Podcasts by Tutti Matti per lItaliano!

Artemisia Gentileschi - La Caravaggista! from 2021-07-08T18:53:52

Caravaggio in his day was a controversial figure - both for his style but also for his personal life. Today, however, he is considered an artist who elevated the art of painting and who influenc...

The changing role of Italian Women and their Families after 1945 from 2021-07-02T20:18:01

I'm Melissa the crazy student. Welcome! I am glad you are here with me. Through the Studentessa Matta Podcast channel, we practice Italian together. You can follow the dialogue both in Italian a...

Celebrate the Italian way! from 2021-06-15T03:13:59

Italian cities throughout Italy celebrate civil and religious festivals, historical re-enactments, local festivals, and events particularly linked to a city or country. But the one event that st...

Italian chat about the Italian Macchiaioli and the French Impressionists from 2021-06-15T03:05:10

The Macchiaioli who closely resembled the French Impressionists never received the same international acclaim. Let’s take a look at the painters Giovanni Fattori and Claude Monet and compare the...

La leggenda del Bue from 2021-04-16T20:47:46

Ox-heads and betrayed husbands… what have they got to do with Florence's Duomo?? Did you know that on the Santa Maria dei Fiori Cathedral in Florence there is the head of an ox that looks down o...

Austin, Texas from 2021-04-16T20:45:27

In a new Studentessa Matta Video, in Italian, I talk about my hometown of Austin, Texas. This is where you can find me when I'm not in Italy! Learn about this funky Texas city, which is also the...

Friends from Arezzo from 2021-04-16T20:42:54

It's been a while—13 months in fact—since I last made a video in Italian! Time flies when you are busy publishing a novel, producing Audiobooks, and waiting out the pandemic. But, now after a ye...

The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola: Interview with author Melissa Muldoon by Sheri Hoyt for Reader Views from 2020-12-07T20:57:17

Sofonisba’s life is as fascinating as her character and clearly Muldoon has don...

La leggenda di Porsena — il re etrucso from 2020-01-08T21:45:13

I have always loved a good legend, filled with mystery and intrigue, and last year when I visited Chiusi, my friends were happy to tell me the story of Porsena the Etruscan King, who was as rich...

Benvenuto 2020 from 2020-01-02T19:36:09

Thanks to everyone who reads the Matta Blog and who follow the Youtube Channel. I am eternally grateful that through the internet I have the chance to meet so many people who continue to enrich ...

The Wisdom of the Trees. Legends&useful information from 2019-11-08T17:30:36

Discussing the legend of Apollo and Ciparisso, a wise saying about trees and a little Italian grammar lesson. After a long break during which I published my third novel set in Italy and translat...

L’arte del merletto al tombolo - Anna Maria ci spiega tutto from 2018-08-27T21:21:13

What exactly is merletto al tombolo? Well, it is a very old art form that harks back to the age of Caterina de' Medici. It is an antique way of making lace by hand. Anna Maria Gherardi, who live...

The Dog Days of Summer — La canicola estiva from 2018-08-27T21:13:07

The hottest days of summer are called the dog days of summer. In Italian, the expression is La canicola estiva. In this Youtube video find out reason why! Hint: it has something to do with the b...

In Cucina con Daniele from 2018-04-02T20:11:21

Last week my friend Danielle Palermo from Sicilia came to visit me. Our last day together, we decided to roll up our sleeves and cook an Italian meal together. Not just an Italian dinner, howeve...

Il vino fa cantare: Italian food and Wine Expressions from 2018-03-02T04:59:29

Italian expressions that have to do with food and wine!

Visit the StudentessaMatta.com website for more information, transcriptions and text in Italiano and English. http://www.studentess...

Interview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella for Inside Scoop from 2018-02-17T05:46:17

Interview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella with Inside Scoop 

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Mattiniero vs Nottambulo from 2018-02-17T05:30:28

Mattiniero vs Nottambulo: What kind of person are you? Are you a morning person or an evening person? I just created subtitles in Italian! Yay! turn on the captioning button to see the Italian w...

Italian Chat with Melissa from 2018-02-17T05:05:48

Chatting in Italian about Carnival, masks and costumes. You can find the post on the StudentessaMatta.com website with English translations.

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Andare a Cavallo from 2018-02-16T01:12:32

Andare a Cavallo - taking a ride on the beach on a horse in Half Moon Bay in California. Learn new Italian vocabulary for things that have to do with horses and their gear. Follow along as I tal...

Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi from 2018-02-16T01:03:48

Colorful Italian idioms that have to do with animals. Italian expressions to help make your conversation more lively and make you sound more like an Italian native. For the written transcript vi...

Arezzo 2017 Fall Italian Language Program from 2018-01-04T21:49:09

Come along with me as I recap my recent stay in Arezzo. Here are the highlights from the language program which I co-lead with Paola Testi of Cultura Italiana language school for foreigners. Hig...

Buon Anno 2018! from 2018-01-04T20:48:40

Buon Anno 2018! Ways to say Happy New Year in Italian and chatting about the past year and what is happening my Matta world coming in 2018. Trips, travels, Italians studies, Novels about Italy, ...

Piacere Italian Verb to Like Something from 2017-04-24T15:52:22

Piacere means is used to express that something is in Italian in the Italian language or rather something is pleasing to someone. I...

Inside Book Scoop Live Interview with Melissa Muldoon from 2017-04-01T00:45:55

Recently I published a novel about Italy called “Dreaming Sophia.” In this podcast I share with the Tutti Matti Italian listeners an i...

Sentire&Ascoltare - Learning meanings and differences from 2017-03-26T21:53:01

Both the Italian words "Sentire" and "Ascoltare" mean to perceive something. But they vary in several ways. For transcript & translations see http://www.studentessamatta.com/sentire-ascoltare-le...

Due parole: Lasciare&Mollare from 2017-03-09T21:40:45

Discussion about two Italian synonyms Lasciare and Mollare. Both mean to let go. Idiomatic expressions and meanings when combined with other words. Short story about two frogs to help remember t...

Arezzo’s Antiques Fair from 2017-01-27T01:55:59

Arezzo Antique Fair Fiera Antiquaria takes place Piazza Grande every first weekend of month. It is one of the oldest largest fairs in Italy o...

Italian Christmas Cake Battles! from 2016-12-21T20:23:19

Buon Natale e Benvenuti all'antico dibattito che spesso divide le famiglie italiane. Di che cosa sto parlando? Il dibattito tra servire Panet...

Facciamo un salto nel passato! Andiamo ad Arezzo from 2016-11-16T20:10:11

Sometimes a trip to Italy is like stepping into the past. For me, that is part of the charm of Italy. Recently I had the impression of passing through a portal bac...

Andiamo al Mercato di Arezzo from 2016-10-02T01:31:53

Today we are going to the Arezzo’s Saturday market. There you can buy lots of things. The best would be the fresh food that you can buy there. There are so many things…peppers, squash blossoms, ...

Flash Academy - New App to Learn Itlalian from 2016-10-02T01:13:07

Today I am here to tell you about a fantastic new mobile app called “FlashAcademy”. It is the idea of the company behind FlashSticks – the company that created the app to learn a foreign languag...

Dreaming Sophia from 2016-10-02T01:04:50

My first novel “Dreaming Sophia” is here! I am thrilled and happy to share Sophia’s journey with my readers. The book is now available in print and e-pub versions for Kindle and iBook. You can f...

Playing around in Italiano—Giochi, Barzellette, Scherzi from 2016-04-26T18:43:44

In this Podcast I am talking about Italian words for joking and playing around...Sciogliling...