Talking Business and Life (formerly Italian Impact Podcast)

Retirement isn't just about reaching a certain age—it's about creating the freedom and financial security to enjoy the life you've worked hard to build. But what does it really take to retire with confidence? In this episode, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono sit down with Mike Battalini, CEO of The Pittsburgh Wealth Management Group, to discuss the strategies, mindset, and planning that can help...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono sit down with former NBA and international basketball standout, and recent Coach of the Year for the Italian Sports Hall of Fame (Pittsburgh chapter) inductee, Mike Iuzzolino. Drawing on decades of experience as both a player and coach, Mike shares the qualities that define successful leadership on and off the court. From competing against some of the...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono sit down with the legendary Tom Pipkins. For 30 seasons, Tom held the WPIAL boys’ basketball all-time scoring record with an incredible 2,838 career points before continuing his playing career at Duquesne University. But what makes Tom truly remarkable goes far beyond basketball. Today, he is known for his unwavering commitment to mentoring young peopl...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield.  Jimmy, the president and CEO of CES Boxing and CES MMA, has promoted some of the biggest names in boxing and his humble upbringing, starting with his Italian roots, have taught him the meaning of treating people with respect and working hard in order ot be successful.  

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary pitcher, Jim Rooker.  Jim had a highly successful career as a professional baseball player, winning 103 games as a pitcher, and following up his playing career as an announcer for both the Pirates and on ESPN.  He is also famous for his line, "If we don't win this one, I don't think I'd want to be on that plane ride home. Matter...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Kim Lengling.  Kim is an author who shares her love of nature, animals, living with PTSD, and her mission of tossing Nuggets of Hope into the world through writing and her podcast, Let Fear Bounce.  She is also the lead author and coordinator of a collaborative 3-book series titled When Grace Found Me and two stand-alone anthologies, When Hop...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Melissa Marinaro.  Melissa is the Director of the Italian American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center where she oversees the Italian American artifact and archival collection, and manages the program’s community and educational outreach and public programs.  We will discuss a lot of topics related to her work at the Heinz histor...

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview a wonderful person, Stratton Nash.  Stratton is a very active member of the community but his current passion is a documentary, "Their Story", which chronicles the black history of Sewickley, PA where he grew up.  In this interview, he recounts a tremendous story about how such a diverse community was so cohesive, creating memories he holds de...

This week, Steve Mancini interviews Marta Cappellini from Passione Italiana.  As Marta says, "Italian is in my blood and teaching is in my heart."  This episode shows how you can turn your passion into a business and as a result, be truly successful.  Marta is truly passionate about what she does and as a result, her skills and passion make her one of the most sought after teachers of Italian in t...

Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview former NFL player, Ron Coder.  Ron has a very interesting route into the NFL starting with high school in Japan!  Ron later went onto play at Penn State and then the NFL where he played for 5 seasons.  Ron is a dedicated family man who gives back to his community and in this episode, we are going to discuss the importance of perseverance but just as imp...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Steve Vaccariello.  Steve is a world renowned photographer who has photographed some of the biggest names in the film and music industry.  However, Steve is also a very down to earth person who has succeeded not just because of his talent but by the way he treats people.  This is a great episode on learning how to treat people.  Learn more ab...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the Kenyon College Hall of Famer, Tim Appleton.  Tim was selected selected by the Detroit Pistons in Round 8 with Pick 12 in the 1977 NBA Draft.  In this episode, Tim not only talks about his basketball career both in the US and overseas, but about how he overcame what should have been a career ending injury.  Tim shows how hard work and resi...

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Alex Guminski,  Alex is  a Pittsburgh native and the President of Pro Zone.  The Agency.  He is also a Licensed Contract Advisor and Agent for the NFL, CFL and FIBA has negotiated over $100M in performance compensation for his clients.  This episode we discuss his approach to managing the tough challenges of representing athletes.

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview former professional football player and business and community leader, John Skorupan,  John played 8 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).  After retiring, John returned to Butler, Pennsylvania.  He settled in Cranberry Township, where he still resides and focuses on community leadership.  John has been a leader both on and off the fi...

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Fran Tunno.  Fran is a writer and essayist with articles published in The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and The Glendale News Press. The story of her mom’s shining moment as a contestant on the Price is Right was featured on NPR’s Snap Judgment. Her story, “The Power of Pizza,” was selected for Writers Re...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the hosts from the Italian Steelers Nation Podcast.  This interview shows Italians are very much in tune with what is happening over here, especially in sports.  As such, they too are passionate about their teams, even their American football teams!  Follow the folks of Italian Steelers Nation here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/8805718208...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Doland White.  Doland is a highly sought after speaker and leadership coach whose journey started more than 40 years ago in the trenches — fixing help-desk problems, engineering networks, and leading a boutique technology services firm as its President. From there, he stepped into sales leadership and carried a $200M quota, then into building...

This week, Steve Mancini interviews Gianluca Cinelli and Patrizia Piredda.  In this episode we have an absolutely enthralling conversation on the importance of people's stories.  Gianluca and Patrizia are leading an effort to continue capturing the stories of the post-world war generation and the effects of the war on them.  Remember, history has a ripple effect, even to today!  Learn more about t...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview one of the greatest basketball players to come out of western Pennsylvania, Baron "B.B." Flenory.  B.B. had an amazing career at Duquesne University in the Pittsburgh area and although his basketball career speaks for itself, it's the work he did after basketball that truly makes him one of the greats!  You're gonna love this episode and in t...

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Jodi Velazquez.  Jodi is an award winning author and her recent book, Know the Enemy: Preventing Weight Gain, Diabetes and Disease is a collection of 16 years of documenting her journey of helping her young daughter with diabetes management.  This is a powerful episode which shows how small decisions can have very important impacts!  Learn mo...

This week we interview the President of the 2025 USL Champion Pittsburgh Riverhounds.  In this episode, we talk everything from how to lead an organization to what makes a championship organization different from others.  

This week we interview a fantastic author Michael LoMonico. Mike's book, "Brooklyn to Yellowstone: A 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Odyssey" is absolutely fantastic!

This week's episode has some great advice to get you ready for the holiday season.  We also have some interesting news for our listeners so , we're very excited to share this week's episode.  Lastly, be sure to check out:  https://stephenmanciniproductions.com/ and reach out, we would love to hear from you!

This week we interview David Angeron .  David is an Author & Certified Sport Psychology Coach / Certified Stress Management Coach that educates athletes on the mental aspects of achieving excellence in sport.  He is also the founder of John Melvin University ...yes, he founded a very successful university and in this episode we're going to talk about how faith and hard work can make anything p...

This week we interview Tim Carrico.  Tim is a retired executive who will provide some of the best leadership advice you will hear.  He has been leading people and organizations for decades and knows exactly how to succeed.   This is an excellent episode for anyone who wants to understand what makes some people more effective than others in leadership roles.