Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast

Please give a warm welcome to Golden-Globe nominated film composer Carlo Siliotto, who has written music for over 100 films, documentaries, and TV series.

 
  Born in Rome, Carlo shares stories of his early days in Italy, when his mom gave him a choice for his birthday - a bike or a guitar. He chose the guitar, and he’s never composing ever since.

 Carlo has worked with some of the most recognized names in the business, from Franco Cristaldi to Oliver Stone. We talk about his style, his process to composing music, and the film that brought him to America, where he now lives by the ocean.

Join us today on #DeborahKobyltLIVE and @LittleItalyPodcast, and please invite your friends to join us too. Our show is available on all video and audio podcast platforms. Please like and follow us, we truly appreciate your support.

#DeborahZaraKobylt

-

@carlosiliotto #music #composer #Italiancomposer #Italianamerican #ItalianTalent #GoldenGlobenominated #filmcomposer

Please welcome to our show Silvia Chiave, Italy’s Consul General in Los Angeles, where we’ll
be talking about her role to develop economic and cultural relations between Italy and the
U.S. And there’s so much more.

Silvia is a married mother of two children, she loves theater, reading, and snowboarding.
She’s also a paragliding pilot and a sommelier. And that’s just for starters. Silvia studied
business in university, began her diplomatic career over 20 years ago, and brings
sophistication and savvy to the office that isn’t business as usual.

Hear our full interview, where we talk about everything from her childhood, thoughts on Los
Angeles and the community here, and what it’s like as a woman holding such an important
and prestigious office.

Our interview airs LIVE on all video and audio platforms on #LittleItalyPodcast and simulcast
on #DeborahKobyltLIVE. As a proud board member of the Little Italy of Los Angeles
Association, I’m thrilled to present this interview and share more about Silvia.
Join us, and leave your comments, too.

#DeborahZaraKobylt #Italian #ItalianConsulate #LILAA #ItalianAmerican

LOVE the LA Lakers?



TThen you must join our interview with #GaryVitti, longtime athletic trainer at the #LALakers for 32 years, talking about ALL he’s learned not just about being a trainer, but about life, relationships, hardships, winning, and losing.
Did you know Gary started his career at the Univ of Portland where he set up a sports medicine program before he got THE call from the #Lakers to become their head athletic trainer? The story follows, and you must tune in to hear all about his life, work, family, and #Italian roots, too. Let’s not forget his film career from his appearance in #BlueChip and the latest #HBO series, #WinningTime. Gary revealed a lot in this interview. He’s caring, all about family, and clearly still in mourning about #KobeBryant. 
Join me at #DeborahKobyltLIVE and #LittleItaly Podcast on all video and audio platforms. And please invite your friends, too. Thanks for joining us, Gary 🇮🇹

#DeborahKobyltLIVE-

#GaryVitti #lakers #coach #basketball #NBA #trainer #legend #NBAathletictrainer

 Please welcome to our show, #LuciaGiardina, entrepreneur, actor, and founder of #LuciasKitchen. 

Lucia has an interesting story, and we start at the beginning, when she was a young girl, cooking with her mama and grandma in the kitchen. By age 12, she was preparing full meals for the entire family in Torino, Italy, and it was her family who encouraged her to jar her tomato sauce, and finally, she did. And here we are today. 

Licia’s sauce is made from all fresh ingredients, just reheat and incorporate into your favorite foods. In fact, throughout our interview, she gives us the “secret sauce” so we can try to replicate at home. Lucia also shares with us her early Italian influences, what it’s like living and doing business here in the U.S., and also how she went from expert sauce maker to actor. We’d love to know!
Please join us on our #LittleItalyPodcast, reposted from #DeborahKobyltLIVE, hosted and created by me, another proud #Italian. You can find our show on all video and audio podcast platforms. And please invite your friends, too🇮🇹 #DeborahZaraKobylt 

-

@luciaskitchen13 #Italiancuisine #Luciakitchen #italianrecipes #entrepreneur

Please welcome to our show, #BillLagattuta, award-winning TV journalist best known for his work on CBS’s 48Hours, covering some of the biggest crime stories around the globe, and NBC News, breaking stories from Somalia to China. Bill has also worked as an anchorman at KNBC Los Angeles, which is why he may seem so familiar to our local audience.  

Since leaving the world of TV news, Bill has become an accomplished painter and photographer, whose work is now held by a number of prominent collectors.

He joins us to talk about his time in the field working some of the biggest stories in international news, but also how he transitioned into another creating art.  In addition, being third-generation Sicilian-American, Bill speaks about some of his early influences in his life as well. 

Please join our #LittleItalyPodcast, reposted from #DeborahKobyltLIVE and created by host #DeborahZaraKobylt. You can find our shows on all video and audio podcast platforms.  Please invite your friends, too🇮🇹

Love Italian products? Then you must tune in to our #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast interview with #LorenzoLisi, CEO of the upcoming Made In Italy expo that will take place in at the port Los Angeles later this month.

The expo is to designed to encourage business partnerships between U.S. and Italian companies, and will highlight Italian products from food, fashion, technology, arts, alternative energy, and more. And the public has an opportunity to participate, with various vendors on board displaying everything from food to fashion to enjoy.  We’ll be talking about it, and bringing a little more Italy to LA. 

Please tune in to our #LittleItalyPodcast with host and creator, #DeborahZaraKobylt, and participate in our journey to highlight Italians and Italian Americans contributing to life and culture in Los Angeles and beyond.  Thanks for joining us, and please invite your friends, too🇮🇹-

#LorenzoLisi #NexxtFoundation #Giveback #Italianamerican #LittleItalyPodcast  #MadEInItalyexpo

Francesca Fanti has worked with some of the top talent in #Hollywood, and today she joins our #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast to talk about her latest film, #Oscar-nominated #Luca. 

Francesca has had an incredibly successful career in theater, film, and TV since moving to LA from Rome. She’s worked with some of the best in the business, including #FrancisFordCoppola, has appeared in #AmericanCrimeStory as #GianniVersace’s mother, among other projects. She’ll be discussing this, in addition to her latest project, writing a TV series that’s drawing lots of buzz in Hollywood. 

Please tune in to our #LittleItalyPodcast with host and creator, #DeborahZaraKobylt, and join our journey to highlight Italians and Italian Americans contributing to life and culture in Los Angeles and beyond.  Thanks for joining us, and please invite your friends, too🇮🇹

@francescafanti8141 #FrancescaFanti #actress #FrancescaFantiVoiceActor #pixarluca #oscarnominations

Life + Art = Chaos, or so says Italian film director, writer, and inventor, Alessio Della Valle, joining us on our #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast.  

Alessio is in Los Angeles to talks about his new film, “American Night,” a favorite at the Venice Film Featival and getting early Oscar buzz here in Hollywood. In fact, he’s visiting Los Angeles from Florence to discuss his film, a thriller that explores the dark underworld of pop and modern art. 

“American Night” has some extraordinary features, such as an original Warhol “Pink Marilyn,” in addition to a Jeff Koons, and other extraordinary works of art from around the world. We speak with this gifted director about the artistry of filmmaking, how he got his start in Italy, and quickly got notice from around the world, particularly in the U.S. 

Alessio also about how his Italian upbringing influenced his art, and talks about navigating the world of filmmaking in Hollywood, which is a very different scene from Italy. 

Please join our Little Italy of LA Podcast,  I’m your host, #DeborahZaraKobylt, and please invite your friends to follow and like us, too🇮🇹

#alessiodellavalle #AmericanNight #AmericanNightMovie #AmericanNightFilm #director #cinema #cinemalover #jeremypiven #jonathanrhysmeyers #pazvega #emilehirsch #annabellebelmondo #michaelmadsen

Applying for dual citizenship can be daunting, and on our #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast, we welcome Natosha Fortini, founder of Italian Citizenship DIY, who breaks it all down to make the process easier.

If you’ve ever tried to apply for Italian citizenship, and the rules can seem confusing, depending on when your relative first became a U.S. citizen. And often, people throw up their hands in frustration.  But no more. Natosha has streamlined the process, answering every possible question you might have, and providing you with each step so you can get it done on your own, without forking out a fortune to do it. So many questions such as should I go through my maternal or paternal side, does it matter what year my family member became a citizen, etc. The questions seem daunting, until now. 
 
 Natosha said her own journey to becoming an Italian citizen was so confusing, that she decided to start Italian Citizenship DIY, providing everything you need to know from agencies here and in Italy, what paperwork is needed, and any other question you might have in an often confusing process, with results.

Please join our show, and invite you ir friends, too. I’m your host, #DeborahZaraKobylt, thanks for joining us🇮🇹

Please welcome to our #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast, actor Peter Onorati, recently featured in the film, “Being the Ricardos,” in addition to dozens of top credits in Hollywood, including “Goodfellas” and so many others. 

Peter grew first generation New Jersey Italian, and credits his strong Italian roots for much of his success. We’ll be talking about his quick rise in the business, how he got the role in “Goodfellas” after reading for Scorsese, and the hilarious story he tells about first meeting the infamous director.  Peter has been a mainstay on film, TV, commercials, and voice overs, and you may also recognize him from NYPD Blue, SWAT, This Is Us, Postcards from the Edge, and so much more. 

Please enjoy our Little Italy of LA Podcast, where we interview Italians and Italian Americans from Los Angeles and beyond. I’m your host and creator, #DeborahZaraKOBYLT. And make sure to visit our #LittleItaly district in #SanPedro, and see what we’re developing there to rival any Little Italy in America. Ciao🇮🇹