HeyJaredItalian American Stories Podcast
A podcast that rediscovers the forgotten stories of Italian Americans in the newspapers of the past.
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Episode 106: Mary Petrucci (opens the original)
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On April 20, 1914, striking coal miners and their families came under attack at the Ludlow tent colony in southern Colorado. Among them was 24-year-old Italian American mother Mary Petrucci. Only weeks after losing her oldest son, Mary took her three remaining children—Joe, Lucy, and six-month-old Frank—into a cellar beneath a tent as gunfire swept across the colony. When the tents began to burn, Mary survived, but her children did not. In this episode, Stephanie and Sandy share the story of the
Episode 105: Finding Grandpa Phil — An Italian American Story Lost to History (opens the original)
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What begins as a granddaughter’s search for the grandfather she never knew becomes the discovery of a remarkable—and nearly forgotten—chapter of Italian American history. In Episode 105, I sit down with author and journalist Lara Brenckle Malmont, whose search for her grandfather, Filippo Arturo Venezia—later known as Philip Leo Brenckle—uncovered a childhood shaped by loss, immigration, Allegheny County’s early foster-care system, and the controversial practice of “farming out” children for lab
Episode 104: The Tulip Man of Denver: George Noce (opens the original)
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George Noce spent decades making Denver’s Civic Center a more beautiful place—one flower at a time. Known as “The Tulip Man,” George carefully ordered thousands of tulip bulbs from Holland and transformed the Civic Center grounds into colorful gardens admired throughout the city. But his kindness extended far beyond the flower beds. Alongside his sister Lillian, George delivered flowers—and occasionally goldfish—to sick children, hoping to bring a little happiness into their homes and hospital r
Episode 103: The Marasco Family — Building an American Dream in Grand Junction (opens the original)
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Maria Marasco left behind her home, her mother, and everything familiar in Italy to reunite her family in America. But the life waiting for her was far from easy. After arriving in a small Utah mining town, Maria and her children faced poverty, prejudice, and heartbreaking cruelty. Hoping for a better life, the family eventually moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where a growing Italian immigrant community welcomed them with wine, olive oil, homemade food—and the enormous peaches of the Grand Va
Episode 102: Bella Vista: The Forgotten Story of the Italians of Fort Missoula (opens the original)
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Did you know that more than 1,200 Italian nationals were also held at an internment camp in western Montana? In this episode of Italian American Stories Podcast , Stephanie and Sandy tell the remarkable true story of the Italians who arrived at Fort Missoula during World War II. Looking out over the mountains, they renamed the camp Bella Vista —Italian for Beautiful View. What followed is one of the most unexpected chapters in Italian American history. Discover how the men built their own commun
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