Bring Your Guard Down
With no guards up and no filters, we explore what it takes to rise to the top while staying true to family, culture, and heritage. Tune in for real, unguarded conversations that inspire, empower, and celebrate the spirit of Italian perseverance!
Podcasting since 2025 • 25 episodes
Bring Your Guard Down
Latest Episodes
Mauro Lombardi - Episode 25 - Learn about Italian PHDs and BAs.
Rocco and Tony sit down with Mauro Lombardi, who immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1961. Within just a few short years, he went on to earn both his 'Italian" PhD and BA in neighborhood studies. This episode offers a fascinating glimpse i...
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Rocco and Tony - Episode 24 - Astrology and the link to Italian desserts.
Rocco and Tony discuss many more Italian subjects from why Italian always want to pay cash, the nona guilt trip, astrology and the link to Italian desserts and more.
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Martin Ross - Episode 23 - Will the real Martin Ucci please stand up.
In this episode Rocco and Tony sit down with Martin Ross to discuss the amazing journey of his grandfather Salvator Ucci and how he became Sam Ross. From Abruzzi to the US then to Canada in the 1920s. The legacy of his grandfather a...
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Rocco and Tony - Episode 22 - Italian myths, legends and Nutella.
Rocco and Tony discuss many Italian subjects from why Italian Americans call Sugo, gravy, what is the evil eye and how to protect against it, Nutella and Italian Superstitions or as Rocco calls is Stupidstitions.
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