Italian
radio homepage
LISTEN TO THE LATEST BROADCAST
LISTEN TO THE SECOND DAILY BROADCAST
PODCASTING
AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS
Select audio from the following categories
- arts & culture
- news & current affairs
- community & youth
- homeland
- lifestyle
- sport & recreation
- science & environment
- business & finance
- entertainment
- Archive



AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS ARCHIVE  traduci in italiano 


Vincere, the unknown chapter of Mussolini’s life: 16.9.2009
‘Vincere’ by director Marco Bellocchio, is the film selected for the opening night of the 10th edition of the Italian Film Festival. Bellocchio’s film deals with a chapter of Benito Mussolini’s life that is practically unknown to the public at large: the dictator’s love story with Ida Dalser . The Italian director reveals to Max Civili how his passion for Ida Dalser sparked.
Play MP3

Book celebrates Il Globo 50th anniversary : 11.9.2009
The 4th of November 2009 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the newspaper ‘Il Globo’. Swinburn University academics, Bruno Mascitelli and Simone Battiston, have planned to celebrate the continuance, publishing a book that includes contributions from several other academics and Italo-Australian history experts. Max Civili asks Bruno Mascitelli to explain how is he planning to compile the book.
Play MP3

Samoan cars ready to switch side : 11.9.2009
On Monday 7 September traffic in Samoan Island switched from one side of the road to another. Previously, around 30,000 marched through the streets of the capital Apia protesting against the Government’s decision, saying drivers had not been properly prepared. Italian resident Daniela Brussani explains to Max Civili what the situation is on the Island and why she moved there.
Play MP3

Alberto Baldin's "La Scheda" - Hugo Pratt: 20.8.2009
Tribute to the celebrated Italian cartonist and world-wanderer Hugo Pratt, the creator of Corto Maltese.
Play MP3 5:47

East Timor, regaining the indipendence: 31.8.2009
Fabio Cavadini, camera operator and journalist, and Amanda King, director, completed three documentaries about this tiny nation, a former Portuguese colony. Ten years after the Indonesian army withdrawal, Cavadini talks to Alberto Baldin about his experience in East Timor amidst the Indonesian occupation.
Play MP3 7:20

Alberto Baldin's "La Scheda" - Le Corbusier: 1.9.2009
Le Corbusier (real name Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris) was a master of the XX century in the fields of architecture, urban planning and design. Alberto Baldin, with the contribution of Italian-Australian architect Andrea Viali, remembers him in the anniversary of his death (August 27 1965).
Play MP3 6:20

NANIA: FINI SHOULD BE MORE CAUTIOUS: 9.9.2009
Italy’s house speaker Gianfranco Fini is playing a controversial role in the Italian political arena. Vice-President of the Senate and National Alliance party member Domenico Nania explains to Luisa Perugini why Fini should deal with sensitive topics more cautiously.
Play MP3

Leo Gullotta launches ‘Dal Marranzanu al Didgeridoo’: 9.9.2009
Italian actor Leo Gullotta was at the Australian Ambassador to Italy Amanda Vanstone’s private residence in Rome to launch the book ‘Dal Marranzanu al Didgeridoo’, written by his cousin Andrea Gullotta. The reception was attended also by Luisa Perugini, who took her chance and interviewed the versatile Sicilian actor.
Play MP3

Sen.Li Gotti on current Italian political conflicts: 9.9.2009
Italy, as usual, is facing big political conflicts. Italy of Values party Senator Luigi Li Gotti expresses to Luisa Perugini his concern over the current political situation in the country.
Play MP3

LINA WERTMULLER LAUNCHES HER BIOGRAPHY 'CHIARI DI LINA': 9.9.2009
Italian film writer and director Lina Wertmuller has recently published her biography ‘I chiari di Lina’. Luisa Perugini catches up with Lina, the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, to talk about her latest production.
Play MP3

World Transplant Games-Team Leader Anna Maria Bernasconi: 31.8.2009
ANED (Associazione nazionali emodializzati-ONLUS) president, Anna Maria Bernasconi, was the team leader of the Italian contingent at the recent World Transplant Games, held on the Gold Coast. Alberto Baldin asked her to sum up the sporting and human experience of the team in Australia.
Play MP3

World Transplant Games-Enrico Belingheri: 31.8.2009
Enrico Belingheri (pictured) is an Italian medal-winning beach volley and swimming athlete who's participating in the The World Transplant Games, taking place on Queensland's Gold Coast. Alberto Baldin spoke to him about his sporting and life experience.
Play MP3

Spirito Libero - Youth Program: 31.8.2009
In this month's edition of Spirito Libero, SBS Radio Italian Program's youth segment, host Marina Zochil (pictured) speaks to Ty Garnero, a young Italian-Australian from Wollongong. Also in the program, contemporary Italian music and Italy's Top Five charts.
Play MP3

World Transplant Games-Margherita Mazzantini: 25.8.2009
Margherita Mazzantini (pictured with Italian volleyball legend Andrea Zorzi) is an athlete who's participating in the The World Transplant Games, currently taking place on Queensland's Gold Coast. Marco Lucchi spoke to her about her life before and after her successful kidney and pancreas transplant.
Play MP3

Alberto Baldin’s “La Scheda” – Woodstock Festival: 20.8.2009
August 15 marks the 40th anniversary of "Three days of peace and music" in Woodstock, the legendary festival held in New York state's countryside. It was the first mega-concert in the history of rock music.
Play MP3

Lucio Battisti - Part 8: 12.8.2009
Eighth and final part of a series dedicated to Italian singer and music icon Lucio Battisti (pictured). The series, which analyses the long and successful career of one of Italy's most loved performers, was produced by Danilo Sidari and presented by Sidari and Marco Lucchi.
Play MP3

Toni Servillo-Locarno Film Festival: 18.8.2009
Italian actor Toni Servillo was one of the guest stars at the recent Locarno Film Festival, which is held every year in the Swiss resort town. Sandra Bordigoni, who covered the Festival for SBS Radio, caught up with him.
Play MP3

Luciana D'Arcangeli: 18.8.2009
Cassamarca Lecturer at Adelaide's Flinders University, Luciana D'Arcangeli (pictured) works in the Italian Section of the university's Department of Languages. She has recently completed a book dedicated to the female characters in Dario Fo and Franca Rame's stage works. Marco Lucchi caught up with her.
Play MP3

James Benn covers Luigi Tenco: 4.8.2009
James Benn (aka Ben Warburton) is a composer and singer with many years’ experience and a long stint with Vento del Sud, an Australian-based group specialising in Italian folk music. In his recently-released second solo album, Making Hay, he recorded what is believed to be the first English version of late Italian songwriter Luigi Tenco’s classic “Mi sono innamorato di te”, translated as “I fell in Love with You”. He talks to Marco Lucchi.
Play MP3

Fatima Mahfud-Polisario Front: 11.8.2009
Fatima Mahfud is a member of the National Union of Saharawi Women and the Italian Representative of the Polisario Front. After Morocco occupied Western Sahara in 1975, she became a refugee at nine years of age. She is also a member of the Referendum Commission that, under UN mandate, is trying to organise a referendum in Western Sahara. She was recently in Sydney and Marco Lucchi caught up with her.
Play MP3