Actors Paulino Nunes and Jess Salgueiro

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Home is the Journey talks to renowned Portuguese/Portuguese Canadian Actors Paulino Nunes (Father Dell’Aqua in the critically acclaimed and award winning series Shōgun and credits including The Boys, Law and Order, Brooklyn, Suits) and Jess Salgueiro (Eve on the Fraser reboot and credits including The Boys, Tiny Pretty Things, Working Moms, Letterkenny, Orphan Black). Paulino and Jess discuss their journeys as actors and growing up in Portuguese immigrant communities in Canada. In the episode, they critically reflect on representation of the Portuguese in North American film and television and talk about how their experiences in Portugal and Portuguese North America have shaped some of the roles they have played.

Home is the Journey-Tales from Portugal's Diasporas with Gil Fernandes and Miguel Moniz.

Conversations about Portugal and the communities around the world shaped by movements and migrations from Portugal, to Portugal, beyond, and back again.

Anthropologist Miguel Moniz (ICS, U.Lisboa) and historian Gilberto Fernandes (York University) are two public facing scholars with common interests in the contemporary issues & history of Portugal and Portuguese immigration in North America. Moniz grew up on Cape Cod and has lived in Portugal since the 1990s. He has a PhD from Brown University. Fernandes grew in the greater Lisbon area and has lived in Canada for over twenty years. He has a PhD from York University.

websites: miguelmoniz.com gilberto fernandes.ca; Instagram @miguelmoniz @rapaz.gil

Theme and incidental music by Farra Fanfarra. farrafanfarra.bandcamp.com

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The Portuguese Kids: Derrick DeMelo and Brian Martins

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:01:00 GMT

International comedy group The Portuguese Kids, Derrick DeMelo and Brian Martins, talk to Home is the Journey, about growing up in Massachusetts as kids of immigrants, revealing the sources and conflicts that create their comedy, performing for international audiences, the role of the internet, and discussing the history and future of cultural institutions in immigrant communities.