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Welcome to THE Bar Italia PODCAST LANDING PAGE
This website is not 'discoverable', so it cannot be found unless you have personally been sent the link.
This page has been created for the sole purpose of introducing you to our team and our ambition for our project. It is also a preview of what will be publicly available once we ‘go live’ later this year from the distribution of the first episode of the 10-episode pilot season of the ‘Bar Italia Podcast’. Each episode is expected to be about 30 minutes durationBar Italia is a podcast exploring the culture, character and quiet complexities of Italian life.
This isn’t a travel guide. And it isn’t a history lecture.
Bar Italia Podcast is the third production of the team that has already brought forth two multi-award-winning audio series in Australia: “Baby Boomers’ Guide to Life in the 21st Century”, and “It’s a Mind Field”
Our show is serious about its aim to present high-quality information, guests, content, and conversation. ‘Bar Italia Podcast’ is being produced for the edification and enjoyment of English speakers around the world who want to learn more about Italy – not just tourists or expats.
Although the content and production standards of the show will be of the highest possible quality, the presentation will be entertaining, celebratory, and fun – even a little cheeky from time-to-time. We have learned this is part of the recipe that makes for a more wonderful, compelling, and memorable listening and learning experience.
We hope that you can now see for yourself what this project aims to achieve and whether you are happy to participate.
Andiamo!
What People Are Saying
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Listener
"Hey guys! Thanks so much for letting me chat with you both about The History of the Italian Renaissance from here in Tuscany. Even though it was sometimes both agony and ecstasy, it was the time of my greatest passion! When are you two coming to Florence next? Look me up! I’ll show you around."
Sophia Loren
Listener
"Thank you so much, Rachel and Tony! Our chat was the most fun I’ve had since we filmed ‘Pride of Passion’ in 1957 - Cary and Frank made me laugh and laugh! Rachel! You’re gorgeous. Have you thought of working in movies? Tony! You’re so handsome! Come visit sometime …"
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Listener
"The Bar Italia Podcast is EXACTLY what we had in mind on the day we proclaimed the nation of Italy on that special day in March 1861 – thank you so much, Tony, Rachel, and the whole Bar Italia Podcast team. King Victor Emmanual II and the Count of Cavour were both telling me earlier today just how much they enjoyed our interview last week. They both send their best wishes. On with building Italy!"
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Meet The Team
Jeff Furolo
Executive Producer & Audio Editor
Jeff is a retired Australian nurse turned accidental broadcaster, now resident in Lucca in Tuscany. Jeff oversees production, edits each episode and convenes the popular café segments while keeping the team organised and aligned.
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Rachel Roberts
Co-Host & Community Relationships Manager
Rachel was born in England and considers herself to be a proud, working-class northerner. She worked in the UK for thirty years as a primary school teacher and deputy headteacher and also holds a headship qualification, a role she never […]
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Tony Sardi
Co-Host & Guest Relationships Manager
Born in Lucca in 1962, Mr. Tony has been a real globetrotter, living in 22 different locations until 2016, when he came back to Lucca to settle in. After doing different jobs, in the year 2000, Mr. Tony started to […]
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Paolo Santini
Associate Producer – Italian Content Consultant & Merchandise Manager
I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but let’s add a hundred more: Paolo was born, raised and lived all his life in a little Tuscan town, as you do, being also consistent during all his life in […]
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