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Tutti Matti per l'Italiano!
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - Italian Podcast - Improve Italian language skills with this podcast that is presented in Italian and features stories, clips & conversations with native Italian speakers. It explores all aspects of Italian culture, music and current events as well as language learning...
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Galoppa galoppa, o bel cavalier — la Giostra del Saracino fa venire!
Get ready! Hold on to your horses (or should I say your lance?) because I'm going to tell you about the Giostra del Saracino. This most thrilling and...

Ascoli Piceno Small Group Italian Program
In a new podcast, I take to Ascoli Piceno, where I’m planning a new Italian Language Program this September.
Here is a chance to meet some of th...

Five language learning difficulties and how to overcome them
The Studentessa Matta discusses 5 learning difficulties that many language students encounter and the things they can do to keep their "language learn...

Book Club Chat with Silvia Zucca, author of “Guida astrologica per cuori infranti”
This was an incredibly delightful day! The Studentessa Matta Bookclub met Silvia Zucca the author of “Guida Astrologica per cuori infranti” to discuss...

Ascoli Piceno 2022 Italian Language Immersion Program
Learn more about Ascoli Piceno, the town in le Marche, where I plan the next "Matta" Italian Language Immersion Program with the Accademia Linguistica...

La leggenda della Donna Bianca
In this podcast, la studentessa matta recounts for you the legend of "la donna Bianca" the beautiful fantasma that is trapped inside a castle in Italy...

Parole, Parole! Vocabolario di novembre 2021
During the month of November 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page. In this...

Search 9+ Avatar image All the ways to learn Italian with la Studentessa Matta
Ciao a tutti! Benvenuti al mio canale. Sono la studentessa matta. Welcome to the Youtube channel. I’m the crazy student of Italian. I'm home again aft...

Parole di Ottobre 2021
During the month of October 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page. At the en...

Gli scioglilingua. Tongue twisters.
Tongue twisters are phrases that intentionally challenge our ability to pronounce them. Tongue twisters also exist in English. They are like word game...

Artemisia Gentileschi - La Caravaggista!
Caravaggio in his day was a controversial figure - both for his style but also for his personal life. Today, however, he is considered an artist who e...

The changing role of Italian Women and their Families after 1945
I'm Melissa the crazy student. Welcome! I am glad you are here with me. Through the Studentessa Matta Podcast channel, we practice Italian together. Y...

Celebrate the Italian way!
Italian cities throughout Italy celebrate civil and religious festivals, historical re-enactments, local festivals, and events particularly linked to...

Italian chat about the Italian Macchiaioli and the French Impressionists
The Macchiaioli who closely resembled the French Impressionists never received the same international acclaim. Let’s take a look at the painters Giova...

La leggenda del Bue
Ox-heads and betrayed husbands… what have they got to do with Florence's Duomo?? Did you know that on the Santa Maria dei Fiori Cathedral in Florence...

Austin, Texas
In a new Studentessa Matta Video, in Italian, I talk about my hometown of Austin, Texas. This is where you can find me when I'm not in Italy! Learn ab...

Friends from Arezzo
It's been a while—13 months in fact—since I last made a video in Italian! Time flies when you are busy publishing a novel, producing Audiobooks, and w...

The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola: Interview with author Melissa Muldoon by Sheri Hoyt for Reader Views
Sofonisba’s life is as fascinating as her character and clearly Muldoon has done her homework in terms of research. A genuine 16th century ambiance pe...

La leggenda di Porsena — il re etrucso
I have always loved a good legend, filled with mystery and intrigue, and last year when I visited Chiusi, my friends were happy to tell me the story o...

Benvenuto 2020
Thanks to everyone who reads the Matta Blog and who follow the Youtube Channel. I am eternally grateful that through the internet I have the chance to...

The Wisdom of the Trees. Legends & useful information
Discussing the legend of Apollo and Ciparisso, a wise saying about trees and a little Italian grammar lesson. After a long break during which I publis...

L’arte del merletto al tombolo - Anna Maria ci spiega tutto
What exactly is merletto al tombolo? Well, it is a very old art form that harks back to the age of Caterina de' Medici. It is an antique way of making...

The Dog Days of Summer — La canicola estiva
The hottest days of summer are called the dog days of summer. In Italian, the expression is La canicola estiva. In this Youtube video find out reason...

In Cucina con Daniele
Last week my friend Danielle Palermo from Sicilia came to visit me. Our last day together, we decided to roll up our sleeves and cook an Italian meal...

Il vino fa cantare: Italian food and Wine Expressions
Italian expressions that have to do with food and wine!
Visit the StudentessaMatta.com website for more information, transcriptions and text in...

Interview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella for Inside Scoop
Interview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella with Inside Scoop Topics of conversation: Isabella de Medici Research for the book in Are...

Mattiniero vs Nottambulo
Mattiniero vs Nottambulo: What kind of person are you? Are you a morning person or an evening person? I just created subtitles in Italian! Yay! turn o...

Italian Chat with Melissa
Chatting in Italian about Carnival, masks and costumes. You can find the post on the StudentessaMatta.com website with English translations.
Stu...

Andare a Cavallo
Andare a Cavallo - taking a ride on the beach on a horse in Half Moon Bay in California. Learn new Italian vocabulary for things that have to do with...

Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi
Colorful Italian idioms that have to do with animals. Italian expressions to help make your conversation more lively and make you sound more like an I...

Buon Anno 2018!
Buon Anno 2018! Ways to say Happy New Year in Italian and chatting about the past year and what is happening my Matta world coming in 2018. Trips, tra...

Arezzo 2017 Fall Italian Language Program
Come along with me as I recap my recent stay in Arezzo. Here are the highlights from the language program which I co-lead with Paola Testi of Cultura...

Piacere Italian Verb to Like Something
Piacere means is used to express that something is in Italian in the Italian language or rather something is pleasing to someone. In this podcast you...

Inside Book Scoop Live Interview with Melissa Muldoon
Recently I published a novel about Italy called “Dreaming Sophia.” In this podcast I share with the Tutti Matti Italian listeners an interview I condu...

Sentire & Ascoltare - Learning meanings and differences
Both the Italian words "Sentire" and "Ascoltare" mean to perceive something. But they vary in several ways. For transcript & translations see http://w...

Due parole: Lasciare & Mollare
Discussion about two Italian synonyms Lasciare and Mollare. Both mean to let go. Idiomatic expressions and meanings when combined with other words. Sh...

Arezzo’s Antiques Fair
Arezzo Antique Fair Fiera Antiquaria takes place Piazza Grande every first weekend of month. It is one of the oldest largest fairs in Italy over 400 v...

Italian Christmas Cake Battles!
Buon Natale e Benvenuti all'antico dibattito che spesso divide le famiglie italiane. Di che cosa sto parlando? Il dibattito tra servire Panettone o Pa...

Facciamo un salto nel passato! Andiamo ad Arezzo
Sometimes a trip to Italy is like stepping into the past. For me, that is part of the charm of Italy. Recently I had the impression of passing through...

Andiamo al Mercato di Arezzo
Today we are going to the Arezzo’s Saturday market. There you can buy lots of things. The best would be the fresh food that you can buy there. There a...