In modern America, countless thousands of Italian American women and men practice every imaginable discipline of the law. However, not so long ago, a vowel on the end of one’s surname was likely a barrier to entry to most of the nation’s elite law schools and most important law firms. What exactly …
IAP 239: There Ain’t No Feast Without the Feast Bands!
It’s easy to make the argument that the annual feast is the soul of the Italian American neighborhood, and for the true feast aficionado, it's the music that is the soul of the feast! And no two people know this better than this week’s guests, the talented musicians at the helm of two of Italian …
IAP 238: Joe Avati On Why Laughter Is the Best Medicine… Unless You’ve Got the Malocchio! (Part 2)
When we scored an interview with famed Italo-Australian comedian Joe Avati, we figured we would be lucky to get 45 minutes with the man many credit with creating a worldwide Italian comedy revolution. In fact, we ended up spending two hours in deep discussion with the man known around the world as …