The Italian Australian Podcast
By Josephine D’Aqui and Lukas D’Aqui
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Episodes: 163
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Brother/sister duo Lukas & Josie D'Aqui from Perth, Western Australia host The Italian Australian Podcast! Join them for weekly episodes chatting about Italian Australian topics including immigration, food, traditions, language and more! First generation Italian Australians on their maternal side with a Roman born mum and second generation Italian Australians on their paternal side having an Australian born father of Calabrese origin. Blessed to have grown up with a strong connection to their Italian roots, this podcast will help keep you connected with yours and laugh and learn along the way.
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Episode 163: Nonna’s Nostalgia with Lauren Finelli
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Episode 162: The Italian Theatre of WA featuring Lara Potalivo and Giuseppe Luna
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Episode 161: Featuring Chiara Ravnik from Nonna’s Casa
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Episode 160: Restoring Wellness Italian Style
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Episode 159: The Roman Sicilian! Featuring Lisa Cutelli
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Episode 158: That Little Gelato Cart! Featuring Dan Petrillo
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Episode 157: Italian Australian Olympian! Featuring Valentino and Ric Guseli
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Episode 156: The Sacrifices of Immigrants featuring Marco Petta
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Episode 155: Italian American Comedy Down Under! Featuring Anthony Rodia
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Episode 154: The Temptation of Eden Pasticceria featuring Daniele Barresi
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Episode 153: Aboriginal-Italian! Celebrating a rich Dual Heritage with Brad Vitale
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Episode 152: Alpino Gelato! Australia's First Gelato Company featuring Laura Nobile
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Episode 151: Australia’s Most Sustainable Pizzaiolo featuring Domenico Colosimo
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Episode 150: 'The Golden Olive Tree' A memoir of family and migration featuring Nella Peel
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Episode 149: Stay protected with Bella Luck Charms featuring Nicole Cappelleri
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Episode 148: Tailor your trip with Bella Ciao Travels featuring Annalisa De Carlo
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Italy’s dedication to it’s culture abroad: featuring Dr Mariarosaria Franomacaro
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Episode 146: Your doorway into the true Italy: ‘Vera Italia’ featuring Chiara Barbera
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 145: ‘Amore e Cultura’ Legendary Italian Australian Chef Guy Grossi
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May 18, 2026 |
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Episode 144: Buongiorno Bimbi! Fun Italian for kids featuring Agnese Bresin
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May 11, 2026 |
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Episode 143: Buona Festa della Mamma featuring Mamma Rosalba and Nonna Maria
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May 04, 2026 |
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Episode 142: Foods you can't get outside of Italy featuring Joseph Sgambelluri AKA The Italian Aussie Cook
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Episode 141: Pellegrinis : A Melbourne Legacy featuring Frank Lotito
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Episode 140: Ciao Ragazzi da La Mortazza! Featuring Raffaella Taraborrelli
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Episode 139: From Nonna with Love: Stories of Tradition and Triumph featuring Nella Fitzgerald
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Episode 138: It's not Easter without Pastiera featuring The Little Italian Cook
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Episode 137: More than Music, Gianni Capri’s Story
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 136: Missing Italy: Family, Food and the Little Things
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Episode 135: See you at the Perth Italian Festival featuring Mr Accordion Man
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 134: Feels like Italy at South West Bottega featuring Marco D’Aquino
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 133: Yarraville's Slice of Italy 'Antipasti Deli Cafe' featuring Fabian Manno
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 132: 'Oriundi'- Connecting Italians around the world featuring Anthony Castelvecchi
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 131: A Valentine’s Day Special featuring our Significant Others ❤️
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 130: Comedy in Italian featuring Sonia Di Iorio
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 129: Calabrese of Australia featuring Tony Roda
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Episode 128: The Italian Divorce featuring Frank Lotito
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Episode 127: Nonna Mia! Featuring Etta D’Elia and James Liotta
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 126: Dream Interpretations and the Story of La Befana featuring Rose Inserra
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Episode 125: Malocchio and Italian Folk Magic featuring Rose Inserra
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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124: One Foot in Each World featuring Josephine Paone
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 123: The Benevento-Adelaide Connection featuring Mark D’Angelica
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 122: Comedy and Culture with Sooshi Mango
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Italian Immigrant tragedies on the Snowy Scheme featuring Tony Guseli
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 120: A coffee and a chat with Mr Accordion Man
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 119: Teach the Kids Italian with Due Baci Publishing featuring Benita Salvatore
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 118: Breaking Bread with the Artisan Bread Mamma
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 117: The resilience of Italian Australian immigrants featuring Laura Di Martino
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 116: Celebrating our culture with the next generation featuring Adrian and Tom Crescitelli
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 115: Italian Australian Fiction featuring Holly Cardamone
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Italy at the 2026 Cricket World Cup
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 113: Jessica's cultural immersion with 'Italian for a while'
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 112: A must-see film of the 2025 Italian Film Festival- Signorinella : Little Miss featuring Angelo Pricolo
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 111: The Man behind La Musica featuring DJ Gorgz
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Episode 110: The shared histories of Italy and Malta featuring Anthony Gauci
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 109: Massimo meets Merendino
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Episode 108: An Insight into Calabria in 2025
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 107: Family is everything- a chat with our Zie
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Episode 106: Your motivation to start speaking Italian featuring Melissa Monteleone
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Episode 105: Raising an Italian Australian Baby featuring Marco Petta
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Episode 104: Visit the Real Italy with Irpinia Escapes
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Episode 103: The unspoken stories of Italian Australian Immigrants
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Episode 102: The experience of teenage immigrants featuring Federica Zamboni
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Episode 101: Joe Avati on exploring his heritage
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Episode 100: One hundred down, one hundred more to come!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Episode 99: Remember the name Justin Merendino
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Episode 98: Dance like nobody's watching featuring Taysha Farrugia
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Episode 97: One life, two countries- how Daniele Foti-Cuzzola makes it work!
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 96: How much do you put in the Busta?- Italian Australian Style Featuring James Liotta
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Episode 95: The Uncle Louie Variety show is coming to Australia!
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode 94: The perpetual Italian Australian Identify Crisis- featuring Elizabeth Rocca
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 93: It's Not You, it's Me- featuring Rosemary Gattuso
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 92: Our Italian Australian Idol featuring Gisella and Luke Colletti
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May 05, 2025 |
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Episode 91: Rom-Com fiction by 'The Italian Teacher' Jenna Lo Bianco
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 90: One date, two histories- April 25th
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 89: Are Italians 'really' white? Featuring Anthony Locascio- Part 2
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Episode 88: Are Italians ‘really’ white ? Featuring Anthony Locascio- Part 1
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 87: Growing up Italian Australian featuring Elena Di Fiore
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Episode 86: The most Italian Australian person we know featuring Daniel Siani
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Episode 85: Meet the Perth Italian Festival MC featuring Alexander Circosta
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 84: Favourite 'Nonni words' featuring Massimo Corrente
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 83: The Flesh in My Life featuring Vince Garreffa (Part 2)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 82: The Flesh in My Life featuring Vince Garreffa (Part 1)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 81: In the ring with Denise Renzi
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Episode 80: Happily ever after- Italian Australian Style! A Valentine's Day Special
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 79: When you're more Italian than you realise! Ft Laura Cortellazzi
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 78: The influence of our Nonni
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 77: Featuring Joseph and Fiona Millimaci
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Episode 76: From Naples with love featuring Etta D'Elia
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Episode 75: Experience Italy like a local ft Francesca Breda
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Episode 74: Buon Anno a Tutti
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Buon Natale a Tutti featuring Joseph Sgambelluri
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Episode 72: Carmine's Musical Journey from Salerno to Perth
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Episode 71: An Italian Australian Love Story featuring Tiffany and Fabio Corrado
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 70: The Italian Americans of LA featuring Marianna Gatto
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Episode 69: Mangia- How to eat your way through Italy featuring Maria Pasquale
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 68: The Fully Sickest of Them All featuring Massimo Corrente
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 67: Cheese on pasta- yes or no? Featuring Chef Luca Guiotto
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 66: The Language of our Hearts. Michael Cristiano's Italian Album 'Mai Finira'
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 65: A passion for Opera with Naomi Johns
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 64: Marco Petta talks Adelaide Italian Festival 2024
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Episode 63: Does Central Italy exist?
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Episode 62: Are Greeks and Italians the same? Featuring Anthony Locascio
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Episode 61: Your inside guide to the Italian Film Festival 2024
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 60: Italians never forget- Emilio Ricciuti's Amazing Story
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 59: Growing up at the Laguna Veneto Bocce Club
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 58: Tayla's Passion for all things Italian
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 57: Marco Petta always in the action
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 56: A chat with 'Wogism' creator Nicholas
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Episode 55: A new country, a whole new life- featuring Mauro Daviddi
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 54: The story behind Mr Accordion Man featuring Frank Miranda
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Episode 53: Celebrating one year of the Italian Australian Podcast
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 52: ‘Fate decided by the toss of a coin' ft Sara Migliaccio
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Episode 51: Italian Traditions Down Under- ft Joseph Sgambelluri AKA The Italian Aussie Cook
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Episode 50: ‘What went wrong? Italy at Euro 2024 featuring Anthony Cortellazzi
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Episode 49: Exploring our ancestors and DNA surprises
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 48: When 3 Italian Australians get on a zoom call....
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Episode 47: The Spud King Tony Galati
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Episode 46: Keep your Italian language connection with Hashtag Italia Radio
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 45: Featuring Samuel AKA the Accordion Prodigy
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 44: Inspiration Calabrese Style- featuring Biagio Versace
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 43: Melo joins us for Scopa Vs Briscola
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Italian Football fever hits Perth- featuring Anthony Cortellazzi
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May 27, 2024 |
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Episode 41: ‘Mamma's not happy' with James Liotta
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Getting your Italian Citizenship
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 39: A chat with Joe Avati
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May 06, 2024 |
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Episode 38: How to research your family tree - featuring Bob Sorrentino
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 37: An Italo-Belgian Down Under! ‘Heapost’ creator - Diego Filippozzi
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 36: ‘What’s in a name?’
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Recap of Perth Italian Festival
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 34: ‘Wog Life'- A tribute to Nick Giannopoulos
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Buona Pasqua
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 32: Introducing our Nonna Maria
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 31: Marco Petta talks Sanremo 2024
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Everything you need to know about the Perth Italian Festival
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 29: Our NSW correspondent featuring Joseph Sgambelluri AKA The Italian Aussie Cook
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 28: Featuring Giuseppe the MC
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Diamante The Italian Lifestyle TV- featuring Adriano Ippoliti
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 26: That’s NOT Amore featuring Carla Anita Mattiazzo
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Episode 25: Leaving ‘Il Bel Paese’ from Saronno to Dardanup- Giovanni Marchetti and his story
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 24: Let’s talk about…. Food!!
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Episode 23: Buonasera Signorina- featuring Etta D’Elia
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 2: Italian? Australian? What it means to be both
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Introduction and Benvenuti to The Italian Australian Podcast
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Episode 22- Italian Australian Generation Z featuring il nostro cugino- Adam Hester
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Episode 21: The First Italian Australian Prime Minister- Anthony Albanese
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Episode 20: Italian Australians and Cricket
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Buon Natale a tutti- a Christmas special with our compari
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 18: From Milan to Adelaide featuring Marco Petta
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 17: A passion for languages and teaching- introducing Joseph Millimaci
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 16: North Vs South featuring Deanna Furze
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Melo and Rosalba’s trip to Italy
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 14: You can take the boy out of Harvey…Introducing Joseph Sgambelluri our NSW correspondent
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 13: Italians love dogs- featuring Bianca Santucci
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 12: DNA, family research and blood memory- what this means to us
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 11- Featuring Nikki Dagostino ‘Little Miss Squeezebox
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 10: Introducing our Mum Rosalba
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Featuring James Liotta Part 2
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Episode 8: Featuring James Liotta Part 1
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 7: AFL Italian Team of the Century
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 6: Unsuspecting Italian Australians
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Visiting Italy
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Father’s Day Special- Our Dad Melo and his story
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Episode 3 Italian Australia, where are we at? Culture, generations and language.
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Aug 28, 2023 |