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When celebrating #ItalianHeritageMonth, I enjoy highlighting the rich cultural
heritage and history of the Italian and Italian American people, particularly art, music,
literature, architecture, and of course the stories surrounding them.
Today we interview Mariana Gatto, creator of the Italian American Museum of Los
Angeles, located near Olivera St. in DTLA, housed inside the oldest remaining
structure in the area, built in 1908. It’s a treasure, complete with an original speak
easy door from the prohibition days.
The #IAMLA is a gem, packed with stories of the Italian American journey to this
country, complete with in depth stories and research into each exhibit. There are
revolving exhibits, such as the one about women’s needlework from the Italian
diaspora, called, Woven Lives. Next month, the Pinocchio exhibit, A Real Boy: The
Story of Pinocchio, which is sure to be a hit, as this story has been told to generations
and still enthralls young and old.
There’s a new interactive app, too, featuring some of your favorite Italians telling their
stories. Mariana talks anout her vision, how she created this gem of a museum, we
talk about her life growing up Italian in Los Angeles, and so much more.
Please join us on #DeborahKobyltLIVE and #LittleItalyPodcast on all video and audio
platforms, and invite your friends, Italian or not. This story is for everyone. Thanks for
tuning in󰏢 #DeborahZaraKobylt

“This isn’t a job. Hospitality is a vocation,” says #NickRimedio, GM of the trendy
#LaPeerHotel in #BeverlyHills, and soon, Nick will join the #WHollywood.
We spoke with Nick on #DeborahKobyltLIVE and our #LittleItalyPodcast, and he told
what what’s helped him become a success: his NONNA (and of course hard work!)
Nick credits his #Italian #grandma with giving him the discipline and confidence to do
anything in life, and we talk about some of the non-traditional routes he’s taken to
get to where he is today, and it started in the kitchen.
Join us for our conversation with Nick, LIVE on all of our video and audio platforms,
and invite your friends, too. Sometimes, the path to success isn’t an Ivy business
school, but it’s the schooling we get from our families that give us the edge.
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Please welcome Patricia Gallagher, the founder of The Happy Flower Day Project, and this is an interview that is sure to brighten your day.

Patricia is called “The Flower Lady” in her community, and it all started with an act of kindness by delivering day-old flowers to seniors in her area. The the idea has since blossomed into something much bigger. She shares ideas for expressing generosity,
appreciation, and kindness in a world often bogged down in negative thinking. Just one flower can change all of that. And how she started this is even more incredible, including the people who help her do it.

Patricia is the founder of three national kindness projects: The Happy Flower Day Project, delivering day-old bouquets to senior communities; The Stories for Seniors Project, which gives 11,000 new and gently-used stuffed animals to nursing home residents, cancer patients, and people in recovery
houses; The Send a Team of Angels to Help Movement, providing angel pins to our United States Armed Forces, hospitals, hospices, and more. And it all started with an idea, which has caught the attention of The Today Show, Oprah, CNN, and now #DeborahKobyltLIVE.

Please join us on all video and audio platforms, and invite your friends to join, too. We could all use a little inspiration. #DeborahZaraKobylt

Please welcome to our show, Catherine Shainberg, author, “The Kabbalah of Light,” a spiritual guide on using ancient practices to ultimately free us from feeling “stuck.”

Catherine talks about how to release past traumas and ancestral patterns that hold us back in life. We discuss freeing our imagination to enhance creativity and bring back joy into our lives.

You don’t have to be someone who practices Kabbalah, just be open to learning the principles that have been guiding so many for centuries. Catherine shares 159 short exercises and practices to tap into our subconscious mind to receive answers to so many questions in our life. She literally teaches us to “dialogue” with our inner selves so we can find our true purpose and reason for being here. It takes practice, but she says once we learn the technique to digging deeper into our subconscious, anything is possible.

Please join us on all video and audio platforms of #DeborahKobyltLIVE, and please invite your friends to join in on this discussion. #DeborahZaraKobylt

The need for home-bound and disabled adults who need a meal is growing. Many are isolated and feel alone.

We recently spoke with Daryl Twerdahl, executive director of Meals on Wheels, and honestly the work that she and her team do to help literally tens of millions of people each year is astounding, and sobering.
Here’s a clip with Daryl from our show, where she talks about the types of programs available at Meals on Wheels, who is eligible (no one is turned away), and how this is often the only mean and connection these people ever see, and how a little kindness goes a very long way.

Please find our full interview with Daryl on all video and audio platforms of #DeborahKobyltLIVE, and please invite your friends, too. Thanks, Daryl, for all you do, and for being such an inspiration to us all.
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I learned a lot from my recent interview with Vanessa Racci, the 38-year-old jazz and cabaret singer who nearly gave up her dream of becoming a performer because her traditional family wanted her to pursue a more “stable career.” She tried, but didn’t listen, and instead listened to her inner voice to perform.

 
Vanessa was influenced at a young age by legendary performers Dean Martin, Connie Francis, and Frank Sinatra when her Italian grandfather played their music around the house. And that’s when she got the bug to perform. But she held off for a while, working 9-5 in the corporate world, until one day she decides to hit the road, and she’s never looked back. This is the story of a young woman who wouldn’t give up on her dreams, and is now living her dream.

 
Here’s a clip from our show with Vanessa, and you’ll find our full interview on #DeborahKobyltLIVE, #LittleItalyPodcast and #LittleItalyOfLAPodcast on all video and audio platforms. We invite you to join us, and please share with your friends, too. And thanks for tuning in. We appreciate your support #DeborahZaraKobylt