Andrew Burdick interviews Dave West #4 (20200808) Young Adulthood – Mentors, Growth, and Early Jobs

Andrew Burdick and Dave West in their fourth Storycorps Connect interview. We start by talking about influential teachers and what they meant in Dave's life. Then we continue to cover Dave's various apprentice roles as well as what he studied...

“I Do Regret Going to College Straight Out of High School”: Siblings Ephraim and Rachel Share What They Want to Do in Life

In this interview conducted in November 2021, siblings Ephraim Smith (16) and Rachel White (23) talk about their aspirations during their high school years and what they currently do now. Rachel talks about her short college years and how unhappy...

Cyn Levis interviewing LeLaRay Treece on growing up and looking to writing their future.

Cyn Levis, 31, in Garden City, MI, interviews teenager Lelaray Treece, 17, in Parker, CO, on November 22nd, 2021, asking her to reflect on how she has changed from childhood and what they are looking forward to in the future....

Mary Gaylord and daughter, Emily Clemson (What it's like to be 15)

Mary Gaylord: 2021-02-18 23:11:49. Mary 57, mom, Emily Clemson, 15, daughter. Mary asks Emily about the best and worst parts of being 15 as well as what Emily's 80-year-old self would tell her 15-year-old self.

Tristen Reagor

Tristen Reagor: 2020-06-12 19:58:26, I interviewed my little brother age 12 on an assortment of life questions , such as childhood, school, job plans and future plans

Maynard "Dick" Dixon

"There wasn't nothin' goin' on around there anyway:" A grandfather's stories from Rainelle, WV to Hopewell, VA. Maynard "Dick" Dixon tells stories from his childhood and brief career in coal mining in Rainelle, WV, a stint in Arlington, VA, and...