The Bittersweet Life

    Life doesn't have a script. At least, it doesn't have to. Hosts Katy Sewall and Tiffany Parks explore the challenges and joys of moving abroad and moving home. Whether you’re living overseas, or not — or not yet — join us weekly for unadulterated conversation. Get to know Rome. Laugh at our embarrassments and insights. Most of all, imagine the possibilities for your own life (and meet some famous authors along the way).

  • Bittersweet Moment #217: The Owl House of Villa Torlonia

  • Episode 570: An Irish-American Story (with Edward Burns)

  • [THE BITTERSWEET PAST] The Repurposing of Rome

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] A Lover of Legos and Tiny Cute Things

  • Episode 569: To Cruise or Not to Cruise?

  • [THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Raising a Bilingual Family

  • Bittersweet Moment #216: The Route of the Seven Churches

  • Episode 568: The Benefits and Dangers of Being Stubborn

  • [THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Hitting an Expat Plateau

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] Disaster and Loss in LA

  • Episode 567: What if Moving Abroad Isn't Great? (with Darlene Sullivan)

  • [THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Living Life in a Foreign Language

  • Bittersweet Moment #215: Rome's Jubilee Arrives!

  • Episode 566: How to Move to Italy (with Thea Duncan)

  • Episode 565: Resolutions Old, Resolutions New

  • Episode 564: An Ever-Changing Holiday

  • Episode 563: How to Renovate a 17th-century Umbrian Villa (with Kaila Merrill)

  • Episode 562: Moving to Rome—Sight Unseen, Part 2 (with Brie Ripley and Ryan Sparks)

  • Episode 561: What Is it About Rome?

  • [LIVE] Episode 560: The Ghosts of Things Not Seen (with our Rome guests!)

  • Episode 559: The Bittersweet Life Origin Story: The 10th Anniversary Show

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] When Life Surprises You

  • Episode 558: Escape to Rome with The Bittersweet Life

  • Episode 557: Ready to Flee the US? Listen to this First!

  • Episode 556: The Caller (A Radio Play by Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Episode 555: Scary Reads: Our Favorite Books for Halloween

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] Rome vs. Seattle: Which Makes a Better Movie Backdrop?

  • Episode 554: How to Buy Nothing

  • Episode 553: How Do You Prepare for a Trip?

  • Episode 552: Grammar Pet Peeves

  • Episode 551: How to Retire to Florence—With Your Granddaughter (with Dreck Baker)

  • Episode 550: Life Lessons from Japan

  • Episode 549: A Documentary about The Bittersweet Life!

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] Would You Trapeze?

  • Episode 548: Are You an Expat or an Immigrant?

  • Episode 547: Traveling the World by Book

  • Episode 546: Advice for Would-be Expats

  • Episode 545: The Secret of Success: Luck vs. Hard Work

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] A Confession and a Decision

  • Episode 544: It's Not a Goal, it's a QUEST!

  • Episode 543: Leisure Wars: Italy vs. the United States

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] How Well Do You Know July?

  • Episode 542: Leisure Time in Ancient Rome

  • Episode 541: Living Life Between Two Countries (with Laurel Attanasio)

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] A Rough Week

  • Episode 540: I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself (with Glynnis MacNicol)

  • Episode 539: The Dullness and Comfort of Rituals

  • Episode 538: Stayers, Goers, and Newbies

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] A Very Italian End to the School Year

  • Episode 537: Navigating US Taxes as an Expat (with Nathalie Goldstein)

  • Episode 536: Trying Something New: How to Keep Trying

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] Angelic Encounters

  • Episode 535: The Millennial Saint

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] Sorry About the Giant Squid

  • Episode 534: Trying Something New: It's Supposed to Be Hard

  • [PATREON PREVIEW] You Can Move to Italy—But Should You?

  • Episode 533: Italy Welcomes the Digital Nomad

  • Episode 532: Same Same but Different: Katy Visits Bali

  • Episode 531: Life as a Sociopath (with Patric Gagne)

  • Episode 530: Revisiting a Long-Lost Place

  • Episode 529: Going Native, Part 2

  • Episode 528: Going Native

  • Episode 527: Moving to Rome—Sight Unseen (with Brie Ripley)

  • Episode 526: An Unbelievable Discovery in Rome!

  • Episode 525: A Question of Season

  • Episode 524: What if New Year's Were in March?

  • Episode 523: Legacy and Loss (with Kaila Merrill)

  • Episode 522: The Case Against Travel, Part 2

  • Episode 521: Road Trips (with John Roderick)

  • Episode 520: The Case Against Travel

  • Episode 519: Martyr! (with Kaveh Akbar)

  • Episode 518: The Limitations of Language

  • Episode 517: Could You Miss Discovering Your Passion?

  • Episode 516: Post-Covid Social Woes

  • Episode 515: The Story Behind the Crow Gifts Photo

  • Episode 514: Did We Keep our New Year's Resolutions?

  • Episode 513: One Last Gift

  • Episode 512: Operator (A Radio play by Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Episode 511: Is the Place You Love as Good as You Think?

  • Episode 510: The Ghosts of Us

  • Episode 509: Expats in Switzerland (with Lindy & Vince)

  • Episode 508: Discovering Rome's Secrets with our Listeners

  • Episode 507: Seeing (and not Seeing) Rome for the First Time

  • Episode 506: [Live Show in Rome]: Discovery (with our listeners!)

  • Episode 505: The Roman Adventure Begins!

  • Episode 504: The Three Deaths

  • Episode 503: How Geese Created Money

  • Episode 502: Italy by Ingredient (with Viola Buitoni)

  • Episode 501: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

  • Episode 500: Celebrating 500 Episodes!

  • Episode 499: Losing Touch with the Soil

  • Episode 498: Cultural Fluency

  • Episode 497: Finding Inspiration on Your Doorstep

  • Episode 496: What We Did on our Summer Vacation

  • Episode 495: Loneliness and Belonging (with Hala Alyan)

  • Episode 494: Your Brain and its Perceptions (with Erik Vance)

  • Episode 493: Finding your Joyous Life (with Sarah McColl)

  • Episode 492: Exploring the Concept of Time (with Alan Burdick)

  • Episode 491: When Will the Bubble Burst?

  • Episode 490: Just Across the Border: Austria vs. Italy

  • Episode 489: What's in a Name?

  • Episode 488: Hanging Out with the Dead

  • Bittersweet Moment #214: Lost in Translation: The Italian Movie Game!

  • Episode 487: An Italian Woman in America (with Rosanna Staffa)

  • Bittersweet Moment #213: Trapped in Trastevere

  • Episode 486: Mom's (Necessary) Weekend Away

  • Bittersweet Moment #212: Behind the Scenes at the Vatican

  • Episode 485: A Night at the Vatican

  • Bittersweet Life Moment #211: Audio Nostalgia

  • Episode 484: The Music We Love

  • Bittersweet Moment #210: Belgium: Europe's Best-kept Secret

  • Episode 483: When in Rome (with Liam Callanan)

  • Bittersweet Moment #209: Aurelio's Summer Vacation Plans

  • Episode 482: When Little Things Line Up

  • Bittersweet Moment #208: The Literary Magic of a Roman Hotel

  • Episode 481: A Visit to Basque Country (with Marti Buckley)

  • Bittersweet Moment #207: A Virtual Tour of San Clemente

  • Episode 480: A Story Within a Story

  • Bittersweet Moment #206: The Beauty of Being Told a Story

  • Episode 479: Diary of an Au Pair (with Isidora Salcedo)

  • Bittersweet Moment #205: Rome's Truly Hidden Masterpieces

  • Episode 478: A Big Roman Announcement

  • Bittersweet Moment #204: A Bittersweet Boat Funeral

  • Episode 477: Dive into the Listener Mailbag

  • Bittersweet Moment #203: Italian Words Americans Get Wrong

  • Episode 476: Italy Bans the English Language

  • Bittersweet Moment #202: Moving Internationally (with Josh Sims of Sanelo)

  • Episode 475: Traveling Italy from Top to Bottom (with Jess Walter)

  • Bittersweet Moment #201: How to Have Rome's Museums All to Yourself

  • Episode 474: When Life Changes in an Instant... For the Better!

  • Bittersweet Moment #200: Losing JJ

  • Episode 473: When Life Changes in an Instant... For the Worse

  • Bittersweet Moment #199: Fantastical Thinking

  • Episode 472: Melancholy March

  • Bittersweet Moment #198: Discomfort Recollected in Tranquility

  • Episode 471: A Stranger in a Strange Land

  • Bittersweet Moment #197: Furbo vs. Fesso

  • Episode 470: In Praise of Italian Disorganization

  • Bittersweet Moment: #196: The Secrets of Podcasting

  • Episode 469: Can You Move to Italy without Speaking Italian?

  • Bittersweet Moment #195: What Else to See in Florence

  • Episode 468: Florence, memories, and A Room with a View

  • Bittersweet Moment #194: Observing while Overlooked

  • Episode 467: The Overlooked Outsider

  • Bittersweet Moment #193: Stop Taking My Picture!

  • Episode 466: Turn Your Camera Around

  • Bittersweet Moment #192: Gifting Someone their Past

  • Episode 465: You Will Never See it Again

  • Bittersweet Moment #191: The Horror and Misery of a Brand-new Expat

  • Episode 464: Diving into the Past through Journals and Letters

  • Bittersweet Moment #190: Journaling with Seagulls, Sharks, and Desmond Tutu

  • Episode 463: What Do I Do with All those Journals?

  • Bittersweet Moment #189: Baptized by the Pope

  • Episode 462: Promises Kept and Promises Broken

  • Bittersweet Moment #188: Aurelio's New Year's Resolutions

  • Episode 461: What Did We Promise to Do Last Year?

  • Bittersweet Moment #187: Holiday Time Travel to 2013

  • Episode 460: A Radio Play for Christmas – A Gift (with Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Bittersweet Moment #186: A Holiday Greeting from Katy and Tiffany

  • Episode 459: Underestimated

  • Bittersweet Moment #185: World Cup Fever with Aurelio

  • Episode 458: Downsizing

  • Bittersweet Moment #184: Get Writing!

  • Episode 457: Longing and Feasting

  • Bittersweet Moment #183: The Hazards of an Expat Thanksgiving

  • Episode 456: Autumn This or That?

  • Bittersweet Moment #182: And the Winner Is...

  • Episode 455: Why Is the Media Obsessed with Italy? (with Coral Sisk)

  • Bittersweet Moment #181: Throwing Your Hat in the Ring

  • Episode 454: Trying New Things, Opera Edition

  • Bittersweet Moment #180: Where in the World Should I Move?

  • Episode 453: A Matter of Belonging

  • Bittersweet Moment #179: Ghostly and Romantic Notions

  • Episode 452: Ghostly Tales with the Hosts of Homespun Haints

  • Bittersweet Moment #178: What Makes a Moment Romantic?

  • Episode 451: A Romantic Immigration (with Monique Le)

  • Bittersweet Moment #177: Where to Begin if You're New to the Show

  • Episode 450 [LIVE]: Fright Night

  • Bittersweet Moment #176: Voting in Italy

  • Episode 449: I Was Here

  • Bittersweet Moment #175: If You Could Do Anything, Would You Go to Stunt School?

  • Episode 448: If You Could Live Anywhere (with Melody Warnick)

  • Bittersweet Moment #174: The Challenging First Weeks of Expat Life

  • Episode 447: Eighteen Years in Rome!

  • Bittersweet Moment #173: The Fantastical Neighborhood of Coppedè

  • Episode 446: Why Do Anything for Ten Years?

  • Bittersweet Moment #172: Into the Woods

  • Episode 445: Are Americans Over-sensitive?

  • Bittersweet Moment #171: Italy vs. America, According to Aurelio

  • Episode 444 [Summer in Rome]: The Limits of Time and Goodbye Roma

  • Bittersweet Moment #170: Left, Right, Surprise

  • Episode 443 [Summer in Rome]: The Unexpected Magic of Italy

  • Bittersweet Moment #169: Airline Travel and American Adventure with Aurelio

  • Episode 442 [Summer in Rome]: The Glorious Gardens of Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #168: Moving to Rome Because of the Pandemic (with Kate Wheeler)

  • Episode 441 [Summer in Rome]: The Oldest Cafe in Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #167: Actually Not Italian

  • Episode 440 [Summer in Rome]: Where Are All the Accordions?

  • Bittersweet Moment #166: Exploring Villa Aurora with Princess Rita

  • Episode 439 [Summer in Rome]: Princess Rita and the Fight over Villa Aurora

  • Bittersweet Moment #165: Italian Summer Reads

  • Episode 438 [Summer in Rome]: The Hazards of a European Road Trip

  • Bittersweet Moment #164: Covid, Keats, and the Italian Air

  • Episode 437 [Summer in Rome]: Rome's Best Restaurants, Gelato, and More

  • Bittersweet Moment #163: Lesser-known Fountains of Rome

  • Episode 436 [Summer in Rome]: The Fountains of Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #162: A European Gap Year... And What Comes After (with Suzanne Morrison)

  • Episode 435 [Summer in Rome]: When Expat Dreams Come True (with Darlene Sullivan)

  • BittersweetMoment #161: How to Survive an Italian Heat Wave

  • Episode 434 [Summer in Rome]: A Meditation on Aging

  • Bittersweet Moment #160: The Joy of Being in a New Place

  • Episode 433: [Summer in Rome] St. Francis Slept Here

  • Bittersweet Moment #159: How to Avoid Getting Scammed in Italy

  • Episode 432 [Summer in Rome]: Rome Through All the Senses

  • Bittersweet Moment #158: How to Avoid Getting Robbed in Italy

  • Episode 431 [Summer in Rome]: Katy Arrives!... with Covid

  • Bittersweet Moment #157: For the Love of Luggage

  • Episode 430: Does Language Shape Thinking?

  • Bittersweet Moment #156: The Sounds of Tiffany's Day in Rome

  • Episode 429: The Sounds You Love

  • Bittersweet Moment #155: Common Uncommon Objects

  • Episode 428: The Infodemic (with Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney)

  • Bittersweet Moment #154: The Good News about Depressing Math

  • Episode 427: Listener Questions Answered

  • Bittersweet Moment #153: Aurelio's Big Surprise

  • Episode 426: Touring Rome with Tiffany

  • Bittersweet Moment #152: Storybowl Party

  • Episode 425: Seeking Wonder (with Andrea Scher)

  • Bittersweet Moment #151: Rome's Birthday (Il Natale di Roma)

  • Episode 424: Returning to Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #150: How to Celebrate Easter in Rome

  • Episode 423: Contronyms

  • Bittersweet Moment #149: The Sounds of Katy's Office

  • Episode 422: Solo Travel—Is It For You?

  • Bittersweet Moment #148: Free Art in Rome's Churches: Cloisters

  • Episode 421: What a Horse can Teach You about Life (with Mary Anne Campbell)

  • Bittersweet Moment #147: A Tribute to Doug

  • Episode 420: Live Show: Objects to Love, Objects to Loathe

  • Bittersweet Moment #146: Mailbag: Expat Friendships

  • Episode 419: The Friend, the Bread, and the Knife

  • Bittersweet Life #145: Greetings from Casablanca

  • Episode 418: Black Cake (with Charmaine Wilkerson)

  • Bittersweet Moment #144: Free Art in Rome's Churches: Mosaics

  • Episode 417: Patriotism for Expats

  • Bittersweet Moment #143: The Evolution of Seattle's Coffee Culture

  • Episode 416: The Art of Italian Espresso (with Wendy Pojmann)

  • Bittersweet Moment #142: Free Art in Rome's Churches: Statues

  • Episode 415: Which Roman Neighborhood Should You Live in?

  • Bittersweet Moment #141: Distance Learning with Aurelio

  • Episode 414: The Listening Planet (with Martyn Stewart)

  • Bittersweet Moment #140: Third Culture Kids (with Chelsea Hicks)

  • Episode 413: The Challenge of Speaking Italian in Italy (with Gloria Spagnoli)

  • Bittersweet Moment #139: Free Art in Rome's Churches: Paintings

  • Episode 412: The Auction of a Lifetime: The Villa, the Princess, and the Caravaggio

  • Bittersweet Moment #138: Behind the Scenes with Midnight Madness (with David Wechter, Michael Nankin & Alan Solomon)

  • Episode 411: A Sisterly Quest to Midnight Madness

  • Bittersweet Moment #137: Opening Back up the Listener Mail Bag

  • Episode 410: Books, Horses, Lard and other New Year's Resolutions

  • Bittersweet Moment #136: Underwater Encounter

  • Episode 409: Diving into the New Year

  • Bittersweet Moment #135: The Thirty Year Secret

  • Episode 408: A Year in Reading 2021

  • Bittersweet Moment #134: Aurelio Talks Books

  • Episode 407: All I Watch for Christmas

  • Bittersweet Moment #133: Epilogue to "A Gift"

  • Episode 406: A Gift (A Radio Play)

  • Bittersweet Moment #132: Italian Christmas Sweets

  • Episode 405: How to Dress Like an Italian

  • Bittersweet Moment #131: Perfect Pitch (with Evan Doty and Dana Zahler)

  • Episode 404: When Not to Move Abroad

  • Episode 404: When Not to Move Abroad

  • Bittersweet Moment #130: Empty Nesters Move to Rome (with Adrianne Castro)

  • Episode 403: Coping with Anxiety

  • Bittersweet Moment #129: The 24-hour Radio Race

  • Episode 402: Where Do Ideas Come From?

  • Bittersweet Moment #128: How to Write a Book

  • Episode 401: The Three (by Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Bittersweet Moment #127: Listening to the World

  • Episode 400: A Dark and Deathly Month

  • Bittersweet Moment #126: Halloween with Aurelio

  • Episode 399: Resilience, Curiosity, and a Very Important Pig (with Robert Fulghum)

  • Bittersweet Moment #125: More Listener Mail!

  • Episode 398: Listener Mail Bag!

  • Bittersweet Moment #124: Rome—Fifty Years Later

  • Episode 397: Is it Hard Work or Luck?

  • Bittersweet Moment #123: Katy's First Days in Rome

  • Episode 396: Stuck Home, Stuck Abroad (with Diana Opong)

  • Bittersweet Moment #122: Tiffany's First Days in Rome

  • Episode 395: Should I Move Abroad?

  • Bittersweet Moment #121: More Culture Shock!

  • Episode 394: Reverse Culture Shock: Italy vs. USA

  • Bittersweet Moment #120: First Day of School in Italy

  • Episode 393: Braving International Travel—during Covid

  • Episode 392: Make Your Home (Abroad) Your Own (with Rebecca West)

  • Episode 391: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Moving Abroad... (with Lori-Lee Elliott)

  • Episode 390: A Hurricane Strikes... Or Does It?

  • Episode 389: An Idyll on the Amalfi Coast

  • Episode 388: Studying Abroad in the 1960s

  • Episode 387: Those Fleeting Moments of Glamour

  • Episode 386: The Fascinating Science of Speech (with Lisa Wilcox)

  • Episode 385: The Most Notorious Family in Rome

  • Episode 384: Being French in New Orleans

  • Episode 383: Are You Living Your Dream Life?

  • Episode 382: The Art of Travel Journaling (with Daniel Butterworth)

  • Episode 381: The Best Way to Visit a Museum

  • Bittersweet Moment #119: How to Avoid Jetlag

  • Episode 380: Finding Caravaggio at an Estate Sale

  • Bittersweet Moment #118: Harry Potter, One of the Most Translated Books of All Time

  • Episode 379: Can You Truly Be Bilingual?

  • Bittersweet Moment #117: Being English in Italy—During the European Cup (with Julia Charity)

  • Episode 378: Nostalgic Endings

  • Bittersweet Moment #116: School's Out in Italy (featuring Aurelio and friend)

  • Episode 377: Returning Again and Again

  • Bittersweet Moment #115: Alaska Boat Trip – Your Questions Answered

  • Episode 376: From Heartbreak to Purpose (with Asia Dawn Simonelli)

  • Bittersweet Moment #114: Getting Married in Ancient Rome

  • Episode 375: Sea Adventure to Alaska

  • Bittersweet Moment #113: Italian vs. American Weddings

  • Episode 374: Keep This, Ditch That

  • Bittersweet Moment #112: An American Wedding in Italy

  • Episode 373: The Label Debate Continues (with Keith Cooke)

  • Bittersweet Moment #111: Italian Wedding Traditions

  • Episode 372: Expat or Immigrant?

  • Episode 371: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things, Part 2

  • Episode 370: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #110: Italy Welcomes Tourists

  • Episode 369: A Day in the Life: One Year Later

  • Bittersweet Moment #109: A Boudoir Adventure

  • Episode 368: Italy Reopens to the World

  • Bittersweet Moment #108: The Spanish Steps in Bloom

  • Episode 367: Documenting Travel (with Riley Morton)

  • Bittersweet Moment #107: Vaccine Hesitancy (with Jess Walter)

  • Episode 366: Vaccinated

  • Bittersweet Moment #106: Speed Writing

  • Episode 365: A Day in the Life Revisited

  • Bittersweet Moment #105: How to Find Work Abroad (with David McNeill)

  • Episode 364: Cross-cultural Challenges

  • Bittersweet Moment #104: Cross-cultural Families

  • Episode 363: Speak, Okinawa (with Elizabeth Miki Brina)

  • Bittersweet Moment #103: New Life Begins

  • Episode 362: What Do You Want to Do Today

  • Bittersweet Moment #102: Italy Lockdown (Again)

  • Episode 361: How to Move Abroad (with Jessica Drucker)

  • Bittersweet Moment #101: Seven Years, Seven Questions

  • Episode 360: Getting Better, Getting Worse

  • Bittersweet Moment #100: One Year Later

  • Episode 359: Diffused Art

  • Bittersweet Moment #99: Feedback, Good or Bad? (with Therese Huston)

  • Episode 358: The Art of Feedback (with Therese Huston)

  • Bittersweet Moment #98: The Holiest Place in Rome

  • Episode 357: Literary Travel

  • Bittersweet Moment #97: The Scariest Cold Call

  • Episode 356: Anticipating Travel

  • Bittersweet Moment #96: Disappearing Languages

  • Episode 355: Losing Language

  • Episode 354: Virtual Tour of Rome with Special Guests, Part 2

  • Episode 353: Virtual Tour of Rome with Special Guests, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #95: Why I Don't Trust Trip Advisor

  • Episode 352: Souvenirs

  • Bittersweet Moment #94: A New President

  • Episode 351: Paris By The Book (with Liam Callanan)

  • Bittersweet Moment #93: ItalyGate: Vatican Blackout Conspiracy Theory

  • Episode 350: Daily Life: Italy vs America

  • Bittersweet Moment #92: A Call for Souvenirs

  • Episode 349: A New Year Begins: 2021

  • Bittersweet Moment #91: Rome's Restricted New Year

  • Episode 348: The Best of the Year: Virtual Tour of Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #90: Merry Christmas from Aurelio

  • Episode 347: A Bookish Christmas (with Nancy Pearl)

  • Bittersweet Moment #89: After After Midnight (with Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Episode 346: After Midnight (by Matthew P. Woerner)

  • Bittersweet Moment #88: An American in Italy—during Covid

  • Episode 345: Now You See It, Now You Don't

  • Bittersweet Moment #87: Slow Winter

  • Episode 344: Shifting Goals

  • Bittersweet Moment #86: Gratitude

  • Episode 343: Joyful News (with Clare Brown)

  • Bittersweet Moment #85: What's Going on in Italy?

  • Episode 342: Sleep

  • Bittersweet Moment #84: Biden Wins!

  • Episode 341: Around the World in Twelve Months (with Cyndie Burkhardt)

  • Bittersweet Moment #83: Election Night 2020

  • Episode 340: A World Away

  • Bittersweet Moment #82: Rat Laughter and Storytelling

  • Episode 339: What Are You Afraid Of?

  • Bittersweet Moment #81: The Veiled Christ

  • Episode 338: Cute and Cuddly

  • Bittersweet Moment #80: Virtual Book Tour (with Jess Walter)

  • Episode 337: Before and After Baby

  • Bittersweet Moment #79: Moving Abroad during a Pandemic (with Gabriela Proietti)

  • Episode 336: Silver Linings

  • Bittersweet Moment #78: Grave-robbing Artists? (with Jennifer Dasal)

  • Episode 335: Art Curious (with Jennifer Dasal)

  • Bittersweet Moment #77: Back to School, Covid Edition

  • Episode 334: Voting from Home and Abroad

  • Bittersweet Moment #76: Smoke and Good News!

  • Episode 333: Numbers

  • Bittersweet Moment #75: Exploring Pompeii

  • Episode 332: How We Live Now (with Bill Hayes)

  • Bittersweet Moment #74: More Questions!

  • Episode 331: Conversation Starters

  • Bittersweet Moment #73: Mail Bag

  • Episode 330: America Grounded

  • Bittersweet Moment #72: A Long Way to Italy

  • Episode 329: Expat Move Time Warp (with Stephanie Fuccio)

  • Bittersweet Moment #71: Looking for the Little Things

  • Episode 328: Summer Game: This or That?

  • Bittersweet Moment #70: A Birthday Revelation

  • Episode 327: Rome's New Normal?

  • Bittersweet Moment #69: How's Coping Going?

  • Episode 326: Finding Life in the Surf (with Diane Cardwell)

  • Bittersweet Moment #68: Outside the Vatican

  • Episode 325: Good Teachers

  • Bittersweet Moment #67: Collecting Collections

  • Episode 324: Bad Teachers

  • Bittersweet Moment #66: Villa Doria Pamphilj

  • Episode 323: Travel Trauma

  • Bittersweet Moment #65: A Sleepy Bittersweet Moment (with Drew Ackerman)

  • Episode 322: Introvert or Extrovert: The Covid Edition

  • Bittersweet Moment #64: Visiting an Empty Colosseum

  • Episode 321: Living Alone during Lockdown (with Nicole Hardy)

  • Bittersweet Moment #63: What's Going On in Seattle? (with Casey Martin)

  • Episode 320: Facing Death (with Jim deMaine, MD)

  • Bittersweet Moment #62: Quarantine in Trastevere (with Amy Knauff)

  • Episode 319: Who Is Rome For?

  • Bittersweet Moment #61: A Nation in Protest (with reporter Casey Martin)

  • Episode 318: The Nature of Time

  • Bittersweet Moment #60: Italy's New Rules of the Road

  • Episode 317: Out and About in Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #59: MEMORIZATION (with Katy's dad, Dale)

  • Episode 316: The Nature of Memory (with Susan Engel)

  • Bittersweet Moment #58: EMPTY ROME

  • Episode 315: THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL

  • Bittersweet Moment #57: DISPATCH FROM SEATTLE

  • Episode 314: STRAY (with Stephanie Danler)

  • Bittersweet Moment #56: ITALY BEGINS TO OPEN

  • Episode 313: Virtual Tour of Rome

  • Bittersweet Moment #55: Memorizing Poetry

  • Episode 312: PHASE TWO

  • Bittersweet Moment #54: Learning to Read in Two Languages at Once

  • Episode 311: LONG DISTANCE

  • Bittersweet Moment #53: Roman Easter in the Time of Coronavirus

  • Episode 310: A Day in the Life under Quarantine, Part 2

  • Episode 309: A Day in the Life under Quarantine, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #52: Shopping and Consumerism in the Time of Coronavirus

  • Episode 308: Tips and Tricks for Surviving Quarantine

  • Bittersweet Moment #51: LOCKDOWN, Part 4

  • Episode 307: REPORTING

  • Bittersweet Moment #50: LOCKDOWN, Part 3

  • Episode 306: LOCKDOWN, Part 2

  • Episode 305: LOCKDOWN, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #49: VIRUS UPDATE, Part 2

  • Bittersweet Moment #48: VIRUS UPDATE, Part 1

  • Episode 304: VIRUS

  • Bittersweet Moment #47: How to get an agent with PITMAD

  • Episode 303: FALCON THIEF (with Joshua Hammer)

  • Bittersweet Moment #46: QUESTING

  • Episode 302: QUEST

  • Bittersweet Moment #45: CARNEVALE

  • Episode 301: PERSONALITY

  • Bittersweet Moment #44: NOTABLE GUESTS

  • Episode 300: TRECENTO

  • Bittersweet Moment #43: RAPHAEL

  • Episode 299: CORRUPTION

  • Bittersweet Moment #42: ROMAN HOROSCOPE

  • Episode 298: VIETNAM

  • Bittersweet Moment #41: MORE SNOW

  • Episode 297: SNOW

  • Bittersweet Moment #40: TRAVELING TO WRITE (with Jess Walter)

  • Episode 296: READING (with Nancy Pearl)

  • Bittersweet Moment #39: ROMAN RESOLUTIONS

  • Episode 295: VENTI VENTI

  • Episode 294: SHAKESPEARE

  • Episode 293: HOLIDAY MAGIC

  • Bittersweet Moment #38 COCKTAILS

  • Episode 292: WILD GAME (with Adrienne Brodeur)

  • Bittersweet Moment #37: CHRISTMAS IN ROME

  • Episode 291: LIGHTS OUT

  • Bittersweet Moment #36: NEARLY FORGOTTEN

  • Episode 290: MOBITUARIES (With Mo Rocca)

  • Bittersweet Moment #35: THANKS

  • Episode 289: LOSS

  • Bittersweet Moment #34: OPERA

  • Episode 288: CHINA VS. BALI

  • Bittersweet Moment #33: THE BORDER (with Paul Theroux)

  • Episode 287: PAUL THEROUX, Part 2

  • Episode 286: PAUL THEROUX, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #32: RENT

  • Episode 285: HOUSE

  • Bittersweet Moment #31: THE BLOOD

  • Episode 284: ASK A MORTICIAN (with Caitlin Doughty)

  • Bittersweet Moment #30: VILLA AURORA

  • Episode 283: SPIRITS

  • Bittersweet Moment #29: INTERVIEWING

  • Episode 282: ROMANCE

  • Bittersweet Moment #28: ITALIAN

  • Episode 281: LANGUAGE

  • Bittersweet Moment #27: BUDGET

  • Episode 280: NO, Part 2 (with Sheri Salata and Nancy Hala)

  • Bittersweet Moment #26: READING

  • Episode 279: NO, Part 1 (with Sheri Salata and Nancy Hala)

  • Bittersweet Moment #25: UNFORGETTABLE

  • Episode 278: LISTENER

  • Bittersweet Moment #24: ILLUSION

  • Episode 277: TRANSITION

  • Episode 276: FAREWELL

  • Bittersweet Moment #23: FICTIVE

  • Episode 275: STORY, Part 2 (with Anthony Doerr)

  • Episode 274: STORY, Part 1 (with Anthony Doerr)

  • Bittersweet Moment #22: OBSERVATIONS

  • Episode 273: ADDICTION, Part 2

  • Episode 272: ADDICTION, Part 1

  • Bittersweet Moment #21: OWL HOUSE

  • Episode 271: PUNCTUALITY

  • Bittersweet Moment #20: PARADE

  • Episode 270: STATES

  • Bittersweet Moment #19: AUGUST

  • Episode 269: UNDERLAND (with Robert MacFarlane)

  • Bittersweet Moment #18: INDIA

  • Episode 268: RAILS

  • Bittersweet Moment #17: MEDIUM REFLECTIONS

  • Episode 267: MEDIUM, Part 2

  • Episode 266: MEDIUM, Part 1

  • Episode 265: BREAK

  • Bittersweet Moment #16: FEEDBACK

  • Episode 264: TRAVEL ANXIETY

  • Bittersweet Moment #15: BEHIND THE SCENES, Part 2

  • Episode 263: CRACK-DOWN

  • Bittersweet Moment #14: BEHIND THE SCENES, Part 1

  • Episode 262: JOURNALIST (with Natalie Higgins)

  • Bittersweet Moment #13: TEMPIETTO

  • Episode 261: ICONS

  • Bittersweet Moment #12: BODIES (with Hallie Rubenhold)

  • Episode 260: THE FIVE (with Hallie Rubenhold)

  • Bittersweet Moment #11: VATICAN

  • Episode 259: CHALLENGE

  • Bittersweet Moment #10: RAMADAN

  • Episode 258: NIECE

  • Bittersweet Moment #9: SCALA

  • Episode 257: THERAPIST (with Lori Gottlieb)

  • Bittersweet Moment #8: PLAY

  • Episode 256: YOUTH

  • Bittersweet Moment #7: KIDS

  • Episode 255 AWARENESS (with Amy Herman)

  • Bittersweet Moment #6: PLACES

  • Episode 254 NOTRE DAME

  • Bittersweet Moment #5: FIRE

  • Episode 253: PERCEPTION (with Amy Herman)

  • Bittersweet Moment #4: DANCE

  • Episode 252: CREATIVITY

  • Bittersweet Moment #3: LANGUAGE

  • Episode 251: SHOULD

  • Bittersweet Moment #2: QUESTION

  • Episode 250: SPOUSE (with Beth M. Howard)

  • Bittersweet Moment #1: INTRO

  • Episode 249: PLATEAU

  • Episode 248: START-UP (with Lori-Lee Elliott)

  • Episode 247: HOW-TO

  • Episode 246: REGRETS

  • Episode 245: FOOD (with Francesca Montillo)

  • Episode 244: JOY (with Sarah McColl)

  • Episode 243: SISTERS Part 2

  • Episode 242: SISTERS, Part 1

  • Episode 241: DARE

  • Episode 240: ANGELS

  • Episode 239: NOTICE (with Amy Herman)

  • Episode 238: RESOLVE

  • Episode 237: WHITE

  • Episode 236: WHEN?

  • Episode 235: GERMAN (with Dana Newman)

  • Episode 234: ADVENT

  • Episode 233: BORGIA

  • Episode 232: THANKSGIVING

  • Episode 231: ARCHAEOLOGY (with Christy Schirmer)

  • Episode 230: EIGHTEEN

  • Episode 229: HALLOWEEN

  • Episode 228: GHOSTS

  • Episode 227: WANDERLUST (with Laura Smith)

  • Episode 226: ISOLATED

  • Episode 225: LOST

  • Episode 224: DOLOMITES

  • Episode 223: ARRIVEDERCI

  • Episode 222: DESTINY

  • Episode 221: LABOR

  • Episode 220: STAYING?

  • Episode 219: ABDICATE (with Jackie)

  • Episode 218: POSTCARDS

  • Episode 217: BILINGUAL (with Kristie Prada)

  • Episode 216: ORVIETO (with Linda Martinez and Toni De Bella)

  • Episode 215: SUMMIT

  • Episode 214: RUDE

  • Episode 213: IN-LAWS

  • Episode 212: ETHNICITY (with Estrella Gomez)

  • Episode 211: SIRENUSE (with Antonio Sersale)

  • Episode 210: CORRESPONDENT (with Michael Maren)

  • Episode 209: REPURPOSE

  • Episode 208: DECAY

  • Episode 207: ARTIST (with Samuel Webster)

  • Episode 206: RAIN

  • Episode 205: ENCOUNTER

  • Episode 204: ZODIAC

  • Episode 203: PRETENSION

  • Episode 202: STATESIDE

  • Episode 201: NICE (with Steve Scher)

  • Episode 200: LIVE!

  • Episode 199: TRADITION

  • Episode 198: MICRO (with Beth Ann Fennelly)

  • Episode 197: BOOK!

  • Episode 196: RETURN

  • Episode 195: GUNS

  • Episode 194: GEMS, Part 2

  • Episode 193: GEMS, Part 1

  • Episode 192: PACING

  • Episode 191: ADVICE, Part 2

  • Episode 190: ADVICE, Part 1

  • Episode 189: AESTHETICS

  • Episode 188: NEW YEAR

  • Episode 187: CHRISTMAS

  • Episode 186: DANTE

  • Episode 185: METOO

  • Episode 184: DISASTER

  • Episode 183: SABINE

  • Episode 182: AUTHENTIC

  • Episode 181: EXISTENTIAL (with Anne Gisleson)

  • Episode 180: HURRICANE

  • Episode 179: DEATH (with Caitlin Doughty)

  • Episode 178: DAD

  • Episode 177: NOLA

  • Episode 176: JORGE (with Jorge Moreno)

  • Episode 175: AIR LIFT (with Sara Sullivan)

  • Episode 174: RALLY (with Scott Gurian)

  • Episode 173: GLAMOUR

  • Episode 172: SURVEY

  • Episode 171: CLIMATE

  • Episode 170: ECLIPSE

  • Episode 169: REFUGEE, Part 2 (with Jennifer Rumbach)

  • Episode 168: TINY

  • Episode 167: RECAP

  • Episode 166: TIPS (with Lori-Lee Emshey)

  • Episode 165: SPARK (with Cat Seto)

  • Episode 164: SUZANNE, Part 2 (with Suzanne Morrison)

  • Episode 163: SUZANNE, Part 1 (with Suzanne Morrison)

  • Episode 162: ARRIVAL, Part 2

  • Episode 161: ARRIVAL, Part 1

  • Episode 160: TRIP

  • Episode 159: SALT (with Hala Alyan)

  • Episode 158: GRIEF

  • Episode 157: CLARE (with Clare Brown)

  • Episode 156: SIGNS

  • Episode 155: LONELY

  • Episode 154: MUSE Part 2

  • Episode 153: MUSE Part 1

  • Episode 152: COOKING Part 2 (with Francesca Montillo)

  • Episode 151: COOKING, Part 1 (with Francesca Montillo)

  • Episode 150: RESIST (with Ezra Levin)

  • Episode 149: COFFEE

  • Episode 148: TIME FLIES (with Alan Burdick)

  • Episode 147: SEX (with Emily Witt)

  • Episode 146: VIEW

  • Episode 145: LETTERS

  • Episode 144: TRUMP

  • Episode 143: CRITTERS (with Jane Alexander)

  • Episode 142: HAT BOX

  • Episode 141: HUMILITY

  • Episode 140: RAKEEN (with Rakeen Akila)

  • Episode 139: PLACEBO (with Erik Vance)

  • Episode 138: ELECTION, Part 2

  • Episode 137: ELECTION, Part 1

  • Episode 136: VALUES

  • Episode 135: MOVING Part 2

  • Episode 134: CAMINO (with Aarin Wright)

  • Episode 133: EXCHANGE (with Sunny and Mike Strong)

  • Episode 132: SPQR (with Mary Beard)

  • Episode 131: DEAL

  • Episode 130: BOTSWANA (with Sara Sullivan)

  • Episode 129: SPEECH (with Lisa Wilcox)

  • Episode 128: QUAKE

  • Episode 127: TEARS

  • Episode 126: THERAPY

  • Episode 125: BEGIN

  • Episode 124: SHIP (with Nicole Hardy)

  • Episode 123: MOVING, Part 1

  • Episode 122: ARTISTS (with Rob Spillman)

  • Episode 121: WOMAN (with Scottie Madden)

  • Episode 120: SETTLER

  • Episode 119: WRITING (with Daniel Butterworth)

  • Episode 118: POLITICS

  • Episode 117: CHOICE (with Tom Vanderbilt)

  • Episode 116: GOALS, Part 3

  • Episode 115: VISUAL (with Amy Herman)

  • Episode 114: RUINS (with Jess Walters)

  • Episode 113: GOALS, Part 2

  • Episode 112: EXPLORE (with Clare Brown)

  • Episode 111: GOALS, Part 1

  • Episode 110: PLANTS (with Hope Jarhen)

  • Episode 109: EYES

  • Episode 108: DAWN

  • Episode 107: REALITY

  • Episode 106: FANTASY

  • Episode 105: FOLKS (with Rashmi J. Dalai)

  • Episode 104: GUILT (with Jessica Scott-Reid)

  • Episode 103: CIRCUS (with Andrea Conway and Wayne Doba)

  • Episode 102: DESIGN (with Rebecca West)

  • Episode 101: ROOTS

  • Episode 100: MILESTONE

  • Episode 99: EVICTED

  • Episode 98: BYE

  • Episode 97: NATIVE? (with Marta Nathansohn)

  • Episode 96: PRIESTESS (with Kate McElwee)

  • Episode 95: IMMIGRANT

  • Episode 94: NATALE

  • Episode 93: TRAST

  • Episode 92: MOMS

  • Episode 91: MAFIA (with Ugo Barbara)

  • Episode 90: INFLUENCE

  • Episode 89: MISSING

  • Episode 88: BLOOD (with Marsha De Salvatore)

  • Episode 87: SHARING

  • Episode 86: BIRTH

  • Episode 85: PARK

  • Episode 84: CITIZEN

  • Episode 83: SHERMAN (with Sherman Alexie)

  • Episode 82: DIVORCE (with Debra Bruno)

  • Episode 81: CHEF (with Thierry Rautureau)

  • Episode 80: MOVIES (with Robert Horton)

  • Episode 79: REFUGEE, Part 1 (with Jennifer Rumbach)

  • Episode 78: HOUSE-SIT (with Dalene Heck)

  • Episode 77: CIAO

  • Episode 76: BOOKS (with Nancy Pearl)

  • Episode 75: GUEST

  • Episode 74: NEW

  • Episode 73: INVISIBLE (with Surekha A. Yadav)

  • Episode 72: ADDICT (with Rashmi Dalai)

  • Episode 71: WEATHER

  • Episode 70: UPDATE

  • Episode 69: GROUP TRIP (with Madeline Jhawar)

  • Episode 68: RED TAPE

  • Episode 67: CROW GIFTS (with Gabi Mann)

  • Episode 66: REPAT Part 2 (with Maria Foley)

  • Episode 65: ROME

  • Episode 64: REPAT (with Debra Bruno)

  • Episode 63: LANGUAGE Part 3 (with J J Michael)

  • Episode 62: LABELS (with Keith Cooke)

  • Episode 61: BABIES

  • Episode 60: SOCIAL (with Jessica Spiegel and Pam Mandel)

  • Episode 59: BIG NEWS

  • Episode 58: HOME BASE (with Jessica Spiegel and Pam Mandel)

  • Episode 57: POMPEII

  • Episode 56: MUSEUM

  • Episode 55: ZONES

  • Episode 54: FLIGHTY (with John Wynn)

  • Episode 53: FLUX (with John Wynn)

  • Episode 52: ANIMALS (with Andrew Blechman and Clark and Evalea Beck)

  • Episode 51: CROWS (with Gabi Mann)

  • Episode 50: HOME

  • Episode 49: TIME

  • Episode 48: FREELANCE

  • Epsiode 47: CONTRAST

  • Episode 46: GOODBYE

  • Episode 45: LEAVING

  • Episode 44: MORNING

  • Episode 43: CARAVAGGIO, Part 2

  • Episode 42: CARAVAGGIO, Part 1

  • Episode 41: COMPLAIN

  • Episode 40: FRIENDS

  • Episode 39: MEMORY

  • Episode 38: STUDENT (with Peter Dziedzic)

  • Episode 37: RETIRE (with Rose and Wayne Wentz)

  • Episode 36: ALIEN

  • Episode 35: TRANSLATE

  • Episode 34: VENTURE (with Toni DeBella)

  • Episode 33: PARENTS (with Linda Martinez and Steve Brenner)

  • Episode 32: KIDS

  • Episode 31: TRAIN

  • Episode 30: COMEDY, Part 2 (with Marsha De Salvatore)

  • Episode 29: COMEDY, Part 1 (with Marsha De Salvatore)

  • Episode 28: HOSPITAL

  • Episode 27: UNSURE (with Amy Knauff)

  • Episode 26: MINORITY

  • Episode 25: TOUCH

  • Episode 24: SIGHT

  • Episode 23: TASTE

  • Episode 22: SMELL

  • Episode 21: SOUND

  • Episode 20: REBOOT

  • Episode 19: LANGUAGE Part 2

  • Episode 18: RELINQUISH

  • Episode 17: ASSAULT Part 3

  • Episode 16: HOME BIRTH Part 2

  • Episode 15: MISSING

  • Episode 14: INTEGRATE

  • Episode 13: VISITORS

  • Episode 12: HOME BIRTH, Part 1

  • Episode 11: ASSAULT Part 2

  • Episode 10: ASSAULT Part 1

  • Episode 9: BLACKOUT

  • Episode 8: TRAFFIC

  • Episode 7: LAYABOUT

  • Episode 6: OVERSTAY

  • Episode 5: DATING

  • Episode 4: HOMESICK

  • Episode 3: HOLIDAYS

  • Episode 2: LANGUAGE, Part 1

  • Episode 1: OUTSET

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