A new language for imagination was born in the 13th century, Italy's Duecento.

Vocabulary pill about an ambivalent word in Italian, tempo!“Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Music pill for leaving one's place as an emigrant.Credits :  “Lettera dalla Svizzera” by G. Gaber (1965)  —  “Gli emigranti” by H. Pagani / E. Macias / A. Limentani (1965)  —  “E cantava le canzoni” by R. Gaetano (1978)  —  “Non era più lui” by L. Dalla / R. Roversi (1975)  —  “Naufragio a Milano” by P. Conte (1975)

Celebration pill for the European Day of Languages.Credits :  "L'italiano" by C. Minellono / T. Cutugno (1983)

A grammar pill about articles, the indefinite ones.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

A vocabulary pill for drinking a toast to good wine.“Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Looking at the bright side of the moon for musical inspiration.Credits :  “Spunta la luna dal monte” by P. Bertoli / G. Marielli (1991)  -  “Luna rossa” by A. Viscione / V. De Crescenzo (1950)  -  "E la luna bussò" by M. Lavezzi / O. Avogadro / D. Pace (1979)  -  “Non voglio mica la luna” by Zucchero / L. Albertelli / E. Malepasso (1984)  -  “Guarda che luna” by Elgos / G. Malgoni (1959)

Welcome or not, thousands of Albanians landed at Bari on August 8th, 1991, a date worth remembering.Credits :  "Pane e coraggio" by Ivano Fossati (2003)

Grammar point about words translating very or much/many.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Vocabulary pill as short as a period of time can be.“Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Music pill to give a short twist to your ears.“I Watussi” and “Abbronzatissima” by C. Rossi / E. Vianello (1963)  —  “Pinne, fucile ed occhiali” and “Guarda come dondolo” by C. Rossi / E. Vianello (1962)  —  “Saint-Tropez Twist” by by M. Cenci / G. Faiella (1962)

Not everyone who has come to live in the Belpaese from another country is welcome.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

An account of Alessandro G's life by himself, with emphasis on prepositions.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Music pill sounding like the fifth month of the year.Credits :  "Se bruciasse la città" by G. Bigazzi / G. Savio / F. Polito (1970)  -  "Luna" by G. Morra / G. Togni (1980)  -  "Era de maggio" by S. Di Giacomo / M. P. Costa (1885)  -  "Silvia lo sai" by L. Carboni (1987)  -  "Fiore di maggio" by F. Concato (1984)  -  "Poesia senza veli" by N. Moriconi (2019)  -  "Centro di gravità permanente" by F. Battiato / G. Pio (1981)

A vocabulary pill that will keep you company.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -- "Compagno di scuola" by Antonello Venditti (1975)

Grammar pill about the form of adjectives which indicates what is being described as more (or less) than all the rest.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Featuring one of the best football leagues around the world.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  -  “La dura legge del gol” by M. Pezzali / C. Cecchetto / P.P. Peroni / M. Guarnerio (1997)

On Italy's Liberation Day, the most iconic theme song.Credits : "Bella ciao" as performed by Goran Bregović (2012) - Kombinat (2013) - Ndlovu Youth Choir (2022) - Lidija Percan (2009) and street protesters in Santiago de Chile (2019)

Vocabulary pill for combining two or more elements together.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar pill about words which are spelled and pronounced in the same way despite their different meanings.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Looking across Italy, on National Landscape Day.Credits :  “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Musical pill when the whether starts to get warmer.Credits : “La primavera” by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - “Maledetta primavera” by A. Cassella / G. Savio (1981) - “You to Me Are Everything” by K. Gold / M. Deane (1976) - “Tra due minuti è primavera” by R. Kunstler / D. Faini (2012) - “Cervo a primavera” by Riccardo Cocciante (1980) + Marina Rei feat. Margherita Buy ("Primavera" - 1999)

Vocabulary pill about the brightness that lets you see things. Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about single words made up of other words together.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music pill including Italian pop songs with reference to feeling free. Credits : “Il mio canto libero” by Battisti & Mogol (1972) performed by Coma_Cose (2021) - “La libertà” by G. Gaber / S. Luporini (1972) performed by Emma (2012) - “Liberi tutti” by M. Casacci / S. Romano (1999) performed by Subsonica feat. Lo Stato Sociale (2019) - “Liberi liberi” by Vasco Rossi & Tullio Ferro (1989)

Celebrating the artist who introduced photographic painting, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. - Credits : "Ciaccona" by Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) performed by Giardino Armonico (2011)

Vocabulary (and history) pill about a word that originated in a part of Venice. - Credits : “Grande polonaise brillante” by F. F. Chopin, performed by A. Benedetti Michelangeli (1962)

Two vowels, with or without marks written above, pronounced in different ways. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Singer and music executive Caterina Caselli in her blond-helmeted years, including 2023. - Credits : “Nessuno mi può giudicare” by D. Pace / M. Panzeri / M. Del Prete / L. Beretta (1966) - “Cento giorni” by Mogol / P. Soffici (1966) - “Sono bugiarda” by N. Diamond / D. Pace / E. Carrera / Mogol (1967) - “Insieme a te non ci sto più” by M. Virano / P. Conte / V. Pallavicini (1968) - “Nel 2023” by R. Evans / D. Pace (1970)

Celebrating the longest and fastest road of Italy. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A pill of vocabulary with no strings attached. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Firmament" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100480 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Musical pill dedicated to Music itself, according to three pop songs from last century. - Credits : “Musica è” by Eros Ramazzotti / P. Cassano / A. Cogliati (1988) - “Vivo per lei” by M. Mengali / V. Zelli / A. Alibani (1995) - “Una musica può fare” by Max Gazzè (1999/2018)

Becoming less and less intense, then disappearing, or stop living. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Musical pill dedicated to women who give birth. - Credits: “Mamma Maria” by C. Minellono / D. Farina (1982) - “Viva la mamma” by E. Bennato (1989) - “Mamma” by C.A. Bixio / B. Cherubini (1939)

Responsible is not just an adjective in Italian, and it has more practical implications. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Per colpa di chi?" by Zucchero (1995)

Celebrating Saint Francis' Day, and World Animal Day. - Credits: "Francesco" by Vangelis (1989)

Grammar point about a verb form that is typically used for giving instructions or making invitations. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Lorenzo Jovanotti's serenade on Dante's death anniversary, not creepy at all.- Credits : “Serenata rap” by Cherubini/Centonze/Celani (1994) - Vittorio Gassman reads Dante's Inferno (1997)

Vocabulary pill about what/whom is good or worthwhile. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Anniversary pill for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Esseri umani” by Marco Mengoni & Matteo Valli (2015)

Grammar point not concerned with any particular person. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Viva la pappa col pomodoro" by L. Wertmüller and Nino Rota, performed by Rita Pavone (1965)

Here comes the rain again, in an Italian music podcast pill.- Credits : “Piove (ciao ciao bambina)” by D. Verde & D. Modugno (1959) - “È la pioggia che va” by Mogol/B. Lind (1966) - “Scende la pioggia” by F.Migliacci/Barbata/Kaylan/Nichol/Pons/Volman (1968) - “La pioggia” by Pace/Argenio/Panzieri/Conti (1969) - “Piove su noi” by Enrico Ruggeri (1991) - “Piove” by Omar Pedrini (1993) - “Piove” by Jovanotti/Centonze/Celani/Cersosimo/Fasano (1994) - “In un giorno di pioggia” by G. Rubbiani & A. Cottica (1994) - “Cade la pioggia” by L. Cherubini & G. Sangiorgi (2008)

Vocabulary pill about the anniversary of the date on which you were born.- Credits : “Tanti auguri” by Gino Paoli and Giovanni Bella, performed by Marcella Bella (1987)

Featuring three different persons with one same family name.- Credits : “Mi ritorni in mente” by Lucio Battisti & Mogol (1970)

Grammar point on how to use it before someone's name when speaking or referring to them.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

What else could it possibly be, love is love, and music.- Credits : "Oh che sarà" by Chico Buarque and Ivano Fossati, performed by Fiorella Mannoia (1989)

A further vocabulary pill, not yet the last nor the finest one. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Senza fine" by Gino Paoli (1961)

Celebrating an artist and an intellectual who brought Italian plays to theaters around the world. - Credits : "Je vulesse" by Eduardo De Filippo, performed by Nu Genea (2018)

A grammar point for a sign which still endures (;)- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating the Italian pop music princess on her birthday with one of her greatest hits.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Andromeda" by Mahmood and Dardust (2020)

Celebrating the 'Father of Disco' on his birthday, what a feeling!- Credits : “Never Ending Story” by Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey (1984)

Vocabulary pill about a shape, which you need to frame in particular kinds of language.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical statements or questions.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

End of 1990s hit, bringing back to the old Vespa days.- Credits : "50 Special" by Cesare Cremonini (1999)

Vocabulary pill about what is necessary for all plant and animal life, a pill of water.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara” by Lucio Battisti (1969)

Two brothers' valued glory and honour above life itself, when Italy was being made. - Credits : “Inno di Mameli” by Michele Novaro, 1847.

Grammar point about egalitarian language on Zero Discrimination Day.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Firstly published February 12, 2020, this episode comes back on Saint Faustino's day, as he is the patron saint of singles.

Al Bano & Romina Power's greatest hit in a musical pill.- Credits : "Felicità" by C. Minellono / G. De Stefani / D. Farino (1982)

Vocabulary pill about Italy's favorite type of food, or paste. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Le tagliatelle di nonna Pina” by Gian Marco Gualandi, performed by Ottavia Dorrucci, 2003.

An episode of Italy's decline as an imperial power in East Africa.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "La Storia" by Francesco De Gregori, 1985

Grammar pill on some pronoun that does not exist in many other languages. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

You can say 'hello' as many times you like, sing and dance along.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Ciao Ciao" by V. Lucchesi/D. Mangiaracina//R. Calabrese/R. Cammarata/C. Drago/S. Privitera (2022)

Chimera, a vocabulary pill from mythology to daily use. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating Milan, second to none. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Bollicine" by Vasco Rossi (1983) - "In un palco della Scala" by Quartetto Cetra (1952)

Grammar point about major and minor alterations you can make to words. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Casetta in Canada” by Panzeri & Mascheroni, 1957

Be they using electricity or fuel, they produce movement.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Il motore del duemila” by Roberto Roversi & Lucio Dalla, 1976

Vocabulary pill about journeys that you make to a place, and back again. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Azzurro" by Vito Pallavicini and Paolo Conte, 1968.

Listening to an autumn song that marked Malika Ayane's grand debut. - Credits : "Come foglie" (2009) and "Feeling Better" (2008) performed by Malika Ayane.

Grammar point on marks written to indicate that one letter has been omitted from a word. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating all teachers in Italy and around the globe on World Teachers' Day. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Il pappagallo" by Sergio Endrigo/de Moraes/Bacalov/Bardotti (1968)

Vocabulary pill to show affection or to greet one another. - Credits : "Baciami piccina" by Astore & Morbelli (1940) performed by Quartetto Cetra.

Celebrating an Italian archistar who has a broad spread of ideas represented in his works. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating with a cultural icon who changed Italian TV and disco music. - Credits: Gianni Boncompagni's "Tuca tuca" (1971) - "A far l'amore comincia tu" (1976) and "Tanti auguri" (1978) performed by Raffaella Carrà.

Celebrating the Italian physician who made child-centered education common sense. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This translates more than remaining. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Summer on a solitary beach” by Franco Battiato (1981)

Vocabulary pill about those small points of light on clear nights. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

1950's Italian music queen in one of her evergreens, Poppies and Ducks! - Credits : "Papaveri e papere" by Panzeri/Rastelli/Mascheroni, performed by Nilla Pizzi (1952) and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (2020)

Celebrating the appointment of women to Vatican high positions. Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Siamo donne" by Giovanna Coletti (1991)

Grammar point about letters added to the beginning of a word to make another word, with a different meaning. - Credits : "Parla come mangi" by Elio e le Storie Tese (2016)

Vocabulary pill about frightening dreams. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Not quite a Latin Lover, just a European boy according to an Italian art rocker. - Credits : "Ragazzo dell'Europa" by Gianna Nannini (1982)

Anniversary pill celebrating the Global Day of Parents. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Joan Baez's “Un mondo d'amore” by Migliacci/Zambrini/Romitelli (1967)

Grammar pill to contradict what you are saying or what someone else has said. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Musica leggerissima" by Colapesce Dimartino (2021)

Vocabulary pill with amusing imitations of some style or of a familiar situation. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Non è la Rai" by Minellono and Boncompagni (1993)

One of many hits by the Pooh's, THE Italian pop-rock band for fifty years. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Dammi solo un minuto" by Facchinetti and Negrini (1977) - "Un attimo ancora" by Strano and Thema (1998)

When the earth's crust moves, Italy shakes. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

You sometimes see it in the sky when it is raining. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Piove" by Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini (1994)

The enjoyment that podcasting brings, grammar included. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Oh Yeah" by Yello (1985)

Dedicated to a filmmaker who had his last dance, Bernardo Bertolucci. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “The Sheltering Sky” theme by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)

Something to sing together, just like an anthem. - Credits : "Va pensiero" from Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" (1842)

Vocabulary pill about changing, times and clothes and habits, and so on. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)- “Cambia-menti” by Vasco Rossi, 2013.

Grammar point about measurements, but also to emphasize the degree or extent of something. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Listening to Loredana Berte's manifesto, I ain't no lady. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Non sono una signora" by Ivano Fossati and Loredana Bertè, 1982.

Feature on Italy's longest serving prime minister over the past thirty years. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Drive in - Sigla" by Detto Mariani, Roberto Negri and Paolo Beldì, 1983.

Vocabulary pill about one's native land. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Povera patria” by Franco Battiato, 1991.

Grammar point about a verb form in Italian ending in -ando or -endo. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) + “L’Italiana in Algeri” and “Il signor Bruschino” (1813) - “La gazza ladra” and “La Cenerentola” (1817) - “Maometto II” (1820) by Gioacchino Rossini

Celebrating Maurizio Pollini, the world-renowned pianist. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Nocturne, op. 27, no. 2 in D flat major” by Frederic Chopin (1836) performed by Maurizio Pollini, 2005.

Probably the most popular Christmas carol of Italy, coming from the stars. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons -- "Quando nascette Ninno" by Alberto Maria de’ Liguori (1754) performed by Quartetto Petra, 2016.

Vocabulary pill about beliefs held by religious (and political) groups. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Listening to the cosmos, or an Italian musician named after it. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Dicembre” by Cosmo, 2016.

Grammar point about "the" determiners, or definite articles. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Belief in things that are not real or possible, for example magic. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Occhio malocchio prezzemolo finocchio" by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, 1983.

Celebrating world science day for peace and development. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about prepositional phrases that you can use as adverbials. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Zitti zitti (il silenzio è d'oro)" by Aeroplanitaliani, 1992.

Celebrating Roberto Benigni on his birthday: an actor and a filmmaker, and a songwriter.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Quanto t'ho amato" by Roberto Benigni, 1995.

About people you know well and like spending time with.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Intermezzo from "L'amico Fritz" by Pietro Mascagni, 1891.

Vocabulary point about changing a position, a place, a state or even an opinion, and a motion.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Muoviti muoviti" by Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini and Luca Cersosimo, 1991.

A medium having featured in shaping modern Italian language and culture, which television has not killed and the internet has revived. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "La radio" by Eugenio Finardi (1976)

A musical pill for the day after which a 1960s song is named. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "29 settembre" by Lucio Battisti & Mogol (1967) performed by Sarah Milo

Either of the two times during a year when the length of day and night are approximately equal.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

On the anniversary of Italy's surrender to the Allies in World War II.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Vocabulary pill on a word that can mean something different from what it seems to speakers of some other languages. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about the auxiliary verbs, to be and/or to have.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Music pill with a 2021 summer hit by singer and songwriter Madame.- Credits: - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Marea" by Madame, Dardust and Bias (2021)

Celebrating Riccardo Muti, the world-renowned maestro.- Credits: “Va’ Pensiero” (from “Nabucco”) by Giuseppe Verdi, 1842.

Vocabulary pill about going from one place to another, be the places a long or a short way from home.- Credits : - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Sì, Viaggiare" by Lucio Battisti (1977)

Another grammar point on pronouns, namely first person plural pronouns, which also have another use in current language.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The summer wind in an Italian duet with Max Gazzè and Niccolò Fabi.- Credits : "Vento d'estate" by Max Gazzè and Riccardo Sinigallia, 1998.

Vocabulary pill about events happening a number of times, or the frequency of their appearance.- Credits : - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

A tense grammar point about the future in the past and the past in the future.- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating the Italian Republic on the anniversary of the referendum that abolished monarchy in 1946. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Viva l’Italia” by Francesco De Gregori (1979)

About the tumultuous year that changed the world, including Italy.- Credits : - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Ho visto anche gli zingari felici” by Claudio Lolli (1976) after Luca Carboni and Riccardo Sinigallia (2008)

Celestine's day, prophecy and papacy -Credits: - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

"The sea and I," a 1976 song by Umberto Bindi and Bruno Lauzi from the so-called School of Genoa.- Credits : - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Io e il mare” by Umberto Bindi and Bruno Lauzi (1976)

Grammar point about words that join other words in a sentence; that is, they provide a junction between words. - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Vocabulary pill about how to spend it. - Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Spendi spandi effendi” by Rino Gaetano (1977)

Dedicated to the eternal city, or whatever you want to call Rome.Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - “Solo guai” by Carl Brave x Franco126 (2017)

Grammar point about to be (or not to be).Credits: “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Honoring one of the most inspired and inspiring singer-songwriter of 1900s second half, Giuni Russo with her remaking of cha cha cha.Credits : "Las secretarias" by Pepe Luis y Su Orquesta (1959) - "Limonata cha cha cha" and "Mediterranea" by Giuni Russo and Maria Antonietta Sisini (1984)

Vocabulary pill about a word that does harm, the closer are people concerned the bigger is harm.Credits : "Il Vangelo secondo Matteo" by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1964) - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about two main past tenses, as time is a major feature of Italian verbs.Credits : “Il tempo stesso” by Tiziano Ferro, feat. Franco Battiato (2008) - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Celebrating the declaration of Italy as a politically unified nation in 1861.Credits: "La leggenda del Piave" by Ermete Giovanni Gaeta, 1918 - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Vocabulary pill on mistakes about people or things, also situations where it is not clear what is happening, or you do not know what to believe or what you should do.Credits: - Ricchi e Poveri’s “Sarà perché ti amo” by Enzo Ghinazzi and Dario Farina, 1981 - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Motion picture best original song, also known as "Seen".Credits: “Io sì / Seen” by Dianne Warren, Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi (2020) ; “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about verbs which always refer to a reflexive pronoun, verbs whose meaning changes without using reflexive pronouns. Credits : “Amarsi un po’” by Lucio Battisti and Mogol, 1977 ; “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Ash Wednesday, talking about a day of prayer and fasting.This episode was firstly released on February 26, 2020.

Vocabulary pill on a word to use in expressions for something that happens which makes you disappointed or unhappy, or cheerful and amazed. - Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point about words which give more information about time, place, or manner.- Credits : “Non è mai troppo tardi” by Dino Olivieri (1954) performed by Flo Sandon’s ; “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Commemorating the greatest destruction and loss of identity in last century's Europe.Credits: “Marche funèbre” by F.F. Chopin (1837) - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Vocabulary pill about something you are given in order to deal with someone else's values.Credits: “Mi fido di te” by Lorenzo Cherubini & Riccardo Onori, 2005 - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Grammar point on how to say that you know or don't know someone or something. -Credits: “Lei non sa chi sono io!” with Nino Manfredi, by Depsa (1980) - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Folklore pill about an old woman delivering gifts to children throughout Italy on the night of January 5, Epiphany Eve or the Befana. -Credits: "Strega" by Max Alessi, 2011 - “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Lucio Dalla's "year to come" as an evergreen song for the holiday season. -Credits: “L’anno che verrà” by Lucio Dalla, 1979.

Each of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon. -Credits: "No time no space" by Franco Battiato, 1985.

Vocabulary pill about references to animals such as chimpanzees and gorillas that have much in common with human beings. - Credits: “Uh… Uh…” by Adriano Celentano, 1982.

Grammar pill about word order as far as the object of a clause is concerned. - Credits: “Innamorati a Milano” by Alberto Testa and Memo Remigi (1966) performed by Ornella Vanoni.

Vocabulary pill about illegal actions taken against women, and counter measures for women's empowerment.Credits : “Uomini contro” by Simone Symone Bilardo & Jari Ensi Vella, 2013.

Commemorating the 2003 killing of 17 soldiers and 2 civilians at the Italian headquarters in Nassiriyah, Iraq.- Credits: Music from the original soundtrack by Louis Siciliano for motion picture "20 Sigarette" (2010)

Vocabulary pill of words expressing feelings of surprise, pain, horror, and more.Credits: "Magari sì magari no" by Edoardo Bennato (1992) - “Bando” by Anna Pepe and Martin Purcell (2020) - “Bene ma non benissimo” by Giacomo Roggia and Pasquale Lorusso (2018)

Grammar pill about marks that you write above certain letters, and emphasis that you put on a part of words, so that it sounds slightly louder. -Credits (Pasta Grooves remix) : “Andavo a cento all’ora” by Camucia, Toni Dori and Mario Cantini; “Go-kart twist” and “Corri corri” by Pilantra and Ennio Morricone;“Che me ne faccio del latino” by Mario Bertolazzi, Luciano Beretta and Marcello Marchesi; “Fatti mandare dalla mamma a prendere il latte” by Franco Migliacci and Luis Enriquez (1963) - “Se puoi uscire una domenica sola con me” by Bruno Zambrini and Giancarlo Guardabassi (1964) - “I ragazzi dello shake” by Franco Migliacci, Bruno Zambrini and Luis Bacalov (1966) - “Una domenica così” by Sergio Paolini, Stelio Silvestri, Riccardo Vantellini and Pippo Baudo; “Se perdo anche te” by Franco Migliacci and Neil Diamond (1967).

Celebrating Eros Ramazzotti, the best-selling Italian pop singer. -Credits: "Ad un amico" by Eros Ramazzotti (1982); "Terra promessa" by Renato Brioschi, Eros Ramazzotti, Alberto Salerno (1985); "Una storia importante" by Pierangelo Cassano, Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati (1985); "Adesso tu" by Pierangelo Cassano, Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati (1986); "Si bastasen un par de canciones" by Gianfranco Reverberi and Sergio Bardotti (1990); "Amarti è l’immenso per me" by Pierangelo Cassano, Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati (1990); "Cose della vita / Can’t stop thinking of you" by James Ralston, Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Pierangelo Cassano (1993/1997); "I Belong To You / Il ritmo della passione" by Anastacia Newkirk, Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti, Kara Dioguardi, Giuseppe Rinaldi (2005); "Più bella cosa" by Eros Ramazzotti, Adelio Cogliati, Claudio Guidetti (1996).

Vocabulary pill about words that describe behaviors and conditions. -Credits : “Simpatia” by Raoul Casadei, 1974.

Grammar pill about some pronouns you use in questions when asking for information.

A 1980s hit celebrating the seasons' change with unchanged love. - Credits: "Settembre" by Alberto Fortis, 1981.

The death day of a worldwide worshipped priest and saint from the 1900s. -Credits: "Tra cielo e terra" by Ennio Morricone, 2000.

Vocabulary pill containing words that translate: godparent, patron, stepparent, stepchild, and godchild. -Credits: "The Godfather" (The Pickup) by Nino Rota, 1972.

Grammar pill about a preposition that translates several different ones in languages other than Italian. -Credits: - “Vengo da te” by Leonardo Pari, Sergio Vallarino, Stefano Cecchi, 2015.

Some of many meanings that have to do with 'to do'. -Credits: "T'innamorerò" by Ashley Ingram, Shirley Mattison, and Marina Rei, 1998.

Celebrating the election of Albino Luciani as John Paul I, one of the most short-lived popes in modern history.

Grammar point about alternatives to subjunctive tenses. -Credits: "Abbi dubbi" by Edoardo Bennato, 1989.

Words for a period of time when you are on holiday from your job (or absent for another reason). -Credits: "Estate 1992" by Michele Centonze and Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini, 1992; "Ostia Lido" by Alessandro Aleotti, Alessandro Merli, Fabio Clemente, Davide Petrella and Daniele Del Pace, 2019; "Buon Viaggio" by Cesare Cremonini, Alessandro Magnanini and Davide Petrella, 2015.

Celebrating an artist who used to take the rap before acknowledgement of his great talent for music. -Credits: Articolo 31 for "Ohi Maria" and "Un'altra cosa che ho perso" (1994), "Domani"and "Tranqi Funky (1996); "Fattore wow" by Marracash (2008), "Il sole dentro di me" by Pino Daniele (2009), "Le leggende non muoiono mai" by Don Joe & Shablo (2011); "Uno di quei giorni" by J-Ax (2014).

Grammar point about words that join other words in a sentence; that is, they provide a junction between words. -Credits: "Ma perché?" by Carlo Marrale, Piero Cassano and Aldo Stellita, 1977.

Vocabulary pill about sitting or lying down, especially out of doors. -Credits: "Mercoledì" by Luca Carboni, 1995; "Sapore di sale" by Gino Paoli, 1963; "Sulla sdraio" by Manfredi Agnello and Nicolò Carnesi, 2018.

Celebrating the constitution of the Alpine National Association, the Italian army mountain corps that have turned to civil protection assistance over a hundred years. -- Credits : "Ernani" (Prelude and Chorus of Mountaineers) by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave, 1844.

About a song named after the seventh month of the year, also a tremendous hit of 1968. -Credits: "Luglio" by Riccardo Del Turco and Giancarlo Bigazzi (1968) - "Le petit pain au chocolat" by Pierre Delanoë (1969) - "Something's Happening" by Jack Fishman (1968)

Grammar point about the natural numbers -Credits: "Da uno a dieci" (unknown)

Vocabulary pill about one of the major groups which humans can be divided into.Credits : "Dimmi dimmi" by Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi and Mauro Malavasi - 1988

Celebrating Italian Olympic Committee's birthday and all the sports.Credits : "Un'estate italiana" by Edoardo Bennato, Gianna Nannini, Tom Whitlock, Giorgio Moroder - 1989

Grammar point about the use of good, as an adverb and as an adjective.Credits : “Bene” by Gemitaiz, 2015 - “Va bene, va bene così” by Vasco Rossi, Roberto Casini and Domenico Camporeale, 1984 - “Buona (cattiva) sorte” by Tiziano Ferro, Giordana Angi and Emanuele Dabbono, 2019 - “Brava” by Bruno Canfora, 1965 - “Bella” by Michele Centonze and Lorenzo Cherubini, 1997.

Vocabulary pill stimulating the appetite, and a desire for more foods and drinks.Credits : "Ma che bontà" by Enrico Riccardi, 1977.

The anniversary of someone greatly involved in banking at a senior level.Correction: A. P. Giannini was born on the 6th of May, 1870 (not on June 6, as wrongly spoken in this episode) - Sorry about that.

Grammar point about having the skill, knowledge, means, or opportunity to do something.Credits : "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Gioacchino Rossini, 1816

Earth Day, celebrating the planet on which we live.Credits: "Figli delle stelle" by Alan Sorrenti (1977)

Vocabulary on people who help other people who are ill, disabled or deprived, and about their kind and generous attitude.Credits : "Solo un uomo" by Niccolò Fabi (2009)

Grammar point about saying of something or someone that you find them pleasant or attractive, or just that it's nice to meet them.Credits : "Tuca tuca" by Gianni Boncompagni and Franco Pisano (1971)

Why do Italians talk of an April's fish when talking of April fool's day?Credits : "Pesce d'aprile" by Giampiero Grani and Samuele Bersani (2009)

Celebrating Mina Mazzini, or simply Mina, the Italian singer.

Grammar point about ways of comparing things and people.

Oscars 2020 academy awards best picture Parasite features a couple of Italian-language songs, one 1700s classic and 1964 Gianni Morandi's hit Kneeling by You.