The Power of Italy hosted by Luisa Potenza

An interview with the chairlady of  "Gift of Sight,"  Mary Naccarato.  An inspiring look into the history, achievements and inner-workings of this philanthropic charity.

Surprising facts about the ubiquitous fig trees, so revered poets are compelled to compose poems!

On this episode we're recalling the visit to the De Luise home in Pacific Palisades, CA. in 2002.

Welcome to our podcast Italia Mia!  I'm Luisa and every week on Sunday we publish a new episode of Italia Mia the podcast where we discuss all things Italian!

World class accordionist Dominic Karchik gives you the history and plays songs indigenous to the North and South of Italy!

Pat Cooper, born Pasquale Caputo has just celebrated his 91st birthday.  We celebrate him by recalling some funny moments with the Legend.

Music is the soul of Italy. When the pandemic enveloped Italy people turned to song to bolster their spirits. Italians and Italian-Americans have produced some of the world's finest artists -- they make us proud to be Italian!

Pasticcere explains how Neapolitan and Sicilian sweets are created and what propelled him to take on a 16 hour workday foregoing the dream of becoming a Marine. It's an Italian success story.

In these challenging times the President of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America discusses how the organization has and will combat the forces that are causing the present-day mayhem.

When money was scarce peasant families were challenged.

Mother earth provided them the ingredients and so they devised simple, no-frills meals to feed their large families.  Some of these unusual meals have found their way to up-scale restaurants.

Peasant fare is now popular in the culinary world.