Bianca’s Cure featuring Gigi Berardi
In this episode of 15 with Fosca, I speak with professor, scholar, and author Gigi Berardi about her latest novel, Bianca’s Cure, a richly imagined story set in Renaissance Florence. Gigi’s work moves between science, food systems, sustainability, dance, storytelling, and the arts, and in this conversation, all of those worlds come together. We talk […]
The Long Way Home featuring Jodi Koskella
Jodi Koskella never planned to work in Silicon Valley. She certainly never planned to launch a vegan shoe company, write a book about business failure, or leave a successful corporate career to start over in Florence. And yet that’s exactly what happened. In this candid conversation, Jodi shares her remarkable journey from Minnesota to Silicon […]
In her Hands featuring Jacqueline Harberink
What happens when you leave behind a successful career and choose a completely different path? In this episode of 15 with Fosca, I sit down with Dutch ceramic artist Jacqueline Haberlinck, founder of JHA Porcelain, to talk about reinvention, craftsmanship, and the unexpected turns that shape a life. Trained as a lawyer and once firmly […]
In the Parlour featuring Esther Tadjiev
“I wanted to build a space where nobody would feel unseen.” Esther Tadjiev My guest today is Esther Tadjiev, founder and owner of The Parlour in Florence, a beautifully designed space that goes far beyond nails or aesthetics. What Esther has created is a study in hospitality, community, and the emotional architecture of luxury. Before […]
Reading Energy, Reading Time featuring Aelita Leto
“Mastery is when you don’t know if it’s intuition, experience, or knowledge. It just feels right.” Aelita Leto What if your life isn’t something you need to fix, but something you need to understand? In this intimate conversation recorded in Florence just before the Year of the Fire Horse, I sit down with Feng Shui […]
A Renaissance Life featuring Vincenzo Lodato
“Just do what you enjoy doing. Be curious. You don’t know where your path will take you.” Vincenzo Lodato There are people you meet at the end of a party, when the night is winding down and you’re already halfway out the door, who stop you dead in your tracks. Vincenzo Lodato was that person […]
In the Kitchen featuring Caterina Maranghi
I wanted to start the new year with a fun, warm conversation about one of my favorite subjects, food! In this week’s episode, I sit down with Italian-American chef, Caterina Maranghi, to talk about her life growing up between two countries, raising her bilingual and bicultural kids, and how she built her career around her […]
Souls of Italy with Kirsten Hills
“I think what’s been an amazing part of this project in general but particularly with Rodolfo’s story was the comments. There have been thousands, the majority filled with a sense of sadness and very much connected to nostalgia and this sense that Florence is going through a huge transformation at the moment and he represents […]
Turning Points, part 2 featuring Andrea Zurlo
I live in an international community and that gives you a lot. If you’re open minded, love different languages, know how to interact and interface with people of different cultures it’s a very inspiring, very human place. Andrea Zurlo Join me and author and translator Andrea Zurlo for the second part of our conversation about […]
Turning Points featuring Andrea Zurlo
My guest this week is Italo-Argentinian writer and translator, Andrea Zurlo. In this first part of our conversation, we speak about Andrea’s journey to and first impact with Italy in the early 1990s. We also discuss the art of translating, how AI is changing that landscape, and the cultural nuances of language. We move on […]