Claudia Callisto - The Good Italian Girl and friends
Claudia Callisto
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In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Cristina Clemente, whose story beautifully captures the richness of family, heritage, and community. Cristina is the daughter of Italian immigrant parents from the Campania region, a proud wife to Peter, a devoted mum of two, a Partner in an accounting firm, and a dedicated board member of the South Australian Italian Association. Our conversation was full of warmth and reflection. Cristina shared what it was like growing up in...
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In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Cristina Clemente, whose story beautifully captures the richness of family, heritage, and community. Cristina is the daughter of Italian immigrant parents from the Campania region, a proud wife to Peter, a devoted mum of two, a Partner in an accounting firm, and a dedicated board member of the South Australian Italian Association. Our conversation was full of warmth and reflection. Cristina shared what it was like growing up in...
In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Cristina Clemente, whose story beautifully captures the richness of family, heritage, and community. Cristina is the daughter of Italian immigrant parents from the Campania region, a proud wife to Peter, a devoted mum of two, a Partner in an accounting firm, and a dedicated board member of the South Australian Italian Association. Our conversation was full of warmth and reflection. Cristina shared what it was like growing up in...
What is the essence of cultural heritage, and how does it shape the lives of those living between two worlds? Join us for an insightful journey as we gather at the Italian Centre in Adelaide, engaging with remarkable women. They share their poignant stories of migration, cultural preservation, and the strength of community. Hear firsthand the challenges they faced as young girls leaving Italy, and the sacrifices made to secure a better future for their children in Australia. Through the...
Claudia Callisto & Gina Marchetti are best friends and the dynamic hosts behind the women’s event “An Italian Afternoon.” Both born in Adelaide to Italian immigrant parents, Claudia and Gina are proud first-generation Italian-Australians on a heartfelt mission: to inspire their community to reconnect with their roots, celebrate their vibrant Italian traditions, and embrace the beauty of where they come from. Now, they’re bringing all the energy, laughter, and love live to you – sharing st...
What happens when four extraordinary women, fondly known as the Moli Girls, share their stories of cultural pride and community? Meet Claudia Callisto as she hosts a heartfelt conversation exploring what it means to be part of the vibrant Molinara community in Adelaide, South Australia. Born to immigrant parents from Molinara, Italy, the Molli Girls offer a rich tapestry of memories and traditions that define their unique identity, from family gatherings at the cherished Molinara Club...
I'm delighted to introduce Teresa Dall’Acqua Leonardi OAM to our podcast series. Teresa shares her remarkable life journey, filled with both triumphs and challenges, including one of her proudest moments: receiving the Order of Australia Medal in 2009. This prestigious honour is a rare achievement for an Italian woman within the Italian-Australian community. Teresa’s story begins when she arrived in Australia as a young child, a refugee with her Italian parents, who fled Asmara in East Afric...
In this heartfelt episode of The Good Italian Girl and Friends, Claudia Callisto warmly welcomes her long-time friend Anna for a deeply engaging conversation. Together, they delve into their shared experiences as first-generation daughters of Italian immigrants in Australia, reflecting on the unique blend of challenges and joys that shaped their upbringing. With vivid anecdotes, Anna paints a touching picture of her family's journey, highlighting the sacrifices made by her paren...
Today on the Good Italian Girl and Friends podcast we meet another Australian – Italian first generation daughter from Adelaide named Maria who also runs a side hustle called The Barefoot Woman… yes folks she loves going barefoot at home to help her feel grounded. Her business services however is something totally different in that she provides Malocchio removal, Tarot card readings, Business and House energy cleanses and Astrology. I was fascinated with the fact that this y...
Join me, your host Claudia Callisto, as I sit down with my good friends Luisa and Laura for an intimate chat about our unique travel experiences as first-generation Australian-Italians. We explore the fascinating journey of travelling overseas to visit Italian relatives and discuss if it's a rite of passage for Australian-Italian children. We share our funny and challenging moments, our favourite locations and sites, and provide some practical tips for planning a destination overseas. I...
The Australian – Italian Travel Podcast Series - Visiting Italian relatives with your Australian-born children This new podcast series is about our family generation going travelling to Europe/ Italy and touring the amazing sites and visiting the Italian relatives and returning to your parent’s paese. Why do you think we still have this pull back to Italy to visit family with our kids? Is this an Australian–Italian rite of passage thing do you think? Is it our respon...
Welcome to a new episode of The Good Italian Girl and Friends Podcast with Claudia, Callisto who is bringing to Adelaide International Giussa Day on the 2nd of June 2023. This episode focuses on Claudia's new concept and event, International Gisussa Day. Claudia views herself as a proud Giussa and International Giussa Day is an opportunity for her to share her culture and celebrate her heritage with her audience. Through the event, people of all backgrounds can come together to...
In this episode of the good Italian girl and friends, Claudia and her sister Laura talk about the upcoming event, Italian glory boxes of love. A unique exhibition curated by two Adelaidean Italian sisters displaying a collection of precious ‘glory box’ items that Italian migrant mothers prepared for their female children growing up in Australia. Each item will have its own unique family story attached. These items link us back to our childhood and represent their homeland traditions, their t...
Stefano interviews Claudia Callisto, Writer and Performer, in English on the occasion of her new Cabaret show scheduled at the Fringe 2023 entitled "Italian Love is a Battlefield", taken from her bestseller "The Good Italian Girl". Brought to you by Shining Light
On this bonus episode, Claudia Callisto, the bestselling author of the good Italian girl speaks to Mark Astion from Radio Italia Uno 87.6 FM, Adelaide about her fringe show growing up in an ethnic household, her book a new podcast series. Brought to you by Shining Light
Another funny podcast with Claudia and her fellow Italian Adelaide girlfriends and school mums laughing and talking about the ethnic girlfriend connections and how their family lives have flourished spending time together as fellow Italian families and supporting each other. The conversation is a typical ethnic female conversation and gathering where everyone is talking at once, finishing sentences and adding their opinion in and all the while laughing out loud. The guest also ta...
Claudia's Italian work girlfriends Anna and mary talk about Italian wedding traditions from the 1960s/1970s and how things have changed over the generations. Brought to you by Shining Light
Claudia interviews her older sister Laura who played a big part in their childhood as the oldest daughter and her responsibility to assist our parents in looking after her younger siblings while they worked. Born in Belgium and immigrating to Australia with our parents at the age of 5 they discuss their family life together, their parent's dreams for them all, growing up in a family of four girls and the expectations placed on them. Now as mothers themselves and still a close f...
Based on her bestselling book "The Good Italian Girl" Claudia Callisto presents a culturally orientated comedy performance infused with 80s music on the battles ethnic females faced with their immigrant parents to simply leave their homes to spread their wings and dance to 80s music with their friends. Despite these battles, theses experiences made our generation the strong, resilient and the family focused women we are today. Now mothers ourselves we are negotiating similar but different bat...
Claudia interviews her “school mum” girlfriend Kate who is also a mental health nurse working with the youth. They discuss their own concerns they have as mothers of boys and the topic of mental health for kids within the current social media environment. Kate discusses her own challenges growing up as an ambitious and headstrong daughter of immigrant parents, her career dreams and how they both navigated the cultural expectations placed on them by their parents. Now both...
Antonella and Claudia are high school friends who recently reunited in Adelaide. Antonella migrated to Adelaide with her family at the age of 12. She discusses her immersion into her new Australian high school and the lifelong friends she made with other Italian daughters of immigrant parents. They discuss how her parent's decision to immigrate and her Italian heritage have greatly influenced her life destiny and passion. Now living in Melbourne, she owns an immersion travel age...
Another funny podcast with Claudia and her fellow Italian Adelaide girlfriends laughing and talking about life as daughters of Italian immigrant parents. They discuss the concept of whether they were actually able to achieve it all – corporate career, motherhood and being that perfect Italian wife like their immigrant mothers or did they all end up simply exhausted. The guests talk about what Italian cultural activities they currently enjoy and the things they love about their ...
Claudia Callisto - The Good Italian Girl and friends
In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Cristina Clemente, whose story beautifully captures the richness of family, heritage, and community. Cristina is the daughter of Italian immigrant parents from the Campania region, a proud wife to Peter, a devoted mum of two, a Partner in an accounting firm, and a dedicated board member of the South Australian Italian Association. Our conversation was full of warmth and reflection. Cristina shared what it was like growing up in...
