In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we focus on the Italian American connection to Jazz music. We speak to singer Vanessa Racci about how her grandfather inspired her to embark upon a journey that has allowed her to connect with her heritage deeply through becoming Italian American Jazz performer. In our Stories Segment, I talk to Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter authors of the book Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience. They talk about … [Read more...]
IAP 57: A Shovel and a Dream – Dan Yaccarino on the Italian American Immigrant Story
A Shovel and a Dream - Dan Yaccarino on the Italian American Immigrant Story In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, I speak with Dan Yaccarino, an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit. We’re going to talk specifically about one of his books called All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel. The children's book details his great-grandfather's immigrant journey from Italy to the United … [Read more...]
IAP 56: Mary Ann Esposito on the Traditions behind Food for Italians and Italian Americans
Mary Ann Esposito on the Traditions behind Food for Italians and Italian Americans In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Mary Ann Esposito about her career as a TV chef and the traditions behind food for Italians and Italian Americans. Mary Ann has been teaching people how to cook both the Italian and the Italian American way for 28 years on TV. At the end of the episode, we will have a special Christmas Stories Segment with some audio clips from our recent … [Read more...]
IAP 54: Adriana Trigiani on Kiss Carlo and Italian Family Feuds
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani about her latest book titled Kiss Carlo but more specifically about one of the themes of the book which is Italian family feuds. Adriana shares some of her own family stories and her thoughts on how and why she writes the way she does. In the stories segment, I talk to my two brothers about the holidays and the stress that goes around them as well as the new app that they designed, … [Read more...]
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