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Jean Brown Stavros shares her life story and experiences from childhood during the great depression through motherhood after World War 2 and becoming a grandmother while working full time and going to school to become a nurse.

France Lagroix, Research Scientist at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and AGU Leader share stories of her passion and the value of paleomagnetism. She talks of the discovery during her Ph'd research where she developed a novel application...

In this interview, Nora Ballesteros talks with her granddaughter, Chriselle Tegel, about her childhood in the Philippines. They discuss Nora’s hardship as a single mom, family responsibilities as the eldest child, high school experiences, and life lessons.

I interview my grandmother on my moms side of the family. We are really close and she is like my other mother. We talked for 11 minutes about my family and herself. During this interview i learned lots about her...

Life’s lessons and being fortunate to fall in love twice. Note: A roughly 2 minute section was inadvertently not recorded when I failed to press resume while we paused to gather thoughts. Sam described how he met Charlotte and the...

This interview is between two friends. It's focused on the interviewee's childhood and her values, as well as what it was like for her to grow up.

In this interview I talked with my mother and asked her many things about her childhood and adult life. We talked about what she was like as a child and what she did. She gave advice to her teenage self...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama, Dawson Archer (16) interviews his father Kevin Archer (45) about his memories throughout his life about major events and people from the 1970s to today. Many interesting topics are brought...

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to discuss family with my mother. I was able to learn more about why family is so important to her and how her appreciation for family has changed throughout our life.

Mom talks about her life, the friends she made, the lessons she learned, and how to make the most out of life.

I interview my grandmother about her childhood, and the way it defined her future.

In this interview I ask my uncle what Venezuela was like before and after the rise of Hugo Chavez.

Rita del Carmen Velasco Suarez de Banfield is from San Andres de Pillaro, Ecuador and Michael Banfield is from Calumet Michigan. The two talk about their experiences and how they lived, how they met, and what their life is like...

In this interview my aunt talks about her life, growing up, her family, and herself. She is 52 years old and my aunt on my mother’s side. In this interview I learned a lot about her and my family and...

I speak with my Grandmother, a renown teacher and community administrator, Fire Department office manager and more, about some of her experiences as a teacher and as she grew up in general. I ask her about school in Haiti and...

Ted Jones, my grandfather, has lived a long and fulfilled life. From the Roaring 20s to the Second World War, he has lived through it all and has learned a lot from it.

From showcasing a poster on the value of internships Annie further's the conversation in this interview. She discusses her life after undergraduate school; the unexpected lessons learned and career path to graduate school. Annie talks about the importance of internships...

A interview with my mother about juggling life and being a single parent.

My mother, Shruti Lake, opens up about her experiences growing up in a foreign country, moving to the United States, and the challenges she has faced while doing so. We focus mainly on traditions and family values, but delve into...

Coming from modest beginnings in India, my dad talks about his childhood, adult life, journey through education, values, culture, and life lessons learned.

Laurie Brown, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, has been a member of AGU for 46 years. She shares her observations on the growth of paleomagnetism at AGU and its importance in helping address climate. She also discusses how...

In this interview, Marie and I discuss topics pertaining to family & relationships, politics, climate change, money & happiness, and the ignorance surrounding large-scale suffering in third world countries. She shares her unique perspectives on these topics and comments on...

This was my interview with my mother Kayoko.

I interviewed my friend Kal, and this was the most meaningful convo that we've had in a long time about family and relationships withen our families that impact us and how.

Traditions are a great part of all families. Younger generations don't quite understand that, but there is a hope that they may begin to.