growing up and learning with the natural world

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

My mom’s life

My mom had a very interesting childhood. This has made her the woman she is today.

Max and Agoo

We talked about thanksgiving a little bit. We also talked a little about my grandma’s childhood. And we talked a little bit about COVID.

Daughter talks to mother about childhood.

Ziva Sklar, a twelve year old, asks her mother about what her childhood was like when she was 12.

Life is Good

My grandfather Peter Murphy, age 64, was born in Long island. He was the UCONN lacrosse captain of 1980 and graduated with a degree in Civil engineering. He founded his own software company that has billions of users globally using...

Hello Roy!!

This interview is about my friend – Roy. Everyone has a unique childhood, also including him. We talked about the memory of childhood, change of life, matter of family, etc. Moreover, this interview helped me know more about my friend....

Bob Burgess shares details of his life from childhood to fatherhood, and how things can change.

In this interview conducted in December of 2017, Alex Burgess interviews her grandfather Bob Burgess about his life as a child, husband, and father. Mr. Burgess shares some of his favorite stories about his 3 kids growing up in Niskayuna,...

The great Thanksgiving Interview

In this quick interview my grandmother was able to explain how her past life has shaped her as a person . Her childhood was very intense yet interesting when it came to be adventurous and learning new things . As...

interviewing my dad
November 30, 2022 App Interview

me (Julie friedman) interviews my dad Micheal Friedman about his spouse, his childhood and the holidays. this interview takes place in our living room.

Learn How to Forecast the Weather with Oma: All You Need Is A Broken Toe and Some Deer

This is an interview I did with my 86-year-old grandmother. She lived in Germany through WWII and had a very interesting life, resulting in some unusual stories. She now lives on an out-of-service farm in Pennsylvania's Amish Country. In this...

A Gritty Childhood Growing Up in Queens

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...

Interview with my Father, Stratos Efstratiou (His life, Stories, and More!)

While spending time at home over Thanksgiving break, the opportunity to interview my father about his life stories and experiences popped up. Just a nice father-daughter interview.

Interview with Michael Leitke about Family

I interviewed my father and talked about family, when he met my mother and raising me and my sister.

Dad’s Childhood

I️ interviewed my father about his childhood and how he was raised into becoming a father. I️ wanted to ask a few questions that would relate to myself as well

My Grandmother’s Story

Everybody has their own story. For this project I decided to interview my grandmother. This storycorps project has benefited me because now I understand the challenges and all the hardships that my grandmother has gone through. My grandmother’s responses to...