Our dad Melo joins again on the podcast, this episode is in honour of our Nonni, those who we are still lucky enough to still have with us and those passed. We thought it was good timing as this episode airs a few days after what would have been our Nonno Rocco's 100th birthday and also the birthday of our Nonno Benito, he has also passed.

We heard Melo's memories of the Nonni he had in Australia and of his experience as a Nonno to his three grandchildren. We enjoyed this chat, telling stories and celebrating the special place of Nonni in an Italian Australian family.

Meet the Millimaci's, Joseph and Fiona, a married couple who are very well known within the Perth Italian community. We were lucky to have Joseph as one of our first guests in 2023 and for this chat his lovely wife Fiona joined us as well.

We loved hearing the story of how they met and became friends bonding over mutual friends, a shared Italian heritage and a strong passion and love for languages. The friendship blossomed into a romance, they married, had a family and both have had long fulfilling careers as language teachers.

This was definitely one of our chats that could have gone on for hours. It was so interesting to hear Fiona's story of time spent living in Canada as child before her family ultimately made the decision to return to Australia, she has a very unique experience of living as both an Italian Australian and an Italian Canadian, as our listeners know the Italian community is very strong in Canada.

We look forward to our next catch up with this vibrant couple!!

Our good friend, the incredibly talented Etta D'Elia is back for a chat, we talked about so many things, food of course, the impact of Italian immigration on Australian culture and we were so excited to hear about her new show 'From Naples with love.'

In case you missed our last chat with Etta- episode 23- Etta is a successful Jazz performer, having studied classical music in Italy prior to moving to Australia. Her 2024 show 'Buonasera Signorina was a hit and she is back at Fringe World Perth with her new show 'From Naples with Love' which will bring the audience a celebration of the city of Naples with classic Neapolitan songs reimagined in a Jazz style. And for some extra fun- there is a pre-show demonstration 'From Naples with Cheese' by La Delizia Latticini. The show is family friendly, you can bring your Nonni and your kids! We can't wait to see the show and we are so proud to help promote it, as these are the events that help to keep our Italian culture alive and celebrated in Australia.

The show is 31st January, 1st and 2nd February at the State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard. To hear more about the show listen to the episode, there is a discount code available for our listeners and to book your ticket follow the link but be quick as it's selling fast!! From Naples... With Love! l State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth

In our first episode of 2025 we bring you a chat with Francesca, the creator of OzItaly, a unique concept which offers Australians the opportunity to experience life in Italy like a local. We have all the details in our chat, OzItaly which began in 2018, is a cultural exchange program where Australians are hosted by an Italian family for a period of 1-3 months. Participants and host families choose each other via a process facilitated by OzItaly. Francesca, a native Italian spent many years living, travelling and working in Australia and her understanding of the two cultures is a big part of what makes the program work so well. Participants must be over 18 years of age and purchase their airfare to Italy, once they arrive all expenses are covered- in return they are asked to speak English with their host family so the family is able to learn and practice speaking with a native English speaker. OzItaly also offers Australians an opportunity to have work experience in Italian schools, alongside a teacher to assist students to learn English. For more information or to apply for the program see the links below for the website and Instagram:

OZITALY – Italy Calling Australia ITALY CALLING AUSTRALIA - cultural exchange programme (@ozitalyofficial) • Instagram photos and videos We loved chatting with Francesca and the opportunity to provide our listeners with this information, we always enjoy hearing experiences of Italians who have travelled to Australia, our chat touched on many topics including food as it wouldn't be an episode of the Italian Australian Podcast if we didn't!!

This is our last episode for 2024 and we have thoroughly enjoyed the journey with our podcast this year. This episode was recorded on Boxing Day in person just us two so there was plenty of time for sibling banter! We chatted about our D’Aqui family Christmas, debated which was the best panettone we tried this season as well as looking ahead to our New Year’s Eve plans and what’s ahead for us in 2025. We are excited for some of the guests we will chat with and are we will to bring our listeners Italian Australian content each week in 2025. We wish everyone a happy and safe end to 2024 and thanks to everyone who has supported us. Buon Anno a Tutti!

For this episode, coming to you on Christmas Eve, we chatted with our good friend and return guest, Joseph Sgambelluri, also known for his Instagram page, The Italian Aussie Cook (@theitalianaussiecook) • Instagram photos and videos

Joseph and his wife have recently returned to Perth after living in Sydney for several years and we are so happy to have them living back in WA. They have also recently had an incredible holiday in Italy and we loved hearing Joseph recount their experiences.

And with it almost being Christmas we also discussed our plans for this year, traditions, family and of course food with a special analysis on the role of Panettoni.

We wish a safe and Merry Christmas to all our listeners and we will be back next week with our NYE special.

We are excited to share this chat with well known and incredibly talented Perth based musician, Carmine Napoli. Part of the 'new wave' of Italian immigrants to Australia, Carmine left Salerno and made a new home in Perth. We had lots of laughs in our chat and enjoyed finding that we have many common interests. It was great to hear Carmine's story as a musician which started as a child, he grew up in a musical family and spent many years playing music with his two younger brothers in Italy. Carmine has impressive guitar skills and a captivating husky voice. His musical journey has seen him perform to audiences in Australia and Europe. He is now a regular in the Perth music scene, performing live several times a week, his music is a mix of English and Italian lyrics, and includes both covers and original tracks.

To hear Carmine's original songs click the link below to follow him on Spotify:

Carmine | Spotify

To see more of Carmine follow him on Instagram Carmine Napoli (@carmine_napoli_music) • Instagram photos and videos

We always love it when our friends join us for an episode! In this episode we chat with long time friends of Lukas, Tiffany and Fabio Corrado. Tiffany is an Italian Australian like us and as a young woman she followed her dream to live and work in Italy. In Italy she soon found love and her future husband Fabio. Their love story has seen time spent living in both Italy and Australia, 5 children, Fabio learning to speak English and inspirational adventures travelling between the two countries with multiple children. We chatted about the differences in the way of life between Italy and Australia, travel, family and the joy of raising bilingual children.