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The Italian Australian Podcast

Josephine D’Aqui and Lukas D’Aqui

Brother/sister duo Lukas & Josie D"Aqui from Perth, Western Australia host The Italian Australian Podcast! Join them for weekly episodes chatting about Italian Australian topics including immigration, food, traditions, language and more! First generation Italian Australians on their maternal side with a Roman born mum and second generation Italian Australians on their paternal side having an Australian born father of Calabrese origin. Blessed to have grown up with a strong connection to their

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Episode 76: From Naples with love featuring Etta D'Elia

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2025/01/13

Our good friend, the incredibly talented Etta D'Elia is back for a chat, we talked about so many things, food of course, the impact of Italian immigration on Australian culture and we were so excited to hear about her new show 'From Naples with love.'In case you missed our last chat with Etta- episode 23- Etta is a successful Jazz performer, having studied classical music in Italy prior to moving to Australia. Her 2024 show 'Buonasera Signorina was a hit and she is back at Fringe World Perth with

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Episode 75:

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2025/01/06

In our first episode of 2025 we bring you a chat with Francesca, the creator of OzItaly, a unique concept which offers Australians the opportunity to experience life in Italy like a local. We have all the details in our chat, OzItaly which began in 2018, is a cultural exchange program where Australians are hosted by an Italian family for a period of 1-3 months. Participants and host families choose each other via a process facilitated by OzItaly. Francesca, a native Italian spent many years living,

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00:31:05

Episode 74: Buon Anno a Tutti

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/12/30

This is our last episode for 2024 and we have thoroughly enjoyed the journey with our podcast this year. This episode was recorded on Boxing Day in person just us two so there was plenty of time for sibling banter! We chatted about our D’Aqui family Christmas, debated which was the best panettone we tried this season as well as looking ahead to our New Year’s Eve plans and what’s ahead for us in 2025. We are excited for some of the guests we will chat with and are we will to bring our listeners

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00:54:04

Episode 73: Buon Natale a Tutti featuring Joseph...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/12/23

For this episode, coming to you on Christmas Eve, we chatted with our good friend and return guest, Joseph Sgambelluri, also known for his Instagram page, The Italian Aussie Cook (@theitalianaussiecook) • Instagram photos and videosJoseph and his wife have recently returned to Perth after living in Sydney for several years and we are so happy to have them living back in WA. They have also recently had an incredible holiday in Italy and we loved hearing Joseph recount their experiences. And with it

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00:53:39

Episode 72: Carmine's Musical Journey from Salerno to...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/12/16

We are excited to share this chat with well known and incredibly talented Perth based musician, Carmine Napoli. Part of the 'new wave' of Italian immigrants to Australia, Carmine left Salerno and made a new home in Perth. We had lots of laughs in our chat and enjoyed finding that we have many common interests. It was great to hear Carmine's story as a musician which started as a child, he grew up in a musical family and spent many years playing music with his two younger brothers in Italy. Carmine

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Episode 71: An Italian Australian Love Story...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/12/09

We always love it when our friends join us for an episode! In this episode we chat with long time friends of Lukas, Tiffany and Fabio Corrado. Tiffany is an Italian Australian like us and as a young woman she followed her dream to live and work in Italy. In Italy she soon found love and her future husband Fabio. Their love story has seen time spent living in both Italy and Australia, 5 children, Fabio learning to speak English and inspirational adventures travelling between the two countries with

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00:49:18

Episode 70: The Italian Americans of LA featuring...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/12/02

Our guest in this episode is Marianna Gatto, executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, an institution that she co-founded. This was a very interesting chat for us, Marianna told us many fascinating details about the history of Italian immigration across the United States. We enjoyed discussing the similarities and differences between the Italian history in the USA and Australia. Despite living in different countries we can absolutely feel a connection through our shared

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00:52:23

Episode 69: Mangia- How to eat your way through Italy...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/11/25

As long time fans of Maria Pasquale, we were both so excited to chat with her in this week's episode. Maria is born in Melbourne to Italian parents and grew up with a very strong connection to her Italian heritage. Her connection to Italy is so strong that she decided to move to Rome over 10 years ago where she is now based. She has established herself as an award winning international food and travel journalist, her lifestyle blog HeartRome has readers in over 100 countries. She has also created an

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Episode 68: The Fully Sickest of Them All featuring...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/11/18

We teamed up with content creator Massimo Corrente in this week's episode. Massimo is a proud Italian Australian based in Melbourne and is doing an amazing job and keeping our culture proud and strong for the next generation. He achieves this is fun and light hearted ways such as being crowned the title by Sooshi Mango as 'The Fully Sickest of Them All'. Beyond the silliness and laughs Massimo is completely authentic is his passion for and knowledge about Italian Culture with a strong connection to

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00:55:13

Episode 67: Cheese on pasta- yes or no? Featuring...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/11/11

We always love talking about food so we were delighted to be joined by Chef Luca Guiotto in this week’s episode. Luca has spent his entire professional life as Chef, training in Italy where he was born in the Veneto region. His career has taken him all over Italy, next to Switzerland, then to Sydney for a number of years then to Adelaide where he is now based with his family. Luca told us of his experience working as a chef in Italy and how this compares with Switzerland and Australia. We also

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00:54:43

Episode 66: The Language of our Hearts. Michael...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/11/04

We were thrilled to get a chance to chat with Michael Cristiano ahead of the release of his new album 'Mai Finira'Michael was born and raised in Melbourne to Calabrese immigrants. His talents as a musician were obvious from 6 years of age and Michael describes his father as being influential and supportive on his journey as a musician. Michael has had a long and successful career in the music industry as a performer, a composer and a producer. His most recent work is 'Mai Finira'- an album of

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Episode 65: A passion for Opera with Naomi Johns

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/10/28

How exciting for us to be joined by a real life Opera star in this episode! Naomi Johns, of Sicilian heritage, is based in Perth and joined us for a chat ahead of her upcoming performance in 'Opera at the Quarry' 14th-16th November at the Quarry Amphitheatre- tickets available via the link: ⁠West Australian Opera - OPERA IN THE QUARRY (waopera.asn.au)⁠Naomi told us about her connection with her heritage and the Italian language which came from a close bond with her Nonna, we heard how her journey

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00:46:02

Episode 64: Marco Petta talks Adelaide Italian...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/10/21

In this episode we were joined again by Station Manager of Radio Italiana 531, our friend Marco Petta. Marco recently had an amazing experience attending the Melbourne Italian Festa and we loved hearing his stories, especially about 'Turismo delle Radici' which is an organisation which helps to connect Italian Australians with their Italian heritage- check out their Instagram profile for more information. Another festival coming up soon is the Adelaide Italian Festival- 1st November- 10th November-

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Episode 63: Does Central Italy exist?

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/10/14

We are joined again by our friend Mauro Daviddi, last time we heard his fascinating personal journey, this time he shared some of his vast knowledge of Italian history in a discussion about Central Italy. This is a part of Italy, historically and geographically that is less well known in popular culture compared to North and South Italy. Mauro's enthusiasm is palpable as he explains the history of Central Italy and describes the influence of Central Italy in the present day. We both learned a lot in

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Episode 62: Are Greeks and Italians the same?...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/10/07

We had a lot of laughs in this week’s episode with our guest, stand up comedian Anthony Locascio. Anthony has performed across Australia and internationally over the past couple of years, in our chat he told us about his current show Pappou which is a tribute to his Greek Grandfather. With Anthony being half Italian and half Greek, we ended up chatting about the different cultures and asked him the question- ‘are Italians and Greeks the same?’ Listen to the episode to hear what Anthony has to say

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Episode 61: Your inside guide to the Italian Film...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/10/02

Bonus episode!!!! The St Ali Italian Film Festival is currently happening all around Australia. Tonight is the opening night of the Festival in Perth so to celebrate we are bringing our listeners an extra episode. We were so excited to have Elysia Zeccola, Festival Director from Palace Cinemas as our guest. We loved getting the inside information about the Festival from Elysia and we heard how Palace Cinemas is a family business with four siblings working together! Elysia told us about how the

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Episode 60: Italians never forget- Emilio Ricciuti's...

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/09/30

In this week’s episode we heard an amazing story. A story from the time of World War 2 in Abruzzo, Italy, a story of a family helping out another family who had lost everything and how this generosity was never forgotten. These two families were destined to cross paths again, many years later in Melbourne, Australia. We were told this incredible story by our guest Emilio Ricciuti, an Italian Australian based in Melbourne. Emilio is a talented performer, dancer and entertainer and is the creator of

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00:49:39

Episode 59: Growing up at the Laguna Veneto Bocce Club

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/09/23

It was so fun to be joined by another brother and sister for this episode! Sandro Barzotto, president of the Laguna Veneto Bocce Club and his sister Diana who is also heavily involved in the club are our guests for this episode. We had the pleasure of meeting them earlier this year and quickly developed a friendship. In this episode we loved hearing Sandro and Diana's story and experience of being part of the club as children and how this has continued into adulthood. It was also so interesting

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Episode 58: Tayla's Passion for all things Italian

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/09/16

We have often said that everybody wants to be Italian, in this episode have some strong evidence to support this claim. Meet Tayla, 25 years old from Perth, WA, not of Italian heritage by blood however she has an enormous love and passion for all things Italian. From the Italian language- which she has studied and learned how to speak, travel to Italy- in our chat Tayla told us of her experience visiting Italy, we also cannot forget the food, we had plenty to talk about on this topic! Tayla is

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Episode 57: Marco Petta always in the action

The Italian Australian Podcast ·

2024/09/09

This week's episode features one of our favourite return guests- Marco Petta! Station manager at RadioItaliana 531, based in Adelaide, Marco is a busy guy. In this episode we heard his experience visiting Perth earlier this year for the epic game AC Milan versus Roma at Optus Stadium where Marco led the fan club- Milan Club Australia in bringing some serious fan energy. We also chatted about his most recent trip to Italy and commentating AFL games live in Italian. As we have said, he is a busy

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