Approaching Dante: Inferno to Paradise (Part 2) Featuring Riccardo Bruscagli
“Dante addresses the core of our humanity and his message is your life matters. Take care of it. Your life matters.” Riccardo Bruscagli Last week Professor Riccardo Bruscagli delighted us with his reading of and reflections on The Divine Comedy, led us on a discovery of the poet’s masterpiece, and invited us into the world […]
Approaching Dante: Inferno to Paradise (Part I) Featuring Riccardo Bruscagli
“Dante at a certain point wakes up, looks around, and doesn’t recognize the physical and the moral landscape around him. This is a moment of fracture in his existence, and it is a moment of fracture which implies naturally not only his private life, but the life around him, which makes no sense anymore.” Riccardo […]
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 […]
Between the Lines: The Art & Science of Translation (Part 2) featuring Miriam Hurley
“Another way, in addition to Speakeasy, which I really suggest that worked for me is doing an activity that people who are like minded might do. That’s the best way to build community because everyone’s looking for it. It’s one of those ironies of modern life that people feel disconnected and lonely, but we all […]
Between the Lines: The Art & Science of Translation (Part I) featuring Miriam Hurley
“Even if you’ve done it for 24 years, every translation, almost every sentence, is a challenge, and that’s what makes it fun.” Miriam Hurley It was such a treat to sit down with Miriam Hurley to discuss her path to Italy, why she came and stayed, the ins and outs, and challenges and rewards of […]
On finding joy and living life in balance (Part 2) Featuring Eleanor Walker
“From my experience, there’s a very different attitude towards careers here; generally speaking, your job doesn’t define you. Whenever I speak to Italians, they never ask that as their first question, it’s never ‘what do you do,’ or ‘what’s your job’? They’re more interested in the life that you live around your job, which is […]
On finding joy and living life in balance (Part I) Featuring Eleanor Walker
“My plan was to stay in Italy until I was due to go back to work on the 1st of November, because that was when the furlough scheme was due to end. So, I thought, ok, fine, I’m going to stay. I don’t need to be back in London, I’m going to stay here. I’ll […]
Il Mentoring: Ascolto, Riflessione & Fiducia (Part I) Featuring Matteo Perchiazzi
Registrato il 12 Marzo 2024 a Musikalmente Firenze “La metodologia del mentoring da costrutto, proprio come base iniziale, fa sì che il Mentor metta a disposizione la propria esperienza non solo professionale, ma anche di vita.” Matteo Perchiazzi Oggi giorno sentiamo tanto parlare di mentoring ma che cos’è realmente e che importanza ha il mentoring […]
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 […]