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15 with Fosca

Fosca D"Acierno

15 with Fosca takes you on a journey to contemporary Italy and, through a plurality of voices, offers insights into Italian culture today and prepares you, in a meaningful way, for your time here. The podcast features authentic stories from Italy in real time and strives to create and build a sense of community across space and borders through conversations about what’s going on in Italian society right now.

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01:12:21

Aperilife featuring Sam Rich

15 with Fosca ·

2025/06/20

Aperilife featuring Sam RichI try to have one-on-one relationships, and I encourage them, because caring about a person and being kind is what I needed when I first came here because I was unsure. I fell in love with an Italian and I had to fall in love with Italy, with the good and the bad. Sam RichWhen I met Sam a few months ago at an event I cornered her, told her how much of a fan I am, and she, with her signature grace and kindness, happily accepted my invitation to be on the podcast and I am

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00:29:44

Cooking with Carlotta featuring Carlotta Conti

15 with Fosca ·

2025/06/13

In this episode, we’re invited into the warm, magical and delicious world of Carlotta Conti, a gifted cooking instructor who originally hails from Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna and who now welcomes guests into her home in the hills just outside of her Florence.Carlotta doesn’t just teach recipes, she offers a rare opportunity to live and experience Italian culture from the inside. Her bespoke cooking classes unfold in her own kitchen, nestled among olive groves and rolling Tuscan hills, where guests

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00:53:33

An Epic Ride featuring Emma Boutcher

15 with Fosca ·

2025/06/06

An Epic Ridefeaturing Emma Boutcher “When you're thinking about moving to a place it’s the people, that’s the most important thing. You get to see how they live, what it actually means to live there versus just staying on the surface. I was drawn to the beauty of this place and then had this immediate sense of what a community here is like.” Emma Boutcher Emma Boutcher is a young U.S. expat and engineer who decided to take the leap and make the move to Italy just about a year ago. I was lucky enough

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00:51:17

Florence First Down featuring I Guelfi Firenze

15 with Fosca ·

2025/05/30

In this special episode, we dive into the heart of American football in Italy with Estra Guelfi Firenze, one of the premier teams in the Italian Football League. Founded in 2000, the Guelfi have become a powerhouse in the growing European football scene, known not just for their grit on the gridiron, but also for their deep ties to the local community. To celebrate their 25th anniversary and a spectacular season thus far, I sat down with with the team’s General Manager, Edoardo Cammi, Captain

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00:49:38

Sharing Secrets featuring Elia Nichols

15 with Fosca ·

2025/05/23

SHARING SECRETS featuring Elia Nichols“I would say that after I did my TED talk in August my life did change in some ways because I think it's about changing the energy. You put yourself out there, you create new work, and you get seen by different people. You bring different energy to yourself and immediately I got a lot of people contacting me for new work or for different types of work.” Elia Nichols on the reaction to the recent release of her TEDx talk, The secret to looking more confident.On

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00:57:49

Catching up with Girl in Florence featuring Georgette...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/05/16

Catching up with Girl in Florencefeaturing Georgette Jupe Season 4, Episode 15“At the time I really felt like I was living my best life in that sense. I was meeting people, I loved Italy, the chaos, the food, and being pushed out of my comfort zone. In the US, I think sometimes especially where I grew up, you can live in a bubble. You're in your car, in your neighborhood, you don't see a lot of different realities that aren't your own unless you ask for and go purposely for them.”

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00:45:00

Minobossi: Made in Florence with Love featuring...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/05/09

Minobossi: Made in Florence with Love featuring Monica Bonaiuti “It’s important to give possibilities for conscious buying because nowadays people know very well what's behind an object and they don’t buy it because of a logo but because they want to know what's really behind these two, three pieces of leather. There must be something that gives the buyer a sense of fairness, of being happy to say they bought something which really has value.” Monica Bonaiuti In 1979 two lifelong best

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00:56:37

Time, Again: A digital detox story featuring Sandrine...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/05/02

Time, Again: A digital detox story - and a new way of being for solopreneurs, leaders, and seekers featuring Sandrine Kom Last month I participated in a retreat led by Sandrine Kom that aimed to transform stressed out superwomen into Zen superwomen. I embraced the opportunity, shut off my phone, and spent a glorious weekend free of it and my other devices. In this week’s episode Sandrine interviews me about how I was feeling before and during the retreat and the many ways the experience impacted me

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01:00:39

Pivoting for Success featuring Donna Sharnagl

15 with Fosca ·

2025/04/25

A lot of people say, I want to go to Italy, I want to go to Tuscany, I want to live there and then they get here and they're like, oh, I didn't realize it was going to be so hard. Yes it is hard, and a lot of times I just trudged along anyway and I did it and I think it was just the pure positive energy of I'm going to get this done. Donna SharnaglWhat happens when you truly stumble upon your destiny, when life gives you an opportunity, you seize it and end up somewhere you never

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00:49:58

Writing Florence featuring Lori Hetherington and...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/04/18

Writing Florence featuring Lori Hetherington and Monica Sharp, The Florence Literary Society The real value of the Literary Society is that information exchange and sharing. When you sit down at your computer or with your notepad or notebook, it’s a solitary activity,but so many other aspects of writing involve others. Whether it's brainstorming an idea, getting feedback on a first draft, finding a beta reader, or later, when you do move into the publishing sphere, an agent, someone who can

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00:52:21

Beauty with a Twist featuring Louise Olko

15 with Fosca ·

2025/04/11

What I look for in my street photography is the expression of people in everyday situations, their stories, something that's got a little twist to it, that's open-ended, so that people can step into a space and finish the story. Louise OlkoJoin me and this week’s guest, Louise Olko, photographer, figurative painter, and sculptor who took the leap just over a decade ago and decided to live out her dream of being an artist in Italy. What has Louise found in Florence? How did she pivot from a career in

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00:53:46

We Do It Together featuring Chiara Tilesi

15 with Fosca ·

2025/04/04

The repetition of images creates a belief; the ensemble of beliefs creates the cultural DNA of our society. If we change the images we will change the culture. Chiara Tilesi I have long been a fan of Chiara Tilesi and her work and was honored to interview her about her tireless efforts to transform the outdated and discriminatory paradigms prevalent in today's media landscape by producing impactful films, documentaries, TV shows, and new media that empower women. In 2015 Chiara founded, We Do

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00:43:50

Escape with The Sicilian Inheritance featuring Jo Piazza

15 with Fosca ·

2025/04/01

Bestselling author, podcast creator and award-winning journalist, Jo Piazza, on The Sicilian InheritanceJo Piazza’s bestseller, The Sicilian Inheritance, comes out in paperback today and to mark the occasion, I interviewed her about the success of the novel, which has been inspiring readers to travel to Sicily and learn about their Italian roots. If you are looking for a magical, mysterious escape to this eternally enchanting island, look no further, this is the adventure you’ve been waiting for,

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00:48:33

Dream Weaver featuring Vittoria Colonna

15 with Fosca ·

2025/03/28

I am in search of freedom, and it's led me to filmmaking, painting, singing. I've lived many lifetimes already in this lifetime and I'm in the pursuit of happiness, joy and freedom, and trying to understand what it means to be human and a woman and just to be, and sometimes I’ll create a fantastical, colorful, escapist world whether that's in painting or in filmmaking. Vittoria Colonna Occasionally I like to take the podcast to my guests, and I was overjoyed when multi-talented

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00:48:07

Twin Peaks: Aspen & Abetone featuring Rolando Galli...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/03/21

“They share their lives, they go to school, do sports, and have experiences together. Ours learn the customs, traditions, and way of living in the States and theirs learn what we have in here in Italy and in Tuscany especially.” Rolando Galli on the annual student exchange program between sister cities Abetone, Italy and Aspen, Colorado. I have known and loved Abetone, a year-round mountain paradise in Tuscany’s highly poetic, Valley of Light – Val di Luce, since I moved permanently to Italy over a

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00:43:19

Italy in Vermont featuring Lisa DeNatale

15 with Fosca ·

2025/03/14

Italy in Vermont featuring Lisa DeNatale“A lot of Italian immigrants came to Vermont to work in the granite and marble quarries, and they were actively recruited because they were skilled stone cutters from Carrara and other parts of northern Italy, and they settled in Barre. Many other immigrants followed, and connections and businesses started. They came to work on the railroads, they were fruit and vegetable vendors, and then they opened stores.” I have long had a correspondence with this week’s

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01:02:12

A Renaissance Woman featuring Paola Vojnovic

15 with Fosca ·

2025/03/07

A Renaissance Woman featuring Paola Vojnovic

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00:54:23

A Seat at the Table featuring Catalin Varela

15 with Fosca ·

2025/02/28

A SEAT AT THE TABLE featuring Catalin Varela I was studying how different cultures and countries approach gluten-free eating and what sort of impact that has on our quality of life, for example being able to socialize via food with other people. I felt more welcomed and included in Italy than I had ever felt anywhere else which was huge for me. Catalin Varela, The Celiac in Italy My guest this week, Catalin Varela, also known as The Celiac in Italy, has a riveting personal story, one so compelling,

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00:47:46

An Extraordinary Life featuring Amira Makhlouf

15 with Fosca ·

2025/02/21

Season 4, Episode 2 An Extraordinary Life featuring Amira MakhloufI want to talk to young women leaders, activists looking for their life purpose, women who are facing challenges, who want inspiration, or who are suffering from mental health issues. In this life we all need inspiration, we need tools. That’s why I’m doing this. Amira Makhlouf on the upcoming EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS ConferenceWhen you meet Amira Makhlouf it’s impossible not to be inspired by her story and moved to action by the

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00:58:43

It’s our pleasure! Meet La CLIT, Coffee Literature...

15 with Fosca ·

2025/02/14

Season 4, Episode 1 It’s our pleasure! Meet La CLIT, Coffee Literature Inspiration & (sex) Toysfeaturing Giulia Heuser *Explicit language and content warning*“We need a place where we can evolve, first of all as people, as single individuals, then as a community. La CLIT is an individual journey which is becoming collective.” Giulia Heuser on La CLIT, Coffee Literature Inspiration & (sex) ToysGiulia Heuser and Francesca De Gaudio have been friends since childhood, they were even Girl Scouts

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