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In this episode of Gangland Wire, host Gary Jenkins sits down with author and historian Gary Clemente for a deep dive into the remarkable life of Nicola Gentile, one of the most influential yet little-known figures in early American organized crime. Click here to find books by mob expert Gary Celemente Gentile was no street thug. Born in Sicily in 1884, he immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s and became a roving Mafia diplomat—trusted to mediate disputes among crime families in cities such as New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Kansas City, Pueblo, Chicago, and beyond. Known as Zio Nicola (“Uncle Nick”), Gentile operated as a stabilizing force during the most violent period of Mafia history, including Prohibition and the Castellammarese War. Clemente reveals that Gentile's story survives largely because Gentile broke the ultimate Mafia rule: he wrote memoirs. Those writings—published in Italy in the 1960s—were seized by the FBI and later translated by Clemente's father, Peter Clemente, one of the first Sicilian-born agents assigned to the FBI's elite Top Hoodlum Squad. The episode offers rare insight into those translations and the intelligence value they held for federal investigators. The discussion traces Gentile's interactions with legendary figures such as Carlo Gambino, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Vito Genovese, as well as his behind-the-scenes role in shaping the Mafia's modern organizational structure—including the creation of the national Commission. The episode also explores Gentile's personal contradictions: a lifelong criminal who saw himself as an honorable man, a mediator capable of violence, and a romantic who later believed a lover betrayed him to federal authorities. After fleeing the U.S. under indictment, Gentile returned to Sicily, where he later provided intelligence to Allied forces during World War II—another unlikely chapter in an already extraordinary life. Despite being sentenced to death by Mafia leaders for publishing his memoirs, Gentile was spared due to the respect he commanded on both sides of the Atlantic. He died peacefully in Sicily in 1970, leaving behind a story so expansive it feels tailor-made for film. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. [0:00] Hey, all you wiretappers, Gary Jenkins back here in the studio of Gangland Wire. I am a former Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective and now turned podcaster and documented filmmaker. We record the mafia, everything we can about the mob. And today I’ve been wanting to do this story, guys, as a man named Nicola Gentile. Did I get that right, Gary? Beautiful. All right. This is Gary Clemente, and Gary’s been on before, or GP Clemente. He’s been on before. His father was Peter Clemente, who was one of the original Sicilian-born FBI agents in the United States and did a lot of translation work with Bellacci. And he’s written, he’s writing books. So we talked about the first book, but tell just a little bit more about it. And guys, I’ll have links to that book. And then tell me a little bit about the two more you have coming out. The first book that I wrote in a series of books about my father’s lengthy FBI career is called Untold Mafia Tales from the FBI Top Hoodlum Squad. [1:04] And it’s about my father’s career in the mafia from 1950 to 1976. And in 1957, he became a part of the Top Hoodlum squad, which is an elite group that J.H. Goober started as part of the Top Hoodlum program. And what happened was in 1957, they had a big mafia conclave meeting in Appalachian, New York. [1:30] And they had about 60 members of the mafia throughout the country, all the bosses that attended this meeting. And it became publicized. The cops were there. They confiscated their identification, their wallets, the money, everything. And it got released into the news. This was a big story. [1:50] So what happened was J. Edgar Hoover at that time had been denying the existence of the mafia for a number of reasons. Probably because he didn’t want to get involved with all of the muck of trying to prosecute these gangland people because he knew that they had a lot of buffers between the bosses and the guys committing the murders. So he knew it was going to be difficult, and it would blemish their conviction record and rate. So he kind of stayed away from it, denied the existence of the mafia, And along comes this Appalachian Conclave meeting. It got released into the news, and everybody was up in arms about this. That’s when Hoover decided to start the Top Hoodland program, because there was absolutely no denial of what was going on here, that there was some sort of vast criminal organization that was highly organized, and he had to do something about it. So in 1957, my father became part of the Top Hoodlum program. [2:54] And in particular, the Top Hoodlum squad in New York City, which is really a hotbed of mafia criminal activity. You couldn’t get any more hotter than what they had. They had five mafia families alone in New York. And the first book was really about how my father confronted Carlo Gambino, how Carlo Gambino became one of his original subjects for him to study and to profile. [3:24] He was ordered to do that, and he was happy to do that. The book is really about him confronting face-to-face with Carlo Gambino, and then afterwards wiretapping him at the Golden Gate Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. He was on the other side of a wall. From Gambino for six weeks. Gambino did not know he was on the other side of the wall wiretapping him with another agent. So that’s what the first book was about. And the second book is about really the backstory of my father’s life before he got into the FBI a little bit. Then his first years in the Bureau, when he was a part of the investigation of the Communist Party and the Workers’, Party and the few offices that he was in, like the Springfield, Illinois office, and also Cleveland. And then he became a part of the New York office. He was still investigating communist activities at the time. And then he became a part of the Top Woodland squad. And his milieu, his wheelhouse, became organized crime and the mafia. So that’s generally what has happened so far. The second book is being released this coming month, and it will We’ll have book two and book three talking about these sorts of things. [4:44] Interesting. Interesting. All right, guys, I’ll have a link to the old book down there in the show notes and look for that new book coming up and we’ll get back together. I’ll get back with Gary after the book comes out sometime and we’ll do another show. And we’re not going to talk about the mafia so much. We’re going to talk about these activities, which I think is interesting, of the FBI against the Social Workers Party and the Communist Party USA because they did a lot of work. When I was growing up, Gary, do you remember I Led Three Lives, the TV show about, his last name was Phil Brick. It was a weekly TV show about an undercover FBI agent who supposedly was working as a member of the Communist Party. He would go to these meetings and things like that. Do you remember that? I Led Three Lives. I do remember that. That show goes way, way back. What year was that show? Oh, that had to be 1953, 54. I had to be like 9, 10 years old, 55. I was 10 years old, so it probably may be 1955. I do remember the show. I think I’ve seen reruns of it. Yeah, I bet it’s on YouTube. I have to look that up for fun one of these days. [5:52] Issue Machine’s show back then, we will talk about this later on at another time as regards to the second book. Back in the 1950s, J. Edgar Hoover’s main enemy was the Communist Party. It wasn’t organized crime. That was his top focus. He wrote a book called Masters of Deceit. And people, I think everybody, they should have this book in public school system, but they don’t want to do that today. Today’s public school system, they try to inculcate youngsters in more social activities and social warriors and not learning about the perils of Marxism and communism. [6:33] Okay, today we’re going to talk about Nicola Gentile. Now, 1903, he was a Sicilian immigrant that came to the United States, and he found a lot of opportunity among the other Sicilian immigrants because he was a blackhander, if you will, when he first got here. He was a criminal who came over from Sicily, but he was able to move among all the different families, all the different cities, and settle disputes and help people get organized and do things like that. Gary, start telling us a little bit about what you remember about Nicola Gentile. First of all, I want to tell people that Nicola Gentile was an uber jovelace. He was jovelace on steroids. Somebody later on in his life, toward the end of his life, he wrote his memoirs down. This was in 1963. So what happened was he published his memoirs in Italy. He had a co-author, he had another journalist write these memoirs down in Sicilia. [7:36] These memoirs were then grabbed by the FBI and they were given to my father. My father had the papers written in Sicilian. And I remember as a boy in 1963, when this happened, my father was sitting at a table translating these memoirs with my grandmother. Now, my grandmother grew up not too far away. My grandmother and my grandfather grew up not too far away from Nicola Gentile. Nicola was born in the town of Siculiana. Try to say that, Gary. [8:14] I give. I said that one real fast. So he’s writing these, translating the memoirs with my Sicilian-speaking grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather spoke, my grandparents, my father spoke Sicilian as well, too. He grew up with that as a little boy. But my grandmother and my grandfather were helping him translate these papers. These are the FBI papers. This is a copy. This is a copy of the FBI photocopy after it got translated. And my father did write some notes here and there. You can see it’s fairly light. The print is fairly light on it. I do have some post-it notes or notations, comments on it. But this is about 185 pages that were translated. And the language is quite formal, I’ll read to you a little bit of the first page What Nicola Gentile wrote as he started off Before you get started there, was that book ever translated? Is that available here in English form like on Amazon as a book you can buy today? I know a lot of people are wondering, can I find that? [9:34] That’s a good question. I haven’t gone that far yet. Okay, all right. I don’t know. I’ll take a look. That is a good question. But this is the translation that my father and my grandparents did. And whether it came out that way in these books that are out now, I don’t know. There are some books that do talk about Nicola Jantili, but I don’t know if there are any English translation books. So this is how the first page of Nicola’s book opens. Siculiana, a small town of Sicily, did not, prior to 1900, offer any opportunity for work or secondary school education for the betterment of life of its youth. [10:22] The greater portion of whom in which there existed the disposition encouraged by the family while still young frequented the shop of an artisan where they struggled to learn a trade, but at the same time often neglecting school so that illiteracy reigned supreme. So that’s the sort of language that Nicola used in it. And it’s quite interesting. It’s a bit formal. He does jump around a bit from his activities from one place to another. He talks a lot about how he knew practically everybody in the mob at that time. He knew people like Luciano. He knew he interacted with Al Capone. He interacted with Vito Genovese. He interacted with Albert the Mad Hatter, Anastasia. These were all the big shots. I’m talking about in the 1920s through the 1930s and all the way after. If you remember that in the 1920s, the 1919 prohibition happened, okay? That’s what really blew up out of everything, the prestige, the money, and the power of the mafia. That’s how it grew because of prohibition. and they were able to bootleg liquor, and Nikola was indeed a part of this. [11:51] He traveled around a lot. Now, what was the deal with that? He was in New York. I think that was his base, and that’s where he got started, but he traveled to, I think, New Orleans, or did he come up from New Orleans? I can’t remember. He was in Kansas City. He was in Cleveland. He was in Pueblo, Colorado. He made some connections. There’s a really old, early family in Pueblo, Colorado. I’ve talked to a descendant of that family, and I’ve talked to another author that knew quite a little bit about it so he traveled around to these different families what was the story with that, For whatever reason, he was a robing ambassador and a mediator. Look, you’re talking about organized crime. You’re talking about the mafia. You’re talking about vicious people who had one thing and one thing only in mind. What was it? Duh, money. Money and power. Because of that, you’re going to have disputes. You’re going to have arguments. You’re going to have people being killed as a result of it. And Gentile was the sort of individual that, think of Nicola Gentile as a Vida Colleone. [12:59] Think of him as a godfather figure. Very wise, understanding how to mediate the disputes, realizing that, as everybody else did, that if we do not mediate these disputes, what will happen? We will be at each other’s throats like animals. Yeah. And our organization cannot exist. Our universe, our world cannot exist if this happens. So we must mediate these disputes. We must have an organizational structure. We must have a boss. We must have an underboss. We must have a consigliere, an advisor, who tells, who gives words of wisdom about how to proceed with business. Whether to take somebody out, how to proceed in such a fashion. So all of that was a part of the world. And it existed for many years, for many decades because of that. [14:01] Now, let me start off a little bit to tell you the beginnings of Nicola so we can lead up to how he got to this position. So he was born in 1884. He came to America at the age of 19 and went to New York. He travels to Kansas City to meet with his brother Vincent, who lived in Topeka, Kansas, not too far away from Kansas City. He started working out in the Santa Fe Railroad, and he became a linen peddler, and he did make some money doing that. He returned to Italy in 1909. He married in 1910 and had a daughter named Maria. Now, in his papers, you really don’t hear anything more about that happening. You don’t hear anything about his wife, children, nothing. And it isn’t until later on, at the very end of his memoirs, he talks about the women in his life. We’ll get to that later. But so what happened was he returns back from Italy, gets back to America, and he goes to Canada. Then he moves to San Francisco with his brother, and he continues to sell linen until 1914. And it isn’t until he was a year or two later, maybe about the age of 19, 20 or so, he starts getting involved with the Honor Society. [15:27] Now, he knows about the Honor Society from back in Sicily. He’s been well aware of it. He’s been involved with it. At the age of 15, he had been convicted of a crime, and he had been sentenced to jail at the age of 15. So he wasn’t new to the world of organized crime. He knew it from back in Sicily. It’s a very deep fabric of the world of Sicily at that time. Why is that? Because in Sicily, in those years, in the late 1800s, you had either what? You had a sort of a feudal system where people were working for these large landowners, and the landowners were absentee landowners, okay? They delegated authority to people underneath them, and the people working for their land and working on their land were really, for example, a lot of poverty happened because of it. So to bridge that sort of gap with poverty, the Mafia started, in other words, and they called it the Honor Society. These were men of honor. And Nicola Gentile describes it as the, let me see here. [16:39] He describes the honor society, originating many years ago in antiquity, and it gives the right to defend the honor of the weak and to respect human law. With these principles as its guide, it’s still operated within the mafia. So you understand that within the honor society, here’s the code that we must be civilized, even though we’re acting like animals. [17:08] We don’t want to act too much like animals but otherwise we will destroy, the golden goose so this is what they put in the back of their minds we must act in a civilized manner, so that was the understanding of how the outer society worked so he went to New York he went to Brooklyn, and at that time the mafia probably had 2,000 2,000 members of the mafia in New York at that time, between the five families. They call them Bocate families. So he joined the Outer Society in Pittsburgh. [17:49] And soon after, he was asked by Gregorio Conte, the head of the mob boss in Pittsburgh, to do a killing for him. Okay? Now, he doesn’t say whether this was an initiation right, because that’s what they usually did in the mafia. You had to kill somebody in order to be initiated into the mafia, become a member of it. So he was ordered to do a killing, and what happened was he confronted this individual in front of a restaurant. His brother shoots the victim in front of the restaurant. He runs away before Nikola, empties his gun into the guy. Paul runs away. Nicola’s standing there with his gun. People are yelling and screaming, oh my gosh, he did it. He killed this person. Paul is running down the street. He takes his firearm. He shoots it up in the air. [18:45] Scares the crowd away. Nicola runs away. He escapes from that scene. Now, Nicola really has never, throughout his mafia career, he’s never been arrested. It isn’t until later on in his life that he actually does get under the eye of the police and he becomes indicted and will get arrested. So that’s what happens to him later on. But later, during his life in the mob, he does not get arrested in any way, shape, or form. Although he got to Italy, when he goes back to Italy, he was under the scrutiny of the police there and he had been arrested. He gets out on bail, and he was accused of crimes there. So he was pretty slippery. But in terms of what we’re talking about, his mediation skills, little by little, he becomes this sort of individual that people look at as somebody that can mediate their problems and to tamper down the situation that can become very hot. And he became somebody that the other mobsters called, they called him Uncle Nick or Zio Nicola, Zio Cola, Uncle Cola. They saw him as a sort of a vunticular figure. [20:07] That could ameliorate these disputes and these situations that they were involved with. In Kansas City, our mob boss was Nick Savella for a long time, and I was looking over some wiretaps, and people were talking about him, and one of his underlings was talking to another underling about something he was going to take to him, and he called him Zeo the whole time. They always referred to him as Zeo, so that’s a term of honor and respect throughout the mafia world. [20:37] That’s right. As I keep saying, the mafia was able to exist for as long as it did because they had an organizational structure. They had a code of honor that kept them from not acting like wild animals too much. Too much. A lot of these people, you’ve met more than your share of criminals. Gary, you know how many of these people can be. Some of them can be very business-like. Some of them can be very vicious, vicious, sick people too. And the great scarpets of the world that would kill dozens of people. These were psychopaths. You had your whole range. You had your whole range of people. And the fascinating thing about Gentile was that he knew a lot of these individuals. You talked about the Kansas City, the Kansas City entity. Yes, Pueblo, Colorado did have its problems at that time. And somebody had been killed, the Pueblo, Colorado family, and that sort of spilled over into Kansas City. Kansas City was asking to mediate the situation, and it was Chile mediated the situation because of it. [21:57] Chantina became the boss of the Kansas City family. Now, he does not get into this in great depth about what he did in Kansas City at Boston, but it was a temporary thing. He was bopping around from Pittsburgh to Cleveland to Kansas City. He went to New York. He was in Boston. He was far away, San Francisco, Los Angeles. He was all over the place. And he was very well respected. He had a lot to do with what was going on in Chicago with Al Capone. Interestingly enough, Al Capone, at that time, when Gentile encountered him, his family, if you want to call it his crime family, had a lot of international entities in it. It wasn’t an Italian thing. He had a lot of different people from different ethnic backgrounds as a part of his organization. It wasn’t until Nicola comes around and the mafia bosses came around and told him, look, this is what the mafia is like. We’re not an international group here. [23:08] It’s strictly Italian. You want to be a part of it, you need to buy into this. Okay. And that’s indeed what he did, bought into the mafia, marginalize the people that were not Italians. Booted them out and or killed them sometimes and started his own mafia italian thing in chicago which became very very well known as as a bloody place to believe bloody bloody place to be because of the the killings that they had prior to him being a part of the mafia officially there were a tremendous amount of gangland killings as you know in chicago so he had a large part to and he He did keep a lot of those other ethnicities around as players, as people he could use, though. And on into Frank Nitti’s time and on up into current modern times, up into the 50s and 60s, they had several people that were on the periphery would be associates. But I guess he had more organization of Sicilians, it looks to me like, over the years. Yes, yes, he did. What happened eventually was, as Gary, the Castellamareci War erupted in the 1930s. That’s another hard one to say, Castellamareci. Castellamareci. I can say that, Castellamareci. [24:35] Try to say that real fast. So what happened, the Castellamareci War erupted. In June, the boss mazzeria was the boss of bosses. They called him the king. Was the boss of the Capetituticape, the boss of bosses, okay? [24:53] And Mazzaria was wielding a very heavy hand that a lot of the other bosses in the country did not like at that time. And in particular, Maranzano became his chief foe. And he was originally from the Castellammare area of Sicily, okay? and his henchmen, his crew, the men around him were from that area. So they had a big war with the children past Mazaria. They wanted to assume power. A lot of people were dying. They were dropping like flies, especially over in New York. And Nicola Gentile was one of the people that were trying to mediate this situation between Mazaria and Marazano. Originally, Nicola sided with Mazaria, but then the ties changed. In turn, everybody wanted Mazaria dead. All the other bosses wanted him dead, including Capone. Mazaria was eventually executed in, I believe it was 1931. [26:05] And so Salvatore Marzano assumes power, okay? The people that Mazaria had underneath him, And Marisano said, we need to get rid of these guys. So he wound up killing all of the mazzarela boys. So everybody was saying, look, I don’t see any end of this bloodshed. We don’t need this publicity, okay? We need to operate in the shadows, okay? And Carlo Gambino was an expert at doing that. So what happened was the war ended. Marisano took over. He kills the boys. But then after that Marzano, what happens power gets to his head and easily lies the crown of the king, Marzano eventually gets killed by the other bosses and it was Vito Genovese. [27:00] It was Vito Genovese that was ordered to do the hit on Marazano with his crew. And as a result of that, Gary, the other bosses said, look, we need more structure here. There’s too much bloodshed. We can’t have this going on forever and ever. So they created a commission. Now, they did have other commissions before. They did have general assemblies like that. And so they created a commission that included Lucky Luciano, included Al Capone. [27:35] Included Joe Profaggi, included Joe Bananas as part of the commission to settle down, settle things down. Now, I said that originally, when we started that, that they had an Appalachian conclave, right? They had about 60 bosses, 60, 80 bosses there at that conclave. That’s big. Believe it or not, while the big war was going on, Al Capone had a meeting on his dime in Boston, I believe. Guess who was there? I’m sorry, about 500. They had 500 mafia guys there. And there was no publicity about it. Not what happened later on in Appalachian, New York. So here you have, you imagine, 500 mob guys meeting at a hotel in Boston, and it wasn’t covered by the media at that time. But that’s part and parcel of what Nicola was involved with, some of the people he was involved with at that time. So what happens to him later on? What stirs him to write this book? [28:44] What happened was, toward the latter part of his life, he starts to talk about a couple of women that he was involved with. He talks about, I will put all the paperwork so you can actually hear the words that he talks about. He talks about how he met this woman named Maria. [29:08] He meets this woman named Maria, and he really captures his imagination. He doesn’t talk about that he had been married, that he also had a child, too. He had a child named Maria. So he meets this woman named Maria, and she’s really stricken with him. And to the point where she tells him that she’s so smitten with him that I’m going to read what, He tried to pose as a jewelry salesman so that he could meet her. He says, I suspected that you weren’t a jewelry salesman. She says to him, she said, you did. She whispered in my ear, lightly touching my earlobe with her lips. She used to finish by kissing me on the mouth wild with love. There were moments of passion that our bodies would entwine, palpitating with love, and which would later be abandoned with languid reproves. So that’s the sort of language he used. And at one point, he talks about how he liked going to her apartment to visit her when he was feeling edgy. [30:28] You’re a mobster. You feel a little bit edgy. You’re always looking over your shoulder, right? So he was happy to go to her apartment to calm down, and she would talk to him. And she says, Mary was happy to see me. She used to tell me, Nick, that’s how she called me, you are an extraordinary man. You don’t know with what fear and respect those Boers, the Shacatani, speaker view. The Shacatani were the people of Sciacca, Sicily, that were mobsters that he associated with. It says, your name impresses everyone. Any woman alive brought to live among this rabble would be happy to be your co-worker, to wear men’s clothes, and at the necessary time of the occasion should present itself, to embrace a Tommy gun and die in your arm. [31:26] So that’s the sort of romantic verbiage that they used at the time. So what happened, too, was he sees her, then eventually he meets another woman named Dorothy. [31:41] She professes herself to be Irish to begin with, but then he finds out later as she tells him, I’m actually not Irish. I come from a Sicilian family. But she just wanted to impress him somehow to get his eyes. She was very attracted to him, to this woman, Dorothy. What happened was they have a love affair with each other, and Nikola, this is to the very end of his story here, Nikola had been involved with a gambling house in New York, and the gambling house was starting to go underwater. He needed money, so it was proposed to him by another mobster by the name of Jacono to do some narcotic trafficking down in Texas and Louisiana. [32:31] He gets the permission to do so from his bosses. Look, Nicola was still a roving asset, and he had to get permission to do things so that he could acquire enough money for investments, so he can give them money back, so he gets permission to do this. He starts getting involved with the drug trafficking trade in Texas and Louisiana, and he sees that he’s being tailed a lot. He doesn’t understand why. He says, out of nowhere, the police would show up. How did they find out? At the same time, he was trying to contact Dorothy. Before he left, Dorothy asked him. [33:11] Will I be seeing you much? She said, I don’t know. I could be gone six months or a year. She says that she’s so heartbroken about this. And he leaves and he gets involved with the drug trade. And he’s asking these questions about how is it that the cops are showing up at these different places where we are trying to transact business? What happens was he tried to contact Dorothy at different places where she said that she could be contacted. She didn’t get back to him. So he puts two and two together. He thinks that he believes that Dorothy was actually a treasury agent. She had been spying on him, that she was the Mata Hari, so to speak, and was feeding the information to the feds. to where he was. So what happened was they indicted him, got out on bail on $18,000 bail, and he was urged to be a stowaway to get to Italy. So he stows away on a ship, gets back to Italy. And interestingly enough, Gary. [34:23] He starts at World War II erupts, and he becomes an asset to the Allies in Sicily. He’s given them intelligence about what’s happening in Sicily with the mafia in Sicily. And the mafia in Sicily did not want to have anything to do with Mussolini. Mussolini was trying to bag on them big time. He’s trying to shut them down. And Nicola helped the Allies with intelligence reports on what was going on in Sicily. And that was a big part of what he was doing. And then later on, it wasn’t until 1963 or so, and he was still getting involved. He was still getting involved with the mafia at that time, doing criminal activities. But he wasn’t welcomed as much as he had been before. But he was still involved with them. What happened was the 60s came around, and he started writing his memoirs. He was an older man, and he started writing these things down on paper. [35:28] Which is what a mafia member does not do. You do not speak a word, let alone try to write it on paper. Otherwise, it’s a penalty of death. So he wrote all of these memoirs down in 1963. It got published that he was sentenced to death. But one of the mafia families in Sicily refused to do it. They refused to do it because he had a lot of respect. Members of the mafia in the U.S. And also in Sicily respected Gintilian very much because he had this godfather air about him. He had the Vita Corleone air about him. I will talk to you, and I will come up with a solution for you. Everybody’s calmed down by that. They’re not so excited and bloodthirsty when they hear that. They sense him to death. The mafia family in Sicily refused to carry out the hit. The book was published, and he lived the rest of his life in peace. He died peacefully as an old man in Sicily in 1970. Wow, 1970. That’s a hell of a story. That is a hell of a story, man. [36:44] I’m telling you you can make a movie out of this man’s life oh yeah literally the way he was jumping around from one place to the other he was really a maverick rogue sort of individual who is who did not have a higher education about him but was extremely intelligent and was able to use this and that’s what that’s why they respected him a lot of these individuals that he dealt with were boars and uneducated individuals to begin with. Many of them were highly intelligent. And as my dad always told me, his son, these individuals, especially the mob bosses, they could have been tycoons of finance. They could have been industrial tycoons, wizards of finance and economics and Wall Street if they had wanted to, but they did not want to. So they choose a life of crime. [37:40] Interesting. I’ll tell you what, that’s a hell of a story, Gary. That is a really cool story. I’d always wanted to do this guy’s story, mainly because I knew of his Kansas City connection. I talked to our local FBI agent here that has chronicled a lot of these things, got a book out there about those early days, and he’s excited. He’s looking forward to listening to this. So I really appreciate you coming on the show. Gary Clemente, GP Clemente. His father was Peter Clemente, the first Sicilian-born member of the FBI Top Hoodlum Squad. And Gary has been translating his works, is what he did. He wrote down a lot of stuff, and Gary’s been translating. He’s putting it down to a series of books. It’s called, let’s see, it is Untold Mafia Tales from the FBI Top Hoodlum Squad, I believe. I think I can read that on your event there. He does speaking events, too. If you’re back east, you’re from New York City area. Where are you from? Where do you speak at? I originally grew up in New Jersey, not too far from one of the Sopranos guys. [38:47] In New Jersey, my father was working at the New York office at that time and decided to buy a home in the suburbs of New York, not too far away from New York City. So that’s where I grew up. On the right side of the track. If somebody wants to get a hold of you to do a speaking engagement, though, how do they find you? They can get a hold of me at my email, gpclementibooks, gpclementibooks, at gmail.com. And I’m also on X, gpclementi16, I’m also on X. And the book is available on Amazon. You can pick it up there, and it’s doing quite well. I’m looking forward to the next one coming out next month. Yeah, I bet you’re looking forward to that. Yeah, and if you get his book, be sure and give him a review. Give him a good review on whatever review you want to give, but give him a good review. Please. [39:48] Because it helps these guys a lot to get a good review. More people will buy their book. And we, guys, we all want to encourage these mob historians. And Gary has done a real great job at chronicling the history, not just the blood and guts. We all like the blood and guts stories and the murder stories, but the entire history. You were talking about them being out in Pueblo, Colorado, and I just couldn’t figure that out. I just talked to a woman whose ancestors were in Pueblo, Colorado, connected to the mob out there. And she said that what it is, there was lead mines out there, and a lot of Sicilians were miners, and they went to that southern Colorado area to work in the mines. And I know we have a large group of Sicilian populations in southwest Missouri where there were strip mines down there for coal. And it’s a huge family of them down there. And so it’s, you know, where the work was is where people went to, and that’s how they ended up spread around the country. [40:45] That’s right. There were many Sicilians in San Francisco, Louisiana. Believe it or not, when Sicilians were in Louisiana when they first immigrated to Louisiana, there were several of them that had been home because they were looked upon as less than human. And the locals did not want them infiltrating their population. So it didn’t just happen to African-Americans, it also happened to Sicilians. Yeah, I’ve read about that story. So it’s an immigrant experience. Any group of immigrants that comes to the United States at first. [41:25] You know, the greater population, the English and the Irish and the Germans already have the good jobs and they keep them pushed out. And they have a different language, totally different language. And everybody else is speaking English. And so it’s really hard for an immigrant population to move in. That’s why they have to start businesses. And along with them, they brought the mafia. They had brought this tradition of the mafia that is shadow government, if you will, for them. Well, that’s true. And I must add that even though I talk a lot about the mafia and the world of the mafia, the Cosa Nostra, that my father was involved with, My father would be the first to tell you he was not proud of the criminal association and organization that these people started. He was not proud of it in any way. In fact, if you read my first book, you will read the part about how my father confronted Carlo Gambino and told him to his face that he was not proud of what Gambino and his associates were doing. And the bad name that they were bringing upon other Italian and Sicilians that had come to this country, like my grandparents, that work hard and made something of themselves. It’s not something to be proud of. Fascinating, interesting, but it’s not something that I’m certainly not proud of either. But pretty amazing, considering these people could have done something more honest. [42:51] But they chose not to. That’s a whole other story and movie to talk about. Yeah, it is. Gary Clemente, I really appreciate you coming on the show. Thanks so much. You’re welcome. Thank you, Gary. Great being here. Gary to Gary. Gary to Gary, yeah. You know, they don’t name Gary anymore. Gary, little kids, Gary anymore. That was back right after the war in the early 50s. Everybody was named Gary. I had three Garys, I think, in my class. I tell you, I went to this movie with my grandkids. It’s called Zootopia. And they had a character in there called Gary the Snake. [43:27] So that’s what we’ve devolved down to, We’re nothing but snakes, Gary Guys, I really appreciate y’all tuning in And don’t forget to like and subscribe And down in the show notes, I’m going to have links to this stuff And I’ve got links to some of the stuff that I sell My books and DVDs If you want to rent them, I’ve got a link to that You can rent my DVDs for $1.99 So thanks a lot, guys. Okay, Gary, thank you. Hey, thank you, Gary. Thank you very much. Really appreciate that you’re having me on. Really enjoy it. Anything I can do for you, please let me know. Anything I can do. You know that I’ve got your endorsement on the back of the book, right? I didn’t remember. I do so much sometimes, Gary, that I forget all what I do good. Yeah, I’ve got your endorsement on the back of the book. I gave you a good endorsement. All right. The second book, the one that’s coming out, the one that’s coming out, we’ll have the same thing on there. You got some author blurbs? You got enough author blurbs on there? Yeah, yeah. Your endorsement will be on the back of the next book, too. Okay, all right, all right. All right, Gary. Thanks a lot, my friend. Hey, thank you, buddy. Anything in Kansas City. When the other book comes out, I’ll let you know. Yeah, let me know. We’ll do that show here in a couple of months. Okay? Hey, thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right, all right. Stay safe. Okay, buddy. Take care. Bye-bye.

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A/V industry expert and custom integrator John Sciacca joins the eCoustics team to break down our top picks from CEDIA Expo 2025, held September 3–6. The annual trade show covers everything from home theater and soundbars to architectural speakers and outdoor A/V systems—gear designed for the pros who install and recommend solutions for luxury homes and yachts. We'll highlight this year's “Best in Show” winners across multiple categories—and call out a few products that didn't quite live up to the hype.Panel:John Sciacca, Partner at Custom Theater and AudioChris Boylan, eCoustics Editor-at-LargeRobert Silva, eCoustics Sr. News CorrespondentBrian Mitchell, eCoustics Founder and HostThank you to Marantz and SVS for their support of our programming!www.svsound.comwww.marantz.comCredits:• Original intro music by The Arc of All. https://sourceoflightandpower.bandcamp.com• Voice Over Provided by Todd Harrell of SSP Unlimited. https://sspunlimited.com• Production by Mitch Anderson, Black Circle Studios. https://blackcircleradio.comDon't forget to check our website for daily updates on the latest electronics, news, recommendations, and deals on high-end audio, loudspeakers, earphones, TVs, and more.www.ecoustics.com#cedia2025 #ecoustics #hifi #audiophile #hometheater #avtech #custominstall #bestof2025tech #musicindustry #projectors #dolbyatmos #bestsoundbar #besttv #beststereo

Send us a textIn this episode, I sit down with the radiant Nicole Sciacca, movement maven, teacher, and embodiment guide. Nicole's journey from professional dancer to powerhouse instructor is more than a story of career evolution—it's a living reminder of what it means to let your body lead you back to truth.Nicole reminds us that our bodies are not just vessels—we are designed to move, to feel, and to free ourselves through rhythm. This conversation is an invitation to let your body become your most trustworthy oracle.Connect with Nicole:Nicole's InstagramNicole's Website

Many of us ask ourselves the honest question: Why is making friends as an adult so hard? At this Talkback, Ben Sciacca, Redeemer's Local Ministry Coordinator, dove into how God created us to live in meaningful community with one another. While the desire for friendship is part of God's good design, the reality is that we live in a time of prevailing loneliness and isolation. Ben was joined by Janet King, Founder of The Gathering Lab. Together, they discussed how to move past small talk into something deeper. They explored what barriers keep us isolated and what fears prevent us from moving beyond our comfort zones. As image-bearers of a loving God, we are hardwired for community, and we hope you'll fight against the digital age that keeps us disconnected.JOIN THE NEXT STEPAt the end, Ben and Janet announced our Summer Circles, which are opportunities coming later this summer to meet and build meaningful friendships right here at Redeemer. If you want to join these gatherings, sign up at The Gathering Lab now. ABOUT TALKBACKSOur Talkbacks are great opportunities to see how our faith engages with the world around us. This summer, we're excited to have four evenings that discuss how the gospel changes how we think about race, politics, the world, and our stories.Each Talkback, we get a chance to hear from a speaker for about 45 minutes before spending about 45 minutes in a Q&A. We encourage you to come with questions! MORE INFOFor more info, visit rccbirmingham.com/talkbacks

Il progetto Bythos dell'Università di Palermo, vincitore dei RegioStars Awards 2024, trasforma gli scarti di pesce in preziose risorse per l'industria farmaceutica, cosmetica e medica. Grazie ai fondi europei del programma Interreg e alla collaborazione con l'Università di Malta, sono stati sviluppati protocolli semplificati per estrarre molecole bioattive come collagene marino, antiossidanti e chitosano, utilizzabili per creare packaging biodegradabile, bendaggi per ustionati e altri prodotti innovativi. Bythos rappresenta un esempio concreto di economia circolare, convertendo rifiuti costosi da smaltire in risorse sostenibili e preziose. Per raccontarci anche tu un progetto italiano finanziato con i fondi europei di coesione, scrivici a europa@willmedia.it Le nostre fonti: RegioStars Award 2024, vince il progetto Bythos [19.11.2024] Economia circolare: in che modo l'UE intende realizzarla entro il 2050 [30.10.2024] Pesca, firmata convenzione per 2.1 milioni di euro tra Regione e Comune di Sciacca [03.08.2028]

By Fran Sciacca

By Fran Sciacca

By Fran Sciacca

MILANO (ITALPRESS) - Restituire alla Sicilia due luoghi dall'indiscutibile valore storico-culturale trasformandoli in perni di un turismo rigenerativo in grado di attrarre visitatori da tutto il mondo. E' stato presentato alla Borsa internazionale del Turismo di Milano il progetto di riqualificazione e rifunzionalizzazione delle Terme di Acireale e Sciacca; prevede un investimento complessivo di 184 milioni di euro, di cui 90 milioni di cofinanziamento della Regione Siciliana. Il benessere come filosofia di vita è un'altra delle grandi chiavi di lettura dei viaggi di quest'anno, come dimostra anche il successo del Villaggio Thermalia by Federterme a BIT 2025.fsc/sat/gsl

MILANO (ITALPRESS) - Restituire alla Sicilia due luoghi dall'indiscutibile valore storico-culturale trasformandoli in perni di un turismo rigenerativo in grado di attrarre visitatori da tutto il mondo. E' stato presentato alla Borsa internazionale del Turismo di Milano il progetto di riqualificazione e rifunzionalizzazione delle Terme di Acireale e Sciacca; prevede un investimento complessivo di 184 milioni di euro, di cui 90 milioni di cofinanziamento della Regione Siciliana. Il benessere come filosofia di vita è un'altra delle grandi chiavi di lettura dei viaggi di quest'anno, come dimostra anche il successo del Villaggio Thermalia by Federterme a BIT 2025.fsc/sat/gsl

MILANO (ITALPRESS) - Restituire alla Sicilia due luoghi dall'indiscutibile valore storico-culturale trasformandoli in perni di un turismo rigenerativo in grado di attrarre visitatori da tutto il mondo. E' stato presentato alla Borsa internazionale del Turismo di Milano il progetto di riqualificazione e rifunzionalizzazione delle Terme di Acireale e Sciacca; prevede un investimento complessivo di 184 milioni di euro, di cui 90 milioni di cofinanziamento della Regione Siciliana. Il benessere come filosofia di vita è un'altra delle grandi chiavi di lettura dei viaggi di quest'anno, come dimostra anche il successo del Villaggio Thermalia by Federterme a BIT 2025.fsc/sat/gsl

Radio empire ospita...Cettina Sciacca, Bruno prestigio, Michele Carvello. Teatro Val d'Agrò.

On this week's podcast, John Sciacca joins us from Myrtle Beach, SC, where he co-owner of Custom Theater and Audio. Whenever John is on the podcast, the conversation is sure to drift away from smart home tech topics toward he and Jeremy's other favorite topics such as Taylor Swift, the latest movies, and pickleball. Our host and today's guest connected in person last month at CEDIA Expo in Denver, where John organized and led the very successful, first-ever CEDIA Pickleball tournament, which was inspired by a much smaller John and Jeremy outing at CEDIA last year. On the podcast, John and Jeremy revisit their challenging Uber rides in Denver and discuss their respective CEDIA new product summaries, comparing notes on what they saw at the show and experienced in booth demos. Special thanks to 2N for sponsoring this episode.

Alfio Sciacca, owner of Amici, joins Lisa to talk about the boom in business after a TikTok from influencer food critic Keith Lee went viral and completely changed the tide of Sciacca’s business. Amini is now so busy they are selling out of food long before closing hours.

The landscape of options for treating people with kidney failure is shifting.  It used to be that the “only” robust option in the US was dialysis.  You can listen to our prior podcast with Keren Ladin talking about patients who viewed dialysis as their only option, and structural issues that led to this point (including this takedown of for profit dialysis companies by John Oliver).  One of the problems was a lack of an alternative robust option to offer patients.  As one of our guests says, you have to offer them something viable as an alternative to dialysis. Today we interviewed Sam Gelfand, dually trained in nephrology and palliative care, Kate Sciacca, a nurse practitioner (fellowship trained in palliative care), and Josh Lakin, palliative care doc, who together with a social worker and other team members started KidneyPal at DFCI/BWH, a palliative care consult service for people with advanced kidney disease.  As a team, they provide a robust alternative to dialysis for patients with kidney failure: conservative kidney management. And “conservative,” as they note, can mean not only a “conservative approach,” as in non-invasive/less aggressive, but also an effort to “conserve” what kidney function remains. We get right down to the nitty gritty of kidney supportive care techniques they incorporate in clinic, including: Communication about the choice between dialysis and conservative kidney management: what are the tradeoffs?  Function often declines after initiating dialysis, at least among nursing home residents. Dialysis may extend life, but those “additional” days are often spent in the hospital or dialysis, away from home. Symptoms are common in both options, though more anxiety and cramping in dialysis, more pruritus and nausea in conservative kidney management.. Introducing the idea of hospice early, at the time of diagnosis with kidney failure. Listen also to our prior podcast with Melissa Wachterman on hospice and dialysis. Approaches to treating fatigue Approaches to treating pain - the second most common symptom (!) - and the answer isn't tramadol (or tramadon't) - rather think buprenorphine patch or methadone, and how to dose gabapentin and pregabalin. Also, don't count out the NSAIDS! Approaches to treating itching/pruritus Approaches to treating nausea Our guests were deeply grateful to their colleagues Dr. Frank Brennan, Dr. Mark Brown, and clinical nurse consultant Elizabeth Josland of the renal supportive care team at St. George Hospital in Sydney, Australia (down under) for teaching them the ropes of palliative care in kidney failure.  And we got to learn some new vocabulary, including the meaning of “chunder.”  Enjoy! -@AlexSmithMD  

¡Hola a todos! Soy el Doctor Mau y en este video vamos a sumergirnos en el maravilloso mundo del café. ☕✨ Vamos a descubrir juntos los **beneficios**, las **cualidades nutricionales** y sí, también los **efectos adversos** de esta bebida tan popular. Prometo que será una charla divertida y llena de información balanceada. - Beneficios del café: ¿Sabías que el café puede mejorar tu rendimiento físico y mental? ¡Te contaré cómo! - Cualidades nutricionales: Desglosaremos qué contiene el café y cómo esos componentes pueden influir en tu salud. - Efectos adversos: No todo es color de rosa, así que también hablaremos de los posibles efectos negativos de consumir café en exceso. Si te gusta el contenido, no olvides suscribirte a mi canal Doctor Mau Informa y activar la campanita

Welcome to another informative episode of the Empower LEP Collaborative Podcast! In today's discussion, our special guest, Brian Sciacca, a special education attorney, shares an important perspective on how external evaluators can bring a fresh perspective to behavioral assessments in schools. Brian's expertise sheds light on the often-overlooked aspects of school programs and classroom dynamics. Listen as he explains the benefits of stepping back to see the "big picture" and hear accounts of teachers who've embraced these external recommendations to foster a more supportive learning environment. Brian's experience provides a compelling testament to the significant impact that independent assessments can have in educational settings. By bringing in an objective outsider's perspective, these evaluations are crucial in uncovering underlying issues that might be overlooked by school staff who are deeply embedded in their daily routines and existing frameworks.Don't miss this episode, packed with practical advice for educators aiming to refine their strategies and ensure every student flourishes. Whether you're a teacher, a parent, or an education professional, Brian's story will inspire and educate you. Subscribe for more stories from LEPs and adjacent professionals as we explore the complexities of educational psychology and support systems in schools.Connect with Brian: Website : www.ieplaw.comEmail: brian@ieplaw.comJana Parkerhttps://empowerlep.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/empowerlepFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmpowerLEP/and the Empower LEP Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/5836763413086491Bethany Zoeller https://lepcollaborative.comand the LEP Collaborative Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/731092298891507The website for this show is https://empowerlepcollaborative.com

Nicole Sciacca is a yoga teacher, FRCms practitioner, professional dancer, and mother to her son, Beau. Currently based in Los Angeles, she trains a diverse clientele including working moms, entrepreneurs, former athletes, and A-list celebrities. Her expertise has earned her features on The Doctors TV, E! Online, and in The New York Times.Drawing from her personal experience with the loss of her partner, Nicole offers a unique perspective on dealing with grief and societal expectations. She highlights the burden of conforming to societal norms during the grieving process and the importance of honoring one's individual emotions without succumbing to external pressures. Despite feeling both supported and observed by her community, Nicole underscores the significance of freeing oneself from perceived judgments, advocating for the freedom to grieve in one's unique way.Time Stamps:(00:00:24) Exploring Spiritual Perspectives on Death and Afterlife(00:02:18) Navigating societal expectations during the grieving process(00:11:12) Navigating Personal Grief with Individual Differences(00:13:30) Navigating Grief with Humor and Authenticity(00:29:10) Breakthrough Moments Through Stepping Out Comfort(00:37:44) Navigating Online Interactions with Positive Energy(00:41:18) Graceful Conflict Resolution in Relationships(00:45:08) Prioritizing Positivity: Impact of Negative Energy(00:50:12) Morning Productivity: Preparing for a Smooth Day(01:07:24) Embracing Hardships for Personal Growth JourneyConnect with Nicole:MAY FIT 2024 virtual group strength training( plus mobility and yoga too). Its a community of brilliant, supportive, fun women ages 35-65. You train 4 days a week but all classes LIVE on demand. SIGN UP FOR MAY FIT 2024 NOW! Use code LANCE at checkout for 20% off.

Pre-order my new book, Anxiety to Empowerment ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠! **Get Amanda's FREE 5 day series, Anxiety as an Activation! ⁠⁠Click here for 5 days of amazing, healing content delivered straight to your inbox.⁠⁠** This week, Amanda is joined by the incredible Nicole Sciacca, a yoga teacher, mobility specialist (FRCms)(FRAs), KINSTRETCH instructor, professional dancer, SHOCK AND YALL podcast host, and so much more.  In this episode, Nicole vulnerably discusses her grief journey after the sudden loss of her partner, Matt.  She shares deep wisdom about realistically moving through the grief journey, including: finding comfort in signs and mediums, connecting with her partner's energy, and parenting through grief. Nicole also discusses dealing with anger and rage, bringing joy into her life, and navigating grief advice. Takeaways Find comfort in signs and mediums to connect with loved ones who have passed away. Grief is a nonlinear process, and it's important to allow yourself to feel and express all emotions. Celebrate the life of your loved one and find joy in the midst of grief.  Don't let others dictate how you should grieve; everyone's journey is unique. Be mindful of grief groupies and set boundaries to protect your own healing process. Grief is a complex and individual process that can involve a range of emotions and experiences. Finding meaning and connection after loss can help in the healing process. There are various ways to communicate with loved ones who have passed away, such as asking for signs or using mediums. It is important to seek support and connect with others who have experienced similar loss. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:43 Nicole's Journey of Grief 08:34 Finding Comfort in Signs and Mediums 15:36 Connecting with Matt's Energy 23:52 Parenting Through Grief 27:58 Dealing with Anger and Rage 30:57 Bringing Joy and Alchemizing Grief 33:34 Navigating Grief Advice 37:43 Dealing with Grief Groupies 38:26 Matt's Message: Death is Not That Serious 40:18 Where to Find Nicole 10:00 The Process of Grief 20:00 Finding Meaning and Connection 30:00 Communicating with Loved Ones 40:00 Conclusion and Recommendations ow up. Connect with Nicole: Website Instagram Tiktok Podcast Connect with your host, Amanda: ⁠Website⁠   ⁠Instagram⁠   ⁠TikTok⁠

Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a rich conversation with Christine Sciacca, curator of European art at the Walters Art Museum. They discuss Christine's journey in art history, her fascination with Ethiopian art, and the upcoming exhibition "Ethiopia at the Crossroads." Discover the connections between past and present, the significance of manuscripts in storytelling, and the cultural impact of Ethiopian art.

We continue our look into the Bonanno Family with four more men who were either acting boss or permanent boss. DiGregorio and Sciacca came out of the Banana War as bosses following Joe Bonanno. Evola and Rastelli were next in line after those two. All four of their stories are right here!Check out our YouTube channel where we post shorts, clips, full episodes, and exculsives!youtube.com/@bangdangnetworkBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/outlaws-gunslingers/support.

Un'autrice da 12 milioni di copie: Sveva Casati Modignani è ora in libreria con "La vita è bella, nonostante" (Sperling & Kupfer), ultimo volume di una tetralogia iniziata nel 2017 con "Festa di famiglia" e poi proseguita con "Segreti e ipocrisie" e "L'amore fa miracoli". Romanzi in cui si raccontano le vite, gli amori, i tradimenti di quattro amiche: Carlotta, Maria Sole, Andreina e Gloria. In questo romanzo il focus è sulla madre di Carlotta, Ermellina, che da ragazza era stata costretta ad adeguarsi alle rigide regole della società borghese e conservatrice e che svelerà alla famiglia un segreto del suo passato. Nella seconda parte parliamo di "Era un bravo ragazzo" (Mondadori), nuovo romanzo di Simonetta Agnello Hornby. È la storia di formazione di due ragazzi nella Sicilia fra gli anni '60 e '70. Giovanni, orfano di padre, ha vissuto per sette anni con i nonni in un piccolo paese, ma prima di iniziare la scuola media torna dalla madre Cettina a Sciacca dove ritrova l'amico Santino. Giovanni e Santino vivono una profonda amicizia e anche quando le loro strade si divideranno rimarranno sempre in contatto. Entrambi finiscono per adattarsi ai progetti di vita e di carriera che le rispettive madri hanno fatto per loro: Giovanni diventerà avvocato, mentre Santino lavorerà nel settore edile dove entrerà in contatto con persone colluse con la mafia.

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Austin and Isaac are joined by Ben Sciacca, author of Meals From Mars, which is one of our favorite books. Ben has years of experience in inner-city ministry and has much wisdom to share about working for the right reasons, avoiding burnout, and the relationship between proximity, diversity, and unity. We really enjoyed this episode and hope you are encouraged. LINKS & SHOW NOTES:You can purchase Meals from Mars hereBen's article for us about three forms of knowledgeIsaac's article about educating yourself before asking minority friends about raceThis UWP Podcast Episode was produced by Josh Deng with editing by Roshane Ricketts.Support the showTo learn more about United? We Pray, follow us on Twitter and keep exploring our website. Please consider rating the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe using your favorite podcast client to hear more!

On this week's podcast, John Sciacca joins us from Myrtle Beach, SC, where he co-owner of Custom Theater and Audio. When it comes to people that Jeremy has met through his job over the years, John is at the top of the list as one his favorites. So, following a short summer hiatus from podcast recording, Jeremy thought he should start with a fun one, inviting back one of his most entertaining guests. In a wide-ranging chat, they cover some residential tech topics, but also their favorite current movies, the latest on the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, and even John's borderline obsession with pickleball.Today's episode of Residential Tech Talks is brought to you Nice, a global manufacturer of smart home, security, and building automation solutions. Nice is bringing together 30 years of innovation with award-winning products from ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax, to create a holistic ecosystem for builders, integrators, and consumers. Learn more about how you can create One Home with One Solution at go.niceforyou.com/rtt.

In this one on one episode, Ali and Cindy review all of the spirituality related pop culture items that have happened thus far in June- from Tinx's new dating book, The Shift, to Drew Barrymore's manifesting closet. We touch on love, manifesting, auras and vision boards. We deep dive into Ali's trip to Italy + Sicily- we discuss the energies of the Vatican and different sites in Rome, a deep karma clearing experience in a random church and clearing family karma in Sciacca. We also discuss Ali's Astrocartography that runs through Italy and Sicily.

OK you scrumptious Yummies, I hope you're ready for an extra special episode today because my dear friend, mobility expert, personal trainer, yoga teacher, dancer, and children's book author Nicole Sciacca is gracing us with her presence! Nicole is a firm believer that your physical and mental well being are the gateway to feeling ageless. We explore how switching our focus away from aesthetics, and more towards joint health can unlock our agelessness, and connect us to our inner child. Nicole also talks about how a dance injury allowed her to change the soundtrack in her mind to one of constant compassion and love.PLUS! We get to hear all about her new children's book “YOLKED”, which is a beautiful story about taking chances, listening to that whisper in your gut, and trusting that it's guiding you toward your highest good. Tune in now to hear all about:Nicole's experience of scrutiny as a young professional dancerWhat is meant by “agelessness”Why people are scared to let their inner child outHow to change the soundtrack in your mind to a more loving oneThe meaning behind Nicole's new children's book “YOLKED”P.s. If you are not in my 4 weeks til 40 behind-the-scenes challenge - what is going on?!?!Don't panic, it is not too late to sign up! Come and join us to get FIT, FAB, and F'ING HOT for Summer and my big 4-0.Connect with NicoleBuy YOLKED on Amazon Now!Sweat And Stillness: Join the on demand platform nowInstagram: @nicolesciacca TikTok: @thenicolesciacca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Sciacca was a 38 year old suspected predator involved in the Fortson, GA edition of To Catch a Predator. He is best known for being the morbidly obese predator. Peter was unemployed at the time he began chatting with "Brian", a boy he believed to be fourteen years old. Like many suspected predators, Peter tries at first to seem like both a mentor and protector to the boy, who pretends to be living in a broken home, asking him if he is comfortable in his sexuality and to be careful when he is in chatrooms. It doesn't take long, however, for Peter to turn it up a notch and start to ask him about the things he likes to do sexually. 

Il Carnevale è una festa legata al mondo cattolico e cristiano, ma le sue origini sono pagane. Durante queste festività era lecito lasciarsi andare, liberarsi da obblighi e impegni, per dedicarsi allo scherzo e al gioco. Inoltre mascherarsi rendeva irriconoscibili il ricco e il povero, e scomparivano cosi le differenze sociali. Una volta terminate le feste, tutto tornava all normalità. La parola carnevale deriva dal latino carnem levare ovvero “eliminare la carne” poichè anticamente indicava il banchetto che si teneva l'ultimo giorno di carnevale (il martedì grasso) prima del periodo di digiuno della Quaresima durante la quale poi a nessuno era concesso di mangiare carne! Il Carnevale non ha una data fissa: ogni anno dipende da quando cade Pasqua. Il tempo di Carnevale infatti inizia la prima domenica delle nove che precedono quella di Pasqua e termina il martedi successivo, ovvero il martedì grasso, che precede il Mercoledi delle Ceneri, inizio della Quaresima. In Italia ogni regione festeggia il Carnevale a Venezia, si festeggia uno dei “Carnevali” più famosi del mondo; a Viareggio invece sono i carri allegorici a rendere tutto magico, cose come ad Acireale, in Sicilia; a Ivrea poi c'è la celebre Battaglia della Arance, mentre a Sciacca vengono realizzate splendide opere in cartapesta. Enroll for FREE in our online course and take the quiz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theitalianmind/message

Dr. Kristen Sciacca describes how she became a primary care doctor and what her specific role entails. She goes over What medical school was like for her with an 18-month-old How the work-life balance differs between specialties Factors to consider when thinking about medical school What internal medicine is and how it differs from other specialties Examples of cases she works on What a typical day and week looks like for her The tasks her job entails What she likes about the job Opportunities for fun at work Important characteristics for success in her role Advice for those interested in a similar path

Looking back at our evolution can be challenging. All the evidence is there—a digital paper trail of memories that, at times, seems hard to believe comes straight from the lives we once lived. While it can be hard to embrace the changes we've gone through, nothing is more healing than seeing them as a side-effect of the life you've lived, not the destroyer of the life you had. Enter the “roundtable of real” with past Off The Record guests Nicole Sciacca and Sharzad Kiadeh, where we talk about all the change, from feeling unexpectedly happy to dealing with mortality and death, and the value in not having it all. Resources: http://www.sharzad.com (sharzad.com) https://www.sweatandstillness.com/ (sweatandstillness.com) Follow Nicole on IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicolesciacca/?hl=en (@nicolesciacca) Follow Sharzad on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sharzadkiadeh/ (@sharzadkiadeh) Follow + DM us: https://www.instagram.com/offtherecordwithyou/ (@offtherecordwithyou) + http://instagram.com/skinowl (@skinowl) Tag Us: #offtherecordpod  Shop SkinOwl: https://www.skinowl.com/ (skinowl.com) Want to try SkinOwl skincare? Use code RECORDSCRATCH for 15% on https://www.skinowl.com/ (SkinOwl.com) sitewide. Best sellers: Maqui Berry Beauty Whip, Eye Concentrate, and our first ever product to alleviate breakouts and dark marks: Geranium Drops.

On this week's podcast, John Sciacca joins us from Myrtle Beach, SC, where he co-owner of Custom Theater and Audio. John is a very good friend and one of the most entertaining writers in the AV integration trade press. Looking back on when we last had John on the podcast, Jeremy was stunned to realize that it was almost exactly one year ago to the day that we are recording this. During that chat, more than 50 episodes ago, Jeremy not only celebrated John's entry into the second-time guest club, but also chatted all about their plans for CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis last year. Well, one of them actually attended CEDIA Expo. For the other guy, it was all pure lies. He stayed home when the Covid Delta variant scared everyone away. This year, no matter what happens between now and then, Jeremy and John agreed to just mask up and go to Dallas anyway. Today's episode of Residential Tech Talks is brought to you by Shelly WiFi Relays by Allterco | Smart home devices designed and developed to provide solutions tailored to your needs.  Go to https://shelly.cloud and make IoT simple!

Jeff Goldberg interviews Bill Sciacca, CEO and Founder of Intelligent Motivation, Inc. He assists organizations in having employees become as excited about their company's mission and goals as the executives who established them.Connect with Bill Sciaccahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/biagiobillsciacca/Connect with Jeff Goldberghttps://jgsalespro.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgoldbergsalescoach/

Breuer has his long time friend Jimmy Sciacca back to discuss how they reconnected through brain waves. Plus, the story of Larry's Pink Floyd Christmas Light Show. Let's hang out this New Year's Eve and get relaxed for The Breuniverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another wonderful episode of Gotta Rank 'em All, a series from the Spelunkers that aims to rank every single Pokémon on a numbered list in the most scientifically arbitrary way possible. For this episode co-hosts Chris and Ryan are joined by co-host of Hello Hyrule, Pete Sciacca! You can check out the full list so far right here: https://spelunkersite.wordpress.com/2021/05/12/gotta-rank-em-all-list/ We're super passionate about this show and we want to make it better with your help, so send us feedback to spelunkerspodcast@gmail.com or come join our discord and holler at us there. https://discord.gg/GN7ewgy Check out the Hello Hyrule Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4o4uEB00G5i1dhGKGp10NU

Rob and Massimo talk to married Stoic couple Andi Sciacca and Greg Sadler on what Stoicism teaches us about navigating marriage and other types of partnership.

Princess Nicole graced us with her lovely presence today and absolutely dropped enough knowledge nuggets to start a gold rush. Whether you're lost, anxious about the future or just want to find deeper meaning in life this episode has it all. For more on Nicole give her a follow on Instagram or To check out her work click here! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehealthymindfck/support

Bill Sciacca is a business leader and business builder. In addition to several successful franchises, he's also built multiple businesses in automotive and car care, and several other industries. He's also the author of 11 books on goal setting, management and leadership. Bill is also a highly skilled motivator, public speaker, and the creator and host of the Daily5 minute motivator. I'm excited to have him on the show. On This Episode Bill's journey from being and adjunct economics professor for 35 years to author, speaker, motivator, and entrepreneur. How he changed from pursuing material wealth and possessions, to helping others find their place in the universe, and in their lives. How he adjusted his business activities during Covid. Bill's estrangement from his children and he's dealing with that challenge. How he recovered from a losing everything, including his self-confidence, from making bad business decisions, to where he is today. CONNECT WITH BILL: Website:  https://intelligentmotivationinc.com Daily 5 Minute Motivator:  https://biagiosciacca.kartra.com/page/5-minute-motivator YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/bwsciacca/videos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biagiobillsciacca/   CONNECT WITH ED: Visible Kindness Website:  https://www.visiblekindness.com MeTooWhatNow Website:  https://www.metoowhatnow.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/metoowhatnow YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvoCb8aYfT8V6Qo53cs81A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiblekindness/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edsquire/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/metoowhatnow 

Join us as Kat shares a little of her immigrant experience, navigating anger in the midst of injustice, and the joys and challenges of cultivating our transracial soulmate friendship. Content includes racism, rage, and medical system power abuse.Kat (she/her/hers) resides in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and three sons. She is currently finishing up a graduate degree in clinical and mental health, which is simply a reflection of her lifelong fascination with the human experience. She enjoys reading, planting, conversing, laughing, and eating. 

This episode we have Professor Biagio Sciacca who assists organizations in having its employees become as excited about the company's mission and goals as the executives who designed them. We get to talk about how his books for sale on Amazon, his course on Udemy,his virtual training and coaching help entrepreneurs, business owners increase their BOTTOM LINE. Biagio shares some tips on Personal Development that he gives his clients and what's coming up next for him. Make sure you check out their links down below and share with a friend, if you enjoyed the episode. Always Remember to Invest In Yourself Phil Better ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biagiobillsciacca/His Website: https://www.intelligentmotivationinc.comHis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJuqpK1EbffxlS7wwxGNrdgHis Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BiagioBillSciaccaAuthorSpeaker/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Biagio Sciacca, known to his friends as Bill, has one passion; it is to assist organizations in having its employees become as excited about the company's mission and goals as the executives who designed them. His presentations are solidly backed research presented in a dynamic, readily accessible, and easily discernible format that is conducive for any level of your organization, from boardroom to boiler room. The information, delivered in a captivating, informative, and vibrant fashion, will re energize your workforce, revitalize your corporate culture, and reinvigorate the dedication to your company's vision and mission. Bill's philosophy on presenting his information is simple: MY BOTTOM LINE IS TO INCREASE YOUR BOTTOM LINE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Invest In Yourself: the Digital Entrepreneur Podcast is the podcast for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, Freelancers, and CEO's that want to have the chance to listen to leaders in their respected Industries sharing their story as well as lessons they learned along the way and how you can use it in your life or business. Your host, Phil Better, has guests from different parts of the internet that have either created a fully functioning digital business or are just starting out on their digital entrepreneur journey and have conversations with them to learn how they did it, or some lessons they learned to help them become successful! Join him in his journey to learn from some of the individuals who created the life he always wanted to have from his youth, on this amazing Podcast! The Website: www.investinyourselfpod.comThe Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InvestinyourselfpodThe Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/392876241780702The Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/investinyourselfpod/The Twitter: https://twitter.com/InvestinPod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   This podcast contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission. Thanks. For the best VPN protection go with NordVPN: https://go.nordvpn.net/SH32M

This week, the podcast welcomes Nicole Sciacca. Yoga teacher, FRCms, professional dancer, actress, host and personal trainer. Listen for her tips on making commitments for self-betterment.  Visit nicolesciaccayoga.com for on-demand and live classes of yoga, kinstretch, and Sweat & Stillness. Follow her on social media @nicolesciacca!

     What do fasting, pasta, Alexander the Great, and abortion have in common? You might be surprised. In this provocative episode, Fran lays bare the words that we as evangelicals either misunderstand or are misusing to describe ourselves. And in so doing, he exposes some tender areas of neglect when it comes to the part we're supposed to play in restoring shalom._______________________________________OTHER  RESOURCES BY FRAN SCIACCA:"What's Wrong With the World?" - evangelism & discipleship video curriculum"Knot or Noose? - Recovering the Mystery of Marriage"  - small group video resource"The Darkside Challenge"  - social media and tech self-audit"Getting the Big Picture"  - Old Testament survey course"Yeshua in Four Dimensions" - the four Gospels (survey course)"To The Ends of the Earth" - New Testament survey course"The 15/30 Series" - studies for spiritual formation (Genesis, Psalms, Mark, Paul)

Nicole Sciacca is a yoga teacher, FRCms (functional range conditioning mobility specialist), KINSTRETCH instructor, FRAs (functional range assessment specialist), professional dancer and host. She is the former studio owner/operator of Hustle & Flow Fitness in Venice and is currently the Chief Yoga Officer at Playlist Yoga in West Hollywood where she curates high energy music-based flow classes while speaking to conscious, functional movement and yoga philosophy. She has 25+ years of formal dance training in multiple genres, over a decade of yoga asana practice and continued education.Nicole has been studying Functional Range Systems for almost 3 years and is now teaching highly specialized mobility training also known as KINSTRETCH.Nicole has been seen on The Doctors TV, Propel Co:Labs, and featured in publications such as Yoga Journal online, E News, Women's Health, Well and Good, LA Yoga magazine, and the Chalkboard Mag. She spoke on the Female Founders panel at The Good Fest and conducted “Functional Mobility and Yoga” classes at Dr Mark Hyman's Feel Good Summit. She has danced alongside Britney Spears in Austin Powers Goldmember, The Haunted Mansion with Eddy Murphy, on GLEE, How I Met your Mother, Fuller House on Netflix and more.She can be found teaching on the #1 audio fitness app, AAPTIV.Nicole holds a BA in Theatre from Loyola Marymount University and resides in Culver City, California with her mini Harry Potter enthusiast. Her greatest joy is being the proud mama of her 6-year-old son who consistently fuels her passion for a childlike spirit, approachable wellness, and a sense of personal sanity.https://www.nicolesciaccayoga.com