Libby Emmons reflects on why her Italian-American grandmother hated The Godfather — not because it wasn’t a cinematic masterpiece, but because of what it represented for immigrant families trying to build dignified lives in America.

In this deeply personal monologue, Libby traces her grandmother’s journey from Brooklyn classrooms to apple-picking conversations and Staten Island ferry love stories. It’s a meditation on assimilation, anglicized names, quiet integration, and what happens when an ethnic legacy is reduced to stereotype.

Then, ULTRAFREE podcaster and Emmy-winning actress Drea de Matteo of The Sopranos joins for an honest, unscripted conversation about breaking with Hollywood orthodoxy, losing everything during the COVID mandates, raising teenagers in a hyper-political culture, and finding faith and freedom in turbulent times. From memoir writing to media manipulation to the spiritual undercurrents shaping today’s cultural battles, nothing is off-limits.