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The audio on the last interview with my grandma stopped unexpectedly, so here is the rest of it.

Cousins Marta (62) and Lida (51) strain their memories trying to recreate their grandmother Baba Tanya's bedtime stories, whether in Ukrainian or in English translation

Jasmin Ramirez: 2021-01-02 22:04:59. I interviewed Yeimi Alday she is my friend/classmate and she is 13 years old. In our interview, we discussed the BLM movement and how it affected her, coronavirus, school, family, and much more.

Hollie Rogin, 52, interviews her father, Alan Rogin, 81 about the effects of him spending 9 months in a full body cast at the age of 16, due to post-polio syndrome, and how to overcome the challenges of isolation during...

In this interview, Camilla Blain, a rancher in Crane, Texas, discusses her humble beginnings on a farm in Mason, Texas and her perspective on world changing events as they unfolded in her small town. Throughout the decades, Camilla discusses various...

Lialia (77) demonstrates to Lida (51) how her parents' example --not only of community service but appreciation of beauty-- is expressed in the many artworks she has woven, painted, photographed and printed during her life as a Ukrainian Villager

Together, Motria (69) and Adrienne (59) tell Lida (51) the origin story of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, its development as a political statement, cultural fixture, and educative vehicle, as well as the teamwork needed to emerge after COVID

Businesswoman Oksana (63), behind It's Oksana design studio, instructs Lida (51) in the appreciation of flax fiber, linen fabric and embroidered rushnyky essential for good living and a healthy planet

Orest (28) --whose name comes from Greek mythology and carries the weight of others' stories-- tells Lida (51) of his journey to Ukrainian Village and the adventures that have defined his life ever since

Friends, Asal Amiri (18) and Mikaila Flagg (20), talk about Asal's migration journey to the United States and the challenges that followed.

Lida (49) interviews her husband James (46) about going full "Ukie" by adopting her Ukrainian culture as a Filipino-American from Los Angeles

Judith Wilks: 2021-10-27 19:41:21

Diane Lewen (71), also known as Nana Pip, talks with her Goddaughter, Amy (17) about her experience living in the 1960s in the United States of America.

Emergency nurse Donnella James, RN (51) and New York Times best-selling author Mikki Kendall (43) discuss how the current social climate and the revelation of health care disparities affect emergency departments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marion (66) explains to Lida (51) how the Ukrainian Village community of Chicago shaped him when he moved to the US from Brazil, and how he works to build up community for his family and others

Wayne Haines: 2022-01-22 21:52:15. Interview done at 1505 Walnut Street Dallas Center. Daughter Susan Haines was present during the interview.

Jennifer Wondrasek talks about growing up and working.

Judith (62) tells Lida (51) what it means to be a Ukrainian Villager without being Ukrainian after 30 years on Thomas Street

Kathy Sartori Hankard (50) talks with her dad, James “Jim” Anthony Sartori (86, almost 87). Dad shares stories of growing up outside of Chicago, and taking the bus into the city as a young boy (age 12) for a day...

Myron (57) talks to Lida (51) about his doctor day job and then about his passion project, owning Tryzub Restaurant in Ukrainian Village

Joan Brody (Schaumburg, IL, 70s) & Carole Bass (Evanston, IL, 70s), good friends, talk about Joan's experiences as a young girl in Chicago during the summer of 1955 when she attended summer school with Emmett Till, and the follow-up years...

Michael Silver: 2020-08-24 00:45:23 Irving Gottschalk discusses memories of the 1960's in Chicago and San Diego

Katya (46) explains to Lida (51) how she became the collector, evaluator and disseminator of information within and far beyond her Ukrainian Village community and suburban household

Valedictorian Sofia Hryhorasz (13) and Principal Anna Cirilli (45) of St. Nicholas Cathedral School recount to Lida (51) what it was like to go remote on Friday the 13th of March and emerge for in person learning in August of...

Adriana (25) uses fiction, autobiography and political commentary to explain to Lida (51) how she sees beyond Ukrainian Village