Episode 360. Sabino and Rocco sit down for another podcast with good friend and comedian Matteo Lane. The crew get together and catch up on life, talk about Matteo's Comedy Special that comes out on Hulu in May and his cookbook that releases in April. Be sure to follow Matteo here https://www.instagram.com/matteolane Go get Matteo's cookbook here https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/your-pasta-sucks-matteo-lane/1146135272 Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters

Episode 359. Sabino and Rocco sit down with comedian Dominic Leonelli aka Dom Cruise to talk about his upbringing in Ohio, struggle when moving to New York and the Comedy scene on Cruise ships. Be sure to follow Dom here https://www.instagram.com/dominicleonelli Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Goodfellas from Ohio 5:00 - Not Looking Italian 7:00 - Dom Cruise 10:00 - Cruise Life 12:00 - Dom's Comedy 16:00 - No Love Allowed 18:00 - Little Firemen 20:00 - Barber Talk 23:00 - Dom the Boxer 28:00 - Trying Comedy 32:00 - Comedy Scene 34:00 - Being Italian in Comedy 36:00 - The Most Random Gig 39:00 - First Move to NYC 43:00 - Living in Storage 47:00 - Small Talk with Fans 50:00 - Friends with Cool Nicknames 54:00 - Italian Lessons 56:00 - Met a Girl @ Comedy Show 58:00 - Growing Up Ohio Italian 1:01:00 - TV Breakups & Tipping Good

Episode 358. Sabino and Rocco sit down with prank Queen Nina Minaj and her son Joey. The crew sit together and talk about Nina's upbringing, moving to America at a very young age, what it was like growing up in Astoria, her viral Z100 Phone Tap moment and so much more. Be sure to follow Nina here https://www.instagram.com/jspeck8266 Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti!

Episode 357. Sabino and Roco sit down with Marc Anthony (not that Marc Anthony) to talk about life in Canada, how he started comedy and his incredible content as Nonno Be sure to follow the brothers here https://www.instagram.com/notmarcanthony Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti!

Episode 356. Sabino and Rocco sit down Rich and Jack of Brothers Cucina to talk about life in Newark, New Jersey and how they're preserving Italian-American culture through social media. Be sure to follow the brothers here https://www.instagram.com/brothers.cucina Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Intro to Newarkanese 5:00 - Behind the Cucina 7:00 - Meatball Traditions 10:00 - Accounting Issues 12:00 - Funny Food Business 16:00 - Breaking Bread 21:00 - Bread, Pasta or Pizza 25:00 - Sauce or Gravy 27:00 - Food Complaints 30:00 - Starting Social Media with Joe 33:00 - Keeping on Family Tradition 35:00 - Sundays 37:00 - PROsciutto 39:00 - Joe's Journey 42:00 - Family Content 47:00 - Putting Social Media to Work 50:00 - Jersey Pastry Taste Test 54:00 - The Four Sauces 57:00 - Family Rules 1:01:00 - Guilty Pleasure Foods 1:03:00 - Dream Cucina Guest 1:06:00 - Rocco's Food Questions 1:10:00 - Food Arguments 1:15:00 - Importance of What We're Doing

Episode 355. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Vito Shade to talk about Vito's music career, his freestyle skills, his Italian roots, how he started his career as a voice actor to many popular shows we still watch today and so much more. We hope you enjoy! Be sure to follow Shade here https://www.instagram.com/vitoshade Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Sono DJ Pauly D! 4:00 - Working it Out 7:00 - Professional Eaters 12:00 - Shade Roots 17:00 - Getting into Music 20:00 - Freestyle King 22:00 - Live Italian Freestyle 26:00 - New York Pizza 31:00 - Thanksgiving Dinner 33:00 - Costco Foods 35:00 - Rizzie Smalls 39:00 - Family Content 41:00 - Switching Up the Flow 43:00 - Southpark Tupac Hologram 46:00 - Voice Acting & Music 47:00 - Lisa Ann Love 49:00 - Creative Influences 51:00 - I Love Jim 53:00 - Voice Acting Tips 55:00 - Dramatic Italian Trailer 58:00 - Dire Fare Baciare 1:00:00 - Work Ethic

EPISODE 354. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Los Angeles Angels Pitcher, Samuel Aldegheri. Samuel talks about being the first ever Italian born pitcher to play in the MLB, what it was like growing up and playing baseball in Italy, and his road to the MLB. Tune in to learn about what kind of person Samuel is like on and off the field. We wish you all the best Samuel! Be sure to follow Samuel here https://www.instagram.com/samuel.aldegheri Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - Growing Up in Verona 3:00 - Learning the Language 5:00 - Baseball in Italy 11:00 - Getting Scouted 14:00 - First Italian MLB Player 18:00 - Italian National Team 22:00 - MLB Experience 25:00 - Brotherly Juve Love 28:00 - Nonna's Lasagna 32:00 - Superstitions 35:00 - Missing Family 37:00 - Italians in Sports 39:00 - Favorite Music Artists 41:00 - Eye of the Tiger 43:00 - Italian Americans 47:00 - IABF 50:00 - Inspiring the Kids 52:00 - Agent Meetings

EPISODE 353. Sabino and Rocco sit down with Jojo and Nicky Scarlotta to talk about their experience on The Circle, the Scarlotta family, how social media became a full time thing, give some inspiration and so much more. We always enjoy hanging out and catching up with the fellas so we hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to follow Jojo here https://www.instagram.com/jojoscarlotta Follow Nicky here https://www.instagram.com/nickyscarlotta Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters

EPISODE 352. Sabino and Rocco sit down with one of their favorite actors, Salvatore Esposito. Salvatore talks about his passion for acting, his experience on Gomorrah as well as other TV Shows & Movies, his love for Napoli, New York and Louisiana and so much more. Be sure to follow Salvatore here https://www.instagram.com/salvatoreesposito Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! Chapters 1:00 - From Italy to America 4:00 - Italian Stereotypes in Movies 7:00 - Acting Roles 11:00 - Gomorrah vs. Sopranos 17:00 - Born & Raised 22:00 - Mafia TV Shows 24:00 - Start of Acting & Writing 28:00 - Curiosity in Life 31:00 - Making Your Own Role 33:00 - Sal Loves NY (and NO) 37:00 - New York or Napoli 40:00 - "Unsafe" Cities 43:00 - Garbage Time 47:00 - Best Pizza in the World 54:00 - Boorgers & Steaks 56:00 - Best Italian American Movies 59:00 - This or That

EPISODE 351. Sabino and Rocco ring in the New Year with Washington DC's best personality on social media, Tony Polcari. The crew talk about Tony's upbringing in Boston, transition to DC, his life goals and aspirations, new mentality in 2025 and so much more. Be sure to follow Tony here https://www.instagram.com/_tonypindc Sign up to our Patreon for A LOT of extra content and NO ADS here https://www.patreon.com/growingupitalian To shop our merchandise, visit https://www.growingupitaliangui.com Be sure to check our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growingupitalian As always, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a Like, Comment and please SUBSCRIBE. Grazie a tutti! 1:00 - What Does Tony P Do? 3:00 - Stop People Pleasing 6:00 - New Regis Philbin 9:00 - Tony Woods 11:00 - Empty Handed Pitches 16:00 - Broadcaster Tony 18:00 - Growing Up in Boston 20:00 - The Tony P Effect 23:00 - Vibrant Masculinity 27:00 - Italians in America 31:00 - Tony President 36:00 - Happy Accountants 40:00 - Good & Bad Presidents 46:00 - Meeting Tony P 49:00 - Sopranos Voting 56:00 - Best Italian American Actors 1:01:00 - Top 5 Italian Foods at Home 1:04:00 - Working with Tony P 1:06:00 - Motivational Tony