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Chuck Niswonger (who I am named after) recalls his life growing up in the 30's and inlisting in the Navy for World War 2. He met my great grandmother when he was 26 and she was 19. They are 7...

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.

In this interview we explore my families history with my mother who grew up in Santa Ana in the seventies. She shares details into our family’s past some of the jobs that they did and how she a mexican woman...

In this interview, conducted on April 2020 in Yorba Linda, California, Devyn Aguilar (20) interviews Teree Rhodes (63) about her childhood. Mrs. Rhodes shares her stories about my mom, her childhood, and things about me. She talks about her favorites...

Tim talks about his early years growing up in Canyon Rim, his family, lessons learned and what a great influence his father was in his life.

David’s motorcycles and cars

I chose to interview Mike Shaw, a retired BNSF employee. I thought that Mike would have good perspective on what being a railroad engineer was really like. Mike not only had pivotal information on what was expected of him and...

Richard Brohm talks about his experiences, and those of his brothers, during WWII.

Talked with my Grandpa about his childhood and war story.

A history conversation with my great Poppa

My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the MRS (military rail service) in American based Japan during the Korean War. He gives personal insight into his experience as a young American man in an unfamiliar land during...

Kezziah Ferguson (13) interviews Ryan Ferguson, her father, (47) on some aspects of his life. They talk about his occupations, childhood dreams, and his hobbies. Ryan Ferguson shares his veiws on being a pastor and how that relates to his...

My mother Beverly recounts her visit from Chicago to Arkansas in 1944 when she was 4 years old.

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...

I talk to my mom about my great grandfather.

So my dad decided to hop a train near UC Davis. This is an interview of him talking about his experience

Interviewing my brother about his 2020 race experience.

My mom, Christina, describes the time she shared with her grandmother when taking the train to New Mexico.

We talked about train hopping

Sisters Rachel Pettis (33) and Hannah Gibson (45) sit down for a conversation about their family and the different experiences they had growing up as siblings born eleven years apart.

My grandfather William Joseph Jesse and his history of working on the trains in Chicago, IL

This interview was recorded at Friendship village in Kalamazoo mi

One Small Step partners Daniel "Dan" Lawrence (67) and Kim Welsh (61) share a conversation about their upbringings and their concerns about divisiveness in the US. They talk about the opioid epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination, and their families.

Coworkers Gay Lanzarotta (61) and Melinda Heim (60) share a conversation about their time in the justice system, their work at Re-entry Alliance Pensacola (REAP), and about how they started doing that work.

Trains, a career, and running a family couldn’t stop Grandpa from graduating college.