Show to Air on WHRU Radio and Will Stream on Podcast Platforms
Long Island, NY – October 2024- A unique, aspirational podcast launches this month, following the Renaissance Minds blog project, with support from the Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island (ITALI). Silvia Davi and Chris Vaccaro, a pair of Italian American visionaries, media experts, and industry leaders, will co-host the podcast. They partnered to bring this groundbreaking Renaissance Minds podcast to life. The podcast launches this month as a tribute to Italian-American Heritage Month.
Silvia Davi and Chris R. Vaccaro bring their unique perspectives, storytelling ability, and innovative Italian American spirit to the airwaves. They will interview leaders and visionaries from all sectors with multidimensional interests, hobbies, and lifestyles, shaping the minds of today’s biggest thinkers.
Renaissance Minds will air on 88.7-FM, WRHU, Hofstra University’s four-time Marconi-winning radio station. It will also be streamed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all other places where podcasts are consumed. It will also become the official podcast for the Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island and will be distributed by related organizations.
Renaissance Minds, originally a passion project from founder Silvia Davi, was inspired by her unique professional background, business attributes, and personal interests. It combines Silvia’s multifaceted identity, capturing everything from her entrepreneurial spirit to her experience as a corporate executive leader, entrepreneur, contributor, and lover of the arts and all things Italian. That same ideation will be in audio form in partnership with co-host Vaccaro.
Silvia Davi commented, “The goal of the podcast is to celebrate multidimensional lifestyles and examine the lives of interesting leaders while uncovering talents and unknown facts across everything from history, art, pop-culture, sports, business, technology and more. With a focus on Italian, Italian American and other influences across sectors, the goal is to bring to life what inspires successful leaders, brands and communities. Delighted to be partnered with Chris who shares my passion for authentic content and together we will dive deep into the minds of thought-provoking individuals from all walks of life.”
Chris R. Vaccaro said: “It’s beautiful when like-minded, passionate people come together. The universe always has a way of aligning. Regarding the topic and feeling of Italian heritage, we’re ready to collaborate and tell meaningful stories that impact many people. Having the support of the National Italian American Foundation and the Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island and recording at Hofstra is even better!”
About Silvia Davi: A born and raised New Yorker, the motivation for Renaissance Minds came from Silvia, often referred to as a Renaissance Woman due to her multifaceted skill set, expertise across disciplines, and a global mindset with an ability to do business in multiple languages. Renaissance Minds combines her insights throughout her strategic marketing, public relations, and business development career with her expertise and network within capital markets, fintech, media, entertainment, sports, and lifestyle. Inspired by the manifestation of Silvia’s passion for the arts, culture, history and a lifetime of travels throughout Italy’s many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in pursuit of la dolce vita, the blog and podcast celebrate interesting facts, sites, the origin of things, multidimensional minds, complex movements, and interesting personalities.
About Chris R. Vaccaro: Her co-host is Chris R. Vaccaro, a like-minded media executive, professor, founder, and author with extensive experience in corporate media, sports business, and Italian heritage-based advocacy. He has a penchant for asking questions that dig deep into the hearts and minds of people who care deeply about their work; the story of their journey is just as important as their modern impact. Chris is the Founder and Executive Director of the Italian-American Heritage Society of Long Island. Together with Silvia, they plan on sharing stories about complex people in a simple-to-follow format that will inspire and educate listeners.
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