Reel Travels with Lisa Iannucci

Welcome to Episode 53 of Reel Travels! I’m your host Lisa Iannucci, the author of the travel books On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide and Road Trip: A Sport’s Lover’s Travel Guide. I’m hoping this podcast inspires you to travel to destinations that have been used in your favorite movies and television shows. 

I have to say that this interview was actually done in January, so you’ll hear me mention that. But nothing else is really time-sensitive and I think you’ll thoroughly enjoy this. It’s all about Italy! And if you’ve been listening you know that I haven’t been there yet, but it’s on my list of places to go. So I turned to the one person I know who knows Italy, but who specializes in Sicily -- Karen La Rosa, the owner of La RosaWorks Sicily Tours and Travel. We talk about everything about Italy travel and movies in Sicily, including The Godfather (and Godfather Tours) and Cinema Paradiso's filming locations.This interview has only piqued my interest in traveling to Italy. 

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Welcome to Episode 52 of Reel Travels and welcome to 2022! I’m your host Lisa Iannucci, the author of the travel books On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide and Road Trip: A Sport’s Lover’s Travel Guide. I’m hoping this podcast inspires you to travel to destinations that have been used in your favorite movies and television shows. 

On today’s episode of Reel Travels, I’m chatting with Peter Craynis, Executive Director of Florida’sSpace Coast Office of Tourism, which includes 72 miles of beaches and other spaces that have been used for the filming locations of many space-related TV shows and movies and we’re going to get into which ones they are including one of my favorites from when I was little. Most recently, portions of the Disney + documentary “The Right Stuff” were filmed here, and fans can actually enjoy many of the experiences from the show when they come to visit.

And welcome Michelle Danner for our celebrity minute! Michelle is an international film director & acting coach. Her student list includes James Franco, Seth MacFarlane, Salma Hayek, Henry Cavill, Zooey Deschanel, Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Chris Martin, Penelope Cruz, Michael Pena, Michelle Rodriguez,  Kate Del Castillo and many others. Let’s listen to what Michelle’s favorite film travel location has been! 

Thank you all for tuning in! Please leave me a review or a rating. If you leave me a review and I read it on the air, I will send you a Reel Travels sticker (you can find them on Society 6) as my special thank you! Follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler.

Welcome to Episode 51 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci, the author of the books On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide and Road Trip: A Sport’s Lover’s Travel Guide. I’m hoping this podcast inspires you to travel to destinations that have been used in your favorite movies and television shows. 

This week my guest is YouTuber Ryan Albanese who talks about his channel, “Going to the Movies!”. He has been traveling the country finding different film locations for quite some time and today he talks about his journeys, the movie locations he would like to see and so much more. It’s a fun interview and I hope you enjoy it. I’ll see you on the other side! 

Ryan, thank you so much for stopping by and thank you all for tuning in! Please leave me a review or a rating -- it really helps me out, and follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler. I'd love to hear from you about your Reel Travels and what you think of the podcast. Thanks and see you next time!

Welcome to Episode 50 of Reel Travels. I’m your host, Lisa Iannucci, the author of the books On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide and Road Trip: A Sport’s Lover’s Travel Guide. I’m hoping this podcast inspires you to travel to destinations that have been used in movies and on television shows. And speaking of travel inspiration, today my guest is Jo Franco, one of the three hosts of the new Netflix show The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals. When you’re looking for something cool to watch on Netflix, this is a must-see and I loved talking to Jo. Let’s get started! 

Please leave me a review or a rating -- it really helps me out, and follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler. I'd love to hear from you about your Reel travels and what you think of the podcast. Thanks and see you next week!

Welcome to Episode #49 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci, the author of On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide. Today, almost this entire episode is dedicated to Charlie Chaplin. I talk to an author of a book on the legend and we take a peek into Chaplin’s World, an incredible museum in Switzerland that really needs to be on your bucket list. It's on mine! Plus, I have what I think is the best celebrity minute since I started doing this podcast. Stay tuned. You’re not going to believe this! Let’s get started! 

A special thanks to Rob Paulsen -- check out his book, Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life. and Gary Golio's book Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry).

This is a great episode and I really appreciate that you tuned in. Please leave me a review or a rating -- it really helps me out, and follow me on Instagram at @thevirgintraveler. I'd love to hear from you about your reel travels and what you think of the podcast. Thanks and see you next week!

Welcome to Episode 48 of Reel Travels. I'm your host, Lisa Iannucci and I'm the author of On Location: A Film and TV Lover's Travel Guide.

Today I'll update you on some of the film and TV festivals that are taking place this year and those that have moved to 2022 or been canceled. 

Also, my guest on today’s episode of Reel Travels is actress and producer Susan Gallagher. You might know her from her work as Val on Queering or her roles in Safe Harbor, or  The InBetweeners. She’s appeared in (among many other things) the film Strange Weather (2016) opposite Holly Hunter, Bloodline (2015) opposite Kyle Chandler, and Lifetime's The Christmas Contract (2018) opposite Hilarie Burton. Other lead roles have included working in female-driven films Doorstep (2019) and Windblown (2019). Susan also played a woman with the early onset of Alzheimer's in I'll Be Here for a While (2019). In 2014, she formed her own production company Her Little Red Productions, Llc,. a female-run production company focusing on female-driven projects. 

And, of course, she is currently in Karate Kid’s Cobra Kai as Lynn, otherwise known as the homeless woman and we are going to talk about all of this and more! 

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Welcome to Episode 47 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci, the author of On Location: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide. Today, I’m saying the words we’ve been waiting to hear for more than a year -- Let’s plan a trip! 

We will get into exactly how you should go about planning a trip in this week’s interview with Samantha Weck, a travel agent with Expedition Weck. Enjoy the interview!

My celebrity minute is with Pat Francis, comedian and host of the Rock Solid Podcast. You can find him on Twitter at @Pat_Francis

Thank you so much for listening to the Reel Travels podcast. Please follow me on Instagram @thevirgintraveler and if you have a minute, please share or leave me a review on this podcast? Click on those iTunes stars. It would really help me out. Thanks. See you next week!

Welcome to Episode 46 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and I am also your film and tv travel guide. If you got a late start with traveling, that’s okay. So did today’s guest, who talks about how many states and countries she and her husband have since traveled to and they are over 50 and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon! 

Listen to my interview this week with Samantha Taki of the Golden Age Traveling Blog. It is about her family and travels through the US, Canada, Caribbean, Europe and Mexico. She and her husband Gene joined the 55+ club last year. Samantha gives a lot of great tips in this interview and I’m sure she’ll inspire you to start putting your dream trip together. Enjoy the interview and I’ll see you on the other side. 

Thank you so much for listening to the Reel Travels podcast. Please follow me on Instagram @thevirgintraveler and if you have a minute, please share or leave me a review on this podcast? Click on those iTunes stars. It would really help me out. Thanks. See you next week!

Welcome to Episode 45 of Reel Travels (for those of you who listened to last week's episode, THIS is actually episode 45!). I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and I am also your film and tv travel guide. Today it’s just me and I’m talking about what I’m watching and I’m talking about the movie Nomadland Starring Frances McDormand which has been nominated for 4 Golden Globes including Best Picture and I’ll be talking about other stuff that’s too long for this intro so let’s get started!

What am I watching and do I like it? B Positive; Cobra Kai; Bobby & Giada in Italy. What are you watching? 

Links to things I mentioned in the podcast:

Reel Travels podcast about Laura Ingalls Wilder: See episode #1 of Reel TravelsClark Gable's house/museum: http://www.clarkgablefoundation.com/museum-tour-info.html

Groundhog Day and tours: http://www.woodstockgroundhog.org/walking-tour/

These places are also in my book: A Film & TV Lover’s Travel Guide, which is available by ordering it through Oblong Books.com. My book: https://www.oblongbooks.com/book/9781493030859

My Harvest Hosts 15% off referral code:: http://harvesthosts.refr.cc/lisaiannucci 

Please follow me on Instagram @thevirgintraveler and if you have a minute, maybe leave me a review on this podcast? Or click on those iTunes stars. It would really help me out. Thanks. See you next week!

Welcome to Episode 44 of Reel Travels. I’m your host Lisa Iannucci and I am also your film and tv travel guide. Happy New Year!

What you may not know is that I wrote a biography of Will Smith years ago, and thanks to that biography I appeared in Will Smith’s biography in Germany, think A&E biography.

In this episode, I interviewed the very talented Daphne Maxwell Reid, who played the second Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. This was a fun interview and I think you’ll really enjoy it.

Thank you so much for listening to the Reel Travels podcast. Please follow me on Instagram @thevirgintraveler and if you have a minute, maybe leave me a review on this podcast? Or click on those iTunes stars. It would really help me out. 

Thanks again and I’ll see you next week!