Home is the Journey: Tales from Portugal's Diasporas
Claim This Podcastby Miguel Moniz and Gilberto Fernandes
Podcast Overview
<p>Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, beyond Portugal, and back again. In this weekly English language podcast, Miguel and Gil host fun and entertaining but critically insightful conversations with news making guests in the arts, culture, literature, academia, history, sports, politics, business, journalism, and other fields. Each episode highlights different themes and current events related to Portugal, its emigrant/immigrant communities, and the global impact of its many diasporas.</p><p>Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) and historian Gilberto Fernandes (York University, Toronto, Canada) are two public facing scholars with common interests in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America. Living in Portugal since the mid 1990s, Moniz was born and raised in an Azorean and Cape Verdean enclave on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and has a PhD from Brown University. Fernandes grew up in the greater Lisbon area and has lived in Canada for over 20 years, where he obtained his PhD from York University. Their combined expertise in the past and present of the Portuguese diaspora and its many social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions and their contexts is vast, as reflected in the several publications, exhibitions, documentaries, community archives, websites, tours, public lectures, theatrical plays and other initiatives they have developed over the years.</p><p>For more on Miguel and Gilberto's work see their personal websites: <a href="https://www.miguelmoniz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">miguelmoniz.com</a> | <a href="https://gilbertofernandes.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gilbertofernandes.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miguelmonizlisboa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@miguelmonizlisboa</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rapaz.gil/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rapaz.gil</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/home_is_the_journey/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@home_is_the_journey</a> and at Facebook.com/homeisthejourney </p><br><p>For inquiries, email us at homeisthejourney@gmail.com</p><br><p>Opening and closing themes and incidental music are by Farra Fanfarra, appearing courtesy of the Farra Fanfarra Cultural Association. Look for these songs and more music from Portugal's favorite brass band at farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com and wherever you stream and purchase music.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
July 7, 2026
Fieldcast #1 Craft Beer in Portugal w/ Octavio Costa of Artbeerfest and Quimera Brewpub's Adam Heller and Raquel Nicoletti
<p>Our inaugural "HITJ Fieldcast" focusing on cultural, political, and current events related to Portugal. In this episode we explore the craft beer movement.</p><p>The first interview is with Octávio Costa of OG & Associates, the co-founder of Artbeerfest Caminha, Portugal’s largest, oldest, and premier craft beer festival. Octávio also organizes other Portuguese and international craft beer festivals, and is an influential ambassador of Portugal’s craft beer movement. We spoke about the festival and the growth of the craft beer movement in Portugal as he was making preparations for this year's edition of Artbeerfest in Caminha.</p><p>HITJ also visited brewers Adam Heller and Raquel Nicoletti at their Quimera brewpub in Alcântara, Lisbon. We spoke about the growth of the craft beer movement in Portugal over the past decade, the start up environment in the country, and the movement's positive impact in building communities and local economies. We spoke about their historic brew and architecturally significant gastropub – located in a 300 year old tunnel to a royal palace – and challenges to craft beer brewing in Portugal. Miguel, Adam, and Raquel also drink a LOT of Quimera's beers throughout this conversation.</p><p>In their opening segment, Miguel and Gil introduce the concept of HITJ's new Fieldcast episodes and talk about wine and beer production in Portugal and its diaspora.</p><h3><strong>Home is the Journey: Tales from Portugal's Diasporas</strong></h3><p>with Gilberto Fernandes and Miguel Moniz</p><p>Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, and beyond Portugal. Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) and historian Gil Fernandes (York University) are public scholars with expertise in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America.</p><p>Websites: <a href="https://www.miguelmoniz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">miguelmoniz.com</a> | <a href="https://gilbertofernandes.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gilbertofernandes.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: @home_is_the_journey | @miguelmonizlisboa | @rapaz.gil</p><p>For inquiries, email us at: homeisthejourney@gmail.com</p><p>Music by Farra Fanfarra: farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com</p><p>All rights reserved © Miguel Moniz & Gilberto Fernandes</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 23, 2026
Soccer in Immigrant Communities with Journalist John Gonsalves and Broadcaster Alex Seixeiro
<p>HITJ explores soccer in immigrant communities with journalist and broadcaster <strong>John Gonsalves</strong> (O Jornal, WJFD) and <strong>Alex Seixeiro</strong> (the afternoon sports anchor on 680 News Radio, Toronto—Rogers Sports & Media). John and Alex talk about the role of soccer in Portuguese immigrant communities, including their own love of the game, recounting the development of soccer in New England and Canada. The episode looks at the history of the great America's Cup winning immigrant Portuguese teams of the industrial mill period to World War II and the Portuguese immigrant national team players in the US and Canada, including the "Babe Ruth of Soccer" <strong>Adelino "Billy" Gonsalves</strong> who played in the 1930 and 1934 World Cup and <strong>Stephen Eustaquio</strong>, Canada's current acting team Captain. Gonsalves delves into the development of the <strong>Luso American Soccer Leagu</strong>e, which he covered since its founding in 1973, and the key role of the league and its players in elevating the quality of the national game. John and Alex discuss the role of radio in instilling enjoyment for the game, and how soccer is a community and family event in Toronto and New England. <strong>FIFA</strong>'s corruption is a topic of conversation, as is the organization's culpability in dampening the spirit of cooperation and international community celebrating the World Cup.</p><br><p>In their opening segment <strong>Miguel</strong> and <strong>Gil</strong> talk about the newest members of Miguel's family, his three sheep Alice, Gertrude, and Josephine. In their introduction to the interview with John and Alex, they offer insights into the historical, political, and social role of soccer in Portuguese immigrant communities. </p><br><p><br></p><h3><strong>Home is the Journey: Tales from Portugal's Diasporas</strong></h3><p>with Gilberto Fernandes and Miguel Moniz</p><p>Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, and beyond Portugal. Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) and historian Gil Fernandes (York University) are public scholars with expertise in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America.</p><p>Websites: <a href="https://www.miguelmoniz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">miguelmoniz.com</a> | <a href="https://gilbertofernandes.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gilbertofernandes.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: @home_is_the_journey | @miguelmonizlisboa | @rapaz.gil</p><p>For inquiries, email us at: homeisthejourney@gmail.com</p><p>Music by Farra Fanfarra: farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com</p><p>All rights reserved © Miguel Moniz & Gilberto Fernandes</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 16, 2026
Authors Katherine Vaz and Pedro Almeida Maia
<p>HITJ's conversation with celebrated authors Katherine Vaz and Pedro Almeida Maia offers insight into the characters, stories, motivations, and narrative themes of these two prize winning writers of diaspora communities. Katherine Vaz has been the preeminent English language novelist about Portuguese and Azorean communities in the US since her first novel Saudade was published in 1994. Her subsequent writing, including the novels Mariana (selected by the Library of Congress as one of the 30 best books of 1998) and Above the Salt (a People Magazine book of the week) and short story collections Fado and other Stories (Drue Heinz Literary prize) and Our Lady of the Artichokes (Prairie Schooner Award) have cemented her place in the pantheon of American novelists exploring the depths of the immigrant communities in the US. Prolific author Pedro Almeida Maia, from São Miguel, Açores, has long has been celebrated as an original and vibrant voice in the islands, however, has recently earned national acclaim as the writer of prize winning works including Escrava Açoreana (2022), Ilha-America (2020), and his recently published Condenação (2025). In the episode, Vaz and Almeida Maia talk about the motivations and desires of their characters, interrogate the meaning of family in their fiction, and discuss the meaning of diasporic writing. They tell some behind the scenes stories about their writing, including the real life figures that serve as inspiration for some of their narratives. In a revelatory segment, Vaz also talks about her children's book writing, something she rarely speaks about.</p><br><p>In their opening segment, Gil and Miguel talk about a recent health fad that has made the humble sardine, once a cheap staple of the Portuguese diet, into a global luxury item, thinking about the commoditization of Portuguese culture for touristic consumption has damaged local communities. </p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><h3><strong>Home is the Journey: Tales from Portugal's Diasporas</strong></h3><p>with Gilberto Fernandes and Miguel Moniz</p><p>Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, and beyond Portugal. Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) and historian Gil Fernandes (York University) are public scholars with expertise in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America.</p><p>Websites: <a href="https://www.miguelmoniz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">miguelmoniz.com</a> | <a href="https://gilbertofernandes.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gilbertofernandes.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: @home_is_the_journey | @miguelmonizlisboa | @rapaz.gil</p><p>For inquiries, email us at: homeisthejourney@gmail.com</p><p>Music by Farra Fanfarra: farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com</p><p>All rights reserved © Miguel Moniz & Gilberto Fernandes</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Conversations about communities around the world shaped by mobilities from Portugal, to Portugal, beyond Portugal, and back again. In this weekly English language podcast, Miguel and Gil host fun and entertaining but critically insightful conversations with news making guests in the arts, culture, literature, academia, history, sports, politics, business, journalism, and other fields. Each episode highlights different themes and current events related to Portugal, its emigrant/immigrant communities, and the global impact of its many diasporas.</p><p>Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) and historian Gilberto Fernandes (York University, Toronto, Canada) are two public facing scholars with common interests in the contemporary issues and history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America. Living in Portugal since the mid 1990s, Moniz was born and raised in an Azorean and Cape Verdean enclave on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and has a PhD from Brown University. Fernandes grew up in the greater Lisbon area and has lived in Canada for over 20 years, where he obtained his PhD from York University. Their combined expertise in the past and present of the Portuguese diaspora and its many social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions and their contexts is vast, as reflected in the several publications, exhibitions, documentaries, community archives, websites, tours, public lectures, theatrical plays and other initiatives they have developed over the years.</p><p>For more on Miguel and Gilberto's work see their personal websites: <a href="https://www.miguelmoniz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">miguelmoniz.com</a> | <a href="https://gilbertofernandes.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gilbertofernandes.ca</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miguelmonizlisboa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@miguelmonizlisboa</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rapaz.gil/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rapaz.gil</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/home_is_the_journey/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@home_is_the_journey</a> and at Facebook.com/homeisthejourney </p><br><p>For inquiries, email us at homeisthejourney@gmail.com</p><br><p>Opening and closing themes and incidental music are by Farra Fanfarra, appearing courtesy of the Farra Fanfarra Cultural Association. Look for these songs and more music from Portugal's favorite brass band at farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com and wherever you stream and purchase music.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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