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What would it be like to be an immigrant, to leave your home, family, culture, and country to face the unknown in a strange land? Join host Walter Gallacher as immigrants from around the world tell th... more
FAQs about Immigrant Stories:How many episodes does Immigrant Stories have?The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.
December 20, 2023Immigrant Stories | Traolach O'RiordainOn this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher speaks with Traolach O'Riordain, director of Irish Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula. He remembers growing up in Ireland and describes how Irish immigrants changed life in the United States and Ireland....more28minPlay
November 22, 2023Immigrant Stories | Yoal GhebremeskelOn this episode of Immigrant Stories, Yoal Ghebremeskel talks about growing up in North Africa's Eritrea and his work at east Denver's Street Fraternity where young men, many of them immigrants and refugees, gather in the evening for conversation and recreation....more28minPlay
October 17, 2023Immigrant Stories | Central AmericaOn this months episode of Immigrant Stories, host, Walter Gallacher, describes his family's journey from Ireland to the United States and shares stories from recent immigrants from Central America....more28minPlay
September 19, 2023Immigrant Stories | AntonioOn this episode of Immigrant Stories, Walter Gallacher speaks with Antonio who remembers his perilous journey to the United States from Mexico when he was five years old....more26minPlay
August 15, 2023Immigrant Stories | Victor GabossiOn this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Victor Gabossi as he describes his family's journey from Northern Italy to the coal mines of Colorado and his decision to leave mining and open the Roaring Fork Valley's first hair salon....more28minPlay
July 18, 2023Immigrant Stories | Tom Casey & KILI Radio, Part 1In this two-part installment of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Tom Casey of KILI Radio on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Like KDNK, KILI is also celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023....more28minPlay
July 18, 2023Immigrant Stories | Tom Casey & KILI Radio, Part 2In the second part of this two-part episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher continues his conversation with Tom Casey of KILI Radio on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Like KDNK, KILI-FM is also celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023....more35minPlay
June 20, 2023Immigrant Stories | Jim WalshOn this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Jim Walsh, a professor of American History at the University of Colorado, Denver about his Irish ancestors and describes the journey of the thousands of Famine Irish who came to Leadville in the late 1800's to work in the mines....more28minPlay
May 16, 2023Immigrant Stories | CBA Award-winning episode with Paul FreemanThis special award-winning edition of Immigrant Stories—featuring Glenwood Springs High School Principal Paul Freeman—took home the Colorado Broadcasters Association's Award of Excellence for Best Public Affairs Program of 2022....more29minPlay
April 18, 2023Immigrant Stories | David DominguezDavid Dominguez was born in 1928 in Delcarbon, a coal camp near Walsenburg, Colorado. On this episode of Immigrant Stories David talks about the hard times of the 1930s and the fifty years he spent mining coal....more28minPlay
FAQs about Immigrant Stories:How many episodes does Immigrant Stories have?The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.