(15th of each month - YouTube & Podcast)
Conversations with leading business figures or academics in Italian Studies
Season 3
THE LABORATORY OF SILK. ON INNOVATION, CULTURE, AND IMAGINATION
Fiorenzo Omenetto, Professor of biomedical engineering at Tufts University, Fortune 50 innovator
THE ITALIAN REINVENTION OF AMERICAN SPORTS
Flavio Tranquillo, journalist and sportscaster at Sky Sport
THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE. ON ITALIAN FOOD & WINE
Vic Rallo (restaurateur, wine critic, host of PBS show On the Road with Vic Rallo)
Season 2
Ignazio Marino (Transplant Surgeon, Professor of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University)
Nicola Guerini (General Manager at Milano Fashion Institute)
Pier Forlano, General Consul of Italy in Philadelphia
ON RACING, COMPETITION, AND ITALIAN CARS
Fred Simeone (Neurosurgeon and owner of the world’s #1 car collection, The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum)
THE ART AND BUSINESS OF MAKEUP
Clio Zammatteo (Co-Founder of ClioMakeUp, Entrepreneur, Author, Blogger, Influencer, TV Presenter)
ITALY/USA. A LONG STORY OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Guido Bonsaver (Oxford University)
INNOVATING TRADITION. THE BUSINESS OF OPERA
Corrado Rovaris (Music Director at Opera Philadelphia)
THE DESIGN OF KNOWLEDGE. ON ITALIAN CULTURE, INNOVATION, & THE NEW MEDIA
Jeffrey Schnapp (Harvard University, Piaggio Fast Forward)
ABOUT THE ITALIAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Armando Fumagalli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)
Mauro Porcini (SVP & Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo)
INVESTING IN ITALY. INVESTING IN ITALIAN
Joseph Gulino (multilingual American attorney at DRRT)
ON FASHION, CINEMA, AND COSTUME DESIGN
Eugenia Paulicelli (fashion scholar at Queens College, CUNY)