The Italian American Podcast

The Italian American Podcast


Latest Episodes

IAP 116: “Our American Epidemic” An Italian American Perspective on the U.S. Opioid Crisis
November 11, 2019

The United States population is equivalent to 4.27% of the total world population, yet we consume 90% of the opioids on earth.  Every single day we lose 150 Americans to opioid related deaths.  It’s an epidemic that is ravishing our nation,

IAP 115 : “Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream” An Interview With Filmmaker Antony Osso
November 04, 2019

On this episode of the Italian American Podcast, we’ll sit down with Filmmaker Antony Osso to discuss his award winning documentary PIZZA SHOP: An Italian-American Dream– an intimate portrait of his family and the pizzeria and restaurant they have run ...

IAP 114 : “Can’t We All Just, Get Along?” Varied Voices Revisit the Legacy of Christopher Columbus
October 28, 2019

Italian American Heritage Month is drawing to a close, and for our final episode of October, we’re inviting in a few outside voices to join us as we try to untangle the often-in-the-news topic of Christopher Columbus, his legacy,

IAP 113 : “Why We Are Neo-Bourbon” An IAP Lecture on the Southern Italian Roots of the Italian American Community
October 21, 2019

This week we are coming at you from Cleveland, Ohio, one of America’s most passionate Italian communities! In celebration of Italian American Heritage Month, our favorite moderator John M. Viola has been invited to speak to the Northern Ohio Italian Am...

IAP 112 : “When Did Columbus Become an Italian American?” An Honest Exploration of the History of the Columbus Day Holiday
October 14, 2019

Happy Columbus Day everyone!  Or is it “Happy Indigenous Peoples Day”?  Or “Happy Italian American Heritage Day”? In recent years, a holiday that was celebrated for centuries without controversy (save for some of the garish green-white-and-red outfits ...

IAP 111 : “Do You Think We Italian Americans Can Agree on Anything?” Creating an ‘Italian American Identity’ Survey for the 21st Century
October 07, 2019

For over one hundred episodes, we’ve talked, complained, gossiped, and wondered about the “Italian American Way”, and now it’s time to set pen to paper and see if we can’t figure out exactly what that means in 21st Century America.

IAP 110 : “Are You Surprised That YouTube’s Only Emmy Nomination is for an Italian Girl Teaching Cooking?” A Conversation with Cara Di Falco, Emmy Nominated Star of ‘Cara’s Cucina’
September 30, 2019

New Jersey native Cara Di Falco is a woman who knows that success is born of passion.  In just three short years, she’s made her online series ‘Cara’s Cucina’ YouTube’s first and ONLY Emmy Nominated cooking show!

IAP 109: “Leadership, Luncheons, and the Next Hundred Years for the Italian Welfare League” A Discussion with Linda R. Carlozzi, Chair of the Italian Welfare League
September 23, 2019

Linda R. Carlozzi is known to many for her stellar legal career (she’s even included on Crain’s NY’s list of 100 Leading Women Lawyers in New York City). But, to those of us in the Italian American community,

IAP 108: “’A Festa ‘E Tutte ‘E Feste’” A Behind the Scenes Look at The Feast of San Gennaro in New York’s Little Italy
September 16, 2019

It’s mid-September in The Big Apple, and the air is filled with the smell of sausage and peppers and fresh frying zeppole, because ‘a festa ‘e tutte ‘e feste’—’The Festival of All Festivals’ has arrived! For eleven days each September,