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Podcast from Italy: Ashley & Jason Bartner

Podcast from Italy: Ashley & Jason Bartner

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Podcast from Italy: Ashley & Jason Bartner is a society podcast hosted by Ashley Bartner & Jason Bartner. It has 186 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Two American expats, Ashley and Jason are living the dream (and sometimes a nightmare) in rural Italy since 2007. Their hilarious and authentic podcast shares adventures of running La Tavola Marche an organic farm, inn & cooking school . With recipes, daily life, crazy neighbors, travels & more!Join Ashley and Jason for stories of daily life, local Italian recipes, chicken herding, large scale gardening projects, strolls through surrounding villages, fun Italian phrases, shopping for fish along the Adriatic coast and bargain wine discoveries straight from the vineyard. - ”Their podcast is meant to be shared, as you would share a fine, slow food meal with friends” - Martini.

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#187 -Do you watch or listen to podcasts? Plus the F1 KitKat Heist

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#186 - Why Italy has the highest life expectancy in Europe + A breakdown of Sanremo, Italy's biggest music showcase

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#185 - Italy, where the onions predict the weather

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184 - Sometimes it's an 'All You Can Eat Sushi' Kind of Christmas + Pavarotti on Ice

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#183 - Thanksgiving as an Expat in Italy, Truffle Festivals and a Big Butchery Workshop!

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#182 - I was in The Ugly Club Festival Parade + A Helicopter Ride and the Polenta Festival

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#181 - "Respectful Silence" and They don't make things like they used to...

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#180 - Life in Italy - Small town summer festivals and the cost of an X-ray & MRI

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#179 - HOT local gossip from stolen cows to new road signs to nowhere

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#178 - Feeling Old and the Story of How we Met Gaggi

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#177 - Gearing up to start the season!

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176 - Restocking on Olive Oil, Vet Saga & KitchenAids are a Piece of Sh!t

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#175 - 50 kilos of homecured lard + the $1 Homes in Italy vs. 100% Property Tax for Foreigners in Spain

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174 - Christmas in Italy & a roadtrip to Lucca, Cararra Marble Tour, Prato, Pisa & Padova

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Chasing Crazy Dreams: Ashley Bartner's Journey from New York to an Organic Farm in Italy - A New Life in Italy

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#173 - Autumn in Le Marche: Truffle Hunting & Festivals + the Annual Boar Hunters Lunch

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#172 - The Ugly Club

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#171 - Local August Festivals in Italy & Jarring Tomatoes

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170 - Midsummer Festivals in Small Town Italy

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#169 - Bitchn' bout Bureaucracy is BACK! Plus our #1 tip when making a reservation.

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168 - The Dark Truth Behind Truffles: Why the cost is much higher than you think!

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#167 - Memories of our first trip to Italy, 18 years ago today

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#166 - An Easter Episode: Making Pizza di Pasqua & Ciccioli (Pork Cracklings)

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#165 - Slaughtering our 1st pig, Carnevale Dolce & Boar Hunter's Lunch

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#164 - The Blessing of the Animals, Italian Driver's License Test, A New Tractor and Logistics of Slaughtering the Pigs

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#163 - Holiday Stories, Recipe for Wild Boar Sauce & A Major Award

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# 162 - 2023 Recap

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#161 - Gelato is on the Menu + Wild Life Encounters deep in the Italian countryside

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#160 - Pasqua, Pigs & LARPing?!

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#159 - Archery Classes, Formula 1 Racing & Clarkson’s Farm + A Chapter from the Book

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#158 - Pigs, Lake Garda and a Traffic Light

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#157 - Holiday Recap

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#156 - 6 months later... + 8 Memorable Christmas Market in Italy

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#155 - Jam Packed Update on Everything!

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#154 - FICO, Foot Surgery & Farm Animals

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#153 - Thanksgiving Leftovers

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# 152 - Finally we are BACK! Glory Garden, Citizenship, Summer Getaways along the Adriatic

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#151 - An action packed podcast!

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#150 - A few of your questions answered & a chapter from the book, Truffle Mania

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#149 - Fake Business is Booming & Eco Bonus Breakdown

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#148 - Lardo, Lockdown & Restoring a Ruin, winter update from Italy

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#147 - All About The Cinque Terre, Carrara, Lucca & Lardo

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#146 - Stories about Polenta & How to get an Italian Driver’s License

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#145 - Update Post Surgery and Listener Q&A about Moving to Italy

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#144 - Surgery in Italy: Private vs. Public, Immigration Frustrations & Eating Out

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#143 - 1st Outing since Lockdown, Listener Q&A and Recipe for Nocino

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#142 - The Latest from Italy - Restrictions/Openings, Bread Baking Tips & the Garden

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#141 - Country Living has it’s perks - bartering is back!

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#140 - Living in Italy during the Lockdown

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#139 - Rebuilding the Coop = A trip to the ER

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