Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “I think the food and the culture of Calabria are so connected that through these long meals and through cooking and kitchens with local mammas, people are able to get a better idea of what Calabria…
Is pronunciation or grammar more important? (An interview with Manu Venditti)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “Quindi, dovendo scegliere tra buona pronuncia e buona grammatica, sicuramente buona pronuncia.” Learning and teaching languages have been a part of Emanuele’s life for years + years now, and it’s something that you can see that…
What’s it like to be an expat in Rome? (An Interview with Tiffany Parks)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “I don’t think any expat really knows what they’re getting themselves into.” After what Tiffany went through upon immediately moving to Rome full-time, it’s safe to say that the above statement is true for her and…
What is it like to be an expat in Florence? (An Interview with Alexandra Lawrence)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “Everything in Italy intrigued me. I loved it, but more than that, it intrigued me.” After studying abroad in Florence, it wasn’t even a question that Alex would return to live in Italy full-time. What’s best…
How does someone start a business in Rome? (An Interview with Linda + Steve from The Beehive Hotel)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “We never really had this starry-eyed dream of living in Italy.” I’ve talked to a lot of expats living in Italy, and they’ve all moved there either for love or because they felt pulled there. Linda…
What would it be like to live in Orvieto, Italy? (An Interview with Toni DeBella)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. “I think it’s because I’ve found my spot.” This is what Toni DeBella told me as we chatted about why she feels different in Orvieto, Italy compared to her life in San Francisco, CA. It’s a…
How to Learn a Language on Your Own and Hone Your Italian Accent with Luca Lampariello
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Luca Lampariello, a native of Rome, LOVES learning languages. In fact, he loves them so much that he’s already learned twelve and is still going. I’ve known about his site, The Polyglot Dream, for a while…
Learn Italian Through Drawings with Rosangela – Italian for my Girlfriend
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. If you learn best by looking at pictures + words, you’re going to LOVE Rosangela from Italian for my Girlfriend. She has the most creative approach to vocabulary learning that I’ve seen on the Internet, and…
Discover the Real Venice that Tourists Miss with Monica Cesarato
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Monica Cesarato has passion for the Veneto region of Italy pouring out of her. When you get her started talking about her favorite Venetian dish, the Venetian language, or the many gruesome pieces of history the…
Where You Should Visit in the South of Italy with Native Italian Speaker Marianna Prizio
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. While I love talking to expats living in Italy about their perspectives and their experiences learning the language, I adore having native Italian speakers on the show who have grown up in Italy and are able…
How to Learn a Language and Develop Your Pronunciation in Mere Months with Gabriel Wyner
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Whether you’re just starting out with Italian or you’ve been doing this for a while, you’ll find incredible value in this interview with author, Gabriel Wyner. I first found out about Gabe from his Kickstarter project…
Experience an Authentic Italy and Learn to Tell Your Story with Gail Mencini
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. As soon as I started talking to Gail about her story, the passion she had for writing, Italy and adventure was obvious. If you are the kind of person who wants to view Italy in a…