Category Archives: Learning Italian

Favourite podcasts

The Hidden Brain by NPR:https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain?t=1594925472583 I listened to this one all about debt:https://www.npr.org/2020/06/15/877401074/buy-borrow-steal-how-debt-became-the-sugar-rush-solution-to-our-economic-woes This episode all about scarcity was particularly impressive: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/748207152/you-2-0-tunnel-vision Ted Radio Hour by NPR:https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour About loneliness: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886292087/listen-again-meditations-on-loneliness How I built this by NPR:https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this How Ben and Jerry Ice Cream was founded: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/818918341/ben-jerrys-ben-cohen-and-jerry-greenfield The Story behind Recaptcha: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/22/860884062/recaptcha-and-duolingo-luis-von-ahn ARD Radio Tatort (crime fictionContinue reading “Favourite podcasts”

Italian bookshop in Basel

Opening hours: closed on Mondays Tuesday thru Friday: 10-13 / 14.30-18.30 Saturday: 10-16.30 Address: St. Johanns-Vorstadt 62 4056 Basel Tel / Fax 061 381 80 40 Update on 22 March 2010: La libreria italiana ha un nuovo sito internet e un nuovo indirizzo e-mail. Website: La Libreria Italiana Di Basilea Email: libreriait at gmail.com UpdateContinue reading “Italian bookshop in Basel”

new at chiperoni.ch: learning italian

3 years after my last italian classes in Lugano, i’ve enrolled for yet another italian language course for advanced learners. Today was the first lesson. And it looks like it’s going to be fast-moving and challenging. I’m introducing a new category at chiperoni.ch, learning Italian, in which I’ll post notes and useful links from timeContinue reading “new at chiperoni.ch: learning italian”