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Liz Huff (50) talks with her voice teacher, mentor, and friend, Gary Race (70), about teaching and directing opera. Recorded August 11, 2020.

Niya Randall is an unapologetically Black mother who continues to disrupt inequities while working in social justice and education during these uncertain times. She’s one of our valued facilitators at Equitable Dinners. Here she talks about becoming aware of racism...

My father, Chas Peterson, describes his childhood and growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, in the D.C area. He now works in telecommunications.

Izzy Ruffer (16) and Brooklyn Collins (17) talk with Izzy's grandpa, David Ruffer (86) about his childhood, life experiences, education, and general life during the 1960's.

Coming from Moshi, Tanzania, Hanz Riziki talks about the challenges he faced regarding his education, and his pursuit of a new life.

My name is Ozan Kara and I am a 17 years old cultural exchange student from Turkey. As an high school student in Bloomington, Indiana, I have had the chance to know a wonderful person, Vanessa Domizlaff, my German teacher...

Jake Berman: 2020-10-03 14:35:42

A daughter (36) interviews her mom (63) after Thanksgiving about growing up and raising a family in the midwest.

Victoria Halvorson (22) interviews Samantha Davis (21) about her experience student teaching elementary music during a pandemic.

Student Kaya Ilas speaks with teacher Kashmir Blake about how dance has followed her throuhout her life and shaped her into the person and teacher that she is today.

Jana Dickman tells some of her essential story after returning to The United States from Indonesia in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Our conversation includes her experience teaching abroad when COVID-19 began, being evacuated from Southeast Asia in Spring...

Janet Hogue Thompson (77) talks with her daughter Michelle Thompson (51) about the life of her mother Mary Maxine McAninch Hogue (1920-1993) in rural Casey County, Kentucky.

Jenny Rask: 2020-09-27 01:41:31 Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask about being a part of the reg room 9 "Brains" group at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon, pets in dentist's offices..."Royce the Cockatou", college options for his family,...

Dan Cella (22) talks to his old highschool english teacher Danielle Proscia about what she did before she became a teacher. What it was like teaching at the highschool Dan attended, Sayreville War Memorial. And also about what she went...

Nayeem Islam talked to his grandmother, Daulton Islam about her childhood in Bangladesh and the time she moved to America. With that Nayeem Islam talked about her point of view about her life that she faced and what she thinks...

Priscilla Fuller discusses her time at Whittemore Elementary, an equalization school in SC, and the impact the faculty had on her intellectual and character development.

Molly Tittemore (15) talks with her Noni (Sicilian slang term for "grandmother"), who is 79 years old. They discussed her childhood, and how the events of her childhood transformed her into the dynamic woman she is today. Her Noni believes...

My name is Heather Ashton and I am joined by Dr. Jennifer Ashton, an associate professor in the SUNY system who specializes in disability studies and inclusive education. Today we will be discussing environmental factors related to the school-to-prison pipeline....

A discussion amongst family members about their experiences related to education and how they were impacted by the pandemic. Erin (25, They/Them) was furloughed from their job at the start of the pandemic, and then chose to resume college courses...

Eli Hulstein (19) interviews his girlfriend, Jessica Miller (18), about her experience as a high school gymnast.

John Alston talks about his decades founding and directing the Chester Children's Chorus.

Katharine Little (21) interviews Karen Carmen Little (57) about her experience teaching special education in South Jersey at the turn of the 21st century.

Golda Siegel-Doyle(83) talks with reporter Brian Scott-Smith about a reunion she's having with three 3rd grade students she taught back in 1965 In New York. Those students are Susan Dunaisky, Meryl Jacobs and Felice Perry, all from New York State.

Peter Stiepleman speaks with Claire Majerus via Zoom about Dr. Stiepleman's career in the Columbia Public Schools. They discuss Stiepleman's history with music education, his compelling purpose and moral focus behind his career, and what the future holds.

I talk with my uncle Don about his life and his experiences in school, particularly the time he masqueraded around his college campus as the "Wild Hog". Apologies for the poor sound quality!