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In this interview conducted on January 13, 2019 in Irvine California, Diangelo Guevara, which is 16 years, interviews his grandfather, William Rodríguez, about his childhood in the country of Puerto Rico. Mr. Rodriguez shares stories about his harsh childhood and...

Just two friends conversing about growing up in a world of art.

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Sue Goldberg (67) about her life as a musician, especially in Provincetown, Massachusetts where she's worked in numerous projects and bands.

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

Jackie Neale interviews her undergraduate photography student, Maria Trajtenberg while we are conducting interviews and taking photographs for our storytelling project, The Corona Collective. Maria is living in TriBeCa New York City through the pandemic, and talks about how she...

Growing up in the forties and fifties, marriage and divorce in the sixties, and life and work.

In Flushing, New York, a hardworking father, George Dakis, and his 14-year-old daughter, Christina Dakis, converse about his life in a Greek-American household. They talk about his inspiring life and the hardships he went through to become the man he...

Sora Frankel, born 1919, discusses her childhood in Brooklyn, her parents, & her grandparents.

Papa has put his life into his art. It has always been his main goal in life

Don's life began in rural Louisiana. Before he was 25 years old, he had traveled the US and settled in New York City where he finally reaized what it felt like to be completely free to be himself. He has...

I interviewed my mom about her Grandparents, her job, and memorable moments in her life.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Phil Spletzer (56) about his career as a musician, playing the violin in symphony orchestras and in the pit of many Broadway shows.

Steve Desroches (49) talks to his nephew Conor Donnelly (27) about his life in theater.

We discussed my father’s life and education in Bangladesh and in the United States as well as his current passion of music

Brandon Stile talks with his grandma about the life in the 60's and various hot topics in the 60's. For example the Vietnam war and the Assasination of MLK and JFK

flappers, style, intellectually, divorces, music and more. they were amazing. girl bosses.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Julie Wheeler (58) about her life as a musician, comedian and drag king as well as life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Paulist Father Ricky Manalo's main ministry is music. But he's also a teacher at Santa Clara University, and around the world, about liturgy and culture. He writes reflections in the devotional book "Give Us This Day." Fr. Ricky is of...

I'm a daughter asking my mom about how music influenced her youth and her present.

Friends Sharon Gunderson [no age given] and Ed Saslaw [no age given] discuss growing up, parents, Hebrew School, Shabbat and Judaism.

A self taught musicians musings about his long musical career, including the early days of jazz.

Steve Desroches (47) talks with his husband Peter Donnelly (62) about Donnelly's life as a singer/songwriter in Provincetown, Massachusetts as well as about life in a famously eccentric town.

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Alan Semerdjian (Long Island) who makes meaning of his life through art. They discuss family influence, Armenian heritage, dialectic thinking, writing, music, and the art of educating.

Friends Howard Hinterthuer (75) and Lynn Ratzmann (58) talk about Howard's life and love of music.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to musician Jon Richardson (35) about his work in Provincetown, Massachusetts and in particular his role as a piano man in a town with a long tradition of piano bars.