QC POD

Anna Coraggio’s life story resurfaces seventy years after she ended her recording and stage career and returned to private life, surrounded by her siblings, her nephews and nieces, her spouse and their numerous friends whom they loved hosting at their Brooklyn brownstone. Hers is a multilayered tale of familiar comfort sacrificed by generations for love, for duty, for art, for family values, for what makes us humans in short. Giulio Breviario, her brother-in-law found himself a soldier fighting in North-Africa* during WWII while distrusting the Mussolini regime. He aspired to the American dream and found the way to make it come true. Anna and her family inspire the narration, not because of what remains of her musical contributions, but because they embodied the principles that we share as humans. Our shared humanity explains not only that very different individuals and generations collaborated to realize the podcast but that so many also passionately study and share the knowledge that helps understand Anna Coraggio’s music. We relied on their contributions to make this episode, and we particularly thank Patrick O’Boyle and John Viola of The Italian American Podcast and Jeff Matthews of Naples: Life Death and Miracles for their discussion and definition of the sceneggiata napoletana. The podcast also benefited from Joseph Sciorra’s generosity. He made time to discuss and share in person, at the Calandra Italian American Institute, his knowledge of the Italian and Italian-American music traditions of Naples, of Campania and their evolution in the New York environment of Little Italy.

Paul Fadoul

*Giulio Breviario served in North-Africa where U.S soldiers captured him and transferred him to Fort Hamilton as a prisoner of war (Correction to podcast content requested by Alex Breviario).

Join Sammy Ali and Professor Paul Fadoul as they engage in a conversation with Marina Ramirez, a Queens College graduate, about her extraordinary experience teaching English in France.

Episode correction: One does not need a BA to be eligible for TAPIF. See the TAPIF eligibility requirements here: https://www.tapif.org/faq.php

In

this

episode,

three

childhood

friends (Paula, Zaira and

Grazelle)

shared an

unforgettable

immigrant

story. A story of how fate

brought

them together later in life. From learning how to speak English to figuring out how to

live in a busy city at a young age. Every immigrant has a story of their own that

shaped them who they are today, this is one of ours.

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Music: Zapsplat (sound effects), Royalty-Free(music/sound effects)

On this episode of the Swiftcast, Alessia Pisicchio sits down with Marisa Kratzke to discuss what

happened the day(s) of the Era’s Tour Presale(s). One friend succeed

ing at getting tickets and

another deceived by the promise of the CapitalOne sale left there to be confusion when thinking of

how precise you had to be to secure tickets to the show.With the corruption of the presale,

Ticketmaster had left thousands of fan

s without tickets with little to no explanation. Comparing

strategies and talking about what each’s experiences were like in the presale, this conversation is

guided through the love of Swift’s music that both will remember all too well. Both informational

and

truthful, exploring the events that took place during the presale helps those who did not get tickets

get a glimpse of what was on “The Other Side of the Door”.

Who needs a doctor's appointment when you have a witch doctor for a

neighbor? This episode is based on a true story that took place in the Philippines

during my childhood. This interview with my mother led me to dive deep into the

history of Witch Doctors and Siquijor Island, the infamous island that leaves locals,

travelers and tourists to wonder, is it a form of sorcery or treatment?

Did you know the Sicilian dialect is more common in the US than in Italy?

Sammy Ali talks to Joseph Sungolowsky about his extraordinary life. Sungolowsky is a Holocaust survivor turned esteemed Professor of French Literature and Jewish Studies at Queens College. Join us as we follow his harrowing journey of survival, resilience, and hope as he outwitted the Nazis, assumed false identities, and even found refuge in a Catholic boarding school.

Holden Velasco sits down with Dennis Velasco, the Memphis City Director for Pro Skills Basketball, to discuss the culture of coaching youth basketball.

This week on QC POD, we feature an episode of Holden Velasco’s “Unlacing Our Shoes”—a podcast that humanizes athletes. Velasco, Editor-in-Chief for The Knight News, interviews QC basketball player Jayden Seraphin. Velasco and Seraphin both lost their mothers at an early age. They discuss the impact of this loss on their lives and athletics.