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Podcast: The Italian Radio Hour
Episode: From Under the Tuscan Sun to Honorary Italian Citizenship with Frances Mayes
Description: This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Few names evoke the enchantment of Italy quite like Frances Mayes. The best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun invited us all into her life in Cortona, a town she helped put on the literary map. Through her lyrical prose, we’ve wandered olive groves, savored local feasts, and rediscovered the meaning of home and belonging. Today, we welcome Frances back—not only as a beloved author and cultural guide—but as a newly honored Italian citizen. We’ll talk about her latest work A Great Marriage, dive into her early memories...