Italian-language news with Australian roots.
The gist
SBS Italian blends radio bulletins with longer conversations about politics, migration, literature, sport, and community life. Its episodes move between news from Australia and abroad, Italian cultural memory, and first-person migration stories.
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About SBS Italian - SBS in Italiano
SBS Italian is an Italian-language news and culture program with a distinctly Australian center of gravity. It delivers radio bulletins, interviews, community updates, historical features, and personal stories for listeners who follow life across more than one place. The news episodes are brisk and functional. They cover international diplomacy, Middle East ceasefire talks, Australian energy security, papal travel, weather, and sport with the cadence of a broadcast bulletin. Other episodes slow down. A conversation with Barbara Pezzotti uses Naples as a way into Italian crime writing, from early mystery traditions to Elena Ferrante, Leonardo Sciascia, Camilleri, and Santo Piazzese. It is literary, but not sealed off from everyday listeners. A migration episode follows Vince, who left Sicily at 15 for Venezuela, built a life there, married, raised a family, and later carried his attachment to Italian products into food work. That kind of story gives the show its human register. The program often treats identity as something lived through language, work, memory, and place. It can look at ancient Rome through events organized by the Umbria Association and Friends of Victory in Melbourne. It can revisit the 1974 World Cup meeting between East and West Germany as a sporting event charged with politics, money, sport, and national symbolism. It can also turn to current conflict, including Israeli bombing in Lebanon and the strain around ceasefire conditions, through a named journalist and correspondent. The range is wide, but the organizing idea is clear. SBS Italian follows what matters to Italian-speaking Australians: the local, the ancestral, and the international. Its best moments sit where public news meets private memory. The show suits listeners who want Italian-language coverage that is not only about Italy, and Australian coverage that does not assume English is the only civic language.
Made for: SBS Italian is for Italian-speaking listeners in Australia and abroad who want news, culture, sport, migration stories, and community life in Italian. It especially suits people who move comfortably between Australian public affairs and Italian cultural memory.
What sets it apart: The show combines broadcast news pacing with cultural interviews and migration storytelling, so a single feed can hold fuel security, Serie A, Naples crime writing, ancient Rome, and a Sicilian life in Venezuela. Its perspective is neither purely Italian nor purely Australian; it lives in the overlap.
In their own words
Independent news and stories from SBS Audio, connecting you to life in Australia and Italian-speaking Australians. - Ascolta le interviste, i servizi e le storie del programma in italiano di Radio SBS, con notizie dall'Australia e dal resto del mondo.
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Episodes
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Giornale radio domenica 12 aprile 2026
This Italian-language news bulletin covers Middle East peace talks in Pakistan involving US and Iranian delegations.
Apr 12, 2026·11m·1 clip - 2
Emigrare a quindici anni: "volevo fare l'uomo, però ero un bambino"
Vince, a Sicilian man, recounts emigrating alone to Venezuela at age 15 in 1958 to join his father.
Apr 12, 2026·14m·1 clip - 3
Dai nostri archivi: Città italiane in giallo, Napoli
Hidden gemBarbara Pezzotti, a lecturer at Monash University Melbourne, guides listeners through the history of Italian crime fiction set in Naples, from Francesco Mastriani's 1852 novel The Thief of Sorrento to Roberto Saviano's 2006 Gomorrah.
Apr 12, 2026·22m·2 clips - 4
Giornale radio sabato 11 aprile 2026
This Italian-language news broadcast covers international negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad, energy security agreements between Australia and Singapore, the return of Artemis 2 to Earth, and sports results from Monte Carlo and Serie A.
Apr 11, 2026·12m - 5
Da "Noi contro di noi" a "90 minuti di lotta di classe", la sfida mondiale tra le due Germanie del 1974
Hosts Dario Castaldo and Andrea Pagani reconstruct the 1974 World Cup Group 1 match in which East Germany defeated West Germany 1-0 in Hamburg, with journalist Italo Cucci providing eyewitness testimony.
Apr 11, 2026·37m·3 clips - 6
Un viaggio dall’Umbria all’Antica Roma, passando per Melbourne
This episode discusses upcoming cultural meetings organized by the Umbria Association and Friends of Victory, focusing on ancient Rome and monotheistic religions in the Roman Empire, featuring an interview with vice-president Stefania Filippi.
Apr 10, 2026·13m - 7
Global Mail: L’odissea dei Saharawi, mezzo secolo tra esilio, precarietà e diabete
This episode explores the 50-year exile of the Saharawi people in refugee camps, focusing on the humanitarian work of the Mamma Association in providing healthcare and medical assistance to this marginalized population.
Apr 10, 2026·9m - 8
Giornale radio venerdì 10 aprile 2026
This episode introduces a podcast that helps skilled migrants rebuild their careers in Australia through inspiring stories and expert advice.
Apr 10, 2026·10m - 9
Su SBS TV: i cult di Bruce Lee, due nuove serie TV e la rapina del secolo a firma italiana
Apr 10, 2026·12m - 10
La lingua più bella: La passione di Gemma per l'Italia, "Ci sono andata 32 volte in 35 anni"
This episode features Gemma Greenclose discussing her lifelong passion for Italy and the Italian language, having visited 32 times in 35 years as an Australian with no Italian heritage.
Apr 10, 2026·10m - 11
"Oscurità eterna", le bombe israeliane in Libano sfidano il cessate il fuoco
This episode discusses Israel's recent heavy bombing in Lebanon despite ceasefire talks, analyzing the geopolitical tensions and implications in the Middle East.
Apr 10, 2026·21m - 12
News flash giovedì 9 aprile 2026
Apr 9, 2026·6m - 13
La bambina che... esplorò un atomo! Un libro per spiegare la fisica ai grandi e ai piccini
Apr 9, 2026·11m - 14
Il fragile cessate il fuoco tra Stati Uniti ed Iran, strappato all'ultimo dal Pakistan
Apr 9, 2026·15m - 15
Ultime tappe Down Under per Riccardo Tesi e Giua: "il prossimo album sarà sicuramente colorato di Australia"
Apr 9, 2026·11m - 16
Tradizione o illusione? Come cambia la cucina italiana
This episode explores how Italian cuisine is evolving beyond traditional roots, featuring insights from food historian Alberto Grandi on Italy's adoption of global foods like sushi and kebab.
Apr 9, 2026·23m - 17
Ep.416: Il notiziario di SBS Italian
Apr 9, 2026·7m - 18
Giornale radio giovedì 9 aprile 2026
Apr 9, 2026·10m - 19
"Considerate la vostra semenza": Artemis II nella Storia
This Italian podcast episode celebrates the Artemis 2 mission breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, marking a historic milestone in space exploration.
Apr 8, 2026·11m - 20
Dalla cucina alla fotografia: la svolta di Davide Zamboni
Apr 8, 2026·12m - 21
News flash mercoledì 8 aprile 2026
Apr 8, 2026·11m - 22
Giornale radio mercoledì 8 aprile 2026
Apr 8, 2026·11m - 23
Come gestire le notizie (pessime) dal mondo e proteggere la nostra salute mentale
Apr 8, 2026·11m - 24
Taiwan-Cina, visita di Cheng Li-wun per il dialogo
This episode discusses the political visit of Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun to China for dialogue with the Chinese Communist Party, including its timing in relation to Trump's postponed summit with Xi Jinping.
Apr 8, 2026·21m - 25
Tra Frequent Flyer e IA, le nuove sfide dell’economia australiana
Apr 8, 2026·13m - 26
Che ruolo ha lo sport nella tua vita?
SBS Italian hosts Andrea Pagani and Paolo Gallo open the phone lines on April 6, World Sport for Development and Peace Day, to ask Italian Australians how sport has shaped their lives.
Apr 7, 2026·27m·2 clips - 27
“Piacevano tanto anche a Cavour”: i biscotti di pasta di meliga di Dan Pasquali
Apr 7, 2026·12m - 28
Da "vecio" a "bocia", passaggio di consegne tra gli alpini di Sydney
Apr 7, 2026·10m - 29
News flash martedì 7 aprile 2026
Apr 7, 2026·5m - 30
"Vi distruggiamo in quattro ore", conto alla rovescia per l'ultimatum (posticipato) di Trump a Teheran
This episode promotes the 'Work in Progress' podcast, which helps skilled migrants rebuild their careers in Australia through inspiring stories and expert advice.
Apr 7, 2026·19m