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Published: May 25, 2015, 5:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s the Italian name game.\\xa0 Paul and Steven start the episode talking about Paul\\u2019s trip to Florida, but then quickly progress into a conversation all about names in Italy.\\xa0 You\\u2019ll learn all about the funny nicknames in small towns, why married women here don\\u2019t take their husband\\u2019s last name, and why there are no juniors in Italy.

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You\\u2019ll learn:

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\\xa0\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 About Paul\\u2019s trip to Florida to surprise his mother for her birthday

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How the surprise got ruined

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why Paul suddenly likes Florida

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Italian last names can indicate the region of your family\\u2019s heritage: if it ends in an \\u201ci\\u201d they are usually from the north and if it ends in an \\u201co\\u201d they are from the south.

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What it means when a person has the last name of a town in Italy

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A bit about the Jewish ghettos in Italy

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where the words \\u201cghetto\\u201d and \\u201cgraffiti\\u201d come from

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How some of the orphans got their names in Italy

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why the families here in Italy all have family nicknames

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Paul\\u2019s family\\u2019s nickname \\u2014 the Dirt Eaters \\u2014 exactly means

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why women here do not take their husband\\u2019s last name

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why there are no juniors here in Italy

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why all a lot of first cousins have the same name, first AND last

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why there are so many guys named Nicola in the Bari area

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What the heck Santa Claus has to do with Bari and Puglia

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Paul\\u2019s friend David Lucas\\u2019s association to Blue Oyster Cult\\u2019s song Don\\u2019t Fear the Reaper and the famous Saturday Night Live skit about the song and the cowbell

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Paul feels Miami is very up and coming

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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Our big pig experiment

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