It’s a fake - there is no desk at vienna airport for stranded tourists thinking that they bought a ticket for australia

Okay, but if you put carrots and mushrooms in your red sauce. Get the hell out of here.

The comments towards the end about the perception of being seen as ethnic are very perceptive. I think that what happens in a media/arts space is often downstream of broader cultural trends. I think a significant element of the Italian American community from the generation mentioned here wanted to have their cake and eat it too - they wanted the “prestige” (for lack of a better word) and distinctiveness that came from being part of a distinct ethno-cultural group, while also wanting to avoid being seen by others and perceiving themselves as “ethnic”. By the 2020s, it’s fair to say that a significant amount of - if not the majority - of Italian Americans have rendered themselves culturally and ethnically indistinct from the broader, amorphous group that is “White America”. And in that context, there really aren’t “Italian American” stories to tell, because the daily life, values and culture of such people is pretty much indistinguishable from a broader, mainstream American one. I think podcasts like this are great for asserting that there are still Italian Americans who are culturally distinct in a meaningful way, though if there’s going to be a future for this culture in the public sphere, Italian Americans are going to have to reconcile the fact that actively maintaining culture as something that is lived meaningfully on a daily basis means being an ethnicity apart from the mainstream; I think assimilation is mutually exclusive with maintaining living, breathing culture.

Great work with these podcasts, and thank you for providing a space for these types of social-cultural issues in the Italian Diaspora to be discussed. Honestly, I believe the teaching, learning and use of the Italian language should be at the heart of Italian communities and diasporas abroad. I think for far too long, the Italian diaspora in Anglophone countries like the US, Canada and Australia have neglected the Italian language and bought into the convenient fallacy that a solid familiarity - if not outright fluency - in Italian was extraneous or superfluous to Italian identity and culture. The opposite is in fact true , not just in terms of the Italian diaspora, but all diasporas. There is a tendency in Anglophone countries to view other languages as just “English with different words”, but the reality is language is inextricable from culture. I think Italian Americans/Canadians/Australians could and should look to other diaspora groups whose major waves of migration followed that of the Italians - Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, Latin Americans, etc. , look at how these communities have kept the use of mother tongues alive and the positive impacts that has on the liveliness and unity of diasporas.

Mike is a great paesano!! It was so nice getting to meet him last year here in Calabria!! Hoping to see him again soon!

Again BRAVO John !!! In my house we listened to Lou Monte, Louie Prima , Dean Martin and the entire list but also Puccini My papà told stories all the time his own and epic poetry

Great Podcast!! Great work!!! I love Catania, Siracusa, and Taormina!!! Must revitalize my papa’s town even tough on the Amalfi coast, it is declining BRAVO JOHN 🎉!!! We must unify for moving ahead and surviving in an ever changing demographic climate!!!

I grew around Pittsburgh in a small town of 4000 people in the 60s there were 15 small Italian stores such memories one per block what memories now there is only one Arrivederci victor

italiani finto ma che vergogna daii

The best in my opinion is straight out the can with just lot of lemon juice and some black pepper

Have you ever been to Italy though?

They want to see us as Gangsters.

Rock n Roll is American. Blues was African American not to say UK isn't good. Its like Baseball its American but the whole world plays.lol

Lots of American artist, Elvis Presley, Dion and the Belmont, The Everly Brothers, Cher, Leslie Gore,

Wonderful. It shouldn’t have gone out of tradition. Grazie.

Little Richard ?

I’d edge the U.S. but simply cause we got the blues as our foundation. The Brits were phenomenal at impersonating blues and making it their own. I didn’t learn this till I began a deep dive on classic rock and Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stone, Beatles, and host of others borrowed heavily from blues musicians that proceeded them. Primarily out of admiration.

As much as I love America, British 70’s rock cleared the US

So I google Belmont Italian American Playhouse and I get no result. Where do I find a list of shows and a way to buy tickets?

@The Italian American Podcast -IAtv Hello! Im new to this podcast but i have been watching some of your older content (primarily about Columbus) and think you guys do very good on these Podcasts! On the note on Columbus i feel like yu guys could have gone a bit deeper intk the history of Columbus, especially now since covid is gone. It would be nice if you revisited that sometime in the future!Also Are you guys ever planning on making another series of video's like you did on Columbus back in 2020 for other historical figures important to Italians? (Im not Italian but im very interested in history and i know that a lot of talians did Exploring like Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci)

Does not matter who you are, we as a society are losing our roots. It is sad because I miss the past and all the things we did as a "family".

What’s the spelling of John’s last name? Would love to buy his book that was promoted, thank you

Wow, thank you John Viola for speaking the truth about the immigrant experience of America … as the son of immigrants from Italy, I can not stand how 4th, 5th generation Italian Americans have, for a number of reasons, turned their backs to their history … love the podcast!

Great show

Another educational and funny episode. Thank you all! God bless your work.

Okay...I actually had to pull the car over to leave this comment while I'm processing your BRILLIANT assessment of the "Columbus question".🇮🇹 You guys are always fair minded, but this particular discussion was SO open, ballanced and objective in the truest sense of the old "We report. You decide" style of journalism that I had almost had forgotten existed anymore. In my opinion, John is SO right that our community completley missed a golden opportunity to demand better for ourselves. Our righteous anger was completely misplaced in that instead of passionately fighting for a mascot of questionable origin that was foisted upon us, we should have taken the opportunity to remind all of America that we (Italian Americans) deserve FAR better than this. Not only is it the truth, but it is a much more marketable framing that would have easily afforded us the empathy and grace we deserve from the greater American public. It was a failure of some in our community to not recognize that even the fiercest forces against Columbus Day NEVER came at us with anti-Italian sentiments as a part of their movement. The sin of it all is that we are now in this Limbo where the right people are stuck on the wrong side of history with no resolution over something that literally has zero historical connection with the diaspora of southern Italy while the entire issue itself is fading into obscurity in the minds of most Americans. Bravi! I am so proud of you guys and your abilities to have such a thoughtful discourse around this issue.👏🤘🇮🇹

Goblet cell????????😅😂Stuffed sheep's head. I don't know how to spell it but I know that's not it😅

Haven't been to the Arthur Avenue section of The Bronx in a long time. I liked the church mass in Italian.

Arthur Ave is still the place to go to shop every Saturday AM !!!

Awesome highlighting Arthur Ave and the Belmont Community Theater!!!

Thank you John for all your work. Let’s not forget the Sicilians in future episodes. Just kidding, great job.

33.3 percent Italian in LA. Proud of if🇮🇹🇮🇹

I've mailed my application back in 2022, and now what?? They keep emailing me nonsense to mail and it's wasting time

Excellent conversation! Grazie to John and Pat!

Some of the commentary here is a bit myopic. Italy is far from the only country that has these sorts of formally defined and codified social-cultural structures, norms and titles. It’s not uncommon in certain other European countries, it is fairly common throughout Asia. It’s also not without its value. The sense of it being unusual only emerges when it is held in contrast with Anglophone/Anglo-Saxon cultures like the U.S., Canada and Australia.

Dried macaroni's invention and success as a food was largely owing to the fact that it is naturally preserved through the drying process. Even without modern preservatives (which good macaroni shouldn't have), in the right conditions it should last for years. This is also why Genoa ultimately became a macaroni production center despite not producing the wheat -- macaroni is an ideal food for sailors, and the Genoa-based merchant marine relied on dried macaroni. Either way, no reason to throw away expire pasta unless it has bugs from improper storage.

I thought it was all Italians only reproduce with their siblings

Thank you for this excellent video. I lived in Staten Island from 1979-1987. I’ve always enjoyed the beauty and history of this unique boro. I enjoyed seeing all of the contributions made by the Italian people throughout the history of the island. I also admire and respect the Italian Americans for their love of the USA, while preserving their Italian heritage and it’s culture. Thank you again for this enjoyable presentation. 🇺🇸❤🇮🇹

We need that commission in NY!! I will definitely look you up Margaret 🥰

You got an episode where you talk about The Sopranos?

She's not a female Santa Claus, she's not related to him, and definitely not his wife. She is her own character.

Bingo !

We are all links in the Italian/Sicilian necklace. It’ll end up beautiful.

I thought the conversation about the Italian American experience was so comforting to me. Was touched due to my experiences growing up in a Sicilian community in SF Bay Area. responded on Facebook … then the negative comments came, basically “you are American!!!” (Which is a given) other folks just went off. Goodness. I’ll still listen but dang. Thought I’d try & say thank you here.

VERY WELL DONE!!!

Wonderful episode. Thank you for sharing.

I’ve been involved with so many efforts to broaden and enhance educational opportunities for our culture and heritage in planned and sometimes instinctively spontaneous events. But this podcast, in such a short timeframe, lays out the essence of our common mission. Your dialogue, in a beautiful and casual way actually lays out the groundwork that should create an epiphany for all to emulate! R. J. DiBiase - NJIHC

Excellent interview!

Always entertaining, always educational and informative, always interesting. THANK YOU.❤❤❤

This is so much appreciated, I'm trying to replicate some recipes ❤there aren't any bakeries in Tampa that make this. I miss it so much. I can't wait to make it.