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Lee Mulvaney talks to her son Mark Mulvaney about growing up during the great depression, finding work, falling in love, family, loss, and life at 92 and beyond.

I interviewed my mom about the music industry and how it has transitioned since the 80’s as well as how it has shaped her life when she was growing up.

We talked about how my mom found the job she would want to do for a living, something I’m stuffing with at the moment

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Atoka, Oklahoma, I interviewed my grandma, Dale Payne, about positive memories and her life growing up. She told me about how her and her husband, Larry Payne, came to be. She also...

In this interview taken on November 30th, 2018 in Wylie, Texas, Tailene Morales (15) speaks with her maternal grandmother, Aromelia Vargas (64) about her adolescence in Panama. Mrs. Vargas shares about her high school experience. She also speaks about the...

Nicholas “Nicky” Weinstock had jumped headfirst into an entirely new civilization, with no knowledge of the language or culture. Nicky’s son, Lincoln Weinstock, interviews him about his experience in Africa. Nicky tells about his near-death malaria experience, what it was...

Caroline Fitzgerald (19) talks with Tessa Doody (22) about how she is navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic as an emerging adult who is making the transition from college life to the real world. She discusses how the pandemic has impacted...

Great interview with sekou today.

Lucille Wilhoit passed away on September 3, 2016. I remembered I'd recorded two interviews with her for the National Day of Listening in November of 2010. She talks in this interview about the importance of music to her, and how...

This was Dan Moreland, he is my grandfather and to me he is Grandaddy. To me I’ve always seen him as the hardest working man I’ve ever met and he will always be that man and he has shown that...

Catherine Grella (21) talks with a friend, Susan Martins (77) about her close relationship with her two sisters, her childhood, and the family dynamics that have shaped her into the woman that she is today.

Migration for people is a hard decision,but by improving their quality of life,they adapt to the new customs and their new country.

Mary Caravalho's mother died young of cancer and Mary honored her mother by taking on her mother's role of staying in touch with her cousin Judy throughout Judy's life. Now Mary honors her cousin Judy by uncovering and telling the...

Walter Pearl Wilson, a loving grandmother and mother that goes by “Pearl” recounts growing up in rural Arkansas, growing into motherhood, and old age.

[Recorded Monday, February 26, 2024] UVA students Lauren Vaillancourt (19) from Yorktown, VA, and Anika Wadehra (19) from Loudoun County, VA, recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their course "Democracy and Public Service." Both students grew up...

One Small Step conversation partners David Wiebe (67) and Anthony Byrd (66) discuss family, religion, and the transformative moments that shaped their beliefs.

Granddaughter Maimuna interviews her Nana, Loistine, on her life.

Ke'Shawn Collins (22) speaks with his mother, Alena Collins (40), about his gratitude for her support through his artistic career, and Alena expresses pride in her son's work. Both discuss life lessons and values they have leaned on throughout their...

about her husband and her kid and mostly her beloved dad who currently has passed away

Friends Tomasita Trammell (73) and Nancy Masner (66) interview each other about their family, experiences, and visits to the Pythian Castle.

Jordan Smoller [no age given] talks with his mother Sylvia Smoller [no age given] about her life including escape from Poland and the Nazis, becoming a refugee, her experience of becoming a world renowned scientist (with whom he sometimes co-authors),...

Erin tells the tales of her traumatic childhood hair events that lead to her having such long hair, the changes her hair has under gone, and how she sees hair as a big part of her identity through her photography...

To do at school

Uncle Keith enjoyed the chance to talk about the positive and painful memories in his life, what it has been like growing up with learning and developmental disabilities, poor, and with an abusive father. He reflected on becoming a proud...

Recorded on March 28, 2001 by HB Smith @76 yrs old, exactly 10 yrs to the day before his passing.