The Italian Radio Hour

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - BONUS INTERVIEW on The Italian Radio Hour: We continue our conversation on Remember the Triangle Fire with Alessia Crucitelli, the Director of the short "Leaving the Factory" , winner at Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum and film leading actress Roberta Sparta. With "Leaving the Factory," the filmmakers have created a story that hu...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with Larry Richert (Producer of the documentary) and Bruno's son Darryl Sammartino.   Not only Bruno's achievements as an athlete with unprecedented sold out matches at Madison Square Garden as a headliner but also how his story on how he and his family escape from the tragedies of WWII, have made Bruno Sammartino a great inspirational figu...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with Anila Aloisio  For those belonging to a generation born from the immigrant experience, often the link to their heritage lies in the interaction and culinary rituals centered in the kitchen. The sacred ingredients and codes for food preparation make the process of cooking all the more meaningful. It isn’t surprising that family secrets...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour:   A conversation with The Gladiator Guide" aka Alexander Mariotti aka "The GLADIATOR GUIDE. Alexander is an award-winning Roman Historical Consultant and a leading speaker on gladiatorial life, combat, and weaponry.  We will learn interesting and less known facts about Gladiators, as well as when to see Gladiators parading downtown Rome, and much...

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour - A wonderful conversation with Susan Everett Gravely, Founder and Creative Director of Vietri, and internationally acclaimed author Frances Mayes as they share stories about Italy, Food, and F...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Grazia D'Annunzio joins us to talk about Italian Fashion through her recent production "Italian Fashion from A to Z" available for free on YouTube. Each week, Grazia presents a different designer in a concise, informative and engaging way providing enough information to want to rewatch each episode twice or...watch a few more at the time!   Watch our vide...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour  in Conversation with Laura Caparrotti, Director and Writer of "Tutti in Scena", the first documentary about the history of the beginning of the Italian Theater in NYC told by today's Italian Theater Company in NY, Kairos Italy Theater.   Thru the work of Malzone, Maiori, Farfariello, Cordiferro, Antonietta Pisanielli, Ria Rosa and many others, Laura d...

Today’s conversation topic is Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers: Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola, and Tarantino, a wonderful publication written by Jonathan Cavallero.  Jonathan is an Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies at Bates College and the Founding Director of the Bates Film Festival.  In his book, Jonathan explores the different ways in which...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Prof Edvige Giunta On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, New York. The top three floors housed the Triangle Waist Company, a factory where approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women and girls, labored to produce fashionable cotton blouses, known as “waists.”  The fire killed 146 wor...

Experience Italy in an action-packed ALL-EXPENSES paid journey exploring UNESCO sites, local hotspots and breath-taking landscapes. With NIAF's Voyage of Discovery, you will travel with Italian American peers while being introduced to the vibrant culture, mouth-watering cuisine, and fascinating history that puts one's Italian American heritage into a life-changing context that was never realized b...

This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas. In conversation with Dr. Andrea Canepari, Directorate General for Country Promotion of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Rome. Dr. Canepari was also the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2017 Italian arts and culture have been a significant influence on Philade...

In 1985, Antonio Ratti created in Como the non-profit foundation that bears his name, with the desire to share his passion for art and textiles and to preserve his textile collection.  Over the past 30 years, Fondazione Antonio Ratti (FAR) has been supporting and promoting research and experimentation in culture and the arts, including scholars, established and emerging artists in a lively an...

A massive enterprise to build the bigger movable Befana "puppet" that has made her "royal" entrance today in Padova in Prato della Valle.  A team consisting of various artists, gymnasts, and creative minds conquered the challenge to even transport the huge Befana in pieces and reconstruct it for the enjoyment of "grandi e piccini". Bravi tutti! Today, we were joined by Sara Celeghin and Giova...

In this episode, we caught up with artist Teresa Astorino who has been making nativity sets, aka Presepi from a very young age with a variety of different materials. Her work has been features at the Vatican's exhibit of "100 Presepi" which features 100 nativity sets from all over the world. She joined us from Ciro, in provide of Crotone (Calabria).  The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best...

This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Have you ever wondered how Italian food became American? Join us for a conversation with Ian MacAllen, author of "Red Sauce, How Italian Food Became American", an interesting journey into the history and the development of some dishes that might have had Italian origins but took an "American twist" over time.

This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour: Dreaming of Italy? Don't miss our conversation with Kathy McCabe, Host and Executive Producer of the TV Travel Series "Dream of Italy" as we talk about how Italy can change your life and how to Make your Italy Dream Come True. Kathy McCabe is America’s #1 Italy travel influencer with an audience of more than 60 million on PBS alone. She is the Host and Exec...

We all love CHEESE but there is one someone that really knows A LOT about Cheese. Join The Italian Radio Hour this Thursday as we chat with Eleonora Baldwin, the creator of ABCheese, a TV program that kept people curious, entertained and informed about all the different types of Italian cheeses. Additionally, Eleonora will share a little bit about growing up as a "figlia" and "nipote" d'arte. Yes,...

Welcome to The Italian Radio Hour, news from Italy, about Italy and Italians all over the world. Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour:  On your next trip to Italy, how about a little treasure hunt around Florence to find those lovely wine doors that were featured in the news as examples o...

The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: In conversation with the amazing, the one and only Katie Parla, a Rome-based New York Times bestselling cookbook...

Thursday on The Italian Radio Hour : Ready for "your dose of Pasta Grannies? Join our conversation with Vicky Bennison, the creator of Pasta Grannies who will share all about this wonderful, heart-warming project and the grannies...

The Italian Radio Hour airs every Thursday at 5:00pm (EST) on 620AM and streams online at: https://www.radio.net/s/wkhb Every episode will have interviews (in Italian and in English) with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! Recently, we came across a beautiful story about a PenPal friend and we thought it would be a great story to share with our listeners and viewers as...

Enjoy our conversation with Valentina Gritti on tonight's episode of The Italian Radio Hour: SLOW FOOD YOUTH NETWORK! Fresh of the radio! Valentina Gritti, Global community and project manager at Slow Food Youth Network. The Slow Food Youth Network is celebrating food culture and local tastes and reducing food waste while championing sustainability and biodiversity in their communities and around...

The Marriage of Figaro with Samuele Bozzolla. Ready to catch the ongoing production of The Marriage of Figaro at Pittsburgh Opera? Our friend and opera connoiseur Samuele Bozzolla returns to The Italian Radio Hour to give us interesting fun facts about on of Mozart's masterpiece.

This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The faces of NEW IMMIGRATION. Now, we are called "Professionals living Overseas" but America is still providing professional oppurtunities to grow and start your own business that continue to appeal to many young Italians. Meet Valentina Scholar, Founder of Bike the Burgh Tours and Bea Spolidoro, Principal at Fisher Architecture as they both share how they came...

The Italian Radio Hour brings you the best of Italy every Thursday! Every episode will have interviews with guests and people like you who love Italy. Ascoltaci anche tu! This week on The Italian Radio Hour: As the world mourned a Queen, we caught up with the King of the smallest kingdom in the world: Tonino Bartoleoni, King of the small island of Tavolara, off the Sardinian coast. We will learn h...