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Tune in as former valley residents Kelsey and Tess Freeman, talk about their book, No Option but North, and share the stories of refugees they met at a migrant shelter on our southern border.

This December, Klaus Obermeyer turned one hundred and three. Tune in as Klaus describes coming to America and working his way west to a little known place called Aspen.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Paco Nevarez-Burgueño, the Director of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklorico dance program, talks about the twenty years he has spent teaching students about life through dance.

Tune in as Annie Stephens remembers her childhood in England and her journeys to the United States and Africa.

From the archives, Walter Gallacher chats with Mary and Bob Noone.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, first recorded in 2011, host Walter Gallacher interviews Melania Ullerick. She reflects on the years she spent in a Romanian orphanage and the impact that had on her life.

Tune is as Laurie Loeb reflects on life in the Roaring Fork Valley when she arrived in the Sixties and how Carbondale's Mountain Fair was born.

Tune is as Laurie Loeb reflects on life in the Roaring Fork Valley when she arrived in the Sixties and how Carbondale's Mountain Fair was born.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories Mercedes Garcia reflects on her childhood in El Salvador surviving the civil war and fleeing the gangs that filled the void of war.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Klaus Penzel remembers being drafted as a boy soldier into the desperate and retreating German army, during the last days of World War II.

Tune in as Paul Freeman, principal at Glenwood Springs High School, reflects on growing up, an Irish immigrant boy, in England and managing a high school during the pandemic.

Tune is as John Tripp reflects on his long life and the harrowing years of World War II frightening alongside his band of brothers in the Tenth Mountain Division.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Ilias Satouev as he recounts his journey from his home in war-torn Chechnia to the Roaring Fork Valley just after the Russian-Chechnian War in 1996.

Tune in as Peter Seibert remembers his father, Peter Seibert Sr. and his quest to create the world class resort we now know as Vail.

Tune in for a program from Immigrant Stories 2016 archive. Dorothea and Doug Farris reflect on their sixty years together and the love that has sustained them through the challenges they have faced.

Tune in as Autumn Rivera, Glenwood Springs Middle School science teacher and Colorado's Teacher of the Year for 2022 talks about her life and teaching in a pandemic.

Tune in as Kathie Weaver remembers her late husband Jim "Doc" Weaver and the history of the Jess Weaver Trail.

Calvin Lee, artist and retired Roaring Fork Valley attorney and the son of Chinese immigrants, talks to host Walter Gallacher about Lee's parents' journey to the United States.

Fifty-one years ago, Alexandra Yajko was forced to flee her native Poland. Tune in as she reflects on being a refugee as a child and the impact that has had on her life.

Valley natives Kelsey and Tess Freeman discuss their book "No Option But North" and share the stories of Central American migrants Kelsey interviewed during her nine months at a Mexican migrant shelter.