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====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-santa-lucia/ December is the month in which, in many countries around the world, many holidays are celebrated but in Italy ... there are even more! Today we talk about the holiday of Saint Lucia. Do you know her? Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-incendio-thyssen/Today's podcast is about a sad episode that took place just over ten years ago, in Turin, but which still today leaves dismay and disbelief in the hearts of Italian people. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-mario-monicelli/ In the post-war period, Italy became the cradle of many important directors and actors. Mario Monicelli was one of these and was considered one of the fathers of commedia all'italiana. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-cristo-eboli/ Let's continue talking about Italian writers with one of the post-war protagonists. Carlo Levi was able to witness the inadequacy and the sense of inferiority of a part of Italy. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-lamborghini/ Beautiful cars are part of the images that jump in your head when you think of Italy. We don't mean just Ferrari, but also other historical models: in today's podcast we are talking about one of these four-wheeled Italian myths. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-roberto-benigni/The cheerful "Buongiorno principessa!" echoes in the memory of Italians whenever we think of Benigni. Benigni is however an artist so multifaceted that his value can not be reduced only to the film "Life is beautiful". Listen to the podcast to learn more about this incredible Italian man!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-cristoforo-colombo/ Make a great discovery because of a ... mistake! It happened to one of the best known Italian men in the world, which marked the beginning of the modern age. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-terremoto-1997/ The mankind can always hope to be strong and shrewd, but often nature takes us back to our place, incredulous and angry. Today's podcast talks about one of the most remembered earthquakes in Italian history. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-martines-e-fantaghiro/There are films with which we grow and their memory accompanies us even during adulthood. This happened to me with the TV series Fantaghirò: have you ever heard of it? Listen to the podcast to find out more! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-david-michelangelo/The artist's genius, the attention to detail and the majesty of the work have made it one of the most famous statues in the world: in today's podcast we talk about Michelangelo's David, symbol of Florence. Have you ever seen it? Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-petrarca/ ‎There is no Italian student who does not know Francesco Petrarca: together with Dante and Boccaccio, Petrarca is one of the founding fathers of the Italian language. And you, do you know him? Listen to the podcast to learn more about this poet!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-traforo-monte-bianco/Roads are undoubtedly necessary, but sometimes they can cause contrasts. Today we are talking about a project that has improved the Italian road network but that has also triggered many criticisms: read and listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/armani/If you ask someone to summarize Italy in a few words, you will hear "food", "art", "history" and ... "fashion". Today we talk about one of the most famous and most powerful stylists in the world. No need to introduce him, but keep reading and listen to the podcast to learn more about Giorgio Armani! *** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-corto-maltese/ ‎Italy does not have a strong culture of the comic trips like other European countries, for example Belgium. However, today's podcast talks about one of the most famous comic strips - and cartoonists - known in Italy and abroad. If you do not know it yet, I can advise you to read it: it's another way to practice Italian! Now let's listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-vittorio-gassman/Finding a multifaceted artist, a real chameleon is a rarity. Vittorio Gassman put himself to the test in the theater, in the cinema, in the world of television and won. Listen to the podcast to learn more about this amazing artist!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening!http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-giobbe-covatta/Combining one's work with social commitment is not always easy and in fact not everyone can. In this podcast we know an Italian comedian that has succeeded in that: Giobbe Covatta teaches us that it takes very little to help the neediest people. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening!http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-checco-zalone/We continue to talk about new characters from the entertainment world. After Sorrentino, I tell you about another young talent, with slightly different characteristics. Have you ever heard of Checco Zalone? Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening!http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-mike-bongiorno/Today's podcast talks about another icon in the Italian television history: a man who was born in America and then moved to Italy and lived strong experiences. This character continues to live thanks to one of his most iconic phrases. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening!http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-fenice/We have already talked a bit about Venice and its emblems in another podcast. In today's one, we will discover another peculiarity of the city, a symbol that has one of the most aptly names one can imagine. Listen to the podcast to find out more!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***

====> Read the text while you're listening! http://www.arkosacademy.com/podcast-la-festa-della-mamma/Last year we saw when and how Father's Day is celebrated in Italy. In today's podcast we see instead what is the day dedicated to celebrating the figure of the mother in the Bel Paese. Listen to the podcast and answer the questions!*** Please, leave a feedback! I want to improve this podcast and help you learn Italian! ***