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When I interviewed Elaine Kyle, we talked about her childhood and how different it was than how it was today. She talked about her parents and how she grew up. She also contexted that it she remembered the days of...

Peter King reflects on his life about his past, his education success, and his personality traits.

I interviewed Julie Epperson for my First Year Seminar class at Marshall University. Our FYS class has been focusing on critical thinking and how thoughtfully developed and artfully asked questions can lead to enriching and enlightening stories. Frank Sesno's book...

Colleagues Kristine Olsen (39) and Dara Schmidt (41) talk about their work at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, what their experiences of the library were like as young people, and the fulfillment they feel in their work as librarians.

Nada discusses her life when she was young. She includes how her school life was like and how she spent her time with her friends. She discusses how she met her husband and what their life together is like today....

In this interview, Isabelle Papa talks to her dad, Joe Papa, about his childhood and his experience with growing up with four sisters. He shares both happy and sad memories, but says that overall he was lucky to have such...

I asked my grandma about her childhood.

"And he did have beautiful auburn hair" Recorded in December 2017: Granddaughter Aislinn (25) asks her grandparents, Pat and Owen Wright (both 84), about their decision to adopt five children between the 1960-70s.

Dawa Dolkar interviews Reese about his life at home and what he enjoys to do.

In this interview, the influence of Stan Lee was discussed.

My aunt answered questions about her family life, gymnastics, and work history.

I had an interview with my dad, some pretty great stories were told :)

Sean Carlock asked his Grandma Myrna Olsen about her childhood and her life

This is about my moms life now and her childhood. It also about me getting to know my mom better as a person.

We spoke mostly about his career, his mother, and the key lesson in his life: kindness. He spoke a great deal about how multiple people, including strangers his mother, and people in higher positions than him taught him the value...

I simply ask my dad a few questions as we go down memory lane.

This is the story of what caused my Aunt to move from London, England to Fort Worth, Texas.

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

We talked about my mother’s life.

Career, personal life, and experiences

My grandmother is one of the most important people in my life. I’ve always been close to her since she watched me whenever my parents needed as a child. In this interview, she speaks about her parents, children, grandchildren, and...

Spouses Catherine "Cate" JoAnn Denson (35) and Robert "Rob" Harvey Denson III (35) reflect on their relationship, making big career changes and how parenthood has changed them.

Day 2 of 4 day motorcycle trip with my Dad. We talked about his time in the Peace Corps, meeting my mother, his career and parenting.

Sister Gladia Bell (89), Lue Hicks (78), and Willie B. Kennedy (88) talk about their childhood memories, their wonderful parents and their life growing up in the South

In this interview, conducted on November 27, 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Stephanie Urban (16) interviews her mother Francine Urban (51) about her life growing up. Francine tells her daughter about her favorite things growing up in Atlantic...