IAP 25: Carole Radziwill on her curious journey from Emmy Award winning journalist to reality TV star, and her Italian-American roots

In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Carole "DiFalco" Radziwill, an Emmy Award winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, as well as a cast member of the hit Bravo-TV series "The Real Housewives of New York City." Her first book,What Remains, is a memoir that traces her life from a child growing up in a boisterous working class family in upstate New York to her start in journalism, through her marriage to fellow ABC News producer Anthony Radziwill, the son of socialite/actress Caroline Lee Bouvier (younger sister of First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier) and Polish Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, and the young couple's heartbreaking battle with cancer.  Her second book, a novel, The Widows Guide to Sex & Dating, was released in 2012. Carole started her career as a journalist at ABC News working for Peter Jennings' documentary unit, where she reported on stories in Cambodia, Haiti, India, and Israel.  She traveled extensively on the Thai-Cambodian border reporting and filming in refugee camps and with Khmer Rouge soldiers for the award-winning documentary titled From the Killing Fields.  For her journalism, she received three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award, among other accolades. During the 2001 Afghan War Carole spent four weeks filming with the 101st Airborne Division, stationed with an infantry unit at the U.S. military base in Khandahar.  She produced segments for an ABC-TV series called Profiles From the Frontline. In the Italian American Story Segment, we feature an interview with Beth Rubin, a travel expert from Select Italy with some pointers on how to start your initial planning for your next trip to Italy.  She covers three very specific points to consider. Episode Sponsors The National Italian American Foundation Select Italy