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For many Italian Americans, the start of summer means the start of “Feast Season,” but the summer of social distancing looks like it’s also destined to be the “summer of no feasts”… or is it? In this week’s episode, our team discusses how the current COVID-19 crisis has affected the most tangible representation of the Italian American community at...

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What have you been doing doing your time in “lockdown”? We here at the Italian American Podcast have been doing what we do best– working on being as unabashedly Italian American as possible! Seeing as a big part of the Italian American identity is drawing from the interactions we have with friends, family and fellow paesani, more than two months in...

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The Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF), a registered 501(c)(3) charity that is committed to the future of baseball and softball for Italians and Italian Americans, announces the inaugural IABF Spaghetti and Baseballs podcast on the IABF Facebook page beginning on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 2 pm (EDT). IABF ambassador and MLB veteran Frank C...

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We all miss restaurants right now. The thought of cozy tables, energetic staff and a warm plate of pasta sets off intense cravings. (And a bit of yearning.) The memories of the last Italian restaurant meal in situ have started to fade. Yes, celebrity chefs stay cooking, especially on Instagram. Still, it’s not the same. The best way to bring back t...

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My guest on Episode 3, author Christopher Castellani, talks to me about his love for family and family stories, but also the ways in which both, at times, can feel overwhelming, and how art helps us to integrate the varied emotions.  We talk about the writing life, his struggle with coming out and being accepted, and how our Elementals—our culture'...

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In this week’s episode, we’re wrapping up our two-part look at the Northern Italian impact on Italian American life by criss-crossing these great United States to discover Northern Italian enclaves from California to Idaho and everywhere in between! Our special guest, and Northern Italy expert, Robert Allegrini, takes us on a tour across the countr...

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We tend to focus a lot on our Southern Italian roots here at the Italian American Podcast, but today we’re asking…  “What’s up North?” This week’s episode is the first in a two-part series featuring special guest and Northern Italy expert Robert Allegrini, the honorary consul of San Marino in Chicago, where we will dig into a history of the contrib...

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In this first episode, I take the plunge with the incomparable MaryBeth Bonfiglio, whose dynamic and varied work is not simple to summarize. She is a writer, writing instructor and guide, an intuitive, a midwife, and a folk/root worker dedicated to exploring the ancient wisdom of her Sicilian heritage. Her Radici Siciliane gatherings, which attende...

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In times like these, our rituals are what keep us connected to “normal” life, and no ritual is more universal than a good cup of coffee. In this week’s episode, Elisabeth Cardiello of Caffè Unimatic and Brave Conversations Over Coffee shows us how this ubiquitous beverage can have rippling effects in our homes and in our communities. Elisabeth shar...

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Have the weeks of quarantine got you a little stir crazy?  Well, it’s time to… SNAP OUT OF IT, because the Italian American Podcast is bringing you a little something extra this week! Welcome to our inaugural Italian American Podcast Movie Watch-Along! In this new offering, we’ll take the classics of Italian American film and present them to you wi...

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