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The show notes archive starts from the most recent to the least recent.
Episode 200: 11 Ways to Say Goodbye in Italian
Episode 199: How to Start Learning Italian, PT III
Episode 197 + 198: Sigh, these two are lost forever.
Episode 196: Italian Word Speed Dates: Allora
Episode 195: Christmas: A Thing of Beauty
Episode 194: What’s important to Italians during Christmas? (Insights from Carmine Caruso in Italian)
Episode 193: Due Ragazze Pazze: 30 Phrases for Natale
Episode 192: Sei cose da fare per imparare l’italiano durante i tempi morti
Episode 191: Retired
Episodes 190 – 181
Episode 190: Six Guidelines You Can Use to Choose the “Tu” or the “Lei” Form in Italian
Episode 189: Italian Word Speed Dates: Siccome, Dato che, and Poiché
Episode 188: Le Sagre in Italia
Episode 187: 9 Phrases to Use with a Language Partner
Episode 187: How I’ve Been Preparing for the CILS Exam
Episode 186: Four Q’s You Can Ask to Get Authentic Food in Italy
Episode 185: 3 Steps to Making Quick & Satisfying Progress in Italian
Episode 184: Is there really a formula for learning Italian? YES.
Episode 183: Behind the Scenes with Italian Learners from The Iceberg Project
Episode 182: 6 Bad Habits I’m Trying to Break in Italian
Episode 181: 23 Phrases for Congratulating People on New Beginnings in Italian
Episodes 180 – 171
Episode 180: How to Give or Understand Directions Given to You in Italian
Episode 179: 12 Phrases for Making Friends While Traveling in Italy
Episode 178: How Dianne Hales Deepened Her Love and Knowledge of Italian to Uncover a Hidden Story
Episode 177: How to Make a Reservation at an Italian Restaurant
Episode 176: 5 Italian Proverbs to Spice up Your Vocabulary
Episode 175: 4 More Verbs in Italian You Might Be Using Incorrectly
Episode 174: 9 Phrases for Talking About Your Business in Italian
Episode 173: 12 Easy Mistakes You May Be Making with Italian Irregular Nouns
Episode 172: 10 Phrases for Talking About Music in Italian
Episode 171: How to Whip Your Italian Back into Shape Before You Leave for Italy
Episodes 170 – 161
Episode 170: How to Cultivate the Right Mindset to Learn Italian: An Interview with Kevin Morehouse
Episode 169: 4 Unexpected Ways to Use the Italian Prepositions “di”, “da”, and “in”
Episode 168: 3 Things I’m Struggling With in Italian Right Now
Episode 167: 4 Verbs in Italian You Might Be Using Incorrectly
Episode 166: 7 Creative Ways to Make Your Italian Study Time Even Better
Episode 165: How to Efficiently Use Your Study Time to Learn Italian (An Interview with Leanne Pressly)
Episode 164: 7 Things Keeping You From Fluency in Italian
Episode 163: How Tom Made the World His Classroom to Learn Italian by Teaching It (an interview with TomTxxytu)
Episode 162: 20 Phrases for Making a Phone Call in Italian
Episode 161: How Rachel Made Her Dream of Living in Florence a Reality (An Interview with Rachel Vermiglio Smith)
Episodes 160 – 151
Episode 160: 21 Must-Know Vocabulary Words for Making Pasta in Italian
Episode 159: 22 Must-Know Vocabulary Words for Making Dessert in Italian
Episode 158: 4 Phrases for Curving the Conversation Back to Italian
Episode 157: 25 Romantic Italian Phrases (or How to Melt Your Lover’s Heart)
Episode 156: Is the fluency illusion getting in the way of learning Italian?
Episode 155: How to Count in Italian (or how to make sure you can eat in Italy)
Episode 154: One Proven Method That Will Help You Remember More Italian
Episode 153: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Italian (or how to talk about the parts of the body)
Episode 152: Can you be conversational in Italian with a limited vocabulary? (An interview with Madeline Jhawar)
Episode 151: Quiz: Should You Use the Imperfect Tense or the Past Tense?
Episodes 150 – 141
Episode 150: How to Say “I Wonder” & Other Forms of Probability in Italian
Episode 149: How I Learned Italian
Episode 148: How to Talk About the Weather in Italian (with 16 Phrases for Making Small Talk)
Episode 147: What It’s Like to Start Over in Italy (An Interview with Jasmine C. Mah)
Episode 146: How to Use the Trapassato Prossimo in Italian (or How to Talk About Things that Happened in the Past)
Episode 145: Italian Word Speed Dates: Bastare, Mancare and Piacere
Episode 144: 15 Ways to Say “That’s Awesome/cool/amazing!” in Italian
Episode 143: What’s important to Italians during Christmas? (Insights from Carmine Caruso in Italian)
Episode 142: 13 Expressions to Keep Conversation Flowing in Italian When You Forget a Word, a Phrase or a Conjugation
Episode 141: What’s it like to live & love in southern Italy? (An interview with Cherrye Moore)
Episodes 140 – 131
Episode 140: Four Ways to Evaluate if You’re “Good” at Learning a Language
Episode 138: How to Talk About Your Family in Italian
Episode 137: Is pronunciation or grammar more important? (An interview with Emanuele Venditti)
Episode 136: What’s it like to be an expat in Rome? (An Interview with Tiffany Parks)
Episode 135: Should You Use “Riuscire” or “Potere” to Talk About Being Able to Do Something?
Episode 134: Imperative Mood in Italian (or how to be demanding and give advice in Italian)
Episode 133: When to Use the Subjunctive Mood and When to Use the Present Indicative Tense
Episode 132: 15 Quotes to Keep Up Your Motivation for Italian
Episode 131: Which Words from English Made the Cut in Italian? (or Parole Straniere Usate in Italiano)
Episodes 130 – 121
Episode 130: What is it like to be an expat in Florence? (An Interview with Alexandra Lawrence)
Episode 129: MISSING!
Episode 128: 12 More Phrases that Stalk the Subjunctive Mood
Episode 127: How to Write a Birthday Card in Italian (or how to wish friends another year older in a classy way)
Episode 126: How does someone start a business in Rome? (An Interview with Linda + Steve from The Beehive Hotel)
Episode 125: How to Use “Ne” and “Ci” in Italian
Episode 124: 20 Phrases for Telling a Captivating Story in Italian
Episode 123: What would it be like to live in Orvieto, Italy? (An Interview with Toni DeBella)
Episode 122: 3 Verbs in Italian Every Beginner Should Master
Episode 121: The Differences Between Nulla e Niente in Italiano
Episodes 120 – 111
Episode 120: Basic Italian Sentence Structure (or where do I put all of the words!?)
Episode 119: 12 Phrases That Stalk the Subjunctive Mood (or Twelve Phrases that Are Typically Used with the Subjunctive Mood)
Episode 118: MISSING!
Episode 117: Italian Word Speed Dates: Appena, Addirittura, Comunque and Quindi
Episode 116: Sigh, it’s lost forever.
Episode 115: What Does it Mean if a Verb is Regular or Irregular in Italian?
Episode 114: 24 Italian Phrases for Spring in Tuscany: Due Ragazze Pazze
Episode 113: Relative and Absolute Superlatives in Italian (or the BEST, the WORST, and HAPPIEST)
Episode 112: How to Learn a Language on Your Own and Hone Your Italian Accent with Luca Lampariello
Episode 111: How to Make Your Verbs, Adjectives, and Objects Agree in Italian
Episodes 110 – 101
Episode 110: Learn Italian Through Drawings with Rosangela – Italian for my Girlfriend
Episode 109: Discover the Real Venice that Tourists Miss with Monica Cesarato
Episode 107: Where You Should Visit in the South of Italy with Native Italian Speaker Marianna Prizio
Episode 106: 29 Ways to Practice Your Italian While You’re in Italy
Episode 105: 8 Reasons Your Italian Doesn’t Sound Italian (And 8 Fixes to Get to a Near Native Level)
Episode 104: Italian Word Speed Dates: Tale, Eccome, e Semmai
Episode 103: Develop Your Pronunciation and Vocabulary Through Mnemonic Devices with Gabriel Wyner
Episode 102: The Present Tense Gerund in Italian (or how Italians express the -ing tense)
Episode 101: Italian Word Speed Dates: Anzi, Dunque e Piuttosto
Episodes 100 – 91
Episode 99: How to Find and Explore Your Italian Ancestry with Mary Tedesco
Episode 98: Experience an Authentic Italy and Learn to Tell Your Story with Gail Mencini, author of To Tuscany with Love
Episode 96: Explore Authentic Italian Cooking with Simonetta and Paola of Toscana Mia
Episode 95: Simple Prepositions in Italian {or why the smallest words hurt the most}
Episode 94: 24 Italian Phrases for Spring in Tuscany: Due Ragazze Pazze
Episode 93: What it Means to Be an Italian Mamma and Build a Career in Italy with Trisha Thomas
Episode 92: How to Rent an Apartment in Italy & a Sample Email in Italian for Booking Accommodation
Episode 91: How Lisa Chiodo and Her Family Followed Their Dream and Renovated a Farmhouse in Italy
Episodes 90 – 81
Episode 90: Riding in Small, Orange, Tattooed Cars in Italy Pt. 5
Episode 89: Riding in Small, Orange, Tattooed Cars in Italy Pt. 4
Episode 88: Riding in Small, Orange, Tattooed Cars in Italy Pt. 3
Episode 87: Riding in Small, Orange, Tattooed Cars in Italy Pt. 2
Episode 86: Riding in Small, Orange, Tattooed Cars in Italy Pt. 1
Episode 85: The Colors in Italian (or how to talk about her bright red lips + his skintight white t-shirt)
Episode 84: How Sarah Dowling Moved to Bologna and Got Back in Touch With Her Italian Roots
Episode 83: How Sarah Mastroianni Made Siena Her Italian Hometown and Built a Career Around Italian
Episode 82: How to Get Your Visa and Work Abroad in Italy with Rick Zullo
Episode 81: How Lisa Condie of Better Way Italy Listened to Her Intuition and Permanently Moved to Florence, Italy
Episodes 80 – 71
Episode 80: Due Ragazze Pazze: 29 Italian Phrases for Carnevale
Episode 79: Una femminista italiana Pt. 5 {Mini-Story Series}
Episode 78: Una femminista italiana Pt. 4 {Mini-Story Series}
Episode 77: Una femminista italiana Pt. 3 {Mini-Story Series}
Episode 76: Una femminista italiana Pt. 2 {Mini-story Series}
Episode 75: Una femminista italiana Pt. 1 {Mini-Story Series}
Episode 74: Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives in Italian (or how to talk about what’s yours)
Episode 73: 7 Italian Phrases for Shopping at a Market in Italy
Episode 72: Future Tense in Italian (or how to fall head-over-heels in love with the future tense)
Episode 71: How Marissa Bognanno Fell in Love with an Italian and Learned Two Italian Languages
Episodes 70 – 61
Episode 70: 32 Italian Valentine’s Vocabulary and Pick-Up Phrases [Due Ragazze Pazze]
Episode 69: How Krista Ricchi Navigated Becoming an Expat in Italy & Mastered the Italian Language
Episode 68: How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 5
Episode 67: How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 4
Episode 66: How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 3
Episode 65: How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 2
Episode 64: How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 1
Episode 63: Quick + Dirty Cheat Sheet to Calabrese
Episode 62: Quick + Dirty Cheat Sheet to Romanesco
Episode 61: 8 Essential Phrases for Booking Accommodation in Italy
Episodes 60 – 51
Episode 60: 8 Random Italian Idioms
Episode 59: When to Use the Imperfect Tense and When to Use the Past Tense in Italian
Episode 58: Italian Imperfect Subjunctive Tense (or how to let go of reality and dream big in Italian)
Episode 57: 3 Main Ways to Use the Word Proprio in Italian
Episode 56: Due Ragazze Pazze: 30 Phrases for Natale
Episode 55: Mini-story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 5
Episode 54: Mini-story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 4
Episode 53: Mini-story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 3
Episode 52: Mini-story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 2
Episode 51: Mini-Story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 1
Episodes 50 – 41
Episode 50: Formal & Informal Italian (or when should I be polite & when can I be casual?)
Episode 49: Italian Present Conditional (or the tense that finally lets you express yourself in Italian)
Episode 48: Indefinite Pronouns in Italian (or words that will help you be vague)
Episode 47: Top 10 Rules You Probably Forgot About Italian
Episode 46: How Melissa Muldoon Went ‘Matta’ for Italian and What She Built from Her Craziness
Episode 45: The Grand Difference between Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns in Italian (&yes, you have to know them)
Episode 44: The Imperfect Tense in Italian (or the tense that lets you sweetly reminisce on the old days)
Episode 43: 10 Ways to Use the Verb Stare in Conversation
Episode 42: How to Embrace Italian Dialect and Learn Italian with Neapoitan Soap Operas with Traci from Italicissima
Episode 41: How to Eat the Language, Love Opera, and Become Italian with Dianne Hales
Episodes 40 – 31
Episode 40: Oh no, this podcast episode has decided not to be heard anymore.
Episode 39: This podcast episode is missing. SEND A SEARCH PARTY!
Episode 38: Whoops. This podcast episode seems to have been permanently misplaced.
Episode 37: This episode is MIA.
Episode 36: GASP x2! This podcast episode has disappeared!
Episode 35: Mini-story: What do all Italians love? Pt.5
Episode 34: Mini-story: What do all Italians love? Pt.4
Episode 33: Mini-story: What do all Italians love? Pt.3
Episode 32: Mini-story: What do all Italians love? Pt.2
Episode 31: Mini-story: What do all Italians love? Pt.1
Episodes 30 – 21
Episode 30: GASP! This episode doesn’t exist!
Episode 29: How to Use Italki to Become Conversational in a Foreign Language with Sam Bleakly
Episode 28: 10 Must Know Travel Expressions for Ordering Food in Italy
Episode 27: 13 Must Know Travel Expressions for Getting Around in Italy
Episode 26: 3 Effective Methods for Studying a Foreign Language with Sam Gendreau
Episode 25: 16 Phrases to Talk about the Date and Time in Italian
Episode 24: Mini-Story: Discovering the reality of Italian Stereotypes Pt 5
Episode 23: Mini-Story: Discovering the reality of Italian Stereotypes Pt 4
Episode 22: Mini-Story: Discovering the reality of Italian Stereotypes Pt 3
Episode 21: Mini-Story: Discovering the reality of Italian Stereotypes Pt 2
Episodes 20 – 11
Episode 20: Mini-Story: Discovering the reality of Italian Stereotypes Pt. 1
Episode 19: How to Learn Italian from Novels about Italy Pt.2
Episode 18: How to Learn Italian from Novels about Italy
Episode 17: How to Express Yourself in the Past Tense and Seven Pieces of Italian Culture
Episode 16: 9 (funny + useful) phrases to turn down an Italian man
Episode 15: 8 Expressions You’ll Hear Everyday in Italy and 2 Common Irregular Verbs
Episode 14: 3 Ways to Increase Your Memory Using Collocations and 10 More Phrases You Never Learned in the Classroom
Episode 13: 6 More Phrases to Charm Any Italian to Pieces and a Linguistics Trick that Will Enhance Your Memory Capacity
Episode 11: Mini Story: Italian Stereotypes Pt 5
Episodes 10 – 1
Episode 10: Mini Story: Italian Stereotypes Pt 4
Episode 9: Mini Story: Italian Stereotypes Pt 3
Episode 8: Mini Story: Italian Stereotypes Part 2
Episode 7: Mini Story: Italian Stereotypes Pt 1
Episode 6: One expression you’ll use everyday in Italy + 3 basic expressions to make your Italian more fluid
Episode 5: Two oh-so-necessary to understand Italian verbs + four basic expressions you gotta’ know
Episode 4: 3 ways to use Italian in your everyday life and 6 expressions that will make you blush
Episode 3: How to create a kickass language learning schedule and create sentences in Italian
Episode 2: Why grammar should take the back seat + 5 phrases that would make your grandmother blush
Just a quick note to say that I have enjoyed your Italian podcast. Over the past few weeks I have binge listened to all of them. – Sergio M.