Italian American Stories Podcast

Italian American Stories Podcast A podcast that rediscovers the forgotten stories of Italian Americans in the newspapers of the past.

The children of Buffalo’s Italian district, February 1910. 🇮🇹🇺🇸These students attended Public School No. 2 in Buffalo, N...
09/12/2026

The children of Buffalo’s Italian district, February 1910. 🇮🇹🇺🇸

These students attended Public School No. 2 in Buffalo, New York. Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine noted that many spent their summer vacations in canning and fruit-picking settlements where their parents worked.

Their photograph preserves a powerful chapter of the Italian American story—children balancing school, family responsibilities, and life in a new country.

📷 Lewis Wickes Hine, Library of Congress

09/11/2026

A broken bottle. A last-minute replacement. And an underdog w**e no one expected to win. 🍷

Mario Gemello didn’t even know his family’s 1970 Cabernet had been entered into the 25th-anniversary rematch of the Judgment of Paris—until a reporter called with the remarkable news.

Hear the full Gemello Winery story in Episode 107 of Italian American Stories, available now!

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and to honor the courage of the first responders, serv...
09/11/2026

Today, we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and to honor the courage of the first responders, service members, and ordinary Americans who answered tragedy with extraordinary bravery and compassion.

May we never forget those who were taken, those who sacrificed, and the families who carry their memories every day. 🇺🇸

09/10/2026

Episode 107 is available now! 🎙️🍷🇮🇹

Writer and family historian Kevin Ferguson joins me to share the remarkable story of Gemello Winery—from his great-grandfather’s immigration from Piedmont and the challenges of Prohibition to the forgotten 1970 Cabernet that became an unexpected champion at a Judgment of Paris anniversary tasting.

Listen to From Prohibition to Paris: The Gemello Winery Story now wherever you get your podcasts!

The sights—and flavors—of an Italian feast in 1908. 🇮🇹This New York City street vendor offered dried foods and nuts from...
09/08/2026

The sights—and flavors—of an Italian feast in 1908. 🇮🇹

This New York City street vendor offered dried foods and nuts from a pushcart decorated with hanging treats.

Italian feasts transformed neighborhood streets into places of faith, food, fellowship, and celebration—traditions many Italian American communities continue today.

📷 George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

This Labor Day, we honor the generations of workers whose strength, skill, and determination helped build America. 🇺🇸Fro...
09/07/2026

This Labor Day, we honor the generations of workers whose strength, skill, and determination helped build America. 🇺🇸

From railroads, mines, and construction sites to factories, workshops, farms, and family businesses, their labor shaped our communities and created opportunities for the generations who followed.

Today, we remember their sacrifices, celebrate their contributions, and recognize hardworking Americans everywhere. ❤️

09/06/2026

A little glimpse of what brought us all the way to the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️ Watching Jared compete, exploring little towns, and taking in everything in between. Definitely one of those weekends I’ll remember for a long time.

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