The Italian American Podcast

The Italian American Podcast


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IAP 306: We All Say Buon Natale! Making Our 2023 Christmas Music Video with the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra
December 22, 2023

Everyone knows the song about Christmas in Hawaii, but while we can appreciate a holiday with sun and sand, wheres the song that celebrates a Buon Natale filled with pesce and paisans??Well, we at the Italian American Podcast set out to create a song fo

IAP 305: How Six Italian Brothers Shaped Modern America: Eduardo Montes-Bradley and His Search for the Piccirilli Brothers
December 16, 2023

Over his long career as a writer, filmmaker, academic, and award-winning documentarian, Eduardo Montes-Bradley has always been inspired by his love of learning. But these days, it's his Italian heritage that drives his tireless quest to uncover the si

IAP 304: “Who Stole The Panettone?” Gianluca Rottura on the Best Buys to Add to This Year’s Holiday Table
December 09, 2023

Gianluca Rottura, the proprietor of In Vino Veritas, New York Citys landmark wine store, returns to the Italian American Podcast to bring us his take on the famed Italian Amari But, we go completely off the rails and end up getting some of his best re

IAP 303: Severino D’Angelo’s Amazing American Dream on Paesani of Interest: Italian American Stories (Part 2)
December 02, 2023

Join us as we jump back into the incredible life story of Severino DAngelo, a Paesan of Interest with a story in which determination and dedication meet some very good luck. Leaving what he describes as a Medieval Italy Severino DAngelo went on to

IAP 302: Severino D’Angelo's Amazing American Dream on Paesani of Interest: Italian American Stories (Part 1)
November 17, 2023

Severino DAngelo is a name you might not recognize. But, if youve stepped into a car in the United States at any point since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, youve encountered a technology patented by this unassuming Paesan of Interest.Leaving

IAP 301: Committed to Com.it.es: Alessandro Crocco & the Committees of Italian Abroad
November 10, 2023

Alessandro Crocco is an energetic and personable thirty-something from Calabria, on a mission to change the way Italy and Italian America interact. And, as the newly elected President of the Committees of Italian Abroad (Com.it.es) for New York, New Jers

IAP 300: Our 300th Episode!
November 03, 2023

8 years in the making, our 300th Episode is an uncut dive into the past, present, and future of our show, and the real-life friends behind it. We're catching up and sharing stories from our times together beyond the podcast, giving you a glimpse &quo

IAP299: “Italian American Gothic”- Dolores and P.O.B. on How to Homestead Italian American Style
October 27, 2023

Because this is the final episode of Italian American Heritage Month, we thought wed gather the Famiglia and share the stories of the Italian Heritage Heroes who inspire each of us, except we never quite got to that!When Dolores, Rossella, John, and

IAP298: Cars, Culture, and Camaraderie at “Casa”- A Visit to the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere
October 19, 2023

Were keeping the Italian American Heritage Month party going with a visit to one of our favorite Italian American hangouts, a place that lives up to its cozy name, Staten Island, NYs stunning Italian Cultural Center at Casa Belvedere.The House with th

IAP 297: How We're Celebrating Italian American Heritage Month
October 13, 2023

Happy Italian American Heritage Month Paesani!!!Were kicking off our favorite month of the year with a good old-fashioned Power Hour roundtable, with Rossella, Pat, and John catching up on how theyve spent the first few weeks in a month filled with I