The Italian Radio Hour

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

In this episode: we will be discussing the importance of the family vegetable garden in the Italian tradition. Instead of our usual two-guest format, we will be talking to four individuals about their personal experiences of maintaining a vegetable garden and its importance in the Italian tradition and the  Italian American identity. In the first half of the show we will speak with Mary Menniti, Founder of the Italian Garden Project, and Rosetta Costantino, author of the cookbooks, “My Calabria” and “Southern Italian Desserts” who has an extensive Calabrese style garden, and later we will speak Michela Smith, the director of the short documentary film,“Heirloom”, and her mother, Sandi Grosso (aka ZiaBeddainthegarden on Instagram). The film focuses on a mother and daughter who set out to discover why Italian Americans love to garden. .

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

Pierette Domenica Simpson, a native of Pranzalito, near Torino, is a survivor of the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the Italian luxury liner that sank on July 25, 1956 when it was struck by the Swedish liner Stockholm. Pierette is also the author of the books: “Alive on the Andrea Doria! The greatest Sea Rescue in History, and “I was Shipwrecked on the Andrea Doria! The Titanic of the 1950s”. In 2016, Simpson wrote and produced the Documentary “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?”, directed by Luca Guardabascio.

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

In this episode, we interview Cristina Bowerman.  Cristina is the chef of Glass Hostaria in the Trastevere neighborhood in Rome and the only female chef in Rome who has been awarded a Michelin star. In the second part of our program, we will speak with Pierette Simpson, a native of Pranzalito, near Torino. She is a survivor of the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the luxury liner that sank on July 25, 1956 when it was struck by the Swedish ship Stockholm.

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

Tonight, we will explore the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and specifically Trieste with travel writer Michael Paul, a regular contributor to Dream of Italy TV Show & Travel Magazine with Kathy McCabe, and also the creator of the "Italian Food Decor" App.

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

“Out of Rushmore’s Shadow" with Lou Del Bianco, grandson of Luigi Del Bianco, the true chisel-genius from Friuli behind the carving of Mount Rushmore.  How is it possible that for decades there had been absolutely no recognition to the man whose expert craftsmanship carved the life-like eyes of Lincoln?  Thru Lou's childhood recollections and accurate research, we will follow his journey that eventually led the correct side of the story being told and a plaque installed at the Mt. Rushmore Visitor Center giving Luigi the well deserved credit.

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

Tonight on The Italian Radio Hour: A comparison between the Italian Immigration on the West Coast and the East Coast. Join me for an insightful conversation with Marianna Gatto, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, and Melissa Marinaro, Director of the Italian American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center. We will also discuss programs, collections and artifacts currently offered by their respective Museums, and many other curiosities that only "Museum people" might know about!

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

This week on The Italian Radio Hour Show: Director Tommaso Santi and writer Silvia Gambi, on “STRACCI” - a compelling documentary on the recycling of used clothes that starts from the Prato textile district (In Tuscany) and goes around the world. We highly recommend watching STRACCI on Amazon Prime. National Geographic has also dedicated an article on Circular Economy and Prato (Tuscany) in March 2020.  Kovelab The Italian Radio Hour Solo Moda Sostenibile

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

Goethe once said" See Naples and die".  But American born Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Katherine is fresh out of college when she arrives in Naples to intern at the US Consulate. There she meets handsome, studious Salvatore, and finds herself enveloped by his family - in particular by his elegant mother, Raffaella, who begins her real education: never eat the crust of a pizza first, always stand up and fight for yourself and your loved ones, and remember that mealtimes are sacred, and "O purpo s’adda cocere cu’ l’acqua soja".

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

Second segment: Have you ever wondered why there is a "Cookie Table" in all weddings in Western Pennsylvania? Join our conversation with Laura Magone, Founder of The Wedding Cookie Table Community as we discovered the origin of this tradition and some of the must-haves for your cookie table. Did we also mentioned that Laura and group hold a GUINESS WORLD RECORD for the biggest Cookie Table?

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu!

This week on The Italian Radio Hour:  How Pasta and Poetry joint efforts to build a better future!  Join me as we’ll hear from Rina Poletti, the Queen of Tagliatelle, and Antonella Iaschi, author of “Fiabe per un Noi” a series of children’s stories, talking about their friendship, pasta, and poetry…with a mission!