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I interviewed Debbi Mahan for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching enlightening stories. Frank Sesno’s book Ask...

I interviewed Rashel Hoff for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories. Frank Sesno’s book...

Our interviewer, John Ruano, asks his dad, Hever, a series of questions about his life and values.

I interviewed Lesley Hill for my first year seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how that thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories. Frank Sesno’s...

Gary Forbach (75) talks with his son, Cory Forbach (47), about his life. Gary was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) about two years before (December 2020) before the interview(s) took place, and he was in...

My name is Madalina, I am 22 years old and today I interviewed my grandpa Piotr Mardari. In this interview we discussed topics such as flourishing and what makes “a good life”.

Interview with my Brazilian friend. Double-bass player

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: An interview with multiple generations of the Sarkisian family, where they share how their ancestors fled the Armenian Genocide, their lifestyle growing up on the family-owned farm, establishing a legacy in Andover, and how their...

This is the story of one of the 2.2 million men drafted for the Vietnam War. On December 3, 1969, Jim Culp was drafted to serve in Vietnam. Culp was a regular kid, the middle child with three other siblings,...

I interviewed Nick Verzolini for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories. Frank Sesno’s book...

We talked about how our lives are different that we thought, but just as wonderful for different reasons.

In this interview with my father, I asked him questions to find out more about his life in Albania compared to life here in the United States.

Shirley (Nini) and I discuss our family and her legacy.

I thought that by doing this interview I learned and received so much advise for my future self can use to become a better me.

What my dad would like to do in his life and difining his legacy

Here, my mother describes her upbringing in America and its benefits for her life. I interviewed my mother as she is the only close family I have who grew up in America as a child.

Swaptatt journey

What will be left behind, what our family will continue doing, who we are and who we will be.

Jennifer Lind, granddaughter of Rosa T. Beard, talks with Ms. Celeste Corbitt, the Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club 2020 President, Miss Cotillion, and Founder's Award winner.

In this interview with Sister Miller, we talked about the origins of the Hukilau performed by the people of Laie. Auntie Kela (Sister Miller) shared her experience as a youth serving, dancing, and preparing for the Hukilaus. Auntie Kela shared...

I interviewed Susan Willis for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University.  Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories.  Frank Sesno's book Ask More...

Annika Wester (16) talks with her father, Michael Wester (54), about his own father, growing up in Michigan and California, and how these experiences have shaped what matters to him most.

In this interview we go in depth about the childhood of one who grew up in the streets of New York, and what the life of one who grew up there may hold for them. My name is August Mazzara...

This is about my grandfather and the legacy that he left behind

In this interview, conducted on April 2022 in Los Angeles, California, Zoe Alexander (15) interviews her mother, Eboni Alexander (46) about her childhood, relationships, and her hopes and dreams for hers and her children’s future. She shares her story about...