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The Italian Escape: A bilingual English-Italian language podcast The Italian Escape - A bilingual Italian-English Language Podcast
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Learning Italian does not need to be stressful or boring.
In the Italian Escape Podcast, we will be mixing English with simple Italian & talk about Italy, its people, its culture & its history from the perspectives of a local & a foreigner.
With our bilingual podcast, we will make language learning more accessible and fun for beginners & intermediate learners of the Italian language.
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As a member of our Patreon, you can receive the vocabulary lists of our episodes plus transcripts color-coded in English & Italian.
Bilingualism has never been this cool.
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32 - Una chiacchierata con Marta Romão | Do I need to know Italian to work as a marketing expat in Italy?
Do I need to know Italian to work as a marketing expat in Italy?
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Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!
We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages.
Our podcast, produced in mixed English and simple Italian, helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.
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Marketing in Europe can be challenging because of its multicultural environment.
Rather than seeing it as an obstacle, one can turn it into an opportunity.
This is what you will discover today through our conversation with Marta Romão.
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For a Portuguese, Marta had a unique childhood. Having been born in Lisbon in the 90s, she lived in Belgium with her family until she was six.
This experience opened her world.
Instead of pursuing an average Portuguese lifestyle, she ventured out of her home country by working as a multilingual marketing professional in Spain, and in Italy.
In this episode, we chatted with Marta about her life, her experience in the Italian marketing scene, and working with Italian tech start-ups in Rome.
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This episode will conclude our second season of the Italian Escape Podcast. We will take a break and launch our third season after the summer.
If you want us to cover any topic of interest, email us, and we’ll happily talk about it when we return.
In the meantime, support our podcast, leave us a review in Apple Podcast or a rating on Spotify, and join our Patreon community.
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Listen NOW to our conversation with Marta.
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Where to find Marta:
LinkedIn
Website
Email: marta.nr@gmail.com
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31 - Una chiacchierata con Enrica Monzani | Did you know that Ligurian cuisine is more than just pesto and focaccia?
Did you know that Ligurian cuisine is more than just pesto and focaccia?
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Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!
We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages.
Our podcast, produced in mixed English and simple Italian, helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.
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It all started 6 years ago.
Having been a maritime lawyer for years, Enrica pivoted into her career by becoming a food storyteller.
She recounts her personal journey – both in English and in Italian - through the culinary tradition and flavors of Liguria with her food blog, “A Small Kitchen in Genoa”.
If she’s not writing recipes and stories in her blog, she is offering private Ligurian cooking classes and food tours around Genoa.
This month, she is releasing her new cookbook, “Liguria in Cucina – the flavors of Liguria”. It’s a recipe book that’s written both in English and in Italian – perfect for our listeners who want to replicate Ligurian dishes while learning languages!
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In this episode, we listen to the many stories behind some of Enrica’s favorite Ligurian dishes, and the particularities behind documenting food traditions across the region.
If you liked our conversation, check out the link in the show notes to order her latest cookbook.
In the meantime, support our podcast, leave us a review in Apple Podcast or a rating on Spotify, and join our Patreon community.
Listen NOW to our conversation and learn about Enrica and the underrated beauty of Ligurian cuisine.
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Where to find Enrica:
A Small Kitchen in Genoa
Instagram
Facebook
Buy Enrica’s latest book, Liguria in Cucina – the flavours of Liguria by selecting your region:
For IT and EU readers
For US and
Canada readers
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30 - Una chiacchierata con Andre di Mo Parlo | How do you learn Italian with a language co-pilot?
How do you learn Italian with a language co-pilot?
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Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!
We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages.
Our podcast in mixed English and simple Italian helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.
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Language learning can be daunting, especially if you seek perfection.
In today’s episode, we look at another way of learning Italian with the help of a language co-pilot.
That’s where Andre comes in.
Born and raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, her love for music and singing led her to unknowingly teach herself English at the age of six and sparked her curiosity for other languages.
When she turned 18, she decided to do her first solo trip to Florence. Little did she expect that this will change her life in a massive way. Since then, she has met countless frustrated students who feel like they have no talent for learning languages.
Because of this, she created an easy, fun, and empowering method called, co-piloting.
Listen NOW to our conversation and learn about Mo Parlo and what it means to be a language co-pilot.
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Would you like to try out Mo Parlo's course?
She's offering our listeners a 10% discount.
Here's what you need to do:
Send us a DM via Facebook or Instagram.
Tell us what this podcast means to you, and why you’re listening to us.
Where to find Andre & Mo Parlo:
Mo Parlo website
Buy Mo Parlo’s Italian Language Course
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
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29 - Il sogno degli italiani del secolo scorso– il posto fisso | How hard is it to be a fair country?
Welcome to the Italian Escape Podcast!
Today, before we start the podcast, we’d like to make a small announcement.
Roughly one year ago, we launched the Italian Escape Podcast to provide more resources for beginners and intermediate Italian language learners and give you confidence in learning the language.
At first many thought that this was a crazy idea and that it would be impossible to maintain it.
And yet here we are one year later, with hundreds of listeners tuning in to our episodes.
So, THANK YOU dear listeners for following us in this bilingual journey.
Now we need your help.
If you think that our podcast has helped you in any way please grab your phone now and send us a message.
You can do that by sending us a voice message provided by anchor.fm. You’ll find the link at the end of our episode description. Or, you can send an e-mail to theitalianescapepodcast@gmail.comor send a dm through social media.
Do it now. We need your help and support to keep on delivering free and valuable content.
Let us know how our podcast helped you.
And now let’s dive into our episode.
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In today’s episode we are going to talk about the mythical posto fisso
There’s a dream circulating in Italy about “posto fisso”, the jobs from which you cannot get fired from easily while getting a lot of benefits from the government.
Because of these long term/unfirable jobs, Italian companies are struggling to keep innovating as quickly as other countries within and outside the EU.
In this episode, we discussed its cultural significance, its history, and its influence in Italy today.
Support our podcast and leave us a review in Apple Podcast or on Spotify and join our Patreon community.
Listen NOW to our conversation and learn how hard being a fair country is.
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Show Notes:
Alfio Bardolla | Il problema del posto fisso
Barbascura X | Partita IVA vs Posto Fisso
Trailer – Quo Vado?
MadeIT – Storie di Start Up Innovative
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28 - Una chiacchierata con Kenny, the Something Polyglot | Do I need a native speaker as my language teacher?
Is a native Italian the best choice for a teacher? Maybe not.
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Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!
We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages
Our podcast in mixed English and simple Italian helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.
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In our previous episode with Heidi (Ep. 25), she shares with us one of her secrets to learning Italian, which is by having two types of teachers – one who is native, and one who isn’t.
By having both native and foreign tutors, you get to have the best of both worlds – one who teaches you how Italians speak, and another who teaches you why Italians follow rules that do not match your native language’s rules.
In this episode, we sat down with Kenny, also known as “something polyglot” on the web. From his nickname, you can tell that his biggest passion is all about languages.
We learned about Kenny’s life story, exchanged with him our thoughts on language learning and explored the reasons why and when you should consider getting a non-native speaker as your language teacher.
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If you like our podcast, leave us a review in Apple Podcast or on Spotify and join our Patreon community.
Listen NOW to our conversation and learn how to boost your Italian learning journey with a non-native speaker.
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You can find Kenny here:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube
Facebook
Show Notes:
Love, Joy, and Languages Ep 39: A Joyful Chat with a Special Guest Co-Host
Support the victims of the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey: https://ahbap.org/ (200 tl = €10)
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27 - L’avventura coloniale italiana | Do you know about the time when Italy tried to rebuild the Romans Empire?
Do you know about the time when Italy tried to rebuild the Roman Empire?
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Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!
We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages.
Our podcast in mixed English and simple Italian helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.
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Slowly but surely, more people are becoming more aware of the dark past of colonialism that was led by countries such as Spain, Portugal, the English, and the French, to name a few.
But what about the Italians?
In this episode, Gabriele recounts the highlights or milestones – be it the good and the bad - that took place during one of Italy’s almost forgotten chapters of its history – its colonialist history in Africa.
Sadly, many choose to neglect this part of history and associate it with fascism. It turned out that Italy started its colonial history by purchasing the Bay of Assab in 1869, 52 years before fascism started.
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As an Italian, Gabriele believes that we should not recount these episodes because we are proud of having dominated and conquered other populations.
Disclaimer: Nothing to be proud of over there.
Instead, we must remember the strength we showed and the challenges we overcame as a reminder of what we can achieve in the future when fighting for a more fair and just goal.
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If you liked our episode with Garibaldi, you should not miss out on this!
In the meantime, you can support us by leaving us a review in Apple Podcast and on Spotify and joining our Patreon community.
Listen NOW to our conversation and learn about colonialism by the Italians.
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