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Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews her mom Emmi S. Herman (Searingtown) on Mother's Day, 5.9.2021. They chat about community, collaboration, vaccine awareness, and legacy.

Claire McCoy (58) sits down with her father, George Black (86), to ask him about his experiences as an actor and his career as a professor in the theater departments of various universities.

Lydia Weiss (33) and Kyle Holsinger-Johnson (36) discuss childhood memories and experiences, identity, love, and navigating life. They talk about their relationship with one another and how it started, as well as their personal growth and proudest moments.

Andrea Reed (41) talks to her aunt Peggy Allen (77) about their memories of their community at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. Together, they reflect on faith, family recipes, and their relationship with each other.

Mother, Selby Hickey (76), and son, Miguel Camnitzer (40), discuss artistry, love lessons and change.

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

Stan talked about his childhood to adulthood. He also mentioned lessons he learned and people who made a difference in his life.

Sisters Christine Roberson (60) and Kathleen Masterson (64) reminisce about their childhood, share stories about their family, and remember their parents.

StoryCorps facilitator Courtney Gilbert (28) talks with Bruria Finkel (87) about her career as an artist, her family and how she opened doors for women in the arts.

Today’s Interview was with a local Artist Mike Artz. Mike is a colleague of mine, not in the art field but today was all about his art.

86 year old remembers the trials of escaping Austria during the nazi occupation. A lesson in acceptance and understanding.

That morning I wished that I could meet with the famous band and network with them. That night I was on stage singing with them! A miracle in Monterrey and in my life as an artist.

Teaching Artist Rich Garr expounds on the roots of his practice

In this interview, Camila Delgado talks with her grandmother, Marylou Liriano, about her past, her childhood, and life lessons she learnt on the way to her adult hood. Her grandmother tells Camila about her first love. She even tells Camila...

Kathryn talks about her life growing up on Long Island, and her summers in Breezy Point. She shares her favorite childhood memories and remembers her favorite teachers. She also shares her experience with the events that occurred on 9/11.

Varun Gopinath (29) interviews his father-in-law, Brian Sullivan (56), who speaks about his own life and the lessons he learned along the way.

We discussed the beginning of our relationship 21 years ago and where we have come since then, including since Will's diagnosis of level 4 glioblastoma 13 months ago.

Hailee Trombley (28) speaks with her colleague Leah Feldman (65) about her immigration experience and how she has overcome struggles in life.

Program participant Joshua Smiley (30) and program employee Raphael “Raphy” Famatigan (27) discuss their backgrounds and dreams, moving to New York, and the impact of the justice system.

Monica Whatley (32) interviews her friend, Bandele [no name given] (73), about his incarceration in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bandele reflects on what he learned during the 33 years during which he was detained, his relationship...

I've had an interesting life

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.

Sinar Chen interviews her persevering cousin, Serlina Yu, who shares about her life experiences and past jobs. She talks about how the life she imagined as a teen was much different as her life now and the life lesson she...

During Thanksgiving dinner this year, I interviewed an elderly from my church. We talked about her current life, immigration experiences and happy memories.

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving 2017 in Albertson, New York, Ankit Jain (16) interviews his mother Rashmi Gupta (52) about the lessons she learned while growing up in India and moving to America. Mrs. Gupta shares stories about playing...