The Italian Australian Podcast Josephine D’Aqui & Lukas D’Aqui

Ever wanted to know more about your Italian heritage but didn’t know where to start? Our guest for this episode joined us from the USA- Mr Bob Sorrentino- and he has some answers for you! He has a wealth of knowledge and a passion for genealogy which he has shared for many years in his popular podcast ‘Italian Roots and Genealogy,’ In addition to his podcast, blog and facebook page, Bob is also an author and has published a book titled ‘Farmers and Nobles’ Tune in to this episode to hear Bob’s fascinating personal story and for an informative discussion about genealogy. https://italianrootsandgenealogy.buzzsprout.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ItalianRootsandGenealogy https://amzn.to/4aLEas5 https://amzn.to/3JydLCi

In this episode we are joined by the creator of ‘Heapost’ Diego Filippozzi. Born in Belgium to Italian immigrants, he is proud of both his Italian and Belgian heritage. Diego told us about the experience of Italians who migrated to Belgium post world war 2 and of his own experience as a backpacker arriving in Australia in 2018. As a backpacker Diego learned about the challenges for backpackers in receiving mail, at times which may include vital documents. This inspired him to develop his unique service ‘Heapost’ which solves this problem completely for his customers. Listen to the chat to find out more. http://www.heapost.com.au/ http://www.instagram.com/heapostdigital http://www.youtube.com/@heapostdigital

Do you know why names are often repeated in Italian families? And do you know what Lukas’ name ‘should’ have been? We have a few fun facts for you! In this episode we discuss the Italian Australian experience of names including naming traditions from Italy and how they have both continued and evolved in the diaspora. We also talk about how names are abbreviated and/or translated. We also discuss the importance of names and the influence they may have on an individual.

In this episode you will hear about our experience at the Perth Italian Festival which we attended on the weekend. It won’t surprise our listeners to hear that we had an amazing time! Listen to this episode to hear about how the idea for the festival became a reality and an achievement for Frank Miranda AKA Mr Accordion Man, the Perth Italian Festival Incorporated, the City of Perth and everyone in involved. We are so grateful to have been given a base at the information booth where we based ourselves for the day and met some lovely people. The day was full of fun and entertainment with MC James Liotta bringing his energy and professionalism. The entertainment included Perth’s own Etta D’Elia and comedian Giuseppe the MC all the way from Canada. And of course we will tell you all about the food! For those who attend the festival we hope you had as much fun as we did and for those who couldn’t attend we have included a couple of clips recorded on the day, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

A few weeks ago we made it to ‘Woglife’ Nick Giannopoulos’ farewell tour at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco and it was an absolutely amazing performance. We have been fans of Nick and his work since we were children. As a Greek Australian performer, Nick has done so much in the entertainment business with a strong ethnic theme including Wogs out of Work, Acropolis Now and the Wog Boy films, here at the Italian Australian Podcast we consider him to have OG status. In this episode we give tribute to Nick and his hard work and his passion for his culture. We discuss ‘what is a Wog’, we have many laughs recounting some of Nick’s work and we discuss similarities of the experience of immigration for people coming to Australia.

We are officially in Holy Week and for this episode we were joined by our good friend and unofficial co-host Daniel Italiano for a fun chat about our Easter traditions. You will hear a lot of laughs and it won’t be surprising for our listeners to hear that food was a big topic for discussion along with celebrating with family and observing traditions throughout the period of lent.