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Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

Caelan (15) interviews their grandfather, John Anastas (75), about his life.

A son interviewing his mom

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...

In this interview Alyssa Norton and Mary Matthews talked about Mary’s past and some of her greatest memories. Mary shared her stories of when she was a child and how she met her first love.

Carina (13) interviews her mother mainly about what she is feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Both talk about what life has been like during this time and moment in this country as well as her mother's childhood memories.

During this interview, which was done in November 2017 in Hingham, Massachusetts, Raphael Alexander (15) asks his Grandmother Nancy Griffin (86) about her childhood and life in Quincy, Massachusetts. Mrs. Griffin shares her thoughts about having eight kids, being the...

My Nana and Popop have been married for 51 years, in this interview they talk about their childhood, experiences in these years, and family.

Asking him about his childhood and things I didn’t know about his life.

Amy has lived her life with the intention of making the world a better place by being there for others in whatever way she can - as a gay woman, a mother, a neighbor, community member and friend.

Robert Mere shared his memories of growing up, the influence of education and a strong loving family on his development, and the importance of accepting other people where they are at. He used the culmination of his 79 years of...

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...

My grandma and I talked about her life.

Frank DePoli remarks on his life and how it has been different than he expected, but excellent nonetheless. He begins with his childhood and how his parents and friends always supported and still do support him. He then elaborates on...

Claire talked to Her Pop Pop about his life.

We talked about life now and in the past.

Cristina Norcross (52) interviews her mother, Edythe Raskopf (84), about her childhood and family history.

Words of wisdom from my grandfather during the last year of his life.

A Christmas Day interview with my aunt Patti Kehoe

On November 26, 2017, I interviewed my mother, and some of the things I learned about her surprised me. I learned lessons about working, high school, and important life lessons. I even got to know more about her childhood, which...

We discussed Eileen's early life in Queens, New York, her marriage to Henry Clark, and how they moved to Long Island to raise a family.

For this interview I asked my Dad about some big questions in his life.

We discussed what it was like for Jean growing up in NYC and then raising a family on Long Island.

My mother's experience dealing with my childhood cancer diagnosis.

We talked about life and love two days before her 94th birthday.