In this episode my Nonna Elisa chats with her good friend and relative Maria Bastiani about their experiences in both Italy and Australia. This episode is a blend of Italian, English and the Lunigianese dialect.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

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In this episode Nonna and Nonno reflect about their time going back to Italy, seeing family and old friends, as well as their old homes. We also hear from some other members of the family who tell of their experience in going back in 2011 to see where their parents/grandparents grew up.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

06. Going Back

In this episode we hear about Nonna and Nonno’s amazing story, where although they were from neighbouring villages, they never met each other until they came to Australia.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

05. Getting Together

A month-long trip going into an unknown world. In this episode we hear about Nonna and Nonno’s amazing experience in coming to Australia, setting up a new life in a country they had never seen or heard of before.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

04. Coming To Australia

One of the stories we’d hear a lot as kids, linen was one of those things often handmade in the villages, and in this episode we talk of the ingenuity and need of living in a rural area in the ‘30s and ‘40s.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

BONUS Making Linen

War has had a large impact on the history of Italy and its people. In this episode we speak about family connections to both world wars, with Italy eventually fighting for both sides. Both Nonna and Nonno speak of their experience of war, something still deeply ingrained in their minds today.Please note this episode includes some graphic descriptions.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

03. Wartime

One of the greatest joys of the Italian lifestyle: food. In this episode Nonna briefly tells us about the typical food in the Lunigiana region where they grew up.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

BONUS Food In The Region

In this episode I talk to Nonna and Nonno about their childhood villages in north-west Toscana, Taponecco and Apella, where they experienced a hard life before their journey to Australia.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

02. The Villages

It’s the first episode of In Conversation with Italian Soul! I introduce the podcast, what it is, what it’s about and why it’s here. I explain the various aspects of the blog Italian Soul, and real meaning behind it: preserving our family history and hope to preserve the histories of other Italian Australians. Also, as our inaugural guests in the first few episodes of the podcast, Nonna & Nonno introduce their families.We hope you enjoy and remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Visit the blog at italiansoul.life

01. Italian Soul

In conversation with Italian Soul is coming soon from Charlie Aitken & Riot Expert.Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the first episode!In the meantime, explore the blog italiansoul.life 

In Conversation With Italian Soul Coming Soon!

I'm Charlie Aitken and through Italian Soul, I’m on a journey exploring my maternal Italian heritage, searching for my ancestors, as well as collating stories, and of course recording my Nonna’s delicious recipes. I’m sharing my ancestral journey with the world to hopefully encourage others to do the same in finding out who lead to them, and even to find some unknown relatives along the way.

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