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====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-nave-amerigo-vespucci/ Pride of Italy, it represents abroad a combination of art, engineering and culture: we are talking about the Amerigo Vespucci sailing ship, considered by many the most beautiful sailing ship ever. Have you ever heard about it? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback!...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-vasco-rossi/ If you love rock, why not try to improve your Italian through the songs of the most famous Italian rocker? Today's podcast is about him: Vasco Rossi, known simply as Vasco. Listen to the podcast to learn more and let me know if you already knew this Italian singer! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to i...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-voto-donne/ The rights we have today, sometimes underestimated, are the result of struggles, changes and hopes. The right and duty to vote has passed several steps in Italy. Do you know when Italian women could vote? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast an...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-gigi-buffon/ He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in world football history; he's loved by Italians and hated and admired by foreign rivals and fans: today we talk about Gianluigi Buffon, called Gigi, one of the 2006 world champions. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want t...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-il-sic/ Death is always difficult to accept, in some cases even more. Today we talk about Marco Simoncelli, a young MotoGP motorcyclist. Have you ever heard of him? Listen to today's podcast to remember this promising Italian sportsman. *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Ita...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-nascita-ansa/ Does your country have a main press agency? Italy does and this information agency is called Ansa. Listen to the podcast to learn more about it and then, to improve your understanding of the Italian language, you can try to visit the Ansa website and read the news from the world in Italian! *** Please, le...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-lo-chiamavano-trinita/ We finish the year 2018 with a Italian spaghetti western classic film, with one of the pairs of actors who entertained Italians for a long time: Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn It...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-santa-lucia/ December is the month in which, in many countries around the world, many holidays are celebrated but in Italy ... there are even more! Today we talk about the holiday of Saint Lucia. Do you know her? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and he...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-incendio-thyssen/ Today's podcast is about a sad episode that took place just over ten years ago, in Turin, but which still today leaves dismay and disbelief in the hearts of Italian people. 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! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-mario-monicelli/ In the post-war period, Italy became the cradle of many important directors and actors. Mario Monicelli was one of these and was considered one of the fathers of commedia all'italiana. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you lear...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-cristo-eboli/ Let's continue talking about Italian writers with one of the post-war protagonists. Carlo Levi was able to witness the inadequacy and the sense of inferiority of a part of Italy. 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! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-lamborghini/ Beautiful cars are part of the images that jump in your head when you think of Italy. We don't mean just Ferrari, but also other historical models: in today's podcast we are talking about one of these four-wheeled Italian myths. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want t...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-roberto-benigni/ The cheerful "Buongiorno principessa!" echoes in the memory of Italians whenever we think of Benigni. Benigni is however an artist so multifaceted that his value can not be reduced only to the film "Life is beautiful". Listen to the podcast to learn more about this incredible Italian man! *** Please, l...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-cristoforo-colombo/ Make a great discovery because of a ... mistake! It happened to one of the best known Italian men in the world, which marked the beginning of the modern age. 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! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-terremoto-1997/ The mankind can always hope to be strong and shrewd, but often nature takes us back to our place, incredulous and angry. Today's podcast talks about one of the most remembered earthquakes in Italian history. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this pod...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-martines-e-fantaghiro/ There are films with which we grow and their memory accompanies us even during adulthood. This happened to me with the TV series Fantaghirò: have you ever heard of it? 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! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-david-michelangelo/ The artist's genius, the attention to detail and the majesty of the work have made it one of the most famous statues in the world: in today's podcast we talk about Michelangelo's David, symbol of Florence. Have you ever seen it? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-petrarca/ ‎ There is no Italian student who does not know Francesco Petrarca: together with Dante and Boccaccio, Petrarca is one of the founding fathers of the Italian language. And you, do you know him? Listen to the podcast to learn more about this poet! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast an...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-traforo-monte-bianco/ Roads are undoubtedly necessary, but sometimes they can cause contrasts. Today we are talking about a project that has improved the Italian road network but that has also triggered many criticisms: read and listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve thi...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/armani/ If you ask someone to summarize Italy in a few words, you will hear "food", "art", "history" and ... "fashion". Today we talk about one of the most famous and most powerful stylists in the world. No need to introduce him, but keep reading and listen to the podcast to learn more about Giorgio Armani! *** Please, leave a...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-corto-maltese/ ‎ Italy does not have a strong culture of the comic trips like other European countries, for example Belgium. However, today's podcast talks about one of the most famous comic strips - and cartoonists - known in Italy and abroad. If you do not know it yet, I can advise you to read it: it's another way to...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-vittorio-gassman/ Finding a multifaceted artist, a real chameleon is a rarity. Vittorio Gassman put himself to the test in the theater, in the cinema, in the world of television and won. Listen to the podcast to learn more about this amazing artist! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-giobbe-covatta/ Combining one's work with social commitment is not always easy and in fact not everyone can. In this podcast we know an Italian comedian that has succeeded in that: Giobbe Covatta teaches us that it takes very little to help the neediest people. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-checco-zalone/ We continue to talk about new characters from the entertainment world. After Sorrentino, I tell you about another young talent, with slightly different characteristics. Have you ever heard of Checco Zalone? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podca...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-mike-bongiorno/ Today's podcast talks about another icon in the Italian television history: a man who was born in America and then moved to Italy and lived strong experiences. This character continues to live thanks to one of his most iconic phrases. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback!...