27: War Stories

It can be easy to take for granted the closeness of significant spaces in the landscape of our heritage - we may visit churches where our grandparents were married, the streets our parents grew up on, the graves our ancestors rest in. For some, a thousand years of connection surrounds them. But for the children of immigrants, these places can become mythic with distance. Sometimes, even hostile. How can our parents' stories lead us to feel deep connections with locations we may never see? This week, Walter delves into the stories he was raised on and reflects on his relationship with Italy.    Your hosts are Walter Musolino and Moreno Giovannoni.  Technical production is by Laura Wild.