Maria e Elisa chiacchierano
In this episode my Nonna Elisa chats with her good friend and relative Maria Bastiani about their experiences in both Italy and Australia. This episod...
Italian Soul
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I'm Charlie Aitken and through Italian Soul, I’m on a journey exploring my maternal Italian heritage, searching for my ancestors, as well as collating stories, and of course recording my Nonna’s delicious recipes. I’m sharing my ancestral journey with the world to hopefully encourage others to do the same in finding out who lead to them, and even to find some unknown relatives along the way.
06. Going Back
In this episode Nonna and Nonno reflect about their time going back to Italy, seeing family and old friends, as well as their old homes. We also hear ...
05. Getting Together
In this episode we hear about Nonna and Nonno’s amazing story, where although they were from neighbouring villages, they never met each other until th...
04. Coming To Australia
A month-long trip going into an unknown world. In this episode we hear about Nonna and Nonno’s amazing experience in coming to Australia, setting up a...
BONUS Making Linen
One of the stories we’d hear a lot as kids, linen was one of those things often handmade in the villages, and in this episode we talk of the ingenuity...
03. Wartime
War has had a large impact on the history of Italy and its people. In this episode we speak about family connections to both world wars, with Italy ev...
BONUS Food In The Region
One of the greatest joys of the Italian lifestyle: food. In this episode Nonna briefly tells us about the typical food in the Lunigiana region where t...
02. The Villages
In this episode I talk to Nonna and Nonno about their childhood villages in north-west Toscana, Taponecco and Apella, where they experienced a hard li...
01. Italian Soul
It’s the first episode of In Conversation with Italian Soul! I introduce the podcast, what it is, what it’s about and why it’s here. I explain the var...
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In conversation with Italian Soul is coming soon from Charlie Aitken & Riot Expert.Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the first episode!In the ...