Immigrants and Exiles

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.

26: Night Visions

Walter and Moreno go meta on their recollections of the past. Can creatives be trusted to give an unadorned statement of fact, or are Moreno and Walter simply slaves to the human desire to craft meaning out of moments in time? From the small joys of pissing on stars to urban exploration, our exile heroes analyse their memories under Carl Jung's theory of mythmaking.   Your hosts are Walter Musolino and Moreno Giovannoni.  Technical production is by Laura Wild.

25: The Consequences of History

Today, Walter and Moreno trace the aftermath of World War II - We are the products of everything that came before, and our movements in the present carve out new people, personalities and predicaments for the version of us yet to be. How do ripples in time shape how we live our lives and who we become? Moreno educates Walter on the consequences of history.   Your hosts are Walter Musolino and Moreno Giovannoni.  Technical production is by Laura Wild.

24: The Lost World of Lost Families

In this episode, Walter & Moreno discuss some of their most significant memories of childhood - their first trips to Italy.  Together, they recall and compare the disparity of those formative experiences: the drama of travelling by sea, first encounters with true boredom, toothless grandfathers, emaciated aunts, the nighttime emissions of elderly relatives, and above all - the dislocation of returning to Australia.    Your hosts are Walter Musolino and Moreno Giovannoni.  Technical production is by Laura Wild.

23: The Music of the Descendants of Migrants: Walter & Davide Musolino, Part Two

In today’s episode, Walter and Davide Musolino continue the discussion about their music with Moreno who keeps arguing the case for the listener’s freedom to hear & interpret a song anyway the listener wants, without having to pay respect to the songwriter’s reasons for composing the song. Backstories are argued over but always in the friendly spirit of sharing divergent opinions. Influential connections with migrant parents and families keep surfacing but also intimate, even disturbing, details become shared.