12-America the Bilingual Podcast - Eastern Star: The Nick Staffa story

Nick Staffa was meant to become a rock star —but not the kind with a guitar on stage. This kid from Long Island of Italian heritage, would become a rock star language teacher with a reputation that would spread well beyond the United States.

America the Bilingual is a storytelling podcast for people who think bilingualism is good for themselves, for their families, and for their country.

The America the Bilingual podcast is part of the Lead with Languages campaign of ACTFL — The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

This episode was written by Steve Leveen, our producer Fernando Air-Nández (who also does our sound design and mixing) and our associate producer, Beckie Rankin. Our brand and editorial director is Mim Harrison. Editorial consultant is Maja Thomas. Graphic arts are created by Carlos Plaza Design Studio.

Music in this episode with a Creative Commons Attribution License by (in order of appearance):

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Kevin MacLeod - Quasi Motion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KevinMacLeod/GlobalSampler/Quasi_Motion

Francisco Penilla - Chicle bombita https://soundcloud.com/francisco-penilla/francisco-penilla-chicle-bombita

Lee Rosevere - What's behind the door http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-13WhatsBehindtheDoor

Komiku - Action investigation http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/TheBingeWatchers_Score1/Komiku-TheBingeWatchers-Score1-06Action_Investigation

Lee Rosevere - More on that later http://freemusicarchive.org/music/LeeRosevere/MusicforPodcasts4/LeeRosevere-MusicforPodcasts4-08MoreOnThatLater