Title
New Mainers Speak 05/04/2014
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Description
Kate Manahan interviews Annella Linton, who grew up in Portrush, Northern Ireland, and lived in Belfast and London before moving to Portland a year and a half prior to the interview. Annella trained as a DJ at WMPG, and has hosted shows there. They discuss her childhood growing up in Northern Ireland during the conflict between Protestants and Catholics during the Troubles; Northern Irish identity; American support for the IRA. She grew up with two brothers and two sisters; her mother’s family is Protestant and ran the tourist area at the Giant’s Causeway, and her father is Quaker, and grew up in a Quaker community. She describes seeing armed soldiers near her grandmother’s house as a child; having many Catholic friends despite being raised Protestant; and her experience having an anti-Catholic group break into her apartment after they realized she was spending time with a Catholic friend. She wanted to leave Northern Ireland after realizing she was gay at age 14. She knew she wanted to come to the US after spending a summer working at Camp America in Illinois.
They discuss her work covering the American sales region for her company, Primal Pictures; how she went about getting a visa through her workplace; and how it felt to go through immigration upon entering the US. They compare and contrast the American healthcare system with the UK’s National Health Service.
Publication Date
5-4-2014
Publisher
WMPG 90.9 FM
City
Portland, Maine
Keywords
WMPG, community radio, college radio, New Mainers Speak, Kate Manahan, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, Portland, New Mainers, Annella Linton, Portrush, Northern Ireland, Belfast, London, DJ, Protestant, Catholic, the Troubles, IRA, Giant’s Causeway, Quakers, LGBTQ, gay, Camp America, visa, green card, healthcare, National Health Service, Primal Pictures, Reza Jalali, University of Southern Maine, Office of Multicultural Affairs, graduation
Recommended Citation
Manahan, Kate, "New Mainers Speak 05/04/2014" (2014). New Mainers Speak. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_newmainers/11
