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====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-fenice/ We have already talked a bit about Venice and its emblems in another podcast. In today's one, we will discover another peculiarity of the city, a symbol that has one of the most aptly names one can imagine. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast a...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-festa-della-mamma/ Last year we saw when and how Father's Day is celebrated in Italy. In today's podcast we see instead what is the day dedicated to celebrating the figure of the mother in the Bel Paese. Listen to the podcast and answer the questions! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-vianello-e-mondaini/ In today's podcast we talk about one of the longest-running Italian television couples: fifty years of television work together! Do the surnames Vianello and Mondaini suggest something to you? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and h...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-accademia-della-crusca/ Like every language, Italian too is in constant transformation. For this reason, an Academy was set up to help people understand the changes in the Italian language. 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-la-fiat-600/ Sometimes the symbols of a country are not represented by famous people. Instead, they are often objects, monuments. Today we are talking about one of the symbols of Italy: a car. 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-lucio-battisti/ Italy has known and still knows many successful singers, perhaps not all known abroad, but deeply loved in their homeland. Today's podcast wants to remember one of these singers, considered by many to be THE singer. Listen to the podcast! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-carolina-kostner/ Although her surname may be misleading, Carolina Kostner is a famous Italian athlete. If you do not know her, 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-nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu/ Italy is: food, fashion, history, culture, music, cinema, ... One of the best known Italian musical successes, both in our motherland and abroad, is "Nel blu dipinto di blu". Don't you know it? Perhaps because it has also become famous under another name ... Listen to the podcast to find out mor...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-il-gattopardo/ Some writers have left us, through their masterpieces, some tableaus of history and culture of their years. Sometimes, their impact has been magnified thanks to films dedicated to them. Today we talk about one of these examples: Il gattopardo. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a f...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-fellini/ When the name or the surname of a person becomes an adjective of common use in the spoken language, it means that that individual has made a significant change to the history and culture of his / her Country. It is exactly the case of Federico Fellini. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-naufragio-concordia/ A few years ago a tragedy happened here in Italy that involved a mean of transport that has usually undergone few accidents. Today we are talking about the shipwreck of a cruise ship in one of the most evocative places in Italy. Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback!...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://bit.ly/2ANAEgR Each country has a national anthem that is sung with pride by its people. Today we talk about the Italian national anthem, whose words were conceived by the patriotic poet Mameli, in the era of Risorgimento. Read the whole post, because in the end you will have the chance to entirely listen to the Italian national anthem. *** Please...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://bit.ly/2iUt7Z8 Those who have been following this site and its podcasts for some time, may have already understood that religion is part of the Italian culture. Today we will talk about a religious and national holiday, celebrated on December 8th, and we will learn about new Italian traditions. *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://bit.ly/2jFKtFh "Django unchained" got a huge hit. But do you know it's not the original "Django"? Let's talk about Franco Nero. Listen to the podcast to know more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://bit.ly/2zXHFi9 There are so many things to see in Rome. One of these is St. Peter's Basilica: have you ever visited it?  Listen to the podcast to know 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-franco-panini-figurine/ Sometimes, in everyday's language we use terms or names we often do not know about. In Italy, the Panini figurines are known by everyone, even by those who have never bought them. What is their story? And who is Franco Panini? *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-francesco-totti-re-roma/ We have already said that: football for Italy is the most famous and most followed sport. Many football players are important for the fans, but today we talk in particular about one, Francesco Totti, who has been able to combine skill and sympathy! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improv...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-amerigo-vespucci/ Do you know who is Amerigo Vespucci? Why is he so important not only for Italy but for the entire world? Listen and find out! *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-editto-di-milano/ It is well-known: Italy is a Catholic Christian country, so that the Pope's headquarters is located right in our country. In ancient times, however, people fought many bloody religious battle ... Who tried to stop this? How? Listen to the podcast and find it out! *** Please, leave us a feedback! We wa...

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-giacomo-matteotti /‎ One of the most complicated and troublesome times of Italian history took place during fascism. But how did it get stronger? Who is Giacomo Matteotti and what role does he have in all this? *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

As a Christian Country, in Italy everybody celebrates "Pasqua", the Italian term for Easter. Do you know how we Italians celebrate it? ====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-pasqua-in-italia/ *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

How many times have you heard or said "You're - or - He's a Casanova?" Have you ever wonder why? Do you know all about the famous Giacomo Casanova? ====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-giacomo-casanova/ *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

The most popular and loved sport in Italy is soccer and Italian people remember with affection many famous football players. Today we talk about one of them: Roberto Baggio. http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-roberto-baggio/ *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

Have you ever visited the regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto during the Epiphany? If not, you have lost one of the most popular traditional performances!! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-listening-17/ *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

The 6th of January we celebrate the Epiphany, but in Italy we also call it "Il giorno della Befana". Why? ---> Read while you're listening http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-listening-16/ *** Please, leave us a feedback! We want to improve our podcast and help you learn Italian! *** BUON 2017!