Claudia Callisto - The Good Italian Girl and friends

About Claudia Callisto - The Good Italian Girl and friends

Based her best selling book "The Good Italian Girl" Claudia Callisto invites her fellow ethnic friends to join her for an Italian coffee catch up and share stories about life growing up with their immigrant parents. We reflect on both the highs and lows of our cultural experience and how it has shaped us as the strong and resilient ethnic women we are today and how it has influenced our own parenting style and life..

Publisher

Claudia Callisto

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Dec 2022

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Two Naps Talking - Claudia and Joe Cimmino discuss the Language Only Italian Australians Understand

   In this lively and deeply relatable episode, Claudia welcomes Joe Cimmino, the first male guest on The Good Italian Girl and Friends Podcast. Claudia and Joe have known each other for many years, and their Monday-morning conversations about family, work and Italian Australian life eventually inspired their T-shirt label, Two Naps Talking Adelaide. Together, they explore the unique language developed by children of Italian immigrants. They remember growing up surrounded by dialect rather than ...

2. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Three Countries, Three Languages, One Remarkable Life : Claudia in Conversation with Her Mum

   In one of her most personal episodes yet, Claudia Callisto finally welcomes a very special guest into the studio, her mother, Luisa Di Martino. From an Italian childhood and a large family of 11 siblings, to growing up in Belgium, marrying young, migrating to Australia, raising four daughters and building a career of her own, Luisa shares the experiences that shaped not only her life but the generations that followed. It is a warm, funny and deeply moving conversation about migration, identit...

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   When Italy Wasn’t Home: Natasha Marona on Migration, Resilience and Return

   In this episode, Claudia Callisto welcomes Natasha Marona, a proud Italian Australian woman, real estate professional and long-time contributor to the Italian community in Adelaide. Their conversation is full of warmth, laughter, nostalgia and honest reflection as they explore the unique experience of being part of the “sandwich generation” — the daughters of Italian immigrants who grew up balancing Australian life with the traditions, expectations and values of their families. Natasha shares...

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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