Stories of Saudade

The story of one family’s history. Both, the story and the history, have no known (yet) beginning (beyond the 1580’s, at least) and – because the future is… the future – no known end either.

A tree named Laíns

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Not the usual kind of love story told for St. Valentine’s Day… a love story about the magic of Portugal.

Episode 14 – From America, with love… |Created and produced by Marco António

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Angela is a Portuguese-American. So is her husband, Adrian. They live in California. Adrian is first generation, his family comes from Sesimbra, a fishing village near Lisbon. Angela is third generation, but her roots remain strongly Portuguese.

Angela’s father’s family came from Terceira, one of the islands of the Azores. Her mother’s family came from Guarda, on the mainland. Both families arrived in the states in the early 1900s.

Angela’s great grandfather from the Azores went alone to America when he was 14, and went straight across country to sunny California. Her great grandfather from Guarda tried three times to get there, but the first two times, he failed to find a sponsor and had to go home. On the third trip, the captain of the shit said “you keep coming back, you must really want to be here…” and so the captain ended up sponsoring him to be able to stay in America. He started off in Rhode Island, since he already had family there, but when his wife arrived, they decided Rhode Island was too cold, and headed west.

Both families ended up in farming in California, and that is where Angela and Adrian met, a hundred years later…

What is the last projectionist of the Odeon Cinema doing, going to his workplace every day, even though this most beautiful Lisbon theatre closed 20 years ago?

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Since June you’ve been listening to our voices (THANK YOU!)

Tell us a real story related to Portugal. Use your computer or recording app on your mobile or tablet, begin with your name and “This is my Story of Saudade”, tell your story (take all the time you want) and send it to [email protected]

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When a scandal blows up, everyone has an opinion. A good scandal always gets people interested. In this episode, we tell of several historical scandals, all in the city of Lisbon.

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On the night of 25th to 26th of November 1967, in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, hundreds of people died in the worst floods ever seen in Portugal.

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This is a story from the centre of Portugal, it tells of birds and bikes and all begins on one of the most famous bridges in the country, more than a hundred kilometres away.

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We went to find a story about a craftsman. We left with another story.

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Piquete is always on duty. He never leaves Vendas Novas Fire Station.

Which flag is the flag of Portugal? For most people, the green and red one comes to mind. But not everyone thinks of THAT flag as Portugal’s flag. (more…)