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26 episodes
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Concettina Died and Other Stories of the East Side Marco Zaza and David Zaza
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- Society & Culture
Marco Zaza has been telling family stories—funny or sad or nostalgic stories—at various dinner tables for over half a century now. These are tales that reveal one family's experience as immigrant- and first-generation Italian-Americans. With this podcast Marco shares these entertaining memories with a broader audience. Now illuminated with conversations that add details and tangential stories, the episodes elicit the laughter and tears that always resulted when he treated his family, gathered around a meal, to a sweet memory or two.
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Bloopers and Outtakes
2021. A father and son encounter some problems, some laughter, and some ribald songs while recording a podcast.
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Beginning a New Life: Corrado LoBasso
1920. A teenage boy enters the United States on his cousin's passport.
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Immigration Laws?
c. 1926. An Italian immigrant secures his American citizenship with three bottles of booze and a midnight meeting.
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Beginning a New Life: Gaetano Zaza
1913. A young man begins a journey that will eventually result in a new family in a new land.