Catching up with Girl in Florence featuring Georgette Jupe

“At the time I really felt like I was living my best life in that sense. I was meeting people, I loved Italy, the chaos, the food, and being pushed out of my comfort zone. In the US, I think sometimes especially where I grew up, you can live in a bubble. You’re in your […]

Minobossi: Made in Florence with Love featuring Monica Bonaiuti

“It’s important to give possibilities for conscious buying because nowadays people know very well what’s behind an object and they don’t buy it because of a logo but because they want to know what’s really behind these two, three pieces of leather. There must be something that gives the buyer a sense of fairness, of […]

Dream Weaver featuring Vittoria Colonna

I am in search of freedom, and it’s led me to filmmaking, painting, singing. I’ve lived many lifetimes already in this lifetime and I’m in the pursuit of happiness, joy and freedom, and trying to understand what it means to be human and a woman and just to be, and sometimes I’ll create a fantastical, […]

Twin Peaks: Aspen & Abetone featuring Rolando Galli and Rosanna Cirigliano

“They share their lives, they go to school, do sports, and have experiences together. Ours learn the customs, traditions, and way of living in the States and theirs learn what we have in here in Italy and in Tuscany especially.” Rolando Galli on the annual student exchange program between sister cities Abetone, Italy and Aspen, […]

Italy in Vermont featuring Lisa DeNatale

“A lot of Italian immigrants came to Vermont to work in the granite and marble quarries, and they were actively recruited because they were skilled stone cutters from Carrara and other parts of northern Italy, and they settled in Barre. Many other immigrants followed, and connections and businesses started. They came to work on the […]

A Renaissance Woman featuring Paola Vojnovic

“I think we’re all immigrants, we’re all travelers, especially in the world today, and our job is to make those travels – no matter how big or small – as interesting as possible, as enriching as they can be for our soul, for our mind. I think this is the only way for us to […]

A SEAT AT THE TABLE featuring Catalin Varela

I was studying how different cultures and countries approach gluten-free eating and what sort of impact that has on our quality of life, for example being able to socialize via food with other people. I felt more welcomed and included in Italy than I had ever felt anywhere else which was huge for me. Catalin […]

An Extraordinary Life featuring Amira Makhlouf

I want to talk to young women leaders, activists looking for their life purpose, women who are facing challenges, who want inspiration, or who are suffering from mental health issues. In this life we all need inspiration, we need tools. That’s why I’m doing this. Amira Makhlouf on the upcoming EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS Conference When you meet […]

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 […]