Alexo Wandael, Italian Director
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Release Date: 08/21/2024
Dr. Mary Reid Gaudio & Gino Gaudio. Filmmakers & Founders of the Tony Gaudio Foundation
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please join me in welcoming my friends, Dr. Mary Reid Gaudio and Gino Gaudio, filmmakers and founders of the Tony Gaudio Foundation, who joined us today to discuss the magnificent film they will soon debut about Oscar-winning cinematographer, Gaetano Gaudio, the first Italian-born filmmaker from Italy to win an Academy Award. And his story is fascinating. In 1906, Gaetano “Tony” Gaudio, a young man from Calabria, set out for the American Dream, arriving in the United States with a passion for cinematography, which was just developing in the motion picture industry. His family ran a...
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Michelle Danner, Founder, The Creative Center for the Arts” & “The Los Angeles Acting Conservatory,
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Michelle Danner, film director and founder, “The Creative Center for the Arts” & “The Los Angeles Acting Conservatory,” has had a remarkable career in multiple areas of the arts, and she joins us today to talk about longevity, how the business is changing, and how a good story always rules. Michelle is behind some of the industry’s most notable films, from “The Italians,” “Miranda’s Victim,” and “The Runner.” She is also set to direct the outer-space, sci-fi action thriller, “Helios.” Michelle is also a gifted acting instructor, and says this may be one of the...
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Alexo Wandael, Italian Director
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please welcome to our shows, Alexo Wandael, Italian film director, producer, and director based out of LA and NY, and he joins us to discuss an incredibly interesting project he’s been working on called ITALIANY.US, where he photographs his subjects and black and white, all of them from Italy, and interviews them about the life they’ve created here in America. Why did they come here, what are their dreams, their passion for life. And we turn the tables and ask him this same question. Alexo has been a celebrated fashion and celebrity photographer, having worked for some of the more...
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Alessandra Repini, Author, "The Italian Lady. The Book.
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please welcome our shows Alessandra Repini, who wrote, “THE ITALIAN LADY: The Perfect Guide To Making Yourself ever Cheerful, Classy and Admired.” Alessandra talks about how to discover the “modern day dolce vita and enjoying it wherever you are in the world,” which is another subtitle to her book. Have you ever noticed how Italian women always seem to look elegant, cook with finesse, and just seem to have an incredible warmth? Perhaps I’m biased, but I think they do, and Alessandra writes about that, everything from fashion, to furniture and food (the three F’s). She also talks...
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Raffaella Valentini, Consul General of Italy in LA to discuss the Vespucci Ship
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please join me in welcoming Raffaella Valentini, our esteemed Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, who joins us to discuss a monumental event that soon grace our shores at the Port of Los Angeles - the arrival of what’s been called “the most beautiful ship in the world,” the Amerigo Vespucci. The Vespucci is the historic and iconic training ship of the Italian Navy, and it will be accompanied by a special flyover by the “Frecce Tricolore” Acrobatic Team of the Italian Air Force on opening day. We will discuss with Raffaella the history of the infamous explorer that the ship is...
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Anna Harsh Title Director of Allegro Dance Company & Author
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please join me in welcoming Anna Harsh, author, professional dancer, award-winning choreographer, and founder of the Allegro Dance Company, a dance troupe that teaches and performs traditional dances of Italy, region by region. They perform throughout the country and internationally, and their work is absolutely spectacular! The mission of Allegro Dance Company is to preserve and perpetuate traditional Italian dances from the twenty regions of Italy. As an Italian American, Anna has been passionate about her dance and art since she was a small girl, and she wants share that passion with the...
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Marianna Cuomo Maier, Holistic Health & Wellness Coach, Founder of Grata Wellness
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please give a warm welcome to my guest, Marianna Cuomo Maier, certified health & wellness coach and founder of Grata Wellness, which helps people take charge of their health, find more joy in their lives, and often, she says, it starts with food. Marianna holds wellness workshops, meditation, and journaling groups at wellness events in support of finding our healthier, more balanced selves. And as she tells it, Marianna was not always a healthy person. She had to learn how to do it. Marianna also writes for @AppetitoMagazine, and in fact, we were introduced by Appetito‘s founder,...
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Ilaria Borrelli, Filmmaker, Women’s Rights Activist, Mother.
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please welcome to our show the immensely talented Italian director and actress, Ilaria Borrelli, who is also a human rights activist. In fact, much of Ilaria’s activism is reflected in her work, often with an emphasis on the rights of woman and young girls. I met Ilaria at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, when she was speaking about her film, “The Goat,” about an 11-year-old pregnant orphan forced into marriage in her small Ethiopian village, only to escape with her goat, which provides nourishment, companionship, and even friendship throughout her difficult journey to find...
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Bunny Hull, Grammy® Award Winning Songwriter and vocalist. Founder & Executive Director Dream A World Education
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Meet Bunny Hull. Bunny is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter with 20 Gold and Platinum Certifications. She’s the recipient of the GMA Dove Award, BMI Performance Award, Parents’ Choice Awards, and that’s not even why we’re having her on our show today! Hull, who has also been inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame, joins us to talk about something truly dear to her heart, in addition to music. She founded Dream a World Education, whose mission is to provide social-emotional learning and an understanding of cultural diversity through art-based education in early childhood....
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Andrew Cotto, Award-Winning Novelist & Co-Founder, Appetito Magazine
Little Italy Podcast & Little Italy of LA Podcast
Please join us in welcoming Andrew Cotto, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Appetito Magazine. Andrew is also an award-winning novelist of seven books, a regular contributor to the New York Times, and he loves all things Italy, particularly food and wine. His passion is to write and talk about it, and share his experiences so we can fall in love with the Italian way of living as he has. Andrew likes to say that “food is his muse.” He draws a comparison between mental health and healthy eating, and talks about how Italians instinctively know how to do that. While he was raised in the...
info_outlinePlease welcome to our shows, Alexo Wandael, Italian film director, producer, and director based out of LA and NY, and he joins us to discuss an incredibly interesting project he’s been working on called ITALIANY.US, where he photographs his subjects and black and white, all of them from Italy, and interviews them about the life they’ve created here in America.
Why did they come here, what are their dreams, their passion for life. And we turn the tables and ask him this same question.
Alexo has been a celebrated fashion and celebrity photographer, having worked for some of the more prestigious magazines in the world. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, featuring “To My Pink Lady,” “A Woman Makes A Plan,” and “Tomato Soup In Skid Row.” These are magnificently insightful works of art, and we will discuss his continued passion for his ongoing film and video projects, including “Vanity Fair Italia, Maye Musk.”
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