Talking Business and Life

05/28/2026

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield. Jimmy, the president and CEO of CES Boxing and CES MMA, has promoted some of the biggest names in boxing and his humble upbringing, starting with his Italian roots, have taught him the meaning of....

05/28/2026

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield. Jimmy, the president and CEO of CES Boxing and CES MMA, has promoted some of the biggest names in boxing and his humble upbringing, starting with his Italian roots, have taught him the meaning of treating people with respect and working hard in order to be successful.

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield. Jimmy, the president and CEO of CES Boxing and CES MMA, has promoted some of the biggest names in boxing and his humble upbringing, starting with his Italian roots, have taught him the meaning of....

05/14/2026

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary pitcher, Jim Rooker. Jim had a highly successful career as a professional baseball player, winning 103 games as a pitcher, and following up his playing career as an announcer for both the Pirates and on ESPN. He is also famous for...

05/14/2026

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary pitcher, Jim Rooker. Jim had a highly successful career as a professional baseball player, winning 103 games as a pitcher, and following up his playing career as an announcer for both the Pirates and on ESPN. He is also famous for his line, "If we don't win this one, I don't think I'd want to be on that plane ride home. Matter of fact, if we lose this game, I'll walk back to Pittsburgh". This is an absolutely highly entertaining episode!

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview the legendary pitcher, Jim Rooker. Jim had a highly successful career as a professional baseball player, winning 103 games as a pitcher, and following up his playing career as an announcer for both the Pirates and on ESPN. He is also famous for...

05/13/2026

Last week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interviewed Kim Lengling. Kim is an author who shares her love of nature, animals, living with PTSD, and her mission of tossing Nuggets of Hope into the world through writing and her podcast, Let Fear Bounce. She is also the lead author and coordinator of a collaborative 3-book series titled When Grace Found Me and two stand-alone anthologies, When Hope Found Me (released November 2022) and Paw Prints on the Couch (released August 2023). Learn more about Kim here: https://www.kimlenglingauthor.com/

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This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Kim Lengling. Kim is an author who shares her love of nature, animals, living with PTSD, and her mission of tossing Nuggets of Hope into the world through writing and her podcast, Let Fear Bounce. She is also the lead author and coordinator of....

05/04/2026

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Melissa Marinaro. Melissa is the Director of the Italian American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center where she oversees the Italian American artifact and archival collection, and manages the program’s community and educational outreach and public programs. We will discuss a lot of topics related to her work at the Heinz history center and we recommend reaching out as there is much more information available through her office.

This week, Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview Melissa Marinaro. Melissa is the Director of the Italian American Program at the Senator John Heinz History Center where she oversees the Italian American artifact and archival collection, and manages the program’s community and educational o...

04/28/2026

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview a wonderful person, Stratton Nash. Stratton is a very active member of the community but his current passion is a documentary, "Their Story", which chronicles the black history of Sewickley, PA where he grew up. In this interview, he recounts a tremendous story about how such a diverse community was so cohesive, creating memories he holds dear nearly 60 years later. Stratton is an incredibly positive and uplifting person that will leave an immediate impact on your life.

This week Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview a wonderful person, Stratton Nash. Stratton is a very active member of the community but his current passion is a documentary, "Their Story", which chronicles the black history of Sewickley, PA where he grew up. In this interview, he recounts a....

04/23/2026

This week, Steve Mancini interviews Marta Cappellini from Passione Italiana. As Marta says, "Italian is in my blood and teaching is in my heart." This episode shows how you can turn your passion into a business and as a result, be truly successful. Marta is truly passionate about what she does and as a result, her skills and passion make her one of the most sought after teachers of Italian in the world! Learn more about Marta here: https://www.passione-italiana.com/our-team/

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This week, Steve Mancini interviews Marta Cappellini from Passione Italiana. As Marta says, "Italian is in my blood and teaching is in my heart." This episode shows how you can turn your passion into a business and as a result, be truly successful. Marta is truly passionate about what she does and a...

04/21/2026

Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview former NFL player, Ron Coder. Ron has a very interesting route into the NFL starting with high school in Japan! Ron later went onto play at Penn State and then the NFL where he played for 5 seasons. Ron is a dedicated family man who gives back to his community and in this episode, we are going to discuss the importance of perseverance but just as importantly, humility in service to others. This is very inspirational episode we know you are going to enjoy.

Steve Mancini and Claudio Reilsono interview former NFL player, Ron Coder. Ron has a very interesting route into the NFL starting with high school in Japan! Ron later went onto play at Penn State and then the NFL where he played for 5 seasons. Ron is a dedicated family man who gives back to his comm...

04/08/2026

All,
The newest documentary, "Innocenti: The Innocent Ones" is now available. This is a powerful film which recounts the story of occupied Abruzzo, Italy by the Germans during the Second World War. I put it on YouTube to give it maximum availability for no cost. All I ask, share it so others can here directly form the survivors, of which I was blessed enough to interview. These people are in their 90's and now for the first time, some of them have recounted their childhood and now we can understand before they pass. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/KW9MdbMhsXI?si=8tJHt1n_avfQ5xHA

Tutti,
Il documentario più recente, "Innocenti: The Innocent Ones", è ora disponibile. Questo è un film potente che racconta la storia dell'Abruzzo occupato, Italia, dai tedeschi durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. L'ho messo su YouTube per offrire la massima disponibilità senza costi. Tutto quello che chiedo è di condividerlo affinché altri possano conoscere direttamente i sopravvissuti, che ho avuto la fortuna di intervistare. Queste persone hanno novant'anni e ora, per la prima volta, alcune di loro hanno raccontato la loro infanzia e ora possiamo capire prima che se ne vadano. Buona lettura!

Innocenti takes viewers on a very emotional ride. The film chronicles life under the 9-month German occupation of the Abruzzo region during the second world ...