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Abruzzo from the Inside
by Joe DiMeo | DiMeo Media, LLC
A thoughtful and entertaining exploration of the people, places, and culture of one of Italy's lesser-known but most beautiful regions.
Episodes
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The Abruzzese Diaspora
Gone, But Never Gone — The Abruzzese Diaspora Next week, I'm boarding a flight to Abruzzo for three months of work on this very project — and even with a return ticket in my pocket, I can't stop thinking about leaving without my wife. That ache is what sent me down this road: what did it feel…
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An Emptying Village: Lettopalena, in the province of Chieti, 1910-1920
Episode Title: An Emptying Village: Lettopalena, in the Province of Chieti, 1910–1920 Before German forces leveled Lettopalena in 1943, this small mountain village in the Abruzzo interior had already spent a generation quietly emptying itself — to a dying shepherding economy, to mass emigration…
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The Hunger of March: Meat, Milk, and the Rhythm of Survival in Old Abruzzo
A pot of polenta, boiled over an open fire and spread across a bare stone so a group of displaced neighbors could eat from it together — that's the memory my grandmother gave me from Lettopalena during the German occupation of late 1943. I carried that image around for years as just another old…
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When the Earth Shook: My Sulmona Earthquake Memories
I've lost count of how many times someone connected to this project has asked me the same question: aren't you afraid to move back to Abruzzo, knowing what that ground can do? It's a question I ask myself too — probably once or twice a month. So this episode is my honest answer. I lived in…
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Once Full of Life: A childhood in Abruzzo, a region that's gone quiet, and the truth about bringing it back.
Once Full of Life: A Childhood in Abruzzo, a Region That's Gone Quiet, and the Truth About Bringing It Back Growing up outside Sulmona in the early '80s, I rode in the back seat of my grandfather's candy-apple-red NSU Prinz, windows always sealed shut against a "colpo d'aria" he was sure would…
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The Man They Believed In: Mussolini's Charisma, and What It Cost Abruzzo
The Man They Believed In: Mussolini's Charisma, and What It Cost Abruzzo Mussolini's birthday — an uncomfortable anniversary, but a revealing one. Before he was "Il Duce," he was a poor blacksmith's son and a socialist journalist. In this episode, we go beyond calling him a monster and ask the...
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The Massacre of Pietransieri: Abruzzo's Forgotten World War II Tragedy
On November 21st, 1943, German paratroopers entered the Limmari forest near a small Abruzzese village called Pietransieri. Inside four remote farmhouses, roughly 125 men, women, and children were sheltering — people who hadn't obeyed evacuation orders, who had hoped the trees would hide them. By...
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My Earliest Abruzzo Memories
This is the first episode of the Abruzzo Unscripted podcast! I talk about the direction of the show and discuss my earliest memories of my very early childhood. I hope you enjoy it! Please consider leaving a comment!
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A thoughtful and entertaining exploration of the people, places, and culture of one of Italy's lesser-known but most beautiful regions.
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Abruzzo from the Inside is created and hosted by Joe DiMeo | DiMeo Media, LLC.
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