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We speak with Margherita Berti, founder of Italian Matters, an online Italian language school that helps adult learners build confidence and make consistent progress in Italian through a practical, st...

16 Juni 0s

Just a quick message to let you know that the podcast may be slowing down a bit over the next month or so as i am studying for the exam to become a recognised Italian tour guide.Also to give you a lit...

9 Juni 0s

In this episode of A History of Italy, we explore the extraordinary life of Isabella d’Este, one of the most influential women of the Italian Renaissance and arguably the closest thing the 15th and 16...

26 Maj 0s

We are opening a new section of the podcast website with contributions from you, dear listener!You can send in articles, thoughts, family stories and so on.They should be:Pertinent to Italy, trips to ...

14 Maj 0s

When the president of the brand new Republic of Italy, Luigi Einaudi decides in 1946 he wants to exercise his right to select 5 illustrious Italians to be senators for life, one of his choices falls o...

5 Maj 0s

Episode SummaryThe 16th century didn’t start kindly for the Republic of Venice—but if history has taught us anything, it’s that Venice had a knack for bouncing back.In this episode, we follow Venice f...

21 Apr 0s

Here are your show notes, in the same structured style and tone as before:Show NotesLink to Trentino tour: https://voicemap.me/tour/trento/italy-s-gateway-to-europe-from-medieval-to-modern-trentoEpiso...

7 Apr 0s

Episode OverviewContinuing our tour of the Italian peninsula in the early 1500s, we move north from the Kingdom of Naples, through the Papal States and Tuscany, across the Apennines, past Genoa, and i...

17 Mars 0s