EPISODE 413. If you consider yourself a pizza lover, there's no shot you haven't heard of Lucali... Mark Iacono shares his story of growing up in Brooklyn, opening a pizza shop in his once-beloved childhood candy store, and how he went from just a guy who loved a good slice to a true pizza wizard behind the counter. Tune in if you love pizza, the old NYC, or are dying to know the secret to getting a table at Lucali!

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Chapters: 1:00 - Red Hook or Carroll Gardens 3:00 - Bread and Baccala 5:00 - Italian Leftovers 7:00 - Finding Love for Pizza 9:00 - No Toppings on Pizza 12:00 - The Name Lucali 14:00 - Buying the Candy Store 19:00 - Two and a Half Years 22:00 - Your Neighborhood is the Best 24:00 - First Times a Charm 29:00 - Grand Opening of Lucali 33:00 - How to Eat at Lucali's 37:00 - Counting Blessings 40:00 - Florida Pizza 42:00 - Jay Z's Coca-Cola Machine 45:00 - Lucali's Pizza Style 47:00 - Renting Out the Joint 49:00 - Sitting Next to Celebrities 50:00 - Secret Night @ Lucali's 52:00 - $500k or Dinner with Jay Z 54:00 - Best Pizza Cities 57:00 - Sauce or Gravy and Favorite Toppings 59:00 - Back and to the Left 1:03:00 - Mark's Leisure Time 1:05:00 - No Kitchen

EPISODE 412. If you've seen our series, "Lost in the Sauce", you know that we went to Harlem and found some Italians. Kevin D & Noce are two young men who immigrated to the USA with with dreams of becoming rap stars. The guys talk about everything from the Hip-Hop scene in Italy, the struggles of adjusting to American customs, the worst Italian foods and more! Tune in!

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Chapters: 1:00 - Italian Nuts in America 4:00 - Music Inspirations 6:00 - Gue Everyday 7:00 - Eminem at San Remo 9:00 - Mixing Languages 10:00 - NYC the Toxic Girl 12:00 - Hardest Part about Living Here 16:00 - Italian Astronauts 18:00 - Women in America 20:00 - Sicilian or Italian 23:00 - Italian Hate Comments 25:00 - Learning English from Sabino 27:00 - What it's like in Minnesota 29:00 - Live Performance 37:00 - Italians Finding Each Other 39:00 - Looking for Selena Gomez 41:00 - Who's Who of Italy 44:00 - Pizza Romana or New York Pizza 45:00 - Olive Garden Italians 46:00 - Gabagool & American Slang 47:00 - Italian Canadians 49:00 - False Stereotypes of America 51:00 - Tutti Insieme a NYC 52:00 - Un Italiano Vero 55:00 - In Five Years

EPISODE 411. We're back with the best. Big Joe & Mario Bosco are in the building and we're here to settle things... Where does Mario's loyalty lie? Did Big Joe's nonna actually say those things? Who can actually SPEAK the language? Who is REALLY Italian? And WHO is Tim Dillon? Tune in.

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Chapters: 1:00 - Who is Hotter? 4:00 - Sold Out Dates 5:00 - Who is Tim Dillon? 11:00 - Playing Different Characters 14:00 - Italian Frauds 16:00 - Who is More Italian? 22:00 - Speak Perfect Italian 25:00 - More Duolingo 27:00 - Fans of Pasta Fazool 30:00 - Stupid Brooklyn Gabagool 32:00 - Lasagna Disease 33:00 - Buonanima Nonna Mia 37:00 - Most Iconic Italian Saints 41:00 - San Giuseppe di Gambino 43:00 - Questioning Mario's Loyalty 45:00 - No Love in the Casino 47:00 - False Ancestry 49:00 - Italian American Future Leaders 53:00 - Finding Celebrities Phone Numbers 55:00 - Support Joe & Mario Bosco

EPISODE 410. This week, we've got two of our favorite people returning to the show: Francesco De Carlo & Matteo Lane! The guys are all in town and we're here to talk all things Italian. Rocco & Sabino get some comedy tips, we discuss the Super Bowl halftime show (Lady Gaga was there), the Winter Olympics & much more… Tune in and go see our paisans at one of their comedy shows!

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Chapters: 1:00 - Singing at the Olympics 4:00 - Italian Comedy 6:00 - How You Doin Comedians 11:00 - Rocco Wants to be a Comedian 13:00 - Immigrant Super Bowl Experience 16:00 - Italian Halftime Show 21:00 - Italians Claiming Italians 24:00 - The Best Sicilian Comic 26:00 - Southern Italian Eyelids 28:00 - Italians Built Everything 31:00 - Christmas Songs 34:00 - Moana (Lost in Translation) 37:00 - Francesco is Humble 41:00 - The Crowd is Naked 44:00 - Hate, Not Love 46:00 - Italian Films & Godfather Characters 49:00 - Italian Food in Weird Cities 53:00 - Cresciuto Questions 56:00 - Statue of David 58:00 - Differenze in Americani 1:02:00 - Tour Dates

EPISODE 409. We're back with a new episode! This time with NYC pizza legend, Paulie Gee. Paulie Giannone is a pizza connoisseur who turned his passion for pizza into a career with the now-widely-known, Paulie Gee's Slice Shop. The guys "talk shop" about everything PIZZA, old school New York, and why it's important to follow your dreams. Tune in!

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As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters: 1:00 - The Career You Choose 3:00 - Magic at Belmont Tavern 7:00 - Opening a Pizzeria 9:00 - Pizza Obsession 11:00 - Pizza From the Heart 14:00 - Pizza Tastings 17:00 - Paulie Gee's Pizza Explosion 20:00 - Skin in the Game 22:00 - Baltimore Grill & Chicago Pizza 23:00 - Too Many Tacchini's 27:00 - Mike's Hot Honey 31:00 - Paulie Hats 41:00 - Aaron Judge Foul Ball 47:00 - Weird Places to Find Good Pizza 52:00 - Top 5 Slices in NY 56:00 - Paulie's Background 59:00 - Date Nights with Paulie 1:02:00 - Rao's 1:08:00 - Non-Italian Pizza

EPISODE 408. This week, we've got a Red Sauce famiglia episode, with Nicki Boi & Rosaria on the couch. We're coming to you live from the heart of Little Italy! The gang talks all things "Red Sauce", day-to-day life in Little Italy, worst Sunday dinner foods, the best wedding songs and more! Tune in!

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Chapters: 1:00 - The Italian Algorithm 3:00 - What are the Kids Doing these Days? 5:00 - Live from Red Sauce Studio 7:00 - Italian American Wedding Songs 9:00 - Gen Z Italian Americans 11:00 - You Don't Look Italian 14:00 - Keeping the Culture Alive 20:00 - What the People Want to See 24:00 - Why Do We Make Videos? 29:00 - Red Sauce Daily 30:00 - Food in Little Italy 32:00 - Let Rosaria Cook 33:00 - What Not to Order 36:00 - Nicki's Hot Take 37:00 - One Word 40:00 - How to Learn Italian 42:00 - Mom or Nonna 44:00 - Nonna's Weird Foods 47:00 - Blind Ranking Gross Italian Food 52:00 - Italian American Labels 53:00 - Learning from the Previous Generation 56:00 - Nicki's Wardrobe

EPISODE 407. Now that thing... is f*cking Italian!!! This week, we have our friend Jakey Botch on the show. This pod is everywhere from funny to thoughtful to straight-up motivational. The guys get into everything from from his upbringing, to social media trends (and cringe), the growth of AI, and where they think the world is headed in these crazy times. Tune in!

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Chapters: 1:00 - Brand Friendly Hangs 3:00 - Losing Pages 5:00 - Chat GPT 8:00 - Meeting Jakey & Squiz 11:00 - Danny Burgers & NY Sports Teams 13:00 - Italian Athletes 18:00 - Now That Thing is Italian 20:00 - Italian Unions 22:00 - AI Movies & Content 25:00 - Where the World is Going? 27:00 - Nonna Botch 29:00 - Jake's Background 31:00 - Italian Trends 33:00 - Jakey's Growth 35:00 - Taking Inspiration for Content 40:00 - Keep Grinding 42:00 - Star Struck 45:00 - Most Italian Thing About Jakey 47:00 - Growing Up Italian Pickleball 50:00 - Six High Schools 55:00 - Goals & Dreams 59:00 - The Real Jakey 1:01:00 - The World Needs Plumbers

EPISODE 406. New episode with Tank Sinatra! Tank shares how he went from a regular New York kid to running some of the biggest social accounts in the world. The guys talk everything from male pattern baldness, to repost etiquette, to the reality of internet fame, and what it actually takes to stay relevant online. Tune in for a great one!

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Chapters: 1:00 - Bald Brothers Unite 5:00 - God Knew Nicky Smigs 6:00 - Tank Started the Internet 9:00 - Early Days of Reddit 11:00 - Speaking in Memes 14:00 - Trax NYC 19:00 - The Name Tank Sinatra 23:00 - Different Forms of Comedy 25:00 - Old School Internet Etiquette 28:00 - Tank is Not Italian 30:00 - Taking Podcasts Seriously 36:00 - Only Liking Funny People 39:00 - On Long Island 41:00 - Tank Hates NYC 43:00 - Growing Up A Lot Irish 45:00 - Greeks 47:00 - Italian vs. Irish 51:00 - Good & Bad Soda Bread 54:00 - The Pack Gym 58:00 - Men Shrinking Down 1:02:00 - Virility, Virality/Tomato, Tomahto

EPISODE 405. This week, we got Dante Palminteri joining us for a new podcast episode in Brooklyn. Dante is an actor, a true example of an older soul in a younger body and a total embodiment of "Growing Up Italian". The guys talk growing up old school, the importance of reading books, and most importantly, making TikTok's Chazz. Tune in for a great one!

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Chapters: 1:00 - The Most Italian Thing I've Done 2:00 - To Live & Fly Out LA 5:00 - Cut from a Different Cloth 7:00 - Growing Up Palminteri 12:00 - Upcoming Film 15:00 - Acting Range 17:00 - Holiday Food @ the Palminteri's 19:00 - Taking off the Skin 22:00 - Growing Up in Westchester 24:00 - Dad Trying to Fit In 26:00 - Fake Upstate Identity Crisis 29:00 - Dante's Demeanor 32:00 - Critiquing Dante's Books 35:00 - To Read or Not to Read 41:00 - Game of Thrones 44:00 - Process of Writing a Show 47:00 - First Thing to Come to Mind 50:00 - Hate for Mortadella 51:00 - Spoonfuls of Cavatelli 53:00 - Everyone is 55:00 - What's Next for Dante? 57:00 - Creating Content with Chazz 59:00 - When the Boss Asks a Favor 1:01:00 - Being Chaz's Son

EPISODE 404. This week, we've got JOSHUA (A.K.A. @jeazyfromdahood) visiting us in NYC! Joshua is an Italian Hip-Hop artist hailing from San Marino, who has quickly blown up in the scene due to his unique, soulful sound and an appearance on San Remo. The guys get into everything from his early life, to cultural differences, the best (and worst) parts about New York, and much more! Tune in!

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Chapters: 1:00 - The New Italians 2:00 - Growing Up in San Marino 5:00 - Dancing Italians 8:00 - Basket Italiano 11:00 - Getting into Music 13:00 - Rappa Ternt Sanga 16:00 - Shablo Take the Wheel 20:00 - The San Remo Effect 25:00 - New York Vacation 28:00 - Big Guy Shopping in Italy 32:00 - Custom Sandwich at Panini Shoppe 34:00 - Takeaways from NY 38:00 - Regole Di Cibo 40:00 - I Tiempi Cambiano 42:00 - Immigrant Work Ethic 45:00 - New York vs. Milan (Pizza) 47:00 - More Versus Battles 50:00 - Top 5 Rappers 52:00 - What's Next for Joshua?