethic to America. In 1902, Augustino, Salvatore and Michael Sunseri formed the company that is now known as the Pennsylvania Macaroni Company. They...
2023-07-01
33 min
The Italian American Podcast
IAP 283: The Search for the Mondo Italiano with Special Guest Viviana Altieri of the Istituto Mondo Italiano
When Viviana Altieri journeyed from Rome, Italy to Pittsburgh, PA, on a dare nearly 30 years ago, she could never have imagined staying in the United States and pursuing the life of a “Professional Italian American." But this week’s guest is a natural-born adventurer, and her many incredible journeys seeking out the essence of what it means to “be Italian” have given her unparalleled experiences, which she now brings to her dual roles as the head of the Istituto Mondo Italiano and host of The Italian Radio Hour, her podcast and video series that seeks to reveal the best of Italy...
2023-06-22
57 min
The Italian Radio Hour
La corsa dei Ceri and Italians in Lackawanna County with Stephanie Longo
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - La Corsa dei Ceri and Italians in Lackawanna County with Stephanie Longo. What do Gubbio and Jessup (PA) have in common? Join our conversation with Stephanie Longo, as we explore old and new traditions and how diverse Italian American populations join old and new with events such as La Corsa dei Ceri or St. Ubaldo Day in Jessup and La Festa Italiana on Scranton's Courthouse Square. Stephanie Longo, an expert on the Italian American history of northeastern Pennsylvania and author of Italians of Lackawanna County...
2023-06-16
39 min
The Italian Radio Hour
ATTOMBRI Brothers and the art of Venetian Glass Jewelry
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Venice, the city of water. For centuries Venice has been made famous by the material that most profoundly represents its enchanting history and fluid terrain, glass. As early as the nineteen eighties, Stephano and Daniele Attombri caught much attention and acclaim with their unique design that seems to move amid the fertile terrain of both fashion and fine art. The Attombri brothers work within a particular contemporary key. A skillful balance has been struck between the materials of old and new and the blend of both traditional Venetian technique and innovation...
2023-06-08
40 min
The Italian Radio Hour
ANDAR PER BACARI - Where to go to try authentic Venetian finger foods with Monica Cesarato
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Ready to pack your bags and head to Venice? This week, we connected with Monica Cesarato, food blogger, guide extraordinaire, podcaster, and much more to talk about "Andar per bacari"...aka, how and where to go to try authentic Venetian "finger foods" (cichetti). Her tours and also book with the same title, will be a great (and delicious) way to discover Venice in a more authentic way.
2023-06-06
57 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Tracing threads and weaving stories" with Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: "Tracing threads and weaving stories" with Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo Of Calabrian origin, Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo is a multi-disciplinary artist, mother, researcher, arts worker, curator, and writer, based near Mildura in Northwest Victoria, Australia. Via a variety of disciplines, Luci makes artifacts utilizing traditional women’s modes of making: sewing, embroidery, and crochet, reinventing these notions through her practice, reclaiming these practices through memory and intention. The work is a manifestation of the hopes, dreams, and desires of migrant women, and also, their lived realities. It strives to honor their voices which were often silenced by...
2023-05-25
1h 09
The Italian Radio Hour
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS - When it was a crime to be Italian with Zach Baliva
"POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS" - Directed by Zac Baliva (Executive Producer John Tuturro), this full lengthy documentary gives voice to the untold stories of families what were victims of the Proclamations by President Roosevelt which authorized the United States to detain allegedly potentially dangerous enemy aliens. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies arrested thousands of suspected enemy aliens, mostly individuals of German, Italian, or Japanese ancestry, living throughout the United States. WINNER - 2021 Russo Bros. Italian American Film Forum BEST DOCUMENTARY - 2022 Ferrara Film Festival
2023-05-19
52 min
The Italian Radio Hour
PASTA VELOCE - Under the Tuscan Sun inspired recipes with Frances Mayes
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Let's cook with best selling author Frances Mayes, who returns to The Italian Radio Hour to talk about her new cookbook: PASTA VELOCE - Under the Tuscan Sun inspired recipes easy to make in a cinch! During our conversation, we will talk about the making of Under the Tuscan Sun and her residence Bramasole, her life in Cortona (Italy), and a special appearance by Frances' husband Ed to talk about Extra Virgin Olive Oil!
2023-05-12
1h 16
The Italian Radio Hour
TINA, MAFIA SOLDIER
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: TINA, MAFIA SOLDIER. In conversation with Sicilian writer Maria Rosa Cutrufelli and Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and translator of the book. Sicily, 1980s: When she was just eight years old, Tina watched as her father, a member of Cosa Nostra, was murdered in cold blood. Now a teenager, she terrorizes her hometown of Gela, having made it her mission to join the mafia, an organization traditionally forbidden to women as made members. Nicknamed ’a masculidda, or “the tomboy,” Tina has taken charge of her own clan...
2023-05-04
1h 01
The Italian Radio Hour
My Italian Honey Bee with Marina Marchese
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - A conversation with Marina Marchese, Italian trained honey sensory expert and author of The Honey Connoisseur, a conversation that will span from her passion that started with Italian bees, honey tasting and bee keeping! An interesting conversation not to be missed! #italianbees #honey #beekeeping #queenbee
2023-04-20
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
A Small Kitchen in Genoa with Enrica Monzani
Ready to travel to LIGURIA? Join me in conversation with Enrica Monzani, Founder of A small kitchen in Genoa, and now author of a new cookbook in Italian AND ENGLISH (Yeah): LIGURIA IN CUCINA - The Flavors of Liguria.
2023-04-13
49 min
The Italian Radio Hour
IL MESSAGGERO - From Calabria to the US, messages of hope - Pete Ferraro
From Calabria to Sharpsburg, the story of Pete's father, Pietro Ferraro and his mission to bring recorded messages of hope and joy to the United States as an immigrant in 1966. In doing so, he unknowingly immortalizes a generation of Italians through rare audio recordings and more than 50 years later we see its impact on the next generation living in the U.S.
2023-04-06
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
SFOGLINI Pasta - How does US made pasta live up to their Italian counterparts?
How does USA made pasta hold up to their Italian counterparts? Meet Sfoglini pasta! Sfoglini combines the very best of Italian technique and American ingredients: traditional bronze dies and plates, beautiful pasta shapes, great porosity! Pasta is also slow-dry to preserve both flavor and nutrients. Sfoglini sources fifteen organic durum semolina pastas from the best in North American organic grains and local and small farms to produce various seasonal pastas throughout each year. While interviewing Sfoglini’s Co-Founder Scott Ketchum, we cooked their cascatelli in a cream, pancetta, and coffee grinds (yes, you heard me!) for a real time te...
2023-03-30
45 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire with Mary Anne Trasciatti
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: REMEMBERING THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE. As the City of New York is preparing to commemorate the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire where 146 mainly young immigrant women lost their lives, trapped in the building, we caught up with Mary Anne Trasciatti, President of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, and a Professor of Rhetoric and Director of the Labor Studies program at Hofstra University in Long Island. Mary Anne talks about the impact this tragedy had on current safety and labor laws, what the commemoration will look like THIS FRIDAY, the...
2023-03-28
47 min
The Italian Radio Hour
LEAVING THE FACTORY with Director Alessia Cruci and Actor Roberta Sparta
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - BONUS INTERVIEW on The Italian Radio Hour: We continue our conversation on Remember the Triangle Fire with Alessia Crucitelli, the Director of the short "Leaving the Factory" , winner at Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum and film leading actress Roberta Sparta. With "Leaving the Factory," the filmmakers have created a story that humanizes the historical tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, which caused the death of more than 120 women and girls who were trapped inside the facilities. A major focus of Alessia's film is to change how Americans view...
2023-03-23
50 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Bruno Sammartino The Authorized Biography of Wrestling's Greatest Champion!
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with Larry Richert (Producer of the documentary) and Bruno's son Darryl Sammartino. Not only Bruno's achievements as an athlete with unprecedented sold out matches at Madison Square Garden as a headliner but also how his story on how he and his family escape from the tragedies of WWII, have made Bruno Sammartino a great inspirational figure for people all over the world. Bruno was the son of Italian immigrant parents, who looked out at that world of privileged fame with the eyes of a boy whose fa...
2023-03-17
43 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Basilicata Secrets with Anita Aloisio
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with Anila Aloisio For those belonging to a generation born from the immigrant experience, often the link to their heritage lies in the interaction and culinary rituals centered in the kitchen. The sacred ingredients and codes for food preparation make the process of cooking all the more meaningful. It isn’t surprising that family secrets and cultural attachments are interlaced and inadvertently divulged during the preparation of the meal. Food becomes the pretext for intuitive exchange and conversation. Driven to honor such culinary attachments, Basilicata Secrets brings its...
2023-03-10
37 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Gladiator Guide - Alexander Mariotti
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: A conversation with The Gladiator Guide" aka Alexander Mariotti aka "The GLADIATOR GUIDE. Alexander is an award-winning Roman Historical Consultant and a leading speaker on gladiatorial life, combat, and weaponry. We will learn interesting and less known facts about Gladiators, as well as when to see Gladiators parading downtown Rome, and much more! Watch the video interview and Subscribe to: The Italian Radio Hour YouTube Channel to be notified on new episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@theitalianradiohour/ Also, you can listen to your favorite interviews on several Podcast platfo...
2023-03-03
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Italy on a Plate with Susan Gravely and Frances Mayes
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour - A wonderful conversation with Susan Everett Gravely, Founder and Creative Director of Vietri, and internationally acclaimed author Frances Mayes as they share stories about Italy, Food, and Friendship to accompany the publication of Susan's new memoir and cookbook "Italy on a Plate". Foreword by Francis Mayes. Want to watch the video interview? Head to: https://youtu.be/3XWMRgdoSjI
2023-02-23
1h 00
The Italian Radio Hour
Italian Fashion from A to Z with Grazia D'Annunzio
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Grazia D'Annunzio joins us to talk about Italian Fashion through her recent production "Italian Fashion from A to Z" available for free on YouTube. Each week, Grazia presents a different designer in a concise, informative and engaging way providing enough information to want to rewatch each episode twice or...watch a few more at the time! Watch our video interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UuiFgHOqLt4 For more information: Istituto Mondo Italiano: www.istitutomondoitaliano.org Italian Fashion from A to Z: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwMxUCxY04a...
2023-02-16
48 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Tutti in Scena" with Laura Caparrotti, Founder of KITheater
This week on The Italian Radio Hour in Conversation with Laura Caparrotti, Director and Writer of "Tutti in Scena", the first documentary about the history of the beginning of the Italian Theater in NYC told by today's Italian Theater Company in NY, Kairos Italy Theater. Thru the work of Malzone, Maiori, Farfariello, Cordiferro, Antonietta Pisanielli, Ria Rosa and many others, Laura documents the development of the first amateur and professional theaters in NYC as well as the role that theater had in the immigrant community, family life and social conscience of those times. About Laura Capa...
2023-02-10
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Hollywood's Italian American Filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino with Jonathan Cavallero
Today’s conversation topic is Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino, a wonderful publication written by Jonathan Cavallero. Jonathan is an Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies at Bates College and the Founding Director of the Bates Film Festival. In his book, Jonathan explores the different ways in which Italian American directors from the 1920s to the present have responded to their ethnicity. While some directors have used film to declare their ethnic roots and create an Italian American "imagined community," others have ignored or even denied their background.
2023-02-02
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
TALKING TO THE GIRLS and the TRIANGLE SHIRT FACTORY FIRE with Prof. Edvige Giunta
This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Prof Edvige Giunta On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, New York. The top three floors housed the Triangle Waist Company, a factory where approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women and girls, labored to produce fashionable cotton blouses, known as “waists.” The fire killed 146 workers in a mere 15 minutes but pierced the perpetual conscience of citizens everywhere. The Asch Building had been considered a modern fireproof structure, but inadequate fire safety regulations left the workers inside unprotected. The tragedy of the fire...
2023-01-26
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
ALL-Expenses paid trip: NIAF's Voyage of Discovery with Gabriella Mileti
Experience Italy in an action-packed ALL-EXPENSES paid journey exploring UNESCO sites, local hotspots and breath-taking landscapes. With NIAF's Voyage of Discovery, you will travel with Italian American peers while being introduced to the vibrant culture, mouth-watering cuisine, and fascinating history that puts one's Italian American heritage into a life-changing context that was never realized before. ELIGIBILITY: - Must be a full-time college student at a college or university for the semester preceding the trip; - Between the ages of 18-23 at the time of travel; - Of Italian heritage; - Never previously visited Italy; - A United St...
2023-01-19
19 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia with Dr. Andrea Canepari
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas. In conversation with Dr. Andrea Canepari, Directorate General for Country Promotion of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome. Dr. Canepari was also the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2017 Italian arts and culture have been a significant influence on Philadelphia dating back to Thomas Jefferson and colonial times. Throughout the ensuing decades, Italian art and architecture styles flourished, and wealthy Philadelphians traveled to Italy and brought back objects to display in emerging institutions of...
2023-01-19
28 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Antique Fabrics Collection of Fondazione Antonio Ratti with Maddalena Terragni & Salvatore Giardina
In 1985, Antonio Ratti created in Como the non-profit foundation that bears his name, with the desire to share his passion for art and textiles and to preserve his textile collection. Over the past 30 years, Fondazione Antonio Ratti (FAR) has been supporting and promoting research and experimentation in culture and the arts, including scholars, established and emerging artists in a lively and open environment. The Foundation, headed by Annie Ratti since 2002, is located in Villa Sucota, an historic building on Lake Como. Here we find Antonio Ratti’s extraordinary collection of antique textiles preserved – with more than 30.000 pieces from across the gl...
2023-01-13
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
La BEFANA - A 7-meter Marionette lands in PADUA with Sara Celeghin & Giovanna Bacco
A massive enterprise to build the bigger movable Befana "puppet" that has made her "royal" entrance today in Padova in Prato della Valle. A team consisting of various artists, gymnasts, and creative minds conquered the challenge to even transport the huge Befana in pieces and reconstruct it for the enjoyment of "grandi e piccini". Bravi tutti! Today, we were joined by Sara Celeghin and Giovanna Bracco right after all the festivities and the tear down was completed, full of excitement for the "mission accomplished". Befane on stilts, Befane on bicycles, Fire fighters as part of the show, Prato della Va...
2023-01-06
25 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The tradition of "IL PRESEPE" (Nativity set) with Teresa Astorino
In this episode, we caught up with artist Teresa Astorino who has been making nativity sets, aka Presepi from a very young age with a variety of different materials. Her work has been features at the Vatican's exhibit of "100 Presepi" which features 100 nativity sets from all over the world. She joined us from Ciro, in provide of Crotone (Calabria). The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italian culture from all over the world. Celebrate your Italian-ness by subscribing to The Italian Radio Hour.
2023-01-06
26 min
The Italian Radio Hour
RED SAUCE - How Italian Food became American
This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Have you ever wondered how Italian food became American? Join us for a conversation with Ian MacAllen, author of "Red Sauce, How Italian Food Became American", an interesting journey into the history and the development of some dishes that might have had Italian origins but took an "American twist" over time.
2022-12-29
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
DREAM of ITALY - Kathy McCabe
This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Dreaming of Italy? Don't miss our conversation with Kathy McCabe, Host and Executive Producer of the TV Travel Series "Dream of Italy" as we talk about how Italy can change your life and how to Make your Italy Dream Come True. Kathy McCabe is America’s #1 Italy travel influencer with an audience of more than 60 million on PBS alone. She is the Host and Executive Producer of the TV travel series "Dream of Italy" with two seasons and two specials currently airing on on PBS stations, Cr...
2022-12-22
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
ABCheese with Eleonora Baldwin
We all love CHEESE but there is one someone that really knows A LOT about Cheese. Join The Italian Radio Hour this Thursday as we chat with Eleonora Baldwin, the creator of ABCheese, a TV program that kept people curious, entertained and informed about all the different types of Italian cheeses. Additionally, Eleonora will share a little bit about growing up as a "figlia" and "nipote" d'arte. Yes, Baldwin like Peter Baldwin, and De Sica, like in Vittorio De Sica!!!!
2022-12-15
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Wine Doors of Florence with Robbing Gheesling
Welcome to The Italian Radio Hour, news from Italy, about Italy and Italians all over the world. Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: On your next trip to Italy, how about a little treasure hunt around Florence to find those lovely wine doors that were featured in the news as examples of "contactless" distribution of wine? Join us as we chat with photographer Robbin Gheesling, who patiently documented over 170 of these little wine doors in her book "Wine Doors of Florence". (A...
2022-12-09
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Food of the Italian islands with Katie Parla
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with the amazing, the one and only Katie Parla, a Rome-based New York Times bestselling cookbook author, food and beverage journalist, culinary guide, educator, and Emmy-nominated television host. Katie has written, edited, or contributed to more than 35 books and when not writing cookbooks or filing articles f...
2022-12-01
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Pasta Grannies - Vicky Bennison
Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Ready for "your dose of Pasta Grannies? Join our conversation with Vicky Bennison, the creator of Pasta Grannies who will share all about this wonderful, heart-warming project and the grannies...
2022-11-18
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"She was one of my closest friends, but we never met. A PenPal in Italy."
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Recently, we came across a beautiful story about a PenPal friend and we thought it would be a great story to share with our listeners and viewers as it is a celebration of friendship across the ocean. Written by: Sharon Waldrop Published in the MAY 19, 2022 of: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a38199320/my-pen-pal-died-before-we-could-meet/
2022-11-17
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
SLOW FOOD YOUTH NETWORK with Valentina Gritti
Enjoy our conversation with Valentina Gritti on tonight's episode of The Italian Radio Hour: SLOW FOOD YOUTH NETWORK! Fresh of the radio! Valentina Gritti, Global community and project manager at Slow Food Youth Network. The Slow Food Youth Network is celebrating food culture and local tastes and reducing food waste while championing sustainability and biodiversity in their communities and around the world.
2022-11-11
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO - with Samuele Bozzolla
The Marriage of Figaro with Samuele Bozzolla. Ready to catch the ongoing production of The Marriage of Figaro at Pittsburgh Opera? Our friend and opera connoiseur Samuele Bozzolla returns to The Italian Radio Hour to give us interesting fun facts about on of Mozart's masterpiece.
2022-11-04
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
THE FACE OF NEW IMMIGRATION with Bea Spoli & Valentina Scholar
This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The faces of NEW IMMIGRATION. Now, we are called "Professionals living Overseas" but America is still providing professional oppurtunities to grow and start your own business that continue to appeal to many young Italians. Meet Valentina Scholar, Founder of Bike the Burgh Tours and Bea Spolidoro, Principal at Fisher Architecture as they both share how they came to Pittsburgh, initial challenges and biggest accomplishments while also providing some advise for the new comers.
2022-10-28
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The King of Tavolara Tonino
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: As the world mourned a Queen, we caught up with the King of the smallest kingdom in the world: Tonino Bartoleoni, King of the small island of Tavolara, off the Sardinian coast. We will learn how his ancestors gained the title and whether there is a heir lined up for when Tonino retires. Also, NEW our Travel Section where we will...
2022-09-15
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Violin tradition of Cremona with Maestro Stefano Trabucchi
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode, we will travel thru the sounds of the centennial violin making tradition of the city of Cremona through Maestro Stefano Trabucchi who will illustrate elements that contribute to reaching the "perfect sound" in a violin, the same way that Maestro Antonio Stradivari did 500 years ago. Want to watch the video interview? Head to: https://youtu.be/wpyrbOVg7NE
2022-08-25
56 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Craft Beers in Italy with Kevin Raub
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! On this week's episode: GOT BEER? Did you know that Italy is one of the top producers of....CRAFT BEER? Join the conversation with Kevin Raub as we talk about some of the latest trends in craft beers production and some of his favorites breweries in Italy. Want to see the video interview? Head to: https://youtu.be/A7c93h0WyRc
2022-08-18
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Panis Quatradus with Farrell Monaco
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on THE ITALIAN RADIO HOUR: Have you ever baked bread? Have you ever baked bread like the Romans did? Tune in for an interesting conversation with experimental archeologist Farrell Monaco as we talk about how the Romans ate, from the findings from Pompeii and her own recreation of the 2,000 year old bread "Panis Quadratus". Want to watch the vid...
2022-08-11
56 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Prisoners Among Us with Michael di Lauro and Andrea Franzoni
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: A Tribute to Italian POW Aldo Arrighi and Italian American identity during WWII. Join us for a very special episode of with our two guests: Andrea Franzoni, a young man from Italy who will soon embark on a 3200km cycling expedition called “TRAIN LONG GONE - For Aldo”, that will trace back the various camps throughout the US where his “nonno” Aldo Arri...
2022-08-04
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Italian Suit Professor Salvatore Giardina
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In the second segment, we will continue our journey into the Fashion industry, by talking to Prof. Salvatore Giardina, from the Fashion Institute of Technology who recently returned from a Study Abroad program in Italy where FIT students visited some very important mills in Northern Italy and got to see first hand the production of amazing fabrics. Want to see the video interview? Head to: https...
2022-07-28
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The House of GUCCI with Sara Gay Forden
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode: The HOUSE OF GUCCI - In Conversation with the author, Sara Gay Forden. Sara was living in Milan and reporting already on the fashion industry from a business perspective when Maurizio Gucci was assassinated. Following also the developments of the trial, Sara, in her book, provides an authentic recollection of the rise, and the almost fall and the resurrection of the GUCCI brand. W...
2022-07-28
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Il Dolce Far Niente with Sophie Minchilli
The Italian Radio Hour brings the best of Italy very Thrusday. In each episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week, we talked to Italian food and travel expert Sophie Minchilli about her book, the Sweetness of Doing Nothing, and how we can incorporate the beloved Italian philosophy of Dolce Far Niente into our own lives, no matter where we live!
2022-07-21
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Franco Harris and The Immaculate Reception
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Pittsburgh Steeler legend Franco Harris. Franco was born in Fort Dix, NJ, the son of an American soldier from Mississippi stationed in Italy during WW2 and an Italian mother from Pisa, and graduated from Penn State with a degree in hotel, hospitality and food. He was selected by the Steelers in the first round and in his first NFL season, he became only the fourth rookie in NFL...
2022-07-21
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Preserving Italian Folk Dances with Anna Harsh from Allegro Dance Company
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Meet Anna Harsh, the Artistic Director and Founder of Allegro Dance Company, and author of "La Danza, Conflict, Passion, and Healing". Anna has channeled her love for her Italian heritage through dance. Starting with a college thesis project, Anna has researched and brought to the public thru Allegro Dance authentic folk dances from Italy (North and South). This could not but lead her to an unforgettable journey that s...
2022-07-15
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Heirloom (Michela Smith & Sandi Grasso)
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode, we spoke with Director Michela Smith and Sandi Grasso about Michela's latest projects is “Heirloom'', a short documentary about her mother Sandi and her own quest to discover why Italian Americans still love to garden. The film has been featured at numerous film festivals, including tha Arizona International Film Festival, New Jersey’s Golden Door International Film Festival, and its premiere at the Los Angeles Itali...
2022-07-08
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Heirloom" and the tradition of growing an Italian American Garden
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode: we will be discussing the importance of the family vegetable garden in the Italian tradition. Instead of our usual two-guest format, we will be talking to four individuals about their personal experiences of maintaining a vegetable garden and its importance in the Italian tradition and the Italian American identity. In the first half of the show we will speak with Mary Menniti, Founder of the I...
2022-07-08
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Are the Passengers Saved?" The Tragedy of the Andrea Doria with Pierette Domenica Simpson
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Pierette Domenica Simpson, a native of Pranzalito, near Torino, is a survivor of the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the Italian luxury liner that sank on July 25, 1956 when it was struck by the Swedish liner Stockholm. Pierette is also the author of the books: “Alive on the Andrea Doria! The greatest Sea Rescue in History, and “I was Shipwrecked on the Andrea Doria! The Titanic of the 1950s”. In 201...
2022-07-01
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Glass Hostaria in Rome with Chef Cristina Bowerman
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode, we interview Cristina Bowerman. Cristina is the chef of Glass Hostaria in the Trastevere neighborhood in Rome and the only female chef in Rome who has been awarded a Michelin star. In the second part of our program, we will speak with Pierette Simpson, a native of Pranzalito, near Torino. She is a survivor of the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the luxury liner that s...
2022-07-01
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Food Decoder and Trieste with Michael Pauls
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Tonight, we will explore the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and specifically Trieste with travel writer Michael Paul, a regular contributor to Dream of Italy TV Show & Travel Magazine with Kathy McCabe, and also the creator of the "Italian Food Decor" App.
2022-06-24
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
“Out of Rushmore’s Shadow" with Lou Del Bianco
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! “Out of Rushmore’s Shadow" with Lou Del Bianco, grandson of Luigi Del Bianco, the true chisel-genius from Friuli behind the carving of Mount Rushmore. How is it possible that for decades there had been absolutely no recognition to the man whose expert craftsmanship carved the life-like eyes of Lincoln? Thru Lou's childhood recollections and accurate research, we will follow his journey that eventually led the correct side of the...
2022-06-24
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Marianna Gatto (IAMLA) and Melissa Marinaro (Heinz History Center)
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Tonight on The Italian Radio Hour: A comparison between the Italian Immigration on the West Coast and the East Coast. Join me for an insightful conversation with Marianna Gatto, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, and Melissa Marinaro, Director of the Italian American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center. We will also discuss programs, collections and artifacts currently offered by...
2022-06-16
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
STRACCI with Silvia Gambi & Tommaso Santi
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour Show: Director Tommaso Santi and writer Silvia Gambi, on “STRACCI” - a compelling documentary on the recycling of used clothes that starts from the Prato textile district (In Tuscany) and goes around the world. We highly recommend watching STRACCI on Amazon Prime. National Geographic has also dedicated an article on Circular Economy and Prato (Tuscany) in March 2020. Kovelab The Italian Radio Hour...
2022-06-09
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"La moglie americana" (The Mother in Law Cure) with Katherine Wilson
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Goethe once said" See Naples and die". But American born Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Katherine is fresh out of college when she arrives in Naples to intern at the US Consulate. There she meets handsome, studious Salvatore, and finds herself enveloped by his family - in particular by his elegant mother, Raffaella, who begins her real education: never eat the crust of a pizza f...
2022-06-02
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"The Wedding Cookie Table" with Laura Magone
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Second segment: Have you ever wondered why there is a "Cookie Table" in all weddings in Western Pennsylvania? Join our conversation with Laura Magone, Founder of The Wedding Cookie Table Community as we discovered the origin of this tradition and some of the must-haves for your cookie table. Did we also mentioned that Laura and group hold a GUINESS WORLD RECORD for the biggest Cookie Table?
2022-06-02
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Missione Mattarello" with Rina Poletti and "Rina, L'Elfa Sfoglina" by Antonella Iaschi
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: How Pasta and Poetry joint efforts to build a better future! Join me as we’ll hear from Rina Poletti, the Queen of Tagliatelle, and Antonella Iaschi, author of “Fiabe per un Noi” a series of children’s stories, talking about their friendship, pasta, and poetry…with a mission!
2022-05-26
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Michela Musolino, Sicilian American Folk Singer
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week: Sicilian American Folk singer Michela Musolino shares how Sicilian Folk music captivated her from a very young age and became her life passion.
2022-05-19
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Addiopizzo" and Sicilian Folk Music with Dario Riccobono and Michela Musolino
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: IN MEMORIAM of Giovanni Falcone, Anti-Mafia Magistrate killed in a car bombing on May 23rd, 1992 in Capaci (Sicily), recounted by one of the Founding Members of Addio Pizzo, Dario Riccobono. As a second guest, Sicilian American Folk singer Michela Musolino will share how Sicilian Folk music captivated her from a very young age and became her life passion
2022-05-19
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Private Life of Luciano Pavarotti told by Samuele Bozzolla
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Can you claim to have met Luciano Pavarotti in person? Maybe at a concert or maybe you were lucky enough to get his autograph. In this episode, we will talk to someone (Samuele Bozzolla) who can claim to have shared the table with "Il Maestro" more times that he can remember!
2022-05-12
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Smalltime: The Story of my family and the Mob wtih Russell Shorto
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: What if one day a relative tells you: - What are you going to do about the story?” - What story? - Your grandfather..THE MOB! Join us for a conversation with NYT best-selling author, Russell Shorto’s on his new book ‘Smalltime,’ A Story of My Family and the Mob, as we explore the social, cultural, and economic factors that led to t...
2022-05-12
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Making Salame Italian Style with Agricola Farm & Monti Verdi Salumi
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This THURSDAY on The Italian Radio Hour, our second guest (Minute: 31): Alessandra Rellini tells us all about Agricola Farm in Vermont, Monti Verdi Salumeria and their beautiful communal dinner experience.
2022-05-05
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Murder Italian Style" with Nadia Fugazza
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This THURSDAY on The Italian Radio Hour: Producer and Editor Nadia Fugazza, shares her podcast "Murder Italian Style" with our listeners.
2022-05-05
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Il Bel Centro with Michelle Damiani
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week, we have a lovely chat Michelle Damiani, a clinical psychologist, author and lover of Italy, who with her husband moved their family to the town of Spello for an entire year in 2012. While in Spello, she wrote a blog about their experiences, entitled “Il Bel Centro”. Once returned to the USA, she transformed the blog into a book, which was listed by Huffington Post as one of t...
2022-04-28
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Elena Ferrante's Naples (My Brilliant Friend) with Daniela Oteri
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This THURSDAY on The Italian Radio Hour: Elena Ferrante's Naples with Danielle Oteri. Join us for another interesting conversation with writer and art historian Danielle Oteri. Danielle has worked at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for 15 years and has taught art history at Seton Hall University. She is an expert in Naples and the Cilento region in Southern Italy. With her tour company, Feast Travel, Dan...
2022-04-21
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Chewing the Fat - An Oral History of Italian Foodways with Karima Moyer-Nocchi
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this week's episode, we talked to Karina Moyer-Nocchi, food history and author of "Chewing the Fat: An Oral History of Italian Foodways - From Fascism to Dolce Vita", and "he Eternal Table – A Cultural History of Food in Rome " about the stories represented in "Chewing the Fat" and foods in Italy during fascism and the myths around "cucina povera" and the "pizza effect".
2022-04-14
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" with Chef Chris Fennimore
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this week's episode, dedicated to Rome, Cookbook author and Broadcasting Celebrity Chris Fennimore tells us all about this life, when in Rome, from the Testaccio Market, to Casa Manco, to his entire family visit.
2022-04-07
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"The Women of Rome" with Liv Tours
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: www.khbradio.com Every episode will have interviews (in Italian The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this week episode, Angelo Carotenuto, Owner and Operator of LivTours, showcases Rome from the perspective of influencial Roman Women, not always talked about in "regular tours". You'll find this conversation fascinating!
2022-04-07
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Magic of the Palio di Siena with Siena Tours
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Have you ever wondered what happens before, during, and after the Palio of Siena? Join us as we chat with Anna Piperato, Ph.D art historian about the world renowned Palio horse race. Anna is also a member of the Lupa contrada, a privilege reserved to few!
2022-03-31
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Francine Segan and Foods of Emilia Romagna
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In this episode, food historian Francine Segan shares her story, and food traditions of the Emilia Romagna region.
2022-03-31
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Italian Dual Citizenship with Roberto Giantomassi, Citizen Official, Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! In the second segment of our episode, Roberto Giantomassi, Citizenship Officer at the Italian Consulate of Philadelphia clearly explains the process to apply for dual citizenship via bloodline and thru marriage. If you are applying for dual citizenship thru marriage and need to take the language exam, Istituto Mondo Italiano in Pittsburgh is an official test center. Visit: www.istitutomondoitaliano.org for more details.
2022-03-24
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Italy Property Consulting with Puglia-based Nikki Taylor
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Always dreamed about buying property in Italy but not sure where or where to start? Join our conversation with Nikki Taylor, an Australian expat turned real estate guru, living "the Italian dream" in Puglia since 2014 where she coaches buyers on how to confidently buy property in Italy.
2022-03-17
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Rimessa Roscioli with Lindsay Gabbard & Alessandro Pepe
The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: www.khbradio.com Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour - An interview with Lindsay Gabbard and Alessandro Pepe from Rimessa Roscioli in Rome. From casual wine drinkers to collectors and connoisseurs - this is a conversation you don't want to miss! Learn about sustainable wine producers to the Roscioli Wine Club....and much, much more! Rimessa Roscioli, a place that t...
2022-03-10
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Monalisa is Missing" with Justine Mestichelli & Joe Medeiros
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Back in 2017, Istituto Mondo Italiano had the pleasure and honor to organize the Pittsburgh Premiere of: "Mona Lisa Is Missing", the award-winning documentary about the man who stole the Monalisa (La Gioconda). Why did Vincenzo Peruggia decide to steal the famous paining that more than 8 million people who pass through the Louvre barely manage to get a glimpse of and kept the Monalisa all for himself? This Thursday, a...
2022-03-03
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
"Calabria - the other Italy" with Karen Haid
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on the Italian Radio Hour: The Italian Radio Hour Episode #8: A Conversation with award winning author Karen Haid. Karen Haid. We explored hidden treasures of Calabria, a multifaced region that boosts over 500km of beautiful coastline, the famous Bronzi di Riace, Greek, Roman, Albanian, and even French settlements in addition to the production of silk, ceramics, liquorice, cipolle di Tropea and anything peperoncino!
2022-02-24
55 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Radio Italia Cleveland with Toni Marotta and preserving Italian Folk Music with Anthony Taddeo
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! What a plesaure to have Tony Marotta from Radio Italia Cleveland and Anthony Taddeo, from ALLA BOARA talking about Italian music. What a wealth of knowledge! ALLA BOARA will be playing at Istituto Mondo Italiano, Saturday March 19th at 7pm. Tickets on sale now! (link below). This is a performance you don't want to miss as Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy's diverse...
2022-02-17
52 min
The Italian Radio Hour
The Italian on Tour - Discover Marche with Giovanni & Chantelle)
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Are you ready for this episode of The Italian Radio Hour? Close your eyes, and dream about the coastline of Le Marche. Add a truffle hunting trip and some olive ascolane. Wash them down with a nice glass of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and voila', magic is done! Do you I have to say more? Join me as Giovanni & Chantelle from TheItalianonTour will take us all on a virtual trip of...
2022-02-10
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Spazio ai giovani, the younger generation of Italians in the US. Also, Giulia Petrucci and The Dragon's Den
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on the Italian Radio Hour: "ALL THE ROADS LEAD TO....PITTSBURGH", a conversation with four young men about their journey to Pittsburgh. Then, we will tell you all about an amazing place in Homestead, an indoor obstacle course/zip line facility and the idea behind it!
2022-02-03
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Buidling the American Dream with Robert Fragasso from Fragasso Financial Group
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Robert Fragasso, Chairman and CEO of the Fragasso Financial Advisors and Antonio Sergio from Piccola Piazza, Gelato on Demand promise to be a very interesting episode.
2022-01-27
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
La Prima Espresso with Sam Patti
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! SAM PATTI, from La Prima Espresso! Come and learn all about coffee and Sam's involvement with the Foundation for Italian Diaspora Studies - a nonprofit organization geared toward keeping Italian heritage alive.
2022-01-20
53 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Joseph D'Andrea, Former Honorary Consul of Italy (Pittsburgh)
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Former Honorary Consul of Italy Joseph D'Andrea will share stories about his the Italian community in Pittsburgh during his mandate, the ins&outs about applying for Dual Citizenship, and his beautiful region of Molise!
2022-01-13
54 min
The Italian Radio Hour
Italian Women USA & La Befana
The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week: - Cornelia Pop, Founder of Italian Women USA, a FB Community - whose goal is to support Italian women new to the US. Jan 6th - Italy celebrates the Epiphany and kids love LA BEFANA. She decided to come and pay a visit to Pittsburgh at The Italian Radio Hour.
2022-01-06
53 min