The Italian American Podcast
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IAP 136: Finding Your Family—Tips and Tricks for the Novice Genealogist
Discovering your past lays out a road map for your future! In this week’s episode, we'll prove that while reconstructing your family history might take effort, the rewards are priceless! Podcast co-host Anthony Fasano asked the gang to get...
IAP 135: Le Belle Lingue - Dialects, Regional Languages, and Italian American English, Part 2
If any language proves that there’s room at the linguistic table for everyone... it’s Italian! This week, we continue our examination of the languages of Italy as we take a closer look at her many Regional Languages and Dialects, including the...
IAP 134: Le Belle Lingue – Language, History, and Identity in Italy and the Italian Diaspora, Part 1
It’s often said that language is the living history of a people, and the Italian language has had a very exciting life! In this week’s episode, we dive into the history of the Italian language, from its Latin roots to its standardization straight...
IAP 133: “Coronavirus, Culture, and Cannoli”-- Experiencing Sicily with Allison Scola
Welcome to Italy—we’re open for business. That’s the message Allison Scola wants to share in this episode of The Italian American Podcast. With Coronavirus spreading throughout Italy and the world, we sit down with Scola, the founder,...
IAP 132: “What Is America Without Pasta?” Defending Italian Food with Congressman Lou Barletta
What IS America without pasta? Without prosciutto? Or parmigiano?? In this episode, we’ll ask those very questions when we’re joined by former Congressman Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, the new Chairman of the American...
IAP 131: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” -- Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results. (Part 4)
It’s all over but the counting! It’s our final episode examining the results of our ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, our amateur analysis of the present and future of the 25-million-person Italian American community. Drawing on findings from...
IAP 130: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” -- Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results (Part 3)
It’s Part 3 of our four-part series examining the results of our ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, our exploration into the hearts and minds of Italian Americans in the 21st Century. With results drawn from more than 1,600 respondents from around the...
IAP 129: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” - Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results (Part 2)
We’re back with Part 2 of our multi-episode series examining the results of our ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, our effort to ask the questions only we could ask of ourselves, and to understand what the Italian American community really looks like...
IAP 128: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” - Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results (Part 1)
At the start of Italian American Heritage Month last October, we created the ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, which is our effort to ask the questions only we could ask of ourselves, and to understand what the Italian American community really looks like...
IAP 127: "Our Paper of Record" A Visit with the Couple Behind the Italian Tribune - Marion and Buddy Fortunato
From its humble origins in Newark, New Jersey, for nearly 90 years, the venerable ‘Italian Tribune’ has grown to become perhaps the most important English-language voice in Italian American media. We’ll meet the inspiring couple who has made...