Our guest today is Robert Barbera, author of How to Jump-Start Your Way to Real Estate Wealth, a how-to guide for those ready to take the step into owning properties for rent as their primary or secondary source of income. Listen Now or Subscribe via Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS
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Kingsley Day on Benedictine Monk Guido d’Arezzo
Our guest today is Kingsley Day, the author of Music’s Guiding Hand: A Novel Inspired by the Life of Guido d’Arezzo, a Benedictine monk who is regarded as the inventor, or by some, the developer, of the modern staff notation in music—though his birthdate is somewhere around 990CE and his […]
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Our guest today is Eric Martin, the author of The Witch of Agnesi: A Novel Based on the Life of Maria Agnesi, the Italian mathematician from the 1700s who became the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first appointed to be a mathematics professor at a university, […]
ContinueNicole Gregory on The Seven Senses of Italy
Our guest today is Nicole Gregory, the author of Belle Luna de Miele: Love and Adventure in Italy Where All the Senses are Awakened (released as The Seven Senses of Italy). It’s a part love story and a part travelogue, The Seven Senses of Italy follows two American newlyweds as they breathe […]
ContinueRobert Barbera on How to Plan for Retirement at Any Age
Our guest today is Robert Barbera, author of Retire and Refire: Financial Strategies for People of All Ages to Navigate Their Golden Years with Ease, which does just what the title says it does by following five couples on a riverboat cruise full of practical examples of financial planning. Listen […]
ContinueW.A.W. Parker on architect Pietro Belluschi
Our guest today is W.A.W. Parker, the author of The Judicious Use of Intangibles: A Novel Based on the Life of Pietro Belluschi, an Italian architect and leader of the modern movement in architecture. He worked largely in the US in response to the rise of Benito Mussolini. Belluschi designed […]
ContinueKate Fuglei on director Federico Fellini
Our guest today is Kate Fuglei, author of The Dream of Life: A Novel Based on the Life of Federico Fellini, the famed Italian screenwriter and director of such cinematic classics as La Dolce Vita, La Strada and Amarcord. He began his screenwriting career when Roberto Rossellini invited him to […]
ContinueNicole Gregory on Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Kino
Our guest today is Nicole Gregory, the author of Desert Missionary: A Novel Based on the Life of Father Eusebio Kino. This Jesuit missionary born in 1645 in what is now northern Italy, became a geographer, a cartographer and an astronomer. In the last quarter of his life he explored […]
ContinueKate Fuglei on director Frank Capra
Our guest today is Kate Fuglei, author of The Embrace of Hope: A Novel Based on the Life of Frank Capra, the famed director of such classics as It’s a Wonderful Life. Listen Now or Subscribe via Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS
ContinueJonathan Brown on Character is What Counts about football coach Vince Lombardi
Our guest today is Jonathan Brown, author of Character is What Counts: A Novel Based on the Life of Vince Lombardi. Famous for his career as a coach, for winning two Super Bowls and for never having had a losing season as a head coach in the NFL, Lombardi is […]
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