20 episodes

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.

Immigrant Stories Walter Gallacher

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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 their stories of survival, alienation, persistence and triumph.

    Immigrant Stories | Elizabeth Boomhower

    Immigrant Stories | Elizabeth Boomhower

    On this episode of Immigrant Stories we hear from Elizabeth Boomhower who grew up in the Netherlands in the 1930s when her country was known as Holland. She remembers the summer of her nineteenth year, 1940, when the Germans jumped out of the sky and took her country.

    • 27 min
    Immigrant Stories | Spany Mburunyeme

    Immigrant Stories | Spany Mburunyeme

    On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Spany Mburunyeme describes how his family escaped the chaos of civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when he was a child.

    • 27 min
    Immigrant Stories | Minani Theoneste

    Immigrant Stories | Minani Theoneste

    On this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher speaks with Minani Theoneste. This April marks the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Tune in as Minani Theoneste remembers his family's escape from the violence and their search for home.

    • 27 min
    Immigrant Stories | Gloria Perez

    Immigrant Stories | Gloria Perez

    On this month's episode of Immigrant Stories, Gloria Perez reflects on her journey from Mexico to a life of community service and leadership in Leadville, Colorado.

    • 27 min
    Immigrant Stories | Pat & Tony Tonozzi

    Immigrant Stories | Pat & Tony Tonozzi

    This month we revisit a past episode of Immigrant Stories. Tune in as Pat and Tony Tonozzi talk about how they fell in love and sustained it for seventy-five years.

    • 27 min
    Immigrant Stories | Jose Miranda

    Immigrant Stories | Jose Miranda

    On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Jose Miranda water buffalo rancher and former resident of the Roaring Fork Valley describes the desperate conditions in Venezuela that forced him and his family to flee in 2014.

    • 27 min

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