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 […]
Back to Reality with Melissa Deep
My guest this week is Melissa Deep, CEO & Founder of Virtique Srl, a Tuscany-based company that creates virtual experiences that transform sales, marketing, and advertising through Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, E-Commerce, and Geolocated Mapping. Virtique creates superior digital content that replicates and enhances the intimacy of the brick & mortar store experience. Through Virtique, […]
New Season Trailer featuring Fosca D’Acierno
As the podcast enters its third year, we’re changing things up a bit! The new season features another incredible lineup of guests and stories; but we’re broadening and widening the scope and taking 15 with Fosca a little outside of its niche to bring you conversations with writers, artists, and change makers exploring creativity, culture, […]
Aperilife featuring Sam Rich
I try to have one-on-one relationships, and I encourage them, because caring about a person and being kind is what I needed when I first came here because I was unsure. I fell in love with an Italian and I had to fall in love with Italy, with the good and the bad. Sam Rich […]
Cooking with Carlotta featuring Carlotta Conti
Life is a combination of magic and pasta, Federico Fellini In this episode, we’re invited into the warm, magical and delicious world of Carlotta Conti, a gifted cooking instructor who originally hails from Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna and who now welcomes guests into her home in the hills just outside of her Florence. Carlotta doesn’t just […]
Florence First Down featuring I Guelfi Firenze
In this special episode, we dive into the heart of American football in Italy with Estra Guelfi Firenze, one of the premier teams in the Italian Football League. Founded in 2000, the Guelfi have become a powerhouse in the growing European football scene, known not just for their grit on the gridiron, but also for […]
Sharing Secrets featuring Elia Nichols
“I would say that after I did my TED talk in August my life did change in some ways because I think it’s about changing the energy. You put yourself out there, you create new work, and you get seen by different people. You bring different energy to yourself and immediately I got a lot […]