Utopia: An Italian Study https://utopiaitalia.substack.com/ Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USAshlinn Romagnoli Ashlinn Romagnoli adam@adamlofbomm.com no Utopia: An Italian Study https://utopiaitalia.substack.com/ https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/fb99fb58-7d46-4cc8-8518-718f3bf7cf05/utopia_podcast_pic.jpg serial Copyright 2026 S1E1 - Prologue https://pinecast.com/guid/13e5c295-3406-478c-8dbc-0dbca6643ba1 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:37:03 -0000 00:11:24 the podcast version of the substack essay series UTOPIA: An Italian Study

...is an essay series on substack that you can find here.

It details the life of a foreign woman navigating life in Italy, with greater or lesser success, but always with a keen observational eye for the many quirks and curiosities of the Italian experience.

For the time being, the podcast version of the essays will be released for free here and on substack.

]]> Prologue no 1 1 S1E2 - Utopia Unfiltered: Pizza https://pinecast.com/guid/a3239a7c-7219-402b-9f00-8334d3612448 Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:31:24 -0000 00:12:48 Learn more by visiting Utopia: An Italian Study!

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]]> Utopia Unfiltered: Pizza no 1 2 S1E3 - Arrival, or Business Cards // Part One https://pinecast.com/guid/8a2336a1-97e4-4ea8-8678-8b8039895fad Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:57:00 -0000 00:13:30 Check out Utopia: An Italian Study on substack for an essay version of this podcast as well as the opportunity to sign up for additional content!

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]]> Arrival, or Business Cards // Part One no 1 3 S1E4 - Arrival, or Business Cards: Part 2 https://pinecast.com/guid/6f9a6e50-690b-474d-9a1e-6bb5cb899d90 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:58:40 -0000 00:10:51 Arrival, or Business Cards: Part 2!

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]]> Arrival, or Business Cards: Part 2 no 1 4 S1E5 - Arrival, or Business Cards: Part 3 https://pinecast.com/guid/db7745f0-97b3-4e43-ab97-dc38bb76be29 Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:01:13 -0000 00:09:19 The conclusion to Arrival, or Business Cards!

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]]> Arrival, or Business Cards: Part 3 no 1 5 S1E6 - Salt, Tobacco, and the Bus https://pinecast.com/guid/d983625d-5204-47f6-8c79-8f94574c85c9 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 11:03:39 -0000 00:25:12 In which Adam nearly gets into a fight with a bus ticket checker.

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]]> Salt, Tobacco, and the Bus no 1 6 S1E7 - Gloria https://pinecast.com/guid/f96083e3-6552-4bc6-ac8e-875088489f95 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 15:06:00 -0000 00:10:00 The lowest moment of my time in Italy to date, and 80s pop music.

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]]> Gloria no 1 7 S1E8 - A Night At the Pub https://pinecast.com/guid/d426e2e0-ac22-4d4b-8043-7f45fce74f4a Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:14:00 -0000 00:23:12 An exploration of racism in Italy.

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]]> A Night At the Pub no 1 8 S1E9 - The Unexpected Insidiousness of Pasta https://pinecast.com/guid/6059aa23-7199-4161-8b2e-62626f522e34 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:24:00 -0000 00:09:21 in which I become one of *them* What is it about the pasta in Italy??

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]]> The Unexpected Insidiousness of Pasta no 1 9 S1E10 - The Hopes That Haunt Us https://pinecast.com/guid/fbb6bf86-d477-44f4-855f-0cdc5c29aa06 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:23:57 -0000 00:11:42 On loneliness, fear, and hope living in a foreign country. Oh, and my favorite holiday: Halloween!

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]]> The Hopes That Haunt Us no 1 10 S1E11 - The Risky Pursuit of La Dolce Vita https://pinecast.com/guid/eb8ce23a-0623-413c-8991-f5f86720dc8c Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:18:44 -0000 00:11:45 On la dolce vita and my plan to install a cartoon room in the Uffizi. Part one of the La Dolce Vita Series!

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]]> The Risky Pursuit of La Dolce Vita no 1 11 S1E12 - contentment is not complacency https://pinecast.com/guid/ea27c12d-2db9-4817-b454-373c71404244 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:19:31 -0000 00:06:23 On the meaning of resolutions and my desire to try a new lifestyle. Interlude to the La Dolce Vita Series!

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]]> contentment is not complacency no 1 12 S1E13 - Hot Hot Heat https://pinecast.com/guid/700d1cbb-7a73-4f41-adc2-2b386f6cbb5c Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:06:36 -0000 00:08:38 It's a hot one out there! On coping with the heatwave.

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