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Do you believe in life after Nicolas Cage? If we could turn back time, we wouldn't! Because Cher is perfect at every hour. SHE'S got US, babe. Tune in for pricey plumming, adulterous ancestors, and lupine love interests. The person most confused by the film this week was: the crying grandpa, bless him.

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Bob’s jacked up on ‘roids and Maria gets mystical while they explore the nuanced menu of Dairy Queen.

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Matt and Caroline discuss a new Superman and Lois Lane, the resurrection of Turner Classic Movies, and the 2003 movie about stealing gold in tiny cars, The Italian Job with special guest Ryan Nanni from The Shutdown Fullcast.

CARL CAPOTORTO, is a writer, and actor best known for his portrayal of Little Paulie Germani on HBO's The Sopranos, and has appeared in several classic indie features, including Five Corners and Mac. He is a native New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx, and lives in Manhattan. He is also the author of Twisted Head: An Italian-American Memoir (Random House, 2008), based on his solo show of the same name. His plays have been presented at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (three seasons), Yale Repertory Theatre, the Vineyard Theater, Theater for the New City, and many other venues around the country. 

In this episode, Carl talks about growing up in the Bronx, discovering the liberating effects of Disco for a young gay man, his experience playing a tough guy on The Sopranos and the joy of living life authentically despite the challenges of family and  self discovery. 

Recorded at The Newsstand Studio at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC. Special thanks to Joseph Hazan & Karen Song. Produced by Wanda Acosta

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The episode begins with some backstory as to how Rosetta transition from a lucrative career as a chemical engineer in Silicon Valley to the author of My Calabria. She discusses what her family's immigration to the US was like in 1974 and how they brought sourdough starters, seeds, gardening tools and more with them to start a new life while holding on to the food of the old world. Rosetta describes the key ingredients in Calabrese cooking - peppers and tomatoes - and how she's almost developed Oakland heirloom versions of her favorite Calabrese vegetables. She discusses her culinary tours of southern Italy as well as her cooking classes. Joe and Rosetta talk about Calabrese pasta - notoriously made with just flour and water - and how for years she had to fight back against students in her classes who wanted to know "Where's the egg?". Rosetta describes Il Cenone, the traditional Christmas Eve thirteen-course meal, and its differences from the Italian-American Feast of the Seven Fishes. The show ends with a discussion of what makes Calabrese food unique.

Rosetta Costantino is the author of My Calabria and Southern Italian Desserts. She teaches cooking classes out of her home in Oakland, CA and leads culinary tours to Calabria, Sicily and Puglia. You can learn more at her website: https://www.cookingwithrosetta.com/ and follow her on Instagram @rosettacostantino

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Danny talks about the murder of Joe Dacquino in 1983 

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Have you ever took the time to reflect on your friendships growing up and the relationships that have lasted the longest? This week that is exactly what we did. We reflected on our past friendships and focused on the 20 year bond we share with our best friend.  The 3 of us form an unlikely TRIO two Haitian - American women and one Italian - American man.  We discuss our journey and the racial divide experienced by so many as we’ve remained closer than ever. 

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Gary Schiro had made plenty of his mother’s recipes, but one Sunday morning-not long after his mother passed away-an attempt to make her traditional meatballs and sauce went wrong. Gary wished he could have called her. He wished that he had asked her how to make the recipe properly. Despite having seen her make it 900 times, he never did. This episode takes a look at time-honored family traditions, examines unanswered questions, and is an attempt to reconcile feelings of regret. Plus, a cookalong with Gary goes to show that you can make any family recipe your own without sacrificing meaning, comfort, or deliciousness. 

If you’re hungry for more of this story, you can read the original essay “The Sunday Sauce I Watched Mom Make 900 Times, but Didn’t Learn Until She Was Gone,” and find the accompanying recipe published by Food52. 

My Family Recipe is created by the Food52 Podcast Network and Heritage Radio Network, inspired by the eponymous Food52 column.

In the second episode of Season Five, The Two Guinea Hens (Rosie and Gabby) have a bone to pick with Libby's Canning Company. They are catering to lazy bakers and it's not cool. Pie making is not supposed to be easy! You want easy? Buy a pie! Anyway, the Hens discuss much more than pie. They discuss abortion laws in Texas! They also discuss all the shows they are both currently streaming (which is a lot) and they discuss the upcoming Fall Season and Halloween!

Enjoy with a cup of coffee! In this episode the Two Guinea Hens drank Brazil Santos coffee from Nicholas Coffee Company in Pittsburgh made in a French Press.

Ciao!

When one door closes another door opens. The last year has closed a lot of doors, around the world, across the country, and here in NYC. For those that have made it through, opportunities are abundant. Perhaps expanding to a new city or a new neighborhood. Or what about a space down the street, or even right next door?

Our guests today are chefs Scott Tacinelli and Angie Tacinelli of Don Angie in NY’s West Village. When Alex and I were gorging ourselves last month on all the deliciousness at Don Angie, our amazing server described their food perfectly as all your favorite Italian American classics zhuzh’ed up. Aside from being awarded a prestigious Michelin Star this year, Scott and Angie also welcomed a new family member, a baby boy, and are publishing their first cookbook, titled Italian American, in October.

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On this episode, Feedfeed Food Editor Alexa Santos virtually sits down to dinner with Ereka Vetrini, known as @erekav on Instagram and @erekasfood on TikTok. Ereka is a content creator, TV host, lifestyle expert, brand spokesperson, producer, blogger, and proud mom of two. Ereka talks about growing up as a first-generation Italian American, and how that influenced her cooking, as well as how she's raised her two little ones to appreciate good food. She also delves into how she became such a successful social media personality.

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Ciao a tutti! This week, listen to Talia and Guest Host, Julianna Pica, discuss the importance of food, family, spirituality, and... listening to directions? Join us in our dissection of the classic  book, Strega Nona!

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The Town Of Witches – Triora, Italy 

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The Legend of Benevento Witches by UNESCO 

The REAL Benevento 

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The Unique Witches Of Medieval Sicily 

Why I Hate Strega Nona by Sho Spaeth

Fun interview with author and columnist Linda Stasi.  We discussed everything from Italian Cowboys in Colorado, to exorcist priests, to the Lemon Ice King in Corona, to the Scotto family cookbook and our NY Daily News connection!

The popular and well-read columnist for the New York Daily News, (now at-large), and previous- ly for the the New York Post, Linda Stasi, was also an on-camera TV co-host with Mark Simone on NY 1 -Spectrum “What a Week!” For 15 years.

In 2020, she was appointed to the Mother Cabrini Commission and the  Board of The Civil Rights Museum.

Brash, funny and opinionated, the acerbic Stasi’s first novel, The Sixth Station, published in Jan- uary of 2013 by Tor-Forge Books hit Amazon’s top 25, and was hailed as “A helluva religious thriller,” by Nelson DeMille, while Steve Berry said, “You’ll be grabbing the pages so right your knuckles will turn white!” 

Stasi’s anxiously awaited sequel,“Book of Judas” was published Fall 2017, received acclaim from mega best selling authors such as Sherrilyn Kenyon, who called it, “An innovative master- piece!”

Stasi has appeared on TV talk shows and news channels such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The O’Reilly Factor, Hardball, Good Day New York, The View as well as CNN, Fox News, MSNBC news shows, and many others.

Stasi has also authored five non-fiction books – Looking Good Is the Best Revenge, A Field Guide to Impossible Men, Simply Beautiful, Boomer Babes, and Scotto Sunday Suppers.

Not afraid to say what’s on her mind in her popular column in the New York Daily News has reached more than 600,000 in a single day.

She was named “One of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in NYC” and has won numerous awards including “Best Columnist” by the Newswomen’s Club of NY, “Best Humor Columnist,” and “Woman of the Year” by the Boys Town of Italy for her charitable work such as driving a tractor-trailer in an 18-truck convoy from NYC to the gulf states with relief supplies for Hurri- cane Katrina victims. She and her husband, Sid Davidoff, were named by “City & State”in 2017 as one of NYC’s 100 top power couples.

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Fun interview with Bob Semenza about researching his Italian Roots and growing up Italian American.  

Robert Semenza has always considered himself fortunate to have been brought up in what may have been, in his mind, the "last best of all times"-"an era that spanned only a little more than a decade and a half, from the early forties to the mid-fifties,.

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We did it. We stuck to our word, we made a second episode. Woo Hoo. Ha ha, take that depression. We won (this week).

This episode is a little longer than per usual because the Hens got super chatty during the second portion. Hey! You tune in to hear us cluck, right?

Thanks for listening, downloading, supporting and sending kind messages. It means the World.

Ciao,

Rosie and Gabby

Ciao!

First - Let us apologize for going MIA during this Global Pandemic. We both were struggling mentally and we were adjusting to this "new normal". 

With that said, we're back and we hope you are ready to listen to your favorite Italian-American Sisters discuss mental health, politics, pop culture and life. 

The next few months of being an American are going to be intense and we hope to keep you laughing, thinking and getting away from your day to day by listening to us.

Get cozy, grab a glass of wine (or fruit punch) and enjoy today's episode!

Grazie!

The Two Guinea Hens (Rosie and Gabby)

In this episode, Bobby Ciccarelli and Mancuso discuss some of the science behind soccer academies.  They also talk about fake crowd noise at Bundesliga games, yoga moms, Greeks, and some listener feedback about the podcast. They also discuss the Zoom Loophole, goal-kick puto, and tailgate tacos.