Opening Doors: Roots, Territory & Home, Part 2 featuring Rebecca Christophersen Gouttenoire
Recorded at Formaggioteca Terroir on April 2, 2024 “We call it a retreat because we want people to get away from what they’re normally doing and thinking. You don’t have to be a foodie to go there, but you’ll probably leave as one”. Rebecca Christophersen Gouttenoire on Campo Sasso In part two of my conversation […]
Opening Doors: Roots, Territory & Home, Part I featuring Rebecca Christophersen Gouttenoire
Recorded at Formaggioteca Terroir on April 2, 2024 “I really wanted to get into the culture and learn the language, which I did. I wasn’t just here to visit and superficially sit and watch what was going on around me. I wanted to immerse myself and become like the locals, live like the locals, to […]
Italy Inside You: Adventures, Connections & Metamorphoses featuring Emma Wood
“Italy changed my DNA in a sense. After a career spanning several different things, a year ago, I launched my executive coaching business. I’m working with execs, founders, and rising leaders. Through a coaching perspective I wanted some of the same things that I love about Italy, like slowing down and really connecting and getting […]
Unveilings: Restoration up close and personal with Elizabeth Wicks
“You have a relationship with the artist. This was a painting in which she put an idealized version of her face, so I am looking at her and working on her and we were communicating on so many different levels.” Elizabeth Wicks on restoring Artemisia Gentileschi’s Allegory of Inclination. This past March, Elizabeth Wicks, renowned […]
Mama Mia! What’s cooking with the Mama Florence Family
This past April, I sat down with members of the Mama Florence family to chat with them about their relationship with Italian cuisine, their first and most significant food memories and moments, their favorite dishes, and why they love the work they do. What comes out in our conversations is just how inextricably linked food […]
The Art of Sprezzatura featuring Alexandria Brown-Hejazi
“I really felt like I came alive here. Life felt simultaneously easier and harder, but underneath all of that, more inspiring and enlivening. And it’s something that I just couldn’t leave.” Alexandria Brown-Hejazi In this special, long episode featuring art historian Alexandria Brown-Hejazi, we begin by speaking about her journey from California to Italy, in […]
Italy, Islam & the Mediterranean(Part 2) featuring Ali Aydin Karamustafa
“I think for anyone who lives in Italy or is interested in Italy, it’s really valuable and interesting to keep those other connections in mind. The Mediterranean touches us all in some way or other.” Ali Aydin Karamustafa In part two of our conversation, Ali and I continue to discuss Italy’s relationship to its Mediterranean […]
Italy, Islam & the Mediterranean(Part I) featuring Ali Aydin Karamustafa
“I’m from Saint Louis, but I’m also originally Turkish and Iranian, so I have a basic experience with the Mediterranean. Coming to Italy there were a lot of things that were immediately recognizable, even just on the visceral level: sights, sounds, colors, smells, facial features. On the other hand, I was surprised by how much […]
From East to West: Art, Aesthetics & Sustainable Fashion, Part 2, featuring Vea Chen
In the second half of my chat with Vea Chen we expound further upon fashion and speak about Vea’s approach to her dream of founding a sustainable fashion brand and the concrete steps she has taken and is taking to make that dream a reality. We also grapple with the meaning of fashion, today and […]
From East to West: Art, Aesthetics & Sustainable Fashion, Part 1, featuring Vea Chen
“In the museums, when you go there, you feel like you’re taking a bath, it’s like a bath in art. And then you just feel a whole refresh, your eyes are brighter, and you see things in different colors. I feel like art influences a person subconsciously a lot, much more than what you can […]