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====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-toto/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Not all the people famous in our homeland are known abroad. Perhaps you have never heard of Totò, but know that we consider it a fundamental pillar of Italian cinema and culture. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Ple...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-tragedia-superga/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Life is made of joys and sorrows. Some are personal, others are lived by more than one person. In today’s podcast we talk about a misfortune that left Italians speechless. Listen to the podcast to find out more! **...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-rita-levi-montalcini/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Rita Levi Montalcini used to say “Do not worry about difficult moments: the best comes from there.” And she had a lot of experience on this! Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, spread the word a...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-paolo-sorrentino/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Italy, as we have already said several times, is a country of art and culture. Sometimes, however, we associate these two terms more to the past than to the present. In today’s podcast we talk about an Italian char...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-primo-dirigibile/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Flying is one of the strongest and most primordial dreams of man. In today’s podcast I will tell you how, in Italy, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a scientist managed to realize the dream of flying. Lis...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-i-promessi-sposi/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy A country is enriched by its literature and always presents literary masterpieces that are considered a symbol of that homeland. Today we will talk about an important  novel, well-known both in Italy and abroa...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-gina-lollobrigida/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy One of the best known and acclaimed actresses in Italy and abroad, an icon of charm, a sex symbol: today’s podcast will talk about Gina Lollobrigida, nicknamed “la Lollo”. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/ podcast-don-puglisi / ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Many people show their courage in extreme situations. Today's podcast talks about one of Italy's bravest people: don Puglisi. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, spread the word and leave a feedback! I...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/ podcast-autostrada-sole / ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy We are so used to travel on roads that they no longer amaze us. Yet, in today's podcast, we talk about the feeling of wonder that accompanied the construction of one of the most important Italian roads. Listen to...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-festa-di-ognissanti/ ====> Join Arkos Academy Telegram to keep you updated! https://t.me/arkosacademy Today we talk about another – yet another! – Italian holiday, also popular in other countries. Have you ever heard of the Festa di Ognissanti? Listen to the podcast to find out more about this celebration! **...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-strage-di-bologna/ The story of a Country is unfortunately not only impressed by important milestones and illustrious characters, but also by tragic events. Listen to the podcast to know what happened in Bologna 40 years ago. *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-salvo-dacquisto/ Italy has had many types of hero. The most recent podcasts have talked about don Pino, Cristoforo Colombo … Today we talk about a boy who has made a heroic gesture for his country, which is just to honor and remember. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to i...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-luigi-pirandello/ He was one of the six Italians to receive the Nobel Prize for literature for having innovated dramaturgy. Have you ever heard of Luigi Pirandello? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-fausto-coppi/ Today's podcast is about … sport! Do you know who Fausto Coppi is?  Listen to the podcast to know why this Italian sportsman is so famous! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening!  https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-michelangelo-buonarroti/ Italy has had many multifaceted artists, capable of influencing entire historical periods with their abilities. Michelangelo is one of them and even today we remain speechless in front of his masterpieces. Listen to the podcast to learn more about this great Italian artist! *** If you...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-benito-mussolini/ It is difficult to condense in a few words the life and works of this well-known Italian politician and dictator. However, it is always good to repeat or at least to arouse curiosity to make more in-depth research, so that the mistakes of the past are no longer committed. Listen to the podcast about...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-prima-puntata-di-quark/ One of the most watched television programs in Italy is a … documentary! Listen to the podcast to find out more about the birth of this television program ! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-giornata-del-libro/ Since I was a child, I have always loved reading: I used to tell my mother that I was going to sleep and instead I secretly read under the covers! To celebrate the importance of books and knowledge in the world, today's podcast talks about them! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve th...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-lucrezia-borgia/ A young woman dominated by family decisions, or a clever political manipulator? Between legends and written sources, the figure of Lucrezia Borgia is still surrounded by an aura of mystery. Listen to the podcast to learn more about this sixteenth-century noblewoman! *** Please, leave a feedback! I wan...

====> Read the text while you're listening! https://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-eresia-di-galilei/ Italian history is full of famous people, whose genius has made them immortal not only for Italy, but also for other foreign countries. For example, who does not know Galileo Galilei? In today's podcast we will talk about a specific fact that happened to the great Galileo. Listen now to learn more!...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-francesco-de-gregori/ Let's continue our journey to discover Italian culture by getting to know another Italian artist more closely. Today's podcast is about the singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori: as always, listen to the podcast to learn more and then try to answer the questions! *** Please, leave a feedback! I w...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-mina/ Mina: spectacular voice, queen of Italian pop, victim of personal scandals, famous for her drastic choice to leave show business world, creating a mysterious halo around her. If you want to know more about this great Italian singer, listen to the podcast! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podca...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-unita-ditalia/ Italy is a relatively young country: it exists since a little less than 160 years! If you like history and want to find out more about the unification of Italy, listen to the podcast! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-anna-magnani/ The current of Italian Neorealism has given life to many cinematographic masterpieces and has made countless Italian directors and actors shine. Have you ever heard of Anna Magnani? Listen to the podcast and find out more about the life of this great actress! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improv...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/giardino-finzi-contini/ Let's open the month of March with a reading suggestion: if you want to practice your Italian reading a good book that can also inform you about the political and social reality that the Bel Paese experienced, choose "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini". Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, le...