Travels in Hyper Reality (TV) featuring Fosca D’Acierno interviewed by Andrew Niklas
Explicit language warning Today’s special bonus episode features yours truly being interviewed about my adventures in Italian reality tv land by Andrew Niklas, a friend, collaborator, filmmaker, and editor of this podcast. As many of you already know, I was cast on an Italian reality tv show, Best Weekend, produced by Banijay Italia, that aired […]
A Winemaker in Paradise featuring Alyson Morgan
“It was just a fascinating time, I was learning so much, and then my eyes were opened to the international side of it when I was working during the harvest in ‘97 at Kendall Jackson. I found out they had a winery in Tuscany and said, that’s where I’m going, I’m going to have to […]
You have Time: Slow Life Lessons (Part 2) featuring Sandrine Kom
“We need to change our relationship with time because we really see time as our enemy. It’s never enough and sometimes we get angry because we know we don’t have enough time. We would like to have 30 hours of time and not 16, there is always this frustration. What we can do is repeat […]
You have Time: Slow Life Lessons (Part I) featuring Sandrine Kom
“We need slowness. We need it to enjoy our life, to enjoy the people who are around us, to avoid misunderstanding, to find harmony with ourselves, to take care of our values. And we also need slowness to take care of our deepest needs.” Sandrine Kom This week’s guest, Sandrine Kom, believes that slow life […]
unPINNED! A Wine Revolution (Part 2) featuring Savannah Boylan & Ashwin Muthia
“A bottle of wine represents culture and history and language and people, and my love affair for wine has come from getting to know the story behind every wine that I taste. I think that is just magic, that’s the magic of wine.” Savannah Boylan This week’s episode takes us on an even more profound […]
unPINNED! A Wine Revolution (Part I) featuring Savannah Boylan & Ashwin Muthia
“Wine has brought people together since its invention 8,000 years ago. F*** the industry that’s using wine to drive people apart.” Ashwin Muthiah, unPINNED It’s the height of harvesting season here in Italy so what better time to tune in to my chat with Savannah Boylan and Ashwin Muthiah, who, with unPINNED, an unconventional wine […]
Ask Fosca! Listener Questions Answered featuring Mark Scott
Recorded on May 7, 2024 at Musikalmente Firenze We are celebrating one year of the podcast with an entire episode dedicated to you, our listeners, and to your questions about Italy, Italians, and Italian culture. Don’t miss this q&a with Mark Scott, a University of Missouri journalism major and Ask Fosca’s very first intern. Mark […]
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 […]