About a year ago, two Italian-Americans from Suffern — or "paesans," as they would say — decided to try something new. Anthony Fasano had an idea to start a podcast that focused on Italian-American culture, and it didn't take much convincing to get family friend Dolores Alfieri on board. Then came what they figured would be the hard part: Lining up recognizable guests to give the show some credibility. As it turned out, there were many paesans who were more than willing.

"Here we are, two people doing a podcast, and we have no episodes yet," Alfieri recalled at Marcello's Restaurant in Suffern on Tuesday. "We reach out to Mary Tedesco, the host of a popular TV show (PBS' 'Genealogy Roadshow'), and tell her what we're doing. And she said yes. You'll always remember somebody like her. She'll always be a favorite in our hearts because she really helped us to get started."

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