All Episodes

[PATREON PREVIEW] Update on Katy's Sister Dana

Episode 579: Are Romance Languages Sexist?

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Where Are all the Accordions?

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Antico Caffè Greco: The Oldest Café in Rome

Episode 578: Exploring Rome in the Deep Dark Night (A Sleep With Me crossover)

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (with Lori Gottlieb)

Bittersweet Moment #220: A Walk Down Via Giulia

Episode 577: Clive vs. Constance: An Unfortunate Journey Begins

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Underground (with Robert MacFarlane)

[PATREON PREVIEW] Crying and Writing

Episode 576: Looking Back at the Covid Pandemic—Five Years Later

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] A Day in the Life under Lockdown, Part 2

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] A Day in the Life under Lockdown, Part 1

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Coronavirus Hits: Italy Locks Down, Part 2

Episode 575: An Unfortunate Announcement

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Coronavirus Hits: Italy Locks Down, Part 1

Bittersweet Moment #219: Beyond the Mouth of Truth: Exploring Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Episode 574: Twelve Years a Pope

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] The Science Behind Language Learning (with Lisa Wilcox)

[PATREON PREVIEW] Stupid Scars and Cool Diseases

Episode 573: Getting Sick in Italy

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] The Unexpected Trauma of Moving, Part 2

Bittersweet Moment #218: The Tempietto of Bramante

Episode 572: A Crazy Student Falls in Love with Italian (with Melissa Muldoon)

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] The Unexpected Trauma of Moving, Part 1

[PATREON PREVIEW] Aurelio Answers Your Questions

Episode 571: Why Women Love Italy (with Susan Van Allen)

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] How Traveling Makes You Rude

Bittersweet Moment #217: The Owl House of Villa Torlonia

Episode 570: An Irish-American Story (with Edward Burns)

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] The Repurposing of Rome

[PATREON PREVIEW] A Lover of Legos and Tiny Cute Things

Episode 569: To Cruise or Not to Cruise?

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Raising a Bilingual Family

Bittersweet Moment #216: The Route of the Seven Churches

Episode 568: The Benefits and Dangers of Being Stubborn

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Hitting an Expat Plateau

[PATREON PREVIEW] Disaster and Loss in LA

Episode 567: What if Moving Abroad Isn't Great? (with Darlene Sullivan)

[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Living Life in a Foreign Language

Bittersweet Moment #215: Rome's Jubilee Arrives!

Episode 566: How to Move to Italy (with Thea Duncan)

Episode 565: Resolutions Old, Resolutions New

Episode 564: An Ever-Changing Holiday

Episode 563: How to Renovate a 17th-century Umbrian Villa (with Kaila Merrill)

Episode 562: Moving to Rome—Sight Unseen, Part 2 (with Brie Ripley and Ryan Sparks)

Episode 561: What Is it About Rome?

[LIVE] Episode 560: The Ghosts of Things Not Seen (with our Rome guests!)

Episode 559: The Bittersweet Life Origin Story: The 10th Anniversary Show

[PATREON PREVIEW] When Life Surprises You

Episode 558: Escape to Rome with The Bittersweet Life

Episode 557: Ready to Flee the US? Listen to this First!

Episode 556: The Caller (A Radio Play by Matthew P. Woerner)

Episode 555: Scary Reads: Our Favorite Books for Halloween

[PATREON PREVIEW] Rome vs. Seattle: Which Makes a Better Movie Backdrop?

Episode 554: How to Buy Nothing

Episode 553: How Do You Prepare for a Trip?

Episode 552: Grammar Pet Peeves

Episode 551: How to Retire to Florence—With Your Granddaughter (with Dreck Baker)

Episode 550: Life Lessons from Japan

Episode 549: A Documentary about The Bittersweet Life!

[PATREON PREVIEW] Would You Trapeze?

Episode 548: Are You an Expat or an Immigrant?

Episode 547: Traveling the World by Book

Episode 546: Advice for Would-be Expats

Episode 545: The Secret of Success: Luck vs. Hard Work

[PATREON PREVIEW] A Confession and a Decision

Episode 544: It's Not a Goal, it's a QUEST!

Episode 543: Leisure Wars: Italy vs. the United States

[PATREON PREVIEW] How Well Do You Know July?

Episode 542: Leisure Time in Ancient Rome

Episode 541: Living Life Between Two Countries (with Laurel Attanasio)

[PATREON PREVIEW] A Rough Week

Episode 540: I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself (with Glynnis MacNicol)

Episode 539: The Dullness and Comfort of Rituals

Episode 538: Stayers, Goers, and Newbies

[PATREON PREVIEW] A Very Italian End to the School Year

Episode 537: Navigating US Taxes as an Expat (with Nathalie Goldstein)

Episode 536: Trying Something New: How to Keep Trying

[PATREON PREVIEW] Angelic Encounters

Episode 535: The Millennial Saint

[PATREON PREVIEW] Sorry About the Giant Squid

Episode 534: Trying Something New: It's Supposed to Be Hard

[PATREON PREVIEW] You Can Move to Italy—But Should You?

Episode 533: Italy Welcomes the Digital Nomad

Episode 532: Same Same but Different: Katy Visits Bali

Episode 531: Life as a Sociopath (with Patric Gagne)

Episode 530: Revisiting a Long-Lost Place

Episode 529: Going Native, Part 2

Episode 528: Going Native

Episode 527: Moving to Rome—Sight Unseen (with Brie Ripley)

Episode 526: An Unbelievable Discovery in Rome!

Episode 525: A Question of Season

Episode 524: What if New Year's Were in March?

Episode 523: Legacy and Loss (with Kaila Merrill)

Episode 522: The Case Against Travel, Part 2

Episode 521: Road Trips (with John Roderick)

Episode 520: The Case Against Travel

Episode 519: Martyr! (with Kaveh Akbar)

Episode 518: The Limitations of Language