Immigrant Stories
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 their stories of survival, alienation, persistence and triumph.
Latest Episodes
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Tune in as Annie Stephens remembers her childhood in England and her journeys to the United States and Africa. -
From the archives, Walter Gallacher chats with Mary and Bob Noone. -
On this episode of Immigrant Stories, first recorded in 2011, host Walter Gallacher interviews Melania Ullerick. She reflects on the years she spent in a Romanian orphanage and the impact that had on her life. -
Laurie Loeb on Immigrant Stories | Part 2Tune is as Laurie Loeb reflects on life in the Roaring Fork Valley when she arrived in the Sixties and how Carbondale's Mountain Fair was born. -
Tune is as Laurie Loeb reflects on life in the Roaring Fork Valley when she arrived in the Sixties and how Carbondale's Mountain Fair was born.
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On this episode of Immigrant Stories Mercedes Garcia reflects on her childhood in El Salvador surviving the civil war and fleeing the gangs that filled the void of war. -
On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Klaus Penzel remembers being drafted as a boy soldier into the desperate and retreating German army, during the last days of World War II. -
Tune in as Paul Freeman, principal at Glenwood Springs High School, reflects on growing up, an Irish immigrant boy, in England and managing a high school during the pandemic. -
Tune is as John Tripp reflects on his long life and the harrowing years of World War II frightening alongside his band of brothers in the Tenth Mountain Division. -
On this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Ilias Satouev as he recounts his journey from his home in war-torn Chechnia to the Roaring Fork Valley just after the Russian-Chechnian War in 1996.
