For many people, just to hear the voice of a loved one again is worth more than gold itself. When historian and author Anthony V. Riccio set out to record Italian immigrant stories in Boston’s North End nearly 40 years ago, he did not know that these voices would one day prove to be that gold not just for the immigrants’ families, but for all those seeking to better understand the Italian American experience.

Now, thanks to his partnership with Bob Sorrentino of the Italian Genealogy Podcast, these stories are accessible to the public for the first time via the Italian Genealogy Podcast’s “Voices from the Past” series.